Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 854 - 613: If Only Li Zheng Were Here

"Back?"

"Hmm, back."

Li Zheng opened his eyes and saw Zhan Zhouzhou and Mirel beside her. They were still in the previous challenger's instance, not leaving.

"Everyone else has left, let's go out too."

Zhan Zhouzhou didn't ask where Li Zheng went, nor did she ask what he encountered. She knew if Li Zheng wanted to tell her, he would do so voluntarily.

"Hmm." Li Zheng nodded. After the challenger's instance concluded, the terminal granted everyone permission to leave, which could be triggered to exit from there.

"By the way, when you left earlier, the terminal signed a confidentiality agreement with each of us," Zhan Zhouzhou suddenly said. "The agreement prohibits revealing all items and content from this instance, so other players are destined not to gain detailed strategies. When others enter this kind of instance again, some will inevitably die."

Li Zheng paused for a moment upon hearing this.

After a while, he said, "Survival of the fittest, isn't that the natural order of things?"

"That's a bit two-faced," Zhan Zhouzhou's figure faded. "If everything is according to the laws of nature, then the extinction of the Starting Point Legion is normal too, right?"

Li Zheng followed her out of the instance and appeared in a room within the Matrix.

He glanced at the current channel: 9595995

A familiar channel number; wasn't this where the players collectively transferred from the former Channel 879 before leaving?

It's also the channel where the doctor's office is located.

Opened the area channel, the number of survivors displayed there was: 102.

Only a hundred people?

Li Zheng's eyelids twitched. He had only gone to the Outer City for a few days?

How come there were only one hundred and two left?

Where are the others?

Dead?

Or left?

"Oh? Back here?" Zhan Zhouzhou's voice came from beside him. They surprisingly arrived at the same place after leaving.

Moreover, from her words, it was apparent that Zhan Zhouzhou had also opened some privileges.

"Well, all chat functions are locked. We can only see others' information, can't send, and can't contact anyone," Zhan Zhouzhou operated continuously, "It seems our existence hasn't been counted among the survivors, and also... Channel 995 has many players from Nihong Country now, kind of interesting."

While she said it was interesting, Li Zheng detected a hint of coldness in her tone.

Li Zheng glanced at the channel's power rankings. The top position was held by a name familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar: Zhang Yue.

Looking at Zhang Yue's avatar beside her name, Li Zheng felt a bit of recognition, remembering she was part of the Starting Point Legion.

From the second position onwards, the top twenty rankings didn't have a single Dragon Country player; most were Nihong Country people.

"Let's go find Zhang Yue," Li Zheng said, grabbing Zhan Zhouzhou's right hand while holding Mirel's hand on the other side, utilizing the free transport privilege given by the terminal to disappear from there.

...

"Persistent leeches, can't shake them off!"

Zhang Yue sprinted at full speed, her diamond-level power completely unleashed, occasionally looking back and swearing angrily, "These little devils are truly relentless!"

This was her seventh exploration opportunity today. During her journey, she encountered 'Kamikaze Kojiro' and 'Hojo Kanetake,' currently ranked second and third on the channel leaderboard, who clung to her afterward.

They did nothing, just followed behind her, entering whichever mountain gate she entered.

Like predators eying their prey.

Fortunately, the subsequent rooms posed no danger, and the two Nihong players might have been intimidated by her strength, hence refrained from attacking.

At this moment, she could only hope the next three rooms wouldn't present surprises, otherwise, if Matrix creatures entangled her, these two Nihong players would certainly exploit the situation and attack her.

"This Chinese bitch has such good luck, entering four consecutive safe rooms." Kamikaze Kojiro tread a breeze, floating like a feather, not slow in speed.

"She can't run much farther." Hojo Kanetake unfurled a pair of fleshy wings behind him, resembling a legendary demon, flying effortlessly in the air, "We encountered her in our first room exploration today, I can't believe she can escape."

"Kunlun Legion is providing them with Bouncing Props. If not for limited production capacity, no one would be left in this channel now," Kamikaze Kojiro expressed agitation, "Damned Chinese bitch; when I catch her, I'll make her an RBQ!"

Hojo Kanetake's eyes revealed depravity, "Kamikaze-kun has taste; from behind, this woman's hip shape is my type. Kamikaze-kun, would you be willing to share?"

"Hah," Kamikaze Kojiro's eyes flashed disdain, "I don't enjoy taking the backdoor. Once we catch her, you can cut off the parts you like; I don't mind."

"Hmp," Hojo Kanetake excitedly licked his lips, "Thank you then."

The two were newly at Diamond level. Though individually weaker than Zhang Yue, teaming up made her odds slim.

"No escape."

Zhang Yue's eyes darkened, "Two little devils are pursuing so closely; they must frequently explore, continuing to flee isn't viable."

Opening the chat page, she found the target she had been communicating with these days and sent a message, "Is the Jumping Device ready yet?"

"Tonight," the other party replied, "Though materials are being bought at high prices, crafting takes time. The last batch of Jumping Devices will be ready tonight for delivery."

Too late.

Zhang Yue closed the page, feeling heavy-hearted.

Since Li Zheng left, Starting Point Legion members frequently faced ambushes. To protect these people, Kunlun sacrificed their savings, distributing a Jumping Device to each member.

However, Jumping Devices are costly and take time to craft. Even with Kunlun and Nine Heavens working together, they could only stagger the Starting Point Legion's relocation to occupied channels.

On the surface, only a few thousand Jumping Devices seemed necessary for Starting Point Legion. In reality, making room for them in channels required these two legions to consume an equivalent number of Jumping Devices, relocating some of their members.

In effect, the pressure increased on materials and those possessing Jumping Device blueprints.

Unfortunately, Zhang Yue was the last member from Channel 995 who hadn't been relocated.

She was supposed to leave yesterday, but she gave her Jumping Device to Li Chun, allowing the girl who didn't draw the number to go to another channel ahead.

Beep!

Swiping quickly, the metal door barely opened to allow one person through when Zhang Yue eagerly dashed inside.

"Roar!" 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Upon entering, a agile black panther leaped at her, sharp claws glinting coldly.

"Damn it, there's actually a creature in this room!" Zhang Yue rolled sideways as wind noises swept by her ear.

Without time to think, she rolled several times on the ground, narrowly dodging the panther's consecutive attacks.

"A creature nearing Extraordinary level, this is trouble."

If it were regular exploration, Zhang Yue felt confident in taking some time to deal with the panther.

But now with two pursuers behind, failure to quickly resolve this would lead to a situation of being sandwiched.

If only Li Zheng were here, those little devils surely dared not act rashly!

Zhang Yue gritted her teeth, drew her weapon, and activated Genetic Force, fighting the panther engagedly.