Chapter 135: Chapter 125 Platinum Treasure Chest

[Random Treasure Chest drawing in progress today, please wait…]

[Drawing successful, chest quality: Platinum, extract now?]

“Platinum!”

Li Zheng’s spirits lifted a bit, even his drowsiness dissipated significantly. He silently chanted in his heart: “Extract!”

Thud!

A gilded white treasure chest fell out of thin air in front of him. Compared to the Black Iron to Gold Levels, it was much more flamboyant. The surface of the chest was engraved with a vine-like plant.

“It does seem… prettier.”

With high expectations in his eyes, Li Zheng leaned down to grasp the clasp of the treasure chest, gently lifting it. “It’s just a pity these chests disappear automatically after taking things out; otherwise, they’d be nice for storing fertilizer.”

Reaching in to make a symbolic scoop, system prompts popped up one after another.

[Obtained: Intermediate Gene Cultivation Liquid Formula +1]

[Obtained: TJP Shield Blueprint +1]

[Obtained: Ion Cutting Blade +1]

[Obtained: Advanced Components +80]

[Obtained: AI Core +1]

[Obtained: Power Core Type V +1]

[Obtained: Data Processor +1]

[Obtained: Catalyst +100]

…

“Even though I didn’t get the blueprint for an Intelligent Humanoid, it seems pretty good overall. What exactly is this Catalyst?”

Li Zheng kept looking at the information prompts. Not opening the blueprint for the Intelligent Humanoid he most wanted to manage production didn’t disappoint him too much either.

Getting one chest a day made everything he got feel like it was for free, especially since today’s was a Platinum Level chest.

It’s good if you get it; if not, you can’t force it, can you?

From the start of the game until now, the highest-level item Li Zheng had obtained, besides that Memory Release Device, was just the Platinum Level itself.

To suddenly get so many Platinum Level materials this time…

What more do you need?

Since the chest was opened in the capsule residence, everything appeared directly in this space. Li Zheng watched as the treasure chest faded and disappeared before lifting his head to find the “Catalyst”.

He quickly found the Catalyst among the stored items.

This was a bag-packaged fine crystal, similar to grain storage bags made from Earth’s mesh bags, quite large, nearly reaching Li Zheng’s waist when stood upright.

Opening a bag, Li Zheng grabbed a handful; it felt like white granulated sugar in his hand.

[Catalyst, Platinum Level, material/fertilizer

Description: Can accelerate crop growth when used alone, or be used as a material to craft other items.]

“That’s all the attribute info there is?”

Li Zheng was puzzled after waiting for a while, then he suddenly remembered that Old Pu had already been sent off for an upgrade.

“I’ve been so busy, I almost forgot.”

Shaking his head, Li Zheng glanced at the Catalyst bag, noting the marked weight on it.

25kg.

“This time, a total of one hundred bags were opened, two thousand five hundred kilograms…” Li Zheng clicked his tongue as he eyed the hundred bags of Catalyst stacked like a small mountain, “Wow, two point five tons!”

Opening a chest and getting two and a half tons of Platinum Level fertilizer, Li Zheng couldn’t quite say if he had profited or…

Well, maybe he did profit, seeing as it was like a free gift.

“Good thing these aren’t physically stored in the treasure chest, or I’d be suspicious… Oh, capsule residences are things all players have access to, even with space technology, our Treasure Chest System comes with this true ‘Black Tech’ without a shred of hesitation!”

This is truly intense with its core!

“Now, let’s see the other things.”

After sorting through for a while, three items lay before Li Zheng.

They were two USB drives and a short dagger-like knife.

The two USB drives were respectively a learning type formula and a one-time blueprint.

[Intermediate Gene Cultivation Liquid Formula, Platinum Level, learnable

Description: Allows learning of the Intermediate Gene Cultivation Liquid formula.

Can be made at the Pharmacy Table to increase yield.]

[TJP Shield Blueprint, Platinum Level, one-time

Description: Can create a TJP-type Ion Shield.

Required materials: Power Core Type V *1, Tiberium Alloy 1000g, Advanced Module *80, Intermediate Module *90]

“Can’t make this shield just yet; still short of sixty Advanced Modules; with luck, it can be ready in two days.”

