Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day
Chapter 103 - 95: Assembly of the New Exploration Team

Chapter 103: Chapter 95: Assembly of the New Exploration Team

"Special room, are you going or not?"

Looking at the message sent by Zhan Zhouzhou, Li Zheng hesitated for a moment and replied, "Sure."

"Okay, wait, I’m going to recruit three more people."

After Zhan Zhouzhou sent this message, there was no further response.

Li Zheng opened the regional chat lobby and, as expected, saw her recruiting teammates inside.

Frowning, Li Zheng said nothing.

He just felt that yesterday’s five-person team setup was quite good, and after working together in the Ancient Ruins dungeon, they were familiar with each other.

But considering that certain Phoenix-named man might not be awake yet, Li Zheng just let her be.

Anyway, it’s not like he discovered the dungeon himself, so as long as the rules of distribution based on merit aren’t broken, it’s fine.

On the other side, Zhan Zhouzhou was initially thinking of gathering yesterday’s team, and the first person she contacted was Yan Guang.

Even though he hasn’t developed any genetic abilities, his single mechanical missile is definitely a big weapon in group attack scenarios.

As a result, over at Yan Guang’s side, he saw Phoenix Mountain was still unreachable, so he declined too.

Now, two members of the five-person team were gone all at once, so Zhan Zhouzhou had to recruit in the regional channel.

Moreover, she aligned her recruitment direction with Phoenix Mountain’s two people.

Namely, one for area clearing and one for strong single-target attacks.

In the end, two players were contacted.

Ye Yuan and Liu Jiale.

The reason Ye Yuan signed up was because after exploring ten rooms today, her luck was so bad that five were empty, so it was a good opportunity to join the dungeon and earn some rewards.

Moreover, this little girl is also a lively character, and with Phoenix Mountain’s side not contacting her, she was bored.

Originally, Ye Yuan recommended her brother, but Ye Kai refused.

The reason was that he still had a few rooms left to clear today.

In fact, Ye Kai told Ye Yuan privately that his mecha got damaged during the exploration.

Ultimately, Liu Jiale replaced him.

As for why Liu Jiale signed up, it was quite simple.

"I’ve never been to a special room, and I want to gain some experience."

Plus, along with Xiao Siyuan, the exploration team was assembled.

"Are you ready? Once you are, I’ll open the teleportation gate."

Zhan Zhouzhou sent a confirmation message, and Li Zheng replied, "Got it."

In the next moment, the Space Jumping Device’s special teleportation gate opened, and Li Zheng entered with Xiao Ying.

As his vision shifted, Li Zheng saw Zhan Zhouzhou.

"Wow, I’m actually the first one here."

Li Zheng chuckled and moved aside, waiting for the others to arrive.

Xiao Siyuan arrived second, given he had experience and his main role was medical support, with all his tools prepared in his capsule residence, so he was quite fast.

Third was Ye Yuan.

Still wearing her cool outfit and smoky makeup, holding an oversized Gatling gun.

As soon as she came in, Ye Yuan looked at Li Zheng twice, amazed: "Why don’t you have any Blood Qi on you?"

"Blood Qi?"

Li Zheng was slightly stunned, then remembered that Chu Xiao had mentioned it in the world channel.

Killing other players would cause Blood Qi to envelop you, effectively marking you as a "red-name player" by the Matrix.

The more people you kill, the denser the Blood Qi.

However, not only did he kill Lin Fan, but he also took time to finish off William last night, yet he had no trace of Blood Qi on him.

Upon reflection, Li Zheng recalled.

After merging William’s capsule residence last night, it seemed to have increased his own by 2x2x2 in size, but the gains felt minimal compared to the massive improvement from merging Lin Fan’s.

Didn’t expect such a coward like William to have actually killed people.

Li Zheng was a bit surprised, but since William was already dead, there was no point in dwelling on it.

Let’s just say... Mickey deserved what he got.

"Maybe it’s because I only killed red-name players?"

Li Zheng wasn’t sure; he’s not like some killing maniac like Lin Fan. Could he really kill a few innocent players just to verify this?

