Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 448 Initial Training of Timber Wolves (6000 words)

It is known that feeding materials into a feed compressor will produce corresponding feed based on the actual materials input.

So, how do you calculate it if you put special materials into the compressor?
For example, crystal cores, which can enhance a pet's strength.

Li Zheng had been thinking about this problem the moment he got his hands on the compressor blueprints; now it was time to put it into practice and find the answer.

Li Zheng dragged two short, fat cobra carcasses out of the cold storage, and without bothering to dissect them, he tossed them into the feed compressor.

Go outside and dig out the Rongrong Rabbit that was cut in two, then take three gold-grade crystal cores and throw them into the compressor as well.

Get it!

With a simple operation on the feed compressor, the machine makes a 'whoosh' sound and starts working.

The indicator lights on the control panel were flashing erratically. A moment later, there was a sound coming from the metal bucket, the sound of small stones falling into it.

It jingled and clanged incessantly.

About three minutes later, the machine calmed down, and Li Zheng disassembled the metal bucket and looked inside.

Compressed feed (for meat)

Grade: Silver ~ Gold
Function: Can be used for daily feeding of livestock.

Description: This is a carnivorous compressed feed made from the carcasses of a cobra (silver) and a slug rabbit (silver), combined with the crystal cores of an iron-toothed short-tailed crocodile (gold), a bronze-backed ape (gold), and a saber-toothed three-tailed tiger (gold). It is highly nutritious and has many uses.

After a carnivore has eaten a meal and reached a state of fullness and fully digested it, there is a very small chance that any of the following effects will be triggered (not unique):

Effect 1: Quality upgraded by one level (maximum Gold).
Effect 2: Develop any fire-type ability (rank from silver to gold).

Effect 3: Develop any metal-type ability (rank from silver to gold).

Effect 4: Develop any Earth-type ability (rank from Silver to Gold).

Effect 5: Rank increases by one level (highest elite).
Note: Any of the above effects may change the appearance of a creature.

Note: If you do not feel full after eating, it may result in waste.

caveat!

This product is for domesticated animals only. Do not use it for any other purpose. If you use it for any other purpose and cause any adverse effects, you will be solely responsible for the consequences!
caveat!

Do not feed these animals to captive animals below the Silver rank, as this could lead to tragedy!

The feed itself is in the form of segmented pellets, and each pellet is very uniform in size and composition with minimal error.

Li Zheng studied the attribute information carefully and roughly understood how this so-called feed worked.

The development effects of the three types of abilities correspond exactly to the three types of crystal core materials used, but the probability is diluted, causing the success rate, which was originally more than 50% when used alone, to become so-called "extremely small", which means it is almost negligible.

Secondly, 'Effect 1' should correspond to the average grade of the materials used. All three crystal cores are gold-grade, so the upper limit is gold-grade.

Finally, 'Effect 5' is a comprehensive effect, which may appear randomly or be a hidden effect that is made visible.

At least, neither those corpses nor the crystal cores had any effect on increasing the rank.

Interestingly, while feed can endow domesticated animals with special abilities, not all of these animals can be considered as effective combat troops.

For example, if Li Zheng raises a thousand Star-level forest wolves, these forest wolves can only be used as breeding stock to produce "pet-fit individuals," and cannot be released at will to assist in combat.

Of course, there are exceptions to the rules.

There is a "Release" function in the captive animal enclosure, which can terminate the captive relationship and release the animals back into the wild.

If these wolves are still willing to obey Li Zheng's orders and fight for him after being released, then that's a matter between the wolves and Li Zheng, and has nothing to do with the terminal.

This way of playing also has limitations.

Animals that have been released into captivity cannot be kept in captivity again.

This means that released animals cannot be brought into the animal pen and carried with them.

Simply put, captive animals can be seen as expendable combat resources; once released, they cannot be taken back.

If Li Zheng accidentally releases one of the wolves now and then uses space pirate teleportation to escape, that wolf will essentially be abandoned.

