Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

[Intact Earth Dragon Eye

Tier: Diamond

Type: Special Item

Effect: Consuming after cooking can significantly enhance vision, with a slight chance of developing vision-related genetic abilities.

Old Pu: Originally, it was a pair. Guess why there's only one?]

Why else?

It must have been damaged…

Li Zheng looked up at the sky, his face filled with melancholy.

An item with a chance to develop a Diamond Level genetic ability!

If he had known that his sword strike would destroy two valuable items, he would rather have put in a bit more effort to kill the Earth Dragon by other means.

Perhaps the only good news from the battle is that the other materials weren't damaged or reduced.

"What's done is done. One's better than none." Li Zheng put away the Earth Dragon Eye and took out the other materials to inspect.

The blood and meat don't need much explanation. The former can be consumed directly, enhancing blood and flesh strength.

The latter is just a basic ingredient. It doesn't taste good, no matter how it's cooked; it's always tough and dry.

Li Zheng stuffed all this meat into the deepest part of the freezer, keeping it as emergency food for tougher times.

The tough hide can be made into clothing, but its defense is low. When combined with scales to make scale armor, the defense can be elevated to nearly Diamond Level.

However, it requires high craftsmanship. If you try to craft it by hand, there's a high chance of failure, and the materials will be wasted.

Bones... Li Zheng still doesn't know what these materials can be used for.

Currently, the marketplace is flooded not with gray-quality "trash," but with bones and shells of creatures of various levels.

Untold amounts of materials like these are left untouched in the marketplace, and Li Zheng even feels the bone materials have been forgotten by the Terminal. Otherwise, why are there no corresponding blueprints?

However, Li Zheng did find out one thing: players can crush bones themselves, and the resulting bone powder can be used in composting studios to produce fertilizer.

But the cost-effectiveness is extremely low!

Compared to that, manure is more common and doesn't require any processing, producing fertilizer with the same effect.

Lastly, there's the "Earth Dragon Heart."

The classification of this item surprised Li Zheng; it belongs under "Bionic Organs."

If one can accept the high probability of "rejection reaction," players might try implanting this heart into their chest.

As for the effect, the Terminal did not specify, nor did Old Pu provide any hints.

Note that "rejection reaction" can be very dangerous and potentially life-threatening.

Overall, the output from this Earth Dragon is quite substantial.

If the crystal core were flawless and no eye were missing, it would be even better.

"I wonder if Li Chun can handle Diamond Level hides and scales." Li Zheng checked the time, estimating that the other person might be resting, so he didn't disturb them.

"I'll ask tomorrow; handling Diamond Level materials likely isn't easy."

After sorting out the Earth Dragon's items, Li Zheng began processing the remaining things.

A large portion of a lake had turned to sludge due to the Earth Dragon's disturbances, especially its Earth-Shaking move.

Even so, Li Zheng filled the bathroom's circulation system, and subsequently filled a hundred empty water bottles.

Ultimately, because it was too time-consuming, Li Zheng had to give up on the remaining lake water, opting instead to roam the jungle, occasionally stopping to gather some flowers and plants. (Water must be in a container to be traded; there is no setting that allows you to trade a handful of water held in your palm, as it's too impractical.)

[Jasmine Herb

Tier: Gray

Type: Plant

Effect: Can be dried and used as tea leaves, exuding an elegant fragrance.]

[Cooling Flower

Tier: Gray

Type: Plant

Effect: Can be dried and used as tea leaves, refreshing and cooling.]

Their value may not be high, and their quantity isn't much, but Li Zheng values these herbs more than the lake water.

After all, they can enhance the quality of life.

Altogether, thirty-plus pounds of herbs were collected, and Li Zheng shifted his focus to the trees.

It truly lives up to being the habitat of a Diamond Level creature like the Earth Dragon; many of the plants here are usable by players.

[Fruit Tree

Tier: Gray

Type: Plant

Effect: Dried, it has a unique fruity fragrance and can be used as fuel for barbecue.]

After chopping down all three Fruit Trees, and cutting them into one-meter sections, Li Zheng gained ten meters of fruit wood, each as thick as a bowl, which would last a long time.

After finishing everything, Li Zheng left behind a mess and took Xiao Ying away from there.

The subsequent exploration continued until 11:30 at night, and Li Zheng finally used up all the remaining times of the Mysterious Declaration.

The value of the eight rooms was not high, with five being Gold Level biological rooms, which were handled by Xiao Ying, gathering materials for five kinds of Gold Level potions.

There were also three Silver biological rooms, only gathering materials for two kinds of potions, with one type of Silver Blood potion already consumed to the limit, it could only be saved for future sale.

"After these potions are consumed, just five more vials needed to reach the Silver Physique 5+ limit." Li Zheng sat on the bed, finishing off several freshly made potions.

