Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 45 - 44: End of the Beginner Phase, +1

The appearance of two Identity Cards instantly dispelled the trace of melancholy in Li Zheng’s heart, replaced by an intense, nameless flame filling his chest.

"Did you detect it from the start?"

Li Zheng asked in a low voice.

...

Prelis’ Eye ignored him.

"Hoo."

He took a deep breath and exhaled.

When he opened his eyes again, Li Zheng’s gaze was filled with murderous intent.

"This world is far from being as gentle as it seems on the surface. Needless mercy and kindness can never appear again from now on."

Li Zheng’s mindset gradually changed.

"No matter how much the Matrix Game coddles the players at the start, even offering all kinds of life-saving means... its essence still treats human life as worthless."

"What I’ve seen is just the tip of the iceberg."

"I must find a way to become stronger!"

"Strong enough to uncover the game’s developers."

"And then,"

"Smash their dog’s head with a punch!"

In this game, players are dying every moment.

Some are devoured by beasts.

Some die from extreme environments.

Some fall into trap pits and die.

Or perhaps... freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Li Zheng didn’t want to think about the last possibility.

He still held a final sliver of hope for humanity.

"Bang!"

The capsule residence unfolded.

After entering, Li Zheng took out twelve bottles of Wild Wolf Blood and the newly acquired Armored Wild Boar Blood, placing them into the Genetic Potion Making Station.

"Analyze!"

[Analysis successful.]

"Twelve bottles of potions, six Cell Vitality, six Muscle Strength, make them!"

The making station operated continuously, soon producing twelve potions in front of Li Zheng, the red ones being Muscle Strength Potions and the green ones Cell Vitality Potions.

"Although they’re all Black Iron Level potions, the enhancement limits differ."

Li Zheng picked up a potion and drank it.

"The Genetic Potion made from Forest Wild Wolf and Armored Wild Boar Blood has an enhancement limit of three plus signs."

After finishing one potion, he picked up another.

"However, among all the potions made today, there was indeed one with an enhancement limit of four plus signs."

Another one down.

"If my calculations are correct, the highest for Black Iron Level should be five plus signs, corresponding to different potions."

"The higher the enhancement limit, the more materials required."

"When analyzing the blood of the Three-headed Ghost Lion, reaching Gold Level Genetic Potion required as many as nine or ten materials."

"By then, collecting materials will become increasingly difficult."

"Moreover, after these two potion productions, the equipment energy is already consuming nearly half; I’ll need to solve the energy issue later."

"A Power Core Type IV can make about a hundred to a hundred twenty bottles at most; switching to Type I Power Core, how staggering would the energy consumption be?"

With all twelve potions downed, Li Zheng glanced at his current attributes.

[Name: Li Zheng

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Height: 182

Weight: 78KG

Status: Healthy

Cell Vitality: Black Iron+

Bone Strength: Black Iron+

Muscle Strength: Black Iron+

Nerve Response: Black Iron+

Equipment: Desert Eagle·Black Technology Edition (Bronze Level), Prelis’ Eye (Platinum Level)

Ability: Investigation, Dense Skeleton, Flesh and Blood Power, Rapid Recovery, Physical Superpower, Ice and Fire Attachment

Transformations: None

Possessed Materials: Omitted

Possessed Equipment: Air Purifier (Bronze Level), Small Water Purifier (Black Iron Level) *2 (Leased), Genetic Potion Making Station (Gold Level)

Possessed Pets: Little Sakura/Terror Bat (Black Iron Elite)

Remaining Space in Capsule Residence: 60%

Remaining Exploration Attempts Today: 8]

"Six single potions weren’t enough to improve a single plus sign, but after drinking so many, four more abilities have appeared."

Opening the ability panel of the Matrix Game, there was still only the lone "Ice and Fire Attachment."

"Do passive abilities not display?"

Li Zheng was a bit puzzled, "Or does the Matrix System’s ability panel only display genetic abilities developed by special items?"

It’s more likely to be the latter factor.

However, there is another ability that Li Zheng has yet to acquire, nor has he found a way to obtain it.

That’s "Mastery."

"Zhan Zhouzhou’s Swordsmanship Mastery, Xiao Siyuan’s Medical Mastery, both probably had long-term exposure to these fields before entering the Matrix, which is why it was datafied and manifested afterwards?"

At this moment, Li Zheng overturned his previous judgment of Zhan Zhouzhou, "Seems like this little girl wasn’t lying."

Provincial Swordsmanship Competition triple champion?

Why have I never heard of such a competition before?

Li Zheng’s hometown is right next to Zhejiang Province, and for over twenty years, he has never heard of such a competition being held, so he initially assumed Zhan Zhouzhou was talking nonsense.

"Thinking about it now, Zhan Zhouzhou must have drunk more than one type of blood that could enhance physical qualities in the past two days, otherwise she wouldn’t be able to achieve that speed and strength with her strikes."

Li Zheng wondered, with his current physical strength, if he could even achieve Zhan Zhouzhou’s level.

Of course, it could also be that Zhan Zhouzhou has been practicing swordsmanship since childhood and has some special technique for exerting force.

This is something Li Zheng cannot match.

