CHAPTER 336: CHAPTER 286: WAIT UNTIL THE MODIFICATIONS ARE COMPLETE BEFORE READING_2

"Ah, this..." Old Sha was stuck for words, not knowing where to begin.

"Ha! Don’t worry about it. Aren’t we the same?" Old Ma said dejectedly, "In the eyes of the public, we’re just good-for-nothings who can’t even catch a few car thieves!"

"You can’t say that..." Old Sha felt even more awkward. "If you put it that way, wouldn’t that make me a quack doctor who deliberately kills patients because I don’t take bribes?"

"Hey, is this self-roasting?" Old Zhu said self-mockingly, "Then wouldn’t that make us scumbags who exploit summer and winter breaks to run tutoring classes and make money?"

All four said in unison, "Old Tang is the black force going around the streets flipping vendors’ stalls!"

Tang Qianzang: "???

...

Li Zheng had just exited an activity dungeon with the group and was preparing to switch to another number for another challenge.

At that moment, Tang Qianzang contacted him to borrow a set of Platinum Level nanorobots.

"Did someone get hurt?" Li Zheng raised an eyebrow, "I haven’t even congratulated you on getting the first kill of the activity. I’ll give you a discount on the nanorobots as a congratulatory gift this time."

Though he said discount, Li Zheng still asked for a high price of five Gold Level Power Cores, not including the nanorobots’ energy.

"What’s there to congratulate about? I’m regretting it to death now." Tang Qianzang accepted Li Zheng’s price, briefly explained his situation, and finally said, "Anyone who wants to join the subsequent activities can, but we’re definitely not challenging again. I seriously can’t afford to play."

"Not challenging anymore?" Li Zheng stroked his chin, thinking he still had a chance to get the final reward.

Tang Qianzang borrowed the nanorobots, and Li Zheng earned five Gold Level Active Cores.

Finally, Tang Qianzang asked Li Zheng, "Do you know any players who produce medical equipment? I need a lot of healing items here."

"Yes!" Li Zheng introduced Xiao Siyuan to him, "He’s the one you want, especially for orthopedic stuff. Really professional!"

"Thanks a lot!" Tang Qianzang remembered the name and turned to contact Old Xiao.

After ending the conversation with Tang Qianzang, Li Zheng gathered Zhan Zhouzhou and others, preparing to continue challenging the activities.

This time, they prepared to challenge number forty-two.

However, just as they were ready and about to teleport, the world channel suddenly showed three successive announcements.

[Congratulations to player "Chen Hongjun" for leading the team to successfully kill the mutated creature of activity number 42, points for the kill +1.]

[Congratulations to player "Zhang Hongyuan" for leading the team to successfully kill the mutated creature of activity number 41, points for the kill +1.]

[Congratulations to player "Liu Fang"...]

In an instant, all four Fudao Island members from numbers 40 to 43 were killed off.

Li Zheng was dumbfounded. Why didn’t he notice before that the Matrix had so many impressive people?

And judging by the names, they are all players from our Dragon Country!

As expected, our Dragon Country is number one in the world!

"Wait a minute! This isn’t right!" Li Zheng suddenly realized, if all the mutants were killed, what else is there for him to play?

Immediately, he took out the "ticket" and chose number thirty-nine to teleport.

This time, he had communicated with everyone in the team to go all out from the start for a quick victory, racing against time.

It was as if the monsters they were facing were not formidable beings comparable to extraordinary life forms, but rather just insects to be easily squashed.

On the other side, Tang Qianzang borrowed the nanorobots, charged them, and infused his teammates for deep healing.

Everyone else also took out the rented medical equipment for further injury treatment.

Tang Qianzang took out a few bottles of ink-like fluid, letting his teammates drink some and applying the rest to their wounds, tightly bandaging them.

Within moments, everyone’s complexion improved, and the ink’s effects turned out to be surprisingly good.

With multiple medical methods, they felt like they could take on another mutant today.

They also saw the subsequent three announcements, all showing unexpected expressions.

