Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 321 Mr. Li Zheng, please show mercy!

"How long have Ma Long and the others been inside?" Liu Qi glanced at the time, looking somewhat anxious.

A young man with a buzz cut, upright posture, and resolute face next to me answered loudly and decisively: "Thirty-one seconds later, exactly fifteen minutes!"

"Fifteen minutes..." Liu Qishao opened the world channel, slightly relieved but also with his heart in his throat.

At least... I didn't see any unacceptable announcements.

Hopefully, those people will all give up on this event...

Liu Qishao's eyes darkened. Kunlun had paid a heavy price to win this event.

If we fail, or give up now, all our previous investments will be wasted, and we will see no return whatsoever.

"Major, it's just a supernatural item, is it really necessary for us to go to such lengths?" The soldier hesitated for a moment before asking Liu Qishao.

"One item?" Liu Qishao didn't turn around, trying to keep his voice steady as he said, "A team of five people, how could the terminal only give them one extraordinary item? That doesn't fit the pattern we've observed."

The terminal has always been fair; it never deliberately targets those who are willing to explore and work hard.

Conversely, those who are opportunistic, unwilling to explore, and content with mediocrity will be eliminated from time to time by the authorities through various means.

For players who are really dedicated to events like Kunlun, how could the terminal possibly do something like giving out only one extraordinary item, causing five players in the same team to fight over it?

“But… even if it’s five extraordinary items, I don’t think it’s worth fighting so hard for.” The warrior continued, “Most players are starting to get their hands on gold and platinum level items or materials now, and platinum won’t be widespread for long. Our Kunlun team, with all our strength, has already seen our top warriors reach diamond level, and some even have two pieces of diamond-level equipment. Compared to that… five extraordinary items really aren’t much, are they?”

As long as you explore steadily, once diamond-level creatures cease to be an obstacle for you, you'll have the opportunity to encounter higher-level challenges.

At that time, you will naturally obtain extraordinary items.

“You understand the principle of being one step ahead and always staying ahead.” Liu Qishao kept switching between the chat channels in front of him: “As long as we get to touch the extraordinary item before others, we can gain even greater benefits by exploring for a few more days.”

"And don't forget, items can be traded!"

"You mean..." The soldier's expression shifted as he realized something.

"That's right! Let the strongest group of people take turns mastering the extraordinary items on the same day to enhance their combat abilities, raise the threshold for exploration, and maximize the benefits!" Liu Qi rubbed his temples. He felt his eyes were dry, but he dared not close them to relieve the dryness, for fear that he would see bad news as soon as he opened them.

“We weren’t that far behind other organizations before, so there was no point in doing this.”

"However, once we obtain the highest-level items that surpass those of other organizations, Kunlun's period of advantage will naturally begin."

"As long as it continues to develop steadily, Kunlun will undoubtedly become the strongest group in the entire matrix, without exception!"

"I'm fed up with people calling our country a knock-off nation!"

Liu Qishao became more and more excited as he spoke: "This time, we will stand out from the crowd and make everyone in other countries look up to us!"

After Liu Qishao's explanation, the soldier understood why Kunlun was doing everything, and he became excited as well.

"So you started planning this the moment the event began?"

"Spreading rumors that the activity is too difficult to deter other organizations, while secretly plotting to expand and amass points?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Qishao shook his head: "I did not arrange for anyone to spread panic. It was just an unexpected surprise. I did not expect that so many players who could not beat the event would secretly help us."

The most stubborn people are the lone wolves; many public relations firms love this type of person.

If you just set the tone, they'll join in on their own.

The terminal only launched a one-time event for all players, and these scattered soldiers got carried away and rushed into the dungeon, only to be utterly defeated.

Other organizations certainly won't rush to participate in the event immediately, since there are only forty-odd challenge targets, which inherently feels like a "trap." When individual members appear with the declaration that "the event is too difficult, whoever tries will die," some organizations will definitely back down and watch others go to their deaths.

Another group will organize people to try it out, but after finding that the difficulty is indeed too high and that forcing the challenge is completely counterproductive, they will naturally give up.

For example, after completing the event and reporting the difficulty level, Tang Qianzang's team did not send anyone else to participate in the event in Jiutian.

Only Kunlun was able to persevere because its active characteristics were discovered.

The only variable is the team led by Li Zheng.

Liu Qishao couldn't understand it at all. After everyone else had given up participating in the event, where did Li Zheng and his group get the confidence to continue to fight?

At first, he thought that the other party had obtained inside information from Kunlun, which was why they took the opportunity to kill him three times.

But after questioning Yu Xiaoyu, Liu Qishao realized that the other party had no idea about Kunlun's actions at all.

However, it was precisely this point that made him most uneasy.

Because Li Zheng and his group might actually have the strength to defeat a fully-powered mutant!

Just then, a system announcement was posted. Liu Qishao had just switched to the world channel and saw it at a glance.

[Congratulations to player "Li Zheng" for leading his team to kill mutant #33 in the event. Kill points +2.]

"Number 33?" Liu Qishao was first taken aback, then shocked.

Because he was afraid that Li Zheng would repeat yesterday's actions, he took a cautious approach today, advancing step by step and slowly wearing them down according to the numbers from low to high.

At this moment, Malone's team is engaged in battle with Mutant Number Thirty-Four, while the warriors responsible for weakening Mutant Number Thirty-Three have not yet made their move!

This shows that Li Zheng's team is indeed capable of killing mutants in their prime!

"Major, they've already scored eight points and are still in the lead." The soldier behind him said anxiously, "Ma Long and his team only scored four points after killing mutant number thirty-four. They're still halfway there, they can't catch up!"

"I know!" Liu Qishao was equally anxious.

The warriors responsible for weakening the mutants were risking their lives to enter even the lowest-numbered rooms. During this operation, they could only fight up to the thirtieth mutant before having to stop.

In Kunlun, the lives of the soldiers are the most precious thing, and Liu Qi would not easily let them take risks without being absolutely certain.

Yesterday, several soldiers were killed because some people disobeyed orders, which saddened him for a long time.

Now, there are only three mutants left within the number 30.

Unless Malone's team can sweep all the kill points for the three mutants, Kunlun will definitely not be the winner!

"If I had known, I should have let Ma Long and his team deal with those mutants below number 40 yesterday!" Liu Qishao felt heartbroken thinking about the points that were taken away by other teams yesterday.

"How about... we contact Li Zheng and ask them to give up the challenges ahead?" The soldier behind him whispered, seemingly also feeling that such behavior was too shameful and not daring to speak loudly.

"Perhaps, this is the only way." After struggling for a long time, Liu Qishao contacted the two soldiers who were guarding his cousin, hoping to get Li Zheng's friend status from Yu Xiaoyu.

Because of the previous slander, Li Zheng was so annoyed by the insults that the prices of the items displayed in the trading hall were now sky-high.

If we don't look for other ways, just contacting Li Zheng will result in a huge loss.

After agreeing to let Yu Xiaoyu return to Fengshan, Liu Qishao finally persuaded Yu Xiaoyu to help him make connections and successfully contact Fengshan.

I don't understand why "paratrooper" is used to refer to an idiot. Wouldn't "skirmisher" be better? Every time I see someone use "paratrooper" to insult someone, I get furious.

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