Not to mention, doing that would obviously expose him and might result in pursuit and revenge.

Li Zheng himself couldn’t bear the thought.

"Hey, killing red-names doesn’t come with penalties."

Ye Yuan grinned: "That’s the legendary feel."

Saying this, she carried her Gatling gun and happily skipped to Zhan Zhouzhou’s side, chatting non-stop.

The Gatling was about half her height and definitely not light.

Yet, in her hands, it seemed like a toy, clanging with metallic sounds as she bounced around.

"Zhan sis, you’re so pretty!"

"Zhan sis, your skin is amazing!"

"Zhan sis, why’d you choose this hairstyle?"

"It’s ugly."

Li Zheng: "..."

This little girl, why does she speak what’s on everyone’s mind?

Sure enough, upon hearing this question, Zhan Zhouzhou glanced over at Li Zheng.

Luckily, at that moment, Liu Jiale also came through the teleportation gate, redirecting Zhan Zhouzhou’s attention from Li Zheng.

"Nice to meet everyone, please take care of me."

Liu Jiale had short hair, bronze skin, handsome features, a tall posture, and wore a sleeveless martial arts outfit revealing two robust muscular arms.

His wide hands were wrapped in bandages, already blackened with dirt, holding a pure black thick-backed machete.

The blade was sheathless, exuding a faint bloody scent.

[Tiberium Alloy Knife, Platinum Level]

Prelis’ Eye provided the Black Blade’s attributes, and Li Zheng merely glanced at its grade, silently admiring its owner’s strong combat ranking.

Just looking at this one piece of equipment, he could tell Liu Jiale’s strength was remarkable, potentially even on par with Zhan Zhouzhou.

"This wave of special room exploration..."

Li Zheng weighed the team’s strength: "We’re solid."

With everyone assembled, Zhan Zhouzhou, as the initiator of this special room, brought up the distribution rules agreed upon yesterday.

"If any of you have concerns regarding the final resource distribution, you can bring them up now, and even if you wish to withdraw, it’s not too late."

After Zhan Zhouzhou spoke, she looked at Ye Yuan and the others, awaiting their response.

Ye Yuan seemed uninterested in such matters, eagerly saying: "The rules are fair. Shall we start the exploration? It’s my first time in a special room. What’s it like inside? Are there many monsters? Are they strong? I only brought over ten thousand rounds of ammunition; is that enough?"

Everyone: "..."

"Where do we go in? Here, right? I’ll go first, follow me! Speed! GoGoGo!"

Ye Yuan chattered non-stop and, not waiting for any response, excitedly darted into the light screen.

"..."

Everyone watched Ye Yuan’s disappearing figure and remained silent.

Finally, Xiao Siyuan suddenly laughed: "This little girl is quite lively; I feel old just standing in her presence."

Li Zheng agreed, patting Xiao Siyuan on the shoulder: "No kidding, you’ve dated twelve people already, who’s old if you’re not?"

Xiao Siyuan: "..."

"Alright, let’s head out."

Zhan Zhouzhou took the lead and entered the dungeon next.

...

Li Zheng stepped out of the light screen, and as the colors in front of him faded, he immediately heard Ye Yuan’s relentless complaining: "You guys are so slow."

Li Zheng ignored it, treating her as if she didn’t exist, and began to assess this instance.

The entrance led to a large hall, very spacious, with an area comparable to a grand stadium for tens of thousands of spectators, quite extraordinary.

Not far from the entrance, there were two heaps of shredded flesh on the ground, unrecognizable as to what species they belonged to.

Besides these two heaps, the floor was full of bullet holes, as if a beach had been pounded by a heavy rainstorm, a delight for those with trypophobia.

"Those were two bats. They rushed at me as soon as I came in, and I fired in panic, couldn’t hold back."

Ye Yuan pointed at the two heaps of flesh, explaining to the group.

After hearing this, everyone stayed silent, inwardly calling it ruthless.

Only Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou mourned: How did Lin Fan even survive in Channel One?