Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 7 Power Core Type III!

Li Zheng, looking completely bewildered, picked at his ears and it took him three minutes to regain his hearing.

"Damn, that scared me! I thought I'd gone deaf..."

Looking at the cool Desert Eagle in his hand, Li Zheng felt a bit of a headache.

In my focus on protecting my wrists and arms, I forgot that this thing has a drawback: it's loud.

The matrix consists of small rooms; firing a gun in such a place is tantamount to self-harm.

"Let's go check out the shooting results."

Li Zheng walked up to the culture medium storage tank, gestured with his hand, and found that the bullet hole was about the thickness of a little finger, and that it penetrated the tank cleanly without leaving any extra cracks.

Following the bullet hole, Li Zheng also saw a small hole in the ground, but he did not find the bullet.

"Judging from the advanced technology modifications, this gun no longer uses conventional bullets; it fires something similar to energy projectiles, and..."

Li Zheng looked at the virtual screen that appeared on the Desert Eagle gun, which displayed a battery icon with the number 99 next to it.

"Although this gun does not require reloading, it does consume energy. Perhaps once the energy is depleted, a new power core will be needed to continue firing."

"Can one Type I power core support one hundred launches?"

"That's acceptable."

After all, compared to its power, this consumption is really not a big deal.

"Next, let's try the special shooting mode."

Upon ejecting the magazine, Li Zheng discovered that its interior contained a sophisticated gear structure, with tiny gears on both sides capable of clamping various types of bullets.

After comparing the dimensions, Li Zheng realized he had something he could try putting inside.

"I just don't know if it can still be launched without gunpowder or something similar to provide kinetic energy."

Several hair-like objects appeared in his hand; these were the bronze-level items he had just acquired—snake grass needles.

Carefully insert the snake grass needles one by one into the magazine.

This process must be handled with extreme care, otherwise one careless move could lead to self-inflicted harm.

The magazine, when fully loaded, held twenty rounds of ammunition. Li Zheng pushed the magazine back into the magazine, a bead of cold sweat sliding down his forehead.

This was caused by the fright during the loading process.

"Although it's a pistol, its magazine capacity is practically that of a submachine gun..."

Li Zheng was quite satisfied with this high-tech version of the Desert Eagle. Although it had some unavoidable shortcomings, it had more advantages than disadvantages.

Click.

With a crisp click, the magazine reset.

"Switch to special shooting mode, and then..."

Li Zheng tore open the sleeve of his shirt and stuffed one end of it into his ear to minimize the damage to his ears from the loud gunshot in the confined space when the gun was fired.

"I don't want to be deaf for another three minutes."

He raised his gun, aimed at the liquid storage tank, and decisively pulled the trigger.

call out!
Unlike ordinary shooting.

This time, the noise caused by the shooting was much smaller, almost inaudible.

Li Zheng thought it was because he had plugged his ears, so he simply removed the plug and fired again.

call out!
"Is it because of the special shooting mode, or because of the snake needle?"

Without more special ammunition as a reference, Li Zheng was unable to make a judgment.

But these are not important.

"The important thing is whether the power has been reduced as a result."

As you approach the storage tank, two much smaller holes appear on it, like pinholes.

Li Zheng walked past the storage tank, but did not see any new bullet holes on the ground behind it.

"After all, snake grass needles are plants. Although they can be used as special ammunition, their texture means they are not hard enough. So, they only pierced the storage tank before turning into powder."

Li Zheng kept this characteristic in mind and made a summary.

"In summary, ordinary shooting can be used in any combat situation, but the downside is that it is too noisy and the recoil is too great to control."

Fire a shot and then wait half a day...

"Shooting snake needles is the complete opposite; they are only suitable for hitting soft objects, such as human skin and flesh. But that is enough, since snake needles themselves contain toxins. As long as they can break through the enemy's skin, they can deliver the toxins into the opponent's body."

It also has advantages: it's quiet, and has almost no recoil.

Another drawback is that the potency of the snake grass needle is not yet clear.

