Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 42 Little Helper... That's all!
The puppies ran away with their tails between their legs. What a pity, you've lost a lot of good material.

While grilling meat, Li was also keeping an eye on the wolf pack's movements.

"Slipped away?"

When the wolf king howled, he thought the other side had finally decided to fight to the death.

However, the Eye of Preys gave the completely opposite information.

Li Zheng sighed, "These wolves are too smart. If it weren't for the invincible feature card bug of the capsule dwelling, I wouldn't have been able to slaughter them so easily before."

As Li Zheng flipped through the roasted meat in his hand, a question suddenly occurred to him.

If the capsule dwellings have invincibility, why have so many players still died in these three days?
Is it because they're stupid and didn't discover this bug-exploiting method?

"It's impossible that I was the only one who discovered it, or rather..."

Li Zheng stared at the campfire and thought of a possibility: "Or rather, the invincible nature of the capsule dwelling is simply a safety guarantee arranged by the system for the players."

It was precisely because of this guarantee that more than half of the players survived within three days.

Otherwise, let alone 3 billion unarmed humans, even if there were 30 billion or 300 billion, what would they have to do against the creatures in the Matrix?
Is it really just a matter of luck to choose a room?
Lucky players might find a safe room, collect blueprints and materials, craft weapons and equipment, then grind monsters to level up and reach the pinnacle of life?

Are unlucky players destined to be instantly killed in the first room?

This does not conform to the "fairness" of the matrix survival game.

This can be seen from the fact that when players enter the matrix, the amount of resources around them is equal.

Li Zheng vaguely felt that he might have overlooked something.

The initial safety measures provided by the system for players go far beyond just capsule accommodations.

A single capsule dwelling cannot guarantee that players will get through the "newbie period".

"what is it then?"

Li Zheng stared blankly at the campfire, not even noticing that Xiao Ying had landed beside him.

"嘤嘤!"

Sakura smelled the burnt meat and spoke up to warn Li Zheng.

"Ah."

Li Zheng came to his senses, looked at the charred wolf meat, and simply threw it away and extinguished the campfire.

"Let's go, let's go back and break it down."

Li Zheng called out, and Xiao Ying obediently flew up and then crawled back into the pocket to lie down.

"嘤嘤嘤!"

The little guy seemed excited because he had previously helped Li Zheng and proven his usefulness.

"Yes, our Sakura is the best."

Li Zheng patted its little head and coaxed it, "Sakura will become more and more powerful in the future, and I will need Sakura's protection then."

"Hey!"

The little guy was really susceptible to this, patting his chest with his little paws and giving a "I've got your back" look.

……

Because of Li Zheng's deliberate circling behavior, he never strayed too far from the wolf carcasses and soon found his way back to the location.

The strong stench of blood lingered, and the bloodstains and wolf carcasses scattered everywhere looked rather eerie under the dim light of the lantern.

【break down……】

Li Zheng sped up and quickly turned the remaining wolf carcasses into materials, storing them inside the capsule dwelling.

"A total of sixteen wolves were killed."

Li Zheng checked the materials and found that the wolf blood obtained from the massacre was as high as 53 bottles!
"If all Black Iron-grade potions only require one material, wouldn't I be able to make more than fifty bottles of potions already?"

Thinking of this, Li Zheng couldn't wait to release his capsule dwelling and put a bottle of forest wolf blood and a bottle of fire scorpion blood into the crafting table.

"Analysis!"

The workbench, which had already been repaired, began working diligently, and after a period of time, the results were displayed on the screen.

"Timber wolf blood can be used to make cell vitality potions and muscle strength potions, but we are still missing one ingredient."

"The blood of the Desert Fire Scorpion can be used to make bone-strengthening potions, and it's a bronze-level potion, so the effect is definitely much stronger than the iron-level one!"

However, the amount of material missing…

Li Zheng frowned and opened the list of missing materials for the Black Iron Potion. "Both potions require the blood of the Armored Boar. Let's try looking for it in the trading hall first. If that doesn't work, we'll have to wait until tonight to broadcast the trade through the loudspeaker."

After opening the trading hall and searching, there were very few players selling armored boar blood.

Because this blood has the attribute of enhancing the player's physique, very few people sell it.

"A 50ml bottle of wild boar blood costs a whole power core?"

This price is really too high.

Although Li Zheng now possesses more than ten power cores, he hates the feeling of being taken advantage of by others.

A thought struck Li Zheng: perhaps some players in the regional chat channel had a few bottles of Armored Boar Blood.

"However, the possibility is not high. Things that can directly enhance a player's strength by drinking them are more likely to be consumed immediately after being obtained."

Li Zheng didn't have high expectations. After all, if he hadn't had a gene-making station, he would have swallowed this stuff the moment he got his hands on it.

All materials only have value when they are transformed into a part of strength.

Otherwise, keeping it in your hand would take up space in the capsule's living space.

"Try it."

Li Zheng edited the information and sent it to the regional channel.

Li Zheng: [Snake Grass Needle] can be exchanged for a large amount of blood. Five bottles of black iron-grade blood can be exchanged for one needle, and two bottles of bronze-grade blood can be exchanged for one needle. Hurry up if you want to exchange, you only have half an hour to wait!
Once the message was sent, everyone in the channel who was chatting fell silent for a moment.

Then it started spamming the screen.

Especially the players who obtained the Snake Grass Needle yesterday, their chat was flooded with messages with incredible efficiency.

Fengshan: Brother, I'll trade! I have ten bottles of Black Iron grade and five bottles of Bronze grade! You give me six snake grass needles, and I'll take them all! Lu Li: I have twenty bottles of different kinds of Black Iron grade, I'll trade too! @Li Zheng, Dad, for the sake of our father-son relationship, how about you give me five snake grass needles?
Li Chun: I only have twelve bottles of Black Iron grade...

