On the seventh day, at 11:45 AM, Li Zheng entered the fifth room of the day.
"Woo-hoo~" He happily raised both his eyebrows as he watched the two Head-Encased Iron Armor Beasts charging at him, casually firing two shots.
The energy bombs hit their mark, and the Head-Encased Iron Armor Beasts didn’t even have time to react before becoming two half-headed corpses rolling away.
They only stopped right in front of Li Zheng.
[Decompose Head-Encased Iron Armor Beast, obtained: ...]
Li Zheng gave the command with a great mood, because the Head-Encased Iron Armor Beast he encountered this time was exactly the last type of Bronze 5+ material he needed.
Humming a tune cheerfully, Li Zheng adjusted the potion-making sequence, muttering to himself, "From now on, I should always ask Phoenix Mountain for a token every day, this luck is unbeatable!"
The few materials he lacked were all gathered this morning!
It was almost like with every room he entered, he found one material.
To be honest, Li Zheng didn’t think his luck was good enough to turn desires into reality.
After all, when playing those mobile games on Earth, he only dared to play those with guaranteed draws...
"After drinking these three potions, my four-dimensional attributes will all be full Bronze level, and the next Silver 1+ potions... I have twenty-five, which should be enough to break my bone and cell vitality into Silver, not bad."
Without rushing to the next room, Li Zheng sat down where he was and drank a potion each time he made one.
"Damn it, making a Silver level potion consumes the energy of a whole Black Iron level power core.
So next time when I make a Gold level one using Black Iron level cores, will it just say there’s not enough energy?"
Li Zheng initially thought that having nearly 400 Black Iron level cores would make him extremely wealthy.
But now it seemed he was still poor...
"We’ll just take it one step at a time. I might just need to dismantle a few more refrigerators, those give a Silver level active core each when dismantled."
Plus, finding a food room has a chance of encountering a cultivation dish, which, when dismantled, also yields an active core.
"Sigh, ten exploration chances a day aren’t enough!"
He complained in his mind while drinking the potions.
While others were worrying about how to improve their exploration safety, Li Zheng was already complaining about having too few exploration opportunities, affecting his resource gathering.
As soon as his bone strength successfully broke through to the Silver 1+ limit, Old Pu suddenly gave a prompt.
[Successfully broke through to Silver level, sub-body limit increased by one, separate now?]
The prompt left Li Zheng a bit stunned: "Did you make a mistake? I only improved one bone strength, how did I break through to Silver?"
[No mistake, you have indeed advanced to Silver level now.
Ever heard of the bucket theory?
The capacity of a bucket depends on the shortest plank.
So, a bucket made of ten planks, with the longest one being two meters and the shortest one being one meter.
What is the height of the bucket?]
Li Zheng was confused on the spot: "So according to you, if I focus on improving one attribute, I can reach Platinum level, or even higher, in the shortest time?"
[Theoretically, that’s true.]
"What’s the point!" Li Zheng complained with squinty eyes, "Only improving one attribute shows a clear weak point, right?
Extreme imbalance might even harm oneself, isn’t that courting death?"
[Question: Can a Bronze level weapon inflict damage on a Silver level creature?
"Huh? Are you quizzing me? Of course, a Bronze level weapon can harm a Silver level creature; it’s just much harder to kill because Silver level creatures have stronger physiques... huh?"
Li Zheng suddenly understood: "Oh, I see! I was wondering why the strength gap between Gold level bosses is so wide.
Turns out, that Burrow Guard only has one attribute at Platinum level?"
Congratulations! You have taken a step forward in the Matrix growth team, about to leave the masses behind, keep it up.
"Enough with the nonsense, separate a sub-body for me, and then..." Li Zheng ignored Old Pu’s sarcasm and decisively changed the topic, "rent it to Zhan Zhouzhou."
"But before that, some preparation work is needed."
Opening the trading hall, Li Zheng traded an iron ingot for pen and paper and started writing busily.
Writing while sorting out the Basic Spear Skill techniques in his mind.
Five minutes later, he finished the spear techniques in a rough manner, read through it, and nodded in satisfaction.
"Despite being a bit messy, it’s full of valuable insights."
Privately messaging Heroine Zhan, Li Zheng sent both the spear techniques and the attributes of Old Pu’s sub-body over.
Soon, a reply came from the other side: "Wait a moment!"
This ’moment’ lasted twenty minutes.
The system prompt popped up:
[You have a new designated trade.]
Li Zheng rubbed his temples in annoyance: "Damn it, that girl just finished writing too, like me!"
Without rushing into the trade, Li Zheng first confirmed confidentiality matters with her, and once she agreed, he completed the trade.
With the item in hand, Li Zheng fondled the small booklet, overjoyed: "Finally got the Zhan Family Swordsmanship, let’s take a look..."
Upon opening it, he closed it again quickly, suppressing the urge to tear up the eyesore of a thing, and looked to the sky.
"Is this some kind of karma?"
He reopened the booklet, only to find densely packed tiny characters almost overlapping each other.