Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 3, Second Room: Four Crops!

The blurry membrane vanished before his eyes, and a bright light shone through, stinging Li Zheng's eyes and forcing him to close them and let tears stream down his face.

Three to five minutes later, Li Zheng shaded his head with his hand to block out the light from above and tried to open his eyes.

Although there is still some discomfort, it is bearable.

The intense lights were still dazzling, making the entire room gleam, and the light reflected off the metal walls made the room look as if it were coated with fluorescent paint.

Wow, this room is pretty big!

Looking at the space, which was three times the size of the previous room, Li Zheng exclaimed in amazement.

"It's a pity we can't turn back inside the Matrix, otherwise this place would be a perfect temporary foothold!"

After expressing his regret, Li Zheng walked towards the several long, rectangular fixtures placed in the room.

The long structure was enormous, more than ten meters long, and upon closer inspection, it was found to be almost a meter high, nearly reaching Li Zheng's crotch.

"This thing looks a lot like a fish tank, but why is it full of plants? Oh, it's a soilless culture dish, then it's alright."

Soilless crop culture dish

Description: A container for soilless cultivation of crops, with a constant internal temperature to provide the optimal growth temperature for crops.

Light required: Meets the requirements.

"Need light?"

Li Zheng shielded his eyes with his hand and looked up slightly. The light bulb on the ceiling of the room was as bright as a small sun.

Imitation Sunlight

Description: Once lit, it mimics sunlight, making it suitable for most crops.

"It's a pity it's too tall to be demolished." Li Zheng shook his head, somewhat regretfully: "Let's see what crops they've planted."

Li Zheng carefully examined the plants, and the system prompted him to mark the name and general information of each plant.

Genetically modified Asparagus cochinchinensis

Description: The *Gynostemma pentaphyllum* variety, which has undergone preliminary genetic breeding, has high nutritional value and is one of the auxiliary materials for making nutrient solutions.

Growth status: Normal
Growth rate 100% (light)

Growth progress: 89%.

It takes about three hours to mature.

Genetically Modified Honey Fruit
Description: A honey fruit variety that has undergone preliminary genetic breeding. The fruit is sweet and delicious, and is the main ingredient for making nutrient solution.

Growth status: Normal
Growth rate 100% (light)

Growth progress: 89%.

It takes about three hours to mature.

Genetically modified snake grass
Description: A novel cultivated variety; efficacy, taste, and toxicity are unknown.

Growth status...

Genetically Modified Flame Branch

Description: A fruitless crop, a variety that has undergone preliminary genetic breeding, and will produce flame-shaped flowers when mature.

Note: The flower blooms for three minutes, after which it withers and dies, but it will leave behind a seed.

Consuming the flowers of the Flame Branch has a 2% chance of developing fire-type genes.

Warning! There is a 30% chance that it will cause harm to the consumer!

Growth status...

There are four "fish tanks" in total, and each fish tank grows only one type of crop in varying quantities.

The largest number of them were ginseng flowers, with ten plants.

Honey fruit followed by seven trees.

Five snake grass plants.

Flame Branch, only one!
The ginseng flower plant is not large, about the same height as the chili peppers grown in ordinary households, with bright yellow flower buds hidden among its emerald green leaves.

A rough count revealed that each of the ginseng plants had produced no fewer than ten flowers!
The most abundant plant even produced eighteen flowers! They hung densely on the short plant.

The honey fruit resembles a short pine tree, becoming increasingly pointed and thinner towards the top, with fewer branches and leaves.

At this time, the honey fruit tree has begun to bear fruit, which is about the size of a baby's fist, with a rough outer skin like a bitter melon and a yellowish-brown color.

Snake grass, as its name suggests, meanders and coils like snakes, covering the bottom of the "fish tank" in circles.

The five snake grass plants are clearly separated, showing that they are very self-disciplined and will never disturb their "neighbors".

The leaves of the snake grass are very small, like the sharp fangs of a snake, and are emerald green, growing very vigorously.

The last Flame Plant is a shrub, entirely fiery red. According to the information provided by the system, Li Zheng knows that this thing can bloom flame-shaped flowers.

