Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 317 Raising troops to investigate crimes
Li Zheng paused in front of the door where the wandering monster had left; the detection information indicated that it was an empty room.

However, he had explored this place last night and found that a diamond-level creature should be living there. He had planned to take it down this morning.

Clearly, the wandering monster that passed through here last night caused trouble for the diamond creature; it is now either dead or has escaped.

"What a pity. Whether it's still alive or not, I'll waste an exploration opportunity by going this way. It's not worth it..." Li Zheng looked up at the ceiling, where there was an alternative route with a gold-level creature that could be one of the ingredients for the potion.

“The other rooms aren’t very valuable, so we can only go upstairs.” Li Zheng started the aircraft and arrived at the door. Just as he was about to swipe his card, his attention was drawn to a system announcement.

[Congratulations to player "Ma Long" for leading his team to successfully kill the mutant with event number 35. Kill points +2.]

"Oh? People are already planning the event so early?" Li Zheng raised an eyebrow. He had originally planned to save five exploration opportunities to participate in the event.

It seems the plan needs to be revised.

After contacting yesterday's team members via private message and learning that the others hadn't started exploring yet, Li Zheng began planning today's strategy activity.

"Judging from the kills yesterday, the smaller the number of the mutant, the stronger it is," Li Zheng said in the temporary group. "So we need to take this opportunity to get more kill points and try to establish an absolute advantage today!"

"There are still four mutants below number 30. Based on yesterday's situation, the kill points will continue to increase starting from the 29th," Yan Guang said in the group chat.

Zhan Zhouzhou said something unrelated in the group: "If I'm not mistaken, there should be two other experts in Ma Long's team mentioned in the announcement, one named Zhang Ke and the other named Xu Rijin."

"Do you know him?" Li Zheng asked.

Zhan Zhouzhou quickly replied, "Their three sects have been my family's old rivals. They've been at odds since my grandfather's generation, and things have only gotten a little better in our generation."

"Does 'the situation is better' mean that the three of them can't beat you?" Fengshan then asked.

No one on Channel 879 knew Zhan Zhouzhou's true strength.

Even Li Zheng, who knew her best, couldn't fathom the depths of her abilities.

On the contrary, his strengths and weaknesses were perfectly clear to the other party.

If Ma Long and his two teammates also possess such strength, then this event can essentially be handed over to them.

“None of them are a match for me!” Zhan Zhouzhou replied proudly.

Lin Fengjiao asked, "Then... what about joining forces?"

"..." Zhan Zhouzhou paused for a moment, seemingly thinking about the question very seriously, and finally replied, "Li Zheng and I can fight the three of them to a draw."

"So, according to you, we might not be able to beat the remaining four weaker mutants?" Li Zheng was surprised that several experts with strength comparable to his own would appear in the matrix every day.

Some of them he had never even heard of before, nor had he seen their names on the world channel.

Even Zhan Zhouzhou usually keeps a low profile and doesn't show off.

Who would have thought that the female warrior Zhan, whose combat strength was ranked slightly lower than Li Zheng's on the surface, might have hidden strength that was even higher than Li Zheng's?
"I think I understand now," Fengshan summarized in the group: "A grasshopper that can fight doesn't jump, a dog that can bite doesn't bark, and the more skilled a person is, the more low-key they are."

Just like those nameless old men who hang out in various parks, seemingly ordinary, but actually they can crush world champions when they pick up a racket.

Li Zheng asked, puzzled, "I feel like you're dragging me into this, but I have no proof."

"Be more confident." Yan Guang, always eager for drama, stirred things up by saying, "He's just bringing you up in the middle, saying you're too high-profile."

Feng Shan was right next to her and jumped up in fright when he saw the sentence: "Crazy woman, you're not satisfied until you kill me, are you? That's Li Zheng!" Yan Guang grinned: "Why are you yelling at me? You should explain in the group chat instead."

"What's the point of explaining now!" Feng Shan said angrily.

In the group chat, Li Zheng tagged Feng Shan and sent a cold "hehe" that made Feng Shan feel uneasy.

Taking out his pocket watch, Fengshan rushed toward a metal door.

Yan Guang grabbed him and asked, "Where are you going?"

"What else can I do?" Fengshan shook his pocket watch. "I'll find a good burial site and bury myself! That way you won't torment me every day."

"Look at your attitude. Li Zheng won't bother with such a small matter. What are you afraid of?" Yan Guang said irritably.

Feng Shan retorted angrily, "Am I afraid of Li Zheng? I'm afraid of you! You crazy woman, you don't do anything useful all day, all you do is think about messing with me!"

Yan Guang rolled her eyes: "I've been thinking about this for so long, but I haven't done it yet, have I? How about this, you give in to me tonight, and I'll stand by you unconditionally no matter what happens in the future, and I'll never cause you any trouble!"

Feng Shan was intrigued: "Really?"

Yan Guang firmly replied, "Really!"

"I didn't believe your lies!" Feng Shan was not fooled.

In the group chat, Li Zheng really didn't have time to argue with Feng Shan about such a trivial matter. At the moment, he was discussing with Zhan Zhouzhou which mutant to hunt down.

"Ma Long and his team just finished playing number 35, and now they're definitely playing number 34! If you ask me, let's go straight to number 33 and overtake him on a curve!"

Zhan Zhouzhou disagreed: "You stole the show yesterday, don't Ma Long and the others guard against you? Maybe they're thinking the same thing as you and are fighting the 33rd mutant right now?"

"Then let's see who moves faster!" Li Zheng decisively took out the event ticket, checked all the team members, selected mutant number 33, and confirmed the challenge.

……

In a room within the matrix, Yu Xiaoyu yawned as she walked out of her residence and saw her cousin sitting outside, staring intently at the fire with a serious expression.

She stretched, and her tight-fitting top lifted slightly with the movement, revealing glimpses of her soft, southern breasts.

After trying to shake off her lingering sleepiness, Yu Xiaoyu sat down next to Liu Qishao and asked with displeasure, "What are you doing in my room so early in the morning?"

Liu Qishao's seemingly dazed eyes focused: "Did you provide intelligence to Fengshan and the others yesterday?"

"Intelligence?" Yu Xiaoyu asked, startled. "What intelligence?"

Liu Qishao came early in the morning to interrogate Yu Xiaoyu, who was completely confused and didn't understand what he was talking about.

"Don't play dumb." Liu Qishao sat up straight and said very seriously, "Yesterday, Kunlun paid a huge price to discover that in this event, the strength of each experimental subject can be reduced through repeated challenges."

Before they even started harvesting, Li Zheng's team stole three mutants. Can you honestly say you didn't give them the intelligence?

Otherwise, how could they have timed it so precisely? The Kunlun warriors who had just finished expending their experimental subjects had barely stopped, and Li Zheng and his group hadn't resumed their raids either?

(End of this chapter)