Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

Chapter 625 476: Leave a Way Out for Others...

"Speaking of which, what's up with that frogman brother?"

"No idea. It's all Bai Xiaosheng's fault, that damn guy! He cut the camera to look at beauties and missed out on a good show, didn't he?"

"Exactly, exactly, that damn guy! Ruining our fun as the audience~!"

Bai Xiaosheng glared at the barrage of comments, cursing, "Ugh! You all urged me to cut away and find beauties! Now you're all obsessed with those bikini ladies on the beach! And look what happened? You didn't see that, and you don't know what happened with Li Zheng either, yet you have the nerve to blame me! I'm not taking the fall for this!"

Bai Xiaosheng initially planned to keep the camera on Li Zheng, but the half an hour of fishing by the Starting Point crew was so dull that the audience urged him to check out the bikini ladies on the beach.

Unexpectedly, after Li Zheng and his group made a fuss, the ladies who were blocking the road for their respective corps not only dispersed but also dressed conservatively, leaving nothing much to see. (Blocking the road could reduce competitors, but if done too obviously, it could lead to trouble. However, with Li Zheng's quirky group leading the way, showing no mercy, and making people end up with nothing, those corps realized that blocking the road wasn't feasible. Thus, the ladies didn't need to be eye candy for others anymore.)

After searching around to no avail, Bai Xiaosheng switched back, only to find that Li Zheng had changed his fish basket at the beach and was headed to the second venue.

Thus, he was clueless about what had happened earlier.

"Xiao Bai, aren't you a special reporter? Can you contact Li Zheng or go in and interview him about what happened?" Someone in the comments asked.

"This..." Bai Xiaosheng hesitated.

After the event began, the Terminal cut off communication between players inside and outside, so all participants could only chat via the corps channel, unable to see or receive any messages from the Outer World.

Bai Xiaosheng speculated that this so-called fishing event must have a deeper purpose. Otherwise, the Terminal wouldn't go to such great lengths to orchestrate all of this.

Since participants were organized by corps, there was no example yet of corps members outside the event being able to contact those inside. Bai Xiaosheng estimated that there was a high probability they couldn't get in touch.

However, as a special temporary reporter invited by the Terminal, Bai Xiaosheng had three opportunities to shuttle in the event. These trips were bound by the rules of the Terminal, and he was not allowed to disclose any information about other corps to the event participants. He could only conduct "interviews" akin to special conversations.

Each interview was limited to three minutes.

"Why rush? The frogman has already been caught by Li Zheng. The whole story will come out soon. Let's just wait." Bai Xiaosheng thought it over and decided that it was a bit excessive to waste an interview opportunity over such a minor issue.

Just then, a player suddenly said in the comments, "Brothers, I just went for a walk, and Hippo's live stream happened to capture what just happened!"

The other commenters kept urging, "Really? Quickly, spill it!"

Bai Xiaosheng also became interested, focusing intently on the comments, not saying a word.

"Actually, Hippo mostly looks for interesting footage, so only a bit of the incident was recorded. The exact details aren't clear to their crew over there, either," the commenter organized their thoughts before continuing, "Here's what happened: After Li Zheng and his group finished fishing and were about to leave, someone slashed their fish basket, and nearly their entire catch was stolen."

"At that time, some people from the Starting Point thought they'd been ripped off by the Fishing Equipment Merchant, buying faulty goods, and were so angry they wanted to settle the score, but Li Zheng calmed them down."

"Li Zheng picked up a fish basket, took one look, and concluded the incident was human-made. But since the enemy was hidden, nobody was caught in the act."

Someone in the comments couldn't hold back any longer and interjected, "You don't need to say it; that frogman player must be the one who slashed the fish basket, right?"

"Absolutely him! There's no doubt! Otherwise, Li Zheng wouldn't have gone out of his way to blow him up along with the fish!"

"Now that you mention it, do you remember what Li Zheng said right before he blew up the fish?"

"He said something about discovering a special fish that wouldn't take the bait no matter what..."

"Holy crap! That's a double entendre!"

Bai Xiaosheng quickly interrupted to prevent more off-topic comments from appearing: "Hey, what you want to discuss can wait. Where's that guy from earlier? There must be more details, right?"

"For instance, after that frogman player succeeded once, logically, he should have fled immediately, or at least waited some time before coming back for Li Zheng's group. Why did he target them again so quickly?"

"That's the interesting part," the earlier commenter continued, "Remember how Li Zheng instantly recognized that it was deliberate?"

"But after talking to his pet... oh, that little Enchanting Demon pet, he suddenly changed his tune, saying those fish baskets were defective, and went to argue with the Fishing Equipment Merchant."

"The whole interaction was captured by Hippo, and at that time, the camera even gave a close-up of the frogman and their group leader, who even said Li Zheng looked familiar to them!"