Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day - Chapter 27

Chapter 27 Ice and Fire Elements

[Ice and Fire Resistance)

(Grade: Platinum)

[Type: Elemental]

(Level 1]

(0/100]

[Active effect: When activated, it attaches ice and fire elements to the surface of objects, weapons, or ammunition.]

(Passive effect: Cold and heat won’t affect the player.]

[Energy consumption: Based on the size of the attached object, genetic force is consumed. Basic energy consumption is 1]

“Isn’t the description too simple?”

Li Zheng frowned.

Even the power and other values were not specified. It was not intuitive at all.

“Let’s try it.”

He wanted to take out a gun from his capsule, but nothing was there.

“Oh, I just placed the capsule…”

He scratched his head.

Only then did Li Zheng recall that he did not have the capsule with him because he placed it outside to let Chirpy hide there.

When the capsule was placed, players would not be able to take items out from it without going in.

He got up to take a look and realized that he had placed the capsule at the edge of the room, blocking a metal door.

“Chirp, chirp!”

The moment the door was opened, Chirpy rushed out and circled around Li Zheng to check if he was injured.

The little creature was relieved to see that Li Zheng was fine. It threw itself into Li Zheng’s arms and rubbed its face against Li Zheng ‘s.

It was clear that the little creature had been worried sick.

“Haha, I’m fine, aren’t I?”

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

“Chirp, chirp, chirp!”

Chirpy suddenly became angry, pointing at Li Zheng and shouting loudly. It looked like it was blaming Li Zheng for putting her in danger twice and making her worry.

It even warned him not to do this again. “Alright, alright. I’ll listen to you.” Li Zheng nodded perfunctorily and brought Chirpy into the capsule. “But you need to grow up quickly too. By then, you might be able to protect me.”

“Chirp!”

Chirpy sat on Li Zheng’s hand and nodded seriously.

“Oh?”

He looked around the residence and found that the silk spider’s gland had been thrown at the door. At this time, it was missing a piece, and there were small teeth marks on it.

“Looks like you thought the same,” Li Zheng said with a smile.

“Chirp.”

Xiao Ying turned her head innocently.

I’m not trying to protect you, I just want to grow up faster.

“But!”

Li Zheng put on a stern face and pretended to be serious. “In the future, you’re not allowed to eat this kind of meat raw, do you hear me?”

“Chirp?”

Chirpy was puzzled.

Wasn’t the flower that raw?

“It’s not the same. Ginseng flowers were plants. Vegetables or fruits can be eaten raw.”

“But this gland was obviously taken from an animal. What if there are parasites or germs inside?”

“What if you fall sick?”

“What if you get infected with parasites?”

“Chirp?” Parasite?

Xiao Ying had a disdainful expression on her face.

It was not afraid of a small parasite!

Li Zheng looked at its nonchalant expression and tried to scare it. “If you get infected with parasites, you’ll become ugly.”

“Chirp?”

Become ugly?

“Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!”

I don’t want to become ugly!

I won’t eat raw food anymore!

As expected, Chirpy was so frightened that it kept shaking its head and crying out.

“It’s still a ‘child’ after all, so easy to be convinced.”

Seeing that his plan had worked, Li Zheng bent down and picked up the spider gland. “Just in time. I can use this to test my ability.”

With that in mind, Li Zheng immediately activated the Ice and Fire Resistance skill and chose only the fire element.

The next moment, a flame rose from his hand and engulfed the gland of the silk spider in the blink of an eye.

“Chirp, chirp, chirp!”

Chirpy looked at the flame that had suddenly appeared and jumped in shock. It shouted loudly to remind Li Zheng to quickly put it out.

The high temperature of the pillar of fire just now still scared it.

“It’s fine. This is my ability. It’s just like your ability to fly. It can’t hurt me,”

Li Zheng tried to calm the agitated little creature, his eyes fixed on the spider gland that was wrapped in flames.

Grease seeped out of the gland and dripped onto the ground. The surface began to gradually turn brown.

“It’s quite fragrant after being roasted.”

He looked at the number representing his genetic force.

