Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 51 This treasure chest... is so lucky!

[In the fusion capsule residence...]

The target of this fusion was originally player: 0000879 Lin Fan.
This fusion yielded: Space Leap Device +1, Advanced Soilless Cultivation Dish Blueprint +1, and Floating Thruster Blueprint +1.

[Fusion complete.]

"Good guy!"

Li Zheng's eyes gleamed as he looked at the three items he had obtained during the fusion process. "One platinum and two gold, this guy... he's pretty rich?"

He then wondered, if Lin Fan obtained these high-grade items by killing players, how did he manage to do it with his strength?
He couldn't even withstand a single shot from himself; he was as weak as trash.

"Huh? What is this?"

Li Zheng caught sight of a red lantern on the ground out of the corner of his eye. He bent down to pick it up, and after seeing its attributes, he gasped in shock.

In the presence of the Eye of Preys, the attributes of Death's Declaration underwent some changes.

[Death Declaration, Silver Level]

The holder will receive ten additional exploration opportunities after nightfall.

Death: After killing a player, you will receive an additional item of the highest value tier +1 when merging the capsule dwelling.

Declaration: Day or night... I am everywhere! (90% chance of entering another player's room while exploring)
Note: This item only works when held in hand.

Surely no one really thinks such an amazing function is only silver-grade?
Seal 0/3
Guess what will happen when the three seals are broken?
Oh ho ho ho ho hiccup...

Be careful, this item will always drop when your capsule dwelling is destroyed if you die.

"Another item that only works when held in your hand?"

Li Zheng immediately remembered the lantern he had obtained earlier and went to find it.

When the "mysterious lantern" and the "death declaration" are placed together, they emit light simultaneously, attracting each other and eventually merging into one.

As the light faded, only a lantern remained in front of Li Zheng, looking exactly the same as the "mysterious lantern," without any change.

However, under the observation of the Eye of Preys, the lantern's attributes have become a combination of the two items.

[Mysterious Declaration, Gold Level]
The holder, after nightfall... (details omitted)
Death: Omitted
Announcement: (omitted)
Seal 1/3
It is also a key to a certain area.

Hey, look! You've broken a seal so quickly!
There are two more seals remaining. After they are lifted...

Oh ho ho ho ho hiccup...

Unfortunately, you can no longer use it for lighting whenever you want, but you don't care.

Isn't that right?

“The functions of this item, whether it’s adding 10 exploration opportunities at night, or ‘death’ or ‘declaration’, are all incredibly powerful if taken out individually as an item!” Li Zheng said with some regret, “Unfortunately, when these three functions are combined, they become much less interesting. At least for me, they are of little use.”

I bent down to pick up the lantern, and it lit up automatically after I put it in my hand.

Gone was the dim, yellowish light of the previous lantern; now, the lantern glowed an eerie blood red, illuminating the surroundings as if it were a crime scene.

"Well, even the last usable function is gone."

Li Zheng was displeased and lost interest, so he casually tossed the lantern aside and said, "Let's look at the other things."

The properties of the spatial leap device were similar to those he had seen on the world channel before, and Li Zheng was not interested in this prop, so he casually tossed it aside.

[Advanced soilless culture dish blueprints, gold-level study available]
Description: Advanced methods for making soilless culture dishes can be learned.

所需材料：动力核心Ⅳ型*1、温控仪*1、铁锭*50、铜锭*50、零部件*50]
[Floating Thruster Blueprint - Gold Level - Learnable]

Description: Learn how to make a levitation thruster.

所需材料：动力核心Ⅳ*1、科技核心*1、铁锭*30、高级零部件*10、零部件*30、B25级锰钢300g]
"Two learning-related blueprints, and I don't have enough of most of the materials needed."

Li Zheng completely lost interest, threw down his things, closed the door of his capsule residence, and lay down to rest.

……

The next morning, Li Zheng, still feeling sleepy, was woken up by Xiao Ying.

I glanced at the time and realized I'd only slept for five hours.

"Waaaaah~"

Seeing that he didn't want to move, Xiaoying kept whimpering in his ear, finally waking Li Zheng up.

"Sure enough, no matter what world or species they are, these kids are always surprisingly similar... Damn, they're so energetic." Li Zheng muttered to himself, seeing Sakura circling outside her capsule apartment, he went over, opened the door, and let her out.

"Ha~~"

Yawning, Li Zheng rubbed his sleepy eyes and complained, "So all this time was just to go to the toilet? Besides, can't you open the door yourself?"

I went back and got some fiber, timed my departure perfectly, and went out to clean the little guy.

After a flurry of activity, Li Zheng gradually woke up from his drowsiness.

I helped Sakura wash her face, rinse her mouth, and wash her hands, and then we ate breakfast together.

Sakura's breakfast was still the silkworm spider glands, and she also ate the remaining heart core of the armored boar, instantly raising the level of her Flying Rock Bullet to Lv2.

Li Zheng then used his genetic abilities to roast a piece of wolf meat, sprinkled it with a little salt, and it tasted alright.

Aside from being a bit tough and a bit old, everything else is acceptable.

"At least this is the first meat meal in days..."

Because of the snake needles, most of the creatures killed by Li Zheng are inedible.

The meat of the dozen or so forest wolves that were killed by exploiting a bug was edible.

“The poisonous meat isn’t very useful to me. I’ll put it all up for sale in the trading hall later. I was too busy yesterday and forgot about it.” Li Zheng ate while thinking. “As for the poisonous blood, it’s fine. I tested it yesterday and found that poisonous blood can also be used as material to make gene potions, and the potions won’t contain any toxins.”

After swallowing the last piece of wolf meat, Li Zheng decided that if he encountered any creatures that looked appetizing during his exploration today, he would avoid using snake needles if possible.

"We're definitely going to cook a delicious meal today!"

After checking his supplies, Li Zheng discovered that he had more water resources than before, with nearly three liters of purified water.

"Thanks to those two water purifiers yesterday?"

With a thought, Li Zheng removed the water purifier from the trading hall. The removed item would then appear directly in the player's capsule residence.

After placing the two water purifiers on the ground, Li Zheng only glanced at them before tossing them back into the trading hall and listing them for permanent, recurring lease.

"Damn it, how come all these guys are thinking the same thing as me?"

Li Zheng grumbled a few times and threw the extra purified water into the trading hall to exchange it for pure water.

"I refuse to believe no one would trade 200 ml of purified water for 100 ml of pure water!"

We'll definitely have to suffer a loss, but it's better than drinking urine, right...?

"Forget it, I'll open a treasure chest to change my mood. Maybe I'll get a gold-level or higher chest today?"

[Random treasure chest draw in progress today, please wait...]

[Draw successful. Treasure chest quality: Silver. Collect now?]

"Silver..."

Li Zheng patted it a couple of times and thought it was alright.

Ideally, you should also get yourself a device that's comparable to a detector.

Even if all else fails, a critical hit wouldn't be out of the question.

Open the treasure chest and reach in to grab it.

[Received: [Advanced Stove Blueprint] +1]

[Received: Basic Modules +20]

[Received: Advanced Parts +20]

[Received: 300g of B25 grade manganese steel]

"This treasure chest is so lucky today."

Li Zheng was very dissatisfied with what he got from the treasure chest.

One silver-grade blueprint, the rest are materials, and still two bronze-grade and one silver-grade.

Without even looking at the blueprints, Li Zheng knew he definitely couldn't make it, so he simply put away the capsule dwelling and prepared to begin today's exploration.

(End of this chapter)