Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 16 Snake Grass Needle, a True Treasure!
The next day, Li woke up to a series of soft moans.

I glanced at the time; it was already a little past ten in the morning.

Perhaps because he was too tired yesterday, Li Zheng, who usually has a very regular schedule, actually slept in late for the first time in a long time.

“Boo, boo!”

Sakura fluttered her wings, her little face puffed up, clearly unhappy that Li Zheng was only getting up at this time.

"hungry?"

After listening to Xiaoying rant for a long time, Li Zheng finally figured out the root cause of her anger and was speechless.

"If you're hungry, just eat first. We still have plenty of ginseng flowers and honey fruits at home."

Li Zheng muttered to himself, got up, took two ginseng flowers, and handed them to Xiao Ying.

"Here, let's eat."

After saying that, Li Zheng opened the trading hall and took a look. After searching, he found that the small water purifier that Mickey had listed for sale had been bought by someone at some point.

"Forget it, since it's already been traded, there's no need for me to meddle anymore. Let's see how the meat trade went yesterday. If we have enough parts, we'll try to craft the Gravity Shoes in a bit."

Scrolling through the information on the items I had listed for sale, I found that the poisonous bat meat, which was originally priced at thirty yuan, had been completely sold out, and even the 50-milliliter bottles of poisonous blood were gone.

On the contrary, there was still one piece of non-toxic devil bat meat left unsold, hanging forlornly on the trading panel.

At this moment, Li Zheng was stunned.

"I go!"

After looking through the buyer information, I found that the buyers were not the same person, but came from different channels. Judging from the style of their names, they came from various countries.

However, trading hours are mainly concentrated around 6:00 AM.

"What on earth happened this morning? Have all these people gone mad? They can't eat poisonous flesh, yet they're buying it so enthusiastically?"

"what?"

Li Zheng found several familiar names in the buyer information; they were all players who frequently chatted in the same channel.

Among them are Fengshan and Zhan Zhouzhou.

"Send a message to ask."

Open the private chat panel. Because players have "Do Not Disturb" mode enabled by default when they are asleep, the private chat is completely empty.

"Xiaofeng, what happened this morning? Why did you all buy poisonous meat instead of clean meat?"

Less than thirty seconds after the private message was sent, Fengshan sent a bunch of messages.

"Holy crap, my dear brother, you're finally up!"

"Quick, do you still have any of that poisoned meat? Give me some more!"

"You've really lost out this time, I'm telling you!"

"You have no idea, you were probably still asleep when someone named William sent you a message on the world channel to curse you out."

"To say you're an unscrupulous businessman, selling even poisonous blood and flesh, clearly indicates ill intentions."

"It turned out that if he hadn't said anything, nothing would have happened, but once he did, he reminded us."

"That William is a complete idiot. He only sees that players will die if they eat poisonous meat, but he never thought that if those genetically modified creatures in the Matrix ate something poisonous, they would also kick the bucket!"

"Damn it, I thought I was quick-witted enough, so I just said it in the channel, but a bunch of bastards are even more heartless than me!"

"After saying that in the channel, I immediately opened the trading hall, just like that, really fast!"

"I thought that with my hand speed after being single for 23 years, few people in the world could match me."

"But I never imagined that Yishan was even higher than Fengshan, and I couldn't even compete with those Bs."

"It was so hard to finally buy a piece of meat!"

"quick!"

"My dear brother, give me two more pieces of poisonous meat, please!"

Looking at the messages Fengshan sent over in just one minute, Li Zheng started scratching his head frantically.

There are too many flaws to mention, I don't know where to begin.

First of all, last night, that guy named William Mickey held a grudge against Li Zheng because he bought Li Zheng's small water purifier that smelled like urine.

I sent out a message on the world megaphone early this morning, urging players to condemn Li Zheng.

As a result of his own idiocy, he failed to discover the true use of the poisonous meat, and instead served as a wake-up call to many others who had not yet had a chance to explore the trading hall.

"Hmm? It seems I didn't initially think about using poisonous flesh to feed the matrix creatures..."

Li Zheng suddenly realized...

Damn it, Fengshan's words dragged him into it too?

"The clown is actually me?"

Secondly, Li Zheng only realized at this moment that the most valuable thing among all the gains yesterday was not the silver-grade Flame Flower.

