Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 8 The mysterious lantern

"Wow! Girl, you're like a cow taking an airplane, the cow has gone to heaven!"

Having already obtained three Iron-grade blueprints, how can you now casually trade Silver-grade power cores?
Li Zheng was amazed.

Why are there so many big shots in my channel?
There was Fengshan, who had breached ten rooms in two hours.

Now, another Zhan Zhouzhou has emerged who can casually produce a silver-level power core.

"Could it be that the Matrix game isn't actually that difficult?"

Such thoughts came to Li Zheng's mind, but he forgot that more than thirty people had already died an hour earlier.

"How about we explore the dangerous room and give it a try?"

Li Zheng had already seen it when he was dismantling the machine on the wall. Among the choices he would face next, there were two red danger rooms on the left and right, and one orange-red danger room above his head.

The remaining two are one green and one empty, with the empty one on the ground.

"Huh? Why has the color of the room door changed?"

Li Zheng looked at the metal doors and noticed that the two previously red dangerous rooms had now turned orange-red.

The orange-red dangerous room turned blue.

Although the room still displayed the word "danger," Li Zheng felt that the presence of the creatures in the room should not cause him much harm.

"Is it because I just got a new weapon that the danger level in the room has decreased?"

Li Zheng took out his Desert Eagle, seemingly lost in thought.

"It's a pity that the door is on the roof, otherwise we could have gone in and tried it."

The two rooms that Li Zheng has explored so far are one large and one small, but they both have one thing in common: they are ridiculously tall.

Without climbing equipment or the player acquiring the ability to fly, even if there's a powerful artifact in the room above, you can only watch it longingly.

"We'll have to wait until we get to the next room to see. Right now, the most important thing is to trade the Flame Flower."

At this moment, Zhan Zhouzhou replied to the private message: "Exchange! See you in the trading hall. If you have any more good stuff, please contact me first."

Just like the transactions in the chat lobby before, it was very decisive and efficient.

In comparison, a certain man surnamed Feng was far inferior.

Soon, the deal was struck, and the Flame Flower in Li Zheng's hand transformed into a sphere the size of an infant's fist, emitting a pure white light.

[Power Core Type III (Silver Grade) Material]

It contains a vast amount of energy and exhibits exceptionally stable performance, making it suitable as a power system for various tools and tools, with a wide range of applications.
"Power core acquired! Now we only need 200 grams of B25 grade manganese steel to upgrade the detector. We just need to dismantle two more refrigerators."

I wonder if the upgraded detector will be able to detect what's actually behind the metal door.

Full of anticipation, Li Zheng selected the green security door, decisively swiped his card, and said goodbye to the room where he had been for nearly two hours.

As the light penetrated the membrane, it suddenly dimmed, and the bright spots and shadows from the intense light in the previous room remained on Li Zheng's retina.

Close your eyes and wait a moment until your eyes have adjusted to the darkness before opening them.

The brightness in front of me is equivalent to half that of the first room, and the visibility is extremely poor for the average person.

"Fortunately, this is a safe room. Otherwise, even if I had weapons with me now, I would be in grave danger if attacked."

Li Zheng was alert; the environment inside each room in the matrix was different.

The first three are all safe rooms, only the lighting and space are slightly different.

In order to acquire more resources in the future, I will definitely have to explore dangerous rooms.

It won't just be a change in light at that point.

Even temperature, air quality, and humidity can become dangerous factors.

"Huh? This isn't a sci-fi themed place?"

After his eyes adjusted to the brightness, Li Zheng discovered that the third room was completely different in style from the first two rooms, as it was actually built with large square stones.

Several oil lamps hung on the wall, their faint flames swaying gently in the breeze that seemed to come from nowhere.

"No wonder it's so dark here. It looks a bit like a medieval castle. Let's explore it first."

The third room was unusually large, and Li Zheng didn't immediately notice the metal door leading to the next room.

Or rather, the place he was in at that moment was actually inside a passage, and the end of the passage was completely dark, so he couldn't see anything at all.

As you move forward through the passage, your footsteps echo as they bounce off the stone walls.

The dim lighting, the quiet atmosphere, and the echoes in his ears gave Li Zheng the illusion that someone was following him.

"Unbelievable! It's supposed to be a safe room, but it's designed like this. If a player without a detector came here, they would have a hard time just getting through the mental stress alone..."

Li Zheng frequently looked back, and each time he confirmed that no one was following him, he would breathe a sigh of relief.

