Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

"Nicely done!"

Li Zheng descended and landed on the ground.

By this time, Sakura had already dispersed her Earth Ridge Piercing ability, and the Overlord Sunset Shrimp lost its support and fell to the ground.

This battle, from start to finish, took only ten minutes.

Such a swift conclusion exceeded Li Zheng's expectations.

He deliberately concealed the Overlord Sunset Shrimp's weakness to test Sakura, and she happened to keenly and quickly detect and exploit that weakness.

This made Li Zheng further affirm that Sakura indeed possessed great combat talent.

Not training her well would be a waste, wouldn't it?

"Awoo~" Sakura, feeling praised, smiled and leaned her head towards Li Zheng, asking for a pat.

This action gave Li Zheng a slight pause.

"Woo." Sakura shook her head, a look of anticipation in her eyes.

Only then did Li Zheng realize that ever since Sakura entered her growth stage and left his pocket, he hadn't patted her head like he did when she was little.

Li Zheng raised his hand and gently rubbed her head, smiling as he said, "Without noticing, Sakura has become so strong, capable of handling tasks independently. Well done!"

Like before, he praised Sakura in a tone used to coax children.

This made the little one dance with joy, flying up with her pink Poli.

Li Zheng watched, shaking his head, didn't bother with her, and started decomposing the loot.

[Decomposed Overlord Sunset Shrimp, obtained: Fresh tasty shrimp meat +40, Overlimit Shell +45]

"Only meat and shell. What are these shells supposed to be used for?" Li Zheng puzzled, as he had not yet acquired any blueprints that could utilize this material.

"Platinum Level materials, let's keep them for now. This time, I won't put them in the trading hall. No one's trading anyway."

Previously listed items in the trading hall, some Gold Level ones barely got sold.

No one could afford the Platinum Level items.

After all, the things he demanded were Power Cores and blood materials, items that few players could offer at this stage.

Thanks to Shinoda Chizuru's "blessing," everything Li Zheng sold below Gold Level was quickly snatched up.

Even those mundane clothes and some useless luxury items.

In return, he received a wave of materials ranging from Black Iron to Silver Level, but most were various blood materials and of limited quantity.

Couldn't even scrape together a few Silver Level potions.

As for Power Cores, there weren't many, and Li Zheng couldn't be bothered calculating.

"Seems like I've unintentionally discovered a way to make money?" Li Zheng even thought about hiring someone to defame him, then drawing hatred again?

At that point, those who come to curse him would be directed first to the trading hall.

Those daring to curse without paying would have their names noted for a personal visit and lesson.

To be fair, why take that crap without any benefit?

He's not one of those novel writers who get cursed by freeloaders who don't even give a free vote.

The author even risks being called a "comment deletion dog" with a shameless face to quietly delete reviews.

Why should it be like that, right?

"Better not, being cursed, you only end up feeling bad yourself."

Shaking his head to clear the strange thoughts, he called Sakura and took out the card, continuing in the suggested direction.

[Beyond the door is a world of snow and ice; the temperature is minus twenty degrees. Stay quiet upon entering to avoid triggering an avalanche.

Oh, you all can fly...

Then it's fine.

Oh, by the way, you can collect snow here, but each player can only collect five liters of snow at a time.

It needs to be purified before it can be consumed.]

"Only snow? No other good stuff?" Li Zheng waited at the door for a while, seeing no more information, resigned.

For Li Zheng, this room was like an empty room, virtually worthless.

Swiped his card and entered.

The scene instantly changed, and the temperature plummeted.

This time, Li Zheng didn't activate his "Extreme Isolation" ability beforehand; he wanted to test his current cold resistance.

"Seems... not too bad?"

Standing still wasn't as unbearable as expected. Looking around, Li Zheng realized that this was actually a room with a sloped, hilly terrain.

The door opened halfway up the slope, suspended in mid-air. Looking back past the door, the terrain lowered even more.