It was the most inconspicuous of the crops at the time: snake grass needle!
Turning his head to look at the pile of snake grass needles that looked like a small mountain, Li Zheng felt as if he were looking at a mountain of gold!
Those are all treasures!
More than 30,000 snake grass needles!

Doesn't it make your mouth water?

The third point is the most painful for Li Zheng. He still remembers yesterday when they were dealing with the swarm of terror bats. Of the forty snake needles fired from the two magazines, only fifteen hit the terror bats.

Li Zheng's heart was bleeding.

A full twenty-five snake grass needles!

If a single snake needle kills a terror bat, that means losing a full fifty pieces of poisonous terror bat meat! And 1250 milliliters of terror bat blood!
"Ah, the heartache is so intense I can't breathe again..."

No, I absolutely cannot be the only one to bear this feeling!

Li Zheng sent a message to Feng Shan asking, "Now that you've bought a piece of poisonous meat, have you tried it? How was the effect?"

Fengshan quickly replied.

"Absolutely fantastic!"

"If it's made by my own brother, it's bound to be top-notch!"

"I used two pieces of non-poisonous fresh meat to lure a bronze-level two-tailed carrion wolf to eat it. After it ate it, it started vomiting blood and chased after me while vomiting blood."

"That scene... was so exciting!"

"This is the first time I've killed a bronze creature so easily."

"Unfortunately, once the carrion wolf is killed, the meat that is decomposed no longer contains toxins."

"My dear brother, please have pity on your little brother and give me two more pieces of poisoned meat, okay?"

Looking at Feng Shan, the "big shot" who was being fawned over by others in the channel, and seeing him behaving so humbly in front of him, Li Zheng once again revealed a wicked smile.

"[Snake Grass Needle]"

Without specifying whether or not he would give them poisoned meat, Li Zheng simply sent them a message about snake grass needles.

"???"

"What is this? Its toxicity is unknown?"

Li Zheng looked at the message sent by Feng Shan in surprise, checked it himself, and found that the two people's information when they saw the snake grass needle was different.

[Snake Grass Needle, Bronze Grade, Materials/Ammunition]
The leaves that grow after the snake grass matures contain a potent poison; contact with it will be fatal to any creature with a black iron-level genetic makeup. It can also cause significant damage to creatures with a bronze-level genetic makeup.
"The poisonous meat you bought is the decomposition of the terror bats that were killed by the snake needles."

Li Zheng explained it to Fengshan.

Immediately afterwards, Fengshan became even more excited.

"!!!"

"nice one!"

"Brother, sell me some!"

"Please!"

Hooked.

Li Zheng's wicked smile began to spread lewdly: "How much do you want?"

Feng Shan replied almost without hesitation, "I'll take as many as you have, name your price!"

Ha, that's quite extravagant.

"[Snake Grass Needle*36927]"

Li Zheng casually sent the quantity he had to Feng Shan as well. Anyway, you can only look on with envy. Are you afraid that you will come and take it?
"..."

"Holy shit!!!!!"

Having achieved his goal, Li Zheng quickly blacklisted Feng Shan, refusing all communication with him and setting a timer for twelve hours.

"Ah...that feels so good..."

After finishing his daily persecution of Xiaofeng Mountain, Li Zheng completely ignored all the messages, closed the panel, and prepared to start making the Gravity Shoes before beginning today's exploration.

However, he immediately noticed that Sakura was holding two ginseng flowers, which were floating in the air in front of him.

"Ying ying."

Seeing that he had come to his senses, Sakura handed him a ginseng flower.

"Oh?"

Li Zheng instantly understood its meaning.

"Would you like to eat with me?"

"Hey!"

Sakura nodded emphatically.

"it is good."

Li Zheng revealed a genuinely happy smile and said to Xiaoying, "Then let's eat together every meal from now on."

"Whoa, whoa..."

Sakura flew over, nuzzled Li Zheng's cheek with her little face, and then landed in Li Zheng's outstretched hand, where she peacefully ate her breakfast.

Li Zheng also picked up the ginseng flower that Xiao Ying had given him, put it in his mouth and chewed it. A rich milky aroma, along with a feeling of happiness, instantly enveloped Li Zheng's heart.

(End of this chapter)