Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 15: Day 1 Ends, Detector Upgraded!

"Under what circumstances can you drink a glass of water for a lifetime?"

After sending this message, before William could react, Li Zheng immediately banned and blocked him, rejecting all subsequent private messages from William.

You can't give the other party time to react, otherwise this foreigner from the Union Jack, or Mickey's Country for short, will definitely ask for a refund.

The products I'm selling are all substandard, lacking certificates of conformity, after-sales service, and warranty. I'm already being very generous by acting as your customer service representative for free.

"If you really feel disgusted, you can resell it."

Li Zheng pursed his lips and opened the trading hall for a look.

Sure enough, the small water purifier reappeared, and the seller was none other than William Houston.

The seller's message was empty, and even the number of items required for the transaction had increased significantly.

"What a heartless person!"

Li Zheng was utterly disgusted. He had only asked for double the materials when he sold this item, yet this Mickey guy was demanding bronze-grade materials.
It would be strange if anyone bought this!

"Uh...the world is lacking in everything, but it's not lacking in people who are a bit dim-witted."

"No, I have to tell my fellow countrymen in the channel."

Li Zheng switched to the channel lobby and issued a warning, telling everyone on channel 0000879 not to buy that small water purifier.

True international double standards.

After that, Li Zheng stopped interfering, called Xiaoying over, and prepared to head to the next room.

"It's a pity there's no megaphone anymore, otherwise it would have been announced to the world, letting more people know how ruthless Mickey Mouse is."

Li Zheng decided to wait until the speaker was refreshed before checking again. If the water purifier was still there, he would use the speaker.

"Forget it, let's explore first. We don't have much time left today."

Li Zheng composed himself, placed Xiaoying in his chest pocket, and then swiped his card in front of a metal door marked green as safe by a detector.

After the door opens, you enter through the membrane.

As for the hibernation pod in the room...

Li Zheng chose to ignore it; he didn't want to smash that thing, as it would easily get all over him.

Next, Li Zheng spent four hours exploring five green and one blue safe rooms, consuming all of his exploration quota for the day.

最后获得的材料有：铁锭*18、零部件*21、铜锭*10、纤维*160、钨钢360g、动力核心Ⅰ型*3。

In addition, they smashed a research data table and two material storage tanks, and obtained a technology core, 200g of B25 grade manganese steel, two damaged Type III power cores, one damaged Type I power core, two damaged temperature controllers, and a disposable bronze-grade blueprint [Gravity Shoes].

In the only blue room, another crop culture dish was found, but unfortunately, all the crops inside had withered and died. Only some culture medium was retrieved from the culture medium storage tank.

However, it was only about 100ml, so Li Zheng drank the entire half-bottle of water and specially set aside an empty bottle to hold the culture medium.

This time, Li Zheng didn't forget to dismantle the crop culture dish. He smashed it for almost an hour until it was broken down to the point where it could be decomposed.

Therefore, Li Zheng was wearing a jacket -1, and only a shirt on his upper body.

However, an hour of hard work was not in vain. At least a large part of the basic materials that Li Zheng obtained came from petri dishes.

Unsurprisingly, the Power Core II and the temperature controller, which were separated from the culture dish, were also damaged.

……

"Oh!"

The capsule residence unfolded, and Li Zheng opened the door and led Xiaoying inside.

By this time, after a day of exploration, the space inside the capsule dwelling had been mostly occupied, nearing full capacity.

Everything was neatly categorized and stacked together; the 30 iron ingots alone took up quite a bit of space.

However, the largest area occupied by the crops that were harvested at that time, as well as 240 units of fiber, was occupied by several kinds of crops that were harvested at that time.

Together, the two account for almost half the volume of all the supplies.

After entering the capsule residence, Li Zheng did not close the door. He was in a futuristic room. Although the lights were dim due to the matrix entering the night, it was barely enough to see.

But enough is enough.

A dim light shone in from the doorway of the capsule dwelling.

