Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 43 The Essence of Humanity

"Oh well, if it's gone, it's gone."

Li Zheng turned around nonchalantly and followed the edge of the room, searching for the metal door to the next room.

"Having one child is already a lot of trouble, why would you want a second one?"

Glancing at Sakura, who was fast asleep on the edge of his pocket with bubbles hanging from her nose, Li Zheng suddenly realized that having more pets wasn't necessarily better.

"I don't expect you to be my helper anymore. I'll find a chance to get you two cheering sticks, and you can be in charge of cheering during the battle."

I stroked the sleeping little guy and watched him unconsciously lift his head, hug his fingers, looking completely at ease.

Li Zheng smiled indulgently, not pulling his finger away, and let it hold him.

……

Your luck is incredible! There are three armored wild boars behind this door. If you're ruthless enough, wipe out this family of three!
Low threat level.

Twenty minutes later, Li Zheng found the first metal door and was greeted with a small surprise.

"It's still early, no rush to go in. Let's look for the remaining two doors."

After leaving, Li Zheng found an open door twenty minutes later, with a red light flashing on the card reader at the door.

The wolves are right here, and so is your little helper, but it's been turned against you by the pack, so... I still suggest you go and take out that family of three.

"..."

Li Zheng remained silent as he looked at the information provided by the Eye of Preys.

What grudge does this thing have against pigs?
Why did you keep urging me to go into that room?

Next room!
Twenty minutes later...

Although I really want to lie, because if I did, you would definitely kill that family of three! But I can't lie!
There are some devices and blueprints behind this door, but be careful of traps.

Guess who the trap-buster is?
Oh ho ho ho ho!
It's definitely not you!

"Damn it! You're talking more and more nonsense."

Li Zheng inexplicably missed the old detectors. Although they couldn't detect the contents of the room behind the door, at least they were very honest.

"The equipment and blueprints indicate there's a filing table in this room. Even if we dismantle the filing table, there won't be many materials. We might as well take out that family of three..."

Li Zheng suddenly paused, "Damn it! I've been led astray. How did I end up saying 'take care of that family of three'?"

Indeed, the essence of humanity is that of a repeating machine.

Go back and swipe your card to enter.

The moment Li Zheng stepped out of the light curtain, he heard pig squeals coming from not far away.

Looking down, the room was a non-metallic structure, with jagged rocks and gusts of wind.

"This is... a canyon environment?"

Looking back, the metal door behind me is embedded in the cliff face, with an opaque light curtain flowing endlessly.

Looking up, the cliff face became increasingly steep, wider at the bottom and narrower at the top.

"A spout-shaped...is that a sinkhole environment?"

Li Zheng withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the approaching 'family of three': 'The environment doesn't matter, the front line... I mean, let's kill these three wild boars first.'

The Desert Eagle slipped from Li Zheng's hand, and he stepped forward to close the distance.

Three armored wild boars, two large and one small.

When they first saw Li Zheng, two larger wild boars were already blocking his way. At this moment, Li Zheng quickly closed the distance, and one of them shouted behind him.

Without looking back, the little wild boar turned and ran away.

"They really are a family of three."

Li Zheng frowned, remained unmoved, and once he reached the effective firing range, he raised his gun and fired.

boom!
The gun fired, and the bullet left the barrel.

It was just a Black Iron-level Armored Wild Boar, so Li Zheng didn't even use Ice and Fire Attachment and started the battle directly in normal shooting mode.

The armored boar lowered its head, revealing a thick layer of barbs on its forehead made of stone armor. The energy blast fired by the bronze-level Desert Eagle failed to penetrate the armor, only sending out a few sparks.

"Such tough armor!"

Li Zheng's eyes narrowed slightly. With his body strengthened, he was gradually able to control the recoil of the Desert Eagle.

Pull your arm down and aim again.

"Ice and Fire Attachment - Fire Element!"

Red fire elemental energy clung to the muzzle of the gun. Just as Li Zheng was about to fire, two wild boars on the opposite side plowed the ground and charged towards him with a thunderous roar.

