Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 18, Eighteenth Palm: Another Special Item
Li Zheng knew nothing about what was happening in Fengshan, and he didn't want to know.

"However, this treasure chest explosion was truly unexpected. I never imagined there would be such a thing, that a gold-level item could be found in a bronze treasure chest."

Li Zheng's heart was still pounding with excitement.

Although this time only one material-type item was obtained.

But nobody knows if a critical hit on a treasure chest might yield a blueprint.

"I wonder what level of items you can get from a critical hit on a gold-level treasure chest."

Li Zheng's eyes were filled with longing as he drifted into daydreams.

After all, he only gets one chance to draw a treasure chest every day. As long as he tries to survive in the Matrix world, he will eventually have the chance to experience a high-level treasure chest critical hit.

"Hey, that's still a long way off. To have this dream now feels like daydreaming."

Li Zheng seemed to realize he was being a bit delusional, gave a self-deprecating laugh, suppressed his surging emotions, and tried to regain his composure.

"The most important thing now is to make the gravity shoes first, and then begin today's exploration."

Li Zheng casually took out the blueprints for the Gravity Shoes, brought up the crafting page, and began building them.

"I have plenty of food, but my water supply is always insufficient. I only have two bottles of water from the initial supplies, and now I only have one left."

While waiting for the equipment to be made, Li Zheng was also thinking about the focus of today's exploration.

"500ml of water might be enough to get through today if we use it sparingly. But if we have the chance, it would be best to get some more during our future explorations, just in case."

If all else fails, you can trade food with others.

"Behind the metal door at the top is a room with food. Since the Gravity Shoes have already been made, let's start there."

Thinking this, the system notified me that the blueprints had been completed.

A pair of metal shoes appeared in front of Li Zheng.

All metallic white, it looks like just a pair of simple metallic shoes, yet it seems to have some weight to it.

When Li Zheng tried them on, he was surprised to find that the shoes fit him very well. Moreover, although the material was metal, they were much softer than he had imagined, as if he were wearing a thin layer of iron.

There is a hidden compartment in the heel of each shoe, which is the power core compartment. Because there are two power cores in the material used to make it, unlike a water purifier, it can be used directly.

"Try the effect."

reverse!

As soon as he silently recited the command, Li Zheng felt dizzy and lightheaded, and his whole body fell towards the roof.

"Holy crap, I'm such an idiot, I forgot to change direction!"

Just as his forehead was about to hit the roof, Li Zheng quickly chanted "reverse" in his mind again, changing the gravity back to normal.

boom!
Landed hard.

In less than two seconds, Li Zheng spun around at a height of three meters.

Fortunately, his muscles were mentally prepared for the fall from three meters high; otherwise, he could have easily suffered a fracture.

"These shoes aren't meant to be used like this."

Li Zheng, still shaken, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
After thinking it over carefully, he walked to the corner of the room and pressed himself against the wall.

"change!"

This time, he only turned ninety degrees, the direction of gravity changed, and he ended up lying on the wall.

Stand up from the wall, walk, run, jump.

Every movement was as if walking on flat ground.

"I see!"

From a normal perspective, Li Zheng standing perfectly upright on the wall is even more exaggerated than the characters in martial arts novels who can leap across rooftops.

"Try the roof again."

Once you reach the corner where the ceiling meets the wall, repeat the same trick.

This time, Li Zheng successfully stood on the ceiling, hanging upside down like a perched bat.

Because the gravity shoes change the direction of gravity around them, even though Li Zheng was hanging upside down on the roof, he did not experience cerebral congestion.

After several attempts, Li Zheng became familiar with the operation and was able to switch gravity without interruption.

From the ground to the wall, as soon as you step on it with one foot, the gravity changes accordingly, creating a seamless transition.

After walking a complete circle along the walls and ceiling, Li Zheng returned to the capsule residence and called Xiaoying out.

"Sakura, we should go."

"Ying ying."

Sakura obediently flew up and slipped into Li Zheng's shirt pocket, peeking out with her little head.

Throw the shoes you took off into the capsule dwelling, shrink them and store them away. Skillfully using the gravity shoes, you quickly open the metal door at the top.

"Yingying?"

