Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 285 Loudly Plotting (Part 2)

"I'm not going with you guys, someone invited me," Liu Jiale chimed in the group, indicating that she already had a team booked her.

Ye Yuan also sent a message: "My brother and I are going to wait and see. There are a total of forty-three mutated creatures, but the terminal only gave a seven-day deadline. There must be something wrong with that."

Judging from the rewards, this event is bound to be extremely difficult. Ordinary players who participate rashly may suffer heavy losses.

For some reason, the terminal did not provide the strength distribution of the mutated creatures, leaving players to explore on their own.

Li Zheng also had some thoughts on this.

It was precisely because of the bizarre difficulty of the activity that he thought of the members of Radiation Island.

After all, he had experienced it firsthand and knew clearly how strong the members of Radiation Island were.

Chu Xiao clearly shared the same thought: "My strength is inferior to yours, so I'll observe for a while before making a decision."

As a result, a third of the members in the already small group were unable to form a group.

Liu Jiale was originally at the top of Li Zheng's list, but she was invited away by someone else.

Of the remaining people, only Yan Guang, Feng Shan, and Zhan Zhouzhou are relatively strong.

Li Chun can only be considered half a person. Her pet is slightly more powerful, but she herself is relatively weak. Even though Li Zheng is intentionally or unintentionally training her, she hasn't grown up in a short time.

Li Zheng thought for a moment and called out in the group: "Zhan Zhouzhou, Yan Guang and Feng Shan, the three of you come with me. We'll find another teammate and then go investigate the details of the mutant."

"Okay." Zhan Zhouzhou had no objection. She was strong enough that she didn't care who she teamed up with.

Yan Guang asked in the group: "What about Yu Xiaoyu? Should we take her with us? I've observed her these past two days, and she's quite strong, ranking in the top twenty of our channel's combat power rankings."

"No! Don't bring her!" Fengshan was the first to object: "She's so sticky and clingy all the time, it's driving me crazy. Let me leave her behind and have some peace and quiet."

Compared to Yu Xiaoyu, Feng Shan preferred to act with Yan Guang.

At least Yan Guang wasn't like Yu Xiaoyu, who wanted to stick to him all day long.

After careful consideration, Li Zheng also felt it was better not to bring Yu Xiaoyu, since the girl herself was from Kunlun.

Bringing her along would easily expose the secrets of others.

"Who should we bring along?" Li Zheng said in the group chat. "How about Lu Li? His sniper rifle has been upgraded at the blacksmith's, so he'll reliably provide long-range firepower."

Zhan Zhouzhou said, "Anything is fine."

Fengshan and Yanguang had no objections.

However, Lu Li himself had some problems.

He weakly spoke in the group: "Um... I can't go, I didn't sign up."

Li Zheng: "..."

With a five-minute registration period, anyone can submit an application to participate in the event.

So you're saying here that I didn't register?
Lu Li was also a little embarrassed: "I just had a seizure, and my brain just went blank for a second, so I missed the registration deadline."

Since he said that, no one else blamed him.

After all, illness is an uncontrollable factor, and it's normal that it can't be controlled.

Xiao Siyuan said in the group: "Why don't we bring Lin Fengjiao along? If the mutant is a member of Radiation Island, it will help her feel involved and get over her psychological trauma."

Lin Fengjiao's strength is at the bottom of the group, only slightly better than Xiao Siyuan, a support player. Bringing her along is like bringing a burden.

Xiao Siyuan was aware of this, but he made the suggestion not only because he had promised Lin Fengjiao, but also because Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou were in the team.

When these two get together, there's almost no situation they can't handle; even with a child in tow, it's not a big problem.

Li Zheng thought for a moment and decided that Lin Fengjiao and Yan Guang could provide long-range firepower together, as long as they were equipped with weapons.

With Yan Guang and Xiao Ying looking after her, her safety was quite assured.

Actually, compared to Lin Fengjiao, it would be better to bring Li Chun along as the last person, at least we would have an extra high-level pet as combat power.

However, since Lao Xiao had already asked Li Zheng to bring Lin Fengjiao along, Li Zheng couldn't very well refuse.

Therefore, Li Zheng accepted Xiao Siyuan's suggestion and gave the last team spot to Lin Fengjiao.

Thus, the team spots for Li Zheng's side were finalized for the first major event of the Matrix.

Just as they were resting and adjusting their state, the world channel suddenly experienced another small climax.

A team of players attempted to subdue the mutated creatures; five players went, but only two managed to escape alive.

He sent a warning on the world channel: "Be careful, the mutants are very strong! All five of us are among the top fifty in the channel, and three of us died in less than thirty seconds after we went in!"