It seemed the development of things was a bit different from what they imagined.

Old Ma privately contacted others, and the information he got was astonishing.

"Holy crap! The Kunlun side really took a huge hit this time. Who would have thought that the mutants’ strength in the activity is linked to the number ranking? Numbers forty to forty-three are the weakest ones, starting from thirty-nine, there’s a qualitative leap in strength. If Kunlun hadn’t retreated promptly, there would have been serious casualties!"

Old Sun also had his own channels and similarly understood what happened, saying with a serious expression, "I’ve also received information that the ace team from the Luodu military district, armed with five Diamond Level plasma bombs and ten Platinum Level mortar shells, couldn’t even take down number thirty-nine mutant!"

This news left the Journey to the West Team looking at each other in dismay, as they killed number forty-three mutant with just three Diamond Level plasma bombs.

And even that was achieved by scraping together all their resources.

The Gold Level Power Cores used for renting nanorobots from Li Zheng were borrowed by Tang Qianzang from others in the organization.

Tang Qianzang nervously asked, "Are the people okay?"

"They’re fine, they fired all the artillery and retreated when they realized the danger... wait!" Old Sun looked at the latest message, his eyes widening: "How is this possible? The team led by Wu Sihai, who was crowned king of soldiers in the last military district exercise, failed to attack number three mutant and is completely... wiped out?"

"Damn!" Old Ma suddenly cursed out loud, "Whoever was commanding Kunlun was an idiot, right? The top three clearly seem extraordinary, how could they dare to send people to attack them?!"

"It might not be an issue with Kunlun’s upper echelons." Old Sun, with his extensive connections, shook his head and said, "This Wu Sihai is very problematic in the military, with an eccentric and unconventional style. Even during the last exercise, he charged through the enemy’s minefield and stormed the headquarters, making a name for himself.

This time... he was probably too arrogant, changed the battle plan on his own, and led the team to challenge number three mutant, resulting in the entire team being wiped out."

..." Everyone was silent for a while after hearing this.

Old Ma suddenly cursed angrily, "This Wu Sihai should just change his last name to Pig. Leading four comrades to their deaths, he’s... worse than a pig!"

Old Zhu: "...???"

Old Ma explained, "Not talking about you, Zhu."

Old Zhu: "Oh."

Old Sun said, "Now that they’re gone, cursing doesn’t help, nor can it bring his comrades back to life. We can only pray that those who have not yet exited the activity remain safe."

Of the teams sent by the Kunlun Sect, besides the three that won and the one that was confirmed dead, led by Wu Sihai, three more teams haven’t reported back yet.

The others didn’t dare to send messages to disturb them and could only wait passively.

(The following content will be updated after midnight, you know what that means.)

The next morning, Li Zheng, who had rested for a night, poked his head out from under a layer of dewy dead leaves, his antennae vibrating and capturing any unusual substances in the air.

After focusing for a moment and confirming that the forest was as deathly silent as the previous night, seemingly without danger, he completely emerged from the ground.

By coincidence, a broad leaf of unknown species next to him had accumulated a bit of dew overnight.

Habit from his human days made Li Zheng take advantage of the moisture to clean himself up a bit, then he turned to dig up the food he had hidden last night.

"Heave ho!"

With a silent chant, the sphere was dug up again, and a rich fragrance of food wafted immediately.

In an instant, Li Zheng was hungry again, took a bite and chewed. The little jaws twitched slightly as he chewed the food, its bitter taste just as unappetizing as last night.

Looking at the feces-colored dirt ball-like food in front of him, Li Zheng couldn’t help but have a strong sense of déjà vu, reminding him of something indescribable.

"This can’t be..."

Gulp~

Swallowing what was in his mouth, Li Zheng shook his head to dispel the idea that he was eating feces and took another fierce bite as if expressing some kind of determination.

"As long as I can survive, I’ll even eat shit!" Li Zheng thought bitterly to himself.

He knew it was just a harsh word after all. If it weren’t for the fact that it didn’t smell, indicating the identity of the sphere, he would have already spat it out.