Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 65 Hunting Techniques: A Slide Tackle...

Li Zheng stared at his attribute panel, and after drinking a vial of bronze potion, his corresponding attribute immediately broke through to the bronze level.

After drinking all the potions made this time, Li Zheng's four attributes all reached the Bronze++ limit.

After stretching his limbs, Li Zheng felt the sudden surge of power within him and said softly, "It's at least five times stronger than when I was at the Black Iron 5+ limit!"

This feeling is very vague, since the attribute table does not provide a specific value, so Li Zheng can only make a rough estimate.

He had a gut feeling that if he, at the Black Iron 5+ limit, were to take this punch, even if Xiao Siyuan were there, it would be difficult to save him.

"This...is a bit problematic!"

Li Zheng suddenly realized that his rapid improvement speed had widened the gap between him and the other players in the channel.

In this way, no matter how hard the workers try, how much help can they provide themselves?
"We can't expect to run into Roamand's black market every time we level up, can we?"

Li Zheng had a slight toothache, so he simply shook his head to stop thinking about it. "Oh well, I'll just take it one step at a time. At worst, I can collect the materials myself in the future. At least the laborers can still provide me with some power cores every day."

Opening the creation page, Li Zheng took advantage of being in his capsule residence and quickly created the soilless culture dish.

"Boom."

As the petri dish landed, Li Zheng realized that the one he had made was different from the ones he had encountered before.

First of all, it is much smaller in size, and it is a cube with transparent sides and a lid on top.

Advanced soilless culture dishes

Description: No soil is needed; just add a little water to grow crops.

If special items are added during the planting process, there is a chance to cultivate new varieties of crops.

Current status: Lack of moisture.

Current space: 0/1
Energy: 100%

"Do you need more water?"

Li Zheng was delighted. This was perfect! The two small water purifiers could provide him with a large amount of purified water every day. He had been worried that the water purifiers were too slow to change the purified water.

I found the 1.8L of purified water I had obtained today and poured it all into the petri dish, but it didn't even fill the bottom.

"That's not enough. Let's take out the water that was put in the trading hall this morning as well."

Opening the trading hall, I found that half of the 3L of purified water I had placed that morning was still left. After canceling all the trades, I poured it into a petri dish.

"Hey, most people now understand what kind of thing purified water is. Not many people are willing to exchange 200 ml for 100 ml of pure water."

Li Zheng sighed, "As expected, there are quite a few people who pursue a high quality of life."

Nearly 3 liters of water were poured into the petri dish, just covering the bottom. Li Zheng noticed that the "lack of moisture" attribute had disappeared, indicating that it was almost ready.

"Only one crop can be grown in one petri dish. Let's put the Flame Branch seeds in first."

Find the seeds, toss them in casually, and you're all set.

Current space: 1/1

Put the lid on, turn on the switch outside, and a bright light shines from the bottom of the lid, illuminating the seeds of the Flame Branch.

Li Zheng suddenly realized: "So the reason why the crop room we went into last time was so bright was to provide light for the crops."

No wonder it's so dazzling, like the sun.

[Genetically Modified Flame Branch: Fruitless Crops (details omitted)]
Growth status: Normal
Growth rate: 100% (light)
Growth progress: 0%
Maturity time: 23:59:49

"It takes 24 hours for normal growth to mature, which is not too long, much better than those crops on Earth that take a whole quarter to mature."

"As expected of a game product, right?"

Li Zheng rolled his eyes and thought for a moment, then remembered that he seemed to have obtained some culture medium before. He found it and poured some into the medium.

"The growth rate doubles, but only for one hour... Does that mean the growth rate will return to normal once the culture medium is used up after one hour?"

In other words, the Flame Branch will be ripe in just 23 hours.

Having completed the research and noted down the approximate maturity time of the Flame Branch, Li Zheng put away the remaining culture solution without rushing to pour it all in.

"Even if you pour it all in, it won't last for twelve hours. It's better to save it for more advanced crops in the future."

He led Sakura out of the capsule residence, put it away, and looked at the selected metal door.

There is a gold-level creature behind the door, posing a significant threat.

"After the overall improvement in physical fitness, the threat level has indeed decreased significantly."

Li Zheng thought to himself, the current threat level is roughly equivalent to him, a Black Iron 2+ level player, facing a Silver-level Wasteland Giant Wolf. He still has a chance of winning.

Swipe the card, and the door opens.

Sakura landed on his shoulder, and they went through the door together.

As the light curtain dissipated, a wave of humid and sultry air rushed towards him. Li Zheng looked around and saw nothing but trees and vines, the surfaces of which were covered with lush green moss.

"swamp?"

Li Zheng's gaze swept across the ground, and he could only see withered branches and rotten leaves. "Is it still a tropical rainforest?"

Stop looking, did you forget to bring the detective, Old Pu?

Old Pu kindly reminds you, this is not a swamp!

"..."

Li Zheng remained silent for a moment, then looked up and around, searching for the gold-level creature.

That poor little guy—no, I should say the old guy—has found you.

