Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 74 - 72: Elite Squad

Yan Guang spread her fingers open, aiming her palm at the mechanical sword mantises chasing Li Zheng. At that moment, some of them noticed the two of them and turned to fly in their direction.

"Do you need me to buy you some time?"

Zhan Zhouzhou wielded her light saber, ready to block the first wave of attacks for Yan Guang at any moment with her family’s inherited footwork skills.

"No need."

Yan Guang shook her head. "You just handle the ones that slip through, and watch me perform for the rest."

"It’s show time!"

With her words, Yan Guang flicked her short hair, her lips slightly parted, revealing her clean white teeth.

In the next moment, countless micro cannonballs swiftly launched from the densely packed ammo compartments on her silver mechanical arm, covering the group of mechanical sword mantises.

Compared to the overwhelming swarm of mechanical sword mantises, the number of cannonballs seemed quite insignificant.

However, their momentum was not weak in the slightest.

Each micro cannonball trailed a long and thin tail flame, emitting a pale blue glow as it drilled into the swarm. Any contact with a single one would explode into a ball of fire.

Boom boom boom...

A series of explosions occurred; Li Zheng was hurriedly reloading Snake Grass Needles into the Desert Eagle’s cartridge and glanced back amidst the chaos. All he saw were fireballs and numerous broken sword mantises mixed with metal parts pouring down like a waterfall.

The swarm of mechanical sword mantises instantly emptied out a small section, reducing their numbers by a fifth.

"666!"

Seeing this, Li Zheng was extremely grateful for having given the last team slot to Yan Guang. Just this single volley of firepower matched up to five Phoenix Mountains.

This round of bombing had captured the attention of the remaining mechanical sword mantises. After the core of their intelligence analyzed the situation, they decisively left ten sword mantises to continue pursuing Li Zheng, while the rest turned and rushed towards Yan Guang.

"Can you do it one more time?"

Zhan Zhouzhou, looking at the over fifty mechanical sword mantises charging forward, asked Yan Guang.

"Don’t worry."

With a smile, Yan Guang twisted open the cartridge on her arm and said, "I have one more spare cartridge. After this set is fired, I’ll be done.

The cooldown time is roughly thirty seconds before I can start the next round of attacks."

"Alright."

Zhan Zhouzhou nodded slightly, "Then let’s do it one more time, and leave the rest to me."

"No problem!"

Yan Guang gave a thumbs up with her right hand, as her left arm once again launched a barrage of micro cannonballs.

After another round of bombing, fewer than forty mechanical sword mantises remained, and they were already right in front of them.

"Sigh."

Yan Guang lowered her left arm, a bit unsatisfied. As the metal plates on it flipped back into place, she said, "Unfortunately, I’m short on materials, and can only produce Black Iron Level cannonballs, which lack power.

Otherwise, I could have cleared the field with one shot per mantis."

"It’s already impressive."

Zhan Zhouzhou said no more, swinging her light saber and darting forward. Entering the swarm of mechanical sword mantises, she deployed her family’s swordsmanship, singlehandedly holding off nearly half the sword mantises.

The remaining half bypassed Zhan Zhouzhou and launched an attack on Yan Guang.

"I wonder if Li Zheng will reimburse the materials I used this time."

Mumbling to herself, Yan Guang raised her left arm and smashed the fastest flying sword mantis with a punch.

Both its blade legs and torso shattered into fragments, scattering all over the place.

Behind, the mechanical giant had already reached within a hundred meters. Phoenix Mountain immediately burst with power, leaping out the skylight and pulling out the not-so-athletic Xiao Siyuan.

The two of them jumped from the top of the passage. Xiao Siyuan set up a Silver Level M4A1, quickly entering combat mode, and began marking targets one by one.

Da da da...

The M4A1 fired in bursts, the muzzle spouting fire. With strong kinetic energy, the 5.56 bullets penetrated or even fully destroyed any mechanical sword mantis they hit.

Phoenix Mountain only stood next to him, guarding against other mechanical sword mantises from attacking Xiao Siyuan.

