Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 52 - 50 Genetic Potion Pricing (Thanks to "Huaxia Shuyu" for the 1,500 points reward!)

Chapter 52: 50 Genetic Potion Pricing (Thanks to "Huaxia Shuyu" for the 1,500 points reward!)

"Can we inspect the goods first? Give me a bottle to try!"

Phoenix Mountain truly lives up to the name of the Water Group King, being the first to jump out and act as everyone’s "guinea pig."

Next, Zhan Zhouzhou, Yan Guang, Li Chun, and Lu Li each requested a dose of the potion.

"Now, it’s time to witness a miracle."

Li Zheng assigned the potion to each of them with the smile of a farmer reaping in the golden autumn.

As long as they try the potion’s effects firsthand, they can’t resist taking the bait!

"It’s just a pity about the Power Core I used earlier; a single Type I Power Core was only enough to make five bottles of potion."

Li Zheng felt a moment of pain but decided, "I’ll earn back everything I lost from them later."

...

Phoenix Mountain lay reclining at the door of the Fusion Capsule Residence, holding a red potion and examining it closely: "This thing, according to its attributes, doesn’t seem that impressive; it only enhances to the Black Iron Level?"

Casually pouring the potion into his mouth, he pondered, "Currently, when I go all out, ordinary Silver Level creatures can’t withstand a few punches; what kind of enhancement can this small bottle of potion bring me?"

Phoenix Mountain felt somewhat disdainful, after all, in the past few days, based on the ’Burst’ ability, he had acquired a lot of blood that could enhance physique, even including many Bronze Level fluids.

Yet, after consuming all that blood, it hadn’t brought much improvement, just slightly increased strength and resilience.

"Gurgle."

The potion was instantly absorbed by the body upon entering the stomach, and the muscles on Phoenix Mountain squirmed a bit.

"Hm?"

Noticing the anomaly, Phoenix Mountain carefully checked his body and found nothing unusual. Rather, after consuming the potion, he felt an incessant surge of power within.

"This feeling..."

"Burst!"

"Thump!"

Phoenix Mountain unleashed his Genetic Ability, stomping on the ground, his entire body shooting out like a cannonball.

"Whoosh!!!"

A punch aimed at empty space sent wild fist winds billowing the edges of his clothes.

"This..."

Phoenix Mountain stared at his fist in shock, almost in disbelief: "The strength increased by about ten percent!"

Could such a small bottle of Black Iron Level potion bring such terrifying improvements?

One should understand, Phoenix Mountain’s Genetic Ability "Burst" multiplies his own strength by formidable factors.

This means, as long as Phoenix Mountain’s physique is robust enough and his strength keeps growing, the amplification from the "Burst" ability is limitless for him!

"But just having more strength isn’t enough."

With a frown, Phoenix Mountain foresaw that he would be heavily fleeced by someone named Li again tonight.

"The bigger the burst amplification with greater strength, the greater the enhancement, but this also burdens my own body."

"Especially in combat, simply boosting muscle strength means a single punch might kill fiercer creatures, but my bones can’t withstand this power, and it’s easy to fracture my own bones."

"Moreover, the backlash can injure the organs, which is far more serious than fractures."

"Additionally, neural reflex speed sometimes can’t keep up with the burst, and a second’s delay in reaction during battle results in vastly different outcomes."

Having concluded, Phoenix Mountain sighed: "Damn, if I want to continue growing stronger, doesn’t that mean I’ll be working for someone named Li forever?"

Phoenix Mountain lacked Prelis’ Eye and couldn’t see his attributes, utterly unaware that the considerable enhancement wasn’t solely thanks to the Genetic Potion.

The blood he previously drank had pushed his muscle strength to the Black Iron+ threshold.

The Genetic Potion was merely the final push at the critical point.

Meanwhile, Zhan Zhouzhou and the others also consumed their potions, experiencing varying degrees of improvement.

Especially the young girl Li Chun, who had always relied on her pets in battles, used most resources for nurturing her pets, and thus her personal improvement hadn’t been significant.

A single Genetic Potion now gave her the most noticeable boost among them.

Overjoyed, Li Chun sent a message in the regional channel: "@Li Zheng, Brother Li Zheng, may I ask, can this potion be given to pets?"

If the pets could also achieve such enhancements by consuming the potion, she would trade for more potions for her little spider to use.

Li Chun thought to herself that she wasn’t that concerned, as long as the little spider could protect her.

"Pets?"

Li Zheng was initially puzzled, then remembered he had been relying on Prelis’ Eye for attributes and almost forgot that the information seen by others was different from his own.

He immediately replied: "It’s possible, but I haven’t tried it yet. However, it’s best to give pets potions of the same tier; this should provide the greatest boost and be relatively safe for them. By the way, do you also have pets? Of what tier?"

If it were just a Black Iron Level pet, he would warn her not to let it consume higher-tier potions.

Thinking this way, Li Zheng received a private message from Li Chun.

"Hm? Oh, information linked with strength is indeed unsuitable for exposure in the regional channel."

Upon careful thought, Li Zheng understood the reasoning behind it, annoyed at his earlier reckless question.

Opening the private message, there were just five simple words.

"Gold Level Elite!?"

Li Zheng was dumbfounded.

Glancing at others, then looking at his own pet, fast asleep, Li Zheng’s eyes filled with envy.

What does it mean when they say the same fate doesn’t apply to everyone?

This is exactly what that means!

Everyone has pets, so why are theirs so outstanding?

Li Zheng replied with tears: "Currently, I don’t have materials to produce Gold Level potions, but if you acquire the blood of Gold Level creatures, you can commission me to make them for you."

