"What the hell!" Li Zheng decisively paused the operation of extracting the treasure chest.
He counted on his fingers and realized he actually didn’t lack anything of Diamond Level right now.
Weapons included the Sheathed Sword, a blacksmith’s work, of Diamond Quality, absolutely reliable—Li Zheng had been practicing with it for several days without a single visible notch.
As for armor, in a couple of days, Li Chun would finish making a soft armor from Earth Dragon hide and scales, which should not have poor defense, right?
For mobility, there were the Eye Demon War Boots. Despite only being Platinum Level, Li Zheng felt he could use them until he died without needing a replacent.
Instant teleportation within three ters, there was no reason to replace them no matter how he thought about it.
Unless sothing stronger with the sa ability ca along...
And then there was the Hover Propulsion Device.
This thing was only Gold Level, and it always consud a lot of energy. Since he started using it, Li Zheng had already consud more than ten Gold Level Power Cores!
Burning up his already limited resources at a rate of nearly one per day.
But there was no choice. Before he mastered the Thunder Attribute flying ability, Li Zheng still had to rely on it.
After all, it was a flight tool, wasn’t it?
The cost performance was really too high!
It’s like the fried rice in Wang Jingze’s hands, irresistibly tempting.
However, in recent battles, Li Zheng had already realized the Hover Propulsion Device was becoming a bit unable to et his needs.
Its speed was too rigid, lacking room for further improvent, and a replacent was due within days.
"Hmm, I knew I forgot sothing today. Turns out I forgot to practice flying." Li Zheng nodded slightly with a serious face, deciding to spare so ti from tomorrow to specifically practice the Thunder Attribute dual wings, aiming to master them early.
Since he didn’t lack Diamond Level items, why bother opening a Diamond Treasure Chest?
"Upgrade! Damn it, upgrade! I’ll open the Extraordinary Treasure Chest tomorrow!" Li Zheng waved his hand dominantly, choosing for the first ti to delay the extraction, leaving the Diamond Level Treasure Chest to open the next day.
[Confirm using delay extraction; today’s treasure chest quality will increase by one level, and no new treasure chest will be drawn tomorrow.]
The chanical voice by his ear didn’t pause, continuing to speak.
[System upgrade.]
[From tomorrow onwards, Black Iron and Bronze levels will be removed from the random list. The minimal quality of treasure chests available daily will be Silver.]
The sudden upgrade notification felt like a pie falling from the sky, making Li Zheng slightly excited for a mont.
But then he realized it was just the removal of Black Iron and Bronze Treasure Chests.
He hadn’t drawn those two grades very often anyway...
"The upgrade was a waste." Li Zheng shook his head slightly, completing the last task of the night, ready to sleep peacefully.
After washing away the sweat from practice in the bathroom, Li Zheng lay down on the bed, finding it difficult to sleep.
Even with his Spiritual Power enhanced, it remained slightly active, and coupled with his recent exercise, he found it even harder to fall asleep.
Tossing and turning for nearly ten minutes, Li Zheng lifted his arm, wanting to rest his hand under his head to get more comfortable.
He happened to touch the "cube" placed on the bedside.
"Oh right! Doesn’t this thing have a hypnotic effect? How did I forget about it!"
Li Zheng raised his hand to pick up the cube, and the instant he held the tal piece, a feeling of "peace" entered his heart.
With both hands gently turning the cube, the vibrations produced by the special internal structure seed to possess a certain magic.
After turning it only a dozen tis, Li Zheng felt a wave of drowsiness.
"Thud!"
The cube slipped from his hand, hitting his face, but it didn’t wake him.
"Zzzzz"
Inside the residence, Li Zheng and Sakura fell into a deep sleep.
Outside the residence, a maze drawn by Li Zheng enveloped the entire capsule house, with Kuro and Ys standing at the doorway, fulfilling their duties as guards.
Beyond the maze, a tal door silently and slowly opened.
Then, two roaming monsters, clad in pure black scale armor and resembling crocodile turtles, passed through the light curtain and entered the room.
These were two Diamond Level "Armored Dragon Turtles," with battle power boosted by the night that rivaled extraordinary creatures!
Kuro, standing guard at the entrance, suddenly sensed sothing, gently turning the Plasma Cannon on its back, aiming in a certain direction.
Ys exchanged a glance with it, both sensing the approach of the two roaming monsters.
They possessed strength far beyond their Tiers!
Ys instinctively wanted to enter the residence to wake Li Zheng but was stopped by Kuro.
Kuro lightly shook its head, the gleam in its chanical eye sockets flickering, communicating with Ys through "chanical Resonance."
They had just joined this team and must demonstrate their value.
If they startled their master without facing the enemy, how could they possibly be valued in the future?
Ys paused, believing Kuro’s reasoning, and rotated its Plasma Cannon, aiming with Kuro in a certain direction.
Even if the sound from using the Plasma Cannon woke their master, they shouldn’t go in to wake him.
Devotedly protecting their lord was sothing both servants and pets should do.
Although they both understood the creatures nearby were extrely dangerous, and if a fight broke out, they might not last more than an encounter.
Ys’s soul trembled lightly; it was tired of living in constant fear.
The reason it was willing to follow Kuro to acknowledge Li Zheng as master was in hopes of escaping that nightmare-like place through this thod.
But it hadn’t anticipated the outside being even more dangerous.
On its very first night, encountering invincible creatures.
Even more powerful than the monsters that once possessed their bodies!
Perhaps on this first night of escaping the demon cave, they would die here!
Kuro was in no better shape, its electronic components preserving consciousness heating slightly out of fear, seemingly ready to short circuit and explode, destroying it.
However, he had to give it a shot for their future.
He knew that if they were separated from Li Zheng, they would end up like those roaming creatures, waiting to be killed by others or never see the light of day again.
Rather than facing such an end, they might as well gamble, hoping to endure until Li Zheng woke up.
Li Zheng didn’t trust them, so they needed to demonstrate loyalty through actions!
In the entire room, an abrupt appearance of a building was incredibly conspicuous.
Outside the maze, the two Armored Dragon Turtles already noticed them, taking heavy steps, slowly approaching.
One Armored Dragon Turtle discovered the maze entrance, taking the lead and entering.
The paths within the maze were quite spacious, with their shells towering over two ters, and their bodies reaching a staggering diater of three ters, both Armored Dragon Turtles could even walk side by side in the maze.
Following the winding paths continuously forward, they could walk swiftly, but they deliberately moved very slowly.
Despite the maze’s simplicity, they took almost ten minutes to find a gap.
As they moved towards the gap, the cautious Armored Dragon Turtles were already prepared to attack.
After passing through the gap, they discovered they had erged from another direction of the building.
Was the building empty to begin with?
The Armored Dragon Turtles didn’t dwell on this; since they hadn’t encountered any enemies, they continued forward.
This ti, they increased their speed, at least three tis faster than when inside the maze.
Soon, they arrived in front of a tal door.
After quietly standing for a mont, the card reader on the tal door lit up with a red light.
The tal door silently and slowly opened; once they passed through, there would be no turning back.
Roaming monsters, unlike groups of creatures that occupied several rooms, had no fixed territory; their behavior was similar to Players—once they left a room, they couldn’t turn back.
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