In front was Li Zheng holding off ten sword mantises. Although the Desert Eagle was just a Bronze Level firearm, with the enhancement of a Platinum Level genetic ability, he could easily take down a mechanical sword mantis with one shot.

The main difficulty was that the mechanical sword mantises were exceedingly nimble, and with them spread out, there was more space to evade, leaving Li Zheng temporarily in a stalemate.

However, as Snake Grass Needles were scattered freely, the ten sword mantises dwindled down to six.

Meanwhile, Zhan Zhouzhou contended with more than ten mechanical sword mantises on her own.

Having accumulated considerable combat experience in the metal passage earlier, she had already mastered the attack rhythm of the mechanical sword mantises, handling it with relative ease.

In the rear, with Yan Guang’s range fire support now gone, her mechanical arm performed well in close combat.

Especially since the mechanical sword mantises themselves were not very sturdy, primarily relying on agility and sharp blade legs to harm their enemies.

Yan Guang truly achieved the concept of breaking the enemy with strength, striking down any approaching sword mantis daring enough to slash with its blades, destroying both the blade legs and the sword mantis itself.

Extremely violent!

In the far back, Xiao Siyuan continued precise burst fire. After all, the M4A1 was Silver Tier and its power was not to be underestimated.

Every shot achieved results.

Xiao Siyuan was now entirely different from when he first met Li Zheng.

His expression was focused while shooting, his actions decisive and quick.

One hand held the magazine, supporting the gun barrel.

Whenever he ran out of bullets, a flick of the wrist would detach the magazine, which was stored in his capsule housing, followed by seamlessly loading a brand new magazine.

It could be said that he had nearly perfected operating the M4A1.

With such reliable teammates present, not a single sword mantis could breach the group, leaving Phoenix Mountain, the relatively weaker brute, at a loss of what to do.

It can be said that the exploration team formed by Li Zheng’s recruits fully deserved to be called the top elites of the entire 0000879 channel!

"Swish swish swish..."

The Snake Grass Needles were fired continuously, ultimately clearing the mechanical sword mantises attacking Li Zheng, leaving the last one twitching twice on the ground before losing its energy and becoming scrap.

[Genetic Force: 14/100]

[Ancient Ruins, exploration progress: 62%]

Li Zheng glanced at the two data points, then turned and dashed toward Zhan Zhouzhou without stopping. The Desert Eagle’s muzzle spat blue light, helping to dispatch the remaining mechanical sword mantises.

As time went by, with the team’s cooperation, the previously overwhelming mechanical sword mantises were eradicated in no time.

At the same time, the mechanical giant was just about to reach a distance of less than thirty meters from them.

Da da da...

The M4A1 emptied a magazine once again, and the last mechanical sword mantis was shot down to the ground.

"Whimper!"

Little Sakura’s silhouette darted by swiftly, with three mechanical sword mantises hot on pursuit. The little one looked back during its sprint, spending all of its recently regained genetic force, and continued to flee.

Though these three mechanical sword mantises hadn’t suffered lethal damage, their metallic bodies were full of dents, evidently hit by more than one Flying Rock Bomb.

"..."

Li Zheng could only sigh. Although Sakura possessed upgraded Black Iron Level genetic abilities, it was still dreadfully inexperienced in combat.

Particularly lacking in accuracy.

Clearly, if the Flying Rock Bombs it fired could accurately hit the head of the three mechanical sword mantises, they could all be taken down.

However, from the start of the battle to now, the three mechanical sword mantises still remained vigorous, chasing the little one into a frenzy.

Da da da...

Xiao Siyuan reloaded with a new magazine, performing continuous bursts, taking down the last three mechanical sword mantises.

Meanwhile, originally idle Phoenix Mountain suddenly sensed a strange quietness behind that felt a bit off.

Turning around abruptly, he found the mechanical giant had halted its stride, now facing the squad.

On its shoulder, two enormous cannon barrels were mounted, pointing black and menacingly at them.

"R!P!G!"

Phoenix Mountain shouted frantically, his voice hoarse with urgency.

Simultaneously, the mechanical giant’s shoulder-mounted plasma cannons completed their final charge, explosively emitting two dazzling electric beams!