Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 230 is, but not entirely.

"Ouch~!"

Once the dust settled, Sakura suddenly whipped her tail and stabbed repeatedly.

Puff puff puff puff~
Five small pits appeared in the sand.

Wang Chaoran and the others stared blankly, only to discover that in each small pit there was a palm-sized, yellowish-brown poisonous scorpion, which had already been crushed to death by Xiaoying.

"My God! The boss's pet is truly extraordinary!" My friend exclaimed in amazement, shouting "666!"

Wang Chaoran nudged him with his elbow: "Didn't you notice its rank?"

"What?" His friend, who hadn't noticed before, glanced over after being reminded and exclaimed, "Wow! A Gold-level leader?!"

Sakura flapped her wings and came to the top of the earth's edge, stared for a moment, and then turned her tail and slashed horizontally.

click!
The upper half split open with a sound.

As the earth's edge broke, it tried to control its power, dissipating the top portion.

It then created a stone platform.

"Ow!"

Following the same method, they shaved the other ridge into a similar platform. Sakura landed on it and waved to the others, inviting them to come up.

At this moment, Wang Chaoran and the others noticed a dense "rustling" sound coming from the surrounding sand, as if countless hard claws were striking beneath the sand.

"Quick, everyone get on the platform first, two people on each side!" his friend shouted, then turned around and carried the injured Zhang Yue on his back. Ignoring her struggles, he grabbed the edge of the ground and tried to climb up.

However, even if Sakura cut off half of it, the height of the ridge was still nearly three meters, and he couldn't climb it with someone on his back.

"Chaoran, come and help me!" His friend was frantic, having already seen a large number of venomous scorpions emerging from the sand not far away.

Wang Chaoran and Liu Li ran over, each supporting one side, and lifted the two of them up with all their might.

Fortunately, they had all taken gene-enhancing drugs, and their bodies had been improved.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to lift the weight of two people.

With two people supporting him, his buddy finally grabbed the edge of the platform, used his arms to pull himself up.

Once the height was right, Zhang Yue let go of her hands and grabbed the edge to support her weight, making it easier for her friend.

Then, Zhang Yue pushed off with both arms and flipped herself onto the platform, then turned around and pulled her buddy up with her.

"Phew! Thank you." Zhang Yue breathed a sigh of relief as the two safely reached the top of the platform, and whispered her thanks.

My buddy waved his hand dismissively: "We're teammates, no need for thanks."

On the other side, Wang Chaoran and his companion helped each other reach the top of the platform and shouted, "Don't just stand there! Those scorpions are climbing up!"

The four men almost simultaneously gripped their weapons again and began attacking downwards around the ground platform.

The five scorpions that Sakura had previously crushed seemed to be scouts, used only to locate the players.

Now, in a very short time, a large swarm of desert scorpions has gathered, all emerging from the sand and spreading up the ridges like a tide, densely packed, with a number of at least five hundred!

The hard limbs seem to have a mysterious suction force, allowing them to grip firmly even when crawling on the surface of the ground, and they can climb up very quickly, as if walking on flat ground.

This situation was not suitable for firearms, so the four of them used melee weapons to swing downwards.

The goal is not to kill, but simply to stop those scorpions from climbing to the top of the platform.

Desert scorpions are small and lightweight; a few sweeps are enough to wipe out a large number of them.

The fallen scorpions landed in the swarm below, rolled over, and continued crawling along the swarm.

L
The arthropods struck the ground with a chilling, resounding sound that seemed to never tire.

"This won't do!" Wang Chaoran shouted. Under the combined attack of the four of them, the damage to the scorpion swarm was almost negligible.

The relatively light weight of desert scorpions makes it easy to wipe out a group of them, but it also makes it more difficult for melee weapons to penetrate their carapace.

Zhang Yue, dragging her injured leg, was practically lying on the edge of the platform, swinging her single-edged sword downwards. She had cut her foot while treating a scorpion sting, and the wound hadn't fully healed yet.

She smashed a few more scorpions in one go, and suddenly realized that her weapon seemed more suitable for swatting them in this situation.

She then changed her attack pattern and slapped a scorpion with the flat of her blade.

Snapped!
The scorpion fell to the ground with a thud, seemingly in the same state as before.

But her eyes still lit up slightly. In that brief glance, she noticed that the scorpion's carapace seemed to be cracked more extensively.

Immediately, she exclaimed excitedly, "Change to a blunt weapon! These scorpions are afraid of being hit!"

"it is good!"

The crowd agreed and changed their weapons, temporarily purchasing hammers, clubs, and other weapons from the trading hall.

"Wait... damn it!"

Because of Zhang Yue's limited mobility, most of the defensive pressure fell on his buddy. He was a step slower in purchasing weapons in the trading hall, and several scorpions broke through the defense line and had already climbed to the edge of the platform, about to land.

"Don't panic, stand firm!" Zhang Yue didn't turn around, slapping the platform beneath her as she activated her genetic ability!
Rumble!
The platform shook violently from her slapping, and her friend slipped and almost fell.

But this also shook down all the scorpions that had already climbed onto the ground ridge.

