Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 594 Annie is a girl
"So this mission really is a test of humanity, huh?" Li Zheng thought to himself, "Not only do I have to be a spy among the players, but also among my peers?"

It's difficult enough to have one's own abilities replaced, but now there are additional task requirements?
Do you even give people a way to survive?
Oh, it's fine whether you do it or not?

That's fine.

To be fair, although the terminal clearly states that the more personal tasks you complete, the richer the rewards, it means that you can still receive rewards even if you don't meet the requirements of these tasks.

However, Li Zheng was quite interested in the so-called mission rewards, so he felt that completing one or two requirements wouldn't be a bad idea.

The easiest task is obviously task two, which only requires eliminating five players. Li Zheng has seven people waiting for him to cause trouble. With his intentions on the side, those seven people will have almost no power to resist.

"Okay, according to the original plan, let's eliminate Li Minshun first..." Li Zheng lifted his foot again, and the last piece of information in front of him finally appeared.

[One random personal task now requires completion of a fixed task. (The fixed task must be completed; failure to do so will result in the cancellation of all rewards for this task, plus an additional penalty of 300 Red Crystals!)]

[The event ends randomly. The fixed task requirement is: "Task Four: Before the start of the third round of challenges, ensure that no more than two members of your team are eliminated."]

"???"

Li Zheng almost cursed, "So you're deliberately going against me, huh?"
This person can't be eliminated, right?
"Anyway, there are two spots available, eliminating one shouldn't be a big problem." Li Zheng's stubbornness kicked in. Today, Li Minshun had to be the first to leave. He said, not even Jesus could keep him!

Having made up his mind not to waste any more time, Li Zheng quickly caught up with the players who had already gone far ahead.

About two hundred meters down the passage, there was a fork in the road. Feng Bujue and his three companions chose to go left, while the rest of the group went right.

Without hesitation, Li Zheng turned right.

Then they saw two players wearing cloaks standing in front of them, namely Li Minshun and Chai Kefu.

Another player, "Annie," has disappeared.

"What are you doing here?" Li Zheng walked over casually. "Where's the other person?"

Li Minshun didn't even turn her head, pointing to the ground below and ahead: "It's over there."

Only then did Li Zheng realize that, in the dim light, there was an enormous crater in the ground.

[Can you guess why this mission keeps mentioning "Challenger Games"? Can you guess what Challenger Games actually entails? Can you guess what this huge pit is for? Can you guess that thing stuck in the barbs at the bottom of the pit might be one of your "teammates"?]

Upon seeing the scene at the bottom of the pit, Li Zheng's face turned almost green.

Below a pit about fifty meters apart, rows of sharp, menacing barbs stood upright, pointing skyward in a furious display.

Near the edge of the pit, on the opposite side, a figure wearing a cloak was stuck in a barb; it was Annie, the teammate Li Zheng had just asked about who had disappeared.

They're completely dead...

“People will die in this special room!” Li Minshun’s voice remained unchanged, but Li Zheng could detect a hint of dryness in his tone.

That's right. Almost all the special rooms that were opened before had rules protecting you from near-death experiences. At most, you would be seriously injured, but it was impossible to lose your life.

However, one of the players recently turned himself into a kebab, serving as a warning to others.

"The newbie protection period is long over, so what's so surprising about the appearance of some special rooms where people can die?" Tchaikov's tone was much more indifferent. "I actually think that the terminal is already being merciful by only opening up special rooms where people can die now. If I were designing it, I wouldn't have added any protection mechanisms to the special rooms in the first place; life and death would be left to fate!"

Li Minshun's voice trembled: "How can you be so cold-hearted? That was a living, breathing person! It just struggled and died right in front of you!"

When Li Minshun said these words, Li Zheng glanced at him unexpectedly.

She didn't have this attitude when she was arguing with Wang Xiaoshan just now. Why has she suddenly become so saintly now?
“I’m not participating in this instance. You guys can play by yourselves. I’ll stay here and wait for the instance to end.” Li Minshun took a step back.

It wasn't a sudden surge of maternal instinct; rather, it was seeing dead people with my own eyes that made me afraid of death.

"Ha, staying here is a dead end." Tchaikov shook his head slightly. "Ha haven't you noticed? The capsules where we store supplies have been locked. Don't believe me? Try taking something out of them."

"What?" Li Minshun immediately tried it and found that his capsule residence was indeed locked by the terminal, just as the other party had said.

Li Zheng also tried it and found that, as an executor from the outer city participating in the mission, his capsule space was also locked tightly.

“Um…” Li Zheng looked at the corpse at the bottom of the pit and asked, “What exactly happened just now? How did someone suddenly die?” “Can’t you tell?” Tchaikov said, “He tried to jump over, but he failed.”

"Trying to jump over, but failed?" Li Zheng asked in surprise, "It's only about fifty meters away, right?"

With an extraordinary physique, let alone a mere fifty meters, even if that distance were doubled, jumping over it should be effortless. How could he have failed?

“Ha, that idiot thought so at first too.” Tchaikov pointed at Anne’s body and said, “But this pit is not that simple. I just took a closer look and there may be some kind of special rule above the pit that suppresses our jumping ability.”

"And... he still failed even after using his enhanced jumping ability," Tchaikov added.

I failed after activating "I can jump high"?
Li Zheng was increasingly surprised and secretly asked Lao Pu, "Is there any trick to this trap?"

【gravity.】

Old Pu's answer was brief, and Li Zheng understood it instantly.

The terminal was a bit sneaky this time, actually increasing the gravity coefficient within the pit area, no wonder it couldn't jump over.

"Let's go back and check the other side; that might be the right way," Li Zheng thought for a moment, preparing to persuade the two to go with him to the other side.

He only had two spots for his personal mission, and one was already gone at the very beginning. He had to gather everyone together to prevent any further accidents.

"You have a big pit here too?"

Before the three of them could turn around, Feng Bujue's voice came from behind them.

Li Zheng turned around and saw that the other four players were unharmed behind them.

"You've also chosen a direction?" Tchaikov asked.

Seeing Feng Bujue and his three companions approaching, Li Minshun stepped back a few paces to the edge of the passage, pressing himself against the wall, seemingly not wanting to have much interaction with them.

"Well, there's a long safe distance in that direction. After we encountered the big pit, we wondered if this was the right way, so we came back to check." Feng Bujue briefly explained the situation on the other side, then noticed that one person was missing: "How come there are only three of you left?"

Li Zheng pointed to the bottom of the pit and answered, just like Li Minshun had done before: "There's another one over there."

The four men stepped forward, looking at the corpse below. Wang Xiaoshan asked, "Who is the one who died...?"

“Annie.”

"Oh, what a pity." Wang Xiaoshan shook his head regretfully.

Li Minshun finally couldn't hold back any longer: "What do you mean?"

Because they all wear the same clothes and have the same voices, if a teammate disappears from sight for a moment and then reappears without speaking, it's basically impossible to tell who is who.

So, Wang Xiaoshan's shift from questioning to expressing regret clearly indicated that he was wondering why the one who died wasn't Li Minshun.

After all, they were the only two people here who had ever had a conflict.

Wang Xiaoshan glanced at him: "Why are you getting so worked up? I just think it's such a pity that a girl died like that, is there a problem? Why are you being so sensitive?"

girl?

Li Zheng didn't mind their banter, but Wang Xiaoshan's comment that Annie was a girl...

That's too stereotypical.

Is he a girl simply because his name is Annie?

Others may not know, but he knows it very well.

The so-called "Annie" is actually a male player from a Southeast Asian country.

Yes, that country is famous for its "beautiful women".

(End of this chapter)