[Decompose Desert Fire Scorpion corpse, obtain: Desert Fire Scorpion Shell*6, Desert Fire Scorpion Blood 150ml, Desert Fire Scorpion Venom Tail Needle*1, Identity Card*1]
"That's all I got?"
Li Zheng frowned and looked at the scattered fragments on the sand, understanding in his heart.
The system's decomposition principle is to only collect useful parts, leaving anything worthless behind.
Picking up a piece of the shell fragment, Li Zheng examined its item information.
[Desert Fire Scorpion Shell Fragment, Grey, Trash]
Both the Matrix System and Prelis' Eye gave the same informational assessment.
"Indeed, that's how it is."
Shrugging, Li Zheng tossed the fragment away and checked the materials obtained.
Whether it's the shell, the blood, or the venom tail needle, they're all Bronze Level materials, though their uses vary.
"The scorpion shell can be used to make some equipment, I'll keep it for now. If there's not enough space in my residence, I'll sell it at the trading hall tonight."
One by one, Li Zheng examined them, and apart from the 150ml of scorpion blood suitable for extracting Genetic Potion, the other two materials are for weapon crafting, which wasn't useful for him.
"But this Identity Card..."
He took out another electronic Identity Card from his residence, its familiar shape instantly recognizable as belonging to some player before.
[Clearly, some unlucky guy was here before you. Now guess where this unlucky guy is?]
Looking at the unfamiliar Identity Card, Prelis' Eye provided a simple piece of information.
"So that's it. The so-called 'laziness' was merely the result of being well fed, thus losing any predatory drive?"
Li Zheng suddenly realized, did he inadvertently avenge some unfortunate player?
The Matrix System issued a similar prompt:
[Unclaimed Identity Card detected, do you wish to integrate the associated Capsule Residence?
Note: Integrating a new Capsule Residence grants the player three of the most valuable items within.
Note: Post-integration, a third of the new residence's space will add to the player's residence.]
"It can be integrated?"
Li Zheng read the prompt, pondering: "Getting three of the most valuable items means avoiding the embarrassment of an overflow from acquiring lots of basic materials and profiting by killing players."
What a tempting setup!
But Li Zheng knew he wasn't a saint, nor was he a villain who regarded human life as trivial; he would not hunt players down for such temptations.
Besides, he had Prelis' Eye, as long as he didn't continue pushing his luck, survival would be assured.
"Humans die for wealth and birds for food!
Alas, the human heart is unpredictable, otherwise, I wouldn't mind speeding up daily explorations and renting out Prelis' Eye afterward. This might significantly enhance the survival rate of players in the entire channel..."
Li Zheng lamented, suddenly overcome with a sense of guilt.
He thought that if Xiao Siyuan had obtained Prelis' Eye, he would certainly opt to rent it out, helping more people.
But he simply couldn't do it.
The value of Prelis' Eye needs no explanation; any player entering The Matrix Survival Game would try everything to have it in their own hands.
Once exposed, Li Zheng would face two choices.
First, being vilified and mobbed by all players.
Second, renting it out, or facing moral blackmail, eventually turning Prelis' Eye into public property.
Neither is a situation Li Zheng wants to confront.
"Damn, why think about all this garbage?"
Suddenly feeling annoyed, Li Zheng decided not to ponder such randomness and directly ordered:
"Integrate!"
[Integrating Capsule Residence...]
Target for this integration, previous player owner: 0000879 Chen Xiao
Integration yielded: AK-47 Blueprint*1, Advanced Components*4, Power Core Type II*1]
[Integration complete.]
In just twenty seconds, the Capsule Residence integration was finished.
"Chen Xiao?" Li Zheng was stunned looking at the name, "Wasn't he one of the active players on the regional channel when entering here that day?"
"No wonder he hasn't been speaking these past few days, turns out he..."
Opening the regional channel, Li Zheng decided to inform others of Chen Xiao's demise.
Matrix Channel: 0000879, current remaining number: 641, loudspeaker count: 1/1
"In just one day, so many have died again."