Passerby: I have four bottles of Black Iron and one bottle of Bronze. Can you give me a friendly price and exchange them for two Snake Grass Needles?
……

The screen was scrolling so fast that Li Zheng was overwhelmed. He had no choice but to open the private chat and have players who wanted to trade send him the quantity and price via private message.

For the next half hour, Li Zheng processed private messages one by one, negotiating prices, making transactions, and listing names.

They were busy and having a great time.

Half an hour later, Li Zheng immediately closed the private chat and tallied his gains.

In the end, this transaction yielded a total of 586 bottles of different types of Iron-grade blood and 40 bottles of Bronze-grade blood.

None of the bottles contained any properties that could enhance physical constitution.

In fact, most of the product information even states that the taste is: fishy and smelly.

The effects are mostly limited to either a chance of food poisoning or a chance of causing minor harm to the body after drinking it.

All of this means that out of more than five hundred bottles of blood, not a single bottle of Armored Boar blood was received...

"Gan!"

Li Zheng was speechless. "These players are cunning as devils; they won't suffer even the slightest loss!"

In the regional chat, the players who had made the trade were overjoyed, praising Li Zheng as a truly conscientious and capable leader.

The constant reminders tagging him were driving Li Zheng crazy.

He knew perfectly well that those who praised him were probably secretly calling him an idiot.

Trading a treasure like snake grass needles for a bunch of useless "garbage"—isn't that insane?
This is just plain stupid!
Some people speculate that Li Zheng's move was a blatant attempt to cast a wide net, hoping to collect a few bottles of blood to enhance physical fitness, but he ended up getting himself into trouble.

Li Zheng silently watched the players celebrating in the regional channel, his lips curling into an uncontrollable, insane grin.

"We'll find out who's the idiot after the analysis."

Li Zheng turned off the regional channel, ignoring the notifications and immersing himself in analyzing the blood.

After a series of classifications, analyses, comparisons, and categorizations, Li Zheng successfully produced thirty-six bottles of black iron-grade gene potion and two bottles of bronze-grade potion.

Cell Vitality Agent: Black Iron Grade *9
Muscle Strength Potions: Iron Grade *8, Bronze Grade *1
Nerve Response Agents: Iron Grade *9, Bronze Grade *1
Bone Strength Potion: Black Iron Grade * 10
Looking at the thirty-eight colorful test tubes, Li Zheng wiped away imaginary sweat from his brow, feeling gratified.

"Although a lot of snake grass needles were used, the final harvest was far more valuable than the snake grass needles themselves!"

Li Zheng picked up a vial of black iron-grade cell vitality serum, tilted his head back, and drank it down.

The medicine entered the stomach and instantly transformed into energy, filling the entire body.

Close your eyes and feel the medicine activating all the cells in your body, making you feel like you've come alive and are cheering with joy.

"continue!"

As Li Zheng drank the medicine one vial after another, his physical condition underwent a dramatic transformation.

Muscles twitch, bones pop.

Li Zheng broke out in a cold sweat, and when he opened his eyes, they flashed with a lightning-like light.

The brilliance was fleeting.

Li Zheng walked to the entrance of the capsule residence and looked outside.

The dim light no longer affected him; he could see clearly a hundred meters away through the dense trees.

Looking closer, the shape of every fallen leaf on the ground and every tiny texture of the trees were clearly visible to Li Zheng.

"Let's test our current strength."

Li Zheng clenched his fist, his body seemingly brimming with power ready to be unleashed.

tom!
With a powerful stomp of his foot, he transformed into an arrow, shooting out of the doorway of his residence.

In the forest, a figure moved among the trees, flipping, turning, leaping, and shifting.

Sometimes it leaps high into the air, sometimes it crawls on the ground.

Li Zheng never imagined that one day he would be able to easily perform a perfect split.

He could even easily perform parkour moves that he used to admire when watching videos.

"drink!"

Li Zheng used his feet to push off the tree trunks in succession, leaping back and forth between the trunks until he landed exhausted after several attempts.

"Cool!"

Li Zheng burst into laughter and punched a nearby tree trunk, leaving a clear fist mark.

"This power is still insignificant in the face of firearms, but as long as I continue to take the gene serum, perhaps one day I will be able to smash a mountain with a single punch, just like in the novels!"

Looking at his hand, which wasn't even scratched, Li Zheng clenched his fist, feeling incredibly excited.

"I've finished all the Black Iron potions, and each of the four attributes has only shown one plus sign! If I directly take the more potent Bronze-level potions, wouldn't the improvement be even more terrifying?"

Li Zheng hurried back to his capsule residence and picked up a vial of bronze-level gene serum.

Just as he was about to drink it, the Eye of Preys suddenly gave him a hint:
No way, no way, really?

Surely no one really thinks they can take gene-enhancing drugs beyond their level?
If you insist on drinking it, please be prepared that your body may not be able to handle the effects.

The excitement brought on by his sudden surge in strength was instantly dampened, and Li Zheng reluctantly put down the potion, laughing self-deprecatingly.

Indeed, one must eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time.

Want to achieve instant success?
think too much!

"Sakura, let's go!"

Li Zheng, with Xiao Ying by his side, packed up the capsule residence, full of high spirits.

He looked around, hoping to find the "little helper" in the room using Preers' Eye.

[Idiot, why did you drag this out for so long?]
Your little helper has already been taken away by the wolves. Forget about it. There's nothing but trees here. Maybe you could work as a lumberjack and cut down a few trees to take with you?

Li Zheng: "..."

(End of this chapter)