Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 846 - 605: Team Battle, Total Annihilation! (Part 3)
Her feelings towards Li Zheng are very complex.
He once accepted Misaka Tsuchiemon’s invitation and protected her for a long time. No matter how much she loathed the Misaka family, she couldn’t deny that she was grateful for Li Zheng’s actions.
While grateful, she also resented Li Zheng a bit because he had domineeringly taken the Yagyu Swordsmanship she had painstakingly practiced.
"Where have you been lately?" Since last time Li Zheng bid farewell to her, Yuanfei Yuluo hadn’t received any further information from him. When she sent him messages, the system informed her that the target was outside the service area.
To be honest, she once really thought Li Zheng was dead, as the rumors said.
Now, he was standing right in front of her, perfectly fine.
The rumors collapsed by themselves.
"It doesn’t matter where you went, as long as you returned." Yuanfei Yuluo saw that Li Zheng had no intention of explaining, and continued: "Since your disappearance, Starting Point Legion has been surrounded by multiple legions and can only survive under the protection of Kunlun and Nine Heavens."
"Wait..." Yu Xiaoyu grew more doubtful and surprised as she listened: "You said he’s Li Zheng?! Didn’t Li Zheng go to... that place?"
The news of Li Zheng going to the Outer City was not concealed from her by either Liu Qi Shao or Phoenix Mountain, but what the Outer City was like and whether one could return to the Matrix after going there, no one knew.
"Mistaken identity?" Yu Xiaoyu was skeptical.
"Has the trouble with your cousin been resolved?" Li Zheng asked Yu Xiaoyu: "I remember not long ago he was dismissed, wasn’t he?"
"You really are Li Zheng!" Yu Xiaoyu turned from shock to joy: "So you can return after going to that place? That’s great! Phoenix Mountain Brother mentions you every day, saying if you were still around, those little devils wouldn’t dare to be so arrogant."
"Shh, lower your voice." Li Zheng glanced at the scattered groups not far away: "Don’t reveal the news of our return for now, my identity is Li Ruizhou, a master player who emerged out of nowhere."
"Uh-huh! I understand!" Yu Xiaoyu nodded repeatedly: "We two are just those small fry who think you’re strong and stick around asking for your help!"
Such an explanation... does seem reasonable enough.
Li Zheng didn’t mind as long as his real identity wasn’t exposed. This was his first time returning from the Outer City, and he wasn’t sure about his freedom within the Matrix. Even if he wanted to help Starting Point Legion escape its current predicament, there was no effective way.
This time returning to the Matrix, Li Zheng could only see the terminal’s system interface; all the other functionalities were unavailable.
It’s not just him, other players couldn’t connect to chat channels and could only view task information.
He now wasn’t certain if he could regain player privileges after the dungeon ends or if he would immediately return to the Outer City. Merely exposing the information that he’s still alive wouldn’t help at all.
The few chatted briefly. Meanwhile, players from the previous challenge round descended one by one on the other side.
Most were delighted because the losers discovered they didn’t die.
Once everyone was present, the terminal finally released the specific rules for the third challenge round.
[Third Challenger Game: Team Battle Competition!]
[Current Participants: 40]
[Form four teams of ten for team battles. For each remaining round, earn one point. At the end of four rounds of battle, the team with the lowest points will be completely annihilated!]