Originally, Li Zheng had 120 Advanced Modules, but Old Pu’s upgrade consumed 100…

“As for this formula, just happened to move a computer back today, so I’ll learn it directly.”

Raising his hand to summon the computer over, Li Zheng directly plugged in the USB drive and chose to study it.

Once done, he opened the production panel to check.

[Intermediate Gene Cultivation Liquid, Platinum Level, fertilizer

Description: Significantly boosts the growth speed of crops.

Required materials for creation: Refined Fertilizer 20kg, Catalyst 25kg, Clean Water 20L

Output: Intermediate Gene Cultivation Liquid 18L]

A large amount of materials is needed, but they’re not hard to acquire; except for clean water, which takes a bit of extra effort to trade for, Li Zheng had them all.

The Refined Fertilizer is endless, as the high-quality fertilizer produced by the compost workshop falls under “Refined Fertilizer.”

“Only 18L output?”

Li Zheng frowned deeply, finding that the materials he used included twenty liters of water, yet the final output was two liters less…

“The description states production at the Pharmacy Table can increase yield; does this mean crafting by hand results in huge waste?”

Searching in the trading hall, Li Zheng found nothing related to a Pharmacy Table, but discovered a player selling a “Pill Muddle Pestle.”

It’s like the traditional Chinese medicine pestle–a small stone bowl and a peculiar stone stick with different diameters at either end.

“A Black Iron Level item?”

After reading the attribute introduction, Li Zheng closed the trading hall in disappointment: “Can substitute the Pharmacy Table, but only for herbal items, and the capacity is small, not cost-effective at all…”

Well, it seems like another product that might collect dust for quite a while.

“Eighteen liters then, let’s handcraft once and see the effect.”

Li Zheng planned it out, ran to the bathroom, poured out twenty liters of water, and completed his first creation of Intermediate Gene Cultivation Liquid in the bathtub.

Once complete, Li Zheng found the eighteen-liter output was quite substantial, filling almost half the bathtub.

[Intermediate Gene Cultivation Liquid, Platinum, fertilizer

Description: Significantly boosts crop growth speed, improves crop genes, with a certain probability to cultivate new species.]

“Significantly… certain probability… This is way too vague, right? I have a feeling that with my bad luck attribute, the chance of cultivating new species is practically zero!

Never mind, let’s test the effect first.”

The high-quality fertilizer was slightly dark, but after being made into cultivation liquid, it turned into a gray, viscous liquid.

But it didn’t have much of a smell.

As for the taste… Li Zheng didn’t try.

Grabbing a bunch of old plastic bottles formerly used to hold water, Li Zheng filled them and approached the only crop he had.

As he got closer, he happened to bump into the Intelligent Humanoid responsible for fertilization, and Li Zheng hurriedly controlled it.

“Just in time, the effect of the last round of fertilizer has worn off; let’s try the new fertilizer.”

With the clumsy Intelligent Humanoid standing by, Li Zheng grabbed a bottle of cultivation liquid in his hand, full of anticipation as he poured a little into the cultivation dish.

The bottle held about 500 milliliters; Li Zheng only poured in 100 milliliters, and the attribute panel already indicated “Fertilizer Adequate.”

The growth speed shot straight up from 100% to 250%!

Stronger than any cultivation liquid Li Zheng had gathered before!

“This is really…”

Li Zheng looked at the bottle in his hand, speechless.

If he’d known it would work this well, why bother conserving before?

“From now on, use this for fertilizer.”

Li Zheng gathered a total of thirty-six bottles of cultivation liquid, stacking them next to the cultivation dish, handy for the Intelligent Humanoid to use when fertilizing in the future.

Having explained everything, the Intelligent Humanoid stood there dumbly, not reacting at all.

Li Zheng knew that Intelligent Humanoids aren’t actually very intelligent–just running simple programs.

They try to complete the orders their owner gives; if they can’t, they simply pretend they didn’t hear anything, so expecting any response from them is pointless.

“Next up… is the last item besides materials.”

Ion Cutting Blade.