Large, fluffy snowflakes drifted down from the sky, and the snow on the slopes had built up to an unknown thickness. There was a small platform by the door, just enough for one person to stand.

Snowflakes that landed on the platform would automatically disappear, ensuring it wouldn't be buried by snow.

"Interesting, this terrain seems to exist just for creating avalanches,"

Li Zheng mused that this might not be classified as an environment room but a "natural disaster" room.

"I wonder if there are rooms hidden with dangers like volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, or landslides?"

To be honest, Li Zheng was quite eager to experience them all.

On Earth, watching 3D movies or using VR goggles hardly provides a real sense of such scenes.

However, in the Matrix, players have numerous skills; Li Zheng even has a flying device, allowing him to observe firsthand from an "aerial" perspective.

"Let's collect some snow first."

Taking out a large pot, he filled it up, definitely over the five-liter limit. Then managed to put it into his capsule residence successfully.

The next second, the system indicated he obtained [Snow 5L]

Checking the pot showed that the snow inside was reduced by half.

Attempting to take the extra snow inside the capsule residence personally also ended in failure.

"Damn it, the excess snow disappeared when brought into the capsule residence. How strict is this?"

Thinking about pouring the snow into the bathtub, he hesitated and decided against it.

He inserted his fingers, activating Fire Attachment, and twenty seconds later, he obtained five liters of "Not-so-clean Water."

He manufactured a new water purifier, using five Black Iron Level Active Cores, to purify five liters of snow-obtained water.

"Drinking this purified water doesn't have the same psychological burden. It will be worthwhile to find more snowfield rooms in the future, purifying some water when there's none left, saving the hassle of trading for purified water at a loss."

Actually, over the past few days, the trading prices for the three kinds of water in the trading hall have stabilized after some fluctuations.

The ratio for trading wastewater for purified and drinking water has settled at 1.5:1.1:1.

Only when purified water trades for drinking water do occasionally exploitative prices appear.

After all, not everyone can accept urine-purified water.

For instance, Li Zheng always drinks purified water and was willing to trade ten liters for eight last time.

Putting the water aside, Li Zheng collected the capsule residence and flew into the sky with Sakura.

Then, he witnessed his first avalanche in life.

The noise from the flying device successfully triggered the avalanche, causing the snow surface on the slope to sink and fracture, which in turn led to more snow accumulating higher up.

Finally, the snow tumbled down the slope with a roar, overwhelming everything.

The churning snow collided with thicker snow and ice layers, briefly hindered, then bounced into the air, forming an "ice and snow smoke waterfall."

Li Zheng ascended higher, stopping only when he reached a point unaffected by the avalanche.

Watching the white and gray torrents tumbling below, engulfing the door they entered, Li Zheng was filled with awe: "Incredible!"

This destructive power far surpasses ordinary genetic abilities.

Li Zheng had no doubt that if he dared to face the avalanche head-on, even with a Silver Level physique, he would stand no chance.

"No, I must find more similar natural disaster rooms and experience them all!"

Isn't this more exciting than VR?

As the icy torrent faded into the distance, Li Zheng felt satisfied and ready to leave.

Suddenly, from the corner of his eye, he noticed a small vacuum area where the metal door was.

"Isn't that the platform at the entrance?"

The vacuum area seemed to be blocked by an invisible barrier, causing the icy torrent to diverge as it passed, leaving a clear boundary.

The initial might of the snowy torrent had completely submerged the door, leading Li Zheng to miss it.

Now that the avalanche settled, it finally revealed itself.

Li Zheng felt a little regretful: "Had I known, I wouldn't have dodged."

Missing the first-person experience haunted him so much that he tried triggering another avalanche at other doors.

The result...

The avalanches in those directions had just calmed, leaving no chance of creating one again anytime soon.

"So frustrating!"

Sullenly, he took out a card, probing the door Li Zheng stood in front of, following the direction.

[Behind the door grow two wild Luoshen Flowers, unaltered by genetic cultivation. Although their taste is better, their long growth period, sparse yield, and low value were noted.]