Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 88 Wild treasure chest?

"..."

After scanning all the metal doors, although Li Zheng had gradually gotten used to the unreliable prompts from the Eye of Preys, he still couldn't help but want to complain:

"Didn't you already pick them all out for me? It seems like you don't recommend me go to any of them except for that high-temperature room, right?"

【…】

Preys' Eye did not respond, making it seem as if Li Zheng had made a fool of himself.

"..."

"To be honest, I am indeed interested in that special crop."

The high-temperature chamber was above Li Zheng's head. At this moment, he was extremely grateful that he had a flying vehicle, which would give him two more options when exploring in the future.

Moreover, to avoid the awkward situation of having the items he needs above and below but not being able to get them, Li Zheng hasn't looked at the doors in those two directions much these days.

"Sigh... I don't even know how many good things I've missed these past few days."

Li Zheng shook his head, and with a thought, the aircraft behind him emitted a powerful burst of gas, propelling him into the sky.

Upon reaching the door, Li Zheng's Desert Eagle disappeared, and he took out his ID card to open the door.

After the door opened, Li Zheng placed his hand on Xiao Ying and activated his gene ability.

"Ice and Fire Attachment - Ice Type!"

99/100
The genetic force consumed its most basic element, and a pale blue chill appeared in Li Zheng's palm, slowly spreading to Xiaoying's entire body.

"Yingying?"

Sakura tilted her head, not understanding what was happening, and the next second she was shivering like a leaf from the cold.

"嘤嘤嘤!!"

It cried out and frantically flapped its wings, trying to break free from Li Zheng's cold hand, but Li Zheng, who had reacted quickly, grabbed its little paws.

"Bear with it, it's not that cold, it'll be fine in a bit."

Li Zheng comforted it for a moment, then ignored the little guy's loud protests and flew into the membrane.

Day 5, first room.

As the light faded, a wave of heat hit us, the scorching air steamed, and the smell of sulfur filled the air.

Li Zheng is immune to heat and cold, so he naturally cannot feel the temperature.

Sakura, however, is different.

Just a moment ago it was shivering from the cold and trying to break free, but now it clung to Li Zheng's hand, refusing to let go no matter what.

The cold and heat intertwine, creating a peculiar sensation of being cold inside and hot outside on the little guy's body. Occasionally, the heat will penetrate the cold air, and the alternation of hot and cold is very uncomfortable.

"See? Would I ever harm you?"

Li Zheng slightly increased the amount of cold air to counteract the high temperature, then quickly surveyed the room, searching for his target.

This is an underground cavern. Not far from the metal door on the ground, there is a pool of dark red lava, from which the high temperature inside this room comes.

Li Zheng spotted his target in a crevice beside the lava pool.

A dark red plant that only reached his knees, leafless, with only a single fruit shaped like a fist, exactly the size of an adult's hand.

Firefist Fruit, Gold Grade, Ripe
Description: A thermophilic and unusual plant that typically only grows to maturity around lava and cannot be transplanted into a petri dish.

Effect: There is a 10% chance of developing fire-type gene abilities after consumption.

Note: There is a 20% chance that it may cause minor harm to the consumer.

If the consumer already possesses a fire-type gene ability, consuming the food before that ability is fully upgraded will only increase the user's experience points and will not allow them to develop new abilities.

Old Pu's Review: This thing has a really awful name. How about we call it "Aisiguo"?

"This is a good product. The success rate is much higher than that of the Flame Flower, and the chance of triggering negative effects is also much lower."

"But it can't be transplanted into a petri dish? Even if I put lava in, it still won't work?"

No, it simply won't work. It has very strict requirements for its growth environment; it's not as simple as just growing around lava.

Forget about transplanting it into a petri dish; if you pull it out now, it will wither and die the next second.

Pick the fruit and hurry up, the little guy can't hold on much longer.

"That's such a shame..."

Li Zheng sighed, grabbed the Fire Fist Fruit and roughly tore it off. After quickly taking a screenshot of its attributes, he ate it in a few bites, got up and left the room.

The Fire Fist Fruit was warm to the touch, or perhaps scalding hot, but because Li Zheng was immune to heat and cold, he only felt it was warm.