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A dazzling debut!

The Eye of Preys flashed with countdown numbers, and at the edge of Li Zheng's vision, a brown-maned lion with three heads emerged.

"This is……"

When Li Zheng saw its appearance clearly, he was immediately shocked: "A three-headed ghost lion!" [That's right! A three-headed ghost lion!]

Do you remember what that little bitch in the encyclopedia once said?

It is a social creature!
Unfortunately, it was too old and had been driven out of the pride by its own son, wandering here.

Oh!
God!

Where did that adorable little creature that used to live in the rainforest go?

Needless to say?
It was swallowed up by the three-headed demon lion.

Li Zheng's eye twitched. The creatures in the matrix were too ferocious, living entirely under the law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak.

The three-headed lion stopped, its three heads looking in Li Zheng's direction, each with a majestic and imposing posture.

Even when a lion is old and frail, it still has the fighting spirit of its prime.

“I remember its weakness is…” Li Zheng subconsciously wanted to open the encyclopedia to confirm.

A soft belly!

Damn it, you already have me, why do you still keep thinking about opening the encyclopedia!

Here's a hunting tip for you: slide in and slit its belly!

"..."

Li Zheng couldn't hold back any longer and complained, "Then I can feed it until it's full?"

No, it can only eat until it's half full because of your small size.

Li Zheng stopped looking at Preys' Eye, shrugged his shoulder, and sent Sakura flying into the air.

"Ying ying."

Just as Sakura took off, the three-headed demon lion also moved, running like the wind, like a brown lightning bolt, rushing straight at her!

"So fast!"

The three-headed demon lion was much stronger and faster than the wasteland giant wolf, moving at lightning speed.

The Desert Eagle had been acquired the moment he entered the room. Li Zheng only had time to fire one shot before dodging to the side to avoid the sharp teeth of the three-headed demon lion.

"call out!"

A faint gunshot rang out as the snake needle was fired.

"Whoa!"

The demon lion opened all three mouths and roared, creating a powerful sound wave that shattered the snake grass needles, rendering them powerless and causing them to drift away in the wind.

"Cattle!"

Li Zheng was startled and ran into the depths of the rainforest without looking back. His Bronze++ physical fitness allowed him to move freely and nimbly within the rainforest.

Neither fallen trees nor drooping vines could stop him in the slightest.

Three ghost lions pursued relentlessly from behind. The powerful physique of these gold-level creatures allowed them to ignore all obstacles in the rainforest, like a bulldozer, smashing down tree after tree and crushing everything in their path.

Three pairs of cold, icy eyes were fixed on Li Zheng's back, emanating a palpable killing intent that sent a chill down Li Zheng's spine, who was impervious to heat and cold.

The distance between them shortened rapidly. Li Zheng ran with his gun pointed backward and pulled the trigger.

"Ice and Fire Attachment - Ice Type!"

Platinum-level ability activated, nineteen ice-blue bullets were fired in a straight line towards the three-headed demon lion.

The extremely cold air freezes the dense water vapor in the air, condensing it into ice crystals that fall to the ground.

This time, facing the platinum-level genetic ability, the three-headed ghost lion dared not be careless. After slowing down to dodge the bullets, it caught up again.

"No, this guy is faster than I imagined!"

Seeing that his most familiar weapon was having no effect, Li Zheng stopped wasting the snake needles, put them back into his spatial storage, and replaced them with a short metal rod.

With a gentle grasp of his other hand, a small object slid into his hand, was pressed down, and then flung backward.

The small prop, in stark contrast to the truck-like size of the three-headed demon lion, drew a perfect parabola and fell backward.

On the other side, the three-headed demon lion also accelerated its pursuit again. All six eyes noticed the small thing, but they didn't pay it any mind.

The experienced three-headed demon lion sensed no threat from the thing, so it didn't even try to dodge and charged straight at it.

Just then, a loud bang was heard.

Bang!
The small prop instantly expanded into the shape of a 3x3x3 coffin, which was Li Zheng's capsule residence!

Although the interior length is nearly 20 meters, the exterior remains the same, resembling both a giant matchbox and an urn.

Sometimes, even when Li Zheng lived there, he felt it was unlucky.

The capsule dwelling is part of the Matrix system. Although it has lost its invincibility, its immense power when expanded is still unmatched by the three-headed demon lion.

Caught off guard, the three-headed demon lion was forcefully bounced back by the capsule dwelling.

The capsule dwelling was also sent flying like a cannonball towards Li Zheng due to this collision.

[Unauthorized modifications have resulted in damage to the capsule dwelling. Please repair it promptly.]

Li Zheng didn't have time to feel sorry for himself; his legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground.

The capsule dwelling whizzed past overhead.

"Boom boom boom!"

It smashed several trees, rolled around a few times, and finally came to a stop.

"Bah!"

Li Zheng looked up, covered in dust, spat out the withered branches and leaves he had accidentally eaten, scrambled to his feet, and drew his lightsaber.

(End of this chapter)