Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 11 Repelling the Horde of Terror Bats, Level 1 Gene Core.

The detector remains permanently on, at which point the safety markings on the lens have turned orange-red.

This means that wherever Li Zheng's gaze falls, there is bound to be danger.

"Ha, you thought I wouldn't find you just because you're hiding in the dark? How naive..."

Li Zheng's lips curled into a wild smile as he raised his gun and fired.

boom!
A loud gunshot rang out, and an energy bullet shot into the darkness.

puff.

A slight thud; something had been hit.

"..."

Li Zheng was stunned for a moment, then started picking his ears: "Ah... umm... cough cough... damn it, I'm deaf again, damn it!"

Plop plop!

With the flapping of wings, dark shadows flew and hovered outside the lights.

Startled, the swarm of bats attacked in unison, flying around the light of the lantern, yet they dared not approach it because they were afraid of the light.

"Holy crap, so many!"

Li Zheng couldn't hear anything for the time being, but the dense, faintly visible shadows still made his scalp tingle.

"At least fifty units!"

Squatting down, Li Zheng put down the Desert Eagle and, with one hand, took out a handful of snake needles from the capsule and threw them on the ground.

He then picked up the gun, switched to special shooting mode, and aimed.

"These things fly too fast. Aiming at the shadows is useless. We can only shoot according to the detector's prompts."

Although there are many dire bats, each one is only about the size of an ordinary owl. Even if they are all circling around the light, there is no possibility of hitting one with your eyes closed.

Having learned from past mistakes, these dreadnoughts are clever and never hover in one place for too long.

Therefore, this is a contest of reaction speed and patience.

Li Zheng's success hinges on his reaction time; he must fire the moment the detector changes color.

The direbats are testing their patience, waiting for the lights to go out before swarming in and devouring their prey.

Unfortunately, their plans were destined to fail.

After all, the mysterious lantern has an almost unlimited supply of lamp oil. As long as Li Zheng holds it, it can theoretically keep burning forever.

Yes, the lantern only lights up when it is held, so Li Zheng can only operate it with one hand.

The same applies to firing a gun and reloading ammunition.

Therefore, he also had to be careful not to prick himself when loading the snake needles.

call out!
The Desert Eagle fired, and the Snake Needle was launched at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

puff!
Another terror bat landed.

Li Zheng remained unmoved, turned his head, and locked his gaze on the detector. As soon as orange-red appeared, he would fire a snake needle.

shhhhhh...

After activating the special shooting mode, the Desert Eagle's originally terrifying recoil became almost non-existent. Li Zheng could hold the gun with one hand without feeling any strain, and could even fire rapidly in bursts.

Puff puff……

As the terror bats were still flying, the snake needles pierced their bodies; the power generated by the Desert Eagle's terrifying muzzle kinetic energy was definitely not small.

Mere flesh and blood, once hit by a single shot, will be pierced through by the snake needle.

Or perhaps it hit a bone, causing it to explode inside the bat's body, allowing the toxins to seep into its system.

Most terror bats will struggle a few times after landing before dying from the poison.

shhhhhh...

[Lack of specialized ammunition.]

The full magazine of twenty snake needles was fired in the blink of an eye. Li Zheng carefully loaded the bullets with one hand, while turning his head to observe his surroundings.

Based on the orange-red density detected by the detector, he realized that the previous round of shooting had probably shot down six to eight terror bats.

"The hit rate is... pretty high."

Li Zheng was smug.

After all, aside from playing games, he had never touched a gun before. Shooting fast-moving targets and maintaining a hit rate of nearly 50% was already quite an achievement.

Click.

With a crisp click, the magazine reset, and Li Zheng raised his gun again.

"Wait..." Just as he was about to fire, he suddenly stopped, checked to make sure that the Desert Eagle hadn't switched back to normal mode during the time it was reloading, and then he felt relieved.

"continue!"

咻咻 咻 ~
puff puff~
咻咻咻~~
Puff puff puff~~
After another magazine was emptied, Li Zheng's hearing finally returned, and the long-lost sound finally entered his ears.

As Li Zheng replenished the snake grass needles, he glanced at the lower left corner of the system interface. "Just in time, another three minutes... But judging by the time, it's almost time for dinner."

With increased speed, he became increasingly adept at loading snake needles with one hand.

However, just as he raised his gun again, something unexpected happened.

The swarm of terror bats suddenly scattered and soon fell silent.

"...ran away?"

Li Zheng paused for a moment, then got up and used the detector to scan the area. He looked at it from all angles, and except for a few metal doors that might lead to the next room and whose direction had changed slightly, the lens remained white and safe.

He was stunned.

how……

In the Matrix game, can monsters escape?
"Wait... do these monsters have identity cards too? How did they leave this room?"

Li Zheng, carrying a lantern, cautiously paced around.
Finally, they arrived at an open metal door, and the detector indicated that the room behind the door was orange-red and hazard-prone.

Looking at the flashing red light on the ID card reader, Li Zheng seemed to be deep in thought.

"If I remember correctly, the reader flashed blue light when I swiped my card in the first few rooms."

"So the monsters in the Matrix might have more than one room as their territory, and they don't have the restriction of not being able to return, so they can move back and forth between several rooms?"

From this perspective, it makes sense.

Monsters are living beings too, and naturally they are afraid of dying.

When faced with an enemy that is beyond one's control, the best course of action is to flee immediately.

Those who disregard everything and only know how to fight to the death with players are not monsters.

That's called program code...

"Let them go if they want. It saves me the trouble of killing them all. I don't even know if the meat of monsters killed by the snake needle is edible."

Turning around, Li Zheng, carrying a lantern, found a pile of dead terror bats on the ground.

It looks almost exactly like the one in the encyclopedia, with a miniature dinosaur head, a bat-like body, and webbed wings on its back.

The carcasses of the terror bat (highly toxic) can decompose.

The flesh and blood of a poisoned terror bat are filled with toxins and are inedible, but they may have some other uses.

"It's definitely inedible. Let's break it down and see."

Disassemble the corpse of a venomous bat to obtain: 2 pieces of venomous venomous bat meat and 50ml of venomous venomous bat blood.

"They are small in size and yield little when broken down. Although they are not very dangerous, they are not easy to kill."

Li Zheng looked at the corpses of the terror bats scattered on the ground and dissected them one by one.

"I was only able to keep my safety by using the lantern I found in the previous room. If it were someone else without any lighting equipment, they would probably be torn to shreds in an instant if more than fifty terror bats attacked at once."

Despite the initial victory, Li Zheng remained focused and actively conducted a post-battle review.

The corpses of the terror bats were scattered everywhere, and Li Zheng soon found them all and dissected them one by one.

"There were sixteen dire bat corpses in total. The first shot was a lucky headshot, killing him instantly. The other dire bats were more or less poisonous, and their flesh was inedible."

"but……"

Li Zheng flipped his hand and took out several items from the capsule residence.

A piece of fresh meat no bigger than the palm of your hand, a small bottle of purple liquid, and a spherical object about the size of a pigeon egg with a rough, mottled surface.

Fresh, black iron grade terror bat meat, a key ingredient.

It has a dry, tough texture and low nutritional value.

Fresh Dreadbat Blood, Black Iron Grade, Material.

It has a fishy and foul smell, and can be used to make something.

Drinking it directly can replenish a small amount of water, but it can easily cause diarrhea.

[Level 1 gene nucleus, black iron grade, raw material.]

There is a chance to obtain this by dismantling Black Iron-level elite gene beasts. It can be used to upgrade gene beasts of the same level to "elite".

"Something new has come out."

(End of this chapter)