Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 26 Ice and Fire Attachment
[Ice and Fire Attachment]
Rank: Platinum

Type: Element manipulation

Lv.1
0/100
Active effect: When activated, it can coat the surface of objects or weapons/ammunition with ice and fire.

Passive effect: Immune to heat and cold.

Consumption: Consumes genetic energy based on the size of the attached object; base consumption is 1.

"Isn't this description of the effect far too simplistic and concise?"

Li Zheng frowned.

Such a rudimentary description, without even indicating numerical values ​​such as power, is far from intuitive.

"try it."

He instinctively reached for the gun in the capsule, but found nothing.

"Oh, I just threw the capsule dwelling out..."

scratching his head.

Li Zheng then remembered that he hadn't actually carried the capsule with him in order to give Sakura a hiding place.

Once a capsule dwelling is released, players cannot directly retrieve items from inside; they must enter and search for them themselves.

He got up and looked around, only to find that he had used too much force and had thrown the capsule dwelling to the very edge of the room, blocking a metal door.

"嘤嘤!"

The moment the door opened, Sakura rushed out and flew around Li Zheng, checking if he was injured.

Seeing that he was unharmed, the little guy was completely relieved and threw himself into Li Zheng's arms, rubbing his little face against him.

Clearly, the little guy was extremely worried during the time Li Zheng was awakening his genetic abilities.

"Haha, I'm perfectly fine, aren't I?"

Li Zheng held it in his hands and comforted it with a smile.

"嘤嘤嘤!"

Sakura suddenly got angry, pointed at Li Zheng and shouted loudly, as if accusing Li Zheng of putting her in danger twice and making her worry.

They were also warning him not to do it again.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."

Li Zheng nodded perfunctorily, leading Sakura into the capsule residence, saying, "But Sakura also needs to grow up quickly, then she might be able to protect me."

"Hey!"

Xiaoying sat on Li Zheng's hand and nodded seriously.

"Yo?"

A quick glance around the dwelling revealed a spider gland lying by the door, now missing a piece and bearing tiny teeth marks.

Li Zheng couldn't help but laugh and said, "It seems you've already started thinking that way."

"Hey."

Sakura tilted her head charmingly.

It's not that I want to protect you, I just want to grow up quickly.

"but!"

Li Zheng straightened his face and said in a serious tone, "From now on, you are not allowed to eat raw meat, do you hear me?"

"Hey?"

Sakura looked puzzled.

The fragrant flowers we ate before, weren't they eaten raw?

"How can that be the same? Luoshen flower is a plant; you can treat it like a vegetable or fruit, and it can be eaten raw."

But this gland looks like it was taken from an animal. Do you know if there are any parasites or germs inside?

What if I get sick?
What should I do if I get a parasitic infection?

"Hey?"

Parasite?
Sakura gave a disdainful look.

It sounds like a very weak insect, but I, Sakura, am not afraid at all!
Seeing its nonchalant attitude, Li Zheng threatened it, "Getting infected with parasites will make you ugly."

"Hey?"

Will I become ugly?
"嘤嘤嘤!"

I, Sakura, don't want to become ugly!

I, Sakura, will no longer eat raw food!
Sakura was indeed so frightened that she shook her head and whimpered.

"He's still a 'child' after all, so easy to coax."

Seeing that his plan had worked, Li Zheng bent down and picked up the spider glands. "Perfect, let's test the awakened abilities with this."

As soon as the thought crossed his mind, Li Zheng immediately activated "Ice and Fire Attachment," choosing a single fire-based ability.

The next moment, a burst of flame rose in his hand, instantly covering the entire glands of the silkworm spider.

"嘤嘤嘤!"

Sakura was startled by the sudden appearance of flames and yelled to warn Li Zheng to put them out quickly.

The intense heat of that pillar of fire still haunts it.

"It's alright, this is my ability, just like you can fly in the sky, it can't hurt me." Li Zheng said to calm the restless little guy, while his eyes were fixed on the silk spider glands engulfed in flames.

"Sizzle, sizzle."

Oil overflowed from the glands, dripping onto the ground, and the surface gradually turned yellowish-brown.

"This stuff... smells pretty good when it's grilled."

He glanced at the newly appeared numbers representing the primal force of genes in front of him.

78/100
"It consumes almost one point of genetic energy per second?"

This isn't exactly good value for money.

Even after all 100 points of genetic energy were used up, it only lasted for less than two minutes.

