Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 280 BOSS
Li Zheng dispelled his Demonic Avatar, conserving his genetic energy, and looked at Zhan Zhouzhou, saying, "Let the three of them clean up this place. I'll have Xiaoying guard this spot. You come with me to continue deeper and find the elite monsters and the BOSS. Let's take down the most difficult monsters first."

I originally thought the second-floor dungeon wouldn't be much more difficult, but after Li Zheng and Pink Polly went on a rampage, the exploration progress only increased by 10%.

This progress is equivalent to killing a few dozen mechanical mantises in the early stages of the Ancient Ruins.

“Okay, let’s go.” Zhan Zhouzhou agreed without hesitation and led the way into the depths of the corridor.

Li Zheng turned back to Xiao Siyuan and retrieved the mysterious declaration, in case it was needed later.

The two of them disappeared together at the end of the corridor.

Along the way, Li Zheng had seen no fewer than ten observation rooms where zombies were being held.

Strangely, none of the special individuals like the gray-boned zombies appeared in these observation rooms; they were all ordinary zombies.

After turning a corner, the things being held here changed; they were no longer humanoid creatures, but different kinds of zombie-like animals.

The weak are wild dogs, the strong are three-headed demon lions.

When Li Zheng saw the three-headed ghost lion, he knew he had underestimated the laboratory.

"They can even capture gold-level creatures alive. Before the entire biohazard restricted area was transformed into this state, its highest combat power was at least at the extraordinary level," Li Zheng said.

Even if Li Zheng transforms into a power demon, he still cannot capture a golden creature alive.

The difficulty of killing and capturing alive is not on the same level.

What's more, this was captured alive without injury. The three-headed zombie lion was perfectly intact, without a single sign of injury.

“Transcendent level…” Zhan Zhouzhou kept walking. “I haven’t fought one yet. I hope this BOSS can reach that level.”

"You're overthinking it," Li Zheng guessed. "I estimate that this dungeon boss is only Diamond-level, with at most a few Platinum-level minions. It won't be too difficult for the two of us."

“If that’s the case, I can clean it all by myself…” Zhan Zhouzhou’s embroidered eyebrows furrowed slightly, and her left hand involuntarily pressed against her stomach, the contact helping to relieve the pain.

Li Zheng thought for a moment, then took out a glass bottle filled with water from the capsule, lit a flame in his palm, heated it slightly, and handed it to her: "Take this, use it as a thermos."

"Thank you." Zhan Zhouzhou didn't hesitate, took the water bottle and placed it on her lower abdomen. The warm steam seemed to really drive away some of the pain, and her slightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed.

"Have you been to the hospital for this problem?" Li Zheng asked casually, his eyes constantly scanning the various imprisoned creatures around him, estimating the approximate combat strength of these zombie-like beings.

These zombie creatures are still in the experimental stage, and their combat strength is not yet stable.

Some of them were at the Gold level before the experiment, but may only be at the Bronze or even Iron level after becoming zombies.

"I went to see a doctor, and he said it's due to my constitution and can't be cured. I can only tough it out until I stop menstruating, and then I won't need any treatment." Zhan Zhouzhou didn't seem to shy away from discussing this topic with others.

Li Zheng recalled for a moment and said, "An aunt once told someone a secret recipe, which I overheard. I don't know if it will work."

"What secret formula?" Zhan Zhouzhou asked. This ailment had tormented her for many years, and if it could be cured, she would give up everything.

"Postpartum confinement," Li Zheng said. "I heard from that aunt that she also had menstrual cramps before she got married, and sometimes the pain was so bad that she would roll on the ground in agony. After she got married and had a child, she took good care of herself during her postpartum confinement, and the problem disappeared after the confinement period ended."

"..." Zhan Zhouzhou stopped in her tracks.

Li Zheng also stopped: "What's wrong?"

Zhan Zhouzhou looked at him for a while, then shook her head and said, "It's okay, let's keep going."

Li Zheng suddenly realized something: "Why don't you find another place to go? I promise I won't peek."

"Not that!" Zhan Zhouzhou's pretty face flushed slightly. This was a rare sight for Li Zheng, and she was surprisingly cute.

"No? That's good." Li Zheng glanced casually at an observation room next to him, then suddenly stopped. Inside the observation room was a bovine creature, its body a dark blue-green after turning into a zombie, its fur mottled and rotting in some places.

After observing for a while, Li Zheng angrily exclaimed, "Damn it, isn't this a Kentish beef? And it's a female!"

This Kentaean beef reminded him of some unpleasant memories, back when he was a pure-hearted child.

Until two male Kentaic bulls appeared before him...

Zhan Zhouzhou asked curiously, "What's wrong with Kenta Beef?"

She didn't understand why Li Zheng had such a strong reaction until Li Zheng recounted what had happened to Zhan Zhouzhou, and she was shocked.

"How could something so bizarre happen?"

Li Zheng shrugged: "That's right, so I swiftly confiscated their tools of the trade. Back then, Yan Guang even bought a set of them, I don't know if Feng Shan ate them or not."

……

"Achoo!" A man surnamed Feng suddenly sneezed and rubbed his nose inexplicably.

"You caught a cold?" Yan Guang asked with concern. "How about I make you something nice to eat tonight to help you recover? I still have a set of bull penis and bull testicles here."

"I won't eat it! I won't eat it!" Feng Shan waved his hands repeatedly upon hearing this. "How many times have I told you? You still keep that piece of junk! Even a dog wouldn't eat it. Whoever wants to eat it can eat it."

"If you don't want to eat, then don't eat. Why are you yelling?" Yan Guang rolled up her sleeves, revealing a dark left arm. These past few days, she had been collecting materials everywhere and had finally upgraded this mechanical arm to the platinum threshold. She only needed to replace a few more materials to complete the upgrade.

As she leveled up her left arm, Feng Shan's strength gradually couldn't keep up with her, and now he didn't dare to argue with her.

If it weren't for Yu Xiaoyu's unconditional support for Fengshan, Yan Guang would have conquered Fengshan by force long ago and drained him dry.

Feng Shan shrank back and whispered, "What's so great about him? Once I've traded more serotonin with Li Zheng and improved my Abyss abilities, let's see if you still dare to use force to threaten me."

These days he has been looking for props similar to serotonin, but he has not seen a single bottle. The only source he has is still Li Zheng.

However, his luck seemed to have been disrupted. Ever since Yan Guang and Yu Xiaoyu appeared, he hadn't obtained much of value.

So these past few days he's been trying to get rid of these two women who're clinging to him, and they've almost gotten into a fight several times.

Unfortunately, each time it ends with Yan Guang and the opportunistic Yu Xiaoyu joining forces against a common enemy, suppressing Fengshan and preventing them from ever rising up in rebellion.

……

"arrive."

Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou arrived at the door of a huge room. This room was different from others, its area being dozens of times larger than other rooms. The transparent wall material was completely covered from the inside by some kind of flesh and blood tissue.

Their extraordinary appearance also indicates that the monsters here are definitely not of low rank.

"You move to the back of the station, I'll break through this wall first."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zheng's body instantly swelled into a two-meter-tall giant, and he thrust forward with his sheathed sword.

Needless to say, the sharpness of a diamond-grade weapon was such that it encountered almost no resistance when breaking through the wall.

However, the flesh and blood inside the wall were incredibly resilient. Li Zheng felt as if he had pierced a tire covered in iron. After piercing the iron, the tire's resilience forced him back.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred.

The originally solid transparent walls of the observation room shattered piece by piece as Li Zheng pierced them, and the flesh and blood inside slowly began to writhe, as if waking up from a deep sleep.

(End of this chapter)