Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 637 Dream Flower Pavilion

Dreamflower Garden, a botanical garden located in Block 7, specializes in cultivating flowering crops.

Among all the crops produced in this botanical garden, there is one low-level crop that Li Zheng is very familiar with: a series of low, shrub-like herbaceous plants with flame-like flowers set off from the center of their leaves.

The flower's center is dotted with bright gold stamens, which, when viewed from a distance, resemble fireworks exploding in the night sky, dazzling and captivating.

"Flame Plants?" Li Zheng exclaimed in surprise when he saw the rows of petri dishes filled with crops. "So many? And they're already flowering and mature Flame Plants?!"

The owner of Menghua Pavilion is a middle-aged woman named Hua Xiangyu with two pairs of transparent cicada wings, one large and one small, on her back. She has an ordinary appearance, but her cheeks are painted with horizontal lines that resemble pollen, giving her a somewhat exotic look.

This is the Butterfly Flower Clan, a race that loves to live among flowers and has an innate special fondness for flowering crops.

Among the thousands of races in the entire outer city, there are fewer than ten races that are most skilled in cultivating flowers, and the Butterfly Flower Clan is one of them.

Li Zheng went door-to-door to promote his enhanced intermediate culture medium. The first botanical garden he knocked on was Menghua Pavilion. He never expected to see such a spectacular scene as soon as he entered.

Those mature flames lined up in a row, and being in them made me feel as if I were trapped in a fire, and I couldn't help but want to escape.

There are at least a thousand flame flowers here!

And this is just a small corner of Menghua Pavilion.

Compared to Dreamflower Pavilion, Kanger Botanical Garden is simply a shabby little workshop, not even comparable to a single area of ​​Dreamflower Pavilion!
"This is the Firework Flower," Hua Xiangyu explained. "It's an excellent variety developed from the Silver-level Flame Plant, which solves the problem of its short flowering period and has a stronger effect, thus advancing it from Silver-level to Platinum-level."

The biggest drawback of the Silver-grade Flame Plant is its short flowering period, similar to the Epiphyllum oxypetalum. After the flower opens, regardless of whether it has been picked or not, you only have half an hour to decide whether to consume it.

Based on the Flame Plant, the Firework Flower not only has a longer flowering period, but also a significantly increased chance of developing fire-type gene abilities, skyrocketing from two percent to ten percent!

In addition, the original 30% probability of causing harm to the user has been greatly reduced.

As long as you are not a race incompatible with fire energy, there will be almost no adverse effects from consuming the Fire Flower!
In Li Zheng's current view, the Firework Flower can be considered the most perfect type of platinum-level crop. Its only drawback may be that its own grade is too low, and it can only develop platinum-level genetic abilities.

Preys' Eye instantly analyzed the Fireworks Flower's data and stored it.

Li Zheng glanced at it casually, and it was almost exactly as Hua Xiangyu had described. He exclaimed sincerely, "Amazing! This variety probably hasn't been officially released to the market yet, right?"

The Flame Plant he obtained a month ago was something a resident of an outer city had tried to cultivate as a new variety while traveling to the Matrix, but he just happened to be there and got it for free.

At that time, the Firework Flower probably hadn't been cultivated yet, otherwise no one would have continued to try to cultivate the Flame Plant.

“Indeed, it hasn’t been put on the market.” Hua Xiangyu said, “To be precise, I have no intention of putting the Fireworks Flower on the market. The Platinum grade is still too low and won’t fetch a good price. The Fireworks Flower you see now is just temporarily kept. If we can’t develop a better variety later, these Fireworks Flower will be sent to a fertilizer factory to be made into fertilizer to support the growth of other crops.”

Upon hearing this, Li Zheng was at a loss for words.

Thousands of platinum-level crops ended up being used as fertilizer at Dream Flower Pavilion, while just a month ago, he was basking in the glory of having obtained a few silver-level flame flowers.

It's really annoying to compare people to each other!

"It's such a waste to turn them into fertilizer. Although the base rank of Platinum is a bit low, after multiple uses, Platinum-level gene abilities will be raised to the maximum level, and the effect won't be much weaker than newly developed extraordinary abilities," Li Zheng said regretfully. "Instead of wasting these Fireworks Flowers, why don't you open a flower shop in District 4? The new batch of players entering the outer city are generally not very strong, so maybe you can make a fortune?"

Hua Xiangyu's expression shifted, and she looked at Li Zheng in surprise: "You came to find me just to persuade me to open a shop in Block 4? That's the territory of the Tianluo Clan, where their power is deeply entrenched, and ordinary people can't go there."

