Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 126 Platinum Treasure Chest
[Random treasure chest draw in progress today, please wait...]

[Draw successful. Chest quality: Platinum. Claim now?]

"platinum!"

Li Zheng's spirits lifted, and even his drowsiness dissipated considerably. He silently chanted in his mind, "Extract!"

Boom!
A gilded white treasure chest appeared out of thin air in front of him. Compared to the black iron to gold grade, its design was more flamboyant, with a vine-like plant engraved on its surface.

"It seems... to look better."

With anticipation in his eyes, Li Zheng bent down, grabbed the clasp of the treasure chest, and gently lifted it. "It's a pity about these chests. They disappear automatically every time I take something out of them. Otherwise, they would be great for storing fertilizer."

I reached in and made a token scoop, and system notifications popped up one by one.

[Received: Intermediate Gene Culture Medium Recipe +1]

[Obtained: TJP-type shield blueprint +1]

[Gained: Ion Cutting Blade +1]

[Received: Advanced Parts +80]

[Received: AI Core +1]

[Acquired: Power Core Type V +1]

[Gained: Data Processor +1]

[Gained: Catalyst +100]

……

"Although there are no blueprints for the intelligent humanoid, it seems pretty good. And what exactly is this stimulating agent?"

Li Zheng kept watching the information prompts, but he wasn't too disappointed that he hadn't received the intelligent humanoid blueprint for production control that he wanted most.

Normally, you get one treasure chest a day, and everything you get is practically free, not to mention that you opened a platinum-level one today.

It would be best to have it, but there's no way to force it if you don't, right?
Since the start of the game, several days have passed, and apart from the memory release device, the highest-level item Li Zheng has obtained is only Platinum-level.

This time they've managed to get so many platinum-level materials...

What more bikes do you want?
Because the treasure chest was opened inside the capsule dwelling, everything appeared directly in this space. Li Zheng watched the treasure chest fade and disappear before looking up to find the "catalyst".

He quickly found the growth promoter in the place where the props were stored.

This is a bag of tiny crystals, similar to the snakeskin bags used to store rice on Earth. It's quite large; if stood upright, it would almost reach Li Zheng's crotch.

Li Zheng opened a bag, grabbed a handful, and felt it in his hand like white sugar.

[Acetogenic agent, Platinum grade, raw material/fertilizer]
Description: When used alone, it accelerates crop growth; it can also be used as a material to craft other items.

"That's all the attribute information?"

Li Zheng waited for a long time, still wondering, when he suddenly remembered that Lao Pu had already been sent for an upgrade.

"I was so busy I completely forgot about this."

Shaking his head, Li Zheng glanced at the bag of hormone-stimulating agent, which was labeled with the weight of one bag.

25 kg.

"A total of one hundred bags were opened this time, weighing two thousand five hundred kilograms..." Li Zheng looked at the one hundred bags of growth promoters piled up like a small mountain and clicked his tongue in amazement, "Good heavens, two and a half tons!"

Li Zheng opened a treasure chest and found two and a half tons of platinum-grade fertilizer. He couldn't tell whether he had made a profit or...

It's still a profit, since it's practically free money.

"Thank goodness these things aren't physically stored in treasure chests, otherwise I'd start to doubt... Oh, capsule accommodations, something all players have, can actually use space technology? Our treasure chest system has this kind of real black technology, not a single bit of a joke!"

This is really lithium!

"Let's look at the other things."

After flipping through them for a while, Li Zheng had three props laid out in front of him.

They consisted of two USB drives and a dagger-like short knife.

The two USB drives contain a learning recipe and a disposable drawing, respectively.

[Intermediate Gene Culture Medium Formula, Platinum Level, Available for Study]
Description: The formula for intermediate gene culture medium can be learned.

Production can be increased by manufacturing at the pharmaceutical manufacturing station.

TJP-type shield blueprint, Platinum grade, disposable.

Description: Can create a TJP-type ion shield.

Required materials: Power Core Type V *1, Tiberium Alloy 1000g, Advanced Module *80, Intermediate Module *90

"This shield can't be made yet. We're still short sixty advanced modules. If we're lucky, we can get it done in two days."

