Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 148 The Underground World (Part Two) [Second Update Today]

Crunchy...

Suddenly, a piercing metallic scraping sound came from the front of the passageway. At first, it was faint and far away.

As time went on, the sound grew louder and louder, sounding much like the noise of an old bicycle moving around.

It's just much more exaggerated than that.

"You two step back."

Li Zheng immediately waved for Xiao Siyuan and Lu Li to retreat to the back. One of them was an assistant and the other was a sniper; it was too dangerous for them to stand at the front.

Once a fight breaks out, it's basically suicide missions.

After all, the dungeon is different from the individual rooms outside; the difficulty is several times higher.

"Well, be careful."

Xiao Siyuan nodded, pulled Lu Li to the back, and each took out their weapons to prepare for battle.

Lu Li used a gold-grade Tango51 sniper rifle. This type of sniper rifle is relatively light, and with his enhanced body, he can even fire continuously while standing.

In the matrix game, the recoil of firearms becomes less of a problem as you progress.

"Murderous."

Zhan Zhouzhou came to Li Zheng's side and stood shoulder to shoulder with him. The lightning sword made of thunder had already condensed and was held in his hand.

Taking advantage of the close proximity, Li Zheng took a closer look and discovered that the sword was entirely formed of bright lightning, with twisting electric snakes, making it look quite magical.

At the same time, he noticed that Zhan Zhouzhou's hand holding the sword was trembling slightly. Based on his understanding of Zhan Zhouzhou, whether she was excited or afraid, the girl should not have trembling hands.

At this point, the side effects of the lightning sword can be basically confirmed.

Users who come into contact with the lightning power they have gathered cannot completely ignore the paralyzing and other effects of the lightning.

However, relatively speaking, its impact on itself is much weaker.

Li Zheng estimated that it was roughly equivalent to the power of a lighter component hitting a person.

"Wait, is your martial arts training really that mysterious? You can't even breathe a murderous aura into your mouth?" Li Zheng shifted his gaze from the lightning sword and casually made a sarcastic remark.

"Sister Zhan, you mean there's hostility, right?" Li Chun said weakly from behind the two of them. "Look, even Little Spider can sense it."

Li Zheng turned his head slightly and saw the little spider guarding Li Chun's side, baring its teeth and claws and letting out a soft hiss in the direction of the creaking sound.

"Okay, then it seems to be my problem."

Li Zheng carefully sensed the surroundings and, confirming that he felt no abnormality due to his physical condition, shrugged.

"It's not your problem. This kind of perception requires a bit of talent. I only started learning it in the last couple of days... Watch out, it's coming!"

Zhan Zhouzhou was about to explain when she saw a two-meter-tall, broad, square black shadow appear in the darkness.

"Prepare……"

Li Zheng composed himself, and the mysterious declaration vanished instantly. The surroundings suddenly plunged into darkness, with only a faint light emanating from the electric sword in Zhan Zhouzhou's hand.

"what!"

The sudden darkness startled Li Chun, who screamed and instinctively tightened her grip on Zhan Zhouzhou's clothes.

"Go!"

Li Zheng gave a soft shout, drew his twin blades, and simultaneously imbued them with ice and fire, causing blue and red lights to illuminate them.

The light emitted by the two extreme attributes of icy blue cold air and crimson flames illuminated a three-meter radius around Li Zheng.

"It's so cold."

Zhan Zhouzhou felt a chill, as if the coldest days of winter had suddenly arrived, and couldn't help but shiver a few times.

"So hot!"

Li Chun, standing behind her, felt as if she were in a furnace, the temperature so high it felt like it was going to melt her.

The little girl couldn't bear it any longer and quickly took a few steps back to get out of the area affected by the flames.

"嘤嘤!"

Xiaoying followed her back and hovered above Xiao Siyuan and the others.

Behind them, Xiao Siyuan had already taken out a lantern. Although the dim light was not as bright as the Mysterious Declaration, it was barely enough to see.