"Although the temperature is indeed quite high."

Li Zheng held the spider gland in one hand. Although both were engulfed in flames, Li Zheng did not feel any burning sensation, only a warm feeling.

"Not afraid of getting burned? It seems that the passive ability of being 'impervious to heat and cold' is at work."

"Let's see if we can adjust the temperature..."

As soon as this thought came to mind, Li Zheng discovered that he could also control the size and shape of the flames.

As the flame size decreases, the energy consumption also decreases.

Conversely, consumption will increase.

It can drain all the genetic energy in an instant, but it's just an experiment for now, and there's no need to go that far.

"If you maintain a flame the size of a lighter, the energy consumption is... emmm, anyway, quite low."

Li Zheng waited for a minute, keeping the flame in his hand like that of an ordinary lighter. As a result, his genetic force not only did not decrease, but actually increased a little.

I glanced at the time; a minute had passed since the ignition.

"Gene Force recovers one point per minute. If it is used up completely, it will take nearly two hours to recover to full value."

"This is after I used a platinum-level item. Perhaps the upper limit of my genetic force is greater than that of a low-level item, or perhaps my recovery speed is faster than others."

As for those players who awaken their genetic abilities using low-level items, if they encounter a tough opponent in a certain room and exhaust their genetic power...

Even after defeating the enemy, in order to maintain peak condition when moving to the next room, it is necessary to rest for a period of time until the genetic force is fully restored.

"So even if others develop genetic abilities, exploring ten rooms a day won't be very fast..."

Li Zheng then thought of a man surnamed Feng who had been chatting in the water area.

"So just how pale is Fengshan? A silver-level Flame Flower's ability allowed him to clear all ten rooms before 10 o'clock today?"

No wonder he always put up with it and even became "humble" despite all the bullying I've done.

So it turns out he was thinking of a favor he had done for someone.

"It's a pity we can't expose the daily random treasure chest system. Otherwise, if we let Fengshan help open the chests, with his lucky streak, he might be able to get a critical hit from every chest."

Li Zheng couldn't help but complain: "Damn lucky guy!"

Having tested the fire elemental technique enough, Li Zheng decided to control the heat and traded a small bottle of salt for two Luo Shen flowers in the trading hall to make a "salt-roasted pork belly" for Xiao Ying.

Although this "pig's stomach" is actually the gland of the spider, and it is specifically prepared for pets.

But that didn't stop Li Zheng from drooling over the aroma.

After baking, Li Zheng checked the item information and, to confirm that the effect was not affected, tore off a small piece and handed it to Xiao Ying.

The rest was converted into ice-type abilities by him and frozen into an ice block.

This is to extend the shelf life; otherwise, if left for another two days, the roasted glands will spoil and affect the results.

"It's very convenient; it even eliminates the need for a refrigerator in the short term."

Seeing that he had less than 20 points of Gene Force left, Li Zheng took out his Desert Eagle and fired a few shots in the open space outside.

During this time, it was attempted to attach flames, and afterwards the Desert Eagle no longer fired energy bullets, but bullets that were red-hot and had a texture like magma.

It hit the metal ground and created a crater the size of a washbasin.

Attached to the ice, it fired a blue ice crystal bullet that shattered upon impact with the ground, creating a small crater.

Interestingly, when Li Zheng tried to apply two attributes simultaneously, the bullets he fired became two-colored, but their power was somewhere in between.

However, the consumption doubled.

Summary: Single-system attachment shot consumes one point of genetic force per shot.

An unexpected incident occurred after the Desert Eagle was switched to special shooting mode.

In this mode, if Li Zheng fires with fire-based abilities, the power and shooting effect are the same as in the normal shooting mode, except that the recoil and gunshot sound are reduced.

Because the snake needle is burned to ashes the moment it leaves the chamber.

However, the Ice-type ability does not have this problem, and its power is even greater than that of the Snake Needle that was fired alone before.

It can even inflict both frost and poison effects upon hitting a target, making it extremely powerful.
After testing all the effects, Li Zheng took two fiber balls out of his ears, twirled the Desert Eagle on his fingers, and showed off.

When Li Zheng tucked it behind his back, he felt something was wrong.

Look down.

"..."

"Damn it, where did my clothes go?"

At this point, Li Zheng had one set of clothes left, and the 160 units of fiber that had been stuffed into his clothes in the previous room were all gone.

(End of this chapter)