Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 193 Mechanical Race Technology
Behind the door live two silver-level creatures, one of the targets for the gene serum.

Do we still need advice this time?

After looking through several doors, this was the one Li Zheng was most satisfied with, so he swiped his card to enter.

The mere Silver-tier weapon is no problem at all; even without the attachment ability, a couple more shots from the Salted Fish Gun are enough to kill it easily.

Successfully obtained the material for a Silver 3+ potion.

After that, Li Zheng stopped worrying and instead looked at the pink Poring on Sakura's leg.

Some things were not convenient to resolve in the previous room, but now we can get them all done at once.

Pink Poring stretched itself into the shape of a balloon and floated next to Sakura, making it look as if Sakura had just come out of an amusement park.

On the surface of the "balloon", you can vaguely see organs such as eyes, nose, and mouth.

Li Zheng asked it, "What exactly do you want by pestering Xiaoying?"

"Poring~" Pink Poring looked confused, glanced at Sakura, and then smiled happily, rubbing its "balloon" against Sakura's face.

"You don't actually have a crush on Sakura, do you?"

"Polly~"

"But you're wild, so why were you able to come through the metal door with us?"

After Li Zheng checked, Pink Polly followed. The indicator light on the ID card reader was still showing green.

However, if a wild monster like Pink Poring passes by, the reader should show red.

"Polly~" Pink Polly continued to rub against her.

"If you want to come along, at least show some respect and acknowledge me as your master, okay? Otherwise, what kind of behavior is it for a wild monster like you to follow us around every day?"

"Polly~"

"Damn it, we're talking past each other."

"Polly~"

"You're really ugly."

"Polly~"

"Sakura is a girl too."

"Polly~"

"You two will never have a future together."

"Polly~"

"Fine, follow me if you want."

"Polly~"

"..."

Li Zheng was at his wit's end. This pink Poring was completely impervious to reason. No matter what he said, it just kept acting silly and trying to please Sakura.

There's nothing special about it for me.

To be precise, they simply couldn't be bothered with themselves.

This made Li Zheng feel somewhat hurt.

However, upon closer observation, Li Zheng noticed something amiss.

This pink Poring and Sakura are in a rather peculiar state.

Similar to "parasite".

Although it's not her pet, Sakura can still command Pink Poring within a certain range by occasionally calling out to it.

Most importantly, Pink Polly is very concerned about Sakura's safety.

In the previous room, if Li Zheng hadn't dodged that player's attack and almost hit Sakura, Pink Polly wouldn't have taken the initiative to beat him into a pulp.

Thinking of this, Li Zheng took out Pig Head Three's identity card and began the fusion process with a mysterious declaration.

This person killed eight innocent players, but didn't improve their living space much, and even the items they obtained weren't very valuable.

However, after the special properties of the Mysterious Declaration were triggered, Li Zheng obtained his first extraordinary item that belonged to him.

This was thanks to Li Zheng's final act of giving the other party a diamond-grade ancient technology leg.

Before he died, the man was still wondering what had gotten into Li Zheng that made him "give" him such a valuable item.

Just as he realized what was happening and tried to trade it away to trick Li Zheng, Li Zheng killed him on the spot.

He wasn't given a chance to make a deal at all.

pity……

It was a bottle of blood material from an extraordinary creature, and drinking it directly had no special effects, which Li Zheng found quite regrettable.

In addition, Li Zheng also obtained a silver-grade power core and a bottle of silver-grade blood material.

Blood is one of the materials needed for Silver 4+ potions; the quantity is small, but it's better than nothing.

After that, Li Zheng took out five more identity cards and merged them one by one.

These identity cards all came from the attacks that morning.

This time, the three weapon cards only yielded six gold-level weapons, one RPG launcher, one RPG grenade, and one magazine of silver-level bullets.

The other two players dressed in cosplay, one of whom, Cyclops, was a complete pauper, only managed to get 100 grams of titanium alloy at its highest quality, which made Li Zheng a little depressed.

The one who was faster was relatively richer, having obtained two gold items and one platinum item.

The gold-grade items are all raw materials, while the platinum-grade item is a data processor; I wonder where this person got it from.

To Li Zheng's surprise, none of the six identity cards yielded a single blueprint.

This is absolutely outrageous!

Fortunately, the mysterious declaration delivered a boost, yielding a gold-grade power core and three different bottles of platinum-grade blood.

And, something Li Zheng was familiar with: the memory release device!

However, this time the memory release device wasn't a fighter type; it was empty. Its function was bizarre: it could be used to extract memories related to a player's specific ability.

Then, when used by another person, it can be directly transferred to them, just like gaining "Gun Mastery".

Looking at the empty memory release device, Li Zheng had already figured out how to use this tool.

Li Zheng doesn't yet know how many types of "fighter" abilities require mastery.

However, if he encounters a red-named player in the future who is proficient in a certain ability, he wouldn't mind taking a shortcut.

Li Zheng took stock of his supplies. He had already stored up six gold-grade dynamic cores. Since they were just sitting there, he might as well use some of them to make some equipment.

Bang!
Once the capsule dwelling was released, Li Zheng opened the door and went inside. He first drank all the silver potions that had been produced to upgrade his attributes to their current maximum.

