Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 154 Second-level gene core, Sakura levels up!

"Again?"

Li Zheng vomited; after the Kenta beef incident, he was almost traumatized.

The other doors weren't as valuable as this one, so Li Zheng thought he might as well wait a little longer; maybe things would calm down soon.
Just then...

[Player Fengshan invites you to join the group chat.]

"..."

Li Zheng was speechless. This was really terrible. It felt like they had almost ruined the group chat function.

Sure enough, after joining the group, Li Zheng discovered that... everyone was on the group member list except Yan Guang.

After thinking for a moment, Li Zheng asked Feng Shan for administrator privileges and then immediately added Yan Guang to the team.

Fengshan: "Holy crap?"

[Player Yan Guang has been kicked out of the group chat.]

Followed by.

[Player Zhan Zhouzhou left the group chat.]

[Player Ye Yuan has left the group chat.]

【…】

Without saying goodbye, everyone left, leaving only Li Zheng and Feng Shan in the end.

This moved Fengshan to tears: "My dearest is still my family..."

Before he could finish editing the message, a notification popped up saying that Li Zheng had left the group chat.

The large group chat was deserted, with only the group owner, Fengshan, remaining.

At that moment, a feeling of being abandoned by the whole world welled up inside Fengshan, and he felt...so lonely.

[Player Li Zheng invites you to join the group chat.]

It was the same group Ye Yuan had created; Li Zheng had simply asked for administrator privileges again.

After a three-second mental struggle, Fengshan agreed to join the group chat.

Then, he was given a five-minute lecture by his fellow group members, and finally admitted his mistake with utmost sincerity.

Right next to him, Yan Guang looked at him with a beaming smile, having gained the upper hand in this round of exchanges once again.

Yu Xiaoyu quietly squeezed between the two, using her incredibly soft bosom to comfort the dejected Feng Shan.

Fengshan dodged with a disgusted look on his face and smashed the original inhabitant of the room—a silver-level creature—to death with three punches.

Feng Qiwu remained like an old father, watching his rebellious son and his two virtuous daughters-in-law's "loving daily life".

What's this called?
This is what it means to "treat each other with the utmost respect"!
Although it's a respectful distance...

……

"When birds grow big, they can be found in all sorts of forests," Li Zheng said indignantly. "If someone were to throw themselves at me like Yan Guang, I'd be rushing to the bridal chamber right there and then!"

There's a lyric that, while perhaps not entirely fitting for Feng Shan, perfectly encapsulates his true character.

"What you can't have is always stirring, and those who are favored are always fearless~" Humming an off-key tune, Li Zheng saw that the notification in front of him had changed, and swiped his card to enter.

The seventh day, the sixth room.

The grassland terrain is covered with gray-furred, sharp-toothed, short-eared rabbits, forming an extremely large population.

Fortunately, these rabbits are not large, only twice the size of ordinary rabbits, otherwise this room might not be able to accommodate this entire group.

"There must be hundreds of them! Yuer~ It stinks!"

The gray rabbits have extremely sharp teeth, and they've almost completely gnawed away all the grass here.

Some areas were filthy, and you could see the metal floor underneath the stains.

At this moment, having just experienced the Hainan Rendez-Vous-style revelry, all the gray rabbits on the ground were in a state of sage-like tranquility.

The rabbits didn't even bother to look at Li Zheng, this sudden intruder, and were all listless.

They look exhausted from what I just did.

Old Pu didn't give any hints about neutral creatures. Presumably, if he had entered at a different time, these rabbits would have already rushed up and tried to tear the intruder to pieces.

"There are many of them, but they are small in size. Even if we kill them all, we won't be able to extract much material from them..."

Li Zheng activated the aircraft, ascended into the air, and took out the Salted Fish Gun.

"Fine, have mercy on me. Kill some of you to scare you away, and then let you escape on your own."

The room isn't very tall, only about ten meters, and there are imitation sun lamps overhead.

Li Zheng had tried it before; the dilapidated facilities that couldn't be disassembled were only slightly brighter during the day.

Flying nearly ten meters in the air, there was no need to aim; Li Zheng only needed to point the gun downwards and pull the trigger.

With a massive amount of energy projectiles being unleashed, it's safe to say that you could kill a rabbit even with your eyes closed.

puff puff~
One by one, the rabbits were hit by energy blasts, exploding into a bloody mist, and a strong fishy smell suddenly filled the murky air.

Spurred on, the lazy gray rabbits finally sprang into action, flipping themselves up and running wildly across the grass.

From Li Zheng's perspective, they looked like maggots huddled together in a rural outhouse.

If you look closely, you can see that the rabbits all have blood-red eyes.

The blood was a very pure, eerily red.

"Zhizhizhi~"

A long, sharp cry rang out, and Li Zheng looked in that direction. It was a gray rabbit three times its size, with a mouthful of sharp teeth that almost protruded from its mouth, looking extremely ferocious.