Zhang Yue steadied himself and exclaimed, "Holy crap, genetic ability?" With the defensive pressure relieved, Zhang Yue checked the wound on the sole of his foot and found that the wound, which had shown signs of healing, had been torn open again by several hasty kicks, causing a lot of blood to flow out.

The combination of blood loss and the high temperature caused her to feel slightly dizzy. She forced herself to stay alert and explained, "It's just a minor silver-level ability. It can cause a small tremor on the ground, but it consumes a lot of energy, and I can't use it many times."

His friend glanced around his half of the circle and said, "It's already pretty good that we were able to open it successfully. Chaoran and I both tried two silver ones and failed both times. Luckily, we didn't trigger any serious negative effects."

"If it didn't trigger anything serious... what about anything that isn't serious?" Zhang Yue took out a water bottle, quickly replenished her fluids, and casually asked.

His friend paused in his scanning motion, then said, "Actually, it can't really be considered a negative effect..."

"My armpit hair has fallen out and won't grow back."

"Pfft!" Zhang Yue spat out water, incredulous: "Is this for real?! I'll try a few more times and see if I can get rid of the leg hair."

"I suggest you don't try it," his friend said in a low voice.

"why?"

My friend turned to his eyes and said, "Haven't you noticed I don't have any eyelashes?"

Zhang Yue: "..."

My friend sighed, "Well, let me put it this way, I've lost all the body hair except for my head and eyebrows!"

"That's terrible!" Zhang Yue felt a little sorry for her friend, and casually put away the water bottle to check if any poisonous scorpions had crawled up.

Snapped!
My buddy swung his hammer and smashed a scorpion crawling at the front: "What's so bad about this? The side effects of the Transcendental Trigger have wiped out half of my liver."

"Huh? Is it that serious?" Zhang Yue was slightly taken aback. She had used the item twice. The first time, she failed directly without triggering any side effects. The second time, she successfully developed the "Aftershock" ability.

Therefore, she did not have a direct understanding of the "side effects" mentioned in the attribute description.

Hearing my friend say that now, I felt a chill of fear.

“Yes, that’s why Chaoran and I understand better than anyone else just how precious the gene serum that the big boss provided us is.”

As long as you don't recklessly take medications beyond your current level, it won't cause any harm to your body.

In Wang Chaoran and his companion's eyes, this method of steadily becoming stronger was far more valuable than any genetic ability development tool.

Moreover, the price Li Zheng offered was really too cheap. Apart from the fact that the power core was relatively difficult to obtain, the blood materials were almost worthless.

It was also thanks to the gene serum provided by Li Zheng that Wang Chaoran and his team were able to stage several incredible comebacks against the claws and fangs of silver-level creatures.

It's fair to say that without Li Zheng, they would have been dead long ago.

That's why Wang Chaoran was so protective of Li Zheng and wouldn't allow anyone to slander him.

Wang Chaoran's friend understood his actions.

After all, this is equivalent to saving someone's life multiple times in disguise!
As time went on, the number of desert scorpions that were still active in the area gradually decreased.

Numerous fragments of carapace in various shapes piled up on the sand beneath the two ridges, their tail stingers gleaming in the sunlight, a vibrant green embellishment against the earthen-yellow carapace.

"Looks like these dungeons aren't too difficult." His friend smashed the last poisonous scorpion, took out his water bottle, and took a few gulps.

Wang Chaoran and the others also replenished their water, each holding a mouthful of water in their mouths, not rushing to swallow, to fully moisten their mouths and tongues.

He glanced at the dungeon exploration progress.

[Barren Desert, Exploration Progress: 25%]

"Gulp! Only 25% exploration progress?!" Wang Chaoran exclaimed in surprise, "These are hundreds of Black Iron-level Poisonous Scorpions! And this is the smallest increase in exploration progress?"

Liu Li guessed, "Could it be that there are more monsters to fight?"

"Perhaps." Wang Chaoran looked in the direction Li Zheng had left, his expression worried.

The big shot has been gone for almost 15 minutes, why haven't we heard anything yet?

Is something going to happen?
Looking up, Wang Chaoran saw Xiaoying flying in the sky, watching over him. He noticed that she was playing and frolicking with the balloon tied to her leg, having a great time.

Wang Chaoran: "..."

I take back what I said before. It seems that the big boss's pet is not that reliable. Aren't you worried about the big boss at all?
"Listen, there's a sound," Liu Li suddenly said from the side.

"what happened?"

When Wang Chaoran came to his senses, he realized that a muffled "buzzing" sound was coming from a distance.

Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw a dark expanse on the horizon approaching their area.

"What's that?" His friend also noticed something was wrong and got up to look.

In the distance, a "dark cloud" flew in from the horizon. As the cloud slowly approached, the muffled buzzing sound became clearer and clearer.

Zhang Yue re-treated the wound, bandaged it tightly, and looked in that direction with a puzzled expression: "Is it the second wave of monsters? That sound, could it be wasps?"

Wang Chaoran gritted his teeth and bought a telescope in the trading hall to look over.

When he saw the approaching dark cloud, his expression changed: "Everyone be careful, the second wave of monsters is coming!"

Putting down his binoculars, he added, "They are wasps, but not ordinary wasps!"

(End of this chapter)