Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 277 Biohazard Forbidden Zone
[Biohazard Restricted Area/Sector B, Exploration Progress: 0%]

Li Zheng followed Xiao Siyuan into the instance and immediately checked the instance name, noticing that it was slightly different from before, with an additional area number added after the name.

“B area means there are also areas A, C, and even Z area?” Xiao Siyuan also glanced at the dungeon name; this was his habit of collecting battlefield intelligence.

“Area A has probably been explored by someone,” Li Zheng said. “There are still many experts in the Matrix. The first area of ​​most dungeons is not difficult. With a few gold-level weapons, and good teamwork, you can clear it.”

Their first time running the dungeon was with a Silver and Gold team setup, and they cleared it after paying a small price.

“That’s right.” Xiao Siyuan took out a weapon, which was still a firearm, but it had been upgraded to platinum. It was a miniature electromagnetic cannon, only the size of a revolver. The original magazine had been replaced by a “battery”, and its power was considerable.

"What is this...?" Li Zheng looked at the electromagnetic cannon with a hint of envy.

"It's a one-time-use blueprint, there's only one of these. Xiao Lin helped me get it." Xiao Siyuan explained as he twirled the electromagnetic cannon in his hand a few times.

"What a pity. If it were a learning blueprint, I would have liked you to build one for me too." Shaking his head in disappointment, Li Zheng straightened his expression and said to the people who came in behind him, "Lu Li and Lin Fengjiao, you two follow Lao Xiao in the middle. Zhan Zhouzhou, go to the back to cover the rear and prevent our gunners from being ambushed."

He was trying his best to take care of Zhan Zhouzhou, who was on her period. He had just looked at the map; there was another passage at the beginning, and the entrance was directly behind, so there was almost no chance of monsters spawning at the back. Zhan Zhouzhou walking at the back would actually be the most relaxed.

Zhan Zhouzhou subconsciously opened her mouth to refute, but was interrupted by a sudden cramping pain in her lower abdomen. She could only frown, shut her mouth, and accept the arrangement.

None of the people present raised any objections. Li Zheng said to his little pet, "Sakura, you come with me to the front and let Pink Polly get ready for battle."

"Awoo!" The little guy nodded, patted Pink Polly hard to signal it to be alert, and then followed Li Zheng.

"Poliri!!" Pink Poring puffed up and swelled into a pair of strange fists, showing off its muscular posture with full confidence.

"Let's go." Li Zheng took out his sheathed sword and held it in his hand. He glanced behind him again, memorized the positions of the others, and led the way into the passage.

The group filed through the passage and soon reached its end.

The initial passage of this instance is made of concrete painted white, with a white lampshade installed every few meters on the ceiling. The bright light shines through the opaque lampshade and is reflected outwards, becoming soft and bright.

At the end of the passage is a gate, controlled by a hydraulic system, which cannot be driven manually.

A corpse lay against the wall by the door, its face unrecognizable. Two large holes had been bitten into its neck, and the congealed blood had turned black but did not smell, suggesting it had only recently died.

Old Xiao squatted down in front of the body to examine it: "The deceased was 2.3 meters tall, male, humanoid, with strong hands and feet, and tendons that were torn. He must have been torn by something."

Pulling aside his sleeve to reveal his palm, Xiao Siyuan examined it for a few moments before continuing his report: "There is webbed tissue between the fingers, which may indicate an amphibian. The cause of death is not a punctured throat, but suicide."

He used a barbecue skewer to pick up the curved steel pipe held in the corpse's hand: "This is a weapon. The side of its head was blasted open, and the brain inside has been charred. It looks like we'll be encountering zombie monsters from the movies in this instance. Everyone, put on your gas protection gear to avoid getting poisoned."

Xiao Siyuan took out several gold-grade gas masks and distributed them to everyone in the team. He put one on himself and said in a deep voice, "It's not certain yet whether this biochemical virus will be effective against us, so everyone should try to avoid getting injured during the battle."

He crouched down and searched the body, quickly finding a chip card in an inner pocket, which he handed to Li Zheng: "This is the key to open the door."

"Professional." Li Zheng took the chip card, read it at the gate, and instructed Sakura: "When the fight starts, remember to have Pink Polly help you block some of the attacks. It's special; the virus shouldn't have any effect on it."

Pink Poring has moved from Sakura's leg to her head, wrapping it around her mouth and nose to make a mask that doesn't hinder its combat ability.

With her mouth sealed shut by Pink Poring, Sakura couldn't speak, but silently nodded to indicate that she understood.

Li Zheng was quite confident in it; the little guy had a higher fighting talent than him and was not easily harmed.

At this moment, the chip reading ended, and the gate emitted a hydraulic release sound, separating and slowly opening. Just as a two-finger-width slit appeared, a tongue covered with sharp barbs suddenly darted out from the gap and coiled towards Li Zheng's chest.

歘!
Li Zheng reacted swiftly, slashing his sword to cut off the tongue and taking a half-step back.

The severed tongue lay on the ground, twitched a few times, and then stopped moving. Almost instantly, it began to rot and emit a foul stench.

The gas masks provided by Xiao Siyuan were of high quality. In fact, from the moment the door opened, a nauseating stench wafted through the gaps in the gate, instantly filling the entire passage.

Everyone was wearing masks, so the stench was kept out and no one noticed.

The hydraulic door opened slower than expected, rising slowly like in a slow-motion scene in a movie.

Li Zheng was standing at the very front and could already see the interior.

It was dimly lit, and many of the originally densely packed light bulbs on the ceiling had been broken, resulting in a large area behind the door being in a state of fluctuating light intensity.

Two stiff figures lingered behind the hydraulic door. One of them had a long, thin tongue, while the other originally had one, but Li Zheng had cut it off.

Li Zheng noticed that although the two figures were lingering, the tongue was always pointing in his direction, like a venomous snake ready to attack at any moment.

“These zombies… seem to have some intelligence?” Li Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and when the gate opened wide enough for him to pass through, he suddenly launched an attack.

With a sweeping motion, he aimed straight for the strange tongue that posed the greatest threat.

At the same time, the three people behind him opened fire together, focusing their attack on another monster.

shhhhhh...

zizi...

boom--

The most powerful weapon was Lu Li's diamond-grade sniper rifle. It not only cleaved the monster in two with a single shot, but the loud bang also caused Li Zheng to experience severe tinnitus, almost causing him to fall into intermittent deafness again.

"Damn it!" Li Zheng cursed, his voice barely audible.

Undistracted, he pursued the nimble, strange tongue and severed it with a single sword strike.

The stench in the air grew stronger.

Lu Li turned his gun around and shouted, "Get out of the way!"

Li Zheng only heard a very faint sound, and immediately understood what Lu Li wanted to do. He was so frightened that he leaped through the middle of the gate, stood up and cut off the monster's head with his sword.

Bones.

The head rolled to Li Zheng's feet. He looked down and suddenly his face showed surprise.

"It's him!?"

(End of this chapter)