Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 113 Pure Lotus, Human Body Modification Platform
[Pure Lotus, Gold Level]

Description: Born of filth, yet purified and holy.

Consuming a single petal can purify all negative statuses (only for those below the Gold level).

Old Pu: Did you see that? What beautiful flowers... If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, could you imagine that its growing environment was so poor?

The Pure Lotus grows in a patch of foul-smelling black silt. Li Zheng stands at the edge of the silt pit, where he can vaguely see the rotting flesh and bones churning inside.

Various disgusting insects burrow in and out of the silt, devouring rotting flesh, and their excrement adds nutrients to the silt.

However, the pure lotus that grows in such an environment is snow-white and holy, unlike anything in the human world.

Whether it was an illusion or not, Li Zheng actually saw a faint halo shimmering on the surface of the Pure Lotus, like the afterglow of the legendary heaven, which even God favored.

"This lotus flower, even just looking at it from afar, makes one reluctant to eat it; it's truly strange."

Li Zhengke didn't care about any of that; he would take anything that was useful.

"It's a real shame that this crop, which has a special growing environment, is unlikely to be transplanted."

Propelling his flying vehicle, Li Zheng flew close to the surface of the mud pit, plucked a basin-sized lotus with eight petals from its stem, and stuffed it into his capsule.

"gone."

Having already acquired the only two valuable items in the room, Li Zheng didn't linger any longer and quickly flew his aircraft past the metal doors.

There are no supplies behind this door, but there is a piece of equipment that might interest you.

Ignoring the empty rooms or those of low value, Li Zheng ultimately chose the metal door that displayed only one piece of equipment.

"Di!"

Li Zheng swiped his card and disappeared into the light screen without looking back.

"The only equipment that interests me, besides the hibernation chamber, is the human body modification table that Yan Guang once encountered."

The absence of a pet notification already indicates the device type.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Zheng stopped thinking, the light disappeared, and he immediately saw a metal device that looked like an operating table.

[The Human Modification Platform contains several human modification plans. Select one and consume specific materials to modify certain organs.]

Upon approaching, the matrix system provides a brief information prompt.

Li Zheng went to the display screen next to the modification platform and found that the modification plans stored there were only for limb modification. He did not find a modification plan similar to the "nuclear heart" that he had sent to Xiao Siyuan before.

If you choose to modify yourself, you can use the materials you obtain later to upgrade the modified organs, and this upgrade can be done without going through a modification station.

For example, Yan Guang's silver-white arm has actually been upgraded several times. Li Zheng had previously seen the detailed attributes through the Eye of Preys.

This strong girl has upgraded her arm to silver, and some parts have been replaced with gold-grade ones.

That's why she performed so brilliantly in the ancient ruins, easily shattering the mechanical mantis with a single punch.

This is even more violent than when Fengshan uses his burst ability.

"This kind of transformation also has its advantages and disadvantages."

After careful consideration, Li Zheng decided to abandon the idea of ​​replacing some parts of his body.

"The advantage of metal body parts lies in their sturdiness and extremely high defensive capabilities, making them difficult for ordinary creatures to contend with."

"The drawback is also obvious: it is not flexible enough and cannot be used as naturally as one's own limbs."

This happened yesterday when Yan Guang was fighting monsters; every attack was straightforward and lacked variation. If Yan Guang were to fight Zhan Zhouzhou, he would probably be defeated in a single exchange.

Even when facing Fengshan, they are somewhat inferior.

Li Zheng tapped his chin, then supported it with his fingers: "Of course, the biggest drawback of mechanical limbs is that their upper limit is unstable."

Raising the limits of mechanical limbs can be simple in some ways, but incredibly difficult in others.

Low-level materials are easy to collect in the early stages, allowing for rapid level progression.

In the mid-to-late game, especially after reaching the Gold tier, the difficulty of obtaining mid-to-high-level materials increases dramatically; often, it may take several days of exploration to obtain even a single material needed.

Take Li Zheng as an example.

Aside from the "Daily Treasure Chest" providing him with some materials every day, even with the Eye of Preys' assistance, he hasn't been able to acquire many platinum-level items these days.

The two times I acquired the most Platinum-level materials were in the last two days, through dungeon runs.

One of the instances was even triggered by Zhan Zhouzhou.

It's easy to imagine that all items of Gold grade and above are extremely difficult to obtain!

"For me, it's better to pursue a temporary boost in combat power through human modification than to seek such a thing."

It's better to take it one step at a time, slowly gather materials, and improve yourself using gene serums.

Li Zheng circled the human body modification platform several times, measuring the size of the device. After comparison, he found that it couldn't be moved into the capsule residence like a refrigerator or a computer.

Helpless, he had no choice but to take out the salted fish gun, aim it at the human modification platform, and fire a barrage of shots.

Ever since he blasted open the computer's support pillar with one shot, Li Zheng had become too lazy to use iron ingots to dismantle things anymore. Not only was it slow, but sometimes when he hit parts made of higher-grade materials, the recoil would leave the iron ingots pitted and uneven.

Intentionally avoiding the display screen area where special materials were most likely to be obtained, Li Zheng blasted the human body modification platform to smithereens in just one minute.

【分解破损的人体改造台，获得：［医用多关节机械臂设计图］+1、分析仪+1、数据处理器+1、奥利哈刚200g、中级模块+30、基础模块31、高级零部件+28、钛空合金300g、铁锭+100、动力核心Ⅳ型+1。】

"Oh? Quite a lot of stuff, and the levels are generally high." Li Zheng raised an eyebrow as he looked at the materials he had acquired. "Last time, Yan Guang regretted it immensely when she found out the equipment could be smashed. I wonder what she would think if she knew that the human body modification platform could yield so many mid-level materials?"

Li Zheng only thought about this idea.

Yan Guang is not Feng Shan. If he were to provoke her, he might end up getting punched twice the first time they met.

If you can avoid provoking them, then don't.

"A blueprint was disassembled, but it's not for a human body modification platform?" Li Zheng flipped his hand, and a USB flash drive appeared in his palm.

Medical multi-joint robotic arm design drawings, gold grade, parts, available for study.

Description: This invention provides a method for manufacturing a medical multi-joint robotic arm.

Medical multi-joint robotic arms can be used to manufacture "medical" related equipment.

Required materials: 10 Advanced Modules, 20 Iron Ingots, 5 Advanced Components, 100g Titanium Alloy

"Just a part used to make other equipment?" Li Zheng was somewhat surprised.

He had seen this type of drawing before, and had even studied one.

The blueprint he studied was for "pipes," and the description also indicated that it could be used to manufacture certain equipment.

However, so far, Li Zheng has not found any blueprint that requires these "special parts".

(End of this chapter)