Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 86 Capsule dwellings can be modified?!

As expected of a gold-level item, the levitation thruster allowed Li Zheng to stay ahead of Sakura, except for the initial slight lag caused by Sakura's early lead.

After thoroughly familiarizing himself with its usage, Li Zheng thoroughly enjoyed performing advanced maneuvers such as flips and leaps.

"嘤嘤嘤?"

Sakura watched Li Zheng flying ahead and imitated him, spinning and somersaulting in mid-air.

Later, they stopped competing to see who could fly faster and instead saw who could perform new and more difficult tricks.

……

Half an hour later, Li Zhengcai landed the aircraft (it's too tiring to type those five words, so I'll just call it the aircraft from now on).

The jet of air behind it slowed down, eventually subsided, and stopped.

Looking back at the energy consumption, there was still 90% left.

"It was used continuously for about an hour just now, consuming about 10% of the energy."

Li Zheng calculated that a gold-grade power core could last for about ten hours if used continuously.

Of course, this is just a vague concept.

If it were to fly at full power and go crazy, the energy consumption would definitely be much greater, and it wouldn't last even ten hours.

"So in order to save energy, we should avoid flying whenever possible."

Wearing the aircraft on his body did not affect Li Zheng's activities, and he was too lazy to take it off. He had gotten used to its weight after carrying it for a long time.

"Let's open today's treasure chests first and see if we can get anything good, then we'll begin today's exploration."

Back at his residence, Li Zheng contacted the treasure chest system to draw a random treasure chest for the day.

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

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

"Another golden treasure chest..."

Li Zheng has seen too many gold-level blueprints and items recently, and now he's almost losing interest in gold-level treasure chests.

"However, the blueprints that come out of the treasure chests are all better than the blueprints of the same quality that can be found in the matrix."

Comparatively speaking, the blueprints in the Gold-tier chests are almost as good as those in the Platinum-tier chests, right?

The previous gold-level treasure chest contained a gene potion crafting station, but in the short term, this equipment's improvement for players is indeed only average.

If Li Zheng hadn't encountered Luo Aimang's black market shop and exchanged two batches of materials, he would at most have raised his four-dimensional attributes to Black Iron 3+ to 4+.

However, in the long run, this device can improve a player's physique to the Gold 5+ limit!
Its value is self-evident.

"I wonder what kind of incredible item we'll get this time."

Li Zheng rubbed his hands together, squatted down in front of the treasure chest, and lifted the lid.

Reach in and scoop it up; the item will automatically appear inside the capsule dwelling.

[Obtained: Gold-grade blueprint [Automatic Circulating Toilet Design] +1]

[Received: Gold-grade blueprint [High-quality composting system design blueprint] +1]

[Received: 3000g of B25 grade manganese steel]

[Received: Intermediate Module +50]

[Received: Basic Modules +50]

[Received: 2000g of titanium-air alloy]

[Received: Analyzer +1]

"Good heavens! Two more gold blueprints!"

With a thought, two USB drives flew into Li Zheng's hands. "Have I accidentally stumbled upon a gold-standard blueprint?"

Automatic circulating toilet design drawings, Gold-level capsule residence renovation plans, disposable props

Description: After use, a toilet with an automatic circulation system can be built inside the capsule residence (requires any type of water purification equipment).

建造所需材料：动力核心Ⅳ型*1、中级模块*20、基础模块*30、高级零部件*30、零部件*50、铁锭*100、任意净水设备*1
Old Pu's note: You should be grateful that some unlucky guy expanded your capsule residence, otherwise... once you use this blueprint, you'll really be living in the bathroom from now on.

"These are blueprints that can be used to modify capsule dwellings!"

Li Zheng's hand holding the USB drive trembled slightly.

Since the start of the game, he has never heard of anyone possessing such a thing!

"Capsule homes can be modified?"

[What you're saying means your house can only be left as a bare shell, and you can't even renovate it?]

"..." A message flashed in Preys' Eye, leaving Li Zheng speechless.

“We have all the materials, but we only have one gold-grade power core left. If we renovate the residence and build a bathroom now, the construction of the flywheel hand cannon will have to be postponed…”

Li Zheng hesitated for a moment, then looked at another drawing.

