Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 192 An Incomprehensible Choice
The player with the red name was pierced by a bullet, then dissipated like smoke and merged into the ground.

This time, Li Zheng could see clearly that a human-shaped shadow was fleeing rapidly on the ground.

"Run? You think you can escape?"

Li Zheng sneered, turned the gun around, and moved the harpoon in the direction the opponent was fleeing.

The shadow passed over Chizuru Kamishiro and moved rapidly toward the nearest metal door.

Ten meters later, the ability expired, and the player was forced off the ground.

Li Zheng had been waiting for this moment. He activated his ability again, decisively pulled the trigger, and fired another ice-blue bullet at the opponent.

As if he had anticipated this, before he had fully emerged from his Shadow Cloak state, he rolled to the side and dodged another shot.

Li Zheng was somewhat surprised: "Quite clever, but unfortunately, he ran into me."

The ribbon gun disappeared, replaced by a salted fish gun. After a little aiming, it fired a series of blue energy bullets.

The more you use the ability to bind ice and fire, the more you will appreciate its benefits.

Its biggest advantage is that it is so versatile. It can apply the coating to anything and consumes very little energy.

The player I encountered this time wasn't fast, but he was very alert and had his own methods for dealing with gunfire.

After dodging the first bullet with a roll, he didn't hesitate, scrambled to his feet, and began to move in an irregular S-shape.

This movement greatly increases the difficulty for Li Zheng to attack, because it's impossible to predict which direction he will dodge in the next second.

Li Zheng revealed a playful expression: "This kind of dodging might be enough to deal with ordinary people, but against me... it's no match!"

Li Zheng took a deep breath.

Hold your breath.

Concentrate.

His gaze suddenly turned indifferent, as if nothing around him could disturb him.

At the same time, the world he saw began to change.

In Li Zheng's field of vision, the red-named player's movements seemed to be slowed down tenfold. Every step he took and every swing of his arm was clearly visible to him.

This is a minor ability that comes with the Silver-level neural reaction speed, allowing one to briefly enter this hyper-speed visual state, but it puts a heavy burden on the user's eyes.

This was Li Zheng's first time using it, and the effect was outstanding.

"It's now!"

Li Zheng seized the moment just as the opponent's raised foot was about to hit the ground and pulled the trigger.

call out!
call out!
Two bullets were fired in quick succession.

Li Zheng's eyes flickered, then he returned to normal, confidently holstering his gun in his robes.

On the opposite side, the red-named player's two knees splattered with blood simultaneously, one in front of the other.

The icy blue bullet entered through the back of the knee, blasting open the opponent's kneecap, and the cold air instantly froze his wound.

The few spurts of blood that landed turned into blood-red ice crystals.

The player with the red name remained in a fleeing posture, took two steps forward, lost his balance, and fell to the ground.

Only its two lower legs remained standing behind it.

next moment.

A series of pig-like screams and agonizing cries rang out.

Even with his legs broken, the man struggled, crawling with difficulty toward the nearest metal door, his hands gripping the ground.

He crawled while screaming in agony, and screamed in agony while crawling.

Li Zheng coldly watched the other person's movements, then leisurely walked over and stood in front of the other person, blocking their way.

Looking down at the other person, Li Zheng asked, "Does it hurt?"

The man gritted his teeth, swallowed his screams, and with a venomous look in his eyes, drew his katana and slashed at Li Zheng's ankle.

Li Zheng lightly jumped up to dodge, and when he landed, he aimed with both feet and stomped hard on the back of the other's hand, grinding it into the ground along with the knife hilt.

"Ugh... Ugh... Ugh..." The man's eyes were wide open and his eyeballs bulged out, but he didn't let out another scream. Instead, a strange sound came from his throat.

Li Zheng kicked away the sword under the other man's hand, squatted down in front of him, and pretended to be looking him up and down. He asked curiously, "You know what, I've killed quite a few red-named people, and the people from your country are the most stubborn. Even when they're about to die, they don't say a word of begging for mercy."

