"Under what circumstances can a glass of water last a lifetime?"
Li Zheng sent this message, and without waiting for William's reaction, he immediately blocked him, preventing any further private messages from William.
He couldn't give the other party time to react; otherwise, this foreigner from the Union Jack, colloquially known as Mickey's Realm, would definitely ask for a refund.
The product he sold was originally one without a certification, after-sales service, or warranty. Giving him a free customer service experience was already a generous gesture.
"If you really feel disgusted, you can resell it."
Li Zheng smirked and opened the trading hall to take a look.
Sure enough, that small water purifier appeared again, and the seller was none other than William Houston.
The seller's comment section was completely empty, and he had even increased the required trading items significantly.
"What a black heart!"
Li Zheng was disdainful; he only charged double the materials for this item, but this Mickey fellow was asking for Bronze Level materials?
If anyone buys it, it would be a miracle!
"Ugh... there's a shortage of everything except for those with a screw loose."
"I need to warn my fellow players in the channel."
Li Zheng switched to the channel hall and gave a warning, advising everyone in channel 0000879 not to buy that small water purifier.
Afterward, Li Zheng stopped concerning himself with it. He called over Sakura, getting ready to head to the next room.
"It's a shame there are no loudspeakers available; otherwise, I would announce to the world just how black-hearted Mickey is."
Li Zheng decided to wait until the loudspeakers refresh to check again, and if the purifier is still there, he'll use them.
"Forget it, let's explore first. There's not much time left for today."
Li Zheng composed himself, placed Sakura in his chest pocket, and then swiped a card at a green-labeled safe metal door as marked by his detector.
The door opened, revealing a thin film.
As for the hibernation pod in the room...
Li Zheng chose to ignore it; he didn't want to break it and have trouble on his hands.
In the end, Li Zheng spent four hours exploring five green and one blue room, six safe rooms in total, exhausting all his exploration quota for the day.
The materials he obtained were: 18 Iron Ingots, 21 Components, 10 Copper Ingots, 160 Fibers, 360g Tungsten Steel, and 3 Power Core Type I.
Additionally, he dismantled one scientific data table and two supply storage tanks, obtaining one Technology Core, 200g of B25 grade Manganese Steel, two damaged Power Core Type III, one damaged Power Core Type I, two damaged Temperature Controllers, and one one-time Bronze Level blueprint [Gravity Shoes].
In the only blue room, he also found an agricultural cultivation dish. Unfortunately, the crops inside were all dead, so he only managed to salvage some Cultivation Liquid from the storage tank.
It was only about 100ml, so Li Zheng drank an entire half bottle of water to have an empty bottle to store the Cultivation Liquid.
This time, Li Zheng didn't forget to dismantle the agricultural cultivation dish. After an hour of banging around, he finally got it to a level where it could be decomposed.
As a result, Li Zheng's jacket was down by one, leaving only a shirt on his back.
However, an hour of hard work wasn't in vain, at least a significant portion of the basic materials he obtained came from the cultivation dish.
As expected, the Power Core Type II and Temperature Controller decomposed from the cultivation dish were also damaged.
...
"Bang!"
The capsule shelter expanded, and Li Zheng opened the door, bringing Sakura inside.
At this moment, after a day of exploration, the space inside the capsule shelter was already mostly filled, nearing full capacity.
Everything was categorized and stacked together; just the 30 Iron Ingots alone took up a considerable amount of space.
However, the most space took up by those few types of crops he pulled out and 240 units of Fiber.
Together, they almost occupied half of the total volume of resources.
After entering the capsule shelter, Li Zheng didn't close the door. At this moment, he was in a technology-themed room. Although the dim lighting was due to the matrix entering the night, it was just enough to see.
But it was enough.
The weak light shone in from the entrance of the capsule shelter.
Li Zheng gently put down his lantern, and his hand finally got some relief as he let out a relaxed sigh.
Holding onto the lantern for so long had almost numbed his hand.
He shook his hand, pulled Sakura out of his pocket, and laughed softly to himself: "This guy actually fell asleep."
Without waking it up, Li Zheng pulled out a few pieces of Fiber and put Sakura inside.
Perhaps because the Fiber was soft and comfortable, as soon as Sakura lay down, it wriggled and buried itself, leaving only its head out, with a big bubble of mucus hanging from its nostril.
He placed the Fiber bundle that wrapped Sakura in the corner, then found the only blueprint among all the materials.
[Gravity Shoes, Bronze Level, one-time blueprint
Can craft shoes capable of changing the direction of gravity around the wearer.
Required Materials: Power Core Type I 2/5, Components 10/32, Iron Ingots 10/30, Copper Ingots 8/23, Tungsten Steel 100g/490g]
"Can change gravity direction..."
Li Zheng looked at the description and immediately thought this equipment might primarily be used as a tool to explore the metal doors above and below.
"But these shoes require too many materials."
Li Zheng felt a headache.
A pair of shoes requiring materials other than cloth and rubber, and it was all metallic materials, was astonishing.
Especially the Components. If he crafted these shoes, there wouldn't be enough to upgrade the detector.
He took the detector off his ear, and the virtual screen displayed that the detector's energy was still 98%!
Equivalent to only 1% consumption after working for 6 hours.
[Ordinary Detection Goggles, Silver Level item, unique item, can be upgraded.
Capable of detecting, but is not limited to: materials, items, organisms, and players' basic information.
The higher the item's level, the more detailed the detection information.
Upgrade material requirements: Technology Core *1, B25 grade Manganese Steel 300g, Power Core Type III *1, Components *30.]
"Upgrading the detector and crafting the Gravity Shoes, a total of 40 Components are needed, 8 short..."
Li Zheng thought for a moment, and finally, his gaze fell on a pile of things in the corner.
Thirty pieces of toxic Horror Bat Meat, and 750ml of toxic Horror Bat Blood.
Since these items were poisonous and Li Zheng couldn't think of a use for them, he'd specifically thrown them into the corner.
"Let's throw them into the trading hall to exchange for Components, maybe someone will need them."
Just like how gray-quality cans can be used as containers, and Horror Bat droppings were the best material for composting.
Even toxic blood and meat might play a role in some cases.
"Thirty pieces of poisonous meat, exchange each for one Component, and fifty milliliters of poisonous blood for two basic materials."
Li Zheng began operating, listing one trade after another.
"As for these two pieces of non-toxic meat..."
Li Zheng glanced at Sakura, gritted his teeth, and listed them as well.
"There are only two pieces of non-toxic meat, exchange each for a Power Core Type I!"
Although the taste wasn't great, it was at least meat, and Li Zheng didn't believe no one would want to trade for it.
After handling everything, Li Zheng didn't just wait around; he opened the system interface.
[Ordinary detector upgrade materials are sufficient, upgrade now?
This upgrade will consume: Technology Core *1, B25 grade Manganese Steel 300g, Power Core Type III *1, Components *30.]
"Upgrade!"
Li Zheng confirmed decisively, and soon the materials inside the capsule shelter decreased significantly.
In the next moment, the detector in his hand was enveloped by a faint light.
[Upgrade initiated, the estimated time needed for this upgrade is: 4 hours.]
"Just four hours, I can wait."
It's just right, as he didn't need to explore overnight, so the downtime could be used to upgrade equipment.
With nothing else to do, Li Zheng went to close the capsule shelter door and then sank into the Fiber pile himself.
It wasn't long before his eyelids started to droop heavy.
Originally intending to stay up until midnight, to see if the Daily Treasure Chest refreshes at midnight, Li Zheng fell into a deep sleep.