Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 17, second treasure chest!
After finishing breakfast, Li Zheng opened the door to his capsule apartment. The light outside was much brighter than the night before.

Li Zheng even found the outside lights a bit glaring because he was used to the almost nonexistent light inside the capsule residence.

However, he quickly adapted, beckoning Sakura to go outside and have some fun, while he himself stayed inside the capsule residence.

"First, we'll build a water purifier to solve the physiological problem."

Li Zheng opened the creation page, and three seconds later, a small water purifier appeared in front of him.

Inserting the power core that had been used before, the water purifier started working, and Li Zheng took out the big thing to release the water.

Crash.

Shaking his equipment, Li Zheng had another 400 milliliters of purified water.

As usual, it was divided into four portions and placed in the trading hall, where the price was still 20g of B25 grade manganese steel.

"As for this water purifier..."

Li Zheng thought they should keep this thing and use it as a toilet.

Because the water purifier consumes a small amount of energy even when it is in standby mode, Li Zheng, in order to save energy, took out the power core that showed 65% remaining energy and threw it next to the water purifier.

"This broken machine does have a very high wastewater conversion rate, almost 100%. But the energy consumption is..."

Li Zheng was no longer the novice who had just entered the Matrix world; he now had a general understanding of the value of various items.

Firstly, food and water are certainly relatively scarce resources, but because of the existence of various genetically modified beasts, they are not particularly valuable.

Since most people haven't improved their strength yet, food resources can still fetch a good price.

In a few days, once the surviving players have acquired some combat equipment, the value of food resources will plummet.

It might even end up as something as cheap and unattainable as cabbage.

Aside from food and water, the value of other items should be ranked as follows: basic materials — gene beast materials — power cores — blueprints — special materials.

Basic materials include iron ingots, copper ingots, and spare parts. Gene beast materials are materials decomposed from the corpses of gene beasts. The power core is self-explanatory.

Drawings are divided into one-time drawings and learnable drawings, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, and their value is roughly equal.

The most valuable special materials are things like "core technology" and "temperature controller" that Li Zheng obtained yesterday.

Another separate category is the "Flame Flower," an item that can unlock players' heterogeneous genetic abilities.

However, because its success rate is so low, its value range fluctuates greatly.

Just like how Fengshan could exchange a bronze-level blueprint for a silver-level Flame Flower.

In Li Zheng's mind, the value of the Flame Flower was not even as high as a bronze-level blueprint.

As for the lowest value items, nothing beats gray-quality items.

“When a small water purifier is in operation, it requires 5% of the power core type I energy to convert 100 milliliters of water. A whole power core type I can only convert two liters of water.”

After exploring all ten rooms yesterday and making transactions, Li Zheng currently only has four complete Type I power cores left.

"However, the optimal daily water intake for an average person is about two liters, which is equivalent to consuming one Type I power core every day."

The price-performance ratio is too low!
If water resources weren't still relatively scarce, Li Zheng wouldn't want to use a water purifier at all.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it too much. I still have a lot of things to do today."

Li Zheng no longer worries about the cost-effectiveness of water purifiers.

After the water was drained, the sensation in the other direction also began to intensify.

Left with no other choice, Li Zheng turned his attention to the most useless resource at the moment—fiber.

"Sigh...it's a pity there's no paper..."

Li Zheng looked pained, tore off some fiber, and went outside the capsule dwelling to relieve himself.

Crouching in the corner, Li Zheng opened the temporary interface for upgrading items and took out the detector.

"Let me see how far my little one has progressed?"

[Advanced scientific detector, gold-level, unique item.]

It can detect information including, but not limited to: materials, items, creatures, and players.

The higher the item's level, the more detailed the detection information.

Materials required for the next upgrade: AI Core *1, Titanium Alloy 300g, Power Core Type IV *1, Basic Module *30

Aside from changes in name, level, and upgrade materials, the item description for the detector has remained almost unchanged, except for the removal of the word "basic".

"A gold-level item!"

Li Zheng was overjoyed.

After a removal operation last night, the total number of players in the entire Matrix Survival game is approximately three billion.

"Of these three billion players, how many can obtain a gold-level item on the second day?"

Li Zheng guessed that there should be.

But definitely not many!
Fengshan and Zhan Zhouzhou are considered top players in this channel.

During yesterday's transactions, the most they ever brought out were silver-level items.

Even for Li Zheng, this gold-level item was obtained from an external treasure chest.

Not to mention other ordinary players.