"With such mastery, if I sell her some Genetic Potions in the future, won’t her strength skyrocket?"

Closing the panel, Li Zheng turned around to find two Identity Cards and held them in his hand.

"Fuse!"

The deceased are gone, and the Identity Cards still need to be fused.

It’s not like you can throw them away just because they’re the last symbol of their existence in the world, right?

[In the Fusion Capsule Residence...

Fusion target this time, former player: 0000879 Liu Yuan

This fusion yields: Parts +10, Iron Ingot +15, Basic Concentrated Nutrient Liquid +1]

[In the Fusion Capsule Residence...

Fusion target this time, former player: 0000879 Qilian Treasure

This fusion yields: Tungsten Steel Longsword +1, Tungsten Steel 50g, Copper Ingot +15]

[Fusion completed]

During this fusion operation, Li Zheng stood inside the capsule residence, watching with his own eyes as the capsule residence twisted and elongated like a lump of molten metal.

Ultimately, its length, width, and height expanded by two meters again.

Walking out of the residence, Li Zheng found the internal space of the capsule residence had increased several times, but it still looked like a magnified 3x3x3 coffin from the outside.

"Stay calm... Isn’t spatial technology a standard feature of a ’game’ world?"

Li Zheng quipped slightly, packed up the residence, and set off on his journey once more.

By this time, it was close to noon, and when Li Zheng found the next satisfactory metal door, he had just swiped the Identity Card.

The Matrix System suddenly issued several announcements.

[Announcement: Game time has exceeded forty-eight hours, the novice period ends, please all players prepare to undergo more severe tests.]

[Announcement: The novice period has ended, and the following novice benefits will be revoked.]

[1. The invincibility trait of the capsule residence is lost, and it will only serve as storage and residence use.]

[2. No card reading on the metal door before resolving existing creatures in the room. (This condition does not affect the self-escaping behavior of beings other than players within the Matrix. Hostile players will not affect player card reading either.)]

[3. All over-limit creatures will regain their original strength.]

[4. More room types will be opened.]

[5. More items will be opened.]

[6. For more content, please explore to experience.]

[7. ...]

...

[The game enters the formal period, later deployed players will receive a forty-eight-hour novice protection period, during which there is no direct contact with old players.]

[The first batch of players will be deployed in twelve days, including: those who meet the age of sixteen during the game, all pregnant women previously removed (whose pregnancy periods have ended), all disabled players previously removed (who have been cured).]

[Warning: Future removal operations will only accept players aged fifty and over, players who become pregnant during this period will not have removal privileges, and disabled players during this period will not have removal privileges!]

[Warning: Future removal operations...]

[Warning: ...]

[Solemn Declaration: All explanatory rights of this game belong to the Matrix System Terminal, any dissatisfied persons or those with opinions... can just die, and shut your damn bird mouths!]

After repeated announcements, the world channel exploded again.

All surviving players wailed.

Yin Shisan: "Shit! The invincibility feature of the capsule residence is gone? I barely survived these two days relying on that! Also, requesting some generous big shot to donate some supplies, I have two wild wolves at my door, I’ve been hiding for two days already!"

Huang Fei: "Stupid-ass game! Stupid-ass terminal! Damn%&*!*%..."

Liu Ying: "Damn! How come future removals don’t include pregnant women? Haven’t I lost huge these two days?"

Zhou Jia: "Hope it’s a human plum event, by the way, asking for a golden leg!"

Lu Fei: "Aw man, it’s a plum sore event, the infection rate is zero."

Lin Fan: "A bunch of trash, why are you screaming? Jungle law, survival of the fittest, if you’re still depending on the capsule residence to survive after two days, don’t disgrace our Eastern Realm in the world channel!"

Ye Kai: "You think you’re badass? If you’re badass, don’t run when you see me! You trash, how many people did you kill in Channel 1? You think you have the right to represent our Dragon Country?"

Chu Xiao: "Is what Brother Ye said true?"

Ye Yuan: "Everything my brother said is true, there are currently at least thirty people dead at Lin Fan’s hands in Channel 1, now my brother and I do nothing but chase him to kill him every day."

Channel 2’s Chu Xiao obviously had more than one megaphone, and then sent another world message.

Chu Xiao: "[Space Jumping Device] Little Brother Lin, I’ll come and meet you!"

Li Zheng opened the item details of the Jumping Device:

[Space Jumping Device, Platinum Level, consumable

After use, one can initiate a one-time target channel conversion.

Each person can use it once every thirty days.]

Three minutes later, Chu Xiao sent another world channel message: "Attention all players, Lin Fan has used the Space Jumping Device to escape, it’s not yet tracked to which channel he went, please all players remain alert, if you find him, stay away immediately!"

Chu Xiao: "Please attention all players, any player that kills another player will be surrounded by blood qi, the more they kill, the thicker the blood qi! Players lacking strength, please remain vigilant at all times! If overpowered, immediately announce their names in the world channel!"

Meanwhile, almost all player attention was on the world channel, and in Channel 0000879, no one noticed the number of surviving players.

+1!

...

"It’s best if players like Lin Fan don’t appear in our channel."

Li Zheng’s eyes were cold as he entered the room where he had already swiped the card.