The only pity was that the Gold Level potion materials were not fully gathered; otherwise, Li Zheng would have wanted to enhance himself tonight and create another clone of Lao Pu.

He went to the Potion Making Station to confirm, remembered the materials he lacked, and prepared to gather everything by tomorrow to break through to Gold.

"I'll give the new clone to Lu Li."

The people Li Zheng was familiar with weren't many, and everyone's strength wasn't bad. As long as they didn't act recklessly, having Lao Pu's clone or not didn't make much difference.

It could only be considered as icing on the cake.

Turning around, he entered the bathroom, lay in the water-filled bathtub, and began merging Identity Cards one by one.

Except for those reserved for others, all were merged, resulting in a pile of miscellaneous low-tier materials and tools.

Thanks to the low level of these tools, the effect of the Mysterious Declaration's additional bonus was a lonely improvement...

All useless tools were put up for sale in the Trading Hall, while useful materials were kept on hand.

After inventory, Li Zheng was pleasantly surprised to find nearly fifty materials contained four bottles of the Silver Blood he needed.

This way, he only needed one more bottle of blood material to enhance his physique to complete Silver-level status.

After merging all Identity Cards, Li Zheng finally found some free time.

Taking a deep breath, he lowered himself further into the water, submerging his chin, and recalled everything that happened today.

Thanks to the Creation Organization, he had been running around all day, busy chasing and killing people.

Li Zheng wasn't sure why, but it seemed ever since he killed Lin Fan, he hadn't experienced the commonly mentioned "aftereffects of killing" found in novels and movies.

No vomiting or anything, he didn't feel any psychological or physiological discomfort.

Yet before this, the most he'd ever killed were flies and mosquitoes...

"Maybe this is what they mean by the saying people can't be compared to one another." Li Zheng blew bubbles in the water, "But fortunately, this matter has come to a temporary conclusion. I hope those people learned their lesson and won't bother me again."

Killing and such really disrupts daily exploration.

If not for the Mysterious Declaration, this Divine Artifact, all today's exploration opportunities would have been wasted on chasing people.

He lay in the bathtub lost in thought until Ye Kai sent him a private message, snapping him out of it.

When he opened it, Ye Kai's purpose was to borrow the Star Thief.

Li Zheng casually replied, "You three finally thought of heading back?"

Ever since Ye Kai and the others went to the Blacksmith Shop, they hadn't returned to Channel 879, and Li Zheng wasn't sure what they were doing at Station 24.

"Yes, originally we thought of using the Jumping Device to return, but then decided to save the one-time-a-month limit for later." Ye Kai messaged privately, "Don't worry, you won't miss out on the Power Core."

"No problem." Li Zheng loaned the Star Thief without hesitation, adding casually, "Good thing I had the foresight to save each of you a teleportation opportunity."

To be precise, Li Zheng saved four opportunities; one more was prepared for him to use to return to 879.

He just changed his mind at the last minute and stayed in Channel 995.

In the private message list, Ye Kai siblings and Chu Xiao's channel numbers all changed to 879, and the Star Thief was returned.

Three system prompts popped out simultaneously, and the three of them sent over the rewards together, a total of six Gold Level Power Cores.

Ye Kai curiously asked, "Why are you still staying in that channel?"

Li Zheng took everything out and tossed them into the outer hall, being truthful: "Hmm, this place suits my exploration better, so I'm not returning for now."

"As you wish." Ye Kai didn't ask further, just sent another private message: "But you need to think it over, if you don't return this time, you'll have to wait over twenty days before being able to use the Jumping Device again."

"I know." Li Zheng replied.

Li Zheng had already considered this; comparatively, he valued the ten extra exploration opportunities each day more.

"As long as you've thought it through." After a moment, Ye Kai suddenly sent another mysterious private message: "Aren't you curious why we've been staying in Channel 24 until now?"

There's certainly a bit of curiosity, but that's their personal business, so Li Zheng wasn't going to ask outright.

However, since Ye Kai brought it up, Li Zheng casually asked, "Why?"

"I can't tell you where the information came from, but I can tell you the result." Ye Kai revealed news so surprising it almost floored Li Zheng: "The three of us took down a small Creation warehouse!"

"Small warehouse?"

"Yes, it was just a resource-storing Player. We captured him, and through coercion and temptation for almost half a day, finally emptied him out."

Li Zheng was puzzled, "That sounds exaggerated. Wouldn't he transfer the items out seeing things were about to go wrong?"

Ye Kai proudly replied, "We have our methods, but we signed a confidentiality agreement, so I can't disclose it to you. You just need to know we took down a small Creation warehouse."

Signed agreement?

This implies other people were involved?

Thinking back to Ye Kai's mentioned information source, Li Zheng came up with a possibility.

Stopping his bubble-blowing, Li Zheng sat up, "Did you... join an organization?"