After consuming a gold-grade Fire Fist Fruit, it only increased the Ice and Fire Attachment's upgrade experience by 25 points, which was not as good as Li Zheng had expected.

"Could it be that because it's a dual-element ability, the quantity and quality of items required for upgrading are higher?" Li Zheng guessed that might be the case. "If I were to eat Flame Flowers to upgrade my ability, wouldn't I need at least ten?"

Thinking about whether to make a few more cultivation dishes, save some seeds after the first batch of Flameflowers matured, and plant a few more, Li Zheng looked at the five metal doors in the room. This lava room wasn't very large, only about half the size of a football field. Li Zheng flew to the center of the room and could just detect all the doors.

Behind this door are two bronze-level creatures, low threat level.

There are some materials behind this door; watch out for traps.

Behind this door are some food items and facilities.

Behind this door is a box, which may contain some good things, but beware of its guard; it is treacherous.

The temperature behind this door is extremely low, close to absolute zero, which your pet cannot withstand. If you don't want it to be roasted alive by the freezing temperatures, we suggest you don't choose this door.

"There's a box?"

The door was overhead again, so Li Zhengfei went up, swiped his card to open it, and said, "Let's go in and take a look."

Day 5, second room.

Upon entering the room, the temperature instantly returned to normal. Li Zheng dispelled his genetic abilities, and the cold air quickly dissipated after losing its supply.

"Hey..."

Sakura was somewhat listless. Even though Li Zheng had sped up the exploration and tried his best to control the output of the cold air, he still managed to freeze her quite badly.

"Haqiu!"

The little guy sneezed, and some snot came out of his nose; it seemed he had caught a cold.

The little one is still growing and has a weak constitution. He caught a cold after being subjected to extreme cold and heat.

Pets are living beings too; they can get sick, can't they?

Don't worry, just give it a few cold medicine pills and it will be cured.

Are you worried that it can take the same medicines that humans take?

Are you kidding me?
Of course it can!

"Cold medicine?"

Li Zheng quickly searched the trading hall, and finally reluctantly spent five Black Iron-grade Dynamic Cores to buy five powerful cold medicine pills. He put away four pills and handed them to Xiaoying.

"Here, take your medicine first."

"Hey?"

What is medicine?
Tasty?
Sakura's eyes lit up as soon as she heard there was something she had never eaten before, forgetting all about her cold and discomfort.

"Ah woo~"

(￣～￣)
Crunch, crunch, the cold medicine was chewed to pieces, and the bitter taste instantly spread throughout the mouth.

“yuer~”

The next moment, Sakura's face fell, and she opened her mouth to vomit.

"Hey..."

This stuff is so bitter!
Li Zheng reacted quickly, covering its mouth and lifting it upwards, causing it to instinctively swallow.

Sakura: (Д)
That... that awful thing... I swallowed it!
"Waaaaah..."

Sakura angrily jumped around on Li Zheng's shoulder, wasting her last bit of energy. Then, the weakness from her cold returned, and she became listless again.

"Alright, alright, would I ever hurt you?"

Li Zheng tried to comfort it again, and the words sounded familiar as soon as he said them. It seemed like he had said the same thing in the previous room, which resulted in Xiaoying catching a cold.

Sakura: "..."

Li Zheng: "..."

Ignoring the resentful Sakura, Li Zheng began to explore the room.

The room layout this time was quite peculiar: a wide and deep canyon with light falling from an opening at the top, and a structure resembling an altar standing at the bottom.

The altar was very tall, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, shaped like a pyramid. At the very top, Li Zheng found the box that the Eye of Preys had hinted at.

Li Zheng urged the aircraft to fly to the top of the altar at the same height. Instead of rushing forward to check what was in the box, he scanned the other areas.

"The guard... has been found!"

In the shadows of the altar, Li Zheng noticed something unusual; there seemed to be a black object of a slightly different color.

Congratulations! You have successfully discovered the insidious Watcher. Now... how do you plan to deal with it?

Friendly reminder: It's immune to physical attacks.

Perhaps sensing Li Zheng's gaze and knowing that it had been exposed, the watcher hidden in the shadows slowly... floated out.

(End of this chapter)