CHAPTER 494: CHAPTER 370: KNIFE, CUT OFF HIS LEG!

"Damn... What did Li eat that’s gone bad today?" Phoenix Mountain held Yan Guang, Lin Fengjiao standing behind him, next to a sleeping Sakura.

"Maybe that dawn attack riled him up, so he’s so volatile today?" Yan Guang was uncertain, as Li was still stable when he left yesterday.

Lin Fengjiao watched the gruesome scene in the distance and whispered, "I feel like Brother Li might have been angered by something else. Look at Brother Li’s current strength; if it was due to the dawn attack, those legion leaders should be the ones suffering, right?"

Upon hearing her, Phoenix Mountain and Yan Guang turned back, "Yeah, that dawn attack; did Li just let them off?"

Phoenix Mountain pondered, "Given Li’s character, he should’ve already flown over and slaughtered them, right?"

Li Zheng isn’t the type to repay grievances with kindness; he’s always been the kind of person who won’t bother others unless they bother him, but if they do, he’ll chase them down even to the ends of the earth.

This time, we’ve yet to hear about any leader’s death, just him venting here...

A change of character?

"What’s up? What are you guys murmuring about?" Li Zheng returned with Zhan Zhouzhou, leaving the Demon Blade to drain the mutant’s blood.

"Nothing." Phoenix Mountain snapped out of his thoughts, "Just noticed your battle style is a bit aggressive today, ran into any trouble?"

Trouble?

"Sort of, but I’ve mostly vented it, why?" Li Zheng has already hacked down ten mutants; by now, any trouble wouldn’t bother him.

"Phoenix Mountain wants to know if you’re just letting that dawn attack slide?" Yan Guang interrupted, "Others have bullied us at our doorstep, and if you don’t hit back, won’t they think you’re easily bullied?"

Let it slide?

How could it!

Li Zheng is waiting for the players to exhaust their exploration attempts before making a move.

"I have my plans for this matter." Li Zheng didn’t discuss it further, "By the way, did Liu Qi Shao’s message come through today?"

He was asking about the matter discussed at dawn, that both of them would announce the method to enter the Outer City.

Such things are best launched with a heavyweight announcement, raising the tone to boost ordinary players’ trust to the highest. Even if there’s no immediate effect, there won’t be backlash.

"Not yet." Zhan Zhouzhou stepped forward, "Liu Qi Shao told me this morning, contacted several known legions, planning to wait for your lead."

Li Zheng raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised, "How did he get in touch with you?"

Zhan Zhouzhou remained expressionless, "Because I’m now the vice group leader of the Starting Point Legion, apart from you, only Xiao Siyuan and I have the highest authority."

Indeed, Li Zheng recalled elevating both of them to vice leader positions yesterday. Zhan Zhouzhou’s martial prowess and Xiao Siyuan’s reputation; no one would oppose them being vice leaders.

"Then let’s start, help me get in touch with Liu Qi Shao." Li Zheng nodded, displaying some group leader demeanor.

Zhan Zhouzhou frowned, unimpressed, "You’re free-handed, why not contact them yourself?"

Li Zheng turned, showing his panel where he was editing world channel info, "Who told you I’m free-handed?"

"..." Zhan Zhouzhou sighed reluctantly, and proceeded to help contact Liu Qi Shao.

Soon, Li Zheng sent the information to the world channel, detailing the concept of the Outer City and how to enter it.

For this, he consumed a megaphone he got from Chu Xiao.

This item was too useful; Li Zheng now keeps ten in his capsule, buying new ones from Chu Xiao when needed.

Then, before players could digest Li Zheng’s message, Liu Qi Shao, along with Nine Heavens communication lead Tang Qianzang and six leading Dragon Country legion leaders, sent messages confirming Li Zheng’s words as truth.

They simultaneously urged all Matrix players and legions to stop self-inflicted violence, as red-named players would not be accepted into the Outer City.

Wow!

Suddenly, a clamor broke out among them.

"Is the Outer City the Matrix’s end point? If we reach the Outer City, does it mean we can go home?"

"Who knows? Perhaps the Outer City is just another explored stage, and we’ll be switched to another map to continue exploring?"

"Is this information reliable? Who’d announce such important news publicly? Why not enter the Outer City first and hoard the benefits?"

"You idiot above, would Li Zheng need to hoard benefits alone? The first to enter the Outer City would surely be the boss; would hiding it benefit the boss?"

"Definitely a sycophant above; even if hiding it brings no benefits, does announcing it bring any? I frankly don’t believe anyone acts without self-interest; there must be some sketchy detail!"

"Sketchy my ass! The above must be suffering paranoia! The boss published the message to boost his reputation! Does that bother you? Are you that petty?"

"I care more if the Outer City lets us go home. I’m tired of the fighting; I want to go back to fishing..."

"I want to go back too, haven’t finished editing the latest popular biological identification video."

"Oh yeah! Has anyone found the red-haired monster? Is he dead? If not, let him go back to continue updates!"

"Is Sanzha around? With this Matrix trip, do you have enough reference to write yourself into exhaustion?"

"Wanna go back, count me in; eating roasted meat every day, I miss aloe juice’s taste!"

"Wow, Brother Yong! Clean and hygienic~"

...

Once the Outer City news was released, most players seemed to see a glimmer of hope of returning home, chatting in the world channel about life back home.

Only Li Zheng knew that reaching the Outer City had no inherent connection to returning to Earth.

Returning to Earth was still distant.

Otherwise, with the old players’ strength like Luo Aiman, why would they still be stuck in the Matrix doing missions?

When they arrive at the Outer City, what they may find might be a very bleak truth.

While most were dreaming of a better life, numerous negative statements popped up in the world channel.

"Outer City? You believe whatever Li Zheng says? Aside from him, has anyone heard of anything regarding an Outer City?"

"Exactly! We’re the first batch of players, we’ve never heard of endpoints or Outer City!"

"The Matrix Terminal never intended to let us go back; it merely wants to see us survive and slaughter here, for amusement!"

"What’s the Outer City anyway? Just fabricated lies by Li Zheng and Dragon Country folks to stir the public!"

...

These people were led by Tanaka Junichiro, mostly players with names from Nihong Country, mixed with a few Western Country names.

Li Zheng stared at these comments, eyes narrowing, an intense aura of danger emitting from him.

"Tanaka Junichiro? Excellent! This is what I’ve been waiting for, your new channel number exposure!"

He whipped out an event ticket, dismantled the team, and returned to the previous room.

He swapped out the Star Thief and quickly locked onto Tanaka Junichiro and his channel, decisively teleporting over!

At the moment of landing, Li Zheng saw a player activate spatial movement device, ready to teleport.

"Little Blade, cut off his leg!"

Under Li Zheng’s ruthless command, the Bloodthirsty Demon Blade transformed into a bloody stream of light, shooting speedily.