Lu Li then took out a flashlight, turned it on, and shone it forward.

With these two lighting fixtures in place, Li Chun finally felt at ease.

She wasn't inherently afraid of the dark, but after the Lin Feng attack, she began to instinctively fear completely dark environments.

"Your ability has been upgraded?"

Zhan Zhouzhou was astonished. When Li Zheng used his ability before, the range affected by temperature was not this large, only about half of what it is now.

The girl stubbornly endured the biting cold and didn't retreat an inch.

"Ah."

Li Zheng nodded slightly, offering no specific explanation, and stared directly at the approaching dark figure.

Under the dim light of Lu Li's flashlight, Li Zheng could already see what the dark figure was.

"Driving car?"

He had only ever seen a rusty metal wheelbarrow in cartoons when he was a child; it was usually used in mines to transport ore.

Nourishing ~
Sparks suddenly burst forth from beneath the wheelbarrow, its speed decreased sharply, and it quickly came to a stop fifteen meters in front of Li Zheng.

For Li Zheng, this distance was nothing more than a blink of an eye.

and so……

Li Chun blinked, and the blue and red figures were already in front of the wagon, like a god descending to earth, with unparalleled momentum!

Just like when the previous dungeon boss appeared, Li Zheng didn't bother to watch the "cutscene" and chose to strike first, showing no regard for martial ethics.

"Damn, this guy's fast! I was hoping to borrow his salted fish!"

Xiao Siyuan's weapon was only silver-grade. He had seen Li Zheng's salted fish gun in the last dungeon and had been craving it ever since. Just as he was complaining, Li Zheng slashed with his twin swords, silently breaking through the front of the wagon.

The next moment, the sound of wind breaking rang out in front of him. Li Zheng subconsciously turned his head to dodge a black spearhead.

"It was inside after all!"

Danger was imminent, but Li Zheng showed no sign of panic. The black blade wrapped in cold air disappeared, and the ion cutting blade in his right hand transformed into a long staff of raging fire.

Bending his head to dodge the sweeping black spear, Li Zheng wielded his staff with both hands and retaliated with a sweeping attack of his own.

Snapped!
As the progress of his staff skills increased, Li Zheng struck the shaft of the black spear with precision, but his opponent remained completely still.

"What a strength!"

Li Zheng sniffed and smelled something burning.

Looking down, I realized that my clothes had caught fire from the intense heat!
In the past, Li Zheng would only burn half of his sleeve at most, so he didn't pay much attention. But after the ice and fire bond was upgraded, the affected area was much larger. At this moment, his clothes were on fire, curled up, and emitted a burnt smell.

"Damn it, I guess I'll have to wear platinum-grade or higher metal armor from now on to avoid this kind of situation?"

Li Zheng quickly retreated, stripped off all his clothes, and put them into his capsule residence.

This is a complete set of silver-grade armor; if it gets burned, the loss would be enormous.

After thinking about it, he put the aircraft away. He didn't dare gamble on whether it would be burned out.

After all, aircraft are only of the gold class.

Behind him, Lu Li watched Li Zheng's entire operation through the scope and exclaimed in amazement: "Truly worthy of being my father, he can run naked in front of others without changing his expression. I am far inferior to him!"

Li Chun's face was already flushed, and she turned her gaze away, not daring to look any longer.

"go with!"

Zhan Zhouzhou spat lightly, stopping her from stepping forward to join the attack, her cheeks flushed.

With the battle imminent, Li Zheng couldn't afford to worry about anything else. After putting away his clothes, he gripped his long staff tightly and stood intently facing the figure emerging from the wagon.

This is a slender humanoid figure completely wrapped in black cloth, its face hidden except for a pair of grayish-white eyes without pupils.

This person has long, thin limbs with exaggerated proportions. When standing upright, he is only 1.6 meters tall, but he has a pair of palm-leaf-sized hands.

