Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 76 Huh? Could it be that Fengshan is the biggest contributor?
"grass!"

Fengshan, of course, also understood the other meaning in Yan Guang's words. He didn't even bother to scream. With a twisted expression, he cursed fiercely, "Bullshit!"

"You, surnamed Yan, won't get away with this!"

"Old Xiao, just go ahead and operate. If I utter another sound, I'm not a Feng!"

After saying that, Fengshan closed his eyes, clenched his teeth, and really stopped making a fuss.

"Oops~"

Yan Guang sighed dramatically, secretly giving the others a triumphant look, and said with feigned regret, "That's such a pity..."

As she spoke, she tossed both vials of anesthetic to Li Zheng, telling him to take them back.

"..."

Li Zheng looked at Yan Guang, who resembled a golden lion king, and couldn't quite understand what the other party was thinking.

If she truly coveted Feng Shan's good looks as she appeared, then in this situation, even if she forcibly gave Feng Shan an injection, he might not be able to resist.

But she gave up this great opportunity and instead used this unconventional method to encourage Fengshan to endure his current suffering.

No wonder the old folks say a woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea; it's truly unfathomable.

Li Zheng carefully put away the anesthetic, deciding to either resell it or use it himself if he got injured again.

As for Xiao Siyuan's statement about enduring pain?

Don't be silly. If there are items that can reduce pain, why not use them?
The only thing to be careful about is that you might not be able to control the dosage of the anesthetic yourself. In the future, you can consult some experts privately and learn about local anesthesia.

Well, forget about Xiao Siyuan. He advocates getting used to pain and adapting to it, so he probably won't teach me.

Fengshan's treatment was halfway complete. Before putting on the splint, Xiao Siyuan used a lot of hemostatic bandages.

Splints can accelerate bone healing, while hemostatic bandages can accelerate the healing of surgical wounds and also provide a certain degree of disinfection and sterilization.

According to Xiao Siyuan, medical expertise can enhance the effects of the healing items he uses, so Fengshan should be able to recover to its full potential soon.

Before that, perhaps we can finish the remaining exploration points first.

I glanced at the exploration progress indicator; only 10% remained.

After killing a large number of mechanical mantises and the mechanical giant, there was nothing left in the entire ancient ruins except for the team members.

"It seems that this last bit of exploration progress is not just about fighting monsters."

While pondering, Li Zheng suddenly felt someone tugging at his ear.

"Uh... Sakura?"

Turning around, I saw the little guy who had disappeared when the mechanical giant unleashed its electric attack.

“Mmm…Mmm…Mmm!”

Sakura hovered in front of Lee, gesturing with her two little paws as if trying to convey some kind of message.

After watching for a while, Li Zheng roughly understood what it meant, but he was a little puzzled as to why it was just gesturing without making a sound.

"You mean you found a door over there, and there's something inside?" Li Zheng asked it.

"Mmmmmmm!"

Sakura nodded, flicked her little paw, and gestured for Li Zheng to follow her.

Looking at the others, Xiao Siyuan was undergoing surgery, Feng Shan was passively undergoing surgery, Yan Guang was assisting Xiao Siyuan during surgery, and Zhan Zhouzhou...

"Huh? Where's Zhan Zhouzhou?"

"Are you looking for me?"

Looking back, Zhan Zhouzhou was standing behind him, watching Xiao Siyuan undergo surgery.

"..."

Li Zheng was a bit speechless. If you want to watch, where can't you stand?

They just happened to stand behind me.

He suddenly spoke, which startled me.

Too lazy to complain, Li Zheng pointed at Xiaoying and said, "The little one just discovered there's another room here. I'm going to see if I can finish the last bit of exploration. Do you want to come with me?"

"Humph."

When the little guy saw Zhan Zhouzhou looking at him, he turned his head away, seemingly not liking this bad woman who had bullied Li Zheng.

Seeing this, Zhan Zhouzhou shook her head and said, "Since it can come back from there, there shouldn't be any danger. I won't go."

