Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 203 Someone's selling game guides?
Li Zheng drew on his experience from previous transactions and did not include the price in the information.

This way, he can tailor his approach to different people in subsequent transactions.

This time, the number of players who contacted Li Zheng must be at least in the eight figures.

Processing information effectively is no less than waging a major battle.

First, there's Tang Qianzang, who was almost driven mad by Li Zheng. Not long ago, this guy was complaining that the Arctic Ibaraki was trash, but now he's really taken with it.

"This is really something. Why would you sell Arctic Ibaraki when you already have a culture dish?"

Li Zheng replied, "I'd love to! Now we have a petri dish, do you still want one?"

Tang Qianzang: "I want it! A petri dish plus that Arctic Ibaraki plant, what's your price, sir?"

Li Zheng's lips curled slightly: "We're not selling Arctic Ibaraki anymore. We're only selling culture dishes now. I can give you a discount if you want some."

Subsequently, Li Zheng set the price at five times the amount of material needed to make one culture dish and sent it to the other party.

Scarcity increases value, and Li Zheng felt that the price he had set was already very cheap.

If it weren't for the fact that most people don't have that many high-level resources, he could sell them for ten times the price!

Even so, there are very few players who can accept this price right now.

Tang Qiancang immediately replied, "Isn't this too expensive? Big shot, can you give me a friendly price and make it even cheaper?"

Li Zheng asked him, "How much can you accept?"

Tang Qianzang sat down and began to bargain: "I can provide half the amount of materials for one culture dish plus that Arctic Ibaraki."

Upon hearing this price, Li Zheng immediately ignored him and focused on processing other people's transactions.

Because so many people contacted him, he could only randomly select some players who looked acceptable to negotiate prices.

Half an hour later, eight of the ten petri dishes were sold using materials that cost an average of four times as much as the production cost.

During this period, Li Zheng dealt with at least a hundred players and encountered more and more bizarre characters, which gave him a real headache.

For half an hour, Li Zheng kept applying extreme isolation to himself and Xiao Ying. Seeing that his genetic energy was running low, he had no choice but to enter the next room first.

Behind the door were a supply storage container, a petri dish, some food, and a crop.

Upon entering, Li Zheng immediately released the capsule dwelling and crawled inside to begin rubbing the petri dish.

While rubbing the pots, he also handled the transactions for the last two culture dishes.

After half an hour, it wasn't just Li Zheng who suffered; Tang Qianzang was also tormented.

Seeing that Li Zheng didn't say anything, this guy initially wanted to leave him hanging and wait it out.

He clearly underestimated the reaction caused by the petri dish. Seeing that Li Zheng had not contacted him for a long time, he himself became restless.

He gradually started raising the price, from removing the Arctic Ibaraki to eventually buying it at full price, sending no fewer than twenty private messages.

Just when he thought Li Zheng was determined not to sell to him, Li Zheng finally replied to him.

"make a deal!"

With this, nine culture dishes were sold, and Tang Qianzang was the first player to purchase them in full.

Li Zheng was in a great mood and casually gave him 300 ml of intermediate culture medium.

Of course, the first eight people also received this free gift.

Players who can afford culture dishes are definitely not weak, so Li Zheng's gift of culture medium to them was certainly not for nothing.

Once these people use the culture medium and experience its benefits, they'll have no trouble coming to buy from me in the future.

By then, Li Zheng could squeeze every last drop out of these ten people just by selling culture medium!
"Nine petri dishes, after deducting costs, yield a net profit of 300%. Indeed, monopolizing the market is the best way to get rich."

Having kept two sets of materials in hand, Li Zheng produced another twenty-seven culture dishes, bringing the total to thirty when combined with the three he had made earlier.

“Thirty cultivation dishes, enough to fill them with Flame Branches, would require two harvests, followed by three more harvests, to easily upgrade the Ice and Fire Attachment to the maximum level.” After a quick calculation, Li Zheng’s eyes nearly disappeared with laughter.

Five rounds of harvesting can be done in two days. If you're lucky, a few more plants might mutate, and the harvesting speed can be even faster!

In a fleeting moment, Li Zheng thought of a certain man surnamed Feng who had bankrupted himself in his quest to upgrade his abilities to silver.

I upgraded my ability to Platinum level without spending any money; in fact, I made a fortune!

Compared to this, Li Zheng was no longer envious of the other person's lucky streak.

What's wrong with being a lucky person?
Didn't they get crushed by their own cheat-like abilities?

I have to say, petri dishes + intermediate culture medium are simply divine!

The treasure chest system that produces these two items is even more divine, also known as the Supreme God!
"Sell the remaining share, and plant the Arctic Ibaraki later."

Choosing from private messages gave Li Zheng the illusion of an emperor selecting concubines, which made him feel inexplicably excited.

After all this, Li Zheng finally realized that the correct way to use these tools for developing gene abilities is: high-level ones are used for development, and low-level ones are used for upgrading.

Although the success rate of silver and gold items is very low, they can be used to improve ability levels without any side effects.

This is also why he later kept the Arctic Ibaraki tree and only sold it in petri dishes.

Once the Ice and Fire Attachment is maxed out, eat an Arctic Ibaraki Fruit, and you'll likely gain another Ice-type gene ability.

Unfortunately, Flameflower cannot be used to upgrade ice-type abilities, so he'll have to look for more ice-type crops over the next two days.

It doesn't need to be a high rank, just silver is fine.

Of course, a mere platinum-level ice-type ability was hardly worth Li Zhengfa's attention.

But don't forget that the culture solution also has a chance to upgrade the crop's fruit by one level. As a platinum-level crop, Arctic Ibaraki will gain a diamond-level ability once it undergoes a mutation!

As Li Zheng scrolled through the list of players in his private messages, he sighed, "The life of someone with cheat codes is just so simple, unpretentious, and boring..."

Perhaps because players who could afford to buy were quick to send private messages, Li Zheng spent almost an hour searching but still couldn't sell the last culture dish.

Until a player named "Bai Xiaosheng" came into Li Zheng's view.

This person posted a message on a megaphone, claiming that since the beginning of the game, he has teamed up with more than ten players who are in the top twenty of the battle power rankings in various channels, and today, they have compiled a "game strategy guide".

At the same time, this person said that he would now "share" the strategy with all players, as long as they signed a confidentiality agreement and paid a small fee for his services.

The reason Li Zheng noticed this person was not because he was interested in the so-called strategy guide, but because he had seen the name in private messages before.

However, Li Zheng didn't like the other person's name at the time, so he ignored him.

He scrolled back to find the other party's private messages and opened them to view the information sent by the other party.

Then he was amused by the other person.

Bai Xiaosheng: "One game guide, in exchange for a petri dish."

To be honest, if Li Zheng hadn't been so strong and knowledgeable, he might have been intimidated by the other party's confident tone.

After thinking it over, Li Zheng edited the information and offered a strategy guide plus materials costing three times the price, and he agreed to the deal.

This is already the biggest concession Li Zheng is willing to make.

It's worth noting that none of the previous nine people received this treatment.

Soon, Bai Xiaosheng sent a message, negotiating the price.

Li Zheng refused to budge an inch. If the other party couldn't afford three times the cost of the materials, then Li Zheng would have to doubt the authenticity of their so-called "strategy".

At that time, Li Zheng wouldn't mind offending a few more people and using a megaphone to expose Chu Xiao's true colors.

(End of this chapter)