However, according to Li Zheng's own observation, the actual growth of the flame plant's branches also resembles a burning flame.

"What a pity, it will take another three hours to ripen."

Li Zheng reluctantly turned his gaze away and went to the equipment next to the four "fish tanks". The machine was a completely transparent glass jar, and the jar was very large. Li Zheng roughly estimated that it had a capacity of about fifty liters.

The jar, which originally contained a thick, emerald-green liquid, had now been drained, leaving only a thin layer at the bottom.

Crop growth solution

Description: Can accelerate the growth rate of crops during cultivation.

"A pillow delivered just when you're sleepy—is there anything better than that?"

Li Zheng was delighted. He had been worried that the three-hour wait was too long, but a solution was right there beside him.

After finding the outlet at the bottom of the culture medium storage tank, Li Zheng fiddled with it for a while and discovered that this thing required fingerprint authentication.

The culture medium inside the tank can only be released after successful identity verification.

Li Zheng scanned his fingerprint, but the storage tank didn't react at all, clearly indicating that the authentication had failed.

"alright."

Li Zheng licked his lips, revealing his wicked smile once more: "I gave you a chance, but you were useless..."

Then you can't blame yourself, let's get started!
Li Zheng took off his coat to cover his fist, stepped back, and punched the glass-like can with a dull thud.

"Wow, it's pretty sturdy."

Li Zheng raised his eyebrows and discovered that after punching, there wasn't a single mark on the can.

At this moment, he regretted throwing the stone away in the previous room.

"But if there are no stones, I have something even harder to crack your skull..."

Li Zheng took out an iron ingot from the capsule, his wicked smile growing even brighter: "Isn't this better than a stone?"

He unwrapped the iron ingots from his coat and swung them like a meteor hammer, making a loud whooshing sound.

bump!
click!
As expected of an iron ingot, it shattered the glass jar with a single blow, leaving several cracks on the jar.

However, Li Zheng was alarmed by the hardness of this transparent material.

You should know that the hardness of the iron ingot in his hand is no joke. With his strength, if he swung it in a circle, let alone glass, even if a person standing in front of him was hit by it, they would suffer broken bones and tendons.

However, since only a few cracks were visible when it was smashed, it's clear that this transparent material is not ordinary glass.

"Come again!"

Woohoo!

bump!
click!
"Come again!"

Woohoo!

bump!
Click!

"again!"

Woo~
"Ouch, I twisted my back..."

Woohoo!

bump!
Crackling sound...

The transparent container eventually succumbed to the "meteor hammer" attack, and the upper half shattered on the ground, with some fragments falling into the container and splashing some of the culture medium.

"Fortunately, the culture medium is quite viscous, otherwise it would be a waste if it splashed out."

Li Zheng stood with his hand on his lower back, his forehead covered in cold sweat, the sweat from the pain he had just experienced from twisting his back.

I put the meteor hammer back together, shook off the pieces from my coat, and put it back on. It might come in handy someday, so I can't just throw it away.

The iron ingot disappeared from his hand, and he took out another item.

It was the empty can of the nutritional supplement we had just finished drinking.

"Recycling waste? Who said that things of gray quality are garbage?"

Li Zheng smiled broadly, carefully poured the culture solution into the can little by little, and then turned around to irrigate each of the growing crops.

Because the amount of culture solution was small, Li Zheng tried his best to distribute it evenly to each plant.

Finally, feeling it was a waste to leave the bit stuck to the bottom of the can, I gritted my teeth, poured some water in to dilute it, scooped it out, and rinsed the can as well.

"Grow up quickly, grow up quickly! Time is life, time is money!"

As the diligent farmer Li watered the plants with the last of the nutrient solution, he muttered to himself.

It's as if doing this can accelerate the growth of plants.

After irrigation, all crops changed their growth status to "fertilized".

The growth rate also changed from 100% to 200%.

With accelerated growth, there is only an hour and a half left before maturity.

After finishing the irrigation work, Li Zheng tried to disassemble the culture medium storage tank, but the system prompted: [Too much damage, cannot be disassembled.]
Li Zheng: "???"

Not playing by the rules?

(End of this chapter)