Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 229 Desolate Desert
The farce on Channel 879 lasted for fifteen minutes, ending with Ma Yan being attacked by the crowd and forced to act like a coward.

Wang Chaoran finally accepted his friend's suggestion and teamed up with two girls instead.

Liu Li, ranked 246th on the combat power list, wields a silver-grade Magnum revolver, and all four of her attributes are at Iron 2+, not yet at their limit.

Zhang Yue, ranked 103rd on the combat power list, wields a titanium alloy single-edged sword, has a four-dimensional attribute of Black Iron 2+, and possesses an upgraded Earth-type Silver gene ability.

Despite how loudly these girls shouted on the regional channel, they were actually quite reserved when they were actually facing Li Zheng.

With a girl hanging on one arm, Li Zheng said to Wang Chaoran, "Let's start a dungeon."

At least the situation Yu Yongmei described didn't happen; he was only grabbed by the arms, which Li Zheng was already very fortunate about.

"Okay." Wang Chaoran pulled his best friend away, preventing him from going over to bother Li Zheng, and confirmed the personnel in the instance.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Li Zheng broke free from the two girls and stepped inside first with Xiao Ying, saying, "I'll go first, you two be careful."

[Barren Desert, Exploration Progress: 0%]

As soon as Li Zheng entered the dungeon, he was almost knocked over by the sweltering heat in the air. He quickly cast a layer of ultimate isolation on himself, Sakura, and Pink Poring.

"It must be close to fifty degrees Celsius, right?" Li Zheng looked around, his eyes filled with nothing but yellow sand.

The sunlight was so bright that even Li Zheng, with his physique, had to squint to see.

Looking up slightly, two stars the size of washbasins hang in the blue sky, tirelessly radiating light and heat.

"Holy shit! It's hot!"

Later, Wang Chaoran and the others also entered the instance, and their first reaction was to complain about the heat.

"Look at the sky, there are two suns!" Zhang Yue shouted, pointing to the sky.

"No wonder it's so hot."

"Damn it, how are we supposed to fight in this environment?"

"Huh? Look at the boss, he hasn't broken a sweat!" Liu Li looked at Li Zheng with great surprise.

Wang Chaoran remained calm: "Of course, how can we compare to the big shots?"

He walked up behind Li Zheng and asked, "Boss, what do we do next?"

It was their first time entering the dungeon, and they were completely clueless and had no idea what to do.

Moreover, Li Zheng had said he would help them clear the level, and as little followers who were just there to gain experience, they all felt like "mascots" and sought Li Zheng's opinion.

Li Zheng thought for a moment and said, "You guys stay here and don't move. I'll have Xiaoying protect you. If any monsters appear later, just help Xiaoying defend."

"Huh?" Wang Chaoran glanced at the pet that had been following Li Zheng, a hint of envy flashing in his eyes, and asked, "What about you, boss? Aren't you going to defend with us?"

“With Sakura protecting you, that’s enough.” Li Zheng gazed into the distance, where there seemed to be a building at the end of his vision: “I’ll go take a look over there and deal with the BOSS while I’m at it.”

"Ah..." Wang Chaoran looked back at his three teammates and hesitated, "Can you manage by yourself? Why don't I go with you? At least I can be the bait."

Li Zheng glanced at him with some surprise. It was the first time he had ever heard someone so calmly say that they could be used as bait.

Are you really that reckless?
Patting Wang Chaoran on the shoulder, Li Zheng laughed and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? I already said I'd take you through the dungeon, why would I need you to be bait? Just stay here and behave yourself. After this dungeon is over, you won't have many chances to run dungeons with me again."

In order to complete the final step of the regional channel administrator job change quest, Li Zheng made it clear from the beginning that he would carry the team through three dungeons for free.

He didn't want any materials he obtained during these three dungeons; it was purely a volunteer effort.

After clearing the dungeon, as long as they don't trade everything for medical items like Xiao Siyuan did, these players are guaranteed to be in the top 100 of the combat power ranking.

So Li Zhengcai said that there wouldn't be many opportunities to run dungeons together in the future.

Unless Wang Chaoran is willing to offer Li Zheng a reward that satisfies him.

"Okay." Wang Chaoran nodded dejectedly.

It was a rare opportunity to run a dungeon with my idol, but we didn't even get a chance to fight side by side.

"Sakura, protect them." "Awoo!" Sakura patted her chest and promised to complete the mission.

Li Zheng casually applied several layers of ultimate isolation to it and Pink Polydor, extending the duration to five minutes, before moving forward.

After walking more than ten meters, I activated the aircraft on my back and flew low towards the building I had seen earlier.

With strong air currents surging, Li Zheng flew at an extremely high speed. In his eagerness to get there, he did not notice that there were some very small creatures in the yellow sand that had been swept into the air by the air currents.

At the door, Wang Chaoran watched Li Zheng leave, then turned back to stay with the others.

By this time, everyone had their weapons in hand. Zhang Yue asked, "Hey? Why did the big boss leave?"

"Is that even a question?" my friend said from the side. "They must have gone to fight the BOSS."

Liu Li asked, "Then what do we do? Just stand there at the door?"

"If you can catch up with the big shot, you can go together." His friend rolled his eyes.

He didn't give a friendly look to the girls who were eyeing Li Zheng.

Zhang Yue and Liu Li glared at him angrily.

Wang Chaoran suddenly felt a headache coming on. His best friend was his high school classmate. After joining the matrix, Wang Chaoran had always been on channel 879, while his best friend was transferred from a later channel.

He had heard from others before that he had a problem with his sexual orientation, but he didn't take it seriously.

Today he finally learned his lesson...

This is a genuinely problematic issue, not just a joke.

"Alright, alright, we're teammates now. If you keep going at it like this, I'm afraid you'll start fighting." Wang Chaoran said, rubbing his forehead. "The boss said before he left that there might be some monsters attacking us, so we have to work together to clear the dungeon."

My friend said nonchalantly, "What's the big deal? They're just mobs. The pros have already taken care of the boss. If we can't even defend against the mobs, how can we face anyone?"

"You?" Zhang Yue looked at him suspiciously. "Are you sure you can handle this?"

My boyfriend was furious: "A man can't say no!"

Liu Li covered her mouth and laughed: "Indeed, except for your sexual orientation, you're like a man in every other way."

My gay friend scoffed, "Same-sex love is the only true love."

"Because it's true love, you want to be childless, right?" Zhang Yue's personality was fiery compared to Liu Li's, and she spoke without holding back.

My friend was furious: "Bullshit! We can adopt them!"

“The kids in the matrix are all sixteen years old or older, where are you going to recruit them… Ouch!” Zhang Yue cried out in pain, lifting her foot to find a small hole in the sole of her shoe, with blood flowing out from the hole.

“The blood is black, it’s poisonous!” Liu Li stepped forward to examine it and casually took out a bottle of bronze-level antidote from her residence and gave it to her: “Drink half of it, then squeeze out the poisonous blood, and then clean the wound. It can neutralize bronze-level toxins, and even silver-level poison can buy you time.”

"Thank you."

Zhang Yue took the medicine and jumped to the side to treat the wound.

Zhang Yue's friend picked up a shovel and dug around the spot where Zhang Yue had just stood, but found no creatures hidden in the sand.

Wang Chaoran looked around; all he could see was sand, there was nowhere to hide. "This is troublesome!"

"Ow?"

Sakura tilted her head to look at them, then suddenly stomped her foot.

Boom!

Boom!

Two earthen ridges burst forth from the sand, and large amounts of yellow sand rolled down along the edges of the ridges, kicking up a cloud of dust.

(End of this chapter)