CHAPTER 266: CHAPTER 226: BRING THE 2ND COPY

"But..." Lin Fengjiao was puzzled, "That can’t count as having dated twelve girlfriends, can it?"

"Why not?" Xiao Siyuan said earnestly, "I confessed to all of them!"

"Did they agree?"

"No." Xiao Siyuan turned his head, "But they didn’t reject me either. Isn’t not rejecting the same as tacit approval?"

"..." Lin Fengjiao was silent for two seconds, "Alright, as long as you’re happy."

...

Recalling the Star Thief who had lost two teleportation opportunities, Li Zheng fiddled with the Thunderstruck Melon for a while before throwing it into the cold storage.

"Almost there, in two days, I can gain another Diamond Level Thunder Ability."

At that time, regardless of anything else, just the accompanying Genetic Force would allow Li Zheng to extend the Power Demon Transformation by fifteen seconds.

For him, this is undoubtedly a great improvement.

After all, the Power Demon Transformation’s current time is only about thirty seconds.

As for his luck, can he successfully unlock a Genetic Ability using a Gold Level item?

Li Zheng instinctively overlooked this point.

He’s now not even concerned about the type of Thunder Ability, as long as he can unlock one.

With the Frenzied Power Demon Incarnation, he is confident he is invincible below Diamond!

Well, provided there’s enough transformation time.

A man not only needs to be strong but also have endurance.

If the Genetic Force runs out, he’ll have to rely on his own strength, so the Genetic Potions need to keep up.

"These two days, the collection of Silver Level blood material seems a bit sparse..." After checking the materials for the Genetic Potions, Li Zheng found that he’d only managed to gather enough for fifteen different potions, at most raising his Four Attributes to Silver 4+, still short of the 4+ limit.

"I’m still short of about thirty potions to hit the Gold Level, and the next two days... might be a bit challenging."

Upon careful calculation, trying to gather the remaining thirty potions by himself in two days is undoubtedly a pipe dream.

The fifteen potions he managed were partly due to a "flash sale" in the early hours, which luckily filled in the gaps for some missing Silver Level materials.

If he wants to gather enough materials by similar means in the next two days, unless he is willing to trade Gold and Platinum items for Silver ones, which would be too much of a loss.

It feels somewhat counterproductive.

"Perhaps I can sell the Flame Flower once the Ice and Fire Attachment reaches full level?"

The Flame Flower is also Silver Level, but the success rate is low, not to mention its short shelf life; it’s useless if not used within half an hour of picking.

If not picked in time, it will leave seeds. But keeping so many seeds is pointless, might as well make full use of them and exchange for blood materials.

Moreover, with Intermediate Cultivation Liquid, as long as the Flame Flower mutates once, he can obtain Gold Level items.

By that time, he’d even have the resources to collect Gold Level blood materials, which would be very satisfying.

Besides, these days there are plenty of opportunities to boost his presence among all players, which is good for his future business.

"Huh? Thinking about it, should I thank Shinoda Chizuru?"

Li Zheng felt this idea was foolish. Even though the auction of Black Iron Potions was enough for his publicity, he was still concerned about the "traffic" Shinoda Chizuru brought by blackening his name.

"I finally understand why those internet celebrities and stars always have scandals or are the subject of rumors, isn’t this kind of tactic exactly how capitalists market their products?"

Even though this "product" refers to people.

And people who aren’t very capable.

But he’s different.

He has real abilities.

In fact, Li Zheng’s thoughts at this moment weren’t limited to just this.

For instance, with Cultivation Dishes and Cultivation Liquid, he could quickly gather all high-tier blood from players through this method, artificially creating a group of high-level players.

Then these high-level players each holding a Malice Detection Pocket Watch, combined with full-level Golden Gene Abilities, could easily team up to challenge Platinum creatures.

He would just stay behind the scenes, skimming part of the profits from these people...

Oh my, that’s wonderful!

"Positive cycle! This is much faster than those couch potatoes collecting materials slowly!"

Following this model, as long as Li Zheng has enough time, he could even expand his reach to more players.

The area of the "chive field" could expand from one channel to ten, a hundred, a thousand!

The potential benefits from this are unimaginable!

Then, he could stroll over to Luo Aiman’s place and empty the black market store, does that... is that hard?

No, it’s not hard!

"It’s settled then!"

Li Zheng secretly rejoiced at his envisioned path of development. A bright avenue lay before him, and not taking it would be wasting a gift!

For a moment, Li Zheng even thought that the Treasure Chest System provided this blueprint just for him to quickly organize a strong group of players.

However, the Treasure Chest System only briefly appears when refreshing treasure chests daily, it’s usually silent, let alone communicative.

"It’s still a while before the Black Iron Potion sale today, might as well practice some Swordsmanship first."

Exiting with his Sheathed Sword, Little Sakura and Pink Poli were already frolicking outside.

Besides food, the little creatures’ favorite activity was flying around in the sky, seeming to really enjoy the feeling of flight.

Finding an open space, Li Zheng assumed a stance and began practicing one move after another, gradually getting into the zone.

However, before long, Xiao Siyuan pinged him in the chat group.

Not long after returning to channel 879, Old Xiao had already linked him up with a dungeon.

According to the requirements, he specifically informed the player who opened the dungeon to recruit four teammates outside the top hundred of the power ranking.

That’s why having a friend like Old Xiao can really save a lot of trouble.

For two dungeon runs, he’s arranged everything; all Li Zheng needs to do is be ready, and they can set off.

Li Zheng called back Little Sakura, packed up the capsule residence, and messaged Xiao Siyuan, "Okay, have them pull me in."

In the next second, a Teleportation Gate opened before Li Zheng, and he stepped through with Little Sakura.

As expected, on the other side, all four players had already gathered, waiting for him to join.

Four players, two men and two women, none of whom Li Zheng was familiar with by appearance.

However, he had a vague impression of each name.

These were the players who frequently spoke in the 879 area channel, though Li Zheng rarely interacted with them.

Upon seeing Li Zheng’s arrival, the four players had varying expressions.

Among the two males, one gazed at Li Zheng with admiration, while the other, with a playful look, kept glancing at his lower half.

The two females had a uniform demeanor, showing no friendly expressions, but didn’t dare to make it too obvious due to Li Zheng’s strength.

Still, Li Zheng saw through their thoughts, even finding one of their names slightly familiar.

Looking at the girl, Li Zheng asked, "Were you in Shinoda Chizuru’s livestream early this morning?"

Before the questioned girl could respond, the girl next to her interjected, "No, she was talking to me at that time, not watching the livestream."

"I was asking her, need you to interrupt?" Li Zheng fixed his gaze on the quiet girl, his eyes not wavering a bit.

"Ma Yan, right? Did you think I’d miss you dropping a chat message among the rest?" Li Zheng sneered, "I might not care what others say, but with you bearing the 879 channel prefix, you think I wouldn’t notice?"

When Shinoda Chizuru falsely accused him early that morning, many players from channel 879 had already spoken out to defend him.

It had been a small touch of encouragement for him.

But this Ma Yan, sporting the 879 channel prefix, had caught Li Zheng’s eye.

He clearly remembered she had sent, "Ha, is this what a bugger is?"

It was full of sarcasm.