Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 92 Stalactites and Composting Workshop

"The fighting... is it the kind of fighting style where two people fight one at a time?"

Li Zheng touched the tip of his nose, turned around tactfully and went back, casually taking out a few empty bottles from the capsule residence: "I didn't even take the Zhongshi milk, I just confirmed in advance which door to go through, and there was still an unexpected 'surprise'. This luck... is amazing."

"Although I wouldn't mind going to take a look, Sakura is still a child, and we can't let her see such strange things."

"Hey?"

Sakura was still dejected, and looked up in confusion.

"It's okay."

Li Zheng shook the plastic bottle in his hand: "We'll have milk to drink soon."

"Hey!"

At the mention of food and drink, Sakura immediately became excited, flying in the air and waving her arms and legs, her thin tail twisting even faster behind her.

"Haha, you little foodie."

Li Zheng teased it and headed towards the location provided by the Eye of Preys.

The bottle was a plastic water bottle that Li Zheng had emptied these past few days. Logically speaking, for a sci-fi-themed matrix survival game like this, some materials should already be obsolete.

However, both the initial supplies given at the start of the game and the purified water found during exploration are in 500ml plastic bottles.

Moreover, the shape looked very familiar to Li Zheng; it was the brand of the story about the peasant woman who killed her teacher with three punches, except that it didn't have a label.

Perhaps because the rock walls contain certain luminescent minerals, there is also a faint light inside the cave.

Although the brightness was dim, it did not have much of an impact on Li Zheng.

After searching for a while, Li Zheng followed the dripping sound and found a shallow pool of stalactites on the ground.

Just as described by the Eye of Preys, the Bellstone Milk was milky white like milk, and Li Zheng could even smell a faint milky aroma when he got close.

It has a different milky aroma than that of Luoshenhua.

The milky aroma of Luoshen flower carries a hint of floral fragrance, while the milky aroma of Zhongshi milk... is the same milky aroma as pure milk.

"I wonder how long it's been accumulating in this shallow pit, and whether it's spoiled..."

Li Zheng muttered to himself as he squatted down and pressed the water bottle in his hand into the bottle, slowly pouring the slightly viscous Zhongshi milk into it.

Before long, Li Zheng had filled four bottles to the brim, leaving only a few remnants at the very bottom of the shallow pit.

"emmmm..."

Li Zheng hesitated for a moment, then put the caps on all four full bottles, tightened them, and put them into the capsule. Then, a piece of fiber appeared in his hand.

Ten seconds later, Li Zheng got up and left the shallow pit with Xiao Ying.

The shallow pit behind them was spotless, as if a dog had licked it clean, without a trace of stalactite.

"Hmm, it hasn't spoiled." Wiping away a bit of milky white liquid that had accidentally spilled from the corner of his mouth, Li Zheng licked his fingers and said.

"Aww!" Sakura held another small fibrous ball in her little paws, took a sip, and the rich milky aroma filled her mouth. Her little black gem-like eyes squinted happily.

The milk was even more delicious than it had imagined; compared to the spider glands and other food it had eaten in the previous days, it was a delicacy!
The fiber balls are small, and they absorb very little stalactite emulsion.

Despite Sakura's extreme frugality, avoiding large gulps of inhalation, she couldn't last more than two or three times before the fiber ball lost its flavor.

"嘤嘤......"

Sakura looked at Li Zheng longingly, wanting to drink some more.

“There’s only four bottles of this stuff, so we have to be careful with it. Just a taste for now is enough,” Li Zheng refused without hesitation. “We’ll drink more at dinner tonight.”

Li Zheng remembered that he had a tea set, which he could use to hold the stalactite.

"Hey."

Sakura threw away the small fiber ball and began to look forward to dinnertime.

The anticipation of delicious food even outweighed the fact that he had grown a tail.

Its long, slender, scale-like tail twisted and turned behind it, and it was unclear whether it even felt it.