Then, he pulled out two gold-grade blueprints that had been gathering dust for a long time.

[Mechanical Race Research Core Production Diagram, Gold, Learnable]
Description: After use, you will learn how to create the Mechanical Race's research core.

Required materials: 2 Gold Cores, 1 Technology Core, 1 Analyzer (other materials omitted)

[Mechanical Mantis Assembly Center Manufacturing Diagram, Gold, One-Time Use]

Description: This device can be used to create a mechanical mantis assembly center.

Required materials: 2 Gold-grade Dynamic Cores, 1 Mech Race Research Core (other materials omitted)

This was the first time I went into a dungeon, and Sakura kept it in her mouth until the very end, swallowing it all by herself.

As it turns out, we had all the other materials, but we couldn't gather enough gold-grade dynamic cores, which is why we're only bringing them out now.

"Ow?"

Sakura leaned over to take a look, recognized the two drawings, and walked past Lee with her pink balloon in a haughty manner.

Its posture and expression were just waiting for Li Zheng to praise it.

Li Zheng's face darkened: "Don't think I'll let you off the hook just because you've eaten that earth dragon crystal core. Don't even think about eating anything else."

"Ow~"

Sakura immediately deflated, thinking her master was too cruel.

Looking at the remaining half of the earth dragon crystal core in his hand, he continued to gnaw on it with a bitter face.

This stuff is not only unpalatable, but also difficult to digest.

Sakura hasn't even eaten one-eighth of the amount yet.

It's already considering whether to ask the Little Pinks to help share some of the burden.

Li Zheng glanced at it sideways: "You won't gain any power even if you eat less of the Earth Dragon Crystal Core, but if you dare to let Pink Wave... um?"

He was halfway through his sentence when it suddenly dawned on him: how did this wild Poring get into the dwelling?
I don't think I ever agreed to it.

Could it be that the Poli tribe can bypass someone's consent and directly enter their capsule residence?

Going against the grain? !

However, considering the anomaly of the card reader earlier, Li Zheng actually felt that it was reasonable for Pink Polly to appear at his residence.

The card reader is the territory managed by the matrix terminal. This pink Polgar can even bypass the terminal. How can a mere capsule dwelling stop it?
Fortunately, Pink Polly is only interested in Sakura.

Meanwhile, the two little ones found an open space in their residence, and Pink Poring "sang" while Sakura "danced," already having a great time.

"Even Old Pu can't figure out the composition of this pink Poring, I can only pray that it won't cause me any trouble at night."

Otherwise, even if it hurts Sakura's feelings, Li Zheng will not let this pink Poring get away with it.

Learn from the two blueprints and work together.

A minute later, Li Zheng found a place to release the "Mechanical Mantis Assembly Center".

This is a device larger than the gene-editing agent, shaped like an arch, 3.5 meters high and 3 meters wide.

More than a dozen large and small robotic arms, with long, menacing claws, had a large circular part hanging from the center, surrounded by a large number of exposed mechanical components.

The various components are combined in a very rough style, as if the mechanical race has erased the concept of "aesthetics" from its race.

Mechanical Mantis Assembly Center, Gold, Special Equipment

Description: Consume the corresponding materials to produce a mechanical mantis with combat capabilities.

Required materials: Too many materials are required, so we will omit them here.

(The mechanical mantis's tiers are generally determined by the level of its core, and corresponding tier special materials are required.)

There was an operation screen on the side of the assembly center. Li Zheng went over and took a look, and instantly understood how to use it.

There's only one "Assemble" option at the top; it's incredibly easy to use.

Looking at the remaining materials, Li Zheng clicked "Assemble" and then selected the corresponding materials.

The next moment, various selected materials flew over on their own and landed around the assembly center.

Various types of robotic arms precisely grasp different materials, process them according to assembly requirements, and piece them together bit by bit onto the central disc component.

The assembly process was unexpectedly slow. Li Zheng glanced at the progress bar and realized it would take twenty minutes to make a mechanical mantis.

“Although the highest level is only Gold, it seems rather useless.” Li Zheng stood to the side and watched for a while. “In fact, the Mechanical Blade Mantis is not known for its individual strength. As long as there are enough of them, killing one or two Platinum-level enemies is not difficult.”

The cost-effectiveness is a bit low. Li Zheng plans to convert all the Silver-level components to Iron-level after the Silver-level assembly is completed, which will be a good way to use up the increasing number of unusable Iron-level dynamic cores.

As for the mechanical mantis, what's the point of making it and keeping it around?

Let's just keep it for now.

If aluminum cans can be used to hold sewage, how much more so can mechanical mantises?
Li Zheng inserted a new instruction into the program of Gong Yi, instructing it to operate the assembly center every twenty minutes. Then, he turned around and made another petri dish.

The third petri dish is still planted with Flame Branches (seeds left in the morning), adding another step to the upgrade path of Ice and Fire Attachment.

Just as he finished adding the appropriate amount of culture medium to the third culture dish and was preparing to continue his journey.

Xiao Siyuan sent him a private message.

"Duplicate, come here."

(End of this chapter)