Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

The wriggling behavior of the blood and flesh was brief, falling silent again in an instant, but a cruel and bloodthirsty roar came from within.

It was like an ancient beast that hadn't fed in ages, smelling the scent of food, impatient.

"Such high defense." Li Zheng couldn't believe it, his full-force strike with a Diamond Level weapon in Power Demon Incarnation was actually bounced back!

"You can withstand one sword, but I don't believe you can withstand ten, a hundred swords!"

Even dripping water can pierce through stone. Li Zheng didn't believe that after a few more tries, he couldn't break through the defense of the blood and flesh. He raised his sword to go again.

"Wait a minute!" Zhan Zhouzhou suddenly spoke up, stopping Li Zheng who was about to attack again, and pointed at the layer of flesh, saying, "Don't you feel like this thing doesn't seem to be the BOSS's true form?"

"Not the true form?" Li Zheng looked at Zhan Zhouzhou in surprise, not understanding why she had such an idea.

The sword that struck just now made him feel it very clearly, this layer of blood and flesh was evidently a living thing.

"Yes, it's not the true form." Zhan Zhouzhou voiced her thoughts, "Think back, isn't it true that in every dungeon, the BOSS always appears last?"

"I think this layer of flesh might just be to prevent the monster inside from coming out, and also to protect it from harm from the Outer World. It's a shackle, a cage, and also a kind of protection."

Zhan Zhouzhou said, "Of course, if you want to keep trying to attack, go ahead, but if the first attack already couldn't break the defense after using over seventy percent of your power, then it's just a waste of effort."

"Actually, it might not be..." Li Zheng recalled the dungeons he'd been in. Most dungeon BOSSs showed up last, but they were generally right under their noses before appearing, quite similar to this biochemical restricted zone.

However, Li Zheng was also certain that dungeon BOSSs could indeed be found and killed early, just like the one he did with Wang Chaoran in that recent dungeon.

In the desert dungeon, Li Zheng found where the BOSS was within a few minutes. If it weren't for wasting time trying to break something akin to a hibernation pod, he would have resolved the battle before Wang Chaoran and the others got there.

Li Zheng recounted the task process of the desert dungeon to Zhan Zhouzhou.

Zhan Zhouzhou asked, "Do you think if breaking the BOSS 'control' device in one area took that long, how long would it take to break through in a second region dungeon? What's more, it's hard to even breach the defense this time."

"Alright, you have a point." Li Zheng dispelled the Power Demon Incarnation, returning to normal, "So what do we do now? Wait outside or go back to join up with Old Xiao and the others?"

He was keen to try again, but on second thought, even using the Diamond Level weapon in Power Demon Incarnation couldn't breach the blood and flesh, so continued attempts might be futile, reluctantly deciding to give up.

Li Zheng suggested two options, but Zhan Zhouzhou didn't choose either. Instead, she walked to the front of the room, directly looking at the blood and flesh, carefully examining for a while, then suddenly said with a serious face, "Don't you think this... is an organ?"

"An organ?" With her suggestion, Li Zheng also thought it looked like a picture he'd seen in a biology book, "The organ you're talking about wouldn't be..."

"A womb!" Zhan Zhouzhou said confidently, "This is the womb of some creature, and it's been extracted alive after a viral infection!"

"Huh... alive extraction? Isn't that brutal?" Li Zheng had his own opinion, "I think this thing is more like a jellyfish or some marine creature, mutated after being infected by a virus."

Zhan Zhouzhou lifted her delicate chin, "Look above, and you'll see."

Above?

What could be there?

Li Zheng stepped forward, following the blood and flesh upwards, and discovered that it wasn't completely affixed to the room. Through the gaps, he could see numerous variously sized pipes connecting to the blood and flesh.

Some pipes were still wriggling inside, seemingly transporting some sort of substance into it.

This was clearly a bio-organ womb placed outside, kept viable through special means!

"Now, what do you think it looks like?" Zhan Zhouzhou asked.

Li Zheng shrugged, "I have to admit, you're right this time."

Li Zheng thought this might be the quirkiest BOSS he'd ever encountered; the players had reached it, yet it hadn't even been born...

Logically speaking, taking action now to let it die before birth would be the wisest choice.

But as seen from Li Zheng's earlier attempts, relying solely on their current strength, it would be difficult to achieve.

Even Li Zheng couldn't breach it with one sword; others might not be able to either.

"It's a bit troublesome. If Old Pu weren't suppressed, it could surely detect some weaknesses." Li Zheng looked at the still wriggling blood and flesh, thinking that if they could find its weak point and attack accordingly, they might be able to take down the BOSS in advance.

"Looks like this dungeon can't be rushed." Zhan Zhouzhou drew out her weapon, turned around, and walked to the front of an "Observatory" room.

That was the room containing the biochemical Centaur Taurus.

"Before the BOSS officially appears, we should try to kill a few more undead creatures." Zhan Zhouzhou slashed through the transparent wall with a sword, sidestepped to avoid the rushing Centaur Taurus zombie, then effortlessly and cleanly chopped the massive bull's head to the ground.

After killing one zombie, she didn't stop and moved to another observatory room. Seeing Li Zheng still standing there, she said, "You better come and help with the kill. I have a strong feeling that if we don't kill more zombie creatures before the BOSS emerges, it might cause us significant trouble."