Were you prepared for this when you killed the first person, or were you simply trying to save face?

Or perhaps they thought that by putting on this fearless act, others would praise them, think they were a hero, and let them go?

"You Chinese pig..." Hongming glared at Li Zheng, his voice sounding like it was being squeezed out from between his teeth. He forced a ferocious smile, his eyes filled with mockery: "This time, I was outmatched. So what if you kill me?"

The man laughed maniacally as he spoke, his eyes filled with venom. Li Zheng's eyes flashed with murderous intent, as if he would kill him at any moment.

However, two seconds later, the murderous aura suddenly dissipated, and Li Zheng revealed a sarcastic smile: "Did you think that by provoking me like this, I would simply kill you and spare you some pain?"

Snapped!
Snapped!
He slapped the other man across the face twice, shattering all his remaining teeth.

Li Zheng waved his hand and said, "These two slaps are punishment for your insults to my compatriots just now."

"We'll take our time with the rest."

Grabbing the other person's clothes and putting away the katana that had fallen nearby, Li Zheng dragged the player like a dead dog to Chizuru Kamishiro's side.

He tossed the man aside, swung his katana, piercing the man's shoulder blade and pinning him to the ground.

Only then did Li Zheng have time to examine the paralyzed woman from the Nihong Kingdom.

Her face was pretty, and her big, dark eyes seemed to have seen hope; they practically shone as she looked at Li Zheng.

The tattered clothes offered no protection whatsoever, leaving large sections of the body exposed, with clear teeth marks remaining on many parts of the skin.

The blood at most of the wounds had already clotted, and some of the teeth marks were from animals.

But most of them are human teeth marks.

Very miserable.

Li Zheng took out a piece of clothing and draped it over her shoulders, then squatted down in front of her and asked, "Can you still speak?"

Chizuru Kamishiro blinked: "..."

Li Zheng understood: "It's alright if he can't speak. I'm entrusting his life to you now. You decide whether he lives or dies, how about it?"

"Blink once if you agree, blink twice if you disagree."

Chizuru Kamishiro's eyes were drawn, instantly.

Li Zheng continued, "Do you want him to live, or do you want him to die?"

Chizuru Kamishiro's eyes were drawn, instantly.

Li Zheng was surprised: "You want him to live? If yes, just once; if not, just twice."

Blink, just once.

Li Zheng: "..."

He never expected that Chizuru Kamishiro would actually want to spare this person's life.

Li Zheng found this idea hard to accept and asked again, "Do you want to make him suffer a fate worse than death by keeping him alive, or do you want to kill him with your own hands?"

Chizuru Kamishiro stared at him without blinking.

Now, Li Zheng was completely baffled.

Not blinking means not selecting either option, indicating that Chizuru Kamishiro simply wanted to keep this person alive.

Li Zheng didn't understand this idea.

However, he didn't care. It was just a spur-of-the-moment decision anyway, and no matter what Chizuru Kamishiro chose, this person was going to die.

"Boring, I'm not playing anymore." Li Zheng shook his head in disappointment, took out a purple mechanical leg from his residence, and handed it to the red-named player: "Put it away."

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The man was taken aback. Having acquired a diamond-level item, he instinctively stored it in his capsule residence.

The next second, blood splattered everywhere.

Li Zheng wiped the blood off the corpse and put away his katana.

An identification card appeared on the surface of the corpse.

Picking up the identity card, Li Zheng glanced at Chizuru Kamishiro again and noticed that the toxins in her body were decreasing and weakening.

The toxins that caused her paralysis are being metabolized, and she will recover soon.

"You're not a red name, so I won't kill you. But your choice doesn't suit me, so I won't heal you either."

"Take care of yourself."

After saying that, Li Zheng called out to Xiaoying and prepared to leave.

He was in a headache again when he saw Pink Polly still wrapped around the little guy's leg.

Solving this problem is a difficult task.

After glancing at Dai Qianhe one last time, Li Zheng, along with his two followers, continued their exploration.

(End of this chapter)