In his hand, he held a pure black spear.

Crypt Guardian

It also has only one simple name, which means that the Crypt Guardian is a BOSS!

"hey-hey."

Li Zheng licked his lips, a strange smile appearing on his face: "I was complaining about the last dungeon, and now they're showing us a boss right away. Is this a quick slap in the face?"

With his gaze fixed on the spear, Li Zheng's smile widened: "You're using a spear as your weapon? I'd like to see whether your spear skills are better or my staff skills are more fluent!"

His smile vanished instantly, his expression returning to its coldness. With a flick of his wrist, Li Zheng launched another attack with his long staff.

In the darkness, Xiao Siyuan and the others observed the battlefield from afar and could vaguely see a pair of incredibly bright eyes and two sticks, one long and one short, flying up and down.

The long, thin one continued its battle with the BOSS.

The short, thick one cheered and jumped for joy, like a cheering stick, encouraging everyone.

"so big!"

Li Chun glanced at it at some point, gasped softly, and then turned away.

Xiao Siyuan stepped forward, blocking Li Chun's view, and said expressionlessly, "Children shouldn't look at dirty things, or they'll get styes!"

"Hey?"

Upon hearing this, Sakura, who had been hovering above, landed and closed her eyes, refusing to look.

Whether startled by the size or astonished by Li Zheng's skills, Lu Li stared blankly for a long time before finally managing to utter, "Damn it, is that a toad? Who has three legs?"

Only Zhan Zhouzhou kept a close eye on the battle, never daring to relax his vigilance for a moment.

Genetic Force: 60/100
After a series of fierce battles, Li Zheng's genetic energy was nearly half depleted, and he only managed to fight the cave guardian to a standstill.

It wasn't that the Crypt Guardian was less skilled than Li Zheng; quite the opposite, if Li Zheng hadn't possessed the genetic ability of being imbued with ice and fire, he would have lost eighty rounds ago.

"Heh, Xiao Feng truly lives up to her reputation as the Queen of Luck! Twelve consecutive wishes granted, the power is terrifying!"

Li Zheng was playing with great enthusiasm, and thoughts were flashing through his mind.

During the hour of preparation before entering the underground world, Li Zheng remembered that the Flame Flower was about to mature, so he released his capsule dwelling to collect it.

To his surprise, just as the Flame Flower matured, a golden light suddenly flashed across the Flame Branch.

Surprisingly, the cultivation effect of the intermediate gene culture medium was triggered, resulting in the production of a new crop variety.

The flower, which originally resembled a flame, withered and shrank rapidly, eventually turning into a dark red Flame Fruit.

Its rank has also been upgraded from silver to gold.

The effects of the Flaming Fruit are mediocre, exactly the same as the "Fire Fist Fruit" that Li Zheng had eaten before.

Unfortunately, after the Flame Fruit is formed, the Flame Branch remains a Flame Branch and does not transform into a "Flame Grass" or "Flame Branch". Whatever grows afterward will still be a Flame Flower if the cultivation effect is not triggered.

The worst part is that the Flame Fruit cannot be grown!

This also means that there are only three Flame Fruits available, and whether you can get more in the future depends entirely on luck!

Left with no other choice, Li Zheng ate all three Flame Fruits on the spot to enhance his strength.

Three Flame Fruits just add 75 points of experience to Ice and Fire Attachment, barely raising Ice and Fire Attachment to Lv2!

"From now on, I'll trick Xiaofeng into saying 'May all your wishes come true' to me every day. Maybe I'll have a chance to get some more Liuyan Fruit."

As Li Zheng pondered this, he suddenly noticed a faint wisp of black energy emanating from the cave guardian.

The next moment, black energy condensed at the tip of the spear and pierced his own chest!

I finally finished this chapter!
I've been writing and deleting all day, and I'm still not satisfied. Sigh...

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