Li Zheng had only walked a few steps when he suddenly turned a corner.

After walking another ten meters or so, Li Zheng stopped, pinched his nose, and looked at a much larger, deeper pit ahead.

The bottom of the pit was covered in filth and smelled terrible.

[The excrement of the Scaled Monitor Lizard (gray), the excrement of a gold-level creature, has excellent composting properties.]

"It's a pity we don't have enough materials right now, and we haven't learned how to draw up the piping diagrams. Otherwise, we could use this time to make use of the two construction drawings and pile up the fertilizer first." Li Zheng hesitated for a moment, then turned around, released the capsule residence, opened the door, and went in to take stock of the materials.

"There are enough materials for one blueprint... Let's build the composting workshop first. We can deal with the toilet tonight. I'll also learn the piping blueprints today."

Li Zheng found the design drawings for the composting workshop and confirmed their use.

Please plan the construction area for the "high-quality composting workshop".

"Just... put it by the door."

Seven meters to the left of the entrance, Li Zheng marked out a 5×5×4 space and confirmed the construction.

The reason for leaving a seven-meter distance is mainly to make room for the bathroom.

The bathroom will be right next to the door, making it convenient to use when entering and leaving the residence.

[Materials are sufficient; a high-quality composting workshop is under construction...]

Once construction is confirmed, the selected materials vanish into thin air, and beams of light appear in the planned area, outlining the contours of the composting workshop.

Those vanished elements are like paint used in painting, filling in the outline of the drawing.

[Time required for this construction: 4:59]

"Five minutes isn't long; it'll be completed just before they finish over there."

Li Zheng glanced at the time. The two fighting would probably take about five minutes to finish. Once the composting studio was built and all the composting materials were collected, he could take advantage of their slump and give them a good beating.

Time passed quickly, the high-quality composting workshop was completed, and the matrix system provided timely notifications:

[A high-quality composting workshop has been completed.]

Following this prompt, Li Zheng opened the door to the workshop and entered. Inside, there was only a 3.5×3.5×3 metal compost bin.

The upper part of the compost bin is square, and the lower part is conical. The discharge port is located at the tip of the cone and is controlled by an automatic valve.

When fertilizer is produced, the discharge port will automatically open, and it will automatically close again after the fertilizer is discharged.

At the very top is a funnel-shaped opening about one meter in diameter, wider at the top and narrower at the bottom; this is the feed inlet.

There is also a small staircase on the outside of the container, which leads directly to the inlet, making it convenient for people to put composting materials into it. Li Zhengben wanted to go up and look at the internal structure through the inlet.

After thinking about it, I realized it was just a 30.75-meter "septic tank," so I gave up on the idea.

After observing, Li Zheng walked out of the studio and called out, "Number Four and Number Five, come out and get... cough, get out and get to work!"

With this command, the two intelligent humanoids that had been standing motionless in the corner since they were created to help tidy up the residence finally started moving again.

Two identical twin-shaped intelligent humanoid robots followed Li Zheng out of the residence. Li Zheng pointed to the deep pit and ordered, "Go down and carry all the shit into the workshop and throw it into the machine."

After saying that, he pinched his nose and hid to the side.

The two intelligent humanoids received the command, went down to the edge of the pit, and soon climbed back up, cupping the raven monitor lizard's excrement in their hands.

"..."

Li Zheng was stunned for a moment, then awkwardly realized he didn't have any tools, so he had to exchange for two shovels in the trading hall and throw them over.

Iron ingots -6, iron shovels +2
“Ding-dang.”

Instead of taking the shovel, No. 4 and No. 5 went into the workshop, threw the excrement into the compost bin, and then picked up the shovel and went back down into the pit to continue working.

Li Zheng stood not far away supervising the construction. He looked at the deep pit, then at the shallow pit a dozen meters away where stalactites were accumulating, and suddenly sighed, "Even livestock know to keep their waste away from their food, but some guys just want to dump it into the sea!"

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