Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

Ten minutes later.

Li Zheng stood amidst a ground full of shattered intelligent humanoids, with Xiao Ying perched on his shoulder, wearing a lonely expert’s expression. He heaved a long sigh, "Why am I so awesome?"

"Ying ying!"

Xiao Ying nodded, looking excited, his eyes shining with light.

"You think so too, don’t you?"

"Ying!"

Xiao Ying gave Li Zheng a thumbs-up, the praise evident beyond words.

"Hey~ you’re not too shabby yourself!" Li Zheng returned a thumbs-up.

"Ying!"

Xiao Ying puffed up his chest proudly.

"I say you’re chubby, and you start puffing up," Li Zheng chuckled, patting its little head, and squatted down to begin dismantling.

[Decomposing damaged intelligent humanoid, obtained: Iron Ingot +10, Components +8, Power Core Type I +1, Biomimetic Organization +15, Tungsten Steel 60g]

[Decomposing damaged intelligent humanoid, obtained: Iron Ingot +7, Components +5, Damaged Power Core Type I +1, Biomimetic Organization +13, Tungsten Steel 55g]

...

Continuous dismantling until, on decomposing the fiftieth intelligent humanoid, the prompts changed.

[Decomposing damaged intelligent humanoid, obtained: Iron Ingot +12, Components +10, Power Core Type I +1, Biomimetic Organization +14, Tungsten Steel 65g, Blueprint for Intelligent Humanoid (Domestic Model) +1]

"A blueprint!"

Li Zheng’s eyes lit up. He knew decomposing things could yield blueprints; he had gotten quite a few blueprints when he decomposed the Platinum Level Infinite Transformer before.

But below the Gold Level, this was the first time he got a blueprint from decomposing things.

With a thought, a USB drive appeared in his hand, and Prelis’ Eye displayed the information.

[Blueprint for Intelligent Humanoid (Domestic Model), Black Iron Level, Learnable

Description: Allows one to learn the manufacturing method for the Intelligent Humanoid (Domestic Model).

Required materials: Iron Ingot *20, Components *20, Power Core Type I *1, Biomimetic Organization *30, Tungsten Steel 100g]

"A learnable blueprint, but I don’t know specifically what jobs the domestic model handles."

Li Zheng put away the USB drive and finished dismantling the remaining intelligent humanoids. Besides the basic materials, nothing new appeared.

"A total of sixty-two intelligent humanoids, this time a big haul of Black Iron Level materials, but unfortunately..." Li Zheng shook his head, "Except for the power core, the other materials are not of much use to me now."

The advanced blueprints he currently has require almost no Black Iron Level materials.

Nevertheless, a harvest, especially one this massive, is always good.

After tidying up the site, confirming there were no dismantlable items left, Li Zheng started exploring roadside shops.

At the vegetable store, he broke open a fridge and successfully obtained a complete Power Core Type III this time.

Weighing the power core in his hand, Li Zheng pondered, "This proves my previous assumption was correct. As long as I avoid the crucial parts of the equipment, I can indeed prevent some materials from being damaged during dismantling."

Now that the method for dismantling fridges for maximum gain is clear, next are the "computer" and "fish tank."

In fact, there are two other types of equipment that Li Zheng is keen to dismantle.

The first is the hibernation pod where he found Xiao Ying when it was asleep, and the other is the "human transformation table" Yan Guang mentioned.

In the room where he encountered the Forest Wild Wolf yesterday, Prelis’ Eye did not indicate the presence of a hibernation pod, leading Li Zheng to speculate not all pets need to be acquired through a hibernation pod. freēwēbηovel.c૦m

As for the latter, in his explorations over the past few days, Li Zheng hasn’t come across one at all.

Even on channel 000879, Yan Guang is the only one who has revealed encountering such a device, indicating they are extremely rare and not easy to find.

In addition to the fridge, Li Zheng also managed to gather some food resources from the vegetable store.

[Cyan Jade Cabbage +3][Explosively Spicy Heaven-Facing Pepper +4][Squash +1]

With nothing more there, he had no choice but to leave and head to the next shop.

This street had many shops, but the actual variety was limited.

For example, clothing stores were divided into: men’s wear, women’s wear, children’s wear, plus-size women’s wear, plus-size men’s wear, underwear, and so on...

Although the names differentiated by size and gender, any clothes found in the shops could actually be worn by anyone, regardless of their gender.

Li Zheng could even wear children’s clothing, and it would fit well.

Out of sixty-three shops, various clothing stores made up nearly half. Li Zheng gathered a heap of gray-quality clothes and immediately hung them up in the trading hall, allowing others to take them away for any Black Iron Level basic material.

He’s no longer interested in clothes that only serve as decoration without offering any defensive capabilities, especially since he’s currently wearing a custom Black Iron Armor made by Li Chun.

It’s not only for modesty and warmth but also provides a bit of defense.

After going through the clothing shops, Li Zheng moved on to a bunch of shoe stores, hanging various styles of shoes in the trading hall again, with the same price of one Black Iron Level material to take them away.

This time he kept a few pairs of sneakers, finally able to replace the shoes he brought into the Matrix, which had become worn and tattered, even failing to cover a few of his toes.

Old love indeed falls short of new joy, therefore being eliminated.

Once all the clothing, shoe, bag, perfume, and luxury stores, among others, were searched and cleared, only three useful storefronts remained.

A bookstore, a bar, and a butcher shop.

Entering the butcher shop first, he found [Pork +3], [Beef +3], [Chicken +3], and dismantled a fridge to receive another Power Core Type III.

Next, he went into the bar, where he obtained various alcohols and a set of bartending tools.

Finally, he made his way to the bookstore.

Upon entering, Li Zheng first scanned all the books with Prelis’ Eye to ensure there were no hidden USB drives or such, then walked to the "Scientific Information Desk,", disguised as the checkout system.

Checking the computer’s USB port revealed no new blueprints, so Li Zheng then took out all the learnable blueprints and learned them one by one, afterward smashing the computer to bits, and unsurprisingly obtained a Technology Core along with a damaged Power Core Type I.

With all the shops scavenged, Li Zheng prepared to head to the entrance of the next room.

All four metal doors had been found during his search.

One was in the women’s changing room [Behind the door at -273 degrees, you will be immune to severe cold inside, but your little companion might be in grave danger.], so he passed on that.

On the meat shop’s cutting board [Behind the door lies some materials and some traps; you know, the trap expert is right beside you.]

In the bar’s restroom [Behind the door is a Silver Level creature, with a high threat level.]

Behind the mannequin in the children’s clothing store [Behind the door are some things you might find interesting, but it might be a bit dangerous, and I can’t help in any way; please consider carefully.]

"Where should I go?"

Standing across from the cat café, Li Zheng hesitated.

The material room is undoubtedly the safest, but the gains are sure to be the least as well.

The room with the Silver Level creature is somewhat tempting for Li Zheng to try.

After all, he possesses a Platinum Level genetic ability, so if they go head-to-head, who knows who will come out on top.

The last door, however, is undeniably the most dangerous.

It is also the one Li Zheng is most uncertain about choosing to enter.

First, what he’s interested in isn’t specified, leaving the information unknown.

Furthermore, even Prelis’ Eye can’t offer any help, which for Li Zheng means absolute uncertainty.

And the unknown...

Is the most frightening.

"Hmm?"

As he was hesitating, he suddenly felt someone watching him and looked up to meet a pair of eyes.