Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 278 Dog bites Lu Dongbin

The gate was opened to its maximum, and the crisis was temporarily averted. Xiao Siyuan followed closely behind and entered, his face also showing surprise and doubt when he saw the head.

"Why is it him?"

Li Zheng was still suffering from tinnitus and didn't hear what Xiao Siyuan said. He glanced at Lu Li with dissatisfaction and raised his hand to signal everyone to take a break here.

Five minutes later, the moment the tinnitus disappeared, Li Zheng heard a beast-like roar coming from the depths of the darkness.

Strangely, after the group had been resting there for five minutes, not a single monster broke through the darkness to attack them.

Logically speaking, Lu Li's shot should have alerted all the monsters in the dungeon.

Xiao Siyuan squatted in front of the head, still studying it: "Strange, why is it him?"

He then examined the corpse of another monster, whose appearance was equally familiar.

“You recognized him too.” Li Zheng shifted his attention from the roar in the darkness and looked at Xiao Siyuan.

“We just teamed up a few days ago, how could we not recognize them?” Xiao Siyuan took out two white cloths and covered the two corpses.

Lu Li, carrying a sniper rifle, stepped forward: "What are you guys talking about? What's with all this 'him' and 'you' stuff? Aren't we doing a dungeon run?"

Zhan Zhouzhou, clutching her stomach with one hand and holding a weapon in the other, stepped forward and lifted the white cloth to take a look. She discovered that the two monsters actually had the appearance of Earthlings, and specifically, faces from China. She exclaimed in surprise, "Are these two players?"

“That’s right, they are indeed players. Lao Xiao, Lin Fengjiao, and I teamed up with them to run a dungeon a few days ago.” Li Zheng nodded and explained to her.

Xiao Siyuan added, "I was the one who contacted those members for that instance. Because I was helping Li Zheng with his missions, I was bringing along players who were ranked very low on the combat power leaderboard."

“Those two left immediately after clearing the dungeon, without even distributing the loot, so I have a deep impression of them.”

Lin Fengjiao suddenly remembered and said, "Oh, it was the two of them. I couldn't see them at the time, but I heard them whispering to each other, saying that these dungeons weren't difficult and that they could even solo the bosses. You two must have had ulterior motives for taking them to the dungeons, so I left early."

"We have ulterior motives?" Li Zheng was so angry upon hearing this that his nose almost twisted out of shape.

If I lead them through dungeons, is that considered having ulterior motives?
Old Xiao treated them as teammates, and even wanted to share the final spoils with them. Is that really malicious?

It's like a dog biting Lü Dongbin!
"I think I understand now. These two probably thought I could easily take on the boss by myself, so they teamed up to run the dungeon in private, and ended up getting wiped out here," Li Zheng guessed.

"Look, aren't the wounds here very similar to the wounds on the neck of that corpse outside?" Zhan Zhouzhou said, pointing to the several bloody holes on the sleeves of the two corpses, which were pulled open at some point.

Xiao Siyuan re-examined the wound and concluded: "It does look very similar, the same type of injury, but different in size, so it wasn't bitten by the same individual."

He glanced at the corpse, then at the gate, and then at the chip still inserted by the door. He grew increasingly puzzled: "Strange, the door was closed, how did they get in?"

Lu Li thought for a moment and said, "Is it possible that they didn't die here, but in another area? After being infected and turned into zombies, their strength was relatively weak, so the terminal moved them here to be used as a surprise kill at the door?"

“It’s possible.” Li Zheng and Xiao Siyuan exchanged a glance, feeling that Lu Li’s statement was more reasonable.

Zhan Zhouzhou suddenly said, "Have you noticed something?"

"What's wrong?" "They don't have ID cards on them." Zhan Zhouzhou pointed out what she had just discovered, but a sudden sharp pain in her lower abdomen forced her to bend over and grit her teeth to endure it.

"They probably fell somewhere in the instance. After all, when players die, their ID cards appear directly on their corpses. When they turn into zombies and wander around, their ID cards naturally fall off," Xiao Siyuan said. "Maybe we'll find two more ID cards in a bit."

"Let's focus on the dungeon first. There's no need to waste time on two unfamiliar players, is there?" Lu Li urged, carrying his sniper rifle. He wanted to finish the exploration as soon as possible so he could practice his shooting skills in peace.

“It’s not exactly a waste of time, at least we know the virus here can infect players…” Although her face was covered in bandages, Lin Fengjiao’s expression still darkened. “I have a very bad feeling. What if someone gets the virus from this instance and spreads it?”

"It won't matter." Lu Li said nonchalantly, "The matrix is ​​full of enclosed rooms, and those light curtains prevent most objects from passing through. The virus can't spread at all. At most, it will be used as poison to kill a few people."

“What if it’s used against us?” Lin Fengjiao turned to look at him, adjusting the focus of her mechanical prosthetic eye and rotating the bio-lens a few times: “Can you guarantee you won’t be affected if we’re caught off guard?”

"..." Lu Li was speechless for a moment.

No one carries a gas mask all the time. What if the enemy sneaks into the target room at night and releases the virus?

Anyone can get infected.

“Moreover, based on the settings of movies I’ve seen before, these viruses all have evolutionary properties. As long as we expend some effort to cultivate them, I’m afraid even the most powerful players won’t be able to escape.” Lin Fengjiao turned to Xiao Siyuan and said, “Dr. Xiao, should we take some samples back and try to research an antidote?”

After careful consideration, Xiao Siyuan felt that Lin Fengjiao made sense, but he still shook his head and said, "No, this kind of thing is too dangerous. None of the equipment I have right now can guarantee the safe storage of this virus."

"Awoo!" Sakura didn't understand what they were saying and had been keeping watch nearby. Suddenly, she spoke up to remind everyone.

Li Zheng listened intently, but the bestial roars from the depths of darkness had disappeared, replaced only by the muffled sound of running.

"Something's coming, line up!" He shoved Xiao Siyuan behind him, took out a mysterious declaration and threw it at him, while warning Lu Li, "You fucking turn on the silencing, or I'll beat you to death with Seven Wolves!"

Sitting idly by and waiting for death, or waiting passively for a rabbit to run into a tree stump, has never been the style of Li Zheng and his gang.

Countless monsters charged out of the darkness, but instead of staying put to defend themselves, the group went to meet them head-on.

dong dong dong-

Tom-tom-tom——

Two distinctly different footsteps echoed through the corridor; apart from that, not even breathing could be heard.

With the mysterious declaration providing illumination, Li Zheng wasn't worried at all, even when entering the destroyed, dark zone.

Soon, a silhouette appeared at the end of the passage.

It wasn't the outline of a monster, but another gate stuck in the ordinary.

A 50-centimeter space was visible between the two thick metal door panels, and behind them was still complete darkness.

But Li Zheng had already seen the zombie monsters moving back and forth in the darkness, searching for the way through the gate.

(End of this chapter)