Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 614 If Li Zheng were still alive
"came back?"

"Well, I'm back."

Li Zheng opened his eyes and saw Zhan Zhouzhou and Miriel beside her. They were still in the previous Challenger instance and had not left.

"Everyone else has left, let's go out too."

Zhan Zhouzhou didn't ask where Li Zheng had gone, nor did she pry into what had happened to him. She knew that if Li Zheng wanted to tell her, he would tell her on his own.

"Okay." Li Zheng nodded. After the Challenger instance ended, the terminal granted everyone permission to leave. By triggering the permission, they could leave.

"By the way, when you left just now, the terminal made each of us sign a confidentiality agreement." Zhan Zhouzhou suddenly said, "The agreement stipulates that we are not allowed to disclose any items or content in this instance, so other players are destined not to get a detailed guide. In the future, if anyone enters this kind of instance, some of them will still die."

Li Zheng paused for a moment upon hearing this.

After a long pause, he said, "Survival of the fittest—isn't that the natural order of things?"

"That's a bit of a double standard." Zhan Zhouzhou's figure faded: "If everything follows the laws of nature, then it's normal for the Qidian Legion to be wiped out, right?"

Li Zheng followed them out of the instance, and when he reappeared, he was in a room within the matrix.

He glanced at the channel he was on: 9595995
The familiar channel number—isn't this the place where players from the original channel 879 collectively moved to before they left?

It is also where the channels are set up in doctors' clinics.

Open the regional channel; the number of survivors displayed is 102.

Only one hundred people?

Li Zheng's eyelids twitched. He had only been in the outer city for a few days.
How come there are only 102 people left?
What about the rest?

died?

Or did you leave?
"Oh? We're back here?" Zhan Zhouzhou's voice came from the side. It turned out that they had arrived at the same place after leaving.

Moreover, it can be inferred from what she said that Zhan Zhouzhou has also granted some permissions.

"Hmm, all chat functions are blocked. I can only see other people's messages, but I can't send them or contact anyone." Zhan Zhouzhou tried several things. "It seems that our existence is not counted in the number of survivors. Also... there are a lot of Muddy Country players in channel 995 now. That's interesting."

Although she said it was somewhat interesting, Li Zheng sensed a hint of coldness in her tone.

Li Zheng glanced at the channel's combat power rankings, and the first place was a name that was both familiar and somewhat unfamiliar: Zhang Yue.

Looking at the profile picture next to Zhang Yue's name, Li Zheng vaguely remembered her; she was a member of the Qidian Legion.

Starting from second place, none of the top twenty players are from China; most are from the Netherlands.

"Let's go find Zhang Yue." Li Zheng grabbed Zhan Zhouzhou's right hand, and held Miriel's hand with the other, using the free teleportation privilege granted to him by the terminal, and disappeared from this place.

……

"You can't escape this 'dog skin plaster'!"

Zhang Yue sprinted at full speed, unleashing her full diamond-level power. Every now and then, she would glance back, frowning and cursing, "These little devils, they're like ghosts that won't leave you alone!"

This was her seventh exploration opportunity today. Along the way, she encountered 'Kamikaze Kojiro' and 'Hojo Kintake', who were currently ranked second and third on the channel leaderboard, and then she was entangled with them.

They didn't do anything; they just followed behind her, entering whichever gate she entered.

They looked like they were eyeing something covetously.

Fortunately, the following rooms were not dangerous. The two Muddy Country players were probably intimidated by her strength and did not attack her.

At this moment, she could only pray that nothing unexpected would happen in the next three rooms. Otherwise, once she was entangled by the matrix creatures, these two mud-covered players would definitely take advantage of her misfortune and attack her. "That Chinese bastard is really lucky. He entered four rooms in a row and was safe." Kamikaze Kojiro floated in the air like a feather on a wisp of breeze, moving quite fast.

“She can’t get much further.” Hojo Kintake spread a pair of fleshy wings behind him, like a legendary demon, and flew easily in the air: “We encountered her in the first room we explored today, I don’t believe she can escape.”

"The Kunlun Legion is supplying them with jump devices. If it weren't for the production capacity being insufficient, this channel would be deserted by now." Kamikaze Kojiro said irritably, "Damn Chinese bitch, once I catch her, I'll definitely train her into a sex slave!"

Hojo Kintake's eyes gleamed with lust: "Kamikaze-kun has excellent taste. From behind, this woman's hips are exactly my type. Would you be willing to part with them, Kamikaze-kun?"

"Ha." A hint of disdain flashed in Kamikaze Kojiro's eyes: "I don't like taking shortcuts. Once you catch her, you can cut off whatever part you like. I don't mind."

"Hmph." Hojo Kintake licked his lips excitedly. "Then thank you very much."

Both of them are at the initial Diamond level, and their individual strength is not as good as Zhang Yue's. However, if the two of them join forces, Zhang Yue's chances of winning are extremely low.

"Can't run away."

Zhang Yue's eyes darkened. "With those two Japanese devils chasing us so closely, they must be conducting a lot of daily explorations. Continuing to run away isn't a solution."

Opening the chat page, I found the target I'd been communicating with for the past few days and sent a message: "Is the motion device still not finished?"

"Tonight," the other party replied. "Although we've been buying materials at high prices, production will take a considerable amount of time. The last batch of motion devices won't be ready until tonight to be delivered to you."

Too late.

Zhang Yue closed the page, her heart sinking.

Since Li Zheng left, members of the Qidian Legion have been repeatedly ambushed. In order to protect them, Kunlun used its resources to provide each of them with a jumping device.

However, the leaping device itself is expensive and requires a considerable amount of time to manufacture. Even with Kunlun and Jiutian joining forces, they can only transfer the Qidian Legion's people to the channels they occupy in batches.

On the surface, it only requires providing the starting legion with a few thousand jump devices. In reality, in order to make room for them and facilitate their entry into the channel, both legions also need to consume the same number of jump devices and transfer some of their own legion's members.

This has inadvertently increased the pressure on those who possess the materials and the blueprints for the dynamic device.

Unfortunately, Zhang Yue was the last member of Channel 995 who was unable to transfer.

She was supposed to leave yesterday, but she gave her assigned motion device to Li Chun, allowing the girl who didn't get a number to go to another channel first.

beep!

Zhang Yue swiped her card quickly, and as soon as the metal door opened to a size large enough for one person to pass through, she rushed inside.

"Roar!"

Just as it peeked out, a lithe black panther leaped towards it, its sharp claws gleaming coldly.

"Damn it, there's a creature in this room!" Zhang Yue rolled to the side, but heard the sound of wind in her ear.

Without thinking twice, he rolled several times on the ground, barely dodging the black panther's continuous attacks.

"It's actually a creature close to the extraordinary level. This is troublesome."

In a normal exploration scenario, Zhang Yue was confident that he could take some time and deal with the black panther in front of him.

But there are still two pursuers behind me. If I can't deal with them quickly, I'll be caught in a pincer movement when they arrive.

If Li Zheng were still alive, those Japanese devils would never dare to cause trouble!

Zhang Yue gritted her teeth, took out her weapon, activated her genetic power, and engaged in a fierce battle with the black panther.

(End of this chapter)