Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 832 - 593: Annie Is a Girl

"So, this mission is really about testing human nature, isn't it?" Li Zheng sneered internally, "Not only do I have to be an informant among the player group, but I also have to be an informant among peers?"

It's already tough enough having my own Ability replaced, and now there's an additional task requirement?

Is there no way for a person to survive?

Oh, does it matter if I do it or not?

Well, never mind then.

To be fair, although the Terminal clearly states that the more personal tasks you complete, the greater the rewards, which means that even if these task requirements are not met, it's okay.

However, Li Zheng is quite interested in the so-called task rewards, so he thinks completing one or two requirements isn't impossible.

The easiest is obviously task requirement two: just eliminate five players, and Li Zheng has seven people around him waiting for him to mess with, with calculated intent and no intent on their part, those seven people virtually have no power to resist.

"Hmm, according to the original plan, eliminate Li Minshun first..." Li Zheng lifted his foot once more, and the final piece of information appeared before him.

[Now one random personal task requirement is set as a fixed task. (The fixed task must be completed; if you fail, all rewards for this mission will be canceled, and an additional fine of three hundred Red Crystal Coins will be imposed!)]

[Randomization ended, fixed task requirement is "Task Four: Ensure that your team reduces by no more than two members before the third-round challenge begins."]

"???"

Li Zheng almost cursed, feeling like something was deliberately going against him.

This person can't be eliminated, right?

"Anyway, there are two spots, it shouldn't be a big problem to eliminate just one first." Li Zheng's stubborn streak kicked in. Today, Li Minshun must be the first to get booted, he said it, and Jesus can't stop it!

Having made up his mind, without wasting any more time, Li Zheng quickly caught up with the players who had already moved ahead.

About two hundred meters along the passageway was a fork in the road; Feng Bujue and his four chose to go left, the rest went to the right.

Li Zheng didn't hesitate and turned directly to the right.

Then he saw two players in Cloaks standing ahead, one being Li Minshun and the other Chaikefu.

Another player, "Annie," was nowhere to be seen.

"What are you guys doing standing here?" Li Zheng acted casually as he walked over, "Where's the other one?" 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Li Minshun didn't even turn his head, pointing downward in front of him, "Over there."

Only then did Li Zheng notice a huge pit in the dim environment.

[Guess why this task always mentions the "Challenger Game"? Guess again the content of the Challenger Game? Now guess what this big pit is for? And guess if the thing impaled on the spikes at the bottom of the pit happens to be one of your "teammates"?]

Clearly seeing the scene below the pit, Li Zheng's face turned green.

At the bottom of a pit about fifty meters away, layer upon layer of sharp, sinister spikes stood upward, displaying a fierce and angry look.

Near the edge on the opposite side of the pit, a cloaked figure was impaled on one of the spikes—it was Annie, the teammate Li Zheng had just inquired about who had disappeared.

Completely dead...

"This special room will get people killed!" Li Minshun's voice hadn't changed, but Li Zheng detected a hint of dryness in his tone.

Indeed, all the special rooms in the past had a rule of near-death rescue protection, at most causing serious injury, never losing one's life.

However, this time, a player teammate had very recently turned themselves into a skewer and sounded the alarm for others.

"The newbie protection period is long over; what's so surprising about a special room that can kill people appearing now?" Chaikefu spoke with an indifferent tone, "In my opinion, the Terminal opening a deadly special room now is merciful enough. If it were up to me designing it, I wouldn't have ever added a protection mechanism to special rooms from the start—life and death are up to fate!"

Li Minshun's voice trembled, "How can you be so cold? That was a living person! They just died in front of you!"

As he said this, Li Zheng unexpectedly glanced at him.

His attitude wasn't like this when bickering with Wang Xiaoshan earlier, why suddenly act all saintly now?

"I'm out of this instance; you guys want to play, play by yourselves. I'll stay here and wait for it to end." Li Minshun took a step back.

Turns out it wasn't a sudden burst of compassion, just fear after seeing someone die firsthand.

"Ha, staying here is a dead end." Chaikefu shook his head lightly, "Haven't you noticed? Our storage capsules are locked up. Don't believe it? Try taking something out of yours."

"What?" Li Minshun tried immediately and found his capsule residence indeed locked, just as the other said.

Li Zheng tried too, finding his capsule space locked tight, him being an Executor sent from the Outer City for the task.

"Um..." Li Zheng looked at the body at the pit's bottom and asked, "What exactly happened earlier? How did someone suddenly die?"

"Can't you see?" Chaikefu said, "He tried to jump but failed."

"Tried to jump but failed?" Li Zheng was shocked, "This is just about fifty meters, right?"

Extraordinary Level Physique, this simple fifty meters, even if doubled, should be easily cleared, so how did he fail?

"Ha, that idiot thought the same thing at first." Chaikefu pointed at Annie's body, "But this pit isn't so simple. I looked closely earlier, and there's probably some special rule above the pit suppressing our jumping Ability."

"Moreover... he failed even after using Enhanced Jump Ability." Chaikefu added.

He failed after activating "I can jump high"?

Li Zheng was even more surprised, secretly asking Lao Pu, "Is there some trick to this trap?"

[Gravity.]

Lao Pu's answer was brief, Li Zheng got it immediately.

The Terminal played dirty this time, enhancing gravity within the pit's vicinity—no wonder jumping wasn't possible.

"Head back and check the other side; that side might be the proper path." Li Zheng thought and tried to convince the two to go with him back the other way.

His personal task only allowed for two quotas, and they were down one before things even started, so he needed to gather everyone to prevent further mishaps.

"You guys also have a big pit over here?"

Before the three could turn back, Feng Bujue's voice came from behind.

Li Zheng turned to see the other four players appear behind them, unharmed.

"Did the direction you chose also have one?" Chaikefu asked.

Seeing Feng Bujue and the four come over, Li Minshun retreated several steps to the edge of the passage, leaning against the wall as if not wanting much interaction.

"Yes, there's a long stretch of safe distance that way; after encountering a big pit, we thought this might be the right direction, so we came back to check." Feng Bujue explained the situation, noticing there was one less person here, "How come there are only three of you left here?"

Li Zheng pointed to the bottom of the pit and answered like Li Minshun before, "Another one is down there."

The four stepped forward to look at the body below, and Wang Xiaoshan asked, "The dead one is...?"

"Annie."

"Oh, what a pity." Wang Xiaoshan shook his head, regretful.

Li Minshun couldn't hold back, "What do you mean?"

Since everyone wore the same clothes and had the same voices, a teammate disappearing from sight then reappearing without speaking made it hard to tell who's who.

So the way Wang Xiaoshan moved from inquiry to regret clearly meant he wished the dead wasn't Annie but Li Minshun.

After all, only the two of them had a conflict.

Wang Xiaoshan glanced at him, "Why so agitated? I'm just saying it's unfortunate a girl died, is there a problem? Why so sensitive?"

A girl?

Li Zheng wasn't interested in their banter, but Wang Xiaoshan referring to Annie as a girl...

Was a stereotype.

Just because he's called Annie, he's a girl?

Others might not know, but Li Zheng was very aware.

The so-called "Annie" was actually a male player from a Southeast Asian country.

Yep, that country known for producing "beauties."