Li Zheng gently put the lantern down, and his hand, which had been holding it tightly, was finally freed. He breathed a sigh of relief.

His hand was almost stiff and numb from holding the lantern for so long.

Shaking his hand, Li Zheng took Xiao Ying out of his pocket and chuckled, "This thing is already asleep." Without waking it, Li Zheng tore off a few pieces of fiber and put Xiao Ying inside.

Perhaps because the fibers were so soft and comfortable, as soon as Sakura lay down, she twisted her body and buried herself completely, leaving only her little head sticking out, with a big snot bubble hanging from her nostril.

Li Zheng placed the fiber bundle containing Sakura in a corner and found the only blueprint among all the supplies.

Gravity Shoes, Bronze Grade, One-Time Blueprint

It is possible to create a pair of shoes that can change the direction of gravity around the wearer.

所需材料：动力核心Ⅰ型2/5、零部件10/32、铁锭10/30、铜锭8/23、钨钢*100g/490g]
"It can change the direction of gravity..."

Upon reading the description, Li Zheng immediately realized that this equipment was likely primarily used to explore metal doors in both the top and bottom directions.

"However, these shoes require too much material."

Li Zheng felt a toothache.

A pair of shoes doesn't need to be made of cloth or rubber; it's actually all metal.

The main problem is the components; if we were to build these shoes, we wouldn't have enough materials to upgrade the detector.

After removing the detector from my ear, the virtual screen showed that the detector still had 98% power!

That's equivalent to only 1% being consumed after 6 hours of driving.

[Standard detection goggles, silver-grade item, unique item, upgradable.]

It can detect basic information including, but not limited to: materials, items, creatures, and players.

The higher the item's level, the more detailed the detection information.

Upgrade material requirements: Technology Core *1, B25 grade manganese steel 300g, Power Core Type III *1, Components *30.
"Upgrading the detector and building the gravity shoe together requires 40 parts, and we're still short 8..."

Li Zheng thought for a moment, and finally his gaze fell on a pile of things in the corner.

Thirty pieces of poisonous bat meat, and seven hundred and fifty milliliters of poisonous bat blood.

Because these items were all highly poisonous, Li Zheng couldn't think of any use for them at the moment, so he deliberately threw them into a corner.

"Let's throw it in the trading hall to exchange for spare parts; maybe someone will need it."

Just as gray-quality aluminum cans can be used as containers, bat guano is the best material for composting.

Even blood and flesh containing potent poison might have some effect.

"Thirty pieces of poisonous meat, each piece can be exchanged for a part, and every fifty milliliters of poisonous blood can be exchanged for two basic materials."

Li Zheng began to operate, and one transaction after another was put out.

"As for these two pieces of non-poisonous meat..."

Li Zheng turned to look at Xiao Ying. It seemed a bit cruel to eat its own kind in front of it, so he gritted his teeth and hung it up as well.

"There are only two pieces of non-toxic meat. Each piece will be exchanged for a Type I Power Core!"

Although it doesn't taste good, it's still meat, and Li Zheng doesn't believe no one would be willing to trade it.

After finishing everything, Li Zheng didn't just wait around; he opened the system interface.

The upgrade materials for the ordinary detector are sufficient. Should we upgrade now?

This upgrade will consume: 1 Technology Core, 300g of B25 grade manganese steel, 1 Power Core Type III, and 30 Components.

"upgrade!"

Li Zheng promptly confirmed that a piece of material was missing from the capsule's contents.

The next moment, the detector in my hand was enveloped in a faint light.

Upgrade has begun. The estimated upgrade time is 4 hours.

"It's only four hours, I can wait."

Since there's no need to explore at night, it's a good time to upgrade equipment.

With nothing else to do, Li Zheng went over and closed the door to the capsule's dwelling, then collapsed into the fiber.

Before long, my upper and lower eyelids started to droop.

Li Zheng, who had originally planned to stay up until dawn to see if the daily treasure chest would refresh at midnight, suddenly fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)