Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 286 First Kill Stolen, a Pleasant Mistake (Part 2)

"If you don't tell him, how will he know we're plotting?" Li Zheng glared at Feng Shan, but he couldn't very well say that the mutant was just a real projection and that its intelligence wasn't as sharp as the original.

Fengshan scratched his head lightly: "I don't think they're deaf..."

Li Zheng interrupted him: "Alright, do as I say."

"it is good."

Li Zheng ignored Feng Shan and turned to Lin Fengjiao: "You can borrow these two guns for now, return them to me later."

"...Thank you." Lin Fengjiao took the two salted fish, one long and one short, from Li Zheng's hand and thanked him in a hoarse voice.

After explaining everything, Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou walked away into the distance one after the other. Although the area covered by the mysterious declaration's light was not large, it was exceptionally conspicuous in the darkness.

Fengshan thought for a moment, took off his brass knuckles and put them on, then took out a revolver with an unusually large caliber and fired it into the air.

Snapped!
stop!
Sizzle~
The white phosphorus inside the warhead burned, emitting a blinding white light and thick smoke.

The entire "cell" was illuminated as brightly as day by the flares.

Feng Shan put away the signal gun and said to Li Zheng and the other man, "The flares can only last for five minutes, and I don't have many left. Let's finish this quickly."

“Five minutes.” Li Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly. With the help of the flare, he had already locked onto Ito Miho’s figure. She was hiding behind a stone pillar, only revealing half of her body that was undergoing a transformation.

"enough."

Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou exchanged a glance. Even if they couldn't defeat Ito Miho in five minutes, they were confident they could escape back with everyone.

"on!"

Li Zheng roared and soared into the air. The aircraft behind him spewed out a powerful blast of air, propelling him at an extremely fast speed toward Ito Miho, who was dozens of meters away.

Zhan Zhouzhou remained silent, following behind Li Zheng with peculiar gaits.

Although its speed was not as fast as Li Zheng's flight, it was not slow either.

Fengshan stomped one foot on the ground, unleashing his explosive power, and followed closely behind Zhan Zhouzhou.

Yan Guang and his companion had already taken aim and began firing first.

咻咻咻～
Hundreds of miniature missiles, trailing long plumes of flame, flew from the left arm launch bay toward Ito Miho, arriving first despite being launched later, creating a deafening roar and sparks flying everywhere.

"Ultimate Isolation!" Li Zheng didn't stop moving. He cast a heat-insulating ability on himself and then threw one at Zhan Zhouzhou.

Fengshan was a bit far away, out of his reach, so he didn't bother with it.

As soon as the first round of bombing ended, Li Zheng rushed into the flames to search for Ito Miho's figure.

Kaka.

Two barely perceptible crisp sounds caught Li Zheng's attention. He sensed something was wrong and immediately dodged to the side.

boom!
A deafening roar.

A strong gust of wind dispersed the sparks from the missile explosion, revealing Ito Miho's fully mutated form.

Originally, Ito Miho was only the size of an eight or nine-year-old boy, but now she had transformed into a giant iron ape, her height increasing fivefold to nearly six meters, like a small building.

The giant ape gripped the stone pillar blasted apart by the missile, its head planted firmly on the ground. Its golden eyes were fixed on Li Zheng's still-flying figure as it roared.

"This power!" Li Zheng noticed the spiderweb-like cracks spreading across the ground, the marks left by Ito Miho's stone pillar.

To create such a scene, Ito Miho's strength alone far surpasses that of ordinary diamond-level creatures!

"Be careful, don't fight him head-on!" Li Zheng said to Zhan Zhouzhou, who had followed him, before turning around and charging at Ito Mibu again.

The giant ape that Ito Miho had transformed into was right in front of him. Li Zheng, who was over 1.8 meters tall, looked like a small child in front of it. He could only reach its level when he was flying in the air.

Li Zheng flew to Ito Miho's side, raised his sword and thrust it straight at her, but was blocked by the opponent with a stone pillar, which made his arm go numb.