The massive, armored wild boars, as large as small mountains, moved with the force of two heavy trucks, causing the ground to tremble.

The two armored boars charged headfirst, a faint yellowish-brown light gathering on the spikes of their armor.

In the shadows, the spikes appeared longer and sharper, gleaming with a faint metallic sheen.

[Don't doubt it, they have indeed developed genetic abilities, otherwise how could the blood of the armored boar improve their physique?]
But this is nothing to you.

Is it right?】

The notification from the Eye of Preys appeared, and Li Zheng smiled faintly. "Indeed, it's nothing to mention."

"boom!"

A fiery roar erupted as lava bullets shot out of the barrel.

Bang!
Thump!
A wild boar was hit, its skull exploded instantly, its brains splattered all over the ground, and it rolled more than ten meters under the impact before finally collapsing, lifeless.

One shot.

Instant kill!

The death of its companion spurred another armored boar.

"Roar!"

In its enraged state, the armored boar's eyes turned bloodshot, and its charging speed increased even further.

With an unstoppable momentum, they were determined to smash Li Zheng into a pulp in one fell swoop.

"A pig is a pig. It can't think outside the box, and it can't even think outside the box when it charges. If it just dodges like that, wouldn't that be too unfair... a pig?"

Li Zheng maintained his speed and charged towards the armored boar.

Just as the two were about to make contact, he pressed his legs down slightly, then suddenly straightened them and leaped high into the air.

"Ice and Fire Attachment - Ice Type!"

While suspended in mid-air, passing over the head of a wild boar, Li Zheng turned his aim, activated his genetic ability, and an icy blue chill appeared at the muzzle of his gun.

"boom!"

The gun barrels were raised high.

The ice spike missile pierced through the air and the boar's skull, shattering into countless fragments that tore its brain apart. The fragments then gushed out from its nostrils and dripped onto the ground.

"Woo... Roar!"

With a muffled scream, the second armored boar swayed a few times and collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Snapped!
Li Zheng tumbled several times in the air before landing steadily, the Desert Eagle spinning rapidly in his hand before he gripped it tightly.

"Whoo~"

Blowing away the non-existent gunpowder smoke from the muzzle, Li Zheng suddenly turned his arm and pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

"Tum."

But the little armored boar, who had returned at some unknown time, died from this shot.

The battle is over.

Li Zheng put away the Desert Eagle, looked up at the sky, and seemed lost in thought.

Are you feeling down?

Go and break it down first; once you've broken it down, you won't be so upset anymore.

The Eye of Preys then provides a clue, the words of which are ruthless and cold-blooded.

"Melancholy?"

Li Zheng looked at the corpses of the three armored wild boars and nodded in acknowledgment.

"A little bit, indeed."

Whether it was the two adult wild boars telling the young boars to avoid the battle before it started, or the young boars returning despite the danger, it all demonstrates the power of human nature.

All of this made Li Zheng feel a little sorry for him.

Am I being a bit too saintly?

Li Zheng muttered to himself, unsure whether he was asking the Eye of Preys or himself.

"嘤嘤!"

Sakura flew back from a short distance away, furious.

But when Li Zheng jumped up, the little guy was thrown out, which was his way of protesting.

Li Zheng reached out and caught Sakura, then put her back in his pocket and walked towards the armored boar carcass.

Starting with the wild boar, they proceeded to dismantle each one one by one.

Disassembling the Armored Boar yields: 250ml Armored Boar Blood, 12 Armored Boar Meat, and 1 Armored Boar Core.

Disassemble the armored boar to obtain...

Disassembling a young Armored Boar yields: 100ml Armored Boar Blood, 5 Armored Boar Meat, and 2 Identity Cards.

"Identity card!"

Li Zheng's eyes narrowed. "There are actually two!"

This means that at least two players were killed and eventually eaten by the three wild boars.

Are you still feeling down?

(End of this chapter)