Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 574 Items of No Rank, Ordinary Seeds

There's a risk that the treasure chest in the matrix might be discovered, because the rules within the matrix are unique, and many things, even a blank sheet of paper, have corresponding attribute information.

The only treasure chest that Li Zheng extracted had very vague information, and as the quality of the treasure chest increased, even the attribute information eventually disappeared.

The outer city is different. Without the attribute panel, people will at most think that Li Zheng took out some strange box from his storage space, which will not cause any stir at all.

A few strangers among the sparse pedestrians on the roadside glanced curiously at Li Zheng, finding the box quite beautiful and dazzling, but they didn't have any strange thoughts about it.

There are quite a few things that look dazzling but are actually useless and worthless. Apart from certain races that like to collect these kinds of things, almost no one would casually associate something that is obviously useful with anything else.

A few alien races took this to heart, thinking that the new player race might also be one that likes to collect pretty items. They planned to start hoarding some starting tomorrow, and then sell them to the new player army after they entered the outer city, making a fortune.

Li Zheng had no idea what those people were thinking; he was only curious about what items could be obtained from the super-god-level treasure chest.

After all, this is currently the highest quality treasure chest. If the items you get are too low-quality, that would be really unreasonable.

With expectant eyes, Li Zheng slowly lifted the lid of the treasure chest and reached inside to explore.

"Round and smooth to the touch, about the size of a date pit, rough and calloused, it feels like it needs to be handled properly..." Li Zheng deliberately left himself some suspense, carefully examining the contents of the box with his fingers, and then a bad thought popped into his head, "Could this be a collectible walnut?"

Take it out and take a look.

Oops! !

It really does look alike!

But it's not a walnut.

Instead, it was the seed of some kind of plant that Li Zheng did not recognize.

The reason I recognized it as a seed is that it was completely withered and yellow, like a wood carving, with a thin crack running around its center.

Ok……

It still looks like a walnut...

But it is oval-shaped with pointed ends, resembling a shuttle about the length and thickness of a thumb.

[Ordinary Bodhi Seeds]

[After being planted, it uses ethereal energy as nourishment, and after sprouting, it quickly grows into a Bodhi tree. As long as there is sufficient nutrition, a mature Bodhi tree can continuously produce edible Bodhi seeds. Eating Bodhi seeds has unexpected effects, and the longer the tree is cultivated, the more amazing the effects of the Bodhi seeds become.]

[Old Pu: Although we're both from the 'pu' family, it's really not a close relative of mine, you have to believe me!]

[P.S. This Bodhi seed was specially treated for cultivation purposes. You wouldn't actually think of eating it to see how salty it is, would you? Surely not? Surely not someone would kill the goose that lays the golden eggs?]

Li Zheng: "..."

It seems that Old Pu is just as bored as I am; a third of his messages are just nonsense.

Oh, no, Old Putin just talks a lot of nonsense.

That's fine.

Li Zheng ignored Lao Pu's last complaint and carefully examined the bodhi seed in his hand. The rough, gritty texture was actually quite smooth to the touch... rough.

It has a pitted and uneven surface, but it reflects light when held up to the light.

"Since they are seeds, let's leave them to Ugly Farmer to manage."

Li Zheng pondered that it was best to leave the professional tasks to the professional AI androids. Just as he was about to put the Bodhi seed into the capsule, the information given by Lao Pu appeared before his eyes again.

So you didn't take my previous warning seriously at all? Didn't I tell you that Bodhi seeds need ethereal energy as nourishment?

Li Zheng was taken aback: "Void energy... you mean mental energy, right? Can't I just nourish it with mental energy regularly?"

Fully unleashing one's mental energy is a dangerous thing, but as long as he controls the output, Li Zheng can still squeeze out a little bit.

"...You might as well gouge your eyes out. Being around you makes me feel ashamed! Let me be blunt, this thing can only grow in the Dark Realm! Besides that, if you can find a second environment with only void energy, unaffected by other factors, you can also grow it."

