Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 269 The sword is coming!

Back in the cramped room, Li Zheng took out the mysterious declaration to dispel the darkness before him, and then looked at Xiaoying.

Although the changes weren't significant, Li Zheng felt that Sakura seemed a little different after coming out of the gravity room.

[After a period of special training, your pet's rapid flight ability has advanced to "Rapid Flight." You've really struck gold by getting this amazing pet!]

Advanced?
Li Zheng was slightly surprised and looked closely at the wings behind Xiaoying.

The wings, which were originally somewhat "thin", have now become a little thicker, and you wouldn't notice it unless you looked closely.

"Huh?" Sakura tilted her head in confusion, not understanding why Li Zheng was looking at her like that.

All it wanted now was to leave the room as soon as possible; it was too cramped, with no room to even fly, and it felt uncomfortable from the bottom of its heart.

Li Zheng patted its head and sighed, "Its ambitious nature really makes things easier for me."

Working backward from the result, he estimated that Sakura had practiced flying intensively in the gravity chamber for nearly two hours before advancing this ability.

Li Zheng suddenly thought of the white cat that Feng had tamed. Compared to it, Xiao Ying's talent was simply off the charts!
Sakura squinted, her eyes curving into crescents. Just like when she was little, she loved it when Li Zheng patted her head like this.

"Polly!"

Snapped!
Pink Polly suddenly yelled and slapped Li Zheng's hand away, angrily blocking Sakura's way and glaring at Li Zheng.

Li Zheng was stunned, then didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Pink Polly is actually jealous.

This guy is really "deeply in love" with Sakura; now even he can't touch her.

"Awoo!" Sakura didn't expect Pink Poring to do this. After a moment of surprise, she pulled it back and hugged it tightly in her arms, squeezing Pink Poring into a figure eight shape.

This is a warning to Pink Polly not to treat Li Zheng this way.

"Polly~" Pink Polly pleaded in a pitiful voice.

Li Zheng wasn't surprised by Sakura's protective behavior, but worried that it might affect the relationship between Pink Poli and Sakura, he said gently, "It's okay, Pink Poli is just doing this because it likes you so much."

"Ouch!" Sakura squeezed Pink Poli hard, lifted it in front of Li Zheng, and made Pink Poli apologize to Li Zheng.

Looking at Li Zheng in front of her, Pink Polly reluctantly called out twice to show her apology.

Just like he would with Sakura, Li Zheng rubbed Pink Poring twice: "Okay, I accept its apology, you can let it go now."

Pink Polli feels very soft, and unlike cold water, it has a slight warmth, like a giant piece of silicone.

Li Zheng looked at his palm and inexplicably thought of Zhan Zhouzhou.

When the girl bumped into me, the sensation was very similar to that of Pink Polly.

"This feel... is amazing!" Li Zheng really wanted to grab Pink Poring a couple more times, but unfortunately that guy was Sakura's exclusive pet, and she usually wouldn't let him touch it.

"Ouch~"

Sakura released Pink Polly and urged Li Zheng to leave quickly, as it didn't want to stay in such a cramped space for even a moment longer.

"Alright, let's go." Li Zheng composed himself and glanced at the time.

With less than five hours until the refresh, and only eight more explorations left in the Mysterious Declaration, he needed to speed things up.

"The next room..." He scanned the other metal doors and locked onto the place where the earth dragon was.

Li Zheng had killed more than one diamond-level creature, and he was confident that he could take down the earth dragon.

Just as I was about to swipe my card, the system suddenly sent me two notifications.

You have a new designated trade.

You have a new private message.

Upon opening the trading hall, Li Zheng found a message from Lu Li. He took it out and saw that it contained three types of gold-grade blood materials, totaling fifteen bottles.

Seller's message: Tuition fees.

This blood will be perfect for Li Zheng to make the golden potion later, which will improve his physical condition.

The private message was also from Lu Li, containing only one sentence: "I forgot to say earlier, thank you for avenging my brother."

Kim Jae-in was the catalyst for Lu Manjiang's suicide, and Li Zheng killing him was tantamount to avenging Lu Manjiang.

"It's nothing, it's what I should do," Li Zheng replied simply, then focused on continuing his exploration.

The room where the earth dragon lived was different from what he had imagined. Li Zheng had thought that this kind of earth-attribute creature should live on barren mountains or in dark caves.

Upon entering, we found ourselves in a vast tropical rainforest.

The soft moonlight fell from the sky, draping the rainforest in a misty veil.

"The environment is nice, but it's a bit humid." Li Zheng listened intently and could hear the sound of water splashing not far away.

"As expected, there is a lake. It looks like we'll get a lot of clean water this time, in addition to the earth dragon." Li Zheng stopped Sakura, who wanted to fly into the sky, put away his mysterious declaration, and crept through the bushes and trees toward the direction from which the sound of water came.

Old Pu has already given a hint: the earth dragon is in that direction.

With the help of the faint moonlight, Li Zheng, with his silver-level eyesight, traversed the tropical rainforest without feeling any strain.

Soon, a lake came into view.

Li Zheng stood at the edge of the woods and looked out. A creature resembling a giant crocodile was rolling around in the lake.

Earth Dragon

Grade: Diamond

Abilities: Ground Spike, Rampage, Earth Shake, Rock Armor

Features: Thick skin and tough flesh

Weakness: Not flexible enough

Threat level: High

Old Pu's Review: A proud web crawler that, despite discovering the uninvited guest long ago, disdains to launch a preemptive attack.

"They've already discovered me?" Li Zheng looked at the earth dragon still rolling in the lake and was slightly speechless. Should he say it was because the dragon was so skilled and bold? It actually ignored his arrival.

"Sakura, give it a little something to say first!"

With a shout, Li Zheng immediately activated his Power Demon Avatar, rushed out of the rainforest, and headed towards the Earth Dragon.

At the same time, the earth dragon stopped rolling, and its two pale yellow eyes gleamed in the moonlight.

Rumbling--

Rumbling--

Amidst a series of loud bangs, several earth ridges rose from the ground. Two blocked Li Zheng's path, while two others rose from beneath the lake, overturning the earth dragon.

The earth trembled incessantly, and the two earth ridges that Sakura had emitted suddenly began to disintegrate, turning into dust and rubble.

The earth is shaking!

Sakura's gift was broken, and a hint of anger appeared in the earth dragon's pale yellow eyes. It seemed to recognize the power that originally belonged to the earth dragon.

"Roar!"

Roaring to the sky, whipping its massive tail, and parting the lake water, the earth dragon charged toward the small giant that had circled around from behind the earth's edge.

Rampage!

A pale yellow light spread to the head of the earth dragon, forming something resembling a light shield, exuding a menacing aura.

Despite its short limbs, the earth dragon is surprisingly fast when it charges.

Conversely, the power base of a diamond-level creature makes its impact feel oppressive.

Li Zheng instinctively used a short-range jump to the side, teleporting three meters to avoid the head-on collision.

"Here comes the sword!"

With his sword in hand, Li Zheng continued his actions without stopping, turning to chase after the earth dragon that had charged ahead.

"Ultimate isolation!"

"Ice and Fire Attachment - Ice Type!"

Pale blue chill condensed at the tip of the sword, and the ice-attribute armor-piercing property was greatly enhanced after the Ice and Fire Attachment was upgraded to the maximum level.

"Swallows flying through the hall!"

The sword flashed like a rainbow; though the man had not yet arrived, its cold gleam was already there.

(End of this chapter)