Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 5: A Bountiful Harvest! Another Silver-Rank Item Obtained!

Fortunately, each person only had one small loudspeaker per day. Ignoring the subsequent insults from Chen Xiao and others, Li Zheng looked at the four crops.

The ginseng flowers and honey fruits are ripe and hanging on their respective plants, full and abundant, bringing joy to those who see them.

The mature ginseng flowers and nectarines are only slightly larger than before, and do not change much.

The more valuable snake grass takes another five minutes to mature. The leaf buds on the snake grass vines are darker in color, and even a hint of black appears at the tip. The leaf buds are also more slender overall.

The last remaining flame branch will take another fifteen minutes. Three pink flower buds have already sprouted at the top of the shrub, indeed flame-shaped as the system information said, but they are still closed and have not fully opened.

When fertilizing, Li Zheng was busy with the process, deliberately leaving some time difference, just in case he missed the three minutes when the flame flower bloomed.

After all, the other three crops did not indicate any time limit after maturity.

"First, harvest the ginseng flowers and honey fruits. I estimate that it will be just in time for the snake grass to mature and the flame flowers to bloom."

Without further hesitation, Li Zheng reached out and grabbed the fallen ginseng flower, and with a gentle force, the flower fell off on its own.

[Genetically modified ginseng flower: Black iron grade, food ingredient.]

It has high nutritional value and can be used to make nutrient solutions or consumed directly.
As soon as I got my hands on the ginseng flower, a faint milky fragrance filled my nostrils.

"It smells so good!"

Li Zheng's eyes lit up, and he couldn't resist popping one into his mouth. With a snap of his teeth, the bud burst open, and a rich milky aroma filled his mouth.

(￣～￣)
After chewing a few mouthfuls and swallowing, Li Zheng licked away the juice that dripped from the corners of his mouth, looking completely satisfied.

"It's really nice, the taste is really nice! But the system notification says that ginseng flowers are one of the auxiliary ingredients for making nutrient solution?"

Thinking back to the taste of the nutrient solution I drank before, it was completely different from the taste of ginseng flowers.

Nutrient solution?
"That's practically the urine of a diabetic patient with 99+ blood sugar in their urine!"

Li Zheng was extremely disgusted.

Even though the nutritional value of ginseng flowers is greatly reduced when eaten alone, he doesn't want to use them to make nutrient solution compared to nutrient solution.

Moreover, he didn't have the corresponding blueprints.

With quickened movements, one ginseng flower after another was picked and then stored in Li Zheng's capsule residence.

Occasionally, I would get a craving and couldn't resist eating a few more flowers, which immediately gave me more energy to work.

Soon, all ten ginseng flowers were harvested.

After excluding the portion that Li Zheng ate along the way, the final harvest was: 126 genetically modified ginseng flowers!

Next up is the genetically modified honey fruit.

[Genetically modified honey fruit: Black iron grade, fruit/ingredient]

It has a pleasant, sweet, and juicy taste. It can be used to make nutrient solutions or eaten directly.
The ripe honey fruit is slightly larger, and the outer skin has cracked open, revealing the white flesh inside.

There is a thick, honey-like liquid between the pulp and the skin, which has a very strong sweet taste.

As Li Zheng broke open a honey fruit, his hands were covered in sweet juice that was so sticky it could stretch into strings.

The white flesh is similar to seedless dragon fruit flesh. It is tender and juicy, and when dipped in the fruit's own honey, it is even more sweet and delicious without being cloying.

After finishing a candied fruit, I took out my water bottle and poured out a little water to wash my hands.

The honey juice that was originally stuck to the stringy surface dissolves in water and is easy to clean.

What?
Wasting water?
With so much food, why would I be worried about not being able to trade for clean water?

When it comes to life, one should have a broad perspective!
With the detector as a backup, even if I'm completely useless, I won't starve or die of thirst, right?
"Why doesn't this thing have any seeds?"

Li Zheng beat his chest and stamped his feet in regret.

If the honey fruit and ginseng flower have seeds, he can collect some. After obtaining the blueprint for the cultivation dish, he might be able to grow some to improve his diet.

With a sigh of regret, Li Zheng casually scooped all seventeen plants out of the petri dish and threw them into the capsule residence.

