Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 30 Why are you hitting it? Hit me instead!
"This is really trying to kill me..."

Li Zheng hesitated for a moment, then began to select his men, "Select your men, whoever you point to... Okay, you're the one."

Anyway, the dangers behind the three metal doors are all the same, so it doesn't matter which room you enter. Li Zheng doesn't care. Since he's chosen this one, he'll just go with the flow.

beep.

The door opened.

Li Zheng took out the Desert Eagle, checked the snake needles and firing mode, and after adjusting everything, he went inside.

The thin-film light curtain slowly disappeared. Li Zheng held the Desert Eagle in his hand, his gaze fixed on the front, mainly on the detector.

He would take evasive action the moment a danger warning appeared on the screen.

【Danger! 】

"hide!"

As always, while the lazy donkey rolls around in the air is unseemly, it is indeed the most effective way to evade.

Li Zheng rolled to one side and out.

next second.

"boom!"

A loud explosion erupted at the entrance, sending sparks flying and burning several small holes in Li Zheng's clothes.

"嘤嘤!"

Sakura cried out in pain and tried to get out of the pocket, but Li Zheng grabbed her and held her down.

"Don't panic, cough..."

Reassuring Xiaoying, Li Zheng quickly got up and started running.

He had discerned that the enemy was using weapons similar to howitzers.

The other party is not an animal!

The thought flashed through Li Zheng's mind, and he looked in the direction from which the attack came.

A humanoid creature dressed in bizarrely designed armor held a revolver with an exaggerated caliber, the muzzle of which followed his movements closely.

【Danger! 】

The words on the detector lens suddenly turned red. Li Zheng saw a flash of light from the muzzle of the revolver, and the faint gunshot was almost inaudible. A grenade shot straight at him.

"Damn it! Isn't orange-red supposed to be dangerous?"

Li Zheng gritted his teeth, not caring about the pain in his ribs, and lunged forward, rolling to dodge.

"boom!"

"puff."

Li Zheng suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, his lungs burning with a piercing pain.

"Oh no, the broken ribs caused secondary damage when I rolled over. I wonder if any internal organs were injured!"

Li Zheng was furious. If he had to rent the nanobots again, he simply wouldn't have enough power cores to consume.

"We must find a way to fight back; we can't just sit here and take the hits!"

Li Zheng glanced at the enemy and found that the enemy was standing still and had not moved. He simply turned around in the direction Li Zheng was running, with the muzzle of his gun following him closely.

"That gun fired intermittently!"

Realizing this, Li Zheng raised his hand and activated his gene ability.

"Ice and Fire Attachment - Ice Type!"

"call out!"

The Desert Eagle, already adjusted to special design mode, fired a soft gunshot. The snake needles, enveloped in intense cold air, spun rapidly and shot towards the humanoid creature.

"Bah."

The humanoid creature suddenly twisted its body, like a slug, seemingly boneless, contorting into a bizarre shape, and actually dodged the snake-grass needle enveloped in cold air!
"top……"

Li Zheng opened his mouth to curse, but seeing that the other party's gun was already pointed at him, he quickly shut his mouth and continued to flee.

"boom!"

Another shell exploded, this time at a closer distance. Li Zheng felt as if he had been struck on the back by a heavy hammer, let out a muffled groan, and almost couldn't breathe.

"What the hell is this thing? This weapon is insane!"

Li Zheng dared not speak; the thought could only linger in his mind.

The usually infallible detector seemed to have broken down, only able to provide a "danger" warning to Li Zheng, but it couldn't even identify the species of the other party.

There is only a continuously counting down timer [00:55].

【00:54】

"Could I be so unlucky as to encounter another monster even stronger than the Rock Ice Giant Leader?" Li Zheng thought in despair, and opened the scan function in the encyclopedia, hoping to try his luck.

beep.

The encyclopedia reacts instantly:

The Infinite Transformer

Grade: Platinum

Abilities: Flywheel Cannon, Nuclear Heart, Gunfighting, Relentless Assault, Kinetic Amplification, KLST Crystal Armor
Disadvantages: Slow movement, inflexible AI, extremely weak to ice.

Description: A Wuji race cyborg who pursues mechanical truth, with both his brain and heart modified. He wears heavy KLST crystal armor, which slows his movement speed.

To provide sufficient energy, a miniature nuclear reactor is installed on the back. If the reactor is damaged or malfunctions, it can easily lead to insufficient energy supply and cause the brain to become rigid.

Specifically, this manifests as: remaining stationary, retaining the instinct for self-preservation.

"Damn! It really is a high-level monster! Platinum level?!"

Li Zheng was helpless.

I encountered two platinum-level monsters in one day, and we even fought each time. This luck is just outrageous!
"boom!"

The Infinite Modifier fired again, and the explosion was closer to Li Zheng than the last time.

"Cough cough..."

While running, Li Zheng coughed violently, his lungs constantly squeezing out air, causing him to have difficulty breathing and almost suffocate.

【00:49】

"Countdown?"

"Stand still?"

"Preserving the instinct for self-preservation?"

"The miniature nuclear reactor behind this modified being has malfunctioned, and the countdown is on... Could it be the remaining energy it has left to sustain it?"

After finally catching his breath, in his panic, Li Zheng connected the clues one by one and easily deduced his current situation and the only way out.

"There are still forty-eight seconds left. If I can just hold on until it runs out of energy, will I be safe?"

Li Zheng was breathing heavily, feeling frustrated.

If his ribs hadn't been injured, he could have easily endured that for so long.

Before each shot, the Wuji Modifier has a long "pre-animation" motion. If you can take advantage of this time difference, it is easy to roll and dodge the grenades fired by the cannon.

However, because of the injury to his ribs, Li Zheng felt the pain was driving him crazy as he ran and dodged.

"wrong!"

Li Zheng racked his brains for a solution when he suddenly remembered something and quickly tried to sense it.

At that moment, the Infinite Modifier once again pointed the giant revolver at him, ready to fire again at any moment.

"Great, it can be removed!"

Li Zheng's face lit up with joy, and he pressed down with his fingers to throw it out.

Bang!
A giant, square metal box expanded and appeared, landing not far in front of Li Zheng.

Capsule accommodation!

"It can be used in battle mode, that's great!"

Li Zheng was overjoyed and couldn't help but cheer, "Great!"

Capsule dwellings, touted as indestructible divine weapons!

If I hide inside and stall until the Limitless Transformer runs out of energy, wouldn't this ordeal be easily overcome?

"No wonder the detector only gave an orange-red danger warning; now I know the trick!"

Li Zheng was invigorated, feeling that he had found the right way to deal with the matrix creatures.

"Next time I open a capsule residence, I can't throw it this far again, otherwise it won't be able to outrun the monster's attack, and that would be absolutely hilarious."

Li Zheng quickened his pace, seeing that he was only two steps away from the capsule dwelling. In just two more seconds, he could open the door, hide inside, and be safe.

"boom!"

"???"

With a violent explosion, Li Zheng watched helplessly as his capsule dwelling receded further and further away amidst the flames, and he burst into tears on the spot.

"Why the hell...did you hit it?"

"Go ahead and hit me!"

"A platinum-level big shot like you, attacking a capsule residence where you have no chance of fighting back, do you even have any martial ethics?"

(End of this chapter)