This person took the lead in sharing information, and several others spoke up afterward, explaining that the event was extremely difficult, and that ordinary players would almost certainly only be sent to their deaths if they went in.

Another person spoke in the world chat: "After you teleport there, you can only use the event ticket to teleport back after thirty seconds. If you're not confident you can last thirty seconds against a diamond-level creature, don't participate in this event!"

Someone else added, "Let me add something: those mutants are definitely more powerful than just diamonds! I suggest that players outside the top 20 in combat power across all channels abandon this event, or they will bear the consequences!"

……

The interval between these people speaking on the world channel and the terminal announcement was less than ten minutes. During those ten minutes, there were stubborn individuals on each channel who were inexplicably confident in their own strength and never came out of the mutant room again.

The losses suffered by the player base are so enormous that they can only be described as outrageous.

Some channels lost as many as a hundred people!

The number of players who died in ten minutes was almost equal to the number who died on the first day they entered the matrix!
Channel 879 is in the best situation.

With Li Zheng's prior warning, they did not rashly participate in the event, but instead waited patiently on their own.

Only a few disobedient individuals persisted and never came out again.

Now that tragedies are frequently reported on the world channel, those who heeded Li Zheng's warnings are still fearful and extremely grateful to him.

Wang Chaoran looked at the world channel and chatted privately with his best friend: "Big Brother Li Zheng is kind-hearted and has saved most of the people in our channel's lives again."

My friend replied with lingering fear, "Luckily, you, this brainless fan, took the big shot's words as gospel, which saved our lives."

After Li Zheng led them through a dungeon and they gained most of the dungeon rewards, their combat power ranking had reached over eighty, and they were very confident in their current strength.

So after the announcement was released on the terminal, the two immediately prepared to assemble their team and go to participate in the event.

After seeing Xiao Siyuan forward Li Zheng's warning, Wang Chaoran took it upon himself to tell his friend not to rush to form a team. This delayed the process by ten minutes, until he saw the information that others had posted in the world channel.

Even the top 50 players on the power ranking suffered more than half their team losses, let alone players ranked only 70th or 80th.
Wang Chaoran sent a message: "Let's pretend we didn't see this event, explore honestly, and wait for the big shots to perform. I have a feeling that the final reward will definitely be for Boss Li Zheng."

My friend replied jokingly: "Is that a premonition? That's just your inexplicable confidence in your idol's abilities as a die-hard fan!"

"Whether the boss is strong or not, we both know it. What's wrong with being confident? Anyway, I've detected another door with a black light level. I wonder what good stuff it will contain." Wang Chaoran put away the pocket watch that was glowing with black light and took out his identity card to read it by the door.

The last instance was triggered by his sudden idea to activate the Blacklight level metals. Since then, he has broken away from his previous habit of only entering safe rooms and started to challenge high difficulties.

"I wish we could run the dungeon again; the rewards are just too good to pass up." My friend also couldn't stop thinking about the dungeon loot.

One dungeon run propelled them up nearly a hundred places in the rankings, and the feeling of their rapid rise in strength was irresistible.

"I hope so..." Wang Chaoran paused for a moment after swiping his card, then burst into joy: "It really is a dungeon!"

After sharing the good news with their best friend, the two began to worry.

Because Li Zheng had single-handedly taken on the boss during the last dungeon run, they had no experience with this and therefore knew nothing about the boss's strength.

If you rashly enter and take on the challenge, you might end up failing miserably.

"The big boss is probably busy with the exploration event right now and doesn't have time to do dungeons, so we'll have to rely on ourselves." After hesitating for a while, Wang Chaoran called on his teammates in the regional channel.

Ye Yuan and her brother, who were looking to gather intelligence, saw the recruitment information and thought that since they were just killing time, they might as well go to a dungeon to relax.

Three minutes later, Wang Chaoran and his friend were completely bewildered as they were led into the dungeon by three powerful figures.

……

Li Zheng used the event feature to bind himself with four pre-selected players, forming a five-person team, with himself serving as the team leader.

After the team is formed, a new "team" chat will appear in the chat interface. After coordinating things here, Li Zheng activated the special teleportation device issued by the event.

After the device was activated, a panel appeared in front of Li Zheng, with forty-three numbers neatly arranged on it.

The three pinned numbers are: 1, 2, and 3.

The first three serial numbers are different in style, obviously two sizes larger, indicating that these three serial numbers are extraordinary.

"It seems the terminal has separated the difficulty of the first three numbers, so they should be relatively stronger. Should I start with number forty-three?" Li Zheng selected the last number to determine his challenge target.

At the same time, teleportation prompts appeared in front of the other four people. After confirming all of them, the teleportation officially began.

