Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 384 Extraordinary Fruit!

“You can look for it, but I’ve decided to use this explosive power less often in the future.” Li Zheng explained the problem he had just discovered.

Everyone immediately became serious.

Especially Zhan Zhouzhou, who was one of the people who noticed something was wrong with Li Zheng back then. After a moment of silence, she said, "Even now, I can sense a suppressed sense of danger emanating from you."

“Moreover, this aura has grown stronger every time we meet.” She said seriously, “I thought it was some ability you developed and hid as a trump card, but I never expected it to be such a dangerous thing.”

Perception?

Everyone, including Li Zheng, looked at Zhan Zhouzhou in surprise. How could she sense something that even the person involved couldn't clearly feel?

"Are all martial artists this outrageous?" Feng Shan couldn't help but retort, "Are you some kind of Super Saiyan?"

"There are different levels of strength among martial artists," Zhan Zhouzhou said calmly. "At least for now, I am the only one with this ability."

Everyone was astonished upon hearing this. Good heavens, he could be considered the number one martial artist.

Fengshan was taken aback, muttered a couple of times, and then fell silent.

"So, according to you, you contracted this strange negative emotion during the first dungeon we ran together?" Yan Guang also put aside his temporarily unpleasant mood and asked, "Is it true that every player who goes to the Ancient Ruins and lands the final blow gets infected?"

If so, there may be many players in channel 879 who are already infected without their knowledge. I need to conduct a check in channel 879 to find out who is infected.

“No, it’s just a chance.” Li Zheng shook his head slightly. “I asked the people in Kunlun, and the percentage isn’t high.”

"However, it is worth noting that two of these emotions are very dangerous."

"One is rage, and the other is sloth."

"The rage will grow stronger as players fight against various creatures in the matrix every day. Eventually, players will be driven mad by the rage, their consciousness will be completely confused, and they will become humanoid beasts who only know how to kill."

"As far as I know, quite a few people in Kunlun have had their consciousness extinguished after being infected with rage."

"Even an iron will can be worn down in just a few days, so you can imagine how terrifying this emotion is."

"Laziness, on the other hand, is a chronic and difficult-to-control emotion. People like comfort, and laziness is the breeding ground for comfort. When comfort reaches its extreme, one will become increasingly lazy, and eventually, one will die of thirst or starvation."

"This emotion is relatively easy to control. As long as you have enough willpower, it can last much longer than rage."

After a pause, Li Zheng added, "Sexual...desire might be considered the third most dangerous type, especially for men."

Hearing this, Feng Shan snorted softly: "I think some people don't need to be infected with this kind of emotion. She is born with a strong desire, otherwise why would she be like a madwoman every day?"

Everyone present knew perfectly well who he was referring to. Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou exchanged a glance but remained silent.

Lin Fengjiao removed one of her cochlear implants and pretended to take out a handkerchief to slowly wipe it.

Upon seeing this, Li Zheng asked in a low voice, "Have all three surgeries been completed on Lao Xiao's side?"

Lin Fengjiao's capsule residence had been requisitioned by Xiao Siyuan to be used as an operating room. Seeing her take out something, Li Zheng casually asked her about it.

"It's done." Lin Fengjiao's vocal cords were already damaged, so her normal speaking volume wasn't high.

However, her response proved one thing.

She also has a cochlear implant in her other ear.

The atmosphere grew increasingly tense as Feng Shan and Yan Guang glared at each other, a verbal battle seemingly about to erupt.

Li Zheng suddenly spoke up: "I'm leaving now. I still have a few exploration opportunities left."

He wasn't interested in these arguments; small-scale flame wars broke out several times a day on the world channel, and he was already tired of them.

"I'm leaving too." Zhan Zhouzhou said succinctly, exiting the instance before Li Zheng. Lin Fengjiao looked around, feeling rather awkward, and also left.

Li Zheng then woke up Xiaoying, who was sleeping next to him, and left using the event ticket.

This little guy is basically living in a portable waterbed, so comfortable. He can just lie down and sleep when he gets sleepy.

As for how things would develop between Fengshan and Yanguang, Li Zheng wasn't interested at all.

He just wanted to use up all his exploration opportunities before midnight.

Back in the room before the event, Li Zheng glanced back and saw that Xiao had already left the previous room.

He turned his head and walked towards the refrigerator in the center of the room.

This room was selected and marked by Old Pu as the food room, and it has a regular petri dish placed not far from the refrigerator.

Upon arriving at the refrigerator and opening the door, Li Zheng was immediately stunned.

"Wow! If I had encountered this refrigerator on the first day, I would have become the richest person in the Matrix on the spot!"

The refrigerator was crammed full of bottled water, roughly estimated to be at least seventy bottles!

After cleaning up the water bottles, Li Zheng had an idea. It seemed that he hadn't tried to move the refrigerator since his last failed attempt.

After thinking for a moment, Li Zheng threw the refrigerator out, grabbed both sides of the refrigerator, and with all his might, finally managed to lift the petri dish off the ground.

"Phew, not bad. With my Gold-level Limitless Physique, I can move the refrigerator and use it for my own purposes." Li Zheng moved the refrigerator into his residence and wiped away his sweat.

Although he already has an icehouse, his need for such storage equipment is not great anymore, but having one more is always a good thing.

We can always tear it down later; it's all inside the residence, so it's easy to dismantle.

After finishing with the refrigerator, Li Zheng went to the petri dish, which was a standard four-slot petri dish that could grow four plants at the same time.

This type of petri dish has both advantages and disadvantages compared to the one used by Li Zheng.

The advantage is that it takes up less space than four separate culture dishes.

The disadvantage is that it requires auxiliary lighting from sun lamps, otherwise it will slow down the plant's growth rate.

In addition, because it has no lid, it cannot keep warm.

Plants that require specific temperatures cannot be grown there either.

At this point, of the four plants originally planted in the petri dish, three had withered and died, leaving only a small fruit tree about fifty centimeters tall.

Two milky-white, flawless fruits grew on the tree, their shape resembling the embryos of some kind of animal.

【Fairy Fruit
Rank: Extraordinary

Type: Special Item/Fruit
Description: Delicious, juicy, and tender.

It can significantly enhance mental strength after taking it, and should be taken five days apart.

Old Pu: There's not much to say about this; all the information is the same as above.

Damn!

I hate this feeling!
This makes me feel like I'm facing an unemployment crisis!

Although you often forget to let me appear, this sense of crisis has been there for a long time.

(End of this chapter)