Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 622 Li Zheng: "I'm a man of my word!"

"What meme?" Ye Yuan didn't understand.

“This concept is a little complicated to explain.” Ye Kai rubbed his face and explained, “You can think of it as a kind of highly contagious virus. The difference is that the way memes infect people is more fantastical than viruses. Sometimes you can be infected just by looking at the target or hearing information or sounds related to the target.”

"...Huh?" Ye Yuan was still completely confused. "What is so powerful that it can infect someone just by looking at them? Is this science?"

"Um, let me give you an example." Ye Kai thought for a moment and slowly began, "Hello everyone, I am a trainee who has been practicing for two and a half years..."

Ye Yuan's eyes lit up. She squatted slightly, shrugged her right shoulder, and muttered, "You're so beautiful..."

"Stop!" Ye Kai quickly stopped him, "That's enough, stop jumping."

Ye Yuan pondered, "So this is a meme?"

"Not entirely, it's just that the behavior is similar." Ye Kai said solemnly, "A real meme is much more powerful than this. It can make people lose their true selves and repeatedly perform a certain behavior."

The woman next to Li Zheng has that kind of power. I only glanced at her on the live stream, and I was instantly captivated. My mind went blank, filled only with her presence, and I became infatuated with her.

"Really?" Ye Yuan was skeptical and clicked on a live stream. "Lust at first sight is lust at first sight, why bring up models..."

His eyes were glazed over, and he muttered, "So beautiful! Sister, give me a harem!"

"Sigh..." Ye Kai sighed, then flexed his fingers.

A minute later, Ye Yuan, her face swollen like a pig's head, glared at Ye Kai with tears in her almond-shaped eyes, slurring her words, "You're deliberately seeking revenge!"

Ye Kai pointed to his still swollen face: "You started it!"

"..." Ye Yuan was speechless.

"However, her abilities are still a bit weak. If it were a true meme, none of those who fall into it would have any chance of awakening," Ye Kai said thankfully.

Incidentally, he organized his conclusions and sent them to Li Zheng.

On the other hand, Li Zheng also realized that Miriel was now quite lethal, mainly because she couldn't distinguish between friend and foe, making her rather difficult to deal with.

Looking at the mask Misaka Tsuchimon was wearing, a thought struck him: "Do you have any more masks like this? Give me one."

“Yes.” Misaka Tsuchiemon then took out a pure black mask, the exterior of which was still carved with the face of a demon, extremely ugly.

"Here, put this on." Li Zheng took it and tossed it to Miriel, telling Misaka Tsuchiemon to lead his men to a secluded spot. "You guys protect yourselves, I'll handle the rest."

"Understood!" Without saying a word, Misaka Tsuchiemon first had Feng Qiwu take Fengshan away, and then waited for the moment when Miriel put on the mask. The surrounding players slowly woke up, and immediately sent a legion message to notify everyone to evacuate.

Before anyone could react, they had already escaped the encirclement.

"Huh?" The young emperor was dazed. When he came to his senses, he was shocked: "What just happened to me?"

Abe Akira, still shaken, said, "I only remember glancing at that woman, and then my mind went blank. If Li Zheng had taken the opportunity to attack, we wouldn't even know how we died!"

The leader of the Amazonian warriors was puzzled: "Such a good opportunity, how could he let it slip by?"

Cheng Tianpu's expression was solemn: "Because with Li Zheng's current level of power, he no longer bothers to take advantage of others' misfortunes; he wants to defeat us head-on!"

"Is this the spirit of the Dragon Kingdom?" The commander of the Throne of Gods Legion had a complicated expression. Compared to this, their desperate measures to strike at the Origin Legion paled in comparison.

The bishop sneered repeatedly: "The Dragon Kingdom's foolish arrogance will be the most foolish decision Li Zheng has ever made in his life!"

She looked at the slender Miriel beside Li Zheng, her eyes filled with undisguised lust, wishing she could possess Miriel and indulge in nightly revelry.

The excited bishop was the first to lose his composure and ordered in the legion channel: "Kill Li Zheng, and capture the woman next to him alive. She is the saintess of our New Century Sect, and she has been bewitched by Li Zheng! We must rescue her and bring her back to the sect!"

She doesn't need to provoke them much; the members of the New Century Cult have long been brainwashed by her, and a simple command can mobilize them to die for her.

"For the new century!"

"For a new world!"

"The fox spirit is protecting us!"

"Kill Li Zheng and rescue the Holy Maiden!"

