Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 162 First Encounter with "Takamagahara"

[Competition Room Rules.]

[I. Five players will fight independently. After the competition begins, each player will enter a separate battlefield, and there will be no direct interaction between players.]

[II. The competition consists of five rounds. The tier of the creatures released in each round will increase progressively. Players must clear all creatures from their battlefield within the specified time.]

[3. The release cycle of hostile creatures is fixed, and there will be a certain amount of time compensation each round according to the difficulty.]

For example, one Black Iron-level creature is released every thirty seconds, and one Silver-level creature is released every forty-five seconds.

And so on.

[IV. Each player who kills an enemy creature spawned on their own side of the battlefield will add one additional creature to the battlefields of other players. (This additional creature is not subject to this rule.)]

[5. There are special rules in this room; players will not actually die.]

The moment you lose, you are automatically disqualified from the competition and kicked out of the arena.

Note: To avoid fatal injuries, all injuries sustained while being kicked out of the battlefield are actual and should be treated as such by the players themselves.

[VI. Each round of the competition lasts fifteen minutes. If all players fail to complete the fifth round, the winner is the last player to withdraw.]

7. The winner's reward is based on the difficulty experienced when finally winning.

Example: The final winner only clears the first round and is rewarded with a bronze-level item.

Now, players, please take your positions.

……

"These rules are a bit scary!"

Li Zheng felt uneasy after reading the complete rules in the preparation space.

The first three rounds were practically a freebie for them; with Li Zheng's abilities, he could have passed them with his eyes closed, without any pressure whatsoever.

However, it gets more difficult starting from the fourth round.

You need to kill them faster than others, otherwise, if the number of gold-level creatures increases, it will be an absolute nightmare at this stage.

Not to mention, the fifth round is at the Platinum level!
Now Li Zheng understood why the reward for this special room was a diamond-level item. Given the difficulty, it would be unreasonable not to give a diamond-level reward.

Ye Yuan stood to the side with a bitter face: "This special room is too unfriendly to me. If I can't make it to the end, wouldn't it be a waste of ammunition?"

"Yes."

Chu Xiao nodded, his tone reasonable: "So Xiao Yuan, you should just leave now to avoid wasting ammunition and materials."

"Huh?" Ye Yuan was stunned.

Ye Kai then said, "Little sister, you should go out first."

"But brother, it's rare for me to find a different room, please let me experience it..." Ye Yuan was a little unwilling.

"..."

Ye Kai didn't speak, he just stared at her quietly, and his expression was quite frightening to Ye Yuan.

Just like when facing one's father.

"Fine, fine, fine..." Ye Yuan was discouraged by his gaze, so she manipulated something in front of her and her figure disappeared.

[Player Ye Yuan has withdrawn. The competition has not yet started. Please invite another player to complete the competition.]

Everyone was stunned when this message appeared.

They had thought that since Ye Yuan had withdrawn early, the competition could start with four people, making it a bit easier.

As a result, the system didn't give them any chance to exploit loopholes.

Ye Kai asked Li Zheng, "You know a lot of people, why don't you contact them again?"

"..."

Li Zheng didn't even need to be told; he was already flipping through the list.

They quickly made contact with another player.

Tell Ye Kai the name and ask him to open the door for the other party.

Before long, a portal opened before everyone's eyes, and Liu Jiale walked in, dragging his black sword backwards.

The group knew each other and exchanged brief greetings.

Ye Kai then said, "Everyone's here, shall we begin?" "Wait a minute!"

Li Zheng called out to the crowd, then asked Liu Jiale, "Is the live stream over?"

The other party nodded to indicate that it was closed.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Li Zheng organized his thoughts before saying, "Everyone should know about the three mud-baked chickens that came into our channel yesterday."

"Ah."

Chu Xiao nodded, and he even specifically pointed it out in the regional channel, telling others to be careful when chatting.

"I have already killed Hitsuji Gosaka."

Li Zheng recounted to everyone how he "coincidentally" encountered Gangsaka Ritsu and discovered that Gangsaka Ritsu was secretly murdering players.

Chu Xiao and the others appeared somewhat angry, especially when the other party's cruel methods were mentioned.

"Damn it! I should have used the compass to crush them all one by one yesterday!" Chu Xiao said through gritted teeth.

If Yan Guang hadn't told him that the three men had no blood aura, he wouldn't have wasted any words and would have opened the door and started a massacre on the spot.

Ye Kai's expression remained calm, but his eyes held a surging rage: "It's alright, there's still a chance."

The other party must already know that Li Zheng killed their companion.

This can be seen as making an example of someone; the remaining two will definitely settle down in the short term.

"After this competition room is over, I'll go and meet them."

Zhan Zhouzhou was much calmer. She looked at Li Zheng and asked, "You specifically called everyone over, not just to say this, right?"

What she meant was that if that were all, Li Zheng could have simply told everyone in the group chat.

"Of course, it's not just these," Li Zheng asked. "Has anyone heard of any players in the Matrix who have formed organizations?"

"Form an organization?"

Chu Xiao frowned and said, "In the Matrix game, all players are separated, making it difficult to bring most people together. What is their purpose in forming an organization?"

"Purpose? Many."

Liu Jiale began by saying, "The most basic point is resource sharing. Everyone gathers together what they have gained each day, and each takes what they need."

This way, everyone can avoid cumbersome trading procedures and quickly and steadily improve their skills.

This model seems unlikely to be feasible.

However, as long as all transactions can be made transparent, fair and just, then once it develops, it will bring tremendous benefits to every player who joins.

"There are also some who can form an alliance to defend themselves. If they encounter a room they can't handle during their exploration, they can ask an expert for help." Ye Kai also deduced this point. "After all... there should be quite a few teleportation devices on the same channel or across regions. Players who have these items can easily form a group."

"not only that……"

Liu Jiale looked at everyone and said, "Have you ever thought about how many different organizations there are on Earth?"
Not to mention distant places, there are two major gangs in the nearby country of Muddy Country: the Yamada Group and the Black Dragon Society.

Do you think these gangs will regroup after they enter the Matrix?

These are just two major organizations within a tiny country.

If we expand the scope to the entire globe, and regardless of the size of the organization, the number... it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as countless.

The biggest difference between humans and animals is not intelligence or bipedalism.

Rather, it is because humans possess social attributes.

In the matrix, some people choose to be a lone wolf, enduring loneliness and developing their skills quietly on their own.

Similarly, some people take the initiative to band together and work together.

Moreover, the numbers of these two groups will not differ too much.

"The two largest organizations in Japan are the Yamada Group and the Black Dragon Society?" Li Zheng asked, somewhat surprised. "What about Takamagahara? Where does it rank in Japan?"

He had thought Liu Jiale could provide some information about Takamagahara.

Not only Liu Jiale, but even Chu Xiao and the others looked at him with great surprise, exclaiming in unison, "Where are you ranked? Are you serious?"

"Takamagahara is the official government of Muddy Country! Where would you rank it?"

Li Zheng was stunned for a moment.

(End of this chapter)