Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 596 "Aren't you afraid Li Zheng will come after you?"

"What's wrong?" Tchaikov said calmly, "Didn't you see he's already on the other side?"

Upon closer inspection, everyone realized that Li Zheng had landed just inside the pit on the other side, indicating that the jump had indeed been successful.

Bang!
Li Zheng landed steadily, and the enormous recoil force surged from his feet all the way to his waist before he gradually dissipated it.

After calming himself down and checking his body, he found that the jump and landing had not caused any shock to his mental energy, which meant that he was now capable of engaging in combat of a certain intensity.

"Phew, this is the best news in days..." Li Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. Only when he had his own combat ability could he truly feel at ease.

"Judging from this, the trap hasn't changed at all this time," Tchaikov muttered to himself, then turned and walked away.

When they arrived at the starting line where Li Zheng started, Chaikov casually stretched his arms and legs, then struck a very professional starting position, sticking his lower back out high and looking straight ahead.

Three, two, one!

After silently counting to three, Tchaikov leaped out like a cheetah, his running posture extremely standard, clearly indicating that he was an athlete who had undergone systematic training.

No wonder his preparations were so professional.

With Li Zheng's excellent example as a precedent, Tchaikov followed suit and replicated Li Zheng's process of jumping over the pit.

Unlike Li Zheng, who had another gravity-based device hindering his jump, Tchaikov reached the other side from a greater distance.
"what is this?"

After everyone had passed through the pit, Li Minshun turned to look at Annie's dead body below, his tone complicated: "It was such a simple challenge, yet she lost her life because of a mistake that shouldn't have happened... It's such a waste."

"As a living person, you're quite adept at mocking the dead," Wang Xiaoshan taunted Li Minshun without restraint. "Hypocritical, who are you trying to impress?"

Perhaps because Li Minshun had embarrassed him in public before, Wang Xiaoshan always felt that he disliked Li Minshun and would subconsciously go against him.

Correspondingly, Li Minshun also had no good feelings towards Wang Xiaoshan, and the two were evenly matched in their verbal exchanges.

"Sigh..." Feng Bujue sighed deeply and shook his head helplessly. He no longer wanted to care about these two people.

In short, this instance didn't give them any combat abilities, they just talked, so there shouldn't be any problems.

He walked away from Wang Xiaoshan and came to Li Zheng and the other man: "The terminal gave us a three-round challenge. Did we pass the first round just now?"

"How could it be that simple?" Tchaikov sneered. "In my opinion, this is just an appetizer. The real challenge has yet to begin."

“Yes, I think so too.” Li Zheng nodded in agreement.

There was nothing he could do; he wasn't part of the player faction and couldn't see the other side's mission panel or progress. He could only try to minimize his presence and speak as little as possible to hide his identity as a traitor.

The argument between Wang Xiaoshan and his companion grew louder and louder, quickly becoming irritating to everyone.

Tchaikov glanced at the two men coldly and said to Feng Bujue, "You'd better keep an eye on your little brother, or you'll have to turn back the way you came. I don't want them to hold me back if anything unexpected happens on the way.

“I think it’s best for everyone to stick to one path,” Li Zheng said. “There must be a reason why the terminal has assigned so many people to us. There might be checkpoints later that require multiple people to work together to get through. If we don’t have enough manpower, we’ll be in trouble.”

If there were no mission restrictions, Li Zheng would be more than happy to separate from these people.

I originally thought it was just a regular special room, and that being eliminated would at most mean losing one exploration opportunity.

Now that he knows that dying here means truly being dead, Li Zheng is quite conflicted.

After all, he had no grudge against the other party, and it was too much to take his life just for a mission.

So now he's a bit lost and doesn't know what to do.

Is it about disregarding one's own principles and waiting until the third round of challenges to unleash a massacre?

Or should we maintain our previous mindset and avoid harming innocent people?

Regardless of his choice, working together is beneficial to him. If the team splits up, there's no guarantee that something unexpected might happen on the other side, resulting in casualties.

It would be so unfair to be judged as having failed the mission for no reason.

Another point that Li Zheng was particularly concerned about was whether players who were eliminated or died by his hand would also be counted as kill points.
“What you said makes sense.” Tchaikov felt that Li Zheng was right. His previous plan to act independently was indeed a bit too naive, and he hadn’t considered the possibility that a team could overcome certain obstacles.

After a two-second pause, Tchaikov made a decision and walked towards Wang Xiaoshan and the other person.

Snapped!
Snapped!
The two crisp slaps stunned everyone.

"You... dare to hit me?" Wang Xiaoshan was shocked.

"Listen up." Ignoring Wang Xiaoshan's resistance, Chaikov grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up, his voice carrying a hint of murderous intent: "I don't care who you know, what your identity is, or whether you live or die. If I didn't still need you, I would have thrown you into a trap long ago!"

"And you too!" After threatening Wang Xiaoshan, Chaikov turned to Li Minshun, who was watching the scene unfold, and said, "If I hear you and him arguing like that again, I'll kill you both!"

After saying that, he turned around calmly under their gazes and walked deeper into the passage.

Li Zheng watched quietly, then followed, walking alongside Tchaikov at the front.

"That's a good move of yours. You offended two people at the same time and directly shifted the conflict." Li Zheng praised in a low voice. Now Wang Xiaoshan and the others should not have time to argue, because the person they hate the most has now changed from each other to Tchaikov.

"You think I did that to deflect attention from the problem?" Tchaikov chuckled dismissively. "I'm not that bored. If they don't learn their lesson, I really will find a way to kill them!"

Sensing the undisguised killing intent emanating from the other party, Li Zheng's lips curled into a smile.

He glanced at the personal information Old Pu had provided:
[Name: Marcos D. Monte (3)]

gender:

Race: human

Strength rating: Newcomer to Star Master (already suppressed)
Genetic ability: ... (locked)

Weapons and items: ... (locked)

The numbers in parentheses after the name indicate that the player whose real name is "Marcus" and whose pseudonym is "Tchaikov" personally killed three ordinary players, meaning...

He has a red name!

"You exude a strong murderous aura," Li Zheng asked casually. "Have you killed anyone before?"

"Hmm." Marcos gave a faint hum, not denying it.

Li Zheng then asked, "Aren't you afraid that Li Zheng will come after you? Rumor has it that he hates red-named players the most, and if he finds out who is a red-named player, they are almost always going to die."

“Li Zheng?” Marcos sneered, “Let’s not even talk about whether he can find me or not. Just look at how the Qidian Legion’s ranking has dropped from first to fifth in the last two days. Can’t you tell that he’s already gone?”

"Gone?" Li Zheng exclaimed, feigning surprise, then lowered his voice and asked, "What do you mean, gone? He's... dead?"

“Some say he has gone to that place called Outer City, but I don’t think so.” Marcus seemed to want to win over 'Li Ruizhou' so he didn’t mind saying more: “As far as I know, Li Zheng has provoked several large legions in the past month or so, including the Creation Legion of Muddy Country and Takamagahara, as well as the strongest legion of our White Eagle and the gods of the Norse.”

Although several targeted attacks organized by the major legions all ended in failure, Li Zheng's true strength ceiling was clearly exposed during the fishing operation.

“I received information that the major legions organized another assassination attempt a couple of days ago, deploying all the top experts within their legions. Li Zheng?” Marcos paused here, then said jokingly, “He should be dead by now.”

Upon hearing this news, Li Zheng felt a mix of emotions and didn't know how to express his feelings.

After I disappeared from the Matrix, have these opponents started to adopt an "Ah Q" mentality?

Is it really okay to deceive yourself like this?

(End of this chapter)