Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 279 Observation Room

"So the door was stuck. No wonder no monsters have come for so long. Wait..." Li Zheng suddenly paused, "Why are the footsteps coming from behind us?"

"Up there!" Xiao Siyuan declared mysteriously, raising his hand. A ventilation duct was mounted above the passage, trembling from the chaotic footsteps, as if it might collapse at any moment.

Bang!
Just as everyone looked up, a sharp bone spike pierced through the ventilation duct, right at the back of the group.

Fortunately, it wasn't long enough to hit anyone in the group.

Without hesitation, Lu Li raised his sniper rifle and fired a bullet at the top of the bone spur.

The slender, iron-sharp bullet pierced the ventilation duct, precisely striking the monster with bone spikes protruding from above, and a roar echoed from inside the ventilation duct.

Zi La La——

A piercing metallic scraping sound rang out. The bone spike monster, despite being shot, was not dead. It dragged its bone spikes and tore open the ventilation duct, and dark green viscous liquid flowed down from the opening.

The team members below quickly took cover to avoid getting their hands on the slime, fearing it might contain a biochemical virus.

"This won't do." Li Zheng instantly assessed the situation and said to Xiaoying, "You stay at the door and don't let those monsters break in. I'm going up!"

"Awoo." Sakura nodded, leading Pink Poring to guard the half-open gate.

Pink Poring's iron fists could just fit through the gap in the gate. He moved closer, stretched them out to the other side, and unleashed a barrage of strange punches.

puff puff~
clap clap ~
A series of chaotic punches indicated the effectiveness of Pink Polly's attack. Through the gaps in the gate, large amounts of dark green slime could be seen splattering everywhere, and roars continued from behind the gate.

Seeing this, Li Zheng didn't delay. He started the aircraft, took off, and used the sharp blade to tear open the ventilation pipe before crawling inside.

He had to stop the monster inside the ventilation duct from going down, otherwise it might harm his three weaker teammates.

Entering the ventilation duct, the space here is much more spacious than expected, wide enough for two sand trucks to drive side by side.

Its height is several kilograms and five meters.

The monster that pierces ventilation ducts with bone spikes looks different from a zombie. Its body is covered with a layer of gray bone armor, and one of its arms has a long, sharp bone blade at the end, like a praying mantis.

There was a terrifying hole in its body, from which a large amount of dark green slime gushed out. This was Lu Li's achievement.

Besides the gray-boned zombie, there were also a large number of ordinary zombies in the ventilation duct. As soon as Li Zheng popped his head out, he was attacked and bitten by several zombies.

Fortunately, his reaction speed was extremely fast, and with Zhan Zhouzhou's swordsmanship guidance, he swung his sheathed sword repeatedly, clearing away the ordinary zombies around him.

"These zombies are all wearing white coats, are they researchers?" Li Zheng took the opportunity to glance at them. He guessed that these zombies in the ventilation ducts were probably researchers who had taken refuge during the biohazard outbreak, but unfortunately they were unable to escape the infection.

"Kill that big monster first, lest it jump down!"

After shaking off the slime from his sword, Li Zheng activated the special properties of his Eye Demon Boots, instantly appearing three meters away, just in time to stand in front of the gray bone zombie.

Li Zheng thrust his longsword forward, intending to take advantage of the moment when the opponent's bone blade was embedded in the pipe to capture him in one fell swoop.

"Roar~!" The gray-bone zombie roared, drew its bone blade with a clang, and slashed horizontally at Li Zheng.

These monsters are fearless and have no capacity for thought; they are driven solely by instinct.

If Li Zheng hadn't retreated, he would likely have been cleaved in two the moment he killed the gray-boned zombie.

"Power Demon - Berserk!" The Power Demon avatar, representing rage, appeared. Li Zheng withstood the attack and successfully plunged his sword into the brain of the gray bone zombie.

A sharp pain shot through his waist, and Li Zheng was knocked back two steps by the gray-boned zombie. He then swung his longsword horizontally, cutting down several ordinary zombies that had surrounded him.

Li Zheng reached down and touched his waist; there was no blood, not even a scratch. He was immediately relieved.

He was afraid that even the slightest scratch would lead to a viral infection, but fortunately, the Demonic Avatar's defenses were quite strong and were not breached.

欻欻!

Li Zheng weaved back and forth through the ventilation ducts, unleashing a series of Zhan family sword techniques, plowing through all the zombies.

After making sure there were no survivors, Li Zhengcai returned the way he came and landed below.

puff puff~
clap clap clap!
Pink Polly continued to unleash his strange punches, and the sounds of blows from the other side of the gate were almost constant.

Xiao Siyuan and other ranged attackers were not idle either, taking the opportunity to fire out through the gaps in the gate, but the effectiveness was uncertain.

"Xiaoying, you two get out of the way!" Li Zheng gave the order, raised his sword and rushed to the gate, slashing it open with two quick strokes.

The berserk demon avatar wielded a diamond-grade sheathed sword, cutting through metal gates as easily as slicing tofu.

Li Zheng kicked away the broken gate fragments and rushed over, only to find that the environment had changed, with many small rooms on both sides of the passage.

A large number of zombies were locked inside. The doors and walls of the small rooms were made of a transparent material similar to glass, which seemed very fragile, yet it could withstand even the zombies' impacts.

"Experimental subject observation room?" Li Zheng recognized the type of building that often appeared in Hollywood science fiction movies at a glance, and his heart immediately tightened.

Those frogmen in white coats are actually creating zombies and imprisoning them for research!

For some unknown reason, the virus spread to an area where it shouldn't have appeared, causing all the researchers in the biochemical laboratory to die suddenly, becoming one of the subjects of observation.

The passageway, or rather the corridor, was filled with zombies that had been turned into a bloody pulp by Pink Polly. Stepping on it was sticky and soft, and the texture was extremely disgusting.

"This second-level dungeon doesn't seem to have increased in difficulty much?" Li Zheng quickly searched the corridor, found a few lone zombies, and beheaded them with a single sword strike.

Soon, only the experimental subjects in the observation room remained active in this area. Upon seeing living beings, they let out hoarse roars, pressed themselves against the transparent material, and stared intently at Li Zheng, their turbid eyes revealing an extremely eager look.

"This scene reminds me of the era of slavery mentioned in textbooks. I guess that's how the imprisoned slaves reacted when they saw the heroes who rescued them." Xiao Siyuan stepped over the gate, looked at the observation rooms, and sighed.

“That’s a completely different story.” Lu Li walked over carrying a sniper rifle. “The slaves want freedom, while they want to tear us to pieces or make us one of them.”

Zhan Zhouzhou waited until they all arrived before entering the room with a complicated expression.

She was supposed to be doing Li Zheng's job, but now she's being left at the back to be protected by everyone, which is hard for her to accept.

"The exploration progress is only 10%, which means we haven't encountered a formal attack yet. Perhaps the zombies in these rooms are also our targets for clearing out." Zhan Zhouzhou pointed his sword at a room and said, "They're all ordinary zombies. Let's split up and clean this place up to save time."

As she spoke, she went over to open the door to the room.

"Wait!" Li Zheng called out to her.

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(End of this chapter)