Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 12 unlocks the pet panel.

The first-level gene core—Li Zheng extracted this from the corpse of the direbat that had been blown apart in the head.

Judging from the item description, the first direbat that was killed by chance was actually an "elite".

"This is truly amazing—Bulbasaur eating Doritos and entering Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!"

As gamers know, monsters with the "elite" suffix are often much stronger than regular monsters.

As a result, the first elite monster Li Zheng encountered died in such a frustrating way...

Looking back now, Li Zheng still has a strange and peculiar feeling.

"Could it be that after arriving in the Matrix, I've finally turned my luck around from being unlucky to lucky?"

Otherwise, how do you explain killing an elite member of the swarm of direbats with a single shot?

"How about next time I get my hands on a tool to develop alien genes, I try taking one myself? To be honest, with my current luck, if I'm not even as lucky as that guy Fengshan... never mind, a 2% probability is still too low."

Li Zheng touched his face and wisely gave up the idea.

"The direbat has been completely decomposed. Now search the room for any other supplies."

Holding the lamp, Li Zheng located the supplies in the room in just one second.

It wasn't that his eyesight suddenly improved, nor that the lantern's illumination range increased, nor that the supplies fell to him on their own.

Instead, it was the detector that gave the warning.

"Oh, it's blue security?"

Li Zheng walked in that direction, and in just two minutes, he saw an unfamiliar machine.

Its oval exterior design was covered in grime, and a foul stench emanated from it.

[Dinosaur droppings (gray), droppings from genetically modified burrowing organisms, are excellent composting material.]

Covering his mouth and nose, Li Zheng raised the lantern above his head and looked around, discovering that the area covered by feces was much larger than he had imagined.

"To be able to produce so many... this group of terror bats must have been in this room for a long time."

Li Zheng thought of a question: What do these terror bats usually eat?
"Perhaps there's plenty of food in the room they escaped from?"

Li Zheng quickly figured out the key point, but then another question popped up: Shouldn't monsters normally live near food? Why would the swarm of direbats stay in this room where there's no food stored?
"Perhaps the reason lies in that new device. Let's go take a look..."

Li Zheng stepped on the bat droppings. The texture of some of the dried droppings was perceptible through the soles of his shoes, with one foot sinking deeper than the other, making him feel extremely disgusted.

“yuer~”

Unable to hold back his gagging, Li Zheng tightened his grip on his mouth and nose, barely able to breathe.

After finally reaching the machine, they found that its surface was covered with a thick layer of bat droppings, and the system did not provide any other information besides "bat droppings".

"Damn it! Do I have to clean it all up?"

Li Zheng felt even more nauseous and almost vomited.

With no other option, he held the lantern in one hand, held his breath, and took an item out of the capsule dwelling with the other.

Thick at the bottom and thin at the top, it is indeed a small jujube tree.

The shape of the honey fruit tree resembles a feather duster, which is perfect for its purpose.

"It's a shame about this little tree; it'll definitely have to be thrown here after we're done with it."

Who knows if they'll bring in the bat droppings when they put it into the capsule home?

Imagine living in a 27-cubic-meter space surrounded by the droppings of dinosaurs...

Li Zheng couldn't help but shudder. He decided against it; it was just one honey fruit tree, while he had six more.

As the honey fruit tree swept across the machine, a large amount of bat droppings was swept off, revealing the original appearance of the covered machine.

The oval design has a semi-transparent surface. When a lantern is shone inside, it appears as if a creature is lying there.

[Genetically Modified Biological Hibernation Chamber: The interior is at a low temperature; a genetically modified organism is currently dormant.]

Li Zheng moved closer to examine it carefully, and only then could he see the appearance of the sleeping creature inside the hibernation pod.

It was a terror bat that was only the size of a sparrow!

"A group of fifty or sixty direbats are gathered here. Could it be just to protect this little direbat?"

Li Zheng was puzzled.

This tiny direbat is probably just a newborn. Why would it need fifty or sixty adult direbats to guard it?

What's more, there's an elite-level direbat among them!
"Is there something special about this little terror bat?"

Unable to figure it out, Li Zheng decided to open it and take a look.

We've already killed more than a dozen adult direbats, let alone this one juvenile.

Even if they were to make threatening moves, they could be easily crushed; there's absolutely no need to worry.

"The detector is showing a blue 'safe' warning? The 'dreadful bat' shouldn't be indicating danger... Oh, it's so small, it should indeed be considered within the safe zone."

Li Zheng didn't think much of it and found a protrusion on the side of the hibernation chamber.

After sweeping away the surface dirt, a device resembling an ID card reader was revealed.

I took out my ID card and tried swiping it.

beep.

The blue light came on, and a gap appeared at the edge of the hibernation pod, which then rose upwards.

A blast of cold air flowed out from the crack, and Li Zheng immediately took a few steps back to avoid it.

At the same time, the system prompt appears:
[Players obtain their first genetically modified creature and unlock the pet interface.]

The player has obtained a Black Iron-tier pet: Dreadbat (unnamed).
Omnivorous

childhood
Gender: female
character:???
Description: A genetically modified direbat that has been modified to address its weaknesses, no longer exhibiting photophobia and fire phobia.

Growth potential: High.

Status: Premature birth/hypothermic recovery in progress.

Abilities: Weak venomous bite, agility.

"pet!"

Li Zheng's eyes widened. Although he had made this guess when he decomposed the first-level gene core, he was still a little disappointed now that his guess had come true.

