Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 648 Heavenly Dragon Clan - Battle Intent Domain!
The frozen meat Li Zheng got from the group of five was enough for four or five meals, so he didn't need to worry about food and other supplies for the rest of the trip.

Continuing towards their goal, stopping and starting along the way, ten hours later, Li Zheng saw a golden area appear ahead.

The golden light, seen from afar, exuded a strong fighting spirit, making one's blood boil and inspiring awe.

"what is that?"

The golden zone was completely out of place in the Fourth Sin Domain, as if someone had dropped a few drops of gold paint into a basin of ink, scribbled it a few times, and stretched the gold into a thin line that was particularly eye-catching.

As he got closer, Li Zheng finally saw the scene in the golden light zone and froze on the spot.

Absolutely shocking!

"It's... the Heavenly Dragon Clan!" Li Zheng exclaimed in surprise.

Or rather, they were the corpses of the Celestial Dragons, who had been dead for who knows how long, yet had not decayed, remaining in their last pose before death, standing there.

Li Zheng walked into the golden area, his gaze sweeping over the corpses of the Heavenly Dragon Clan.

Some of them stood upright, like javelins, their eyes wide open, their large eyes taking up most of their faces, yet they were not ugly. The indomitable and unyielding spirit revealed in their eyes made them look dignified and solemn.

Some hands are loosely clenched and stretched forward. Those hands may have once held all sorts of weapons. Over the long years, those weapons have decayed and aged, but they still maintain that posture, launching an attack on the enemy in front of them even a second before they die.

Further ahead, the corpses of the Heavenly Dragon Clan were missing parts. Li Zheng saw some people with both arms severed, yet they gritted their teeth, stretched out their necks, and attacked with their skulls.

Li Zheng saw some people being disemboweled, their internal organs scattered all over the ground. The dragon clan member that day was merely covering his wound with one hand to prevent his internal organs from spilling out, while his other hand was still in an attacking stance.

Li Zheng then saw someone whose neck had been cut open two-thirds of the way, with only a layer of skin and flesh connecting them, and who did not show any sign of retreating before dying.

Li Zheng looked at each person one by one as he walked forward, his steps growing heavier and heavier until he finally stopped.

He looked up and saw golden light shooting straight into the sky, forcing even the black mist more than thirty meters above to detour around it, as if in avoidance.

"Is this... the indomitable will of the entire Tianlong Clan?" Li Zheng was deeply shaken. Almost the entire race perished in the battle against the emotional storm. Even in death, they never fell. Even as they watched their compatriots die one after another before their eyes, no one retreated or fled.

Such a fearless spirit is truly moving.

"Compared to them, shouldn't most of the residents who live a life of ease and pleasure in the outer city feel ashamed?" Li Zheng thought of what he had seen and heard on his way from Block 950 to Block 7, and a sense of grief and indignation arose in his heart.

Some neighborhoods are inhabited by people who live a lifeless existence, indulging in gambling, brothels, and opium dens, living dissolute lives and tormenting themselves to the point of being neither human nor ghost.

The Celestial Dragons are also a civilization in the universe. Apart from their appearance being different from other races, they are just an ordinary group of people.

Li Zheng walked amidst the golden light, like a passerby witnessing a piece of history.

A history of fighting against nature, against powerful enemies, and against fate.

This is an epic forged by an entire race.

“There was a time when I, too, stood behind people like you, looking up at their backs.” Li Zheng burst into tears. He thought of the firefighters who went against the current in the fire, the rescue soldiers who formed human walls in the face of natural disasters, and the medical workers who rushed around the epidemic areas ravaged by infectious diseases.

Those who live a life of debauchery are always well protected by those who go against the tide.

At that moment, Li Zheng suddenly felt something and turned around to look.

Two figures flew over from a distance, landed at the edge of the golden light zone, and respectfully bowed to the corpses of the Heavenly Dragon Clan within the golden light before stepping into the area enveloped by the golden light.

Seeing this, Li Zheng suddenly smiled with relief: "Even though there are countless people in the world who live a life of debauchery, the spirit of self-improvement can still be passed down."

Just focus on doing your best, who cares about others?

Shaking his head, Li Zheng composed himself and continued forward.

Four hours later, he finally arrived at the opposite side of the golden light. Once there, the environment in the Sin Domain changed again, and the fluctuations that affected people's minds became several times more intense.

"Huh?" Li Zheng's eyes flickered slightly. "I just realized that the influence of the Sin Domain environment has completely disappeared where the golden light is, and there is not even the slightest discomfort."

It was precisely because he felt no discomfort that Li Zheng was slow to realize what was happening, only discovering it four hours later.

“If this weren’t the resting place of the Celestial Dragon Clan, it could be developed into a base for those who venture into the depths of the Sin Domain to stay temporarily.” Li Zheng glanced at the distance and saw several living people dressed in disguise among the Celestial Dragon Clan corpses.

They sat cross-legged on the ground, facing the outer edge of the golden light, seemingly waiting for something.

Li Zheng watched with curiosity. After about half an hour, seeing that they hadn't moved, he didn't want to wait any longer and was about to step out of the golden light's range.