I glanced at the virtual screen; 97% energy remaining.

"The energy consumed by the two firing modes is the same, but the special firing mode requires additional ammunition, which is more troublesome." "Not bad, this deal was a good one."

Li Zheng put away the Desert Eagle, showing no intention of continuing to practice his marksmanship, and instead took out another Flame Flower.

This flower has only ten minutes left to expire. If it is not consumed within ten minutes, it will rot and turn into gray-quality garbage.

Just then, Li Zheng received a private message from Feng Shan:

"Awakening successful. As a thank you, I'll give you a piece of intelligence for free."

"The so-called fire-type gene is actually similar to a superpower, except that it has been transformed into a 'skill' here."

Skills can be upgraded, but more items of the same type for developing heterogeneous genes are needed. If you acquire items for developing fire-type genes, I hope you'll consider trading with me first.

Li Zheng: "..."

Awakening successful?
A 2% probability... is that high?

He actually awakened?

Damn lucky guy!
How can someone who was once considered unlucky in gaming face this?
No!

I can't be the only one feeling down!

"[Flame Flower]"

Li Zheng showed the remaining Flame Flower to Feng Shan via private message, and then immediately sent it to the world channel via loudspeaker.

[Matrix Channel 0000879, Li Zheng: One [Flame Flower], a silver-tier item that can unlock skills. The previous customer successfully awakened the skill. It has nine minutes of validity left. DM me if interested.]

The next moment, Li Zheng's private chat messages skyrocketed, instantly reaching 999+.

At first, Li Zheng had the leisure to open each one and take a look, but they were all sycophantic messages like asking to be taken along or to be clung to.

Interestingly, Fengshan was clearly also provoked.

"!!!!!!"

"?????"

"Fuck!!!"

"You still have one!"

"I want more...I want more!"

"Damn! Didn't you want the lightsaber blueprint? I changed it! [Ion lightsaber blueprint], please!"

"Brother! You're my own brother! Make a deal with me!!!"

Li Zheng curled his lip, "I knew you weren't being honest. Now you've been exposed, haven't you?"
It's too late to tell you!

It's a pity, though. Lightsabers are cool, but they're still melee weapons. They're not as good as the Desert Eagle, which is good for ranged combat.
“Being strong is temporary, but being handsome is for life... Why don't we switch places with him?”

Li Zheng struggled for a moment, but he quickly regained his senses.

"The lightsaber blueprints also require a Power Core III to build. Although you can get a broken one by smashing a refrigerator, wouldn't it be better to just upgrade the detector if you could repair it or get one?"

Having figured this out, Li Zheng replied to Feng Shan with two words.

"Don't change!"

Then add Fengshan to the blacklist and release him after a ten-minute timer.

These ten minutes are crucial. Once they're off the blacklist, the remaining Flame Flower will either be sold or left to rot.

In short, he can forget about getting another one.

what?
Worried about retaliation from Fengshan?

Let's not even talk about how big the matrix map is, which can accommodate a thousand people exploring at the same time in one channel, or whether Fengshan and I can even meet.

Even if I were to meet him, I wouldn't necessarily be afraid of him.

With the detectors around, Li Zheng's gains will definitely be much greater than others.

To others, this is a survival game.

For him, this is an MMORPG where he improves himself by "collecting trash".

They play completely different types of games and live completely different lives. What does Fengshan have to compare with himself?
Luck?
Next, he filtered through all the private messages, discarding useless flattery, and confirmed the filter criteria as "Power Core Type III".

Although many people sent messages, Li Zheng did not have high hopes that someone would offer the Power Core III in exchange.

After all, not everyone can be like Fengshan, who can open up ten rooms in just over two hours.

Not to mention being able to produce silver-level items.

However, the truth is that after filtering all the messages, there was actually one person who sent a [Power Core Type III] item display.

Looking at the sender of the message, Li Zheng found it to be another familiar name.

A big shot from the same channel.

Spread out your boat!
(End of this chapter)