Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 287 Mutant Number Thirty-Nine (Two Chapters Combined)

“Empty…empty…” Tang Qiancang was so shocked that his vision went black and he almost fainted.

He didn't doubt whether his teammates were lying; he knew that kind of thing wouldn't happen in their squad.

But now he'd rather his teammates were lying to them.

The five of them used up all their survival items and wanted to try their luck and get some benefits from the event.

The result was that he lost everything?
He couldn't accept it.

He couldn't accept this result.

The idea of ​​"going all in" was his, and everyone supported him and came to this event with him.

Not only have they not benefited from the event, but all their previous investments have gone down the drain, and everyone involved has suffered serious injuries in this battle.

He felt guilty about this outcome.

"That's it." Tang Qiancang's voice was bitter. "I've let everyone down this time. I will make it up to you all later."

His words silenced everyone else.

The man with the square face said magnanimously, "We're all comrades-in-arms, why talk about compensation?"

“Exactly,” said the dark-faced youth who was paralyzed on the ground, unable to move. “We just didn’t expect the terminal to be so stingy. If there were benefits, do you think we would be so polite to you?”

The player who had been healing everyone said, "Put everything else aside for now. The most important thing is to heal our injuries. I'll tell you some useful items, and you can try to find ways to get them all."

All five people were injured, the most serious of whom was a square-faced man and paralyzed from the neck down, all of whom required nanorobots to treat their injuries.

In the Matrix, losing a leg or an arm isn't considered too serious; as long as the severed limb is preserved intact, it can be reattached.

If all else fails, you can find a modification station to replace your limbs with mechanical ones, which will not affect your mobility and may even enhance your combat capabilities.

On the contrary, injuries that appear to be harmless on the outside but are actually internal are more difficult to treat.

Tang Qianzang was deeply moved by his teammates' understanding and assured them, "I'll take care of the nanobots that Bujie and Lao Ma need. I guarantee I'll cure you!"

Bu Jie is a slightly dark-skinned, honest young man, while Lao Ma has a square face.

The person in charge of medical care is surnamed Sha, while the player who merged the identity card is surnamed Sun.

It's worth mentioning that Bu Jie's surname is Zhu...

These five people actually make up a Journey to the West group.

Old Sun reminded them, "Tell the other teams in the organization who want to challenge the mutants, so they can be mentally prepared."

“Yes, let’s not let them repeat the same mistake.” Old Sha nodded in agreement and contacted the others.

Old Ma glanced at his private message and said meaningfully, "It's too late. The organization has received news that Kunlun is determined to get the final reward and has assembled more than ten elite teams, aiming to sweep all the kills for the event numbers today."

Old Zhu collapsed to the ground, and sighed as if remembering something, "What a pity. If I hadn't been so scared back then that I got a tattoo, I would probably have a place in Kunlun now..."

"Don't overthink it," Old Ma with the square face comforted him. "You know how dangerous the things those guys in Kunlun do are! In peacetime, when there's no war, they're always risking their lives against natural disasters, doing rescue and relief work. It's very hard work."

“That’s right,” Old Sha said. “I’m actually envious of you. You became a teacher at such a young age, and you’ll have summer and winter vacations every year. It’s something that makes everyone jealous.”

"Haha, you know what, you're the most miserable one here." Old Ma, seemingly remembering something, pointed at Old Sha and teased, "You're so young, why are you studying medicine? Not only are you exhausted, but you're also misunderstood."

"Whether you understand or not, it's just how it is." Although Lao Sha envied others for having summer and winter vacations, he had no complaints about his profession: "Even if others don't understand, it won't stop me from saving people."

"To be honest, it's true." Old Zhu said, tilting his head. "It's better than Old Sun's job, where he's sheltered from the wind and rain."

Old Sun, who had been silent all along, was suddenly called upon and looked completely bewildered: "Wait, you guys can chat, but why are you bringing me up? What did we traffic cops do to deserve this?"

"If I don't mention you, who should I mention?" Old Ma suddenly cursed indignantly, "I still remember the ticket you gave me back then!"

Old Sun argued forcefully: "The ticket is for you. Who told you to park illegally?"

"Damn it!" Old Ma's face turned red with anger. "I was driving a police car! I was on a mission that time, and there were no parking spaces around!"

"A mission?" Old Sun scoffed. "I saw you come out of the dumpling shop with your own eyes carrying two boxes of dumplings. Your mission is to eat dumplings?"

"That's a patrol mission!" Old Ma roared, his neck stiff. "I've been on patrol all night without even having a sip of water. Can't I even buy two boxes of dumplings before I leave?"

"Then you can't park illegally either," Old Sun retorted.

Old Ma argued, "Well, I didn't sleep a wink all night, so my mind was foggy. It wasn't intentional."

Old Sun sneered: "I don't care, it's my duty."

"Well, you're playing the duty game with me, huh?" Old Ma said with a dark face, "You just wait, I've caught a few car thieves before, I'll have them ride all your motorcycles to our station, you'll be anxious to death!"

"you……"

"Alright, alright, stop arguing," Old Sha tried to smooth things over. "We're all doing this to serve the people, what's there to argue about?"

He tried to smooth things over and play the good guy, but others didn't buy it. Old Sun curled his lip and said, "Serving the people? In the eyes of the people, we are just a bunch of hooligans who arbitrarily impose fines for the sake of performance."

"Ah, this..." Old Sha was speechless, not knowing where to begin.

"Hey! Don't even mention you guys, aren't we the same?" Old Ma said dejectedly, "In the eyes of the people, we're just useless cowards who can't even catch a few car thieves!"

"That's not quite right..." Old Sha felt even more awkward: "If you put it that way, wouldn't I be a quack doctor who deliberately kills people without accepting bribes?"

"Hey, self-deprecating humor, huh?" Old Zhu said with a self-mockery, "Then aren't we just scum who make money by running tutoring classes during winter and summer vacations?"

The four men said in unison, "Old Tang is a thug who goes around the streets and alleys, destroying people's vendor stalls!"

Tang Qianzang: "???"

……

Li Zheng and the others had just left the event instance and were preparing to change their IDs and challenge it again.

At this time, Tang Qianzang contacted him and borrowed the platinum-level nanobots.

"Did anyone get injured?" Li Zheng raised an eyebrow. "I haven't congratulated you on getting the first kill of the event yet. I'll give you a discount on the nanobots this time as a congratulatory gift."

Despite claiming it would be cheaper, Li Zheng still quoted a high price of five gold-grade power cores, not including the energy source for the nanobots.

"What's there to congratulate me on? I regret it so much now." Tang Qiancang accepted the price offered by Li Zheng, briefly explained his situation, and finally said, "Whoever wants to participate in this event can participate. We won't be taking any more challenges. I really can't afford to play this game."

"Not going to take on the challenge anymore?" Li Zheng stroked his chin, feeling that he still had a chance to get the final reward.

Tang Qianzang borrowed the nanorobot, and Li Zheng acquired five gold-level dynamic cores.

Before leaving, Tang Qianzang asked Li Zheng, "Do you know any players who produce medical items? I need quite a few things to treat my injuries."

"Yes!" Li Zheng introduced Xiao Siyuan to him: "You've come to the right person, especially in orthopedics-related fields, he's a veteran in that field!"

"Thank you!" Tang Qiancang remembered the name and turned to contact Lao Xiao.

After ending his conversation with Tang Qianzang, Li Zheng gathered Zhan Zhouzhou and the others to continue the challenge.

This time, they are preparing to challenge number forty-two.

However, just as they were ready to teleport, three announcements suddenly popped up in the world channel.

[Congratulations to player "Chen Hongjun" for leading their team to successfully kill the mutated creature at event number 42, kill score +1.] [Congratulations to player "Zhang Hongyuan" for leading their team to successfully kill the mutated creature at event number 41, kill score +1.]

Congratulations to player "Liu Fang"...

In the blink of an eye, all four members of Radiation Island, numbered 40 to 43, were killed in this event.

Li Zheng was dumbfounded. How come he hadn't noticed before that there were so many amazing people in the Matrix?
And judging from their names, they're all players from our Dragon Kingdom!

As expected, our Dragon Country is truly number one in the world!

"Wait a minute!" Li Zheng suddenly realized that if they had killed all the mutants, what would be the point of him playing?

Immediately, he took out his "ticket," selected number thirty-nine, and began the teleportation.

This time, he had already communicated with everyone in the team to go all out from the start, fight quickly, and make the most of every second.

It was as if they were facing not monsters with combat power comparable to superhuman beings, but insects that could be manipulated at will.

On the other side, Tang Qianzang borrowed a nanobot, charged it, and fed it to his teammates for deep treatment.

The others also took out their rented medical equipment to provide further treatment for their injuries.

Tang Qiancang also took out several bottles of ink-like substance, gave each of his teammates a little to drink, and applied the rest to their wounds before bandaging them tightly.

Before long, everyone's complexion improved, and the effect of the few bottles of ink was surprisingly good.

Multiple medical interventions gave them the illusion that they could fight another mutant today.

They saw the three subsequent announcements and all showed expressions of surprise.

Things seem to be unfolding differently than they had imagined.

Old Ma contacted other people via private message and was shocked by what he received.

"Holy crap! Kunlun suffered a huge setback this time. I didn't expect the strength of the mutants in the event to be linked to their ranking. Numbers 40 to 43 were the weakest, and from number 39 onwards, their strength made a qualitative leap. If Kunlun hadn't seen the situation was bad and decisively retreated, they probably would have suffered heavy casualties!"

Old Sun also had his own channels and learned the whole story. He said with a solemn expression, "I also received news that the elite squad of the Luodu Military Region, with five diamond-level plasma bombs and ten platinum-level mortar shells, couldn't even take down Mutant No. 39!"