"Wait a moment!"

A voice called out to him from not far away: "The evil aura outside is very strong. I can tell your strength is average. You'd better stay here and not go any further."

Li Zheng looked around: "Are you talking about me?"

The man turned his head, his face obscured by his clothing, making it impossible to see clearly, but Li Zheng knew that the other person was definitely sizing him up.

After a moment, the man said, "You're the only one here who tried to enter the area behind the golden light. If I'm not talking about you, who else could it be?"

"Thank you for the reminder." Li Zheng thought for a moment, then stood still and asked, "This is my first time here, and I don't know much about this place. I see you're all sitting here, not exploring the Sin Domain. What are you waiting for?"

"So you're just a newbie." Another person nearby suddenly spoke up, mocking, "I bet this isn't your first time here, but your first time entering the Sin Domain, isn't it? What, finally decided to leave the cradle of the outer city?"

Li Zheng knew that the man mistook him for one of the residents who were hiding in the outer city, living a life of debauchery. He was too lazy to explain and instead quietly watched the man who had spoken up to him earlier.

Seeing that Li Zheng had no reaction, the man who had been mocking him found it rather boring and stopped bothering him, only occasionally glancing at Li Zheng with disdain.

"Don't forget that guy's sharp tongue," he said, reminding the man to mention the guy who mocked Li Zheng, and then explained why everyone was sitting there.

"Those who remain in the Golden Light Zone are waiting for an opportunity. Every so often, some twisted creatures emerge from the depths of the Sin Domain and attack the Golden Light Zone, attempting to break through and enter the heartland, a place closer to the teleportation gate."

"However, the battle lines left behind by the Celestial Dragons have become a solid defensive line that the twisted creatures find difficult to break through. It cannot be explained in simple words. Just wait here patiently, and you will understand when you see it with your own eyes."

After saying that, he turned his head and continued to look outside the golden light formation, saying no more.

Li Zheng nodded in thanks: "Thank you."

To be honest, he was very curious about how the Dragon Clan's defenses would withstand the onslaught of the twisted creatures. Could these corpses possibly come back to life and kill the enemy?
He followed the example of the others, sitting on the ground, facing the deeper reaches of the sinful realm, and gazing quietly.

It was quiet outside, without a sound.

But Li Zheng could sense that from the unseen end, there was a dangerous aura emanating from it.

After waiting for about an hour, a message suddenly popped up in front of me; it was a notification from Lao Pu:
[High-energy content ahead!]

Li Zheng quickly perked up and stared into the darkness ahead.

Before long, a vast expanse of shadow appeared in the darkness, from which came a series of malicious whispers.

"They're here!" Nato stood up excitedly, as if what was coming towards him was not a twisted creature, but something that made him happy.

Besides him, Li Zheng saw that everyone else also stood up, silent and focused, looking as if they were about to rush out of the golden zone at any moment.

"Is this a preparation for battle?" Li Zheng tilted his head. If he hadn't detected any evil intentions, he would have almost thought that these people had been bewitched by the Fourth Sin Domain, which was why they had suddenly become so excited.

Rumble…

The shadows approached rapidly, accompanied by a thunderous roar—the sound of the twisted creatures running in unison. As they drew closer, Li Zheng could see clearly that the shadows were all twisted creatures he had never seen before, their bodies glowing with an eerie purple light, occasionally flashing with bursts of crimson light.

"We've struck it rich!" One of the men next to Nato exclaimed with delight, "It's actually a Twisted Beast Tide of Purple Demon Crystal level! This is a once-in-three-years opportunity. After this battle, my mental strength will finally take another step forward, and I'll be able to personally venture deep into the Sin Domain to hunt Twisted Creatures!"

Purple Magic Crystal is a better twisted magic crystal than Red Magic Crystal. Its concentration and purity of magic crystal energy are more than ten times higher than those of Red Magic Crystal!
Those who cannot continue to improve using red magic crystals can only break through their current bottlenecks by using purple magic crystals to further purify their spiritual power.

"Something's not right!" Li Zheng saw several relatively thin figures running in front of the twisted creatures, seemingly being chased by them and fleeing in panic.

"Those don't seem to be twisted creatures, but rather... normal people!"

His eyes widened, and he thought to himself, "Help me find out who those people are!"

【no problem……】

Old Pu had barely uttered three words when the twisted creature opposite him suddenly accelerated, instantly crushing the relatively small figures into a bloody pulp and trampling them over.

[Corpse...corpse...corpse...rotting flesh...corpse...identity unknown...]

Li Zheng: "..."

It's too late.

He frowned inwardly. For some reason, he felt that those figures didn't seem to be forced to flee, but rather were actively leading those twisted creatures towards the golden light front.

At this moment, no less than a thousand people had gathered at the edge of the golden light formation, scattered among the corpses of the Heavenly Dragon Clan. Looking at the distorted beast tide rushing towards them, they were all eager to fight, and none of them noticed that several people had died under the feet of the distorted beast tide not long ago.

"Are all these people gathered here waiting for the Twisted Beast Tide?" A sense of disappointment flashed through Li Zheng's mind.

