Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

"Awoo!"

Sakura opened her mouth and spat out a missile. Meanwhile, she deftly turned lightly in the air, dodging a blade that was aimed straight for her head.

[Dark Knight

Tier: Platinum

Description: A non-player entity that only acts at night, a special life form completely covered in specialized armor.

Equipped with biological, infrared, martial, kinetic, thermal, and various other real-time detectors, none of your actions can escape its "eyes".

Its thinking chip is programmed with various melee combat techniques, specializing in stealth and assassination.

Weakness: Currently analyzing, estimated time remaining... three minutes.

Old Pu: Kill it!]

"None of your actions can escape its eyes?"

Li Zheng's heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly shouted, "Sakura, fast flight, don't stop!"

"Awoo!"

Sure enough, as Sakura nodded, her flying speed dramatically increased, and the next second, a matte black short dagger pierced the air where she had been.

It was then that the silhouette of the so-called Black Knight disappeared from its original position.

"Such speed!"

Li Zheng instinctively wanted to pull out the Compass and escape with Sakura but then noticed that there was no other door opening in the room he was in.

The only open door had a green indicator light shining on it.

"This isn't a roaming monster!"

If it's not a roaming monster, then there are only two possibilities.

First, there were always two entities in the room from the beginning; the Black Panther was just one of them.

Second, the Dark Knight was released by other players through some means!

Obviously, if the Dark Knight had been in the room with the Black Panther from the start, it wouldn't have waited this long to attack when Li Zheng and Kanmen Pianzao had been here for so long!

Thus, it belongs to the second category, where the Dark Knight was released by another player through some means.

However…

"Who could it be?"

Kanmen Pianzao?

Impossible!

If he had such a strong helper, he would have released it from the start and wouldn't have been pressured into such a situation!

"Let's not think too much, just take it down first!"

After engaging fast flight, Sakura's speed was indeed terrifyingly fast.

Almost ten seconds had passed since Li Zheng came out, and Sakura had still not been caught by the Dark Knight!

However, maintaining fast flight for a long time greatly drained Sakura's stamina, not to mention that she also had to be cautious not to be preempted by the Dark Knight.

Li Zheng activated his Flying Device, lifted off the ground, seized the gap when the Dark Knight attacked Sakura, and intervened forcibly, precisely blocking the opponent's dagger with his Long Staff.

"Trash, your opponent is me!"

Boom!

Li Zheng roared in fury, flames surging all over him and twisting into several fiery pythons around the staff, snapping at the Dark Knight.

Whoosh!

Swish!

The staff struck the Black Knight, meeting no resistance. Li Zheng sensed something was wrong and with a single hand shake, a Golden Shield appeared in his grasp.

Clang!

As expected, the Dark Knight appeared beside him, its dagger plunging three inches into the shield, leaving a shallow mark.

"A weapon with Platinum power!"

Li Zheng felt a chill in his heart; after this battle, the shield might just about be done for.

With a push of the shield, he transformed the Cutting Blade into a long slender Tachi.

Compared to the wide, sweeping Techniques of the Long Staff, the Tachi's trajectory was rather cramped, only delivering slashes and chops in Li Zheng's hands.

Using the shield for defense, the Tachi for slashing.

Li Zheng fought steadily, but couldn't even touch the opponent's clothing once.

The Dark Knight moved at ghostly speed, striking and retreating immediately, never lingering in the same spot for more than a second.

"This guy moves faster than instant teleportation, it's so disgusting!"

Another slash missed, Li Zheng rotated his wrist, swinging the Tachi in front of his shield.

However, he missed again.

"Damn!"

A sudden stabbing pain came from his back, shocking Li Zheng, and he realized in his panic he had made a mistake.

The Dark Knight materialized behind him, its matte black dagger precisely aiming for his back, at heart level.

Turning around in time was impossible; Li Zheng could only activate the Flying Device, dodging to the right side.

At the same time, he swung a blade behind him.

"Missed again!"

Without the feel of striking real objects, Li Zheng refrained from rushing, concentrating with utmost focus, his Spiritual Power at an unprecedented peak.

"The Dark Knight is absurdly fast, far exceeding those Platinum Monsters I encountered earlier."

This indicates that the opponent's "instant teleportation" isn't its normal speed, but a type of speed-boosting Ability.

So...

"No matter how strong the ability, there's always a cooldown. I refuse to believe you can keep teleporting indefinitely!"

Resolving himself, Li Zheng switched the Tachi to a smaller Dagger form, hiding it behind his shield, focusing solely on defense.

If fully devoted to defense or evasion, with Li Zheng's strength, staying behind the shield to fend off the Dark Knight's attacks was manageable.

The tricky part was, whether using a staff or a blade, even a fleeting moment was needed for Li Zheng to swing or thrust.

This short time was enough for the Dark Knight to dodge leisurely, evading Li Zheng's attacks time and again.

Defensive maneuvers, on the contrary, were entirely different; Li Zheng only needed to ensure the shield blocked the opponent's attacks passively.

At this moment, the scene unfolded bizarrely.

Li Zheng stood still with his shield, scarcely moving, just turning in place as needed.

The black silhouette flickered left, then right, then front, then back, the dagger repeatedly stabbing the shield.

With each appearance of the black figure, the previous one vanished swiftly.

Gradually, the ground beneath Li Zheng's feet became increasingly bright, and the surrounding temperature dropped significantly.

In the Dark Knight's eyes, the world abruptly turned into a pure blue.

The once-passively-beaten red figure also turned blue, merging with the surroundings.

"Chance!"

The dagger slid out from behind the shield like a venomous dragon, with no hesitation, it stabbed straight into the Dark Knight's chest.

In the same breath, the dagger withdrew from the wound, carrying away a trace of liquid.

"This doesn't look like blood?"

Li Zheng flicked off the acrid-smelling tea-colored liquid on the dagger, the chill around him increasing sharply.

The Black Knight acted dumbfounded, wiping its chest before turning and completely ignoring Li Zheng, locking onto Sakura in the distance.

Swish!

Thud!

The head rolled to the ground, and as Li Zheng gazed at the cut in the Black Armor that sparked, he finally realized.

"It's a robot?"

[Analysis results are in!

Its weakness is... hmm?]

"..."

Lame Old Pu, always coming out to make his presence known only after the battle concludes.

Li Zheng sneered dismissively, crouching to prepare to decompose the Dark Knight's body.

Yet at this moment, the corpse of the Dark Knight suddenly disintegrated into dust.

"Damn? This is ridiculous, not even decomposition?"

Li Zheng spat, baffled by who released this thing.

Better not let me find out, or I'll beat them until they crap green! Damn!

"Sakura, return home and stay put!"

After instructing the little one, and once it had gone back inside, Li Zheng sat down at the door.

Tonight is destined to be anything but calm.