Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 564 Eye of Preys: Epic Enhancement

“I asked about this when I bought it.” Seeing Li Zheng’s delighted expression, Miriel couldn’t bear to discourage him. “It’s pretty much what you guessed. As long as you master enough, you can indeed gain an ability called ‘Fighter.’ But… Fighter isn’t as strong as you think. It can only improve your mastery of various melee weapons.”

The so-called level of weapon proficiency is actually not difficult to understand.

For example, a player who has never learned how to use a long whip, a relatively uncommon weapon, can quickly get the hang of it after acquiring the Fighter ability.

While Li Zheng practiced diligently for several days to earn empty pay, a fighter player might only need a few hours.

This ability can be strong in some ways and weak in others.

The strength lies in the fact that if someone like Zhan Zhouzhou, who already possesses an extremely high talent for martial arts, has this ability, it would be like adding wings to a tiger, allowing them to integrate the skills of using various weapons and develop even more profound moves.

The weakness lies in the fact that those without talent can at best reach a level where any weapon feels comfortable to handle.

That's it.

So even though the memory release device seems to be very cost-effective, not many people actually buy it in the outer city.

With that money, you might as well save it to hire some sparring partners or instructors; it's much cheaper that way.

"It doesn't matter. It's still an improvement in strength. Something is better than nothing." Li Zheng was not disappointed.

For him, he didn't need the abilities he acquired to be anything extraordinary; he just wanted them to improve his strength.

As someone without talent, Li Zheng is now very self-aware.

Since specializing in one area is not as effective as competing with others, it's better to diversify your abilities and enhance your strengths by exploring a wider range of fields.

Moreover, his strongest ability right now is actually the terrifying mental power that Xu gave him; his close combat skills are just icing on the cake, only used to ensure that he has a way to deal with situations when necessary.

"By the way, you still have a few packages here. What did you buy?" Li Zheng packed up the five memory release devices but didn't use them right away. He looked at the other packages on Miriel's body.

“These are things you can use…” Miriel put everything down and took them out one by one: “Or rather, things that we can all use.”

The first package contained three creature 'tendons', which were off-white in color and very elastic. When Miriel held them in her hand and shook them gently, they created several graceful waves.

【Desolate Sea Fish Dragon Tendon: The tendon extracted from the center of the spine of the extraordinary creature 'Desolate Sea Fish Dragon' has extremely excellent toughness and is widely used in the manufacture of various industrial machinery or certain special armors.

There are undoubtedly better uses for it than you think.

"Is this intended to be made into a long whip?" Li Zheng took one from Miriel's hand. It felt very hard; you could pinch it with your fingernail and it would leave almost no mark after you released it. Clearly, it was not only excellent in toughness but also very strong.

“That’s right.” Miriel nodded and said, “When I bought this, the shop assistant told me that the outer city usually uses them to make some kind of belt for power transmission devices in certain machines. It’s such a waste, so I bought the remaining three.”

The fact that such excellent material for making whips was being used for industrial purposes was something that Miriel, who was most skilled in whip techniques, found hardest to accept.

"How much did it cost?" Li Zheng was more concerned about its value.

“Not expensive, five thousand for one, I bargained it down to four thousand five, so these three only cost a little over thirteen thousand white crystal coins,” Miriel said, stating the price.

Superior-grade materials sell for 4,500 white crystal coins?
Li Zhengmo calculated that the price was acceptable, since once the item was made, it would be an extraordinary whip.

Want to buy a super-grade weapon for 4,500 white crystal coins?

Li Zheng felt it was going to be tough.

Forty-five thousand is more like it.

"Leave it here for now. I'll study how to use those blueprints in Outer City 9 and then make them into weapons later." Li Zheng casually put the items into the capsule. The Outer City wasn't as convenient as manually creating blueprints in the Matrix.

To transform these three tendons into weapons, some conventional methods are obviously needed as an aid.

He's currently tied up and can only discuss it later. "And then there's this..."

Miriel took a pale yellow fruit out of a box. As soon as the fruit was taken out of the box, it emitted a rich fragrance that wafted into Li Zheng's nostrils, making him swallow hard.

"The shopkeeper said that this is a fruit that grows in the clouds, hence the name 'Cloud Fruit'. It is of extraordinary quality, but after eating it, there is a chance to develop a star-level genetic ability, so the price is a bit high."

【Cloud Fruit: Marketed by merchants as a fruit that grows in the clouds, it actually grows in some remote deserts. It has a slight toxicity, and those with a constitution below the superhuman level may experience temporary hallucinations after consuming it.

Effect: Has a chance to develop a transcendent-level telekinetic/illusion-based genetic ability, and a small chance to develop a star-level similar ability. (Depending on the user's compatibility with the Cloud Fruit; certain special races can significantly enhance this effect.)
Note: There is only a probability of developing this ability; success is not guaranteed!

Looking at the information Lao Pu provided, Li Zheng had a bad feeling.

He fiddled with the cloud fruit and asked, "How much did this fruit cost?"

Miriel answered cautiously, "Less than 50,000 white crystal coins, this is the most expensive thing I've bought."

Less than 50,000...

Li Zheng's breath hitched slightly. After he and Miriel teleported from 902 to 950, they only had about 100,000 white crystal coins left. This one broken fruit alone cost half of it.
There's no doubt that Miriel got scammed.

This fruit isn't worth that much at all!

Unless the probability of developing genetic abilities can be increased to 100%, 50,000 white crystal coins may just be enough to buy a rather delicious fruit.

Although this fruit is of extraordinary quality...

【You can try feeding the little succubus one. The succubus race's genes are highly compatible with this fruit, and there's a very high chance it will develop useful abilities.】

At this moment, Lao Pu popped up another notification, which surprised Li Zheng slightly.

Strange things!

When did Old Putin become so reliable?

Didn't this guy recently need various strengths or a lot of information to support him?

[Ha! (Sneer) Your grandpa Pu is not what he used to be! You coward!]

Do you think everyone is like you, possessing great strength but unable to use it?

Having great strength but no substance...

Li Zheng's expression suddenly froze.

Damn it? ? ?

Didn't you say that yourself yesterday?
Why today...

and many more!

It seems that Old Putin didn't explicitly state how high its current ceiling is yesterday!

Doesn't that mean...

How could I have overlooked something so important?!
Old Pu's upper limit is linked to his strongest ability. Didn't the terrifying mental power that Xu gave him before, which was of unknown level, instantly raise Old Pu's upper limit to a very terrifying level?

Li Zheng's heart stirred. Ignoring Lao Pu's mockery, he looked up at the gray sky and said, "Lao Pu, help me see the true nature of this so-called outer city!"

(End of this chapter)