78/100.

“Almost one point of genetic force per second?”

The price-performance ratio was not great. 100 points of genetic force would be completely consumed in less than two minutes.

“Although the temperature is indeed quite high.”

Li Zheng grabbed the spider gland with one hand. Although it was wrapped in flames, Li Zheng did not feel any heat, only warmth.

“It seems like the cold and heat resistance is at work.”

“Let me see if I can adjust the temperature.”

The moment the thought appeared, Li Zheng realized that he could control the size and shape of the flame.

The size of the flame could be made smaller, and the consumption could also be reduced.

Similarly, the consumption rate could also be increased.

He could drain all of his genetic force in an instant. However, this was just an experiment, and there was no need to go to that extent.

“If I maintain a spark like that of a lighter, the consumption is pretty low.”

Li Zheng waited for a minute, holding the flame like a normal lighter in his hand. In the end, his genetic force not only didn’t decrease, but increased by one point.

He looked at the time. A minute had passed since the ignition.

“My genetic force recovers a bit every minute. If I use it all up, I’ll need close to two hours to recover it to its full value.”

“And this is after I consumed a platinum-grade item. Perhaps the upper limit of my genetic force is higher because of that, or perhaps my recovery speed is faster than others.”

As for players who used low-level items to develop their abilities, if they encountered a difficult opponent in a room, their genetic force would be completely exhausted.

After he killed an enemy, he would definitely need to rest for a period of time before his genetic force was fully recovered.

“So, even if others have abilities and explore ten rooms a day, they can’t do it quickly.”

Li Zheng thought about Feng Shan who had been chatting in the regional chat. “So, how good is Feng Shan’s ability? He actually cleared all ten rooms today before 10 o’clock after consuming the flame flower?”

It was no wonder that he could swallow his anger and even “lower his voice” after being bullied by him so many times.

It was because he owed him a favor.

“It’s a pity that I can’t tell others that I get a random treasure chest every day. Otherwise, I’ll ask Feng Shan to help me open the chests. With his luck, I might be able to get a critical hit in every chest.”

“Damn it!”

Since he was almost done testing the fire element, Li Zheng decided to trade for a small bottle of salt at the price of two fallen ginseng flowers and made some roasted “pork belly” for Chirpy.

Although it was actually a silk spider’s gland, and was specially for pets to eat, it was still a very rare item.

But that didn’t stop Li Zheng from drooling.

After he was done, he checked the item’s information and made sure that the effects were not altered. Then, Li Zheng tore off a small piece and handed it to Chirpy.

The rest of them were frozen into ice blocks with his ice ability.

This was to prolong the storage time. Otherwise, if it was left for another two days, the roasted glands would spoil.

“It’s quite convenient. We don’t even need a refrigerator.”

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

During the process, he tried to attach fire to the bullets. After that, the Desert Eagle no longer fired energy bullets, but red bullets that had a magma-like texture.

It hit the metal ground and caused a pit the size of a basin.

A blue ice crystal bullet was fired with ice attached to it. It hit the ground, shattering the ice and creating a small hole.

What was interesting was that when Li Zheng tried to fire both elements at the same time, the bullets he fired turned into two colors, but the power level was the average of the two.

However, the consumption had doubled.

In summary, one shot consumed 1 genetic force point per element.]

After he switched the Desert Eagle to special shooting mode, an accident occurred.

In this mode, if Li Zheng were to fire with his fire element, the recoil and the sound of the gun would be reduced, but the power and effect would be the same as normal shooting.

This was because the snake grass needles were burned to ashes the moment they left the chamber.

However, there was no such problem with the ice element. In fact, the power of the snake grass needles was much stronger than before.

After hitting the target, it could even cause both frost and poison effects, which was very powerful.

After testing out all the effects, Li Zheng took out two fiber balls from his ears and twirled the Desert Eagle around his fingers.

Suddenly, Li Zheng felt that something was wrong.

He lowered his head.

“F*ck, where did my clothes go?”

At this point, Li Zheng had one less set of clothes, and the 160 units of fiber he had stuffed into his clothes were gone.