Even if Li Zheng had just entered the Gold-level physique, he would still find it difficult to gain an advantage against Ito Miho.

Below, Zhan Zhouzhou seized the opportunity to leap up and slash at Ito Mibu's knee joint with his sword. If this sword strike landed, the leg would lose most of its function.

Ito Miho naturally noticed her, and with both hands she lifted the stone pillar and slammed it down hard, determined to crush Zhan Zhouzhou to death.

"Bloodline - Burning!"

"Explosion - Tenfold Amplification - Full Power!"

A strong figure rushed out from behind Zhan Zhouzhou, leaped high into the air, and raised his palms upwards, trying to block the stone pillar.

Li Zheng was shocked upon seeing this: "Nonsense!"

Fengshan is no match for Ito Miho in terms of either physical constitution or genetic ability.

To rush forward so rashly is almost tantamount to suicide.

In a moment of quick thinking, Li Zheng took out a long spear from the capsule and threw it towards Fengshan.

A strong sense of threat surged into Feng Shan's mind, his eyelids twitched wildly, and he caught sight of the rapidly flying spear. He had no choice but to switch his raised hand to block the spear.

puff!
Feng Shan's palm was pierced, and the excruciating pain was unbearable. Before he could even curse, he was thrown off balance by the kinetic energy contained in the spear and flew backward.

Before he even landed, Li Zheng's angry shouts rang out: "Don't you have any self-awareness?"

Li Zheng was furious. Feng Shan was probably used to this head-on fighting style and underestimated the impact of diamonds and higher-level creatures, actually thinking that his small body could stop Ito Miho.

If that blow had landed squarely, Fengshan's body would probably have had to be put back in a basin.

On the other side, Zhan Zhouzhou was still under the stone pillar. If she didn't dodge, she would be the one to take the basin back.

She was in mid-air when she kicked Ito Miho's leg, and like a swallow returning to its nest, she flew backward and landed safely.

Boom! ! !
The stone pillar struck the hollow, creating another spiderweb-like crack in the ground.

Ito Miho forced back the three masters with two moves, and Yan Guang took this opportunity to launch a second round of miniature cannonballs.

This time, she chose a more advanced type of shell, no longer a thin, toothpick-like shell, but rather round, black spheres.

Slender, miniature projectiles are better suited for long-range precision strikes and are particularly effective against heavily armored enemies.

These small black balls, on the other hand, are perfect for interrupting long-range bombardment and have a more powerful impact.

Countless tiny black balls rained down on Ito Miho.

boom!
boom!
boom!
Amidst a series of explosions, the impact surged like a tidal wave, pushing Ito Miho backward and causing her to lose her footing.

After this round of explosions ended, Yan Guang needed some time to cool down the magazine, leaving only Lin Fengjiao holding the harpoon gun and slowly firing at Ito Miho.

This time, Li Zheng did not rush in, but waited quietly for the flames to dissipate.

Yan Guang's mechanical arm is already at the platinum level, and the bombardment just now used shells of the same level, which were extremely powerful.

High-tier items often represent high value and rarity. Yan Guang himself hadn't planned on going all out several times.

Her left arm is like a money-burning machine; if you don't have some savings, it's easy for her inventory to be emptied.

As the flames subsided, everyone was surprised to find that Ito Miho had not come out on top this time, and had suffered injuries of varying degrees all over her body.

There were several places where the fur was curled up, the skin was torn and bleeding, and foul-smelling liquid was oozing out, whether it was there before or caused by Yan Guang's attack.

Li Zheng changed his strategy and began to engage in close combat.

Relying on his flying machine and Eye Demon Boots, he leaped around in front of Ito Miho, wielding his sheathed sword, occasionally stabbing his eyes and other vital points with his sword.

This fighting style was as annoying as flies. Ito Miho repeatedly tried to smash Li Zheng to death with a stone pillar, but failed each time.