Li Zheng stood in front of the metal door, while Xiao Ying's pink little paws tugged at the edge of the pocket, looking at the completely turned world with eyes full of curiosity.

It didn't understand how Li Zheng had done it.

"Waaah, waaah!" It tried to climb out and see if it could stand upside down on the roof.

Li Zheng quickly pressed it down and instructed, "Don't move."

Perhaps because Sakura was inside his pocket, the change in gravity enveloped her as well.

If we let it go out rashly, given how absent-minded this little guy is, it might crash into the ground and get a head full of bumps.

The metal door was on the roof, and after Li Zheng hung upside down, it was essentially open at his feet.

Just like the door on the ground that Li Zheng usually dared not go down, he was also somewhat troubled by the door in front of him.

"Have it!"

After a moment's thought, Li Zheng sat down by the door, first putting his feet into the light screen, then supporting himself on the door frame with his hands, and slowly lowering his body down.

After lowering his waist, Li Zheng tried his best to bend himself into a shrimp-like shape, maintaining the current state of the gravity shoes, and then pushed them out with both hands.

tread!
The light screen dissipated, and his feet touched the ground, revealing an upside-down room before Li Zheng's eyes.

"Sure enough."

Seeing that his method was effective, Li Zheng no longer hesitated and went down the wall.

Once everything returned to normal, Li Zheng headed straight for the supply storage tank in the center of the room.

The room was small and empty, with only a lone storage tank standing there.

Before even getting close, the detector displayed information.

[Supply storage tanks, devices used in the Matrix to store food, may still contain some items that have not been taken.]

Before leaving with your belongings, it's advisable to destroy them; you might be pleasantly surprised.

"what?"

Li Zheng was surprised: "The upgraded functions are much more powerful than before. When it was at the Silver level, it only gave me the first half of the prompt, which was no different from the system information of the matrix. Now it's telling me that these devices can be destroyed?"

However, he stumbled upon this feature while exploring the first room yesterday, so it's a bit of a waste for him.

"It would be great if you could remind me how to disassemble it to preserve the most important materials... But if such a function really exists, it would probably require further upgrades to develop."

Li Zheng muttered something to himself and opened the storage tank.

The refrigerator door opened, and Li Zheng glanced at it, slightly taken aback.

This time, the "refrigerator" was quite full, almost completely packed.

Unlike the two that were demolished later yesterday, they were both empty.

Li Zheng was somewhat disappointed when he glanced at the bottle and found no trace of it.

Take out the items one by one.

Five flowers of the Luoshen flower.

Two honey fruits.

One pomegranate melon.

……

"Hanging spider glands? What are those?"

Finally, Li Zheng took out a pale yellow, pig-stomach-like object from the storage jar.

[Hanging Spider Glands, Silver Grade, Material]

There's a small chance of obtaining it by dismantling elite-level silkworm spiders; it can be used to craft certain items.

[Hanging Spider Glands, Silver Grade, Material/Special Item]

There is a small chance of obtaining it by dismantling elite-level spiders, which can be used to craft certain items.

After consuming the gene-eating beast, there is a 50% chance it will gain one of the abilities of the Silkworm Spider.

Two messages appeared before Li Zheng's eyes.

The first one comes from the Matrix Game system prompt.

The second piece of information is provided by the detector.

"When the detector is at the silver level, it can also provide information about the items, but it is the same as the information provided by the matrix system."

Li Zheng rubbed his chin: "But after upgrading to gold, even unfamiliar items that I've never seen before can now reveal some hidden uses?"

When Li Zheng sent the information about snake grass needles to Fengshan earlier, he had already noticed something.

If an item has an unknown effect, the matrix system will not provide any hints.

Only after you've tried it yourself will the system add the known effects to the item information display.

Since Fengshan had never seen snake grass needles before, the system only showed him basic information when he looked at them.

That's what Li Zheng saw at first too.

However, after killing the Terror Bat, he tested the effects of the Snake Grass Needle, which is why the Matrix System showed Li Zheng different information.

However, the gold-level detector showed that Li Zheng could already ignore the steps of trying to use some of the unfamiliar props and know their uses in advance!

(End of this chapter)