Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 89 Xiao Jing, give me some extra points... (2 extra chapters including the one released for sale)

The watchman slowly emerged from the shadows, revealing his form.

Li Zheng looked at it and saw a life form whose entire body was shrouded in pitch-black smoke. Its two tiny eyes moved randomly in the black smoke, and it seemed to have no physical form.

[Smoke Monster, No Level, Special Life Form]

The Eye of Preys provides very brief information about the opponent, without even revealing any weaknesses.

"No level, and the description says it's a special life form, immune to physical attacks?"

"So it's just a monster after all? I thought it had mysteriously revived..."

"As everyone knows, monsters die when they are killed. Let's find a way to deal with it."

Li Zheng thought for a moment, then landed on the ground and put Xiao Ying down from his shoulder.

"Hey..."

Sakura, who had been holding Li Zheng's ear, was now weak and listless due to the discomfort and weakness that came with her cold.

[You, who are immune to heat and cold, might not notice, but the little one has a fever. However, the strong cold medicine is working, and the fever should subside in about half an hour.]

"Have a fever?"

Li Zheng touched Xiaoying's forehead and indeed couldn't feel a high temperature.

"It seems that every ability has its advantages and disadvantages. After gaining immunity to heat and cold, my perception of temperature has become dulled."

"Is this the price to pay for gaining power?"

Fortunately, I have the Eye of Preys, which can alert me to any abnormalities that I can't detect on my own.

"Let it rest here for a while, so it won't get hurt again later."

After settling Sakura in, Li Zheng took out the weapon he had stored in the previous room and turned to walk towards the Smoke Monster.

The smoke monster moved unexpectedly slowly; in the time it took Li Zheng to settle Xiao Ying, it had only drifted less than two meters.

"This speed is pretty slow. If I encountered this during the beginner phase, I could just go up, grab the treasure chest, and leave quickly."

But we're no longer in the beginner phase. If the hostile creatures in the room aren't dealt with, players won't be able to swipe their cards at all.

"So we still need to get this sorted out first."

For physical immunity...

Let's see if elemental manipulation of genetic abilities can cause damage!

Once he made up his mind, Li Zheng had already come up with a plan.

"Ice and Fire Attachment - Fire Element!"

The blazing flames coiled around the weapon's ham, and Li Zheng seemed to faintly smell an even richer, more enticing aroma.

"...Damn, I need to find a weapon to replace it!"

With a grumbling in his mind, Li Zheng unleashed his Bronze++ level physique power, carrying a fragrant ham, and charged towards the smoke monster like a cheetah.

The ham, which smelled delicious but was actually tough enough to break a mouthful of teeth, broke through the wind resistance. Li Zheng used all his strength to slam the stick into the smoke monster.

"call!"

With a whooshing sound, Li Zheng was surprised to find that the intangible body of the smoke monster was actually severed in two along with the air cut by the ham.

The smoke monster split into two, and even two tiny eyes appeared on its lower half, staring at Li Zheng without any emotion.

Suddenly, the two sections of the smoky monster expanded simultaneously, revealing a pitch-black, ferocious maw with what appeared to be hidden black fangs.

Then... as if in slow motion, they slowly bit into Li Zheng.

"This speed..."

Li Zheng silently took a step back, easily dodging the biting attacks of the two small smoke monsters.

"So pathetic!"

However, the ham wrapped in high-temperature flames failed to cause any substantial damage to the smoke monster, which was beyond Li Zheng's expectations.

After all, the flames generated by the attachment of ice and fire should not strictly be considered a "physical attack".

"Ice and Fire Attachment - Ice Type!"

Li Zheng tried switching abilities again.

The result was that the Smoke Monster was split into three individuals, one large and two small.

"Isn't this unsolvable? Infinite splitting? How can we kill it?"

Taking another step back to dodge the attacks of the three smoke monsters, Li Zheng began to ponder carefully.

"This guy has no physical form; his body seems to be entirely made of thick smoke. Every time I swing the ham, it looks like I'm splitting him in two."

“Actually…” Li Zheng carefully recalled the details of the two attacks, and took another step back.

"In fact, the thick smoke was already broken up by the air before the ham even touched it."

"There is no solution to this, because as long as I attack, or even without attacking, just by blowing a breath, the air will flow and it can split infinitely in this way, eventually developing into a bunch of little things chasing after me and biting me."

Another step back.

"Even... wait, why does it seem to move forward a little faster when I back away?"

"Yes, moving backward also creates airflow... The greater the movement, the stronger the airflow..."

"Understood!"

Li Zheng stood still, replacing the ham in his hand with a prop that wasn't a weapon, which made a whistling sound when opened.

"Air purifier, it purifies everything, whether it's thick smoke or smog!"

"Xiao Jing, give me some more... Ptooey! Slurp it!"

Li Zhengqian raised his arm, and the air purifier diligently began to work.

This little thing doesn't care what it inhales. As long as the level of the substance doesn't exceed its purification limit and the substance is essentially gas, it will eventually exhale fresh, natural air.

"Woo~~~"

Air purifiers don't produce very strong suction, but they are continuous.

The smoke monster's body clearly does not possess the characteristic of being "inexhaustible." As air flows into the purifier, its non-physical body is stretched and twisted.

With its gaping, ferocious maw, the smoke monster's few small eyes revealed a faint, almost human-like expression, seemingly one of terror.

In just three minutes, Li Zheng held the air purifier and circled it in front of him to make sure that not a single trace of fog remained.

【You're such a clever little devil, you even thought of this!】

"..."

Looking at the empty ground in front of him, Li Zheng sighed and looked up: "This thing doesn't even have a corpse. It's a complete waste of energy. There's not even anything from its decomposition that's going to be recorded!"

After putting away the air purifier, Li Zheng went back to pick up Xiao Ying, then started the aircraft and flew towards the top of the altar.

As he got closer, Li Zhengcai could see clearly that the altar, which was about twenty meters high, was actually built with a pure black wood material, and it was not a solid building, but rather had a hollow design.

However, the openwork is very small and tightly sealed, and the altar is a uniform color throughout, so it is not visible from a distance.

"tread!"

After landing firmly on top of the altar, Li Zheng tried to shift his center of gravity and sway the altar slightly.

Not moving.

"It's very sturdy."

The Eye of Preys did not warn of any danger at the altar, and Li Zheng walked up to the box.

This is a gray stone box, the upper half of which is a lid. Opening it is equivalent to lifting up half of its volume.

I know what you're curious about.

Is this a treasure chest or not?

Master Pu, the puzzle solver, reliably tells you: Yes, you could!

After all, any box containing treasure can be called a treasure chest, right?

"..."

After reading the nonsense provided by the Eye of Preys, Li Zheng remained silent for a moment before complaining, "What you said makes so much sense, I have no words to say."

What a fart!
I was just wondering how to open this thing without a handle!

【…】

[Supervisor...Supervisor...]

[Demolition Team, open the door and check the water meter in this box!]

I just realized there were tips given yesterday...

Thank you to this reader (whose username is all numbers, and I can't copy them from the author assistant backend, I'm so annoyed!) for the 500-point reward!

This chapter incorporates a lot of elements; I wonder if any readers can find them all?
Hahaha!

I updated three chapters today, so I'm asking for some monthly tickets or something, I don't know if that'll be enough...

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