Li Zheng originally had 120 advanced modules, but Lao Pu upgraded them and eliminated 100 of them... "As for this recipe, I just happened to bring a computer back today, so I'll just learn it."

Li Zheng beckoned the computer over, plugged in the USB drive, and selected "Study".

Once finished, open the production panel to check.

Intermediate Gene Culture Medium, Platinum Grade, Fertilizer

Description: Can significantly increase the growth rate of crops.

Materials needed for production: 20kg refined fertilizer, 25kg growth promoter, 20L clean water
Output: 18L of intermediate gene culture medium

The required materials are numerous, but none of them are difficult to obtain. Except for clean water, which requires a little more effort to trade, Li Zheng has all the other materials.

Refined fertilizer can be produced in large quantities; the high-quality fertilizer produced in composting workshops is actually a type of "refined fertilizer".

"Only 18L produced?"

Li Zheng frowned deeply. He had consumed twenty liters of water, yet the final output was two liters less...

"The description says that using a pharmaceutical table during production can increase output, so if you just rub it by hand, it will result in a lot of waste?"

Li Zheng searched the trading hall but found no items related to the medicine-making table. Instead, he discovered a player selling a "mortar and pestle".

It's the kind of pestle used in traditional Chinese medicine, consisting of a small stone bowl and a strangely shaped stone stick with different thicknesses at both ends.

"A black iron-grade item?"

After reading the attribute description, Li Zheng closed the trading hall in disappointment: "It can be used as a substitute for the medicine-making table, but only for herbal items, and the capacity is very small, so it's not cost-effective..."

Well, I reckon this is another product that'll be gathering dust for a long time.

"Eighteen liters it is, let's rub it by hand once and take some out to see the effect."

Li Zheng planned to go to the bathroom and release twenty liters of water, and then completed the first production of intermediate gene culture medium in the bathtub.

When it was finished, Li Zheng realized that eighteen liters was quite a lot, enough to fill almost half a bathtub.

Intermediate gene culture medium, platinum, fertilizer
Description: It can significantly increase crop growth rate, improve crop genes, and has a certain probability of cultivating new types of crops.

"A significant...certain probability...isn't that too vague? With my unlucky streak, I feel like the chance of cultivating this new crop is practically zero!"

"Never mind, let's go try it out first."

High-quality fertilizer is naturally dark in color, but after being made into a culture medium, it turns into a gray, viscous liquid.

However, it doesn't smell like anything.

As for how it tastes... Li Zheng didn't try it.

He found a bunch of old plastic bottles that used to hold water, filled them up, and then came to the only crop.

When he arrived, he encountered the intelligent humanoid fertilizer, and Li Zheng quickly took it under control.

"The effects of the previous round of fertilizer have just expired, so let's try a new fertilizer."

With the dull-looking AI standing beside him, Li Zheng held a bottle of culture medium in his hand and poured a little into the culture dish with anticipation.

The bottle contains about 500 milliliters. Li Zheng poured in 100 milliliters, and the attribute panel already indicated "sufficient fertilizer".

The growth rate jumped directly from 100% to 250%!

It's even better than the culture medium that Li Zheng collected before!
"What the hell..."

Li Zheng looked at the bottle in his hand and was speechless.

If I had known it would turn out like this, why did I save that stuff in the first place?

"We'll use this as fertilizer from now on."

Li Zheng brought a total of thirty-six bottles of culture medium, which he piled up next to the culture dishes for the intelligent humanoid to use for fertilization later.

After everything was explained, the AI ​​humanoid remained completely unresponsive, like a complete idiot.

Li Zheng also knew that the intelligent humanoid was not a very intelligent thing, but just some simple programs.

They will try their best to complete the commands given by their owners, and if they can't... they'll just pretend they didn't hear them. So if you want them to respond, forget it.

"Next... is the last prop besides the materials."

Ion cutting blade.

I fell asleep while typing...

I just woke up in a fright, I need to finish writing this chapter...

I've only been sleeping four or five hours a day for the past two months, and I'm starting to feel the strain. Luckily, I'm leaving my job tomorrow, so I can finally get some rest and get back to writing.

Go for it! You can do it!
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