Those people shouted slogans and launched a frenzied attack on Li Zheng, bombarding him with energy blasts that obscured the sky.

Such a dense offensive is enough to turn anyone into mud, leaving no intact bones.

Li Zheng remained calm, took out a bottle of water, squeezed the bottle with his fingers to break it, and splashed the water forward.

Ice-type attachment!

A chill permeated the air, and the clear water turned into tiny ice crystals while still in the air.

'Shape it up!'

The ice crystals transformed into fine needles, densely packed and neatly arranged, directly confronting the energy projectiles.

clap clap clap...

A series of explosions followed, and fine, dense ice powder fell from the air—the result of the ice needles being shattered.

The energy projectiles were shattered by the ice needles and eventually struck the ion shield that Li Zheng had activated, creating ripples.

"The energy consumption has been reduced considerably, which should alleviate some of the pressure." Li Zheng casually added a power core to his belt, then took out his glass longsword, ready for battle.

At this moment, the commanders of the other five legions realized that they had no way out, and they also commanded their legion members to launch an attack. In an instant, the sounds of gunfire, taut bowstrings, shaking earth, burning flames, howling winds, and crackling lightning all blended together, creating a chaotic and unbearable noise.

'Demonic Thunder Wings!'

Wings formed of lightning appeared behind Li Zheng, and with a gentle tremor, they soared into the sky, carrying an ion shield as they crashed head-on into all the ranged attacks in the air.

The belt's energy was rapidly decreasing, and the ion shield was flickering unpredictably, threatening to go out at any moment.

'All whips return to their source!'

Miriel brandished her long whip, leaving countless whip phantoms trailing in the air. Her mental strength after adulthood was incomparable to what it was before; it had become much stronger.

Previously, only three of these whip shadows were real. Now, she can control the whip to merge into a total of one hundred whip shadows, launching attacks on multiple targets simultaneously.

The illusory whip shadow is no different from the real whip shadow; the difference only becomes apparent when it lands on the target.

Some people instinctively dodged, only to find that the whip landed where they had been standing, shattered, and disappeared.

Those nearby, thinking it was all an illusion, stopped and continued shooting, only to be struck on the head with a whip, their brains exploding and splattering everywhere.

Li Zheng, in the air, mobilized his mental power and unleashed a series of massive sword strikes, reaping the lives of players below.

The blade was so sharp that no matter how strong the armor, it was useless; once it swept across, the human body was severed in two.

Some people were cut in half at the waist, but did not die immediately. They were in so much pain that they screamed and clung to their lower bodies with both hands, trying to piece their bodies back together.

The next flash of light from the blade, and his head fell off his shoulder, and he died instantly.

Unable to withstand the flashing blades, they could only scatter and flee, stretching the battle lines and delaying Li Zheng's massacre in an attempt to resist.

No one held back; everyone unleashed their best skills. Countless extraordinary weapons and items were brought out, only to be consumed or shattered into pieces by flashes of light.

"Scatter! Run as far away as possible!" Abe Meizo frantically sent messages in the legion channel. "With so many of us, we can wear him down! Scatter! Scatter!"

Without him saying anything, the members of the several terrified legions had already dispersed to various places. Apart from the location of Misaka Tsuchiemon and others, they were scattered to every corner of the entire space.

"Heh... a futile struggle." Li Zheng glanced at the six legion commanders standing together, but instead of rushing over to kill them, he went to pursue the ordinary legion members first.

Regardless of whether they are red-named or white-named, whether they fight back or beg for mercy, they will be slain with a single strike!

He was carried by wings formed of lightning, moving at a speed too fast to be caught. In the air, only a bolt of lightning followed the blade's light, slashing and killing the players from the six legions.

At this time, the live streams started by some members of the six legions had already been interrupted, and outside players could not see what was happening on site, so they started discussing it on the world channel.

Most people believe that Li Zhengneng will win, but he will also have to pay an extremely heavy price.

Some people believe that the six major legions are stronger, and Li Zheng can at most kill a portion of them to teach them a lesson before having to retreat.

However, when people discovered another screen appearing on the live stream and flocked to it, they realized how terrifying Li Zheng was.

Because this was Li Zheng's first-person perspective live stream, when they flooded into the live stream room, they heard Li Zheng say in an unquestionable tone: "I never thought things would develop to this point, but some people thought that I could act recklessly against the Qidian Legion just because I wasn't in the Matrix, causing the deaths of more than 130 members of the Qidian Legion."