"Why is it a terror bat?"

Moreover, according to the description, it's a juvenile deacon bat!

What the hell is the point of this?
Does it mean we need another mouth to feed?

Or should we raise them to adulthood and release them to spread the virus?

A group of adult direbats were slaughtered by a single newcomer and eventually had to flee to other rooms for refuge.

Why would you keep such a tiny creature that you could easily crush as a pet?

Stop messing around, okay?
Surviving in the Matrix is ​​already difficult enough, and now you have to carry a burden? Not enough food...

Oh, there seems to be plenty of food. That's fine then.

"Let's see what this little thing looks like after genetic modification. If it's cute enough, it would be nice to keep one to play with."

With this in mind, Li Zheng waited until the cold air inside the hibernation pod had dissipated before stepping forward again.

He held the lantern up to the top of the hibernation pod, illuminating the inside. A small creature with two black, gem-like eyes was staring right at him.

Li Zheng looked at it.

It was also looking at Li Zheng.

Perhaps due to genetic modification, the little creature only looks about 70-80% similar to the direbats we killed earlier.

Although both have dinosaur-like heads, the little dinosaur bat's head has much softer lines, and its eyes are more expressive.

Perhaps this is the effect of the improved version of the weakness of photophobia.

Its fur is fine and short, with a bluish-gray tinge, but it is not messy; it even has a slightly glossy sheen.

Four tiny, short, pink limbs were tucked in front of its body, and it was trying to grab something as the cold subsided.

"Hey, it's more like a miniature Western dragon than a bat. It looks pretty good."

Li Zheng raised an eyebrow. As everyone knows, in various Western fantasy novels, dragons are a very powerful type of boss.

This little burden... it doesn't seem so bad to keep him around as a pet?
"Come on, come out."

Li Zheng threw away the honey fruit tree in his hand, reached into the hibernation chamber, gently pinched the little thing, and pulled it out.

At this moment, the little Drogon, oh no... the little Drogon's body was still a bit stiff. Li Zheng flipped his hand over, and the little thing fell into the center of his palm, using his body heat to warm it up faster.

Holding the little dinosaur bat as he walked out of the dung area, it was already able to stand up unsteadily in Li Zheng's hands.

As soon as he got up, the little guy crawled up Li Zheng's hand and up his arm.

Just as they reached their wrists, their four short limbs slipped.

Cluck!

It fell to the ground.

"Ying ying."

The little guy, face down, jumped up, climbed onto Li Zheng's shoes, grabbed his trouser leg, and began to climb, one step at a time.

After climbing for only a couple of steps,

quack!

It fell again.

This time it landed on Li Zheng's shoe.

Get up and climb again.

quack!

Climb again.

quack!

Even after exhausting himself to the point of lying on Li Zheng's shoes, panting, he never managed to climb up to his knees.

What are you doing?

Li Zheng had been watching its performance. Seeing that it was tired, he chuckled and bent down, picking it up in his hand.

"Ying ying."

The little dinosaur looked at Li Zheng's face and made a childish sound.

"You mean, come closer?"

For no apparent reason, Li Zheng felt as if he understood what the little dinosaur bat meant.

"Ying ying."

The little dinosaur bat nodded.

"Alright, stay in my hand and don't move, or you'll fall again."

As Li Zheng spoke, he placed his palm next to his cheek.

The next moment, something furry touched me.

The little dinosaur nuzzled Li Zheng's cheek affectionately with its head, its tiny black, gem-like eyes narrowed, and it kept whimpering, "Eek...eek..."

It turns out that all that effort it took was just to get closer to me.

In that instant, Li Zheng felt a sense of identification with this little thing he was meeting for the first time.

"Little guy, how about we rely on each other in the Matrix world from now on?"

"Hey."

"But you just fell on the ground and you were covered in dust. Did you take the opportunity to rub it all over my face?"

"Hey?"

Seeing the bewildered look on the little Drogon's face, Li Zheng was even more satisfied.

The fact that this creature, which appeared to be so intelligent even when it was just born, made him even more certain that it was modified from a Western dragon, but the modification was not thorough enough, which is why it looked somewhat out of place and was named the Terror Bat.

"I wonder if this unusual little dinosaur bat, if raised properly, could possibly grow into a real Western dragon?" Li Zheng pondered, holding the little creature.

The thought of having the chance to ride a cool Doragon in the future actually made Li Zheng a little excited.

For a moment, he didn't mind the little guy's bat-like appearance as much anymore, after all, Doragon himself was a giant version of a bat.

Or rather... a large lizard with bat wings?

"Let's go to the next room, this place smells terrible."

"嘤嘤嘤!"

"What? You're hungry already?" Although Li Zheng didn't know why he could understand the little guy's cries, this understanding was somewhat like a transmission at the level of thought. He could sense certain emotions of the little thing, and by following these emotions, he could roughly guess the meaning of its cries.

"Hey!"

"Let's go to the next room first, and then have something to eat." Li Zheng took a few steps, but saw the little guy clutching his tummy, looking miserable.

"So eager... Well, it makes sense, after all, we've been dormant for who knows how long, so it's only natural that we're hungry so soon." Li Zheng found a corner, trying to avoid the strongest smell, sat down, and took out some food.

"Then let's eat something first."

"嘤嘤嘤!"

When the little terror bat sees food, its two black, gem-like eyes almost light up.

"Hehe, besides being a whiny little thing, it's also a little foodie," Li Zheng teased it.

(End of this chapter)