In addition to releasing animals, the function of animal husbandry also includes grazing, which allows animals to be briefly released from their pens to get some necessary exercise and maintain their physical and mental health.

During the grazing period, no matter how high the combat strength of the domesticated animals was before they were tamed, they cannot initiate or passively attack (Note: Domesticated animals may attack each other during special periods, which are not subject to this rule. For example, during the mating season).

Therefore, when choosing to graze animals, Li Zheng not only does not receive combat assistance, but he also has to keep an eye on these animals and ensure their safety.

"..."

After studying the topic, Li Zheng summarized the ways to raise livestock: "A backyard cattery?"

Aren't these domesticated animals just like cats in catteries?

They spend their entire lives breeding, solely to cultivate superior offspring!
Just then, a gust of black wind suddenly blew in from the gate of the residence, rushed into the animal pen, buried its head under the wolf king's buttocks, and trembled.

The Demon Blade Thirst for Blood flew in close behind, hovering beside Li Zheng: 'Master, Blade Thirst for Blood has fulfilled its mission, completing the task and bringing that stupid dog back!'

Li Zheng looked closely and burst out laughing.

Isn't "Black Wind" the husky that infiltrated the wolf pack?

No one knows what the Demon Blade did to it when it was driving it away, but it was so frightened that it buried its head under the wolf king's rear end and dared not come out.

Li Zheng closed the gate to the animal pen tightly, whistled at the wolf king to make it leave, and revealed the dog's head that was hidden under its rear end.

When Li Zheng saw what the husky looked like, he laughed even louder.

"Hahaha! ~~ Mediterranean!"

The husky was trembling, one paw covering its eyes as if trying to cover its ears. Its fur was black and white, with a large patch of black fur on its back extending to the back of its head, circling around its two ears in a semi-circle.

Its forehead and face are both white, making it look like a middle-aged person with a bald patch on the top of their head, commonly known as "Mediterranean."

Seemingly finally realizing something was wrong, 'Mediterranean' moved its paw away, mustered its courage, opened its eyes, and looked around.

Finding the Demon Blade wasn't beside him, he stood up with a sense of relief, tilting his head as if wondering why he had been imprisoned.

After laughing for a while, Li Zheng became somewhat sentimental: "I wonder how Xiao G is doing now. I hope the landlord's house wasn't demolished too badly, otherwise when I go back, just paying for the renovations will be a big problem."

Looking at the Mediterranean Sea, Li Zheng thought of his husky named "Little G".

Although it was very troublesome to keep it at first, the slippers at home were never worn out completely.

But after I gritted my teeth and bought an electric scooter, everything got better.

After riding his electric scooter for two hours every day, Little G no longer has the energy to destroy the house and wants to lie still all day long.

Huskies have a nickname that's really true—they can't run away.

On the day Li Zheng bought the electric scooter, he rode it out to walk his dog and was nearly thrown off his feet by the husky.

The next day, Li Zheng came up with a plan: he used two hemp ropes to tie Xiao G to the electric scooter and let it ride around.

It might be hard to believe, but Li Zheng never charged his electric scooter even once after buying it...

However, it must be said that the Husky breed is only interesting when kept in someone else's home.

Keeping it yourself is not as interesting as watching it; instead, it's just annoying, and you're in a constant state of conflict, wanting to kill it but not being able to bear it.

So now the problem is, in the Matrix, Li Zheng doesn't have that much free time to walk his dog every day.

Who knows what kind of trouble this husky will cause if it stays in the same pen as a wolves?

It's fine now that there are no pregnant female wolves, but what if there are pregnant female wolves, and it keeps making a fuss every day, disturbing the fetuses of the female wolves?
So we need to find a way to completely drain its energy!

Looking at the still-dazed, silly dog, Li Zheng's smile grew increasingly wicked as he opened his private chat to consult Xiao Siyuan.

"Old Xiao, do you have any props like those little blue pills? Give me a ton first!"

