Chapter 453: Chapter 392: The Star Shining Level Item Ranked at the Top of the Leaderboard!
"Huh?"
Li Zheng glanced at the system’s acquisition prompt, his expression slightly shifted.
He initially thought that a Diamond Treasure Chest wouldn’t yield anything interesting, but the results unexpectedly piqued his interest.
Getting up to dry off, Li Zheng walked out of the bathroom, only to find the Demon Blade obediently waiting by the door with a change of clothes picked out.
"Your spiritual aspect has grown quite high now?" Li Zheng looked at it, took the clothes, and put them on.
’The blade’s innate spiritual nature is very high, today’s blood from the twisted creature just restored some of it.’ The Demon Blade obediently reported.
"Hmm, as long as you behave, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to feast in the future." Li Zheng nodded, not too surprised.
The Bloodthirsty Demon Blade has always been an ancient artifact existing within the Matrix, but its tier had reduced over time by lack of blood, concealing its spiritual nature, which made it appear foolish.
Now, after being nourished by fresh blood, it’s reasonable for it to regain some strength.
’The blade thanks the master!’ The Demon Blade transmitted a joyful mind, having started to get used to its current position.
"Go rest for now. Starting tomorrow, you’ll need to eat to your heart’s content." Li Zheng patted the blade’s back, letting it find its own place.
’Yes! The blade will hang at the most convenient place to protect the master.’
After speaking, the Demon Blade flew of its own accord to Li Zheng’s bedhead, hovering there with the tip pointing down.
"..." Li Zheng was silent for two seconds: "Find another place to hang, do not come within three meters of my bed!"
Damn it, I tell you to rest, and you hang by my bedhead?
If you fall while I’m asleep, what would happen to me?
’Oh...’ The Demon Blade, looking like a wronged little bride, slowly drifted to the three-meter boundary and obediently floated there.
"..." Li Zheng sighed, "Alright, from now on, every night you stay there, no wandering around."
’Yes, Master! The blade will behave.’
The Demon Blade whirled around energetically, then stopped moving.
Only then did Li Zheng comfortably lay back on the bed to tally the gains for the day.
Firstly, the quantity of materials below Diamond Level has grown to an intimidating number, enough for Li Zheng to squander wildly and build hundreds of Gold Level Mechanical Sword Mantises.
Li Zheng thought and set the stock quantity for Gold Level Mechanical Sword Mantises to twenty, Silver to three hundred, Bronze to five hundred, and Black Iron to eight hundred.
The next second, inspecting his living space, Li Zheng removed a zero from all three-digit numbers.
Besides those materials, the Potion Making Station wasn’t idle either. After clearing out today’s entire potion stock, nearly eight hundred bottles of various tier potions were added.
Li Zheng upgraded the making station using an upgrade program, casually waving his hand, allowing new blueprints to slot in automatically.
He communicated with the programs Gong Yi and Gong Er, implanting prioritized production for Platinum Level potions, leaving it alone afterward, planning to enhance his physique the following morning.
After dealing with the potion matters, Li Zheng summoned an Ichimoku Fruit harvested today and slowly started gnawing on it.
"Oh, what about today’s Demon Spirit Fruit Tree?" Li Zheng chewed on the Ichimoku Fruit, turning to sit upright.
The Elf Fruit is indeed a Divine Artifact for enhancing spiritual power. If the Ugly Farmer cannot cultivate it, wouldn’t that be a loss?
Merchant Code: Leaving without picking up is losing something; failed business is a loss!
Jumping off the bed, Li Zheng jogged to the planting area, finding three Cultivation Dishes marked with Elf Fruit next to a flourishing Flame Branch planting area.
"Hang on... three?" Li Zheng was instantly surprised, wondering how planting had resulted in three when he only retrieved one plant?
Lifting the cover of a Cultivation Dish, it indeed contained a young Elf Fruit tree.
But this tree had... become thinner.
"Good lord! Ugly Farmer is impressive! One became three!" Li Zheng checked the other two, surprisingly finding all had survived!
Upon closer inspection and comparison, Li Zheng discovered something amiss.
Even combining the three slender Elf Fruit trees, the original tree still had a larger volume by about two-fifths.
"Did two not survive?" Li Zheng observed a while longer but realized this wasn’t the case.
Since the Elf Fruit tree had been split lengthwise, its severed ends had been pasted over with paste mixed with herb ash, and it was these mixed ash pastes from two smaller burned-out plants that ensured the survival of the other three Elf Fruit trees.
"It seems this is again the work of the Ugly Farmer, although each plant takes three days to grow, luckily I have one Elf Fruit left for reserve, as long as I can harvest within ten days, it can continue."
The three-day growth period here only leads the plant to an appropriate fruiting state, and the cultivation liquid accelerates the growth speed, otherwise requiring a longer time.
"Not bad, but what does the Ugly Farmer need? If I knew, I could give him some bonuses."
Ensuring the Elf Fruit was safe, Li Zheng relaxed and lay back on the bed.
Casually beckoning, several items flew over.
A blue-and-white USB drive, used to remodel his capsule residence, offered by the Wandering Merchant: Xiao.
The Diamond Treasure Chest indeed produced Vibranium — not just enough, but with 600g to spare, perfect for modifying his residence.
[Do you confirm remodeling the capsule residence? After remodeling, the capsule residence will be split into twelve layers, top and bottom, according to player-set proportions.]
"Confirm!"
The next second, the USB transformed into light, sketching blueprint lines throughout the residence.
Materials automatically filled in, with progress appearing somewhat slow.
"The other blueprints... I can learn the coil now, make a few to throw in the market tomorrow."
"As for the Electromagnetic Pistol blueprint... also learn it, since the pistol and coil can be sold separately without conflict."
The Electromagnetic Pistol blueprint was acquired from today’s treasure chest, but with its type constraint, its value wasn’t too high.
"The Beast Cage Design Map finally opened!"
Li Zheng held a USB drive, having long coveted this design, and it finally burst from the Diamond Level Treasure Chest today.
"But this design map can be learned?"
"Could I even remodel residences for others?"
"Whatever, learn first!"
Plugging it into an old computer brought back some time ago, Li Zheng crammed all knowledge in.
Unfortunately, Vibranium was insufficient for the Beast Cage remodel, and this matter needed to wait.
Ultimately, aside from modules and materials, there was also one finished product item.
[Holographic Projection Dance Flash Bomb
Tier: Star Shining
Description: Originates from the third disciple of the "Blacksmith," showcasing immense imaginative creativity, pioneering the most useless invention in Matrix history. Due to its historical significance, it topped the Matrix’s agreed upon useless invention rankings!
Effect: After pulling the safety, throw it. Targets illuminated will awkwardly dance in place, and their dance is forcefully broadcast holographically to all Matrix players.
During the awkward dance, players enjoy three minutes of invincibility, impervious to any damage.
Note: This item can only be used within the Matrix.]
Yes!
This item, looking utterly useless by effect, was actually Star Shining Level!
And it was the only critical item to burst from the Diamond Level Treasure Chest this time!
Li Zheng, after reading the description, almost questioned life.
Oh, Blacksmith.
Look at what your disciples are inventing?!
Can’t you, as a master, manage them?
Darn it! (`皿´)