Today I will slaughter every member of the six legions, whether innocent or not, as a warning to others!

The next second, the live stream screen was filled with flashing sword light, so bright it made people's eyes blur.

In a daze, the audience heard countless screams, interspersed with panicked shouts of "I want to quit the ** Legion".

Tens of thousands of players constitute a huge group, and before officially engaging in battle with Li Zheng, everyone believed that their side had a great chance of winning.

So from beginning to end, until Li Zheng arrived, not a single person ever had the thought of leaving the legion.

Only after witnessing Li Zheng's terrifying methods did they realize how terribly wrong they had been. At least seven or eight thousand players tried to leave the legion before they died, only to receive a notification that read, "Legion War Status, Unable to Leave!"

Only then did they belatedly realize their regret.

Unfortunately, it was already too late.

The moment they received the notification, everything before them vanished, and the only sensation they had before losing consciousness was the excruciating pain caused by a part of their body being cut open and shredded.

"I hate……"

The will to survive eventually transformed into faint resentment, which gathered around Li Zheng.

At first, Li Zheng only felt that there were whispers in his ears, but he couldn't hear them clearly, and he didn't know where they came from or who was speaking.

When he had killed nearly half of the players from the six major legions present, he finally heard two words clearly: I hate...

Is this the consequence the terminal was referring to?
Li Zheng laughed in fury: "Even after you're dead, you're still so shameless, harboring resentment towards me?"

Why do you hate me?

"Just because I killed you?"

"Don't those dead Qidian members hate it?"

When have you ever shown any mercy?

"Now that the executioner's blade is falling on you, you should know how the Qidian members you were hunting down felt back then, right?"

"You still have the nerve to stick around me, whispering that you hate me?"

"Who ordered you to attack the Qidian Legion?"

Why don't you hate them?!

"Incomprehensible!"

It felt like tens of thousands of people were whispering the same thing into my ear, creating a noisy and incredibly annoying atmosphere.

Li Zheng tried to use his mental power to seal his ears, but found that it had no effect.

Those voices seemed to reach directly into the depths of his soul, and no amount of means could block them.

"Hahahaha!"

Li Zheng laughed wildly, his body devoid of blood, yet emanating a faint black aura.

Just one glance at that black aura was enough to make one feel a strong killing intent and hatred.

Black energy surged upwards, hovered above Li Zheng's head, and slowly descended.

It actually transformed into a head of 'black hair' on his bald head, swaying and dancing as if it were alive.

With each kill, a strand of 'black hair' grew longer. When tens of thousands of players had all died under the blade, the 'black hair' on Li Zheng's back had grown to his waist.

"Li Zheng, I surrender!" Cheng Tianpu was terrified. Tens of thousands of people had been slaughtered by Li Zheng in less than five minutes. His crotch was wet with excrement and urine, and the stench was overwhelming.

"Surrender now?"

Li Zheng hovered above the six legion commanders, dressed in black clothes, black armor, and black boots. His glass-like longsword was spotless, but flashed with red light.

Her black hair flowed like a cape behind her back, moving even without wind.

An endless killing intent enveloped his entire body, like a god of death descending to earth, invincible.

"I...I was tricked!" Cheng Tianpu stammered, pointing at the young emperor and Abe Meizo: "These two mud-covered devils deceived me and dragged me into fighting the Qidian Legion. I'm truly innocent!"

"Whether you are innocent or not is not for you to decide." Li Zheng shook his head indifferently. "Why don't you go down there and apologize to those 130 souls in person?"

Completely desperate, Cheng Tianpu's last shred of courage rose within him: "Since you won't give us a way out, you won't have an easy time either!"

A sinister glint appeared in his eyes as he pulled out a vial of thick red liquid and threw it on the ground.

The viscous liquid evaporated rapidly upon contact with air, and in the blink of an eye, a thick red mist enveloped the surroundings.

"This is a red mercury nuclear bomb! A product that only exists in legends. The radiation it produces is enough to destroy all human tissue. If we die, you won't live either!" Cheng Tianpu pointed at Li Zheng and laughed maniacally.

"A red mercury nuclear bomb?!" The bishop roared, "If you had something this good, why didn't you bring it out sooner?!"

If it had been taken out from the beginning, they might still be alive.

"The reason he didn't take it out at first was, of course, because he himself wasn't sure if it was real." Li Zheng said sarcastically, "What a fool to treat a fake like a treasure. A real red mercury nuclear bomb could kill everyone present the moment it exploded. How could he let you talk so much?"