"Row."

Li Zheng had only asked casually and didn't press the matter further, following Xiaoying towards the room she had discovered.

This metal hall is very spacious and has a very large area.

Li Zheng followed Xiaoying for nearly ten minutes before finding a half-open metal door.

The door's shape is very similar to those in the matrix, the only difference being that it doesn't have a light curtain membrane behind it.

Moreover, it is a double-sided opening device, but at this moment, perhaps due to a malfunction, a narrow gap appeared in the middle, just big enough for Sakura to squeeze through.

"right here?"

The door was half-open, and Li Zheng couldn't see what was inside. After Xiao Ying nodded, he took a few steps forward, grabbed both sides of the door with his hands, and used all his strength to pry it open.

"Phew~ Luckily I have Bronze++ physical abilities, someone else might not have been able to open it."

After opening the door, he took a breath.

Li Zhengxian observed the space and found that it was not large, only about fifty square meters, and contained some instruments.

"It's a pity that Old Pu is offline, otherwise we could have checked if there were any traps inside."

Although Sakura had already been inside, Li Zheng couldn't guarantee there weren't any pressure-triggered traps, so he stood at the door, took out a large number of iron ingots, and randomly threw them inside.

Only after confirming that there were no traps on the ground did he cautiously enter the room.

Only after he had collected all the iron ingots and safely arrived in front of the instrument did he feel completely at ease.

[Psychological Interference Device]

The matrix system provides the name of the instrument but does not explain its function.

"Could this thing... be the source of those inexplicable negative emotions?"

Li Zheng deduced the instrument's purpose from its name.

"However, apart from the initial impact when we first entered the ruins, the impact has actually decreased after several battles where we vented our frustrations."

Li Zheng carefully sensed it and found that although some slight negative emotions were still arising in his heart, they were not as severe as at the beginning.

"Let's turn it off first." I tried to find the operating instructions on the instrument, but to no avail.

Apart from a plug-like interface, Li Zheng couldn't find a single button on the instrument.

"Since we can't shut it down, we'll just demolish it by force."

Li Zheng was an expert at this; he directly took out a short metal rod from the capsule and pressed out the sword.

With his lightsaber in hand, Li Zheng chopped off a part of the mind interference device that resembled a small signal transmitter.

"Zizzi."

The electric fan flickered twice, and the instrument stopped operating.

After the mind interference device was destroyed, Li Zheng felt relieved, and the faint sense of suffocation that had been weighing on his heart completely disappeared.

"Comfortable!"

Li Zheng swung the lightsaber in his hand, very satisfied: "This is much better than iron ingots."

Looking at the damaged equipment, Li Zheng reached out and tried to silently recite: Decompose.

Previous attempts to disassemble the mechanical mantis had all failed, but this time it was the equipment that Li Zheng felt should be feasible.

Sure enough, a system notification appeared the next moment.

【玩家李正分解破损的心灵干扰装置，获得：心灵干扰装置制作图+1、动力核心Ⅳ型+1、奥利哈刚+1500g、中级模块+25、铁锭+20、铜锭+20、高级零部件+30】

"Ouch!"

Li Zheng was amazed on the spot.

Although the amount of items obtained from disassembling them was not large, they were of a very high level, with half of them being gold-grade materials.

"But this message prompts..."

Li Zheng frowned and stared at the panel, discovering that the decomposition information was actually shared by the entire team.

So now everyone else has seen what he has gained.

"If they see it, they see it. After all, the rewards for team-based dungeons should be made public."

Li Zheng thought this setting was quite reasonable. Otherwise, if he triggered a dungeon and his helper was too powerful, he would loot everything and end up with nothing. He might even be grateful to the helper who tricked him.

With the mind interference device dismantled, the exploration progress of the ancient ruins reached 93%.

"One piece of equipment equals three percent?"