Li Zheng noted the number, murmuring to himself.
Guilt deepened further.
...
Lu Li: Big news! Big news, everyone! @Li Zheng, @Li Chun, @Phoenix Mountain, @...
Lu Li appeared and mentioned many people, acting like a notorious troublemaker across major forums, dragging everyone into his chaos.
Phoenix Mountain: What's with this fuss, nephew? Can't you be grown-up and mature?
Li Chun: Yeah @Lu Li, nephew.
Yan Guang: What's happening? Who's looking for me? Damn, what's wrong, nephew? You mentioned over... fifty people!
Zhan Zhouzhou: This reminds me of when I used to play on forums. Some troublemaker would mention me every time they posted nonsense. Eventually, I got fed up, found them offline, and beat them up. After that, they stopped the nonsense.
Lu Li: @Zhan Zhouzhou, forum spammers have spam souls; all spammers are top-tier individuals! How could a spammer give up spamming after a beating?
Zhan Zhouzhou: @Lu Li, nephew, you misunderstood. It's not that he was afraid of being beat; I directly broke both his hands. I doubt he can even hold a rice bowl, let alone spam. Want to try a life where food just arrives and clothes are handed to you?
Yan Guang: @Zhan Zhouzhou, [Thumbs up]
Li Chun: @Zhan Zhouzhou, you're amazing, sister!
Phoenix Mountain: @Zhan Zhouzhou, someone, chop me and let Xiu'Er ascend!
Bystander: And add an extra dish for @Zhan Zhouzhou, senior!
...
Lu Li:...What was I just about to say?
Yan Guang: @Lu Li, you just said you'd wear women's clothing to delight everyone.
Phoenix Mountain: Nephew, let's duel! Sharp swords, sharp eyes!
Lu Li:... @Phoenix Mountain, senior, what about your cool persona?
Li Chun: It's odd to see Brother Lu Li being serious; I'm a bit uneasy with it.
Yan Guang: Truly.
Zhan Zhouzhou: Boring.
Lu Li: @Phoenix Mountain, many have soaked but only I've succeeded!
Li Chun: @Lu Li, nephew is back!
Yan Guang: Truly.
Zhan Zhouzhou: Such boredom, just get to the big news already. @Lu Li
Lu Li: Right, right, you interrupted, I forgot.
Lu Li: Just now, I explored a room, guess what?
Phoenix Mountain: @Lu Li, stop selling suspense!
Yan Guang: @Lu Li, speak up!
Zhan Zhouzhou: @Lu Li, say it or release gas!
Lu Li: Fine, I'll say it directly. I just went into a room, and some jerk not only looted everything but also smashed all storage devices! Can you believe what's wrong with them?
Li Zheng: ???
Lu Li: @Li Zheng, Dad, you're here! Weigh in please, this jerk smashed everything, how are future explorers going to manage? If they wanted to vent, couldn't they just smash a storage tank? Damn it, they even busted the data table! Now I'm stuck with two learning blueprints in hand!
Li Zheng: ???
Lu Li: @Li Zheng, Dad, don't you think this is bewildering behavior? Such idiocy is like shitting with one's head upside down; the shit's all in their brain, doing such self-destructive acts!
Li Chun: For some reason, I have a hunch nephew will be in trouble.
Yan Guang: I have that hunch too.
Zhan Zhouzhou: Fast forward to the fatherly love ♂ familial affection segment!
Lu Li: @Li Chun, @Yan Guang, @Zhan Zhouzhou, what are you talking about? I'm @Li Zheng's real son!
Li Zheng: @Lu Li, they're not wrong; you're definitely in big trouble!
Lu Li: ???
Li Zheng: Because the jerk you mentioned might be me.
Lu Li: !!!!!!!!!!
Li Chun: ???
Yan Guang: ???
Zhan Zhouzhou: ???
Bystander X50: ???
Phoenix Mountain: ??? When I type "?", it's not because I have a problem, it's because I think you have a problem! @Li Zheng