Cheng Tianpu realized what was happening, took a few breaths of the red mist, and actually smelled a medicinal fragrance.

"Have you given up now?" Li Zheng mocked. "It's just a disinfectant with better effects. You believed it just because someone put a label on it?"

The creators of new items produced within the matrix can modify the item information to a certain extent.

What Cheng Tianpu obtained was at most a disinfectant called "Red Mercury Nuclear Bomb." As for its effects, it was merely a result of the creator's perverse sense of humor, deliberately leaving behind highly misleading information.

Without the Eye of Preys, Li Zheng himself might have been deceived.

"How could this be..." Cheng Tianpu collapsed to his knees, repeating the same words over and over, unable to believe that the prop he had treasured and hidden away was actually a fake.

Li Zheng ignored him, glanced at the others, and said coldly, "I respect you as the leaders of the legion, so I'll give you some time to leave your last words."

With that, he casually drew his sword and cleaved the young emperor and Abe no Michizo into four pieces: "Except for the two of you."

Two lives were lost at a time, leaving the remaining four people speechless with fear.

"Oh, by the way, to prevent you from wasting time, there's no need to beg for mercy. We're all adults, we should all have that much awareness, right?"

Everyone reacts differently when they know they are going to die.

Some people, like Cheng Tianpu, kneel down and beg for mercy, but when that fails, they rebel in anger, trying to fight to the death. When they realize that all their resistance is just a joke, their mentality collapses instantly, and they fall into madness.

Some people, on the contrary, are able to quickly accept reality and stabilize their emotions.

The bishop, the only woman among them, was the most composed: "I have always considered myself a man, but I never thought I would die because of my pettiness, a weakness that is more feminine. If I hadn't been so petty and held a grudge about the friction that happened during the fishing competition, I wouldn't have led the new century to this point. This is the end I deserve."

"Hmm." Li Zheng raised his hand and killed her with a chop, then turned and asked, "What about you two?"

The leader of the Throne of Gods trembled, his lips turned white, and cold sweat poured down his forehead. He said in a trembling voice, "I shouldn't have been greedy. I thought you left a lot of treasures for the Qidian Legion, so I joined the alliance to try and get some of them."

"Oh, another greedy bastard." Li Zheng said disdainfully, then chopped him down as well. He looked at the last remaining commander from the Amazon War God Legion: "You're the only one left. I remember there was never any conflict between Qidian and your legion. Why did you join the Alliance Army?"

"They say you're dead, but I don't believe it," the commander said. "The reason I joined the Allied Forces was to force you out, to fight you, and to prove I'm stronger than you!"

"Oh?" Li Zheng raised an eyebrow, unusually intrigued, and decided to say a few more words: "Now that I'm here, who do you think is stronger between the two of us?"

"I am not as good as you," the regimental commander said sadly.

Li Zheng landed in front of him, looking directly into his eyes: "Aren't we going to fight?"

The regimental commander gave a bitter smile: "I'm not worthy."

After saying that, he closed his eyes and waited to die.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Li Zheng praised, "If someone like you were in some literary works or film and television dramas, most of the protagonists would respect you as a real man and spare your life."

Upon hearing this, the battalion commander opened his eyes, a hint of excitement flashing in them. Could it be that he could escape this calamity?
"Unfortunately, I'm a man of my word." Li Zheng raised his sword and slashed diagonally, cutting him in two. He said slowly, "I said I would wipe out all six of your legions, and I meant I would wipe out all six of your legions, leaving not a single one alive!"

The legion commander's upper body lay on the ground, his eyes wide open, dying with his eyes still open.

Of the six legion commanders, only Cheng Tianpu remained, lying there in a daze, covered in the blood splattered from Li Zheng's killings.

"Don't think you can escape death by pretending to be crazy!" A fierce glint flashed in Li Zheng's eyes, and he beheaded Cheng Tianpu with a single stroke.

At this point, all six army commanders were dead, none of them having dared to personally confront Li Zheng.

After killing the man, Li Zheng didn't leave. Instead, he flew forward a few steps and landed in front of a corpse. He stared at it silently.

I had a brain fart earlier and wrote the wrong legion. I originally wrote seven, but somehow it became six.

Because correcting the later mistakes was too troublesome, I decided to just leave it as it was and change the initial statement of seven legions to six.

The White Dove Army will be written about later... or perhaps not at all...

It depends on my mood.

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(End of this chapter)