"Planted in the Dark Realm?" Li Zheng was even more surprised: "Things with physical forms cannot enter the Dark Realm, but this Bodhi seed can?"

It wasn't that he failed to understand Old Pu's meaning; it was simply that, based on his understanding of the Dark Realm, the Bodhi Seed shouldn't be able to enter under normal circumstances. That's why he thought of periodically nourishing it with his spiritual power. "Why don't you try it and see?"

Old Pu seemed to have no intention of explaining further, leaving Li Zheng to figure it out himself.

"Then try it."

Li Zheng closed his eyes, held the Bodhi seed in his hand, and activated the Lamp Holder's Mark to transfer his immense spiritual power into the Dark Realm.

The next second, he opened his eyes and immediately looked down at his palms.

The Bodhi seed actually followed his spiritual body into the Dark Realm, and it had a very realistic 'tactile feel'.

"Awesome!" Li Zheng exclaimed.

As expected of a treasure chest, it can actually break the rules and allow something with a physical body to enter the void world!

However, upon closer reflection, Li Zheng felt that this was quite normal. After all, he had opened many strange and unusual items from treasure chests, the most illogical of which was the Eye of Preys...

If even Old Pu can open a treasure chest, what else is impossible?
Moreover, Li Zheng guessed that the Bodhi seed, like the 'wishing stone fragment' that was found yesterday, was probably not something that should exist in this universe.

Because although it came from a super-god-level treasure chest, it did not display any rank classification.

"So now the problem is," Li Zheng said, examining the bodhi seeds. "We've got them in, but how do we plant them?"

There's nothing like soil in the Dark Realm, so it seems... I can only find a random place, put the Bodhi seed down, and let it develop on its own?
After much thought, it seems that this is the only way to make it work.

Looking around, Li Zheng rearranged the positions of the memory images in the dark realm, forming a circle.

Then he floated to the very center and carefully placed the Bodhi seed down.

The moment he let go, the Bodhi seed suddenly floated in front of him and began to shake violently, as if something inside was about to break out of its shell.

A slight tearing force emanated from the Bodhi seed. Li Zheng discovered that some kind of substance floating in the dark realm was attracted and gathered by the Bodhi seed with this tearing force, and then quickly absorbed by it.

Click~
Before long, the Bodhi seed split open from the seam surrounding it, and a tender green sprout peeked out from it.

"Holy crap, it sprouted so quickly?"

Li Zheng's eyes widened. If he could grow so fast even without his help, how amazing would his growth rate be if he assisted him in gathering the free-floating energy in the Dark Realm?
In the Dark Realm, Li Zheng no longer needed to worry about so much and could freely activate his spiritual power.

As soon as he had a thought, a vast power instantly spread out, enveloping the entire Dark Realm.

The next second, a super-large vortex of spiritual energy gradually formed, centered on the sprouted Bodhi seed.

The free energy is being violently pulled and supplied to the Bodhi seeds for absorption.

Surprisingly, the seemingly small Bodhi seed is a voracious eater, readily consuming all kinds of energy.

Click, click, click.

The sound of wood cracking filled the air, and the tender shoots, as if injected with a large amount of hormones, grew wildly before the naked eye.

Boom! ! !
In the blink of an eye, a giant ancient tree that blocked out the sky appeared in front of Li Zheng.

The leaves, shaped like palm fans, each shimmer with a dazzling golden light.

"Ok?"

Li Zheng stood under the Bodhi tree, gazing up at it. Suddenly, his expression changed, and a large number of martial arts techniques that he had never understood before surged into his mind.

"This is……!"

The Bodhi tree actually has the ability to enhance other people's understanding of martial arts!

In less than five minutes, the sudden realization that had been forming in Li Zheng's mind came to an abrupt halt.

It's not that he can't continue, but that he has figured out all the questions and doubts he had before.

It was like my brain suddenly had an epiphany; the experience was incredibly strange.

(End of this chapter)