Li Chun: "Alright, thank you, Brother Li Zheng. By the way, do you have pets yourself? What kind, Brother Li Zheng? Being so strong, your pet must be formidable too, right?"

Staring at the continuous line of question marks in the private chat, Li Zheng felt each question mark stabbed into his heart like a knife.

With tears in his tiger eyes, Li Zheng looked up at a forty-five-degree angle, deeply saddened, "Is this karma for tormenting little Fengfeng too harshly before?"

"It’s no big deal."

Li Zheng was embarrassed to confess Xiao Ying’s strength to the other party and finally passed the situation off with these four words.

Switched back to the regional channel, and by this time, Phoenix Mountain and others were already chatting.

Some players who hadn’t slept yet were continuously asking about the effects of their potions, and each of them answered one by one.

They would still have to trade potions with Li Zheng in the future, so by helping promote them now, maybe they’d get a slightly better deal than others?

Checking the time, it was already past midnight, and Li Zheng interrupted them, directly asking, "So? Have you figured out the price?"

At these words, everyone fell silent.

This concerned their own interest; no one dared to quote a price casually, and for the moment, everyone was observing others.

Eventually, Zhan Zhouzhou was the first to offer a price: "One Power Core Type I for ten vials of finished Black Iron Level potion."

"Pff~~"

Li Zheng spat out instantly, "This woman really has a big appetite!"

One Type I Power Core, used until energy depletion, only produced five vials of potion!

This woman asked for twice the amount right from the start!

And she wanted the finished product!

The finished product meant that Li Zheng had to pay for the materials to make the potion himself!

"Dream on! Next!"

Li Zheng directly rejected Zhan Zhouzhou’s offer.

...

Finally, after some haggling, the price of the genetic potion was set at one Power Core for two vials of the same tier’s genetic potion, with materials provided by the buyer.

The price was approved by everyone, and Li Zheng then sent the already organized list of materials to the regional chat for everyone to save and use for future reference.

"Why is there only a recipe up to Black Iron Five Plus Limit? Where’s the Bronze Level?"

Phoenix Mountain still didn’t know that genetic potions couldn’t be used across tiers and was thinking of using some of his stockpiled blood to make a few vials of Bronze Level potion and soar to the sky.

Li Zheng patiently replied, "Genetic potions can’t be used across tiers; otherwise, they’d harm your body. Moreover, to avoid wasting materials, I suggest everyone follow the steps to make potions progressively based on the limit increase, because a Black Iron Five Plus Limit potion and a Black Iron One Plus Limit potion have no difference in effect."

"You should’ve said that earlier!"

Phoenix Mountain couldn’t wait and sent over two sets of materials along with one Power Core, saying, "Get me one muscle potion and one bone potion!"

"OK!"

Li Zheng agreed, received the materials, and on the workbench, made four different potions in one go.

After sending two vials to Phoenix Mountain, Li Zheng showed his true colors.

"No matter how cunning you are, you’d never guess I doubled the material requirements in the list!?"

This meant that everyone ordering genetic potions from him was also helping him collect an equal amount of materials for free.

Where else could he find such a good deal?

Screaming in the world channel every day for material purchases?

Forget about being tired; no matter how many Snake Grass Needles there were, they wouldn’t last under such splurge!

"Isn’t it great now? As long as someone in the channel reaches the Two Plus Limit, I can soar along with them, and even have time to look for safe rooms and learn blueprints."

Li Zheng felt that living in the Matrix, the most enjoyable life had to be like this.

As he was about to close the channel interface and prepare to rest, Phoenix Mountain angrily tagged him and started cursing him out.

Phoenix Mountain: "@Li Zheng, you damned swindler! Just starting your business, and you dare sell me fake goods?"

Li Zheng was dumbfounded by the scolding; the potion was made by him, hand-delivered, how could it be fake?

Li Zheng edited the message and asked, "What fake goods? Tell me carefully; don’t wrong an innocent man!"

Phoenix Mountain: "You have the nerve to ask? I just commissioned you to make one muscle potion, one bone potion, and why did the muscle potion have no effect after I drank it? What isn’t fake about this?"

Li Zheng scratched his head speechlessly, asking, "Did the bone enhancement potion have any effect?"

Phoenix Mountain honestly replied, "Yes."

"Then what’s the problem?"

Li Zheng rolled his eyes and replied grumpily, "Your muscle strength has already reached Black Iron+, and the potion made just now also increases up to the same limit, even if you had more, it’d still be ineffective."

"Huh?"

Phoenix Mountain: "Then what do I do?"

"Just deal with it." Li Zheng continued to type, "Prepare some materials for a Black Iron++ limit potion, from now on, you’ll say goodbye to those lower-grade potions... I mean your muscle strength."

Phoenix Mountain: "I’m asking, did I just waste that potion? Waste the materials?"

Li Zheng thought for a moment and replied, "Well, not entirely a waste."

Phoenix Mountain had hope: "How so?"

"At least you acted as a negative example for the channel’s other players, setting a typical warning," Li Zheng warned the other players, "Everyone should heed this as a warning, when a certain limit potion is ineffective, don’t come cursing me as a swindler, or I’ll blacklist you!"

Phoenix Mountain: "In the end, does this mean I wasted that potion?"

Li Zheng: "Didn’t quench your thirst?"

Phoenix Mountain: "...Damn!"

Ignoring Phoenix Mountain, Li Zheng closed the channel interface, stretched, and was ready to rest.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glimpsed the "Identity Card" that had dropped from Lin Fan.

"Right, this guy killed over thirty players, the capsule residence should be over thirty meters in all dimensions, right?"

Li Zheng picked up the Identity Card, "Though I can only expand by a third after another fusion, it’s still over ten meters."

"Fuse!"

[Fusing within the Fusion Capsule Residence...]