……

Xiao Siyuan and Lin Fengjiao and her brother were conducting their daily exploration when they entered a crop room and received a letter from Li Zheng.

After reading the private message, Xiao Siyuan gave Li Zheng a meaningful look and replied reassuringly, "So young and already impotent? Sigh... that's true! Men always have their limitations, I understand. Don't worry, leave it to me, even if I don't have it, I'll find a way to develop it for you!"

After receiving the reply, Li Zheng was utterly bewildered.

What the hell is this?!

Lao Xiao, are you misunderstanding something?
That's not for me to use!

Li Zheng quickly explained, "It's for the dog."

Xiao Siyuan replied sympathetically, "Your brother won't allow you to talk about yourself like that!"

Li Zheng roared in fury: "Damn it, let's fight!"

Xiao Siyuan scoffed: "Are you getting angry out of embarrassment?"

Li Zheng exploded: "You just wait!"

Li Zheng: "[Photo] Feed it!"

After seeing the photo, Xiao Siyuan was greatly disappointed: "You really feed this to a dog... Wait? When did you get a new pet? A destructive husky??"

“It’s not a pet.” Li Zheng briefly explained the difference between domestic animals and pets. “Well, this strange thing got mixed in, and I just wanted to try it out and see what kind of 'things' a husky and a tigress could produce, so…”

"Oh~~~" Xiao Siyuan suddenly realized that Li Zheng wanted to try to crossbreed the husky with the forest wolf to see if he could breed the so-called 'pet fitter'.

However, he might be disappointed this time, because Lao Xiao had never seen anything of this kind, which was suspected of being vulgar, in the Matrix.

Just as she was about to reply to Li Zheng and refuse, Lin Fengjiao came over: "Dr. Xiao, come and take a look. The things we found this time are a bit strange."

"Let's go take a look first."

Xiao Siyuan casually closed the private chat page and followed Lin Fengjiao toward the petri dish not far away. Lin Longxuan, along with Su Xiaoya, who was in a strange state, stayed far away and refused to get close.

"What's wrong with them?" Xiao Siyuan asked, puzzled. They were fine when they entered the room, so why did Su Xiaoya's face turn so red in such a short time?
And he looks... really strange.

When did the "Mating Period Five Minutes" label appear in the status bar?

“This…” Lin Fengjiao stammered, “You should see for yourself.”

As she spoke, she raised her hand and pointed to the inside of the petri dish.

Xiao Siyuan glanced at it, and his expression changed several times.

Is Old Li destined to be a chosen one?
How come you get whatever you ask for?

……

On the other side, a notification suddenly popped up in front of Li Zheng:
courtship flower
Rank: None
Type: special props

Effect: Causes creatures other than the player's identity to enter their mating season.

Description: The fragrance naturally emitted by the courtship flower also has a short-term medicinal effect, and repeated inhalation will lead to drug resistance.

This information comes from "Prey's Eye - Xiao Siyuan's Divided Eye".

It can be further cultivated, and after reaching maturity, it will produce mating flower seeds.

After reading the hint, Li Zheng burst out laughing.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Siyuan, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, actually had such a thing in his hands.

Immediately afterwards, the system notified Li Zheng that he had a new designated transaction.

Upon opening the trading hall, there were indeed four "courtship flowers" sent by Xiao Siyuan.

Seller's comment: Are you the Matrix Terminal's favorite son? I just happened to run into four of these things in the new room!
After receiving the goods, Li Zheng replied: "Trying to cover it up only makes it more obvious!"

What a coincidence! I just happened to need it, and you just happened to be there?
If you have it in your own inventory, just say so. I won't laugh at you.

Now it was Xiao Siyuan's turn to panic: "Why would I keep this thing in my inventory? It was just a coincidence that I came across it!"

Li Zheng turned and went into the cold storage, picking and choosing, looking for the black iron grade meat, and casually replied to Xiao Siyuan with a contemptuous "Hehe".

Xiao Siyuan was utterly embarrassed: "Really! I'd be a dog if I lied to you!"