Looking at the two remaining devices with different designs, Li Zheng didn't bother trying to operate them. Instead, he simply raised his lightsaber and started slashing.

"Fuck."

"Fuck."

……

After Xia Ji's eight cuts, the remaining two devices were also damaged, and Li Zheng disassembled them one by one.

【玩家李正分解破损的机械族科研核心，获得：动力核心Ⅳ型+1、动力核心Ⅳ型+1、奥利哈刚+1321g、中级模块+10、铁锭+50、铜锭+10、高级零部件+23、钛空合金+854g】

【玩家李正分解破损的机械刀螳装配中心，获得：动力核心Ⅳ型+1。奥利哈刚+818g、中级模块+80、铁锭+150、铜锭+120、高级零部件+38、钛空合金+421g】

"The harvest was pretty good. Although we didn't get any blueprints from the last two devices, the advanced materials we obtained from this exploration were quite considerable."

Li Zheng was quite satisfied with his gains, even though everything would eventually be divided into five parts, which would greatly reduce the amount of material he received.

Even so, the gains from this exploration of the ancient ruins are comparable in value to a normal day's exploration.

With the last two pieces of equipment disassembled, the exploration progress finally reached 100%.

[Ancient Ruins, 100% Exploration Complete]

[Congratulations to players: Li Zheng, Zhan Zhouzhou, Feng Shan, Yan Guang, and Xiao Siyuan for clearing the Ancient Ruins.]

[Each player who participates in the exploration and survives will receive two chances to win a prize.]

[This exploration has ended. All players will return to their original rooms immediately after the lottery.]

[Player Li Zheng has been given two chances to draw a prize. Shall he use them now?]

"Is this the end?"

Li Zheng was slightly taken aback.

During this exploration of the ancient ruins, apart from the later attack by the swarm of mantises, Li Zheng didn't even feel any strain.

This is such an easy dungeon, yet it requires a team of five to enter?
Is this a bit of a joke?
"Hmm... not right."

Upon careful consideration, Li Zheng realized that he had been one-sided.

First of all, the few small skirmishes inside the metal tunnel were indeed something any squad of players could have handled single-handedly.

Even if it's Fengshan, it's not too difficult, even if it takes some time.

However, after exiting the metal tunnel, the difficulty suddenly increased by more than one level.

Surrounded by hundreds of mechanical mantises, if Li Zheng hadn't possessed Bronze++ physical abilities, anyone else, even if they managed to dodge for a while, would ultimately be hacked to pieces by the swarm of mantises.

The reason Li Zheng felt relaxed was thanks to Yan Guang. The first two rounds of bombardment were too effective, reducing the number of mantis swarms by more than thirty, and the pressure instantly decreased.

With the help of several others, the group of mantises was quickly and easily wiped out.

However, the most terrifying thing in the entire ancient ruins was the last mechanical giant.

If Li Zheng hadn't had a flash of inspiration and used his capsule dwelling to block the first wave of electric attacks...

If Zhan Zhouzhou hadn't acted decisively, jumping onto the mechanical giant's arm to launch a counterattack...

If it weren't for Feng Shan's boldness and ruthlessness in taking the initiative to meet the mechanical giant's palm strike and risking the consequences to buy Zhan Zhouzhou a chance.

If it weren't for Yan Guang's powerful mechanical arm, Feng Shan wouldn't have been able to fly over there.

If it weren't for Xiao Siyuan's superb medical skills, Fengshan would still be lying there like a dead dog.

If it weren't for my extraordinary strength, discovering the mechanical giant's weakness, and shattering its power core with a single shot...

Without the concerted efforts of these individuals, each contributing their unique strengths, any other team would have undoubtedly suffered casualties during this exploration of the ancient ruins.

Even total annihilation!

"what?

Why does it feel like a certain man surnamed Feng is involved in every factor that led to the defeat of the Mechanical Giant?

Li Zheng suddenly wondered, could it be that Fengshan was the biggest contributor to this exploration?

(End of this chapter)