Li Zheng sat at the entrance of his residence, bored, paying attention to the legion channel and secretly eavesdropping on the members’ chit-chat. The first batch of fifty Technology Cups put in the warehouse had all been redeemed. Originally, there wasn’t much to say about this, the key point was that the fifty Technology Sticks Lu Li brought out were also all redeemed... "Looks like everyone is pretty stifled in the Matrix," Li Zheng smirked. Fortunately, the legion doesn’t notify anyone about what gets redeemed, only a few of them with permissions can see it. Otherwise, those legion members who redeemed Technology Sticks might socially die on the spot. Out of curiosity, Li Zheng opened the redemption records for a peek, and closed it thirty seconds later with a speechless face. Thirty Technology Sticks were redeemed by male players? What’s going on here... Maybe couples use these things to spice things up? Li Zheng didn’t think too much, tossing this matter to the back of his mind. As long as no one redeems them to sell privately for profit, Li Zheng doesn’t care much. Checking the time, it was nearing midnight, soon the daily Treasure Chest would refresh again. With this time, it’s just right to train his Spiritual Power a bit. Li Zheng had an idea and let the Demon Blade stay behind the door of his residence to block Yuanfei Yuluo so she wouldn’t come out and disturb him. Then he removed the Emotion Balance Bracelet, closed his eyes, and began to imagine events and scenes from memory that could resonate with his emotions. After a brief effort, Li Zheng gradually entered a state, a raging anger rose from his heart, seemingly about to devour his rationality. Now was different from before; in recent days, it was simple and quick to trigger such emotions, reaching the limits of his mental endurance almost instantly. Now, even provoking anger was a bit difficult. Li Zheng found that having Spiritual Power much stronger than negative emotions seemed not to be a good thing either. At least, now the difficulty of training Spiritual Power in this way had increased a lot. This was something he hadn’t expected before eating the Elf Fruit. Feeling the burning anger tearing at his sanity. Gradually, Li Zheng even started to enjoy it a little. Because he could clearly feel, during this process, his Spiritual Power gradually growing stronger. Although not very obvious, it was persistent. This was a water-grinding skill, requiring long-term training to achieve substantial progress. As anger continued to accumulate, the air around Li Zheng became oppressive, and the two blood-colored robots, Iris and Kuro, who originally stood beside him, had to retreat ten meters away because they couldn’t stand the violent atmosphere. On the contrary, the Bloodthirsty Demon Blade, which had similar attributes, became excited when it sensed this atmosphere, hanging behind the door guarding, it trembled, emitting a crisp sound like a comfortable moan. Yuanfei Yuluo finished two rice balls, savoring the amazing taste, and took a metal tray looking for a place to clean it. Just as she reached the first floor, a wave of violent murderous air rushed toward her, startling her into dropping the tray, which clattered to the ground. In an instant, her free hand pulled out the Tachi, her expression wary. The next moment, she realized she was at Li Zheng’s place, so if there were any danger, Li Zheng would handle it first; it wasn’t her turn to fight. Putting away the Tachi to pick up the tray, a delicate young man walked over and picked it up before she could. The young man remained silent throughout, not looking aside, focusing solely on what he held in his hands. From his slightly stiff movements, it was evident that he wasn’t truly human. "Is this an AI robot?" Yuanfei Yuluo was stunned. Li Zheng even had such a robot for household chores. This is too luxurious, isn’t it? Wouldn’t it be better to keep such materials for making weapons or other tools? Looking further, she found the entire first-floor interior was occupied by similar devices. Each looked like an ornamental fish tank, filled with things from afar. Among those "fish tanks," there were also a few other robots working diligently, moving things back and forth in the same stiff manner. Instinctively wanting to check it out, Yuanfei Yuluo stopped herself, remembering Li Zheng’s caution. Her gaze shifted to the door, where the blood-red long blade hovered, seemingly watching her. Feeling like the violent murderous aura was coming in from outside the door and getting stronger, Yuanfei Yuluo shivered, thinking Li Zheng was angry, hurriedly turned around, and rushed back to the third floor to rest alone. The process of training Spiritual Power lasted for an hour and a half before Li Zheng put back on the bracelet and quickly suppressed his emotions with his Spiritual Power. Li Zheng opened his eyes, a twinkle flashed in his pupils. "The longer this training process lasts, the better the effect on Spiritual Power," Li Zheng condensed his Spiritual Power into a strand, stretching it to its limit. "Over an hour, expanded the range... by a millimeter!?" Li Zheng widened his eyes, just a little improvement after training once a day? Though he held back today during training, to achieve the effect of an Elf Fruit, how long would he need to practice diligently? This stuff is already tasteless to him, dispensable in fact. Once the Elf Fruits can be steadily harvested, I’ll go find a doctor to remove it! Li Zheng got up and returned to his residence. The Bloodthirsty Demon Blade slipped into his hand, reporting the events that transpired there without a single detail amiss. Li Zheng thought for a moment and called the two blood-colored robots back, having them guard the third floor to keep Yuanfei Yuluo from wandering around. He himself ducked into the Cultivation Array, found a corner to sit in, and contacted the Treasure Chest System. [Today’s random Treasure Chest draw in progress, please wait...] [Draw successful, Treasure Chest quality: Platinum, retrieve now?] Platinum Treasure Chest. This in-between quality is a bit awkward, as the most circulated resources and tools in the current Matrix are Platinum Level, which are not lacking at all. If it were a Silver Treasure Chest, Li Zheng might just take it out. "Actually, what I lack most right now are Diamond Level resources and tools. Why not delay the retrieval and get a Diamond Level Treasure Chest tomorrow?" [Confirm "Delayed Retrieval," tomorrow’s draw count reset, force gain of one Diamond Quality Treasure Chest.] "Speaking of Diamond Level, I seem to have something I haven’t crafted?" Li Zheng recalled, flipping open the blueprint page, finding that he was 50g short of Vibranium needed for the Beast Cage, which almost made him spit blood. Fifty grams isn’t much, easily gathered from a friend, but the amount made Li Zheng feel awkward. If only he’d had better luck today or hadn’t gone to the challenge, the Beast Cage could be crafted directly without having to ask others. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹·𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒·𝗇𝗲𝘁 Mainly, Li Zheng wanted to see how this reusable design looked when running. However, after getting the Vibranium, confirming the crafting, he found it was the same as before, just random lines flying everywhere, leaving him disappointed. He thought the Terminal would have something new, but it didn’t. The Beast Cage was positioned next to the compost studio, making it convenient for future waste management should any creatures be raised, saving the Household Robots from wandering everywhere, messing up the place. While the Beast Cage was being constructed, Li Zheng’s ears perked up, looking toward the entrance of the residence. He seemed to have heard someone talking outside just now.