High-quality composting system design drawings, gold-level capsule dwelling renovation plans, disposable props

Description: After use, it can build a high-quality composting workshop in the capsule dwelling, completely odor-free and noiseless.

Output: High-quality fertilizer. (Can increase crop growth rate)

建造所需材料：动力核心Ⅳ型*1、中级模块*25、初级模块*40、钛空合金500g、高级零部件*30、零部件*50、铁锭*100
Old Pu's review: This thing is useless to most people, but for you... haven't you already figured out how to use it?

Oh, by the way, remember to find a chance to learn how to draw a piping diagram. I didn't mention it, but Old Pu has to remind you: a composting system can be connected to the bathroom via pipes to achieve truly fully automated composting.

Now that he needed another gold-grade power core, Li Zheng no longer needed to hesitate and threw both USB drives back into their original positions.

Good things are often left to gather dust.

Li Zheng then retrieved the [Flywheel Hand Cannon Manufacturing Diagram] and ordered its creation.

Soon, an extravagantly designed revolver appeared in his hand.

"It's a bit smaller than the one the Limitless Modifier has..."

Li Zheng weighed it in his hand; the weight was acceptable, about three times that of the Desert Eagle.

"Go out and try the effect."

Carrying the flywheel hand cannon, Li Zheng arrived outside the residence, raised the gun without aiming, and pulled the trigger.

[Unloaded ammunition.]

"..."

This damn thing, a supposedly gold-tier weapon, actually needs ammunition?
It's not even as good as a bronze-level Desert Eagle!
In normal shooting mode, they fire energy bullets directly!
Upon reopening the crafting page, Li Zheng discovered that several ammunition crafting options had appeared on the page after he had just crafted the hand cannon.

[Black Iron Grade Shells: Power Core Type I *1 + Iron Ingot *10 + Tungsten Steel 100g = 50 rounds]

【青铜级炮弹：动力核心Ⅱ型*1+铁锭*10+B25级锰钢100g＝弹药50发】

……

From black iron to gold, the requirements for the power core and special metals for each type of shell remain unchanged, while the requirements for iron ingots increase with the shell's grade.

"Disappointing, absolutely disapproving! It's so different from what I imagined! One gold-grade power core only makes fifty shells? Is this a weapon or a money-burning furnace?!"

"Sell it! Whoever wants it can use it!"

Li Zheng opened the world channel, put the attributes of the Flywheel Hand Cannon on it, edited the information, and requested that the traded items be twice the amount consumed during crafting.

[World Channel 0000879 Li Zheng: [Flywheel Hand Cannon] Gold-grade weapon, in exchange for the following materials: Power Core Type IV *2 (the rest omitted) MMMM needed]

Then grant access to private chat with strangers.

After several days of exploration, the remaining players would occasionally post messages on the world channel to trade some good items, but otherwise remained quiet.

If there are no other sources, the loudspeaker only refreshes once a day, and most people will not choose to waste time chatting. At most, they will send some meaningless information when it is about to refresh in the middle of the night.

However, most people were already resting at that time, so it wouldn't disturb others.

Li Zheng had noticed that the most frequently appearing items on the world channel were blueprints, mostly ranging from iron to silver, with very few gold-grade ones.

There are also a few high-level blueprints in the trading hall, but the lowest priced ones are double the amount needed to make them, so no one would be foolish enough to buy them.

Li Zheng estimated that these people probably didn't have enough space in their capsule homes, so they had to put their items at an outrageous price in the trading hall to make room.

of course……

This has led to a chaotic environment in the trading hall, with people frequently complaining that they can't find the items they want.

Some people even hung up iron ingots, but the price was two iron ingots.

In short: outrageous!
Li Zheng's transaction this time involved a finished gold-grade weapon, the price of which would definitely be doubled, and everyone else knew this perfectly well.

Even so, there are still people willing to pay a price to buy it.

After all, if they went to the trading hall to buy blueprints and made it themselves, they would need at least three sets of materials.

In comparison, Li Zheng's finished weapon only requires twice the amount of materials, making him a truly conscientious merchant!
Soon, someone contacted Li Zheng, and the number of private messages increased.

Li Zheng was stunned when he randomly opened one of them.

"Young man, I'm still a student and can't afford this price."

and so……

Can you deliver it directly to me?

(End of this chapter)