Blood-Eyed Gray Rabbit

Rank: Silver/Leader
……

Old Pu: One level higher than elite, average combat strength, his roar commands all gray rabbits; it is recommended to eliminate him first.

Old Pu gave a timely hint, and Li Zheng took the time to read it, feeling delighted.

"Finally, I've encountered another monster with a level suffix!"

Thinking back to the last time I encountered this kind of creature, it was Sakura's own kind, that unlucky elite who got shot in the head.

It was that elite unit that provided Li Zheng with a gene core.

"Leader-type organisms can break down into more advanced gene nuclei, right?"

He turned his gun around, locked onto the gray rabbit leader, and was about to fire.

The gray rabbit was exceptionally perceptive; it sensed Li Zheng's aura and immediately crouched down, blending into the group of gray rabbits and disappearing from sight.

"Heh, with Old Pu around, you think you can hide?" Li Zheng sneered, and following the clues given by Old Pu, he quickly re-locked onto the gray rabbit leader.

The opponent's speed was somewhat uncanny; it weaved through the crowded gray rabbit herd as if it encountered no hindrance whatsoever, even more slippery than a fish in water.

"Squeak!"

The gray rabbit leader's cries became more urgent, and the previously chaotic rabbit group gradually stabilized.

These rabbits looked up and stared intently at Li Zheng in the air, their blood-red eyes densely packed together, giving Li Zheng goosebumps.

"squeak!"

With that scream, the ordinary gray rabbits suddenly leaped up, easily jumping eight or nine meters into the air.

Two gray rabbits jumped up from directly below and lunged at Li Zheng's feet, biting him with their mouths.

Sharp teeth gleamed coldly under the light.

puff puff!

With two casual shots, Li Zheng shattered the enemy into pieces. He calmly put away his spear and replaced it with a long staff.

“Your jumping ability is pretty strong, then I won’t hold back! Sakura!” Li Zheng shrugged, making the little one move aside: “Stay up there and don’t move.”

Then, the jet of air from the aircraft suddenly stopped, and the people fell like cannonballs.

During this time, a large number of gray rabbits leaped up and attacked Li Zheng, but he wielded his long staff and whipped them into a bloody pulp.

Blood rained down from the sky.

After landing, Li Zheng was also tainted with some of it, which added a touch of sinister evil to his aura.

"I only wanted to drive you away."

With a sweeping stick, the gray rabbit turned into minced meat.

“Given the current situation…” Li Zheng lowered his body slightly and plunged into the gray rabbit swarm.

"Exterminate their entire clan."

A long staff swung around him so tightly that any gray rabbit that got close to Li Zheng's attack range was instantly shattered.

"One...four...ten..."

In just a few steps, Li Zheng had shattered ten silver-level gray rabbits.

Blood and flesh were smeared on the surface of the long stick, flying everywhere as it was swung.

"squeak!"

Another scream.

The gray rabbits seemed to have gone mad, attacking relentlessly in a massive, overwhelming frenzy.

A large number of gray rabbits were trampled under their own companions, used as stepping stones, so that they could easily pounce on and tear Li Zheng apart.

Others looked up at Sakura in the air, leaping high into the air to attack the little one.

"Hey?"

pia!

It lashed out with its tail and knocked one down.

Whoosh!
A thousand blades of wind sliced ​​one to pieces.

Although Sakura is not yet fully grown, she is still an elite-level creature, both being Silver-level beings.

Moreover, the air is its home turf. These gray rabbits jump so high that they're just easy prey and no match for Sakura at all.

Each person and their pet were like meat grinders, and the number of gray rabbits in the arena decreased rapidly.

During a lull in the attack, Li Zheng suddenly caught a glimpse of the gray rabbit leader, leading several smaller subordinates, running wildly into the distance.

"Trying to slip away?"

Li Zheng's eyes turned cold. As the leader of the entire tribe, he actually abandoned all his compatriots and fled with a few elite subordinates.

"Ultimate isolation!"

"Ice and Fire Attachment - Ice Type!"

A blue light suddenly appeared, and a chilling aura spread, causing the attacking gray rabbits to slow down instantly.

The extremely low temperature almost froze them, as if their blood had frozen solid.

"take off!"

Li Zheng flew at low altitude, using his cold air to affect the gray rabbits in his path. He didn't rush to clear them out, but instead pounced on the fleeing gray rabbit leader and elites.

"You think you can get away?"

The aircraft was pushed to its limit, leaving a long, dark blue tail like a meteor. It quickly caught up with the fleeing rabbits, flicked its long staff, and smashed it down on the gray rabbit leader.

"squeak!"

The plump rabbit seemed surprised by Li Zheng's speed, and shrieked incessantly, ordering its elites to rush over and block Li Zheng.

"They're both leaders of their tribes, so why is there such a big difference?" Li Zheng frowned slightly, his hands moving swiftly as he slapped away the elite gray rabbit that pounced on him.