Just then, the man who had spoken up earlier shouted, "Sing the war song!"

The sound waves surged in layers, spreading over a radius of thousands of meters, reaching the ears of everyone present.

A strange melody rang out from their mouths. Li Zheng couldn't understand the meaning of the lyrics; perhaps the song itself didn't have any meaningful lyrics.

The melody suddenly shifted after less than ten seconds of humming, becoming extremely high-pitched.

At the same time, Li Zheng felt a surge of heroic spirit rising within him, his blood boiling, and every hair on his body opening up as he wanted to fight a fierce battle.

As the music grew louder, golden light suddenly intensified within the defensive line formed by the corpses of the Heavenly Dragon Clan, dazzling and almost blinding.

In a daze, Li Zheng felt that the area around him had become much more crowded. He struggled to open his eyes and looked around, and was immediately dumbfounded.

Where the golden light shone, one after another, the Heavenly Dragon Clan members with pinkish-blue skin and eyes that took up a third of their faces appeared, looking at the twisted beast tide charging towards them with high fighting spirit.

Each member of the Celestial Dragon Clan hummed a stirring melody, their expressions growing increasingly calm, their eyes becoming more and more resolute.

"Dead...resurrected?" Li Zheng stared blankly at the Heavenly Dragon Clan members, incredulous: "This is too damn ridiculous!"

[The dead rise from the dead? You still have something like that in your deck?]

This is just another type of emotional storm.

What you will face in the future is an emotional storm composed of negative emotions. These Celestial Dragons, in their moments of near death, left behind a spirit full of fighting spirit. Ultimately, every individual of the entire race united, and little by little, they formed this small emotional storm.

[You can call it: Battlefield!]

"Battle Intent Domain?" After reading the information given by Lao Pu, Li Zheng thought to himself, "Could it be that the reason why these Heavenly Dragon Clan corpses have remained intact for so many years is because of the existence of the Battle Intent Domain?"

The Battle Intent Domain was created because of the Celestial Dragon Clan, and the corpses of the Celestial Dragon Clan have been preserved in their original state because of the existence of the Battle Intent Domain, and have remained to this day.

The two complement each other, which also prevents the battle intent field from raging everywhere like an emotional storm.

It could only remain here, continuing to carry out the last thought of the Celestial Dragon Clan before their death.

That is to fight against the storm of negative emotions to the very end!

Fellow countrymen.

The dragon at the forefront appeared to be a high-ranking general. He ignored the extra alien races around him, raised his weapon formed of light and shadow with great passion, and shouted with soaring fighting spirit: "Follow me... and charge!"

"kill!"

With deafening shouts, countless members of the Heavenly Dragon Clan rushed out of their battle intent domain, charging head-on at the mighty, twisted beast tide, instantly clashing into a fierce battle.

Li Zheng stared blankly at all of this, then turned his head and found that the outer city residents guarding the battle domain had not moved and were still standing in place, coldly watching the battle between the spirits left behind by the Heavenly Dragon Clan and the twisted creatures.

“I understand.” Li Zheng grinned and said, “So you’ve been staying here just to pick up bargains.”

Once the Celestial Dragon Clan has killed off all the distorted creatures that charged forward, the outer city residents guarding the Battlefield will swarm in and seize the magic crystals from the distorted creatures' brains.

What an irony this is.

These people are clearly quite capable; they would be renowned experts in any neighborhood. Why would they do something like waiting for someone to run into a trap and then reaping the benefits?

“I thought the residents from the first fifty blocks would be different from those who were just giving up.” Li Zheng stretched his arms and legs and said calmly, “When I entered the Sin Domain, I encountered a five-person team that had been wiped out by twisted creatures. Each of them was seriously injured. I felt sorry for their plight and admired their actions.”

"At that time, I thought that those who dared to enter the Sin Domain were all like them, taking it upon themselves to fight against the twisted creatures, and had long since disregarded life and death."

"Only now do I realize that you are no different from most of the people who are just giving up, except that you've changed the place to give up."

"Even worse, they were complacent about their ability to lie idle under the protection of the Heavenly Dragon Clan's spiritual domain, thinking themselves superior and looking down on other outer city residents."

Li Zheng stared at Na Tuo without any attempt to hide his anger: "To people like you, I can only say that your actions are despicable!"

Nato, feeling ashamed and enraged by his words, retorted, "Aren't you hiding here too? If you're so capable, go out and fight! Go kill the enemy! What right do you have to criticize us here?"

Li Zheng looked at him coldly, and with a thought, the glass longsword behind him flew up, spun in front of him, and the hilt landed right in his hand.

"Who told you I'm the same as you?"

With that, he swung his long sword and strode out of the area covered by the battle intent domain. Endless malice was directed at him from all around, and frantic whispers filled his ears.

Behind him, resentment swirls through his black hair without wind, and a long, gleaming glass sword flashes with dazzling light.

Li Zheng walked step by step toward the front of the battlefield, his calm voice carrying back: "A scholar once said something like this, and today I take this opportunity to share it with you..."

"May everyone shake off the chill, forge ahead bravely, not listen to those who give up, do what they can, fight where they can, