Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 485 Bloody battle!
"Damn it, those bastards are still on Jiutian's side in the end. They turned the camera away at the crucial moment!"

"Damn it, Bai Xiaosheng, turn the camera back! We need to hear what Tang Qianzang and the others are whispering about! What could possibly bring their two legions back to life?"

Just as Tang Qianzang was explaining his plan to Liu Qishao and others, a large number of viewers in Bai Xiaosheng's live stream started cursing, simply because he promptly turned the camera to Li Zheng.

As it happened, they overheard Zhan Zhouzhou whispering to Li Zheng, and the tone of the comments section instantly shifted.

"Huh? What she said makes sense, and judging from that bastard's expression changing, could it be that she was right?"

"Hahahaha! You little bastard, you kept it a secret, didn't expect we'd already seen through you, huh?"

"Damn~ I almost laughed my head off, the camera was just spinning for nothing."

Zhan Zhouzhou: Didn't expect that, did you? I've seen through your plan! (Sneaky)

"Strange, why isn't Li Zheng reacting? Isn't he worried?"

"What are they worried about? The Lava Mountains are only a small area. Once the Endless Ocean is conquered, the territory will be at least twice the size of this place! And don't forget, that's just the ordinary land area. Li Zheng can also create ice surfaces, making the actual area even larger and able to accommodate more players!"

Li Zheng: You might make a killing, but I definitely won't lose out! (smug)

"Could you please stop adding subtitles during the live stream? The subtitles you've added are actually quite fitting for the situation..."

"Brothers, I'm back from another live stream. Tang Qianzang's plan is pretty much the same as Zhan Zhouzhou's. He's going to use the 60% discount points that Li Zheng gave him to sell the spots!"

"...I have a question. The only safe venue entrance is blocked by Kunlun and Jiutian, and other legions are stuck in their own transit stations. Apart from the legion channel, other chat functions are unavailable. How are they going to notify other legions to sell their spots?"

"Ask Bai Xiaosheng about this. They must have a lot of special privileges as special correspondents, right?"

“Don’t ask me. Under normal circumstances, you can’t even get a view of the transit space, let alone our special correspondents,” Bai Xiaosheng said quietly. “However, I estimate that there are quite a few legions occupying the portal right now. As long as the people from Kunlun and Jiutian move aside, the others will be able to get in.”

Since his plans were already known, there was no need to hide them anymore, so he simply told the audience what he was thinking.

Bai Xiaosheng's idea was just his own guess, but the viewers of the show all thought it made sense. The people from Kunlun and Jiutian could set up another roadblock in the encirclement of the starting point after agreeing to Li Zheng's request, so as to achieve the goal of collecting tolls at a low price.

At this time, Tang Qianzang and the others had almost finished supplementing the plan. They returned to Li Zheng and said, "Our two families agree to your conditions. We can join forces to help you hold off the Boss on the Endless Ocean side."

With the strength of the Kunlun and Jiutian legions, holding off any boss for thirty seconds is not difficult at all.

The challenge lies in dealing effective damage to the Boss during this period.

Li Zheng is the right person to fill the gaps.

It's not the only material, but this piece is more solid.

“I knew you would agree.” Li Zheng’s smile remained unchanged; so far, everything was going according to his plan.

"It's a win-win situation for all three of us, so we have no reason to refuse." Liu Qishao, a pragmatist, spoke first: "Since we've decided to cooperate, let's discuss how to coordinate. After all, going to the Endless Ocean requires going through the transit space of our respective legions, and we can't use private chat in the event, so how can we all go there together?"

"It's simple."

Li Zheng had already planned for this: "The system time is unified. It is 11:43 now. You go back and organize your people. When the system time reaches 11:50, we will all head to the Endless Ocean. I will arrive about five seconds later."

Liu Qishao considered it for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, there should be enough time."

"By the way, the Endless Ocean is a holy land for water and ice elements. Try to organize members who have these two abilities to go there, and preferably those who can fly," Li Zheng added.

"That's not a problem either."

Tang Qianzang said, "Although our regiment has relatively few flying equipment, it should be enough if we share it among ourselves."

"Alright. Then everyone get ready. Once it's done, you two can lead your legion members to the Lava Mountains." Li Zheng thought for a moment, then, having nothing more to add, told Tang Qianzang and the others to go back first.

Without further ado, they each turned around and led their people out through the portal one by one.

No sooner had they left than people from other legions appeared. Some knew the rules and handed over part of their catch to offset their points for entry.

Some people tried everything to persuade the Qidian Legion to make an exception, but were refused, and had no choice but to enter on credit.

Some people, who were out of touch with the news, still dared to make a move, but they were dealt with one by one by Zhan Zhouzhou and others, and their positions were frozen again.

Li Zheng checked the time and said, "I have to go."

People kept appearing and leaving the portal, and gradually order emerged, making it easy for Li Zheng to pass through.

Zhan Zhouzhou asked him, "Do you need me to come with you?"

“No need. It’s more valuable for you to stay here and oversee things. Don’t let them take advantage of you.” Li Zheng turned to Miriel and said, “You stay here with Sakura and the others. If Red Poli runs out of water, just ask Zhan Zhouzhou for help. She’ll understand.”

The bodies of the Poli are almost entirely composed of water, which makes them easily evaporate in the lava mountain environment.

Li Zheng has been using 'extreme isolation' to keep them stable. Once he leaves, the extreme isolation will soon fail, and if he can't get back in time, someone else will need to keep replenishing their water.

"Understood." Miriel nodded.

Li Zheng once again instructed Zhan Zhouzhou: "You are in charge of taking care of them. If Miri asks you for help, just give her clean water."

“…I already heard it.” Zhan Zhouzhou rolled her eyes and said, “Go and come back soon.”

"I'll definitely be back in thirty minutes at the latest."

Li Zheng looked around and found Li Chun. He went over, shook her hand, and said out of the blue, "Little sister, long time no see."

"Huh?" Li Chun looked surprised, her cheeks slightly flushed. "It's been... a long time?"

"Nothing, just wanted to say hello."

Li Zheng smiled and waved his hand, saying, "I have something to do, I'm leaving."

"Uh...oh." The little girl nodded blankly, watching Li Zheng turn and leave through the portal, but her mind was still on the thing Li Zheng had secretly given her, her heart pounding.

"Oh my god, what an awkward pickup line! It's so awkward it's giving me a toe cramp!"

In Bai Xiaosheng's live stream, viewers wailed at Li Zheng's final actions.

"What a beautiful young girl! What terrible crime did she commit to have to go through this?"

"Please, Li Zheng, don't force yourself to strike up a conversation if you don't know how. I've studied pickup techniques for 28 years and come up with 36 tricks for picking up girls. You can come to me for further training!"

"Aww~~~ This girl is so cute!!! That damned Li Zheng actually defiled her pure and innocent hands with his filthy claws! Everyone, don't stop me, I'm going to fight Li Zheng!"

"Three minutes. I need all the information on this girl, or I'll beat everyone here to death as a tribute to my stillborn love!"

Looking at the chaotic barrage of comments, Bai Xiaosheng glanced at Li Chun a few more times, revealing a thoughtful expression.

……

In a corner of the lava mountains, a lazy bum lying down looked at his personal page with great satisfaction.

Fortunately, our performance wasn't at the bottom!
Despite competing with a host of cunning and shrewd colleagues, Xiao was extremely satisfied with his performance, which ranked third from the bottom and fourth from the top.

Although the Deep Void and the Undying Thundercloud arenas have unique characteristics that result in fewer players visiting them, thus earning them the last and second-to-last rankings respectively...

It's a pity I entrusted the wrong person; otherwise, my performance could have improved by another place!
The thought of that guy who took the stuff and then did nothing with it made Xiao feel a pang of heartache.

Fortunately, of the six fishing tackle merchants, only his sales were still increasing. "Huh?"

Xiao sat up abruptly and looked at the second-place company, Endless Ocean. Their sales figures had actually shown a slight increase?!

……

11:50!
Li Zheng stared at the system time and began counting down in his mind as the agreed time officially arrived.

"1001, 1002, 1003... 1006!"

Instead of entering within the agreed-upon five seconds, Li Zheng, holding the Bloodthirsty Demon Blade, stepped through the portal leading to the endless ocean, a second later than expected.

"The first team has been completely wiped out. The second team will take over!"

"Arsenal team fires in unison!"

"RPG aim!"

"The water system team will flank from the left and seize control of the waterway from the hammerhead whale!"

"Water System Team Two, move to the right flank!"

"All ice-type units, proceed to the front lines and stand by behind the third team!"

"The wave is coming! RPGs and plasma cannons, fire!"

As the scenery changed, loud shouts, synchronized gunfire, cannon fire, deafening explosions, and the crackling of electricity filled the air.

In the endless ocean arena, the beach at the entrance has been submerged up to knee-deep, and everyone is either standing in the water or flying in the sky.

A hammerhead whale, over 300 meters long, surfaced, its massive tail slamming into the sea and creating a colossal wave that crashed down on all the members of Kunlun and Jiutian.