The colors before Li Zheng's eyes blurred, and after an unknown amount of time, the colors exploded into countless pixels.

The teleportation is complete, and Li Zheng has arrived at the challenge location for this event.

Turning around, he saw Zhan Zhouzhou and the others already standing beside him. The long-absent man surnamed Feng seemed to have a halo of good fortune shining above his head, yet he still managed to evoke a sense of disgust.

Li Zheng observed the attributes of Feng Shan and Yan Guang and found that only Yan Guang's left arm had been upgraded, resulting in a significant increase in his strength. Feng Shan, however, remained the same, except that the gauntlets he used to wear at his waist had been replaced with a pair of black, spiked, platinum-grade knuckle dusters.

"Long time no see." Yan Guang greeted Li Zheng. Ever since she officially got involved with Feng Shan, their team, which was going to run the dungeon for the first time, hadn't been able to get together for a long time.

"Yeah, long time no see." Li Zheng rolled his eyes at her, leaving Yan Guang confused, wondering what she had done to offend him.

Yan Guang looked down at himself, wondering if he had done something inappropriate, and asked in bewilderment, "I don't think I've done anything to offend you, so why are you giving me this look the moment we meet?"

"Heh." Feng Shan said sarcastically from the side, "You crazy woman, you might say something wrong at any time, no wonder people won't give you a good look!"

“Hey…you…” Yan Guangxing’s eyes widened, and she was about to take her anger out on Fengshan.

"Hush, be silent!"

Li Zheng's ears twitched, and he suddenly turned to look in one direction. There was almost no light there, and he couldn't see what was hidden there.

But he was absolutely certain that he had just heard something.

“Something’s coming.” Taking out the mysterious declaration and sheathed sword, Li Zheng signaled everyone to be on guard, then walked to the front of the group, letting the light from the lantern extend over them.

The light dispelled the darkness, and a small, thin figure flashed by, disappearing into the deeper darkness behind.

"It looks like... a child?" Yan Guang said uncertainly when he saw the figure.

Li Zheng's expression was solemn: "It is indeed a child."

The slender figure appeared briefly, but the formidable Old Pu had already gathered information about the other party.

[Miho Ito (realistic projection)]

Race: human

Status: Nuclear radiation mutant
Description: This is an existence that exists between reality and illusion. Its strength and weaknesses are exactly the same as the original body. Damage inflicted on it will be fully reflected back to the original body after the projection dies.

The death of the projection means that the original body will also die.

Note: There may be more than one projection of the same target. If you don't want to waste your time, speed things up!

Judging from the name, the figure belonged to Muddy Country, which was the same group Li Zheng had guessed were members of Radiation Island.

The conjecture was finally confirmed, but Li Zheng was even more puzzled.

He didn't understand why the terminal wanted to make the Radiation Island members the targets that needed to be killed in the operation.

But he also figured out why so many player teams were challenging the event at the same time; it turned out that what the players were killing was just a 100% accurate projection.

This answers the question Ye Kai raised earlier: Will killing them cause players to become red-named?

will not.

Because the player only killed the projection.

At this moment, Li Zheng was thinking about many things.

From the terrifying figure encountered outside the doctor's door, to the mission the doctor gave Li Zheng, and then to obtaining the genes of the divine power for the doctor's research.

After everything was put together, Li Zheng had a vague idea.

Perhaps the terrifying figure I encountered was actually delivering a gene sample to the doctor?
Are these realistic projections the results of the doctor's research?

The preparations for this open event actually began some time ago.

Why are Hitsujiro Gosaka and Kuruko Umekawa, who are also members of Fubuki Island, not listed here?

Why would the doctor have to make the trip himself when there was someone in a cloak delivering gene samples?
What role did I play in all of this?
All of this may only be cleared up when I see the doctor again.

The most urgent task is to cooperate with teammates to take down Ito Miho.

Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou exchanged a glance. The fact that Lao Pu was not suppressed here meant that the other party had also seen the same information.

He drew the longsword from his sheath and said to Zhan Zhouzhou, "I'll take the lead in the attack; you'll cover my retreat."

"Okay." The female warrior agreed decisively, and the purple lightning sword appeared between her fair and slender fingers with a crackling sound.

Li Zheng turned to the others and said, "Yan Guang, you and Xiao Ying take good care of Lin Fengjiao, and provide long-range firepower as well."

Little Fengfeng...you...act according to the situation."

"Okay!" the crowd responded loudly.

Fengshan looked puzzled: "Is it really appropriate for us to be plotting like this in front of others?"

Li Zheng: "..."

other people:"!!!"

Miho Ito: "sodayo~"

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(End of this chapter)