Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 831 - 592: Traitors Together

[Task Requirement: Blend in among the game players participating in the three-round challenge, and do everything possible to prevent the players from completing their tasks.]

The glowing remnants of the teleportation gate hadn't fully dissipated when the terminal display page popped up with the task content in front of Li Zheng's eyes.

He looked around and found himself surrounded by seven cloaked figures of identical height and build.

The gray cloak concealed their appearances, making it impossible to distinguish their identities from their looks.

Li Zheng glanced down and noticed that he was wearing the same attire, indicating it was a mandatory requirement provided by the terminal.

"Do everything possible to prevent the players from completing their tasks?" a cloaked person spoke, their voice neutral, making it impossible to determine their gender: "Such a simple request?"

"Simple?" Another cloaked person spoke with the same voice: "Are you implying that killing all the players will complete the task? Ha, take a careful look at your own strength, which has been suppressed below the basic level, roughly rated as extraordinary."

Upon this reminder, the others remained silent, evidently assessing their own strengths.

After a while, the third cloaked person spoke: "Not only has our strength been suppressed, but the abilities we can use have also changed!"

[Ability One: I Can Jump High

Effect: Using this skill temporarily enhances jumping ability.

Duration: 7S

Cooldown: 10S]

[Ability Two: I Can Run Fast

Effect: Using this skill temporarily enhances movement speed.

Duration: 3S

Cooldown: 5S]

[Ability Three: I Can Hide

Effect: Using this skill makes you invisible for a while. During this period, movement speed is slightly reduced. Using other abilities will interrupt the invisibility effect.

Duration: 30S

Cooldown: 60S]

[Special Ability: Don't Bother Me

Effect: This skill is exclusive to task executors and silences the target after use. During the silence, they cannot speak or use abilities.

Duration: 5S

Cooldown: 30S]

There are a total of four skills, presented in a 3+1 format.

The effects of the first three abilities are quite standard, with nothing noteworthy.

Only the last skill for the task executor holds some intrigue.

To complete this task, that skill will likely be essential.

After reviewing the abilities, everyone wanted to discuss further, but the surroundings suddenly changed from the previous gathering place to a passageway made of bluestone.

The number of people remained the same, eight in total, all wearing cloaks that concealed their appearances.

Li Zheng instinctively glanced around, his expression turning peculiar.

Because their outer appearances hadn't changed, yet their identities had.

In other words, the seven people around Li Zheng were no longer the previous seven residents of the Outer City.

They were seven players from Water Blue Star.

"This time, the new special room is interesting. Instead of letting us choose teammates ourselves, it randomly matches us among all the players." A player stepped to the front and said: "To facilitate cooperation later, let's introduce ourselves starting from me. I'm Feng Bujue, from Dragon Country."

"I'm Wang Tanzhi, also from Dragon Country." Another player scoffed: "Who the heck are you trying to disrespect? Do you think others haven't read Horror Park? Do you think my elder brother's name is something you can just casually use?"

Li Zheng glanced at him but didn't speak.

The first player wasn't lying; he was indeed Feng Bujue.

Even without Prelis' Eye, Li Zheng could identify that these two were from Dragon Country, as homophonic jokes were ineffective with automatic translation.

Feng Bujue explained his name, and apart from the mocking 'Wang Tanzhi', the others had no significant reaction.

"I'm Wang Xiaoshan." 'Wang Tanzhi' introduced himself: "From Dragon Country."

Li Zheng glanced at him again, sighing deeply in his heart. Why can't this kid be sincere?

The fellow's name is clearly Wang Dahai, yet he concocted a fake name 'Wang Xiaoshan'.

After all, players who have survived in the Matrix until now have many tricks, and there's hardly any trust left between people.

"I'm Li Ruizhou, also from Dragon Country." Li Zheng followed up with a fake name.

Then the other five players began to introduce their names and nationalities sequentially:

"Li Minshun, from Dragon Country."

"E'er Batu, from Dragon Country."

"Annie, from Dragon Country."

"Chaikefu, from Dragon Country."

"Carol, from Dragon Country."

Feng Bujue and Wang Xiaoshan exchanged glances, wondering if these people really didn't need to draft lies?

With the first two surnaming Li still claiming to be from Dragon Country, but starting from E'er Batu, what's going on?

Even if E'er Batu is from a minority, we'd accept it, but Chaikefu and Carol sound distinctly like vodka and cheese, how dare they claim to be from Dragon Country?!

Where's your face?

Do you not care about face anymore?

Li Zheng felt equally speechless, as aside from E'er Batu being an honest person, the others had entirely fake names and nationalities.

Feng Bujue realized that dwelling on names and nationalities was pointless, so he assumed what they said was true and began discussing serious matters: "This special room is our first time entering it, and there's no strategy to refer to, so no matter what your real identities are, I hope everyone can work together to overcome the challenges."

"Those who have survived till now surely have good skills." Wang Xiaoshan added: "Especially since the terminal has slightly enhanced our physique to an extraordinary level. So if someone drags behind later, I'll assume they're doing it deliberately to implicate others."

"I agree with all that." Li Minshun stepped forward and stood in front of Wang Xiaoshan: "Especially your points, I'm wholeheartedly in favor. I hope you won't make any mistakes next, because that would be dragging behind, and we won't save you."

Feng Bujue expressed dissatisfaction: "I said everyone should work together to overcome the challenges, right?"

"Who can't be double-standard?" Li Minshun retorted: "The acting of pretending not to know each other earlier, do you really think we couldn't see through it? Starting by seizing the right to speak, later one keeps emphasizing teamwork, while another warns against dragging behind.

It sounds like moving in the same direction, but the actual implication is completely opposite."

"Sorry, I can't trust teammates like you who play both sides with my back." Li Minshun stepped back: "If possible, I'd prefer to act alone."

"You better not regret it!" Wang Xiaoshan said coldly.

The cloaks concealed all their faces, making it impossible to see expressions, but Li Zheng speculated Wang Xiaoshan's facial expression must be extremely sour at this moment.

What's the worst thing for a team?

Dumbasses, rebels, and traitors.

In this short period, all these factors have been gathered in the seven-member team.

Eventually, Feng Bujue and Wang Xiaoshan still managed to pull in two teammates.

E'er Batu and Carol.

As for Li Minshun and Chaikefu, both wanted to act as lone wolves, relying on themselves to navigate through this special room.

Why did Li Zheng also choose to be a lone wolf?

That's obviously because acting alone is safer for an insider!

Wang Xiaoshan and the others gathered to discuss for a while, leaving first, quickly disappearing from the sight of the remaining three at a corner turn.

Li Minshun looked at Li Zheng and Chaikefu, silently departing second.

Chaikefu followed closely behind.

Li Zheng, after considering, decided to follow Li Minshun and deal with this arrogant fellow first.

Just as he was about to move, another task prompt appeared before his eyes.

[Personal Task: During this task, you must do everything possible to prevent players from completing their tasks and compete with your peers.]

[Task Requirement One: At the end of the task, the number of Outer City Executors must not exceed three.]

[Task Requirement Two: During the task, personally eliminate at least five players.]

[Task Requirement Three: During the task, personally eliminate at least one peer.]

[Task Requirement Four: Before the third-round challenge begins, ensure that your team loses no more than two members.]