"Sigh, why are there no seeds? Now my place has taken up a lot of space, and I'll hardly have anywhere to sleep."

Li Zheng shook his head, feigning regret.

Obtained: 43 genetically modified honey fruits.

After collecting the ginseng flowers and honey fruits, five minutes had long passed, and the snake grass had officially matured.

Five snake-like coils of snake grass lay at the bottom of the petri dish, each nearly ten meters long, covered with dense, hair-like leaf buds.

Once the snake grass is fully mature, the black tips of its leaves become more pronounced, appearing to shimmer with an eerie light when viewed unintentionally. Li Zheng did not rashly harvest the snake grass.

Because when he looked at the snake grass, the detector displayed two large, pale red characters: Danger!
This reminded him of one of the pieces of information the system had given him earlier: toxicity unknown.

Clearly, all five snake plants are highly poisonous!

"It's a pity there's no way to test the toxicity of the snake grass, but I'll keep it for now; it might come in handy later."

Li Zheng found a metal rod among the shards on the ground, gently picked up a snake grass, and prepared to put it into his capsule residence.

As soon as the snake grass was picked up, the leaf buds on the vine began to fall down in a rustling sound, and soon a small pile formed.

"Ah this..."

Li Zheng was slightly taken aback.

This was something he never expected.

However, this didn't stump him. He simply shook off the remaining four snake grass plants and piled them up. Then, after searching for a while, he found two fragments from the jar where he had previously kept the culture medium.

Like a broom, with two baskets on each side, it quickly collected most of the fallen leaves and buds of the snake grass.

Just before the Flame Branch was about to mature, Li Zheng put the last leaf bud into his capsule residence.

Final reward: 36987 Snake Grass Needles
The quantity is astonishing!

[Snake Grass Needle: Bronze Grade]

The function of leaf buds that fall from mature snake grass after preliminary genetic cultivation is unknown.
Bronze level!
And it's over 30,000, close to 40,000!

Although its function is unknown, it is still a bronze-level item, and it will eventually find a use for it.

After all this work, the Flame Branch is finally nearing maturity.

Li Zheng stood expectantly in front of the petri dish, counting down the last bit of time.

Soon, the flame plant flower buds, which had been tightly closed, slowly unfolded, with slender petals stretching backward to reveal the tiny stamens in the center.

When it is fully ripe, the flower becomes a flame, and the stamen is like the core of a flame.

It's like fireworks suddenly bursting in the night sky—magnificent and captivating.

"Finally mature!"

Li Zheng waited for more than two hours from beginning to end, while others had already explored all ten rooms available for the day, he was still in the second room without making any progress.

But he knew it was all worth it.

because……

[Flame Flower]
Description: Flowers produced by flame branches after preliminary genetic cultivation.

Grade: Silver

Effect: There is a 2% chance of developing fire-type genes after consumption.

Warning! There is a 30% chance that it will cause harm to the consumer!

Note! Without special methods, Flame Flowers can only be stored for half an hour after being picked.
Even the high-end item that Fengshan released before, the [Ion Lightsaber Blueprint], was only silver-grade.

Even a flower no bigger than the palm of your hand has silver-grade quality!
The key is……

This time, a total of three Flame Flowers were produced!
This is equivalent to obtaining three silver-level items at once!

How powerful and valuable are silver-tier items?

Take a look at the "Standard Detector," a tool that can detect information about the next room, allowing users to directly avoid all possible dangers and fundamentally protect their own safety.

Is this effect powerful?
powerful!
Invincible or not?
Invincible!

But it's only a silver-level item!

Now you can not only get three silver-grade Flame Flowers at once, but even after the Flame Flowers wither in three minutes, you can still leave behind a Flame Branch seed!
These are crop seeds that can produce silver-grade items!

This means that Li Zheng now has a stable source of silver-level items!
Let alone a two-hour wait, even a twenty-hour wait would be worthwhile for Li Zheng right now.

"The only downside is that the chances of side effects are far too high, and it's unclear how much damage they will cause to the user once triggered..."

He rolled his eyes and thought about it.

Li Zheng quickly picked two Flame Flowers, leaving one unpicked to grow seeds for planting. He then opened the chat lobby, found a user's avatar, and sent a private message:
"Fengshan, exchange the silver-grade item for a lightsaber blueprint..."

(End of this chapter)