To distract himself, he started looking at the oil lamp that appeared every few steps.

[An ever-burning oil lamp, modified with cutting-edge technology, possessing an inexhaustible supply of oil; a matrix-style decorative item.]
"This lamp is nice..."

Li Zheng gestured his height and found that the "meteor hammer" was just within reach.

"Hey hey hey..."

The meteor hammer reappeared, leaving a brief afterimage in the air, before smashing into the base of the oil lamp. Bang!
The oil lamp remained completely still, not even a single drop of oil spilled out.

"No way? It's that sturdy?"

Li Zheng refused to believe in bad luck and put all his strength into it, unleashing a frenzied attack for five minutes before finally putting away the iron ingot and calmly moving on.

"Dog Matrix, target me!"

Li Zheng was indignant. Why couldn't he be allowed to smash the things he came up with using his own abilities?
Really...

unacceptable!

After setting off the oil lamp, Li Zheng began counting the cracks in the stones: "One, two, three... thirty-five..."

He counted the cracks in the stones one by one until he finally found a staircase leading upwards, with an unremarkable lantern hanging on the wall in front of the staircase.

[The Mysterious Lantern (Black Iron)]

An ordinary, unremarkable lantern, like an oil lamp modified with cutting-edge technology, is connected to an oil field and theoretically has an inexhaustible supply of lamp oil.

It is also a key to a certain area.
The lantern wasn't hung high; Li Zheng could easily reach it down.

The moment he took it in his hand, the lantern automatically lit up, illuminating an area around Li Zheng.

It was even brighter than the oil lamp on the wall.

Li Zheng: "...a charlatan."

It turns out that the five minutes he spent smashing the oil lamp were a waste, as there was a better source of light at the end of the passage.

Carrying an oil lamp, Li Zheng climbed the steps.

The staircase wasn't long; after a short while, a wooden door appeared in front of Li Zheng.

With a gentle push, the wooden door opened.

"It seems that lanterns are not used here."

Behind the wooden door lies a medieval castle, spanning two floors and occupying an area comparable to the previous room, connected by a magnificent wooden staircase.

Li Zheng then appeared in the lobby on the first floor. There was a metal door on the lobby floor, which was obviously the entrance to the next room. The detector showed that the space behind the door was dark red and dangerous.

Looking up, Li Zheng also spotted another door on the second-floor roof. As expected, it was also suspended in mid-air, but the information displayed by the detector indicated that it was a blue security door.

Apart from that, there are no other metal doors on the first floor walls.

"It seems there are three more doors on the second floor. But since there are two floors here, it means there might be some good stuff on the first floor as well."

A quick glance around the first-floor lobby reveals a complete set of classic British-style furniture, including cabinets, sofas, coffee tables, coat racks, and a set of exquisite cups on the coffee table.

The overall impression is one of aristocratic elegance.

These things made Li Zheng's eyes water. If the capsule dwelling wasn't so small and already mostly occupied by materials and plants, he would definitely have emptied it out.

"Search the first floor first, then go check the second floor."

Li Zheng began searching through the hall.

Upon opening the cupboard, I discovered that it contained...

A Snickers bar...

"..."

Li Zheng almost cursed loudly when he saw this thing.

Why do you always like to use a lot of space to fit a very small thing?
"But even a mosquito's leg is still meat, so let's keep it."

After tossing his belongings into the capsule apartment, Li Zheng began to scrutinize the cabinets with ill intent.

"By the way, if this thing is used to store food, does it count as a refrigerator?"

However, after looking at the overall wooden structure of the cabinet, Li Zheng shook his head with a smile: "They're really obsessed with materials. No matter what, you can't possibly break down wood into metal, can you?"

……

bump!
The iron ingot had appeared in Li Zheng's hand without him noticing, and he smashed the cabinet with a single blow.

"break down!"

Li Zheng attempted to decompose it, but the system mercilessly prompted him with:
[This is a worthless item and cannot be broken down.]

"OK, I understand."

Li Zheng gripped the iron ingot in his hand and ransacked the first floor like a bandit raider.

Finally, amidst the chaos, they collected a set of cups.

The set of gray-quality cups on the coffee table could actually be stored directly inside the capsule residence.

Looking at the cup he had smashed on the ground, Li Zheng felt his heart bleeding.

Even if it's of gray quality, it's still a container!

"Damn it, we've lost a lot of money!"

(End of this chapter)