Upon hearing this news, the Journey to the West team members present exchanged bewildered glances. They had only used three diamond-level plasma bullets to kill mutant number 43.

Even so, they scraped together the materials by selling everything they owned.

The gold-grade dynamic core used to rent nanobots from Li Zheng was borrowed by Tang Qianzang and others in the organization.

Tang Qiancang asked anxiously, "Are they alright?"

"Everyone's alright. They fired all their shells and, seeing the situation was bad, they all escaped... Wait!" Old Sun stared wide-eyed at the latest news: "How is this possible? Wu Sihai, who won the title of King of Soldiers in the last military exercise, led a team that failed to attack the third mutant, and the entire team... was wiped out?"

"Damn it!" Old Ma suddenly cursed, "Are the commanders of Kunlun idiots? Those three at the top are obviously extraordinary, how dare they send people to attack them?!"

"It's not necessarily a problem with the upper echelons of Kunlun." Old Sun, well-informed, shook his head and said, "This Wu Sihai has a lot of problems in the army. He acts strangely and doesn't follow the usual path. During the last exercise, he risked his life to cross the enemy's minefield, broke into the headquarters, and took down the command post, making a name for himself in one fell swoop."

This time… it was probably because he was too arrogant, taking it upon himself to change the battle strategy and leading the team to challenge Mutant Number Three, resulting in the complete annihilation of his troops.”

"..." Upon hearing this, everyone remained silent for a long time.

Old Ma suddenly cursed angrily, "This Wu Sihai should just change his surname to Pig! Leading four comrades to their deaths, he's... worse than a pig!"

Old Zhu: "...???"

Old Ma explained, "I wasn't referring to you, Zhu."

Old Zhu: "Oh."

Old Sun said, "Now that everyone is gone, cursing is useless and won't bring his comrades back to life. We can only pray for the safety of those who haven't yet emerged from the operation."

Of the teams Kunlun sent out, besides the three that won a great victory and the Wu Sihai team whose members have been confirmed dead, there are three other teams that have not yet brought back any news from the event.

Others dared not send private messages to disturb them and could only wait passively.

……

Li Zheng and the others entered the room where the mutated creature number 39 was located and found that the environment was similar to that of other creatures, all being very dark caves.

This time, the group didn't exchange many words and went about their own business.

Fengshan suppressed his heartache and fired a flare.

huh~
The flare rose into the sky, trailing a bluish-white tail of flame, emitting a blinding white light and thick smoke.

Using the light, Li Zheng spotted his target at a glance.

He was a short, obese man with cloudy eyes and his body covered in festering sores.

The ugly man, who had been standing there blankly, suddenly noticed Li Zheng and the others and began to change instantly, developing into a mutant.

One by one, the sores burst open, oozing a sticky, green fluid, making the skin surface wet, sticky, and slippery, like a toad with broken skin.

The abdomen swelled up until it burst open, and what fell out of the abdominal cavity were not internal organs, but tendrils that danced like vines.

"Disgusting." Zhan Zhouzhou pinched her nose in disgust, but her eyes were filled with seriousness. She felt an intense pressure from the mutant, which meant that the opponent was capable of inflicting fatal damage on her.

Since Li Zheng's mental strength has increased, he has also been able to perceive some mysterious things, and has become equally cautious.

Mutant number 39 is not on the same level as Mutant number 43, Ito Miho.

If Ito Miho was only at the peak of Diamond rank, then Number Thirty-Nine broke through that level and stepped into the Extraordinary level.

Such strength would be a disaster if it were deployed to the outside world.

Just like the first few minutes of the event, there are no players left for them to slowly kill.

Li Zheng slowly drew his sword from its sheath, then took out his exoskeleton armor and put it on.

This time, he wouldn't hold back and wanted to unleash his true power to kill mutant number thirty-nine.

This battle was important to him; it served as a benchmark for determining whether further battles were necessary.

If he still has the energy, he will try to take down number 38 today as well.

If you've reached your limit, then put the activity on hold for now and focus on improving your strength.

"I'll count to three, two, one, let's start the battle." Li Zheng pressed the blue energy ball into the depression in the chest armor. Fortunately, he had previously obtained a platinum-level power core, which ensured that the platinum-level exoskeleton armor was operating at full energy.

"It's not like you're the lead in a terrible drama, why are you yelling 'three, two, one'?" Zhan Zhouzhou said coldly, her tone icy, a sign that she had entered battle mode.

Li Zheng shrugged, adjusted his armor, and looked at the mutants charging towards him like tanks. He said in a seemingly relaxed tone, "Then let's get started!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he and Zhan Zhouzhou rushed forward one after the other.

Behind him, Yan Guang raised his left arm forward, flipped the metal in his palm, revealing a circular opening.

The next second, a burst of blue light erupted!

The original text was 4,100 words; the revised text is close to 4,500 words. The extra words are considered compensation.

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