"Perhaps this detector is currently the only gold-level item obtained by a player in the entire matrix."

Li Zheng even considered showing the items to Feng Shan to make him envious again.

However, reason prevailed and he suppressed this desire to show off.

"Stay calm, stay calm, keep quiet and make a fortune. Try it on and see how it works."

The upgraded detector doesn't look much different; it's still an ear-worn single-lens goggle, except that everything except the lens is now black.

After skillfully putting on the detector and starting it up, Li Zheng waited a moment before looking at several metal doors.

Left side: Danger (red), environment.

Right side: Danger (orange-red), living creature.

Front: Safety (blue), material.

Above: Safety (blue), food. Ground: Empty.

The upgraded detector can not only detect dangers behind metal doors, but also provide clues about the type of resources or dangers present in the room!

"Wow, my darling is amazing!"

Li Zheng only regretted that the Daily Treasure Chest System didn't have a physical form, otherwise he would want to give it a big kiss right now.

However, even if you can't kiss the treasure chest system, kissing the treasure chest itself is the same.

After glancing at the treasure chest system, Li Zheng became excited again.

The treasure chest has refreshed. Do you want to claim it now?

"Refresh time... midnight, just as I expected!"

Li Zheng wiped the dirt clean with a fiber and was about to release today's random treasure chest when he looked up and saw Xiao Ying squatting not far away, imitating him, with her butt sticking out.

"嘤嘤嘤!"

Seeing Li Zheng looking over, Xiao Ying flew straight at his face.

"Don't come over here!!!"

Looking at the small stain on the ground behind Xiaoying, Li Zheng realized that the little one hadn't been properly cleaned and was immediately filled with repulsion.

"Waaah?" Xiaoying almost got slapped away by Li Zhengyi and cried out twice in grievance.

"Alright, you're really playing both the father and the mother..."

Back in the capsule, Li Zheng pulled out some more fiber and helped Xiao Ying clean her bottom.

The little guy was completely bewildered the whole time, not understanding why his owner was doing this.

"Remember to wipe yourself after using the toilet, okay?" Li Zhengdun instructed the little guy.

"Hey?"

Sakura couldn't understand, so she activated her ability to fly quickly, instantly diving back into her capsule home and plunging into the fibers where she had slept the night before.

"I wonder if this guy even understood."

Li Zheng suddenly felt a bit like when he first started raising a dog, worrying about this and that every day, with the biggest problem being picking up poop.

"emmmmm..."

Li Zheng, expressionless, wiped his hands with the remaining fibers.

[Today's treasure chest draw, quality is random...]

[Draw successful. Chest quality: Bronze. Claim now?]

"Only Bronze?"

Li Zheng frowned.

Looks like I'm having bad luck today; the random treasure chests I got weren't as good as yesterday's.

But since the extraction has already been completed, what can we do if we don't extract it?
Besides, the quality of the treasure chest is random, and you can't control it.

"Extract it."

Having witnessed the power of gold-level items, Li Zheng had little interest in mere bronze-level treasure chests.

Boom!
Just like its quality, the bronze treasure chest has a bronze texture throughout and a coppery green hue.

However, the designs are largely the same.

Li Zheng went over, lifted the lid of the treasure chest, and reached in to scoop something out.

[Obtained: Bronze Blueprint [Air Purifier]]

[Received: 10 Advanced Parts]

[Congratulations! You've won a treasure chest and obtained a Gold-tier item: Power Core IV *1]

"..."

"Holy crap!?!"

"Treasure chest critical hit?"

"A bronze treasure chest can actually yield gold-quality items?!"

Li Zheng was dumbfounded.

After realizing what was happening, Li Zheng's first reaction was not to excitedly shout "Yay!"

Instead... open the private chat, find Fengshan, remove him from the blacklist, add the Power Core IV information, and then send it.

after awhile……

"What the hell?"

"Holy crap!!!! Gold-level!!!!"

Fengshan reacted much faster than Li Zheng.

"Brother, you already have a gold-level item? Sell me a few of those snake needles!"

[You have been blacklisted by the other party for twelve hours, during which time you will be unable to send private messages.]

"Depend on!"

Fengshan went completely berserk.

"You, surnamed Li, you actually used PUA on me!!"

Enraged, Fengshan punched the inside of his own capsule home.

Boom!

This punch contained explosive power, even denting the wall of the capsule dwelling.

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

"..."

Fengshan looked at the system prompt and, with tears in his eyes, used 100 grams of B25 grade manganese steel to repair it.

(End of this chapter)