Surviving Underground: Super Prompting System - Chapter 32

Chapter 32: Unknown Resources
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Highly Poisonous Lizard, huh?”
When he heard the system’s prompt, Joseph knew that this was the best time to get rid of it.
“Get ready to work!”
Joseph and Pistachio slowly walked to the corner. In order to avoid alerting the Poisonous Lizard, they even put out their torches.
Standing at the edge of the corner, Joseph told Pistachio, who was beside him, that he was very worried. “Be careful. Don’t let the big guy inside discover us. If I don’t make a move, you must not make a move either. Do you understand?”
Pistachio rolled his eyes and turned its small head around. The meaning he wanted to express was very obvious. “Don’t talk and walk away. You’re worried about me. You’re a bad guy!”
Joseph took the lead and stepped into the tunnel behind the corner. Pistachio followed closely behind him.
Behind the tunnel was a large underground space. There was a large dark-green lizard lying in a pit.
[Species: Highly Poisonous Lizard]
[Living Area: dry and warm underground spaces]
[Attack Methods: its body is filled with highly toxic poison. The poison will invade your body within three seconds after coming into contact with it, causing a quick death.]
[Danger Level: low+]
At that moment, he suddenly saw a shiny treasure chest lying quietly under the Highly Poisonous Lizard.
It was a D-grade treasure chest!
Joseph found his target. He moved forward steadily and turned his head to signal Pistachio.
He had to be exceptionally careful with every step he took, in fear of stirring up even just a little dust.
Only after he reached the range of the crossbow did Joseph stop moving forward.
He could already see the Highly Poisonous Lizard’s appearance clearly.
Then, leave your head to me!
The surrounding air was filled with a foul smell.
All of it came from the thick poison on the Highly Poisonous Lizard’s body.
The sleeping Highly Poisonous Lizard was still lying there quietly.
It did not notice that an uninvited guest had come to its territory.
It was the overlord of the area, so it had never thought that someone would dare to hunt it.
Therefore, it did not have its usual vigilance.
It was also because of this that Joseph took the risk of it suddenly waking it up and wanted to get close to it to kill it.
Joseph took out his crossbow and installed the arrows.
‘It’s really annoying that it’s sleeping with its eyes closed. I wonder if its head is hard enough!’
Joseph complained in his heart while aiming his crossbow at the Highly Poisonous Lizard’s dark green head.
Even if it was a Demon Pig, Joseph was confident that he could shoot an arrow through its head. However, he was not completely confident in the destructive power of the arrow against the Highly Poisonous Lizard.
“Thud!”
The sound of the crossbow arrow entering flesh and blood rang out. Joseph’s face did not show any surprise. Instead, his expression was solemn as he quickly retreated.
“Hiss, hiss!”
The Highly Poisonous Lizard let out a wail that sounded like a Poisonous Snake. The sound continuously reverberated in the surroundings.
Due to the protection of the night, the Highly Poisonous Lizard that was in a rage did not discover Joseph at that moment.
Therefore, the Highly Poisonous lizard that did not find its target continued to collide violently in the surroundings, as if it was trying to rely on luck to find Joseph.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
Under the continuous collision of the Highly Poisonous Lizard, cracks had already appeared on the surrounding soil walls. Countless sand and dust filled the entire space.
There was the protection of the night and the cover from the sand and dust.
Both Joseph and the Highly Poisonous lizards lost traces of each other.
“I wanted to hone my ability to fight at night, but why did you force me to be a cheater?”
Joseph shrugged helplessly and took out the map.
He first found himself. Then, he saw the Highly Poisonous Lizards hiding in a corner twenty meters away from him on the map.
‘Seriously, how can you be a Magical Beast when you have so little guts?’
Joseph told Pistachio to stay in the spot quietly, and he continued to approach it slowly.
When he entered the range of the arrow, Joseph shot an arrow at the mark on the map.
“Hiss, hiss!”
It did not matter where the arrow landed. It would be fine as long as it hit the target,
He retreated, checked the map, and prepared for the next attack.
Just like that, the originally terrifying Highly Poisonous Lizard was like a live shooting target. Arrow after arrow, it completely turned into a hedgehog under Joseph’s continuous attack.
To be on the safe side, Joseph waited until the dust had dispersed before lighting a torch and slowly approaching the Highly Poisonous Lizard’s corpse.
“So ugly!”
Looking at the Highly Poisonous Lizard that was covered in arrows, Joseph was glad that he did not have agoraphobia. Otherwise, he would definitely feel terrible when he saw this scene.
Looking at the Highly Poisonous Lizard’s corpse, Joseph felt a headache. He felt that he had made a loss in business.
Its entire body was covered in deadly poison, so he did not have the confidence to move around.
Its corpse could not be used, and he had wasted more than ten of his crossbow bolts. No matter how he looked at it, it was a loss!
“I hope the treasure chest can give me a surprise. Otherwise, Emperor Joseph will definitely chop you into pieces to make up for my loss!”
Shaking his head, Joseph walked to the front of the treasure chest. The Highly Poisonous Lizard was previously lying on top of the treasure chest, so there must still be poison left on it. Therefore, Joseph took the torch and opened the treasure chest from a meter away.
[Opening D-Grade Treasure Chest: obtained poison Decomposer Equipment Blueprint and Anti-Posion Set Equipment Blueprint.]
“Could it be that the treasure chest can be assimilated? Otherwise, why would there be two sets of blueprints related to poison!”
Joseph took out the blueprint and quickly left the treasure chest area.
[Poison Decomposer: D-Grade Equipment Blueprint]
[Function: 1. can decompose poisons to make corresponding antidote 2. can refine poison into lethal poison]
[Crafting Requirements: Crystal x 10, Poison x 100 ml, metal x 10]
[Anti-Poison Set: E-Grade Equipment Blueprint ]
[Function: can isolate and prevent basic poisons]
[Set Composition: Anti-Poison Mask x 1, Protective Suit x 1, Protective Eyewear x 1]
[Crafting Requirements: Complete Highly Poisonous Lizard Hide x 1, crystal x 2, metal x 2]
Crystal?
Metal?
Looking at these two requirements, Joseph had a strange expression.
Ever since he started the game, he had never even heard of them, let alone seeing them. How was he supposed to forge it?
Could it be that he had really made a loss in business today?
However, if he were to give up just like that, how could he be willing?
If he had a Poison Decomposer, his arrows could be smeared with poison. If he were to encounter a difficult monster, the poison alone would be enough to take half of its life.
However, where would he get the crystals and metals?
Joseph only had two choices now. The first was to go to the trading platform to try his luck, and the second was to explore the surroundings and dig for treasure chests according to the system’s prompts.
However, these two options required luck. Even if he had the system’s prompts, he might not be able to find the treasure chests that contained these two items.
Moreover, Joseph felt that his luck today was not very good. That old fellow God must have been jealous of his handsome appearance and secretly stole his luck.
There was no other way, so he decided to proceed with both of the options at the same time.
“Let’s get to work, Pistachio!”