CHAPTER 549: CHAPTER 449 KING-LEVEL DEMON BLADE (4400)_2

"Is it because they’re more valuable?" Mirel asked thoughtfully.

The Silver Level creature materials might not interest Li Zheng, but for Gold Level or above, the difference is clearly just in value.

"No." Li Zheng shook his head unexpectedly and said seriously, "It’s because of their strength."

"Strength?"

"That’s right!"

Li Zheng explained, "Actually, I’ve roughly studied the creatures in the Matrix and found that Silver to Gold is a dividing line."

"Before the Silver Tier, including Silver creatures, their strength is quite limited, and it’s rare to find beings with special abilities."

"Even if they do exist, it’s impossible for them to live together on such a large scale."

At this point, Li Zheng recalled the Ice Giant tribe, which was obviously an exception.

"But Gold Level is different; at this tier, the probability of having special abilities is much higher, and their combat power difference is like night and day."

"Don’t be fooled by those rabbits hiding in their burrows when we kill them; they actually know our strength is too overpowering, so they don’t even dare to peek."

"Do you believe if a less powerful player were here, as soon as they touched one rabbit, others would swarm and kick him to death?"

Mirel tried to imagine that scene, but because of her own strong abilities, all she could picture was those rabbits being stylishly beaten up by her.

She really couldn’t imagine what was so scary about being surrounded by such weak creatures.

"So you let the small blade leave some alive, not mainly for the better continuation of this group, but to manage risks for players who might enter later?"

"Both, I guess."

Li Zheng nodded slightly, "Now the entire Channel 879 is almost vacant. According to the Matrix Terminal’s player placement rules, there could be a batch of less powerful people entering here next."

"By then, if those lack knowledge of Matrix life enter this room, I would have already cleared it once. At least it will help them manage the degree of danger, so they won’t end up dead at the hands of these rabbits due to momentary greed."

By the time the next batch of players arrives, Li Zheng should have already gone to the Outer City. As the administrator of Channel 879, he can’t really afford to care for those newbies then, so he might as well do something now, fulfilling his administrator duties.

"You think a lot." Mirel nodded solemnly, showing a look of approval.

Li Zheng shrugged his shoulders, didn’t say more, and went back to his dwelling. He took out a few Silver Level Crystal Cores and, along with the brought-back grass, made batches of feed.

These crystal cores were initially prepared for Sakura, whose talent can enforce any ability to match its own tier. Back then, Li Zheng wanted to quickly stack a few abilities for Sakura.

As it turned out, Sakura fell asleep later, so these crystal cores were temporarily not needed, but they proved handy now for making feed.

"After grass planting, there’s about a five-day growth period before the first harvest, and actually, the quantity isn’t much, used up in a few days." Li Zheng carefully pondered, estimating that it might take nearly half a month to cultivate a cycle of grass for rabbit consumption, and more seeds are needed.

Therefore, he needs to produce enough grass feed to last the rabbits for at least twenty days this time.

And this is only achievable because he has Intermediate Cultivation Liquid to speed up the process.

For others, it would take at least forty days of development, seriously slowing progress.

"To be safe, churn out about seven or eight meals of elite feed to prevent prolonged bad luck."

Li Zheng frequently adjusted the feed formula and found that inputting ten crystal cores of the same quality for the same effect at once offers the most cost-effective results.

The probability in the attributes changed from "very small" to "small chance."

He actually wanted to just feed a crystal core directly to a rabbit and nurture an elite,

but they wouldn’t even glance at the crystal core aside from feed...

Damn, it’s a bit ridiculous...

Li Zheng tried tossing in a handful of grass, and those rabbits ate happily instead.

Seeing this scene, Li Zheng found it even more ridiculous...

They’re all ingredients of the feed; why do you only eat grass and not crystal cores?

Damn!

Really hard to please!

After making several batches of elite feed, Li Zheng also conveniently created batches of feed for developing various abilities, uniformly from Silver to Gold Tier.

He plans to wait until these rabbits manifest with ability breeds, then pick two to nurture and experiment with, maybe try to create a battle-type Rororo Rabbit.

Compared to the Forest Wolf, the Rororo Rabbit is smaller but half the size of a Forest Wolf, making it quite oversized.

With such a size, it would be a waste not to use them as enforcers.

Moreover, they’re still really cute, very fitting for female players to adopt.

With pets as cute and fierce, not only female players but Li Zheng believes even many macho players wouldn’t mind adopting one to play with.

Li Zheng even thought of the advertisement slogan: "Bunnies are so cute, how can you not r... cough, how can you not raise one?"

The only pity is that breeding new varieties might have to be carried out after going to the Outer City.

By then, Li Zheng will have to figure out a way to return to the Matrix from the Outer City to sell these rabbits.

Quite troublesome, but highly meaningful.