Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 840 - 601: Mission Progress Update, Ability Changes
"With this rhythm, this challenge is basically stable."
Li Zheng watched as several players appeared one by one in the hall without any unexpected incidents, and he felt a sense of relief.
Seizing the opportunity, he disengaged from invisibility and taunted the mechanical entity, "Hey, metal junk! Grandpa is here!"
Perhaps it was because Chaikefu was the first to use this phrase smoothly in his taunts, so everyone else didn’t bother thinking of other lines and just shouted this phrase at the mechanical entity as soon as they unhided.
In no time, the mechanical entity ended up with seven grandpas...
"Boom!"
Li Zheng rolled to the side again, dodging the incoming iron fist of the mechanical entity. He went invisible once more as Chaikefu distracted the entity.
Repeating this process several times, Li Zheng and his team finally reached the door on the opposite side of the hall.
Li Zheng was the first to arrive and was horrified to find that the door actually had a password lock.
[Please enter the number of players participating in this challenge.]
"6"
Li Zheng quickly and accurately pressed a number while the others were yet to arrive.
Strictly speaking, after entering the Outer City, he was no longer a player, so the number of participating players was indeed six.
"Good thing I was the first to get here. Otherwise, if someone else didn’t know the answer, it would’ve been over."
Li Zheng muttered to himself and then shouted back at the others, "Don’t rush over yet, distract the mechanical entity for a bit; this door has a lock and needs some time!"
"OK! Hurry up!"
At that moment, it was Feng Bujue dragging the mechanical entity. Hearing Li Zheng’s shout, he gritted his teeth and turned around to run back.
The others felt a little resentful, thinking the terminal designing a door with a lock was quite redundant, but since the terminal was the boss, they had no choice.
Forcing themselves to comply, they decided to change their strategy, excluding Li Zheng, and the six of them teamed up to drag the mechanical entity around the hall.
[How many tiers are there in the Matrix?]
Such a basic question?
Li Zheng raised his hand to prepare to enter the answer, but hesitated when pressing the second number "0".
No, that’s wrong!
This question is a trap!
On the surface, besides items that can’t be rated, there are actually only ten tiers to differentiate the strength of weapons and tools, which players interact with the most.
But, in those initial days, Li Zheng frequently saw an eleventh tier.
That represents miscellaneous or worthless items: grey!
So the answer should be eleven!
Moving his fingers, Li Zheng inputted the answer.
After a second, the next question appeared, proving Li Zheng answered correctly.
Meanwhile, in another challenger task area, Chen Qianxiang inputted "1" as the answer to the first question.
Then the door automatically opened with no further questions.
In yet another challenger area, someone randomly inputted the wrong answer, resulting in the mechanical entity’s arms transforming like Transformers into two sharp longswords, extending their attack range significantly and increasing movement speed by thirty percent!
Caught off guard, a player was instantly cut into meat paste; bone fragments mixed into the flesh and blood beyond recognition.
Li Zheng was unaware of all this, but he was curious about what would happen if he entered the wrong answer. Luckily, he restrained his reckless tendencies.
The third question was even odder:
[Please enter the terminal’s birthday.]
"???"
Li Zheng wore a bewildered expression; what kind of question was this?
No one else stands a chance?
Besides them, the cloned individuals with partial shared memories, who else could answer this question accurately?
Unless this question has no correct answer, everyone will fall here.
Entering his own birth date, he heard the hissing sound of hydraulic release from the door, which slowly opened to reveal a metalliferous corridor of distinctly different style beyond.
"The door’s open, let’s go!"
Li Zheng shouted as he was the first to enter the corridor, standing guard once inside.
Soon, the rest of the team followed, leaving only Wang Xiaoshan and Li Minshun outside.
The two skillfully dodged the mechanical entity’s attacks, adjusting their respective distances to the safety exit, and at the last moment, simultaneously disengaged from invisibility, activating the "I Can Run Fast" boost, sprinting in like the wind.
As everyone entered the safety exit, the mechanical entity’s movements abruptly ceased; its electronic eyes went dark, freezing in its last action without further motion.
And its extended fist was less than two meters from the door!
Had Wang Xiaoshan and the other miscalculated the distance or made any mistake at the end, they would have faced insurmountable doom!
"Phew~"
Wang Xiaoshan collapsed to the ground upon entering the corridor, gasping heavily, "That was so damn thrilling!"
Honestly, the physical stress during this challenge wasn’t significant, but to avoid any teamwork mishaps, they had to keep their minds tightly wound throughout.
After the challenge, they expended as much mental energy as they would in the same time under high-intensity combat.
"We are lucky, we bet right." said Chaikefu gratefully, not expecting that after the tough iron ball race, they could pass the third challenge so easily.
"It’s all thanks to Boss Ruizhou’s wits!" Wang Xiaoshan flattered, "Boss Ruizhou predicted from the start that the test behind the door would require the third Ability, and most of the plan was proposed by him. Whew... It’s truly a blessing to be able to do tasks alongside Boss Ruizhou!"
No one mocked this blatant flattery because it was true that Li Ruizhou contributed the most to the ease of passing this challenge.
"Chaikefu was right in saying we’re just lucky," Li Zheng said plainly, recalling the third question when they opened the door; he couldn’t imagine the outcome without his presence.
"Boss Ruizhou is too humble," Feng Bujue remarked from the side, "I’m becoming more confident about completing the challenge alive, with Boss Ruizhou around, it seems like we have no reason to lose."
"True, true," Erbatu chimed in, looking seemingly straightforward.
Li Zheng took another glance at him, noticing keen vigilance beneath Erbatu’s hidden expression.
In the data given by Old Prel, Erbatu... no, Agudus had a number as high as "17" after his name!
This means that seventeen white-named players died at his hands!
It’s hard to imagine that the seemingly ordinary, reserved fellow was actually a ruthless Demon King.
Had Li Zheng not had Prelis’ Eye, he would have been fooled by Agudus’s performance.
This was one reason why Li Zheng stood up to help others during the preceding iron ball race.
After all, with Agudus positioned in the center of the team, he could easily kill the two players behind.
The three hundred Red Crystal Coin penalty for task failure was something he couldn’t afford, who knew what compulsory measures the terminal would take against him then?
"Hm?" Chaikefu spoke up, "The task progress finally moved forward a notch; we’ve cleared all the first-round challenger task levels and entered the second round!"
Not only that, but at this moment, the group’s various abilities also began to change.
