Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 257 Divine Power
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After stabbing the two remaining players of the game "Three Kingdoms," Li Zheng left their mangled corpses behind, fulfilling his promise to Naguli.

We must not let them die easily.

"It's almost over." Li Zheng bent down to pick up the ID card, a hint of fatigue in his eyes.

He had lost patience with this mindless killing and just wanted to end the turmoil as soon as possible so he could go back to his quiet life of exploration.

"There's one last one..."

He took out the Star Pirate device, entered Xu Lina's name, but received a terminal response of "No such person found".

Li Zheng took out the list compiled by Lu Li and carefully checked the channel number and name he had entered twice to make sure he hadn't made a mistake.

"Strange, when I failed to target Kim Jae-in before, it warned me that the target was wrong. How come it's become 'no such person' when it comes to her?" Lee Jung stood amidst the blood and gore, scratching his head in confusion.

After thinking for a while, he changed the name to Xu Kexin, but it still showed that no such person could be found.

He switched to private chat mode and sent the other party a meaningless private message. He finally understood what was going on.

The other party is offline.

Xu Lina is dead.

He died at the hands of someone else without Li Zheng's knowledge.

"Alright, saves one teleportation attempt for space pirates." Li Zheng wasn't curious at all about who killed Xu Lina. Instead, he re-entered the channel number and randomly teleported to channel six or seven.

He also had to complete the task assigned by the doctor: to deliver the remaining half of his payment to the recipient.

"The Space Pirates have five chances left. Today's basic exploration was completely exhausted during the chase just now. The Mysterious Declaration, on the other hand, still has nine chances left."

Upon arriving at Channel 6 or 7, Li Zheng was randomly teleported to an empty room. Judging from the scattered debris and the two open doors, it was a room that had been explored by players.

It has no value, but also no danger.

"The mission target is the number one player on this channel's combat power ranking. What's so special about this person that even the doctor wants to study them?"

Li Zheng opened the regional channel and searched for the other party's name. Only two characters were displayed in the first position—Shenwei.

"Shinmyo?" Li Zheng suddenly became interested when he saw the name, which didn't sound like a name at all.

A name that can be recognized by the terminal means that the other party's name was entered into the citizenship system of a certain country when entering the matrix, and has been recognized in a certain sense.

Given his unusual name and extraordinary treatment, it's not hard to understand why Li Zheng was curious about him.

"Space pirates, let's go!"

After obtaining the target information, Li Zheng was able to make an accurate teleportation. In the blink of an eye, the scene before him changed.

Before he could even get a good look at his surroundings, Li Zheng heard a strange voice.

"How long are you going to keep me locked up?"

The sound was very deep, and Li Zheng initially thought it was the sound of someone who was underwater.

Turning his head, Li Zheng discovered that this room was different from others; it had no entrance or exit!
A standard room usually has six doors, while some slightly more special rooms may only have four or five doors, but this room doesn't even have a single door!
Moreover, the environment was dark and damp, with only a few oil lamps providing illumination, making the light extremely dim.

Rather than describing this as a room within a matrix, Li Zheng felt it was more like a prison in the abyss, used to imprison some vicious and ruthless beings.

Li Zheng could see the person who made the sound clearly in the flickering light. The person was huddled in the corner of the "cell," and only a thin silhouette could be seen.

Judging from his size, which was similar to that of a seven or eight-year-old child, Li Zheng almost thought the other person was still a child.

"Iron Destroyer! You've locked me up here for over ten days without saying a word. What are you trying to do?!" Kamui, huddled in the corner, roared in another direction. Seemingly noticing Li Zheng's gaze, he suddenly turned his head to look over.

In the darkness, two scarlet lights seemed to shine, fixed intently on Li Zheng.

In that instant, a chill ran through Li Zheng's body. He had the illusion that his opponent had seen right through him, inside and out. "So strong!" Li Zheng thought to himself, his mind reeling.

There are actually players this strong?

"No! He's speaking Muehong!"

Surprised, Li Zheng noticed this detail. Instead of being deterred by that gaze, he took a few steps forward, trying to enter the range of Lao Pu's information detection.

"Earthling? Player?" In the darkness, Kamui's voice carried a hint of surprise, and even a strange excitement.

They were as excited as refugees who had been starving for a long time and suddenly saw food.

"It's been more than ten days, and you've finally brought me food?" Kamui's voice trembled slightly, a sign that he was trying his best to suppress his excitement.

food?

Are you referring to me?
Li Zheng frowned slightly. The sheathed sword was already in his hand. Even from nearly a hundred meters away, he could feel the dangerous aura coming from that direction.

It seems that what's lurking in the darkness isn't a player, but a bloodthirsty beast. If you let your guard down, it will pounce on you and bite your throat.

Name: Shenwei
Race: human

Status: Radiation Variation
Ability: unknown

caveat!

The target is too dangerous; please do not approach.

If you insist on going your own way, gouge out your own eyes and let Old Pu leave!

Old Pu finally detected the other party's basic information. After reading it, Li Zheng frowned: "Radiation mutant, another Radiation Island player?"

In the darkness, Kamui seemed unable to contain himself any longer and roared impatiently, "Is this the food you sent? Answer me!"

He seemed to be afraid of something and did not rush over to attack Li Zheng immediately, which reassured Li Zheng somewhat.

At the same time, he became alert, because from Shenwei's continuous words, Li Zheng could tell that there was a third or even a fourth person here.

But when he looked around, he had searched almost the entire “cell” and still couldn’t find a second person.

"Who is he talking to?" Drawing his sword, Li Zheng was ready to activate his space pirate mode at any moment, and make a quick escape should the situation turn against him.

Only Shenwei's voice echoed in the dark prison, but there was no response, and he seemed somewhat impatient.

"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your agreement. I've been starving for more than ten days, and I'll starve to death if I don't eat soon!"

Kamui tentatively took two steps forward, just entering the range illuminated by an oil lamp, revealing his true form.

Li Zheng was right; judging from his appearance, Shenwei did indeed look only seven or eight years old.

Its eyes had no black pupils, only a scarlet color, and its mouth was wide open, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth, with the corners of its mouth stretching almost to the back of its ears.

Both arms were severed at the shoulders, and countless fleshy sprouts emerged from the wounds, writhing and probing into the darkness behind them.

Its legs were twisted irregularly, as if they had no bones, and what it stepped on was not its feet, but organs similar to deer hooves.

The tattered blue and white hospital gown revealed some wounds that seemed never to heal. Rot and pus covered the surface of the wounds, and countless tiny granulation tissues struggled against them.

"Let's have some appetizers first!" Kamui's eyes darted around, and a thin, bluish-white tongue emerged from his mouth, tracing a line across his lips.

Li Zheng's expression shifted, and he shouted loudly, "Xiaoying, get out of the way!"

The next second, a slippery, wriggling sound came from the darkness, and countless vine-like things dripping with slime rushed over and swirled towards Xiaoying, who had been following behind Li Zheng.

(End of this chapter)