Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 835 - 596: Physical Endurance Test

"What if he's not dead?" Li Zheng asked, "Are you not afraid?"

"Such hypothetical questions have no answers." Marcus appeared very calm: "And as long as I don't deliberately expose myself or give others the chance to know I'm marked, even if he's alive, how could he know I'm marked and come looking for trouble? So stop asking such meaningless questions; it's more important to think about how to improve our chances of successfully passing this special room."

If you don't expose it, they won't know you're marked?

Li Zheng's mouth, hidden under his hood, curled slightly. Sorry, I know now, and from this conversation, it's clear you feel no remorse for killing those three people.

"Can you tell me about your past kills?" Li Zheng asked curiously, pretending, "I don't have the guts, but I love hearing these stories."

"..." Marcus was silent for a few seconds, eventually shaking his head: "There's nothing to say; it's all in the past... What's that sound?"

"It's coming from behind." Li Zheng had already sensed it, stopping to look back.

The people behind, including Feng Bujue, also stopped, feeling a slight vibration underfoot.

"Is it an earthquake?" Wang Xiaoshan muttered in confusion.

"Doesn't seem like an earthquake." Erbatu lay on the ground and listened closely for a few seconds: "It's more like something hard and large is quickly approaching us..."

"You didn't need to say that; we already saw it." Li Minshun pulled him up, yelling: "Run!!!"

Except for Erbatu, who didn't notice due to a blind spot, the others had long started running without needing a reminder.

"What's going on?" Being pulled into a mad run, Erbatu was puzzled. He glanced back and saw a massive metallic sphere rolling down the path from behind.

The sphere's diameter seemed precisely calculated to perfectly block the entire passage.

"Holy shit!~" Erbatu was shocked, immediately activating 'I Can Run Fast,' leaving Li Minshun far behind and catching up with those running in front.

"This trick is so old... Can't the Terminal come up with something more innovative?" Li Zheng was at the front, running while inwardly complaining.

The trick of releasing metal balls in narrow spaces has been used so much in all sorts of bad movies that almost everyone knows the simplest way to deal with it.

That's to run to the end of the passage and crouch in a corner, reducing your size as much as possible, relying on the spherical blind spot to avoid disaster.

Bang!

"Whoa!" Wang Xiaoshan heard an odd noise and glanced back, then shouted in disbelief: "Can it be played like this?"

The others, intrigued by his reaction, also looked back, only to see the metallic sphere extending two rows of sharp metal spikes in the spherical blind spots of the rectangular passage, the tips densely covered with serrated edges!

If they tried the old movie trick, they'd end up with holes stabbed by those spikes, getting shredded!

"Sorry, everyone, I'll go ahead!" Carol suddenly activated 'I Can Run Fast' and 'I Can Jump High,' leaping over Li Zheng and others, dusting off.

Unfortunately, the duration of 'I Can Run Fast' was too short, even using two abilities didn't leave the others far behind.

Seeing this, Li Zheng had a flash of insight, "Don't just stand there; use your abilities like him. Better to use them sooner for cooling down!"

No one knew how long the passage ahead was; if they kept holding back, concerned about other variables, they'd likely get caught by the metal sphere.

"Exactly!" Feng Bujue gasped urgently, "I estimated earlier, the sphere's rolling speed is slightly faster than our normal running pace. If we keep running normally, it won't be long before we're caught; we have to use abilities to widen the distance!"

Even before finishing speaking, he activated his ability to jump.

Suddenly, all seven in the passage began jumping, letting loose.

As the round of abilities ended, Carol awkwardly realized he was back in the middle of the group.

Damn!

Forgot everyone had similar physiques; the speed differences weren't large. Any gap he opened using abilities, others could close similarly...

Now it looked awkward.

Running amidst the crowd, Carol felt several gazes from behind piercing him, making him uneasy.

"Huff~ Huff~" Carol breathed heavily, defending: "I... I was just demonstrating... really didn't mean to leave everyone behind..."

Extraordinary physique only enhanced their speed and strength limits, but didn't mean they wouldn't feel tired when sprinting.

On the contrary, the faster they ran, their energy consumption all but matched normal humans at full speed.

They hadn't been running long, yet everyone was panting like oxen, barely able to reply to Carol.

Rather use the effort on running than wasting it on speaking!

As time passed, the initial physical differences gradually emerged.

Those stronger before entering the special room had significantly more endurance than their weaker teammates.

For instance, Li Zheng, with physique in the Basic Stage, felt comfortable even when others were gasping for breath, far from his physical limit.

Your endurance may be higher but that doesn't mean you can quickly widen the distance.

"I... I'm almost... Huff Huff... I can't run anymore!"

No one counted how far, how long they ran; they only knew under continuous high-intensity sprinting, their speed matched the sphere's.

No escape but no catching up either.

Wang Xiaoshan's legs felt like thousands of melted Vibranium poured in, heavy and hot, seeming ready to burst any moment.

"Even if you can't run, you must run!" Feng Bujue barely managed to respond: "Stopping is asking for death!"

"Brother Jue, pull me along so I can catch my breath and relax!" Wang Xiaoshan extended a hand for help, knowing a pull would help regain some strength.

But the expected help didn't arrive; instead, he saw Feng Bujue accelerating ahead.

As soon as the acceleration ability reset, Feng Bujue instantly used it.

"Feng..." Wang Xiaoshan wanted to curse but was choked by a mouthful of sputum from panting, forcing him to shut up and curse the familiar face in the special room inwardly.

Actually, they weren't particularly friendly outside, just casual acquaintances seen during exploration, having that exchange at the mission's start.

Upon Feng Bujue introducing himself, Wang Xiaoshan confirmed identities instantly with the earlier approach.

From Wang Xiaoshan's few interactions with Feng Bujue, he seemed a kind-hearted, helpful elder brother, always encouraging survival on the regional channels.

Now, that image of the kind elder brother instantly crumbled.

The more Wang Xiaoshan liked Feng Bujue, the more he hated him now.

Any intense emotional fluctuations while sprinting at full speed can be deadly.

As Wang Xiaoshan grumbled in frustration, he felt his feet getting lighter, legs behaving uncontrollably.

He was at his limit; continuing would soon exhaust him.

"Am I... dying?" Wang Xiaoshan almost predicted himself being crushed by the sphere, spikes shredding him.

As despair settled in, a figure fell back beside him, large hands on his back.

"Keep going, don't give up!"

Is it Li Ruizhou?!

This moment almost brought Wang Xiaoshan to tears, nearly crying aloud.

Turns out, the quiet one in their group was the real elder brother!

He was blind to have trusted Feng Bujue, that scum!

"Brother... huff..." Wang Xiaoshan was grateful, "If I survive this, I owe you my life!"

"You're overthinking it; we're teammates, just helping each other." Li Zheng's steady voice seemed magical, sparking a feeling in Wang Xiaoshan that with him around, nothing bad would happen.

But this couldn't last long.

If they didn't find a solution, everyone, including Li Zheng, would eventually exhaust and be crushed by the sphere.

"There's a way out!"

Chaikefu's words came urgently from the front.