Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 635 Another Method

Seeing the girl cower, Li Zheng understood her fear and smiled to comfort her: "Don't worry, I'm not like that guy. I won't do anything excessive to you. And to be honest, I've already seen the scene of the Optimistic Clan's innate ability being activated in your mind, but I can't replicate it. You just need to tell me how to use this talent according to your own understanding."

"How to use talent?" Le Jia frowned and thought carefully, trying to describe it with accurate words. After racking his brains, he shook his head in frustration: "I don't know how to say it. It's like my instinct. I can use it whenever I want, but I can't explain it clearly."

"It can only be understood intuitively, not explained in words?" Li Zheng pondered. "That's true. Over the years, there must have been people who thought of such a method. Since even today, apart from the Lucky Clan, no one can use this ability, it means that the conditions for using this ability must be extremely harsh."

Miriel pondered for a few seconds, then said uncertainly, "Could it be that this talent, like the Succubus's Heartbeat, requires the bloodline of a specific race?"

Li Zheng was jolted awake by those words and finally realized, "That's right!"

Previously, Le Jia said that she was not the only mixed-race child bred using the genetic material of the Optimist Clan at the Wilderness Research Base, but only she possessed the Optimist Clan's talent. The other mixed-race children were destroyed by Li Xiaoyao because they failed to master such talent.

At that time, Li Zheng thought that the key to whether or not one could acquire talent did not lie in bloodline. After all, they were all mixed-race children of the Optimus Tribe, and there was no reason why only Le Jia would succeed.

But now, upon careful reflection, Li Zhengcai suddenly realized that even mixed-race individuals exhibit differences in the emphasis of genetic information between two different races.

Some mixed-race individuals inherit genetic information that leans more towards optimism, like Le Jia, who can successfully unlock their talents.

Other mixed-race individuals acquire genetic information that leans more towards the other race during the hybridization process. The Optimist Clan only incorporates a small portion of their genetic information, which naturally cannot support them in unlocking their innate abilities.

"So, does that mean that the innate abilities of the Optimus Tribe are something that other races are destined to be unable to replicate?" Li Zheng murmured.

Emotional storms and the matrix have existed for countless years. If the residents of the outer city cannot find a way to overcome emotional storms, how long can the last fifty blocks hold out?
“Actually…” Le Jia looked at Li Zheng’s expression and said cautiously, “There is another way to erase the negative emotions in the magic crystal, but there are strict requirements for the strength of mental power.”

"Oh?" Li Zheng's expression shifted. "You mean to confront those negative emotions head-on with overwhelming mental strength, thereby erasing them?"

“Yes,” Le Jia said. “Before I escaped, I saw my father try to erase the negative emotions in the magic crystal. Although it was only the lowest level white magic crystal, he succeeded.”

Li Zheng had considered this method, but it was not very adaptable. Raising the mental strength of everyone in the outer city would require an extremely long process.

Even if he were to impart all his knowledge of how to unite the nodes to all the residents of the outer city.

Moreover, Li Zheng had already decided that he would only teach the method of condensing nodes after all the players from Water Blue Star had entered the outer city and gained an absolute advantage in terms of mental strength.

It's not the right time yet.

"I understand." Li Zheng nodded. "You can go back now. There's nothing for you here."

Le Jia was overjoyed: "Thank you, sir!"

Get up, step back, open the door, and leave.

It was clear that she was in a hurry to leave.

Li Zheng and Li Xiaoyao have the exact same face. Whenever she sees Li Zheng, she has the illusion that she is facing Li Xiaoyao, thinking that she will be captured and taken back to the wilderness research base to live that dark and hopeless life.

After Le Jia left, Li Zheng felt somewhat discouraged and sat back down on the edge of the bed. Seeing his demeanor, Miriel comforted him, saying, "I don't think you need to be so pessimistic. The reason the outer city couldn't replicate the abilities of the Letian Clan before might be due to insufficient mental strength. But you are fundamentally different from them; your mental strength is very strong. Perhaps you can do things they can't?"

“It’s not that simple.” Li Zheng smiled wryly: “If replicating the abilities of the Optimus Clan requires sufficiently strong mental power, then even if we succeed in the end, it will be of no use.”

He sighed and said, "What I want is for even those with average mental strength to be able to suppress negative emotions and remain unaffected by evil thoughts, just like the Optimistic Clan. I want everyone who hasn't fully matured to have the means to resist emotional storms and successfully navigate their growth period, thus strengthening their mental power."

Miriel helped Li Zheng lie down, resting his head on her lap, and massaged his head while saying softly, "Anyway, the outer city has been around for so many years, so there's no rush. I believe we'll definitely find a way to deal with the emotional storm in the future."

“I believe it too, but I’m not content with just being a witness; I want to personally drive all of this to happen.” Li Zheng closed his eyes. “I thought the Optimistic Clan would be an opportunity, but the result disappointed me.”

“Actually, you should have been mentally prepared for this outcome. After all, the outer city has been developing for so many years, and there are definitely no shortage of outstanding geniuses in all walks of life. They haven’t figured it out yet, and we’ve only been in the outer city for a few days. How could we possibly handle it so easily?” Miriel said, “Forget it, let’s not talk about this anymore. Where are the healing medicines you bought today? Give me some more.”

Li Zheng opened his eyes in horror: "You're not going to want it again, are you?"

Li Zheng felt he could manage to have his heart race once a day, but the key issue was that Miriel seemed to be addicted to it, and had suppressed her heart race countless times since last night.

Li Zheng felt that if he continued to suppress his back at this high frequency, his back would be completely ruined.

Miriel chuckled: "What are you thinking? I just see you don't have much to do for the next few days, so I wanted to spend some time with you exploring the outer city. Otherwise, once the Lampholder is finished, you'll be busy again and won't have much leisure time."

"Really?" Li Zheng looked at Miriel suspiciously, taking out two kinds of healing medicine. "I'm a little skeptical."

"Hehe." Miriel snatched the healing medicine, swallowed it, and smiled slyly: "It's too late today. Shopping should wait until tomorrow. Let's not waste the rest of the time!"

As she spoke, a surge of emotion emanated from her.

Li Zheng was terrified and roared, "I'll fight you to the death!"

"Wait!" Miriel called out.

"what happened?"

Do you remember those outfits I bought before?

"remember."

"Take it out, I'll wear it for you to see."

……

At midnight, Li Zheng, panting, retrieved today's treasure chest, which was a gold-grade item.

As expected, I was given another fragment of a wishing stone, which was a little smaller than the ones I had obtained a few days ago.

(End of this chapter)