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Chapter 243: Side Quest Rewards
Li Ling was somewhat speechless. Although he had to ensure Zheng Zha's safety in this world, why was he the one who was specifically targeted?
He touched his face. Was it because he was handsome?
Wow! Handsome people always attract attention wherever they go!
Looking at Mu Gang's body riddled with bullet holes, Zheng Zha felt a pang of guilt. If he hadn't been so talkative, Mu Gang wouldn't have died.
At the same time, he looked at Li Ling with a guilty expression, "I'm sorry, buddy!"
"Let's go, Holy Mother Zha." Li Ling glanced at Zheng Zha and took the lead into the passage.
Its nonchalant manner surprised everyone slightly; that was a death laser corridor!
Matthew Addison was also slightly taken aback. He led his men, grabbed Zheng Zha, and walked into the passage together.
Matthew Addison, dragging Zheng Zha along with two mercenaries and a female medic, had just entered the passage when, with a loud 'bang,' just like in a movie, the doors on both sides of the passage slammed shut simultaneously.
The gate closed, trapping Matthew Addison, Li Ling, Zheng Zha, two mercenaries, and a female medic in the passageway, while keeping the rest of the group outside.
Matthew Addison was startled and, forgetting about Zheng Zha, cautiously observed the situation with his teammates, weapons in hand, while simultaneously asking into the intercom, "Kaplan?"
Kaplan's somewhat anxious voice came through: "This is some kind of dormant defense mechanism. It will automatically activate once too many people pass through the gate."
Matthew Addison shouted, "Then let it remain dormant!"
Outside the passageway, Kaplan's hands flew across the keyboard as he urgently replied, "I'm working on it!"
Upon hearing this, Matthew Addison helplessly told his subordinates, "Stay where you are and don't move."
Zhang Jie, Zhan Lan, the chubby Zhang Li, and the high school student Li Xiaoyi, who were outside the passage, all looked at Li Ling and Zheng Zha inside with different expressions.
Aside from Zhang Jie's somewhat sarcastic and pitying remarks, Zhan Lan, Zhang Li, and Li Xiaoyi were all worried about their teammates.
Compared to the relaxed and calm Li Ling, Zheng Zha felt a chill run through his body. The doors on both sides of the passage were closed, which meant that the plot was about to begin and the lasers were about to come!
Sure enough, the light on both walls suddenly dimmed, and a thin laser line appeared between the glass walls!
As the laser beam formed, it suddenly slashed towards the people in the passage!
Matthew Addison truly lived up to his reputation as a top-notch mercenary, possessing exceptional reflexes. Before he could even register his surprise, he instinctively tackled his two teammates to the ground.
Zheng Zha was on edge. Knowing the plot well, he instantly lay down the moment the laser beam appeared, so the laser beam only grazed his shoulder, leaving a sharp and hot sensation.
Seeing Zheng Zha's quick reaction, Li Ling's lips curled up slightly. As expected of the protagonist, his reaction was not slow.
In that instant, he grabbed the female medic beside him and threw her to the ground. In the original story, this female medic would have been cut in half by a laser in the blink of an eye before she could react.
The group dodged one laser beam and stood up, but before they could react, a second laser beam appeared.
This time, the laser beam was formed at leg height and swept towards the crowd.
From a normal perspective, one should jump to avoid the laser line that is only leg-height.
Among the crowd, two mercenaries did just that; they jumped up.
Matthew Addison and the female medic were about to do the same, but in an instant, Li Ling and Zheng Zha pulled them down to lie face down.
The moment the two mercenaries jumped, the laser beam suddenly changed direction, slashing upwards and slicing the two mercenaries in two.
Meanwhile, Matthew Addison, the female medic, Li Ling, and Zheng Zha, who had been lying down, escaped unharmed.
Li Ling was already familiar with the plot, and in terms of reaction speed and agility alone, he wasn't afraid of this laser beam.
As for Zheng Zha, he was on edge, relying entirely on his familiarity with the plot to dodge the laser beam.
The mercenaries outside the passage, as well as Zhang Jie, Zhan Lan, Zhang Li, Li Xiaoyi, and others, all watched the scene inside.
The mercenaries were worried about their comrades. Zhang Jie squinted his eyes expressionlessly, while Li Xiaoyi seemed a little nervous, lost in thought.
Zhan Lan looked at Zheng Zha and Li Ling inside with tears in her eyes, her emotions quite complex.
The chubby boy Zhang Li stared intently at Li Ling, worried and anxious for his idol.
Just as Matthew Addison, the female medic, Li Ling, and Zheng Zha stood up from the ground, the third laser beam appeared.
Li Ling and Zheng Zha pulled Matthew Addison and the female medic close to the entrance door.
According to the movie plot, the laser will end when it gets close to the door, and don't even think about dodging it, because it will turn into a net and tear anyone apart.
Li Ling's spirits lifted as he looked at the laser. With his current mental power, equivalent to the first level of the Gene Lock, he was no match for the laser's power.
Although Li Ling is not afraid of death, and at worst his soul will split and return to the real world, it would mean the failure of his mission, which would be very unpleasant.
Matthew Addison and the female medic were pulled by Li Ling and Zheng Zha, pressed close to the entrance gate.
Matthew Addison was unaware of the details, let alone that the lasers would turn into a net. He struggled desperately, yelling, "Let me go! We'll all be cut in two here! Let me go!"
The force was so great that Zheng Zha almost couldn't hold on. Li Ling reached out and pressed down on Matthew Addison's shoulder, saying calmly, "Behave yourself!"
Even with Matthew Addison's physical prowess, he lost the ability to resist once he was pinned down; the intricate techniques involved are not for outsiders to know.
Matthew Addison calmed down, feeling both fear of death and astonishment at Li Ling's exquisite skill.
The third laser beam was already hurtling towards the four of them. Judging by its position, it could cut them in half at the waist. Matthew Addison, the female medic, and Zheng Zha all couldn't help but close their eyes.