Chapter 114: Chapter 106: Dislocated Time and Space Sounds Great!

Create two Technology Cups, negotiate the price with Ye Kai and Chu Xiao, and send them over.

These two are indeed top-ranked elite players, able to easily provide two of the Bronze 5+ potion materials Li Zheng needs.

Once the transaction is complete, the two Technology Cups disappear, replaced by eight vials of four types of blood materials.

With just this one trade, Li Zheng now has enough for eight doses of Bronze 5+ extreme potion.

“Ye Kai wanting the standard size is understandable.” Li Zheng rubbed his chin, staring at Chu Xiao’s name, pondering: “This Chu Xiao…?”

What concept is this?

But since this is someone else’s privacy, Li Zheng wouldn’t spread it around.

“Ah, that’s why being a man…”

“Oh? The bathroom’s finished, let’s hook up the pipes and take a look inside.”

Looking up, he found the bathroom completed. Li Zheng pulled out the pipeline diagram and connected the bathroom’s sewage outlet to the compost bin, then from the bin’s other end to the water purifier, finally linking it to the bathroom’s water inlet, forming a perfect loop.

“If I hadn’t connected the pipes, I wouldn’t have discovered there’s an outlet at the back of the compost bin…” Li Zheng scratched his head, opened the bathroom door, and walked inside.

A space of 4x4x3, for a bathroom, is definitely not small.

To the left of the entrance is a washbasin, and on the wall is a metallic mirror polished with some unknown technique, reflecting no less than a glass mirror.

Inside from the washbasin is a toilet, no urinal; it’s also made of metal, but the cover and seat are matte texture.

Across is a bathtub, next to it, directly opposite the bathroom door, is a shower.

As for all the pipes, they’re buried within the metal walls, not taking up any internal space.

The floor is thirty centimeters higher than the outside, with grating-like partitions everywhere, mainly to allow water on the floor to flow down into the drainage system.

“Damn! To operate this thing, it actually needs a hundred liters of water?”

Li Zheng tried it but found it can’t be used for now and gave up.

Stepping out of the capsule residence, Li Zheng pondered, “Seems like there’s no hot water?”

“Even if there is, it’s useless. My Immune to Cold and Heat passively isolates temperature…” Li Zheng looked at the door to the next room, feeling melancholic: “Life without enjoying hot showers, always feels like something is missing.”

Musing for a while, Li Zheng thought he should figure something out; maybe next time he meets Luo Aiman, he could ask if there’s a way to convert passive abilities into manual ones.

“Even if it consumes more Genetic Force, it’s worth it!”

He has such an overpowered game-clearing tool like Prelis’ Eye; if he can’t improve his quality of life, it’s a disgrace to the Daily Treasure Chest System!

“But then again.”

Li Zheng pondered: “These genetic abilities seem powerful, but they all seem to have some side effects, don’t they?”

Ice and Fire Attachment, a Platinum Level genetic ability, has the drawback of not being immune to the ability’s damage, hence the addition of the Immune to Cold and Heat passive.

This was clear from when he used the ability last time and set his clothes on fire.

But this passive also made his sense of temperature grow numb.

No, it’s not numb, but directly unable to feel any temperature at all.

In life, this state definitely has its impacts.

For example, not being able to enjoy a hot bath.

Phoenix Mountain’s Silver Level Fire Gene Ability–Burst.

It’s also known as the “Seven Injuries Fist” of genetic abilities, harming the enemy by a thousand but self by nine hundred and ninety-nine.

The side effect is that if the body strength doesn’t match, he dares not exert full power.

Otherwise, a punch would result in mutual destruction with the enemy, isn’t that a huge loss?

Zhan Zhouzhou’s Electric Light Sword surely must have negative effects, but she uses the ability in special rooms where the Prelis’ Eye is suppressed by the Matrix Terminal, so it’s not visible.

Moreover, Zhan Zhouzhou usually prefers to use physical weapons, only deploying the Electric Light Sword when absolutely necessary.

Li Zheng speculated there must be ways to solve these negative effects, at least finding ways to avoid them in the game.

He just hasn’t found the way yet.

Take Phoenix Mountain’s “Seven Injuries Fist,” for instance. He comes across a genetic potion vendor like himself, give it some time for him to enhance his physique, and he’ll eventually erase the “mutual destruction” downside.

After all, the game has only just reached day five, and there’s still a lot unexplored.

“Yip yip?”

Little Sakura noticed him suddenly staring off into space, curiously nudging Li Zheng’s cheek.

“Huh, just pondering some things…”

Li Zheng snapped back to reality, smiling at Little Sakura, suddenly freezing.

“Little Sakura also awakened the genetic ability Flying Rock Bomb, which doesn’t seem to negatively affect it.

Is it without side effects?

Or perhaps…

Is it due to the type of genetic ability?”

After all, Flying Rock Bomb is Earth Element, not as dangerous or unstable as Fire Element.

Moreover, this genetic ability naturally doesn’t involve direct contact with the conjured stone, so no contact damage exists either.

“Sadly, genetic abilities, especially their flaws, are among the most sensitive private matters, usually not revealed by players.

Otherwise, asking more could uncover certain rules.”

Sighing, Li Zheng shook his head, halting his scatterbrain.

When the boat reaches the bridge, it naturally straightens; when encountering a solution for Immune to Cold and Heat, he would naturally shake off the inability to perceive temperature.

“It’s not early; let’s keep exploring.”

Muttering under his breath, Li Zheng deftly took out an Iron Ingot, raising his hand ready to smash the computer.

“Wait!”

The high-raised Iron Ingot was lowered again, Li Zheng touching the not-so-large computer, a flash of inspiration hitting him.

“Directly decomposing and claiming is ineffective; what if I deploy the capsule residence, then carry the computer inside?”

At this thought, Li Zheng immediately got excited.

“The materials decomposed from the scientific research station are not of high grade, although it’s almost an integral part of the ground; back when I just entered the Matrix, I certainly couldn’t remove this post.”

“But now, whether it’s the Bronze++ physique or various weapons, cutting off this post isn’t a big problem…”

The more Li Zheng thought, the more excited he became; it seemed quite feasible!

“Let’s give it a shot!”

Trying won’t lose anything!

Li Zheng turned his head and deployed the capsule residence again, then squatted before the computer, attempting to break the post.

“Nope, not strong enough, need to rely on a weapon.”

The computer above wasn’t something he dared to forcibly twist, fearing accidental damage would mean waiting until the next encounter to experiment again.

Entering the capsule residence, he emerged with a dried fish.

A fried river fish–silver carp.

“Use the Gold Level weapon directly, deliver a straight-to-the-gut… to-the-point hit!”

Pointing the fish at the post’s base, Li Zheng squeezed the fish’s pelvic fin, launching an energy bomb, the size of a baby’s fist, soundlessly from its open mouth.

The energy bomb instantly arrived, emitting a soft thud upon contact with the post.

“Pff~”

Like someone had passed gas.

The post was directly blasted off, with the intact top supporting the computer slowly tilting, caught by Li Zheng’s quick reflexes.

“This fish… ptooey! This gun truly deserves its reputation as an assassin’s sly weapon, from shot to hit, almost noiseless.”

Li Zheng looked at the dried fish in his hand, growing increasingly fond of it.

If only this damn fish looked a bit more normal.