Chapter 1163: Chapter 475 Storage Treasure Box Chapter 1163: Chapter 475 Storage Treasure Box As he watched his HP drop by 1,000 every second, Wang Tao felt somewhat helpless. Thankfully, he had plenty of HP, 190,000, which should last him about three minutes.

His only concern was whether the poison would intensify as he ventured deeper into the lake…

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“Damn! Whatever I feared has happened!”

Wang Tao’s complexion turned grim as the toxicity increased once he entered the water. As he moved closer to the center of the lake, his HP dropped even more rapidly.

Initially, he was meant to last three minutes, but looking at the situation now, it was uncertain if he could even last one minute.

The lake’s water was viscous, reducing Wang Tao’s speed by over ninety percent, making him as slow as a normal person. At this pace, he might make it across in a minute, but definitely not back; it would take at least two minutes…

After a brief thought, Wang Tao immediately took out an Antidote Potion and injected himself.

If the Antidote was effective, all would be well. However, if it was ineffective, he still had time to turn back.

Although the Antidote was said to remove most toxins, considering the persistent nature of the toxin and his continued immersion in the toxic water, it was hard to say if it would work…

Pffft–
With a soft sound, Wang Tao felt a wave of relief, as though something filthy had been washed away.

Wang Tao saw that his poisoned status had disappeared, replaced by a new status–
[Poison Immunity: Immune to most toxins for 3 minutes, remaining time: 2 min 59 sec]
“It worked! And I even got a three-minute poison immunity status!”

Wang Tao was overjoyed; three minutes was enough time for him to swim there and back.

Soon, Wang Tao swam smoothly to the center of the lake, where nothing unexpected happened.

There was a small mound rising above the water at the center, and the treasure chest was placed right in the middle of this mound.

As he drew closer, Wang Tao noticed that this Fine Treasure Chest was slightly larger than the Ordinary Treasure Chest he had seen before.

He prepared to open the treasure chest directly, but to his surprise, he found that the Fine Treasure Chest was locked.

Wang Tao had learned lock-picking techniques from someone before and was skilled with most locks, though he rarely used them now. Still, he habitually carried one or two lock-picking tools with him.

Given some time, he felt he could open the chest. However, since it was unsafe here, Wang Tao naturally couldn’t afford to waste time.

So, Wang Tao tried lifting the chest, only to find he couldn’t move it! It wasn’t that the chest was too heavy, rather it seemed to be rooted to the ground.

Wang Tao then tried to store it in his Space Backpack, as this treasure chest had a name, but he couldn’t stow it either.

[Treasure Chest not unlocked, cannot be stowed]
“…”

Wang Tao was somewhat uncomfortable. But being no man of hesitation, since he couldn’t take it with him, he decided to open it then and there. After all, he still had plenty of Antidote Potions, which could be used continuously without cooldown.

Wang Tao immediately took out his lock-picking tools and reached for the chest’s lock, about to try his hand at picking it, when he suddenly paused.

Because when he touched the lock, the Light Point representing the Ordinary Awakening Key in his mind fluttered to life. He faintly felt that inserting the Light Point into the keyhole would unlock the chest.

“…So, the key to this Fine Treasure Chest is the Awakening Key?”

Wang Tao was confused, but since the basic nature of the Awakening Key was also a key–meant to unlock Awakenings–it made sense that it could unlock other things.

Not dwelling on this, as he had plenty of Awakening Keys on hand, Wang Tao acted on his thought. An Awakening Key flew out of his body and directly entered the lock on the chest.

Click–
The Fine Treasure Chest opened.

Inside the massive chest was only one item, about the size of a broad bean, which seemed somewhat incongruent.

Wang Tao hadn’t intended to look closely, but he recognized the item.

“It’s actually this…”

Wang Tao was somewhat surprised and immediately placed the item into his Space Backpack. He then tried to lift the treasure chest again but still couldn’t lift it. However, this time the feeling was different as he could sense the weight of the chest.

Thus, Wang Tao exerted force with both hands, his muscles bulging.

“Lift!”

And the treasure chest… merely created a small gap from the ground.

“…”

Wang Tao was speechless; this thing was still so heavy, it felt like it was suctioned to the ground…

Given some time, he might have been able to lift the chest, but since he was in the middle of the lake, to avoid any accidents, Wang Tao immediately abandoned the idea of forcefully lifting it and opted to use the Space Backpack instead.

Whoosh–
The treasure chest vanished instantly, reappearing inside Wang Tao’s Space Backpack.

“…”

Wang Tao felt foolish; doing this earlier would have saved so much trouble!

Shaking his head, Wang Tao made sure there was nothing else in the vicinity besides the chest, then plunged into the water and swam towards the shore.

Before the effects of the Antidote wore off, Wang Tao successfully reached the shore. Lightning, looking somewhat anxious from a distance, called out quietly to Wang Tao.

“I’m alright!”

Wang Tao waved his hand, then found a large rock nearby and moved it to the lake’s edge. He then took out his Sharp Long Knife and carved a few lines into the stone–The lake water is poisonous, the deeper you go, the stronger the poison. Additionally, the water significantly reduces mobility speed. Do not enter!