Li Zheng pulled out a bunch of old, high-grade black iron meat from the cold storage and walked out, replying to what Xiao Siyuan had said not long ago: "I won't allow you to talk about yourself like that."

"Damn it!" Xiao Siyuan cursed. It really is true that fortunes change and karma has its cycles.

Li Zheng managed to find an opportunity to retaliate!

Joking aside, neither of them took it seriously.

Li Zheng threw a mating flower and all the black iron-grade meat into the feed machine. While waiting for the feed to be made, he sent a private message to Xiao Siyuan: "If they release pets later, I'll save one for you?"

"...You should leave me a purebred Timber Wolf. My family is poor and can't afford the destruction caused by this house-destroying maniac." Xiao Siyuan hesitated for a moment before replying to Li Zheng.

"no problem!"

Li Zheng casually made three more culture dishes and threw them all in the far corner of the plantation to prevent the fragrance of the courtship flowers from affecting the animals in the pen.

As for the remaining three courtship flowers, they were naturally entrusted to the ugly farmer to take care of, in an effort to keep them circulating.

"Hey~"

While Li Zheng was studying livestock, Miriel followed him the whole time. She briefly caught a whiff of the fragrance of the mating flowers, let out a soft moan, and clung to Li Zheng like an octopus, her eyes becoming hazy, her little face rubbing against him incessantly.

"Don't make trouble!"

A flash of blue light appeared in Li Zheng's hand, and he wiped it across Miriel's forehead.

Stimulated by the low temperature and cold air, Miriel instantly woke up, her fair face turning red. She jumped off Li Zheng and ran away with her head down.

The fragrance of the courtship flower has a five-minute effect, and the cold stimulation only temporarily suppresses it and cannot completely eliminate it. The little succubus is going to find a secluded corner to wait for the effects of the medicine to dissipate naturally.

Li Zheng was pleasantly surprised by Miriel's condition. Even a Platinum-level King could not be immune to the effects of the drug, so he was not worried that the Husky, as a Black Iron-level creature, could withstand the effects after eating the mating flower food!
This time, Li Zheng put a lot of materials into the compressor, making three large barrels of "courtship feed".

Although the information for the new feed clearly stated that the medicinal properties of the courtship flowers were completely compressed into the feed and would not be released through odor, Li Zheng, for the sake of safety, still exchanged the feed for several extra-large, thick plastic bags in the trading hall, and then individually packed and tied them up.

At this point, the Mediterranean Husky had already gotten used to the environment inside the enclosure, its mouth agape, tongue lolling out, panting heavily.

The first animal pen was only ten by ten by default, and it was cramped when sixteen wolves and dogs, each the size of a calf, were crammed inside.

Li Zheng glanced to the side and saw that the second 30x30 animal pen was nearing completion. He then called out all the animals except for the husky and the youngest female forest wolf and moved them to the new pen.

Then Li Zheng considered it and built two more animal enclosures next to it, one ten by ten and the other thirty by thirty.

By this point, most of the diamond-grade materials that the Allied Forces had "sent" to Li Zheng had been used up, especially the special metal "vibranium," which was now less than 100 grams and could no longer be used to make anything.

Li was planning to keep the small animal pen as a "wedding room." When he needed to cultivate new life, he would isolate the target animal and put it in there alone to avoid affecting other creatures.

In another large animal pen, named "Animal Pen 3," Li was preparing to catch a few Rongrong rabbits to raise as food for the forest wolves in the future.

After finishing everything, Li Zheng grabbed a handful of spring food and scattered it into the metal trough at the entrance of the animal pen. He then beckoned to the naturally comical Mediterranean husky with a mischievous grin: "Come on over, try this new breed of dog food and see if it suits your taste!"

Huskies also have very distinctive eyes, some are exceptionally beautiful, with a silver-blue base and black gem-like pupils, making them incredibly handsome.