On the Kunlun side, a man in his thirties stood in the water, wearing a miniature walkie-talkie in his ear and a signal transmitter the size of a ball next to him.

"Hold on! Li Zheng is here!"

The man glanced at Li Zheng briefly before turning back to continue giving orders.

"Water-based teams one and two, don't hold back your genetic energy! Use all your strength to wrest control of the seawater from the Boss and weaken the power of the waves!"

"Three tank teams, move up! Create space for the ice-type!"

"Four teams, get ready! Three teams have fallen, now it's your turn to take over!"

Under his command, thousands of people gradually gained a foothold amidst the hammerhead whale's offensive in an orderly manner. Apart from the pure cannon fodder members such as the meat shield teams, the casualties of the other elite special forces teams were minimized.

The water-type ability users were divided into two teams, all equipped with various flight devices, and circled around to the Boss's side from the left and right flanks. They used their genetic power as if it were free, pushing their genetic abilities to the limit, and wrested control of the seawater from the waves. Various attack patterns made of seawater were drawn out from the waves and flew into the distance.

Thanks to their interference, the pressure on the tank team, which was relying entirely on their physical strength to withstand the damage while holding up their shields, dropped sharply. After the first two groups of people were all killed and turned into white light, the third team was only broken up by the waves, and the amount of white light they produced was half that of the previous team.

Under the cover of the tank team, more than 400 ice-type players finally used their first batch of abilities, freezing the nearby seawater. Endless deep blue light shone from their bodies, and the low temperature cold air spread slowly into the distance like an ocean current.

The sea was turbulent, and only a small number of people were equipped with flying devices; most players were submerged in waist-deep water.

People were frequently swept away by the waves because they lost their footing.

Soon, a white light shone from the direction of the swept-away player and shot into the sky.

Some people witnessed their teammates being hit head-on by waves that were as solid as iron plates, instantly flattening them.

In the instant it turned into white light and flew away, I could vaguely see my comrade's eyeballs bursting, his nasal bones shattered, and him spitting out blood mixed with broken teeth.

He knew it hurt.

Even after returning to the transit space, all injuries will be completely healed, but the pain will last for at least five minutes!
A full five minutes!
You have to endure the pain of your eyeballs ruptured and your bones shattered for a full five minutes!
Even the strongest will would break down under such torment.

"Brothers, stop treating this like a game. Just pretend they've really died."

"We who are left only have one thing to do, and that is to avenge them!"

"All the painful sacrifices must be made in vain. Let that big guy see what we're made of. Even if we die, we'll use every last bullet and squeeze out every last drop of genetic energy!"

"Damn it!"

"Damn it!"

Everyone roared in anger. The gunmen gripped the triggers tightly, their eyes bloodshot, like demons ready to devour anyone in their path.

The blue light around the ice-type player surged, and endless cold air erupted and merged into one, encompassing an area of ​​one mile in front of him, where layers of ice successfully froze.

"Damn it!"

The shield-bearing human shield team broke through the ice, jumped onto the smooth ice path, and charged headlong towards the hammerhead whale not far away like madmen.

"Damn it!"

The two teams of water-based players worked hard to extract large amounts of seawater from the waves, managing to reduce the towering, sky-covering waves, which were tens of meters high, by a third.

"Damn it!"

Holding a cannon or plasma cannon, the soldiers at the rear aim at the remaining waves and press the activation device hard.

The ball of light, trailing long flames or flashing with electricity, struck the wave precisely, exploding with a deafening roar and shattering the remaining power of the giant wave.

However, all of this seemed to be in vain.

The tank team that rushed to the Boss lost their fire support. The Hammerhead Whale's giant tail smashed down on them, crushing layers of defense and leaving a bloody mess in an instant.

The gunmen's bullets traveled a great distance to hit the hammerhead whale, but caused negligible damage.

The ice, which had been struggling to hold together, was overturned and shattered layer by layer by the waves, mingling with the surf and reaping the lives of the players like blades.

Even though the dispersed waves are not as terrifying as the initial ones, they are still enough to sweep people away, drown them, or kill them by the ice mixed in with the seawater.

‘Are you ready? ’

'certainly! '

"It's up to you now, don't let me down."

"Don't worry, Master, Dao Dao has everything under control!"

'it is good. '

That's it.

"Damn it!"

Li Zheng flicked his right hand back, creating a flourish with his sword. With a "whoosh," enormous wings made of lightning unfolded behind him, and with a slight tremor, they disappeared.

In the air, two thin lines, one red and one blue-purple, appeared side by side amidst the artillery fire, slicing towards the hammerhead whale that carried unparalleled power.

(End of this chapter)