Zhan Zhouzhou was just as agile on the ground as Li Zheng. They split up and frequently harassed Ito Mibu, wearing down its stamina.

Fengshan retreated to a corner to treat his injuries after Li Zheng pierced both of his hands.

At this moment, the ground was becoming increasingly chaotic under Ito Miho's destruction, and Fengshan finally realized how dangerous his actions had been. If it weren't for Li Zheng's help, he might be stuck in some crater right now, unable to pry himself out.

As the battle intensified, after several tests, Li Zheng finally confirmed the extent of Ito Miho's strength.

To explain it using the realms in fantasy novels, it should be considered "peak diamond level," just a little short of becoming extraordinary.

The flares that Fengshan had fired earlier were gradually dimming, and the visibility was decreasing, indicating that the battle had been going on for almost five minutes.

After using the aircraft at high intensity for five consecutive minutes, Li Zheng even used two gold-grade dynamic cores to recharge it.

So far, they haven't seen any returns, even though Li Zheng and his team have already invested a lot of resources.

“The people of Fukushima are indeed formidable.” Li Zheng once again distanced himself from Ito Miho, his expression complex.

Fortunately, the Matrix game suddenly appeared, pulling them all into this world.

Otherwise, Li Zheng couldn't even imagine the extent of the damage that Ni Hong would cause to the world if he released these experimental subjects one day.

The first to be affected will be the muddy neighbors; the Dragon Kingdom will be the first to suffer.
"That's enough, let's wrap it up." Li Zheng glanced at Zhan Zhouzhou, observing her condition.

Even a master as strong as Zhan Nvxia was exhausted after a long battle.

Just as he was trying to figure out how to kill Ito Miho, the other party suddenly stopped holding up the stone pillar.

It was as if the movie had been suddenly paused.

Within sight, Lao Pu's notification appeared at the opportune moment.

Is this a scam?
Playing dead?

neither!
Do you remember the setting where there was more than one projector?
That's right!

He was killed by a team of other players; you were too late!

Was he killed by someone else?
Li Zheng was slightly taken aback, and his composure began to crumble.

At the same time, an announcement was issued on the world channel, revealing the player team that killed Ito Miho.

[Congratulations to player "Tang Qianzang" for leading their team to successfully kill the mutated creature number 43 in the event. Kill points +1.]

The official announcement from the terminal made Li Zheng realize the meaning of the impermanence of life.

They worked hard for five minutes, only to have someone else steal the kill, making all their efforts in vain.

Li Zheng felt it was a bit unreal.

My team is full of top-notch experts, so how exactly did Tang Qianzang manage to snatch the monster from them?

Is there anyone in the world more powerful than their team?
The other members of the team also noticed the announcement, and their faces immediately darkened.

Fengshan wailed, "Damn it! I got injured for nothing!"

Yan Guang was so angry she jumped up and down: "My ammunition! All wasted! I've lost everything!"

Zhan Zhouzhou remained silent with a sullen face, and judging from her expression, she was not in a good mood either.

Li Zheng stared resentfully at Ito Miho, who had stopped moving.

It was just a little bit short!
They almost got the first kill!

It feels like playing an ADC in League of Legends, and you've already got a quadra kill, with only the slowed-down support left. All you have to do is go in and land the final auto-attack to get a penta kill.

As a result, his teammate Karma came up and used RQ to secure the kill.

I was so devastated.

This time, there were few messages on the world channel discussing Tang Qianzang killing the mutant.

It's not that players don't care, but most players no longer have megaphones, so they can't send messages even if they want to.

Therefore, many people are trying to contact Tang Qianzang privately, hoping to get firsthand information about killing the mutants.

In another challenge room, next to the body of the deceased Ito Miho, five players, each with injuries, gathered together, waiting for Tang Qianzang to decompose the mutant.

In this battle, the five of them used all their skills, escaped death countless times, and even used a lot of rare high-level items before they barely managed to kill Ito Miho.