However, the Mediterranean's eyes are quite in line with its 'hairstyle', with pupils only the size of mung beans, making it look silly and naive, which is extremely comical.

Even with other breeds of dogs, their owners would cautiously sniff the food first before feeding it to them, and then try a few bites to make sure there are no problems before they start eating.

But this husky truly lives up to its reputation as the smartest dog.

Li Zheng simply waved his hand, and it first retracted its tongue, its expression becoming extremely serious as it stared at the food trough for a couple of seconds.

The next moment, it leaped and bounded to the food trough, lowered its head, and began to devour the food.

It had used up a lot of energy chasing the Banyan Rabbit outside, and now that there was food in front of it, it didn't hesitate to choose to replenish its strength.

As for whether there is poison in this dog food?

Sorry, huskies never consider those things.

They ate like bulldozers, devouring every last grain of spring produce.

It's just a small handful, not nearly enough to eat!

Mediterranean looked up at Li Zheng and let out a howl, as if protesting that he wasn't getting enough dog food.

"Not enough to eat? Then eat more!"

Li Zheng revealed a smug expression, grabbed several more handfuls and put them in, then beckoned to another female forest wolf, inviting it to come and eat some too.

These wolves were quite wary of Li Zheng. They hesitated for a while before approaching the feeding trough, sniffing it carefully to make sure they didn't detect anything wrong, before starting to compete with the Mediterranean wolf for food.

The more you eat Mediterranean food, the more delicious it becomes, but the more you eat it, the more something feels off.

Why do I feel so excited watching this dog food?
The husky, looking completely bewildered, raised its hind leg and stared at the little lipstick peeking out. It didn't understand what was happening, but it thought the other husky that was trying to steal its food was quite pretty.

The wolves ignored it and, while the husky was distracted, went on a rampage to devour the remaining spring food.

After it had swallowed the last grain of spring food, it licked its lips with lingering satisfaction, turned to stare at the husky, and its eyes gleamed green.

Then Li Zheng witnessed firsthand what it truly meant to be "like a wolf at thirty."

That husky is clearly male, and even younger.

Unfortunately, his rank was only Iron, which was no match for the Silver-ranked Timberwolves. He was completely outmatched and the Timberwolves dominated the entire game.

The Mediterranean was thoroughly exploited by this old Timber Wolf for a full two hours!
At first, Li Zheng was pleased with his successful scheme, but he didn't expect the process to last so long. He sat at the entrance of his residence with his two pets, looking distressed as he asked Ye Kai if there was any soundproofing equipment.

He's fine, at worst he can just feed him spring food once before he goes out to explore, and he won't be disturbed when he's doing his business.

But those wolves next to us are no good!

During those two hours, the husky would occasionally let out weak, yet helpless howls, and Li Zhengzhen was worried that the forest wolves would be traumatized by the noise.

Canines originally relied primarily on the final act of bonding to increase their chances of reproduction, extending the duration of this action to about two hours.

I don't know if it was because the spring harvest was too intense, but the Mediterranean held on for two whole hours before finally engaging in its final connection with a groan...

Li Zheng opened the Mediterranean Husky's information and glanced at it. After that howl, the status bar, which originally showed "full of energy", had changed to "exhausted".

Truly exhausted!
In any case, Li Zheng did achieve his initial goal; from now on, this husky may become a disgrace to its species.

Because from then on, it said goodbye to the title of "house-destroying maniac" and became a physically weak little prince.

However, Li Zheng did not expect that this "abuse" of the husky would serve as a wake-up call for the other forest wolves. As a result, whenever he selected two wolves to go to the small animal pen, they would cooperate obediently without the help of spring food, which reduced the difficulty of breeding the forest wolf pack by many times.

Watching Miriel search through the burrows of the Banyan Rabbits and tie up the twentieth rabbit with a rope, Li Zheng stood up, dusted himself off, and walked over.

After putting the rabbits into the stable, he should join Zhan Zhouzhou and the others to continue challenging the event dungeon.

(End of this chapter)