Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 195 Fallen Abyss
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The first thing Li Zheng did upon entering the instance was to check the basic information.

"The abyss of depravity?"

Li Zheng muttered to himself, "What's the connection between this and those abyssal monsters?"

"Or is it that all the abyssal monsters come from here?"

Information is scarce, and it's hard to say for sure.

"No matter what, we'll get it through."

The first level of all dungeons is very simple. The final boss is usually a platinum-level boss, which is generally a high threat to Li Zheng at the moment. With a little effort, he can win in a one-on-one fight.

Looking around, it was a bit dark, and I couldn't see the surroundings clearly.

Li Zheng took out the mysterious declaration, and bright light scattered in all directions, but was swallowed up within a meter around him.

Upon closer inspection, Li Zheng felt a chill run down his spine: "There's a very thick black fog in the air. This is troublesome."

It's really troublesome.

In order to complete the task of transitioning to a managerial position, Li Zheng specially brought in four useless junior colleagues.

Now we're in a black fog environment, and the dungeon monsters are obviously hiding in the fog, so we don't know which direction they'll attack from.

Since he couldn't see through the black mist himself, once he charged into it, he would have difficulty taking care of others.

Unless he stays by guarding the others, passively defending, and surviving the low-level monsters in front.

But besides the safety of others, there is another big problem facing Li Zheng.

That is exploration.

Some of these dungeons only require killing monsters to accumulate enough exploration points, while others require the entire map to be explored.

Ancient ruins are one example.

To explore, one must venture deep into the black fog. At that time, Li Zheng may not have the energy to take care of everyone. If he encounters attacks from all sides or the BOSS bypasses him to attack the weaker ones first, it will be a big problem for him.

Xiao Siyuan helped Lin Fengjiao follow Li Zheng into the instance. After seeing the environment, his expression changed: "The enemy is in the dark while we are in the light. It's like giving away free kills."

He thought about things even more than Li Zheng.

If the monsters in this dungeon have ranged attack units, the four of them will have a hard time surviving.

The other two players entered the instance and looked around curiously.

This was their first time encountering a dungeon, and their understanding of it was rather vague.

One of them said, "With such low visibility, is this some kind of fog of war setting?"

"Fog of war?"

Xiao Siyuan turned to look at him: "What fog of war?"

Another player quickly explained, "It's a feature of MOBA games where the game map is hidden from the player, and the player can only briefly see the areas they've explored."

“But that’s from a 2D view on the computer, where players have a God’s-eye view,” the first player added. “It’s not necessarily the same in the Matrix. I was just saying that offhand.”

"Oh."

Xiao Siyuan nodded, looking at Li Zheng without saying anything.

Li Zheng understood what he meant. After thinking for a moment, he turned to Xiao Ying and said, "You two stay here and guard them. I'll go into the black mist to explore."

Pink Poring followed Sakura into the dungeon. Although Li Zheng was curious about how it did it, he didn't say much.

The Poli tribe can only make silly "Poli Poli" noises, and Li Zheng can't get an answer no matter how much he asks.

Upon receiving the instruction, Sakura immediately patted her chest and assured him, "Aww!"

He casually tossed the earth dragon crystal core to Li Zheng, asking him to keep it safe.

"Polly?"

Pink Polly turned to look at Sakura, seemingly not quite understanding.

"Ow~"

Sakura started to explain to it.

"Polly!"

Pink Wave nodded vigorously, transforming into two strange fist-like arms, which swaggered around.

Li Zheng: "..."

Amazing! How do you two, who are of different races, communicate?
When I usually communicate with Sakura, I rely on seven parts intuition and three parts guessing. But with you guys, there's no communication barrier?

It's confirmed that he's using a language cheat. However, with Pink Polly helping to protect him, Li Zheng can rest assured.

After all, this is a creature capable of unleashing platinum-level power, so dealing with some of the early-game monsters shouldn't be too difficult.

Just to be on the safe side, Li Zheng took out two gold-grade firearms and tossed them to the two low-powered players for self-defense.

He repeatedly reminded Xiaoying not to neglect their duties and to protect everyone.

Only then, carrying the mysterious declaration, did he step into the black mist.

Without the illumination effect of the mysterious declaration, Xiao Siyuan and the others were suddenly plunged into eerie darkness.

The black mist seemed to have the property of isolating sound; as soon as Li Zheng left, Xiao Siyuan and the others could no longer hear a single footstep from him.

There was dead silence all around.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Siyuan suddenly heard Lin Fengjiao whisper a reminder: "Something has arrived, and there's a lot of it."

Before he could ask how the other party knew, Xiao Siyuan pulled out a flashlight, turned it on, and handed it to Lin Fengjiao: "You point in the direction, and we'll attack."

"it is good."

As the soft voice faded, the faint beam of the flashlight pointed to their left.

Xiao Siyuan shouted the order, reminding the two players: "Fire! Shoot in the direction your flashlight is shining!"

The two then seemed to realize they were dreaming and raised their guns to fire.

Da da da……

Fortunately, the two of them didn't forget to prepare bullets.

Xiao Siyuan was not idle either. He took out his weapon and kept watch around to prevent any stragglers from breaking through the black mist and attacking them.

Suddenly, there was a loud sound of gunfire.

Sakura and Pink Polly blocked their way two meters away. One spat out rock projectiles into the black mist, while the other thrust her fists into the mist and threw wild punches.

……

On the other side, Li Zheng walked through the black mist carrying the mysterious declaration, with a bright light always remaining within a meter radius around him.

It was very quiet around him; there was no sound except for his own breathing and heartbeat.

Even though Xiao Siyuan and the others were already engaged in battle, he didn't hear a single sound.

With his vision obstructed, Li Zheng could only walk forward in one direction, constantly watching his footing. His shield had already been activated, but it was not triggered by the black mist.

As he walked, Li Zheng suddenly noticed that the stone slabs on the ground had changed.

The originally smooth ground now has some texture.

This pattern looks familiar; I think I saw it not long ago.

"The summoning circle on the Abyss Altar?"

As if triggered by Li Zheng's voice, the patterns on the ground suddenly glowed with a faint purple light, flickering like breathing.

But with each cycle of brightening and dimming, the fluorescence brightens by one point.

The brighter the fluorescence, the thinner the black fog in the air becomes.

“Summon, Platinum…” Li Zheng’s face was grim: “Could it be the Eye Demon?”

He didn't want to face that strange creature again, as it made him feel like his thoughts were being manipulated.

He hated that feeling from the bottom of his heart.

"I'll break your summoning circle, let's see how you get out then!"

With a cutting blade appearing in his hand, Li Zheng slashed the ground with his sword, attempting to disrupt the patterns.

Ding!
The longsword slashed out, sending sparks flying.

The patterns were not damaged at all, and the seemingly ordinary stone slabs on the ground were completely unmarked.

"Gan!"

Li Zheng abandoned his idea of ​​destroying the magic circle and continued to delve deeper along the patterns, trying to find the center of the summoning magic circle.

Since we can't destroy it, we should go to where it came from before it's fully summoned and catch it off guard.

However, they had only taken a few steps.

Li Zheng saw several strange and twisted figures appear in the black mist before him.

(End of this chapter)