"The Tianluo Clan?" Li Zheng was equally surprised: "Didn't the Garden Master know that Block Four has been assigned to players from Water Blue Star by the terminal as a base?"

"I don't know." Hua Xiangyu was even more surprised: "What is so special about this new batch of players that the terminal actually gave them such a high-numbered district?"

She looked Li Zheng up and down a few times: "I don't think I've ever seen a different race like you before. You are..." "I am one of the first players from Water Blue Star to enter the outer city." Only then did Li Zheng reveal his identity. From the moment he knocked on the door of Dream Flower Pavilion until now, he had been so focused on the things in the botanical garden that he almost forgot to introduce himself and the purpose of his visit.

"So you're a player from Water Blue Star." Hua Xiangyu smiled apologetically. "I've been staying in Dream Flower Pavilion for a long time and rarely come into contact with the outside world. I'm not well-informed. I thought you were a new shop assistant from some store in the district, coming to pick up some goods from me."

Li Zheng was taken aback, then chuckled: "Garden owner, aren't you afraid I'm some kind of thug who's sneaked into the wilderness and will rob this place?"

“I’m not afraid of that.” Hua Xiangyu shook her head calmly: “Wilderness people don’t have outer city status, so it’s very difficult for them to enter the outer city. There has almost never been such a thing in history. What I’m most worried about are those outer city people who have returned from the wilderness and have been infected without knowing it. Compared to the bloodthirsty people of the wilderness, the infected are the ones that the outer city needs to guard against the most.”

"However, you are lucid and have clear eyes, so you don't look infected. Otherwise, I wouldn't have mistaken you for a new employee and let you in."

Although Hua Xiangyu didn't say it explicitly, her words conveyed immense confidence.

Li Zheng had already thoroughly examined Hua Xiangyu through the Eye of Preys, and knew that this unassuming butterfly flower clan member was quite powerful and had the confidence to back it up.

A master who has broken through the initial strength rating can, if not run rampant, at least not die an inexplicable death in the outer city.

"Since you're not here to pick up goods, what brings you here?" Hua Xiangyu then remembered to ask Li Zheng his purpose.

Li Zheng naturally turned to look at Miriel, who gently shook her head at him, indicating that Hua Xiangyu was too strong and, being of the same sex as her, it would be difficult for her to influence the other party with her abilities, so the previous plan would not work.

Li Zheng understood, and turned to Hua Xiangyu, inviting her, "What I just said was my purpose: to invite the garden owner to open a flower shop on Block Four. And by the way..."

He took out a sample of enhanced intermediate culture medium from the capsule: "If the garden owner agrees, I can provide this to Dreamflower Pavilion at market price."

Hua Xiangyu's wings fluttered: "This is culture medium?!"

She recognized the item in Li Zheng's hand at a glance, took it, and sniffed it. A look of surprise flashed in her eyes: "And it's a product that has been enhanced based on intermediate culture medium!"

For a botanical garden of Menghuage's size, purchasing high-grade culture media through either the black market or official channels is affordable.

However, for many crops of slightly lower quality, the cost of using high-grade culture solutions to aid growth would be too high.

Intermediate culture medium is too weak and is not widely available on the market. Using this level of culture medium as an auxiliary method would be too ineffective.

At this moment, the enhanced intermediate culture medium that Li Zheng took out could just make up for the production shortfall of the intermediate-level products of Menghua Pavilion.

It is neither as expensive as advanced culture media, nor as effective as intermediate culture media.

I have to say, the fragrance of flowers touched my heart.

After a moment's hesitation, she asked, "How many of these do you have?"

“The raw materials are not hard to find, so garden owners can rest assured about the supply.” Li Zheng smiled. He knew that these botanical garden owners would not be able to resist the temptation of the culture solution and would definitely take the bait.

Although the amount of catalysts on the market has decreased significantly since the culture medium factory was destroyed.

However, with the terminal as a strong backing, once Li Zheng has gained a foothold in Block 4, he can ask the terminal for the catalyst formula.

Given the nature of the terminal, Li Zheng believed that the terminal must have backups of all the formulas and blueprints that appeared in the outer city. As long as he didn't cross the line of exceeding the limits of culture medium, the terminal shouldn't refuse this small favor.

I've been reading "Choose Your Day to Ascend" lately, and the more I read, the more ashamed I feel. The skill of the great author Zhaizhu is something a nobody like me can only look up to. It's made me lose my composure lately...

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