Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

[Arctic Cattail

Tier: Platinum

Type: Crop

Description: Can only grow in environments below -100℃, each fruiting has a chance to produce one seed.

Old Pu: If you're confident in maintaining its growth environment, consider transplanting.

You aren't seriously considering it, are you?

Your math skills are terrible!]

Li Zheng was about to move the Arctic Cattail when Old Pu's words reminded him.

The Arctic Cattail Fruit only bears one, and it doesn't have a seed. Even if its growth speed matches the Flame Branch, it only provides 5 more experience points than one round of Flame Flowers.

However, maintaining its growth environment is much more troublesome than the Flame Branch.

Realizing this, Li Zheng pondered for two seconds and then uprooted the Arctic Cattail: "Damn, if I can't plant it, I can at least sell it, right?"

Without waiting to move to the next room, Li Zheng directly filled in its information in the world channel, using today's megaphone, and sent it out.

[000024 Li Zheng: [Arctic Cattail] A crop that can produce Platinum Level ability development items, only this one, hurry if you want to buy! Also: Looking for a large number of Ice and Fire Gene ability development items! From Silver to Platinum, I want them all!]

At this moment, Li Zheng wasn't worried about exposing himself in channel 24.

He believed that the person behind Shinoda Chizuru had long since spread his whereabouts around.

Browsing through the world channel's history, Li Zheng found few random chats, but many trade messages like his own.

As for the quality...

Most were Silver, a few Gold, and Platinum Tier items were rare as hen's teeth.

It was obvious, even though the game had been running for almost ten days, many players were still too cautious to explore.

These days, Li Zheng had figured out a pattern.

Whenever a player explored alone, the "danger" they encountered actually fluctuated within a certain range of their strength.

This could be seen from the Phoenix Mountain Watch's detected information, implying even the "death" marked black room had chances of survival if handled properly.

Even though Li Zheng encountered two outrageous rooms on the first day, the real danger was caused by his own reckless actions.

Had he explored properly, the risk those two rooms posed wouldn't have been that high.

And when the novice period ended, the terminal had already corrected for this, restoring hyper-limit creatures to full strength, meaning players wouldn't encounter them prematurely if they weren't on that level.

Finding nothing of interest on the world channel, Li Zheng stopped checking.

Not finding seeds of Arctic Cattail in the crevice, he looked into the distance, and Old Pu didn't provide any hints about having seeds either.

Li Zheng didn't mind, he rose with the small group, walking and dealing with private messages.

Removing the restriction on private chats made more players contact him, but most were "internet beggars" trying to sweet-talk Li Zheng for benefits.

Some, Li Zheng couldn't figure out their intentions, for instance:

"[Grilled meat] three pounds, trade for Arctic Cattail."

"I am the Lone Wolf Organization head, the Arctic Cattail has been requisitioned by us, you better cooperate."

"Bro, want to hook up? One Arctic Cattail for one time."

"Hey there, online romance? I have a loli voice."

...

Li Zheng glanced at the loli voice avatar and silently added this bearded fellow to the permanent blacklist.

Of course, there were also proper trade inquiries, like previously contacted "Tang Qianzang," who sent a private message to inquire.

"Hey man, is the Arctic Cattail only a crop? Did you get the fruit above it as well? Are you selling?"

Li Zheng replied to him: "I ate the fruit, only selling the crop."

Tang Qianzang disappointed: "Oh, never mind then, I don't have a Cultivation Dish."

Shortly after, Tang Qianzang sent another message: "If it's just a crop, I suggest you don't sell it, I haven't heard anyone having a Cultivation Dish.

Someone tried selling crops in the world channel before, and no sales have been made; if you search the trade hall, crops are a dime a dozen, they're everywhere."

Everywhere?

Is it really that exaggerated?

Li Zheng, unconvinced, opened the trade hall, searched, and indeed found plenty of crops.

Mostly ordinary food crops like Luoshen Flowers and Honey Fruits.

Only a few were like Flame Branch, rare special crops of generally lower tiers, seldom seeing Gold.

Li Zheng was not bothered: "No problem, if someone wants it, I'll sell; if not, I'll keep it."

Tang Qianzang: "Keep it? Without a Cultivation Dish, it's just rubbish occupying space."

Rubbish?

Have you ever seen Platinum level rubbish?

Li Zheng didn't reply.

However, this exchange awakened Li Zheng.

Maybe, he should change his approach and sell something else.

Thinking, Li Zheng found Chu Xiao's avatar, sending him a private message: "Do you have extra megaphones?"

The other party might have been busy, not replying promptly.

Li Zheng wasn't in a rush, handling other private messages, permanently blacklisting a few more cheeky players.

Besides Tang Qianzang, few seriously inquired about Arctic Cattail, though some had ability development items, asking what price Li Zheng would offer.

"Why are they all Silver Level?"

Li Zheng squinted; only eight players were willing to sell development items, all of Silver Level, generally low in value.

Understandable, for ordinary players, Silver Level might be unappealing, while Gold Level's success rate was sufficient for their own use.

Excluding three players asking too much, Li Zheng traded with five remaining players using one Bronze and one Silver Active Core.

After trading, he consumed all five items immediately, gaining another 75 experience points.

At this moment, Chu Xiao finally replied.

"How many do you want?"

Look at how this guy talks.

Others have a daily limit of one megaphone, but for him, he casually asks how many you want.

Are megaphones like cabbages to you?

Li Zheng didn't inquire how the other obtained extra megaphones, simply said: "One is enough, name a price."

"It's just a little thing, I can give it to you for free."

Chu Xiao was straightforward, directly sending Li Zheng an item, with a note in the seller's message: Take it, if it makes you feel bad, just give me a Gold Level Earth Element development item someday.

[Megaphone

Tier: Gold

Type: Consumable

Description: Can substitute for a "megaphone" to send messages on the world channel, use limit five per person daily.

Used: 0/5]

The "Megaphone" appeared as a loudspeaker, and its usage was simple: record the message to be sent and then replay.

Li Zheng quickly figured it out and sent out another new world channel message.

[000024 Li Zheng: Selling equipment [Advanced Soilless Cultivation Dish], only ten units available, first come, first served!]

As soon as this message went out, the world channel was in an uproar because of Li Zheng.

Most notably, the private message system exploded, instantly reaching 999+.

Arctic Cattail: "..."