Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 205 New NPCs?

As a native of Jinling in the Dragon Kingdom, I am used to eating rice as my staple food. Since entering the Matrix, I have been eating barbecue and various other dishes these days.

That is, Li Zheng only ate a bowl of noodles after the food was cooked on the stove.

But after not eating rice for a long time, he always felt something was missing, and he never felt satisfied with his meals.

That's good. The fragrant rice and millet will ripen once, just enough for one meal for him.

They could even share some with Sakura so she could try it out.

The room has been thoroughly searched. There are still five exploration opportunities left today. Li Zheng plans to speed up the exploration process, as there are many things waiting for him afterward.

I glanced at my Gene Force. After this period of rest, it has recovered to over 200 points, which is enough to deal with whatever situation I encounter later.

Li Zheng cleared four rooms in 30 minutes with almost no stops along the way.

The fact that killing two gold-level creatures could be paired with the blood of the three-headed ghost lion has made some preparations for the subsequent gold-level advancement.

Although it's still far from being finished, it's at least a visible step forward.

The other two rooms had less luck, yielding a special silver-level fish that turned out to be a water-type gene ability development item.

Unfortunately, the capsule dwelling lacked the necessary fishery modifications to support aquaculture, so it could only be sold to Xiao Siyuan with tears in his eyes, so that he could use it to upgrade Blackwater.

In return, Xiao Siyuan sent Li Zheng 500 milliliters of black liquid, which almost made Li Zheng furious.

So, you want some black water, but you actually have to pay money?
This genetic ability originally belonged to him...

Forget it, I can't say this to Lao Xiao, lest it stir up some unpleasant memories for him.

The other room, which is where Li Zheng is now, is a small island.

The island is surrounded by the sea on all sides, and its surface is bare, consisting of only rocks, sand, and the road that Li Zheng came from.

Several metal doors stand suspended in mid-air on the edge of the island. To leave, you can simply swipe your card. They look somewhat similar to the portals opened by a space-jumping device.

The room yielded little; all they found was a pound of conch, a silver-grade ingredient, near the island.

The frustrating thing is that when Li Zheng tried to collect the seawater, the system wouldn't allow it!

The reason we chose this place is because of the seawater that Lao Pu mentioned. If he had known that it wasn't allowed to collect the seawater, he wouldn't have come!

What's even more outrageous is that the matrix terminal doesn't prevent players from drinking seawater, it just prevents them from taking it out of the room after putting it in their capsule residence.

Having no other choice, Li Zheng took out his manure shovel and collected the ten cubic meters of sand and soil for future use.

Beyond the island lies the boundless sea.

Li Zheng collected the sand but didn't rush to leave. Instead, he urged the aircraft to fly away at full speed into the distance.

Finally, it crashed into an invisible wall and could not move forward.

Flying into the sky is the same; apart from the metal door lying across the sky, there is only the blue sky and the wall of air.

In the distance, there was even a star similar to the sun, shining brightly, but its temperature was not high, probably close to forty degrees Celsius. An extreme isolation solution would have solved the problem.

Li Zheng didn't try it at the bottom of the sea, besides the imagined air wall, there was another very important reason.

He can't swim...

Squatting on the edge of the island, Li Zheng's eyes darted back and forth, scanning between the pink waves and the sea.

He still wouldn't give up and tried to command Pink Polly: "Can't you absorb water? Bring me some seawater."

Since we're not stopping it from drinking, why not let Pink Poly drink some more seawater now, and then let it spit it out in the next room?

"Polly?" A big question mark appeared above Pink Polly's head.

Li Zheng communicated with it for a while before the silly creature roughly understood what Li Zheng meant.

"Polly!"

Pink Polly stretched out its body, with one end submerged in the seawater.

She seemed to be gathering her strength, and with a sudden burst of effort, she inhaled a large mouthful of seawater down that severed limb.

The next moment, all the seawater gathered on its "head," turning its face a deep blue, and it looked uncomfortable.

He opened his mouth and said, "Ugh~ Rumble rumble~"

The seawater that had just been inhaled was expelled without any change.

After that, it refused to touch seawater again and hid behind Sakura. Judging from its appearance, it didn't seem to be vomiting because it was restricted by the terminal; it was simply because the seawater tasted bad.

"It's just seawater, how bad can it taste?" Li Zheng didn't believe it, dipped his finger in it, and put it in his mouth.

"..."

The taste is indescribable.

It tastes awful!

But it's a bit special.

So it tastes particularly bad.

It is bitter, astringent, and salty.

It also has a strange smell, like rotten seafood that has been dead for a long time soaking in foot bath water and left to stand for hundreds of years.

Li Chang has lived in Nanjing for many years and has never been to the seaside, but he feels that the seawater on Earth must taste better than the sea here.

"Ow?"

Sakura, the little foodie, also tried a small sip, but immediately spat it out like a showerhead, pestering Li Zheng to rinse his mouth with water.

Li Zheng was speechless and handed it just enough water to rinse its mouth: "You're being ridiculous. I and Pink Polly have both tried it, and you still want to try it."

"Ooh~ glug glug." Sakura tilted her head back and rinsed her mouth.

Li Zheng took the empty bottle back, patted its head, and didn't know what to say.

This foodie, ever since the stove was built and he tried cooking, wants to taste the saltiness of everything he sees.

After several attempts failed to remove even a single drop of seawater, Li Zheng finally gave up and began probing the other metal doors.

Behind the door is a group of golden-armored feathered eagles, silver-level, with a moderate level of danger.

There are two eggs about to hatch in the bird's nest. Go in now to get two pets.

Unhatched Golden-Armored Feathered Eagle eggs can be sold through the trading hall.

Behind the door live three silver-level neutral creatures called "Lightning Sheep". If you have the animal pen modified, you can try to tame them.

The horns of the Lightning Sheep are as valuable as gold; if you're interested, you can try hunting them.

Behind the door is a Black Mountain Bear, a Platinum-level creature with immense strength.

Bear paws taste good and can boost immunity.

Behind the door lies a vast lake, inhabited by a group of long-snouted crocodiles: fifteen ordinary crocodiles and one elite crocodile of the Gold rank.

Behind the door are two powerful and strange creatures; proceed with caution when entering.

Old Pu: Don't worry, they look similar to that creepy golden octopus.

Unexpectedly, there were four doors this time, and Old Pu provided very detailed detection information.

Li Zheng quickly realized: "Zhan Zhouzhou and the others had encountered these creatures before, so Lao Pu had detailed information about them?"

As Preys' Eye once mentioned, the dispatch of sub-units inherently carries the nature of intelligence gathering.

To be honest, these doors were quite tempting to Li Zheng. If he could, he would want to go through each one and loot it.

Unfortunately, he only has one last chance to explore today.

Otherwise, you could try walking in circles and exploring a couple more rooms.

"In that case, it seems that the only way is to go through the last door."

After passing the first four doors, Li Zheng stopped.

Based on the clues given by Old Pu, this is very likely a special room on Channel 24, similar to the Roemang black market shop.

Those two creatures must also be performing some kind of special function.

Each encounter with Luo Aimang resulted in a leap forward in Li Zheng's abilities.

I wonder what the person I met this time is in charge of?

Li swiped his card at the door, his heart filled with anticipation.

(End of this chapter)