Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 274 Mysterious Fruit, Awesome!
"Not bad, I'll keep it for when I can't sleep one of these days." Shaking his head to dispel the drowsiness, he placed the Rubik's Cube on the bedside table and looked at the third diamond-level item.

【Mystery Fruit】A bright blue fruit, shaped like a date but as big as an rugby ball.

The skin was smooth and wrinkle-free. When Li Zheng looked at it in the light, he could even see his own blurry reflection on it.

The mystery fruit has two effects.

The first effect is that after consuming all of them, there is a 100% chance of developing a random type of genetic ability, with the rank ranging from Iron to Diamond. (Special types are excluded, such as the Abyss type.)
If a player happens to randomly obtain a skill of the same element that they already possess but haven't reached the maximum level, it will be converted into skill experience, which is equivalent to consuming a diamond-level item of the same element.

Li Zheng doesn't have this problem. His only upgradable ability is Ice and Fire Attachment, which just reached its maximum level today.

The second effect is quite outrageous, so outrageous that it takes effect with every bite: after consuming this product, eating sour foods will transform them into other tastes.

Yes, this effect is also random!

A bite of lemon might taste sweet, while a sip of vinegar might taste bitter. (There is no such thing as spiciness; spiciness is a sensation of pain, not taste.)
In principle, these two effects can take effect simultaneously.

Unless someone is out of their mind and insists on sharing it with others to try it out.

"Interesting. I'll save it for tomorrow's dessert." Li Zheng shook his head vigorously, but the drowsiness he had just chased away returned, and he felt sleepy again.

After putting the fruit down, Li Zheng forced himself to stay awake and set up the faceless agricultural android with the task of caring for the crops and adding fertilizer regularly.

Afterwards, I lay in bed and drifted off to sleep.

When Xiaoying came out of the bathroom, Li Zheng was already asleep, hugging a rugby ball.

……

At three o'clock in the morning, Ye Kai and the other two had already gone to sleep.

Suddenly, Ye Kai, who was fast asleep, was jolted awake.

After a brief moment of confusion, he jumped up excitedly, shouting, "I know! I remember!" and ran out to frantically bang on the door of Chu Xiao and Ye Yuan's residence.

He pounded the door quickly and urgently, startling Chu Xiao awake. He then opened the door, grabbed his weapon, and rushed out, cautiously looking around.

"What happened? Were you attacked? Was it a wandering monster or a player?"

Ye Yuan opened the door of her residence, carrying an exaggeratedly designed Gatling gun, and stood sleepily at the door: "Has Genesis discovered us?"

"I don't know." Chu Xiao noticed nothing unusual, put away his weapon, and looked at Ye Kai, waiting for an explanation.

Ye Kai was taken aback by the two men's paranoid attitude, which calmed him down from his excitement.

He realized his actions were too easy to misunderstand and quickly apologized, "Don't worry, don't worry, there was no attack."

Upon hearing that there was no attack, Ye Yuan rolled her eyes and said impatiently, "If there was no attack, why are you disturbing my sleep?"

As she spoke, she yawned and turned to close the door.

"Exactly." Chu Xiao also felt confused and returned to his residence.

Upon seeing this, Ye Kai shouted, "It's Wu Cheng'en! Wu Cheng'en is the author of Journey to the West!"

"Why are you still dwelling on this?" Chu Xiao was completely speechless and quickened his pace to close the door.

Ye Yuan stopped, turned her head and looked lazily at her older brother: "You woke us up in the middle of the night just because you remembered this?"

"Yes! I remembered first, so I won't feed the dog! Only you will feed it!" Although Ye Kai had recovered from his ecstasy, he still retained some excitement.

"Oh," Ye Yuan said casually, "I remembered before I went to sleep, so you're still the one feeding the dog. Ha~ Ah~~ Don't disturb my sleep, you'll get ugly!"

boom!
The gate closed, leaving Ye Kai standing alone in the night, looking somewhat desolate.

...The next day, I woke up as usual with the help of my Sakura-brand alarm clock.

Half an hour to wash up, half an hour for breakfast.

During this time, Li Zheng tried out the effects of the "mystery fruit" and concluded that they were indescribable.

The fruit itself is not tasteless; on the contrary, it has a very strong flavor, and it is extremely sour!
After taking one bite, Li Zheng would have spat out the fruit on the spot if it weren't for its preciousness.

Rinse your mouth with water and swallow, repeating this several times until you feel some relief.

"This stuff is ten times more potent than just eating lemons!" Li Zheng hadn't realized how strong the fruit's flavor was, and he had lost all interest in trying other sour foods.

"But because of the new ability, and since I've already taken a bite, I can't sell it now..." Li Zheng looked at the huge, mysterious fruit, feeling like crying.

Eat it, what else can you do?
We can just eat a few more meals...

Despite the discomfort, Li Zheng mustered his courage and took two more bites, but ultimately gave up.

"Tsk tsk~" Swallowing the frantically secreted saliva, Li Zheng dared not even let his upper and lower teeth touch. His teeth, which were of silver-level physique, were so sensitive that even the slightest touch caused an unbearable discomfort.

"Perhaps this is what they mean by 'If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight.'"

How could there be no difficulties in gaining 100% control over gene development?

Li Zheng put away the mysterious fruit, tidied himself up, and set off on his journey with Xiao Ying, who was watching the show.

[Behind the door lies an environment of acid rain, melting gold and corroding iron. If you have a ceramic umbrella, you can try exploring this place; there are many remnants of skeletal materials buried underground.]

"Don't you dare mention the word 'sour' to me!" Li Zheng rubbed his cheek as he walked away to check another door.

[On the small island in the lake behind the gate, there are special rules: fishing is allowed, but water extraction is prohibited.]

Li Zheng decisively turned around again: "Fishing is impossible. With the rules restricting water access, I can't even get a couple of sips of 'fish soup'."

Behind the door lies a cliff, soaring into the clouds. Halfway up the mountain is a cave, inside which is a serving of your favorite drink.

"My favorite drink? Zhongshi Milk?" Li Zheng was tempted. He had already finished the Zhongshi Milk he got last time, and he still missed its taste.

"Take a look at the other two doors. If they don't have anything of suitable value, then we'll take the stalactite."

Behind the door, in the desert, two small reptiles hide in the sand, waiting for their prey to come to them.

Gold-tier, not a high threat.

"Well, I guess I'm out of luck with the Bellstone Milk." Li Zheng hadn't even looked at the last door yet, but the value of the two golden creatures here was clearly higher than that of the Bellstone Milk.

The volcano behind the gate is erupting, and a group of small creatures that can survive in the lava are active at this time.

Silver tier, extremely low threat level.

Li Zheng recalled the materials he had memorized during the night, and the missing silver-level material was the blood of a creature called "Heat Worm".

"This is it!"

It has extreme isolation capabilities, and all extreme temperature environments are nothing to it.

What might be a deadly environment for other players is like a mountain outing for him.

With an air purifier, he is immune to even dust and toxic gases floating in the air.

Sakura put on a Pink Polly brand mask, and Li swiped his card at the door and stepped inside.

(End of this chapter)