As expected of elites, Li Zheng's blow didn't shatter the opponent like it would when whipping an ordinary gray rabbit; it only broke some tendons and bones.

Even so, the elite Gray Rabbit was unable to move after landing and rolling, and soon died.

"Squeak!"

Terrified, the gray rabbit leader shrieked repeatedly, ordering the remaining four elite gray rabbits to pounce on Li Zheng.

As the elite Gray Rabbit soldiers charged towards him, Li Zheng felt a surge of disgust for no apparent reason.

"Boring, I'm not playing anymore."

The next moment, Li Zheng swung his staff even faster, leaving several afterimages as he sent the Gray Rabbit elites flying one by one.

Finally catching up with the leader, he put away his staff and took out the Tiberium spear.

A flash of black light, shrouded in blue chill, pierced the gray rabbit leader's hind leg, pinning it to the ground.

"These little things, although they are silver-level, are small in size and have low defense. All the threats come from their speed. Combined with their almost invincible numbers, they are indeed a bit troublesome for ordinary players."

Li Zheng landed, released the spear, took out the cutting blade again, and transformed it into a katana.

The shot was originally aimed at the gray rabbit leader's head, but it dodged the vital spot and only hit the leader's hind leg.

But that's enough; it's just a matter of another cut anyway.

“I’ve encountered two fleeing tribes before, and when they ran away, they didn’t abandon a single member of their tribe.” Li Zheng raised his katana above his head. “You’ve only just started the battle, and you’re already leading the way in running away, but you’ve actually abandoned almost all of your own kind.”

"I've never seen such a shameless leader before..."

"squeak!"

Knowing that his death was imminent, the gray rabbit leader struggled frantically, blood spurting from his hind leg, which was pinned down by the spear.

"Prepare to die... uh?"

Just as he was about to kill the gray rabbit leader, a system notification popped up, and Li Zheng paused.

The Blood-Eyed Gray Rabbit leader has submitted to you and is willing to become your pet.

"surrender?"

Li Zheng looked at the gray rabbit leader with some surprise. This rabbit, about the size of a wolfhound, was lying there with its head on the ground, and it had actually submitted to Li Zheng.

Not only that, the gray rabbit herd, which had dwindled in number by two-thirds, also quieted down, seemingly waiting for Li Zheng to make a decision.

"Be my pet?"

Li Zheng coldly raised his katana again and slashed down fiercely: "You are not worthy!"

"squeak……"

The gray rabbit leader's shriek abruptly stopped. Its head was split in two, and it collapsed to the ground, twitching a few times before falling silent again.

With the death of the gray rabbit leader, the ordinary gray rabbits fell into chaos, suddenly scattering in all directions and fleeing toward several metal doors.

"..." Li Zheng hesitated for a moment, then stopped chasing and began to dissect the corpses of several high-level gray rabbits.

"What a bizarre species! The leader is cowardly to the extreme, while the ordinary gray rabbits are fearless under its command. It's incredible."

[Disassemble the Blood-Eyed Gray Rabbit Leader to obtain: Level 2 Gene Core +1, Blood...]

……

One by one, the gray rabbits were decomposed. Apart from the gray rabbits with the suffix, the ordinary gray rabbits were decomposed into only some blood and flesh, and the quantity was extremely small.

On average, each animal contains only 25ml of fresh blood and half a piece of fresh meat.

Li Zheng had no idea how the meat was calculated, yet it could be broken down into 0.3 pieces of fresh meat, just as speechless as the Gray Rabbit leader's personality.

Ignoring unimportant materials such as flesh and blood, Li Zheng's final gains were: +2 Level 1 Gene Cores and +1 Level 2 Gene Core.
The gene nucleus cannot be broken down 100%.

Li Zheng also discovered a particular characteristic.

Both being first-level gene nuclei, the one extracted from the elite Gray Rabbit was actually silver-level, allowing creatures below silver level to break through to elite.

The item that was disassembled from the previous elite Dreadbat was of the Black Iron grade.

Li Zheng played with the three gene cores: "So, if I kill a diamond-level elite, the result will be a diamond-level level one gene core?"

Summon Sakura down, give her the level 2 gene core, and then wait for her to advance.

At the same time, he thought of someone who also had a pet.

"Now that Fengshan has his father protecting him, surely he won't have to pay on credit this time?"

Upon opening the private chat and finding the man surnamed Feng, Li Zheng suddenly realized what was happening.

"Damn it, this guy still owes me a bronze-level dynamic core!"

……

Three minutes later, Li Zheng traded a gene core with Feng Shan for a silver-level dynamic core, and also settled the debt he had incurred when he went to the lounge earlier.

"Let's throw this one in the trading hall."

At this moment, Sakura, having consumed the gene core, also completed her level-up.

After being promoted to the leader level, Sakura underwent a dramatic transformation.

One more chapter, I'll keep writing.

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