One of the men, a square-faced man in his forties with an upright demeanor, said weakly, "Hopefully, decomposing the mutants will bring us some compensation; otherwise, even if we get the first kill of the event, it will be a loss."

He slumped to the ground, half of his body limp, as if he had been kneaded from dough.

Another person was examining his injuries, and the more they examined him, the more bitter his expression became: "This mutant is really too strong. Even... just being hit once has almost turned half of the bones in his body into dust. To fully heal him, we need a set of nanobots that can repair bones from the inside."

This player, who seemed to have medical knowledge, was also in bad shape. His left leg was severed at the root, with only some skin and flesh connecting it. The wound only received simple hemostasis treatment. He was in so much pain that his face turned pale, and large beads of cold sweat kept pouring down his forehead.

The man with the square face looked at Tang Qianzang: "Don't we have those nanobots?"

"Yes, but I know someone who has some. We can go and rent it in a bit." Tang Qiancang placed one hand on the body of Ito Miho, which was riddled with bullet holes and blast wounds, and silently recited the decomposition.

The next second, his expression turned even more grim than that of the player who was most seriously injured.

"What's wrong?" The others had a bad feeling when they saw his expression.

Whether out of anger or despair, Tang Qiancang forced out a few words through gritted teeth: "No... it cannot be decomposed!"

"What?!" The square-faced man collapsed to the ground, his face filled with disbelief: "How could it not decompose?"

The medic player, who was bandaging another person's wounds, said emotionally, "To kill this mutant, we all used up almost all our best resources, but it can't be decomposed?"

"Then what's the point of us getting this first kill?" A young player, barely in his early twenties, with slightly dark skin and an honest appearance, whose only remaining mobility was his neck, said indignantly. "If we had known earlier that mutants couldn't be decomposed, why would we have gone to such lengths to kill it?"

His injuries have been examined; he suffered a severe blow to the lower back, resulting in a spinal misalignment and nerve compression. He has almost lost sensation below the neck, making him the most seriously injured and in the most dangerous condition among all the patients.

“But it really can’t be broken down.” Tang Qiancang dangled one arm, his face ashen.

He hadn't expected that such a powerful mutant in the event would be of an indestructible type.

"Wait, I have a system notification!" The only member who hadn't spoken up said, "The system says I landed the final blow and is rewarding me... with an identity card?"

As he spoke, he took out his identity card with a puzzled look on his face. The information indicated that the identity card came from a player named "Ito Miho".

"Ito Miho? Is that the name of the mutant?" After reading the attributes on the identity card, the group was all puzzled.

How did I manage to kill a mutated monster that appeared during an event, and the system actually rewarded me with an identity card?

And with such a distinctive style in the name, is this really not some mud-covered guy from the neighborhood who's not doing too well?
Tang Qianzang and his companions' hopes were rekindled: "Could it be that the rewards for defeating the mutants are all in this card?"

The man with the square face asked hopefully, "Let's see what we can gain from this fusion."

"Yeah, yeah, let's hope this guy died rich enough to heal us." The healer player chimed in, also pinning his hopes on the identity card.

None of the five people connected the ID card with the monster they had just killed, and they all assumed that the terminal had used the ID card of a player who died in the wild as a reward.

All five of them have injuries that are difficult to treat, which will affect their subsequent exploration today. If the identity card fusion doesn't yield any good results, their losses will be too great.

"Okay, then I'll merge." The player holding the identity card chose to merge, his gaze unfocused, staring intently at the system prompt in front of him.

The identity card turned into specks of light and disappeared. Time slowly passed, and the player seemed to have turned into a statue, standing there, stunned and at a loss.

"What's wrong?" the medic urged. "What did you get? Hurry up and take it out to see."

"I..." The player who had merged the identity card opened his mouth, seemingly unsure how to explain.

"If I told you that the card is empty, would you believe me?"

I inexplicably fell asleep... Damn it!

The original text contained 4,000 words, and the revised text contained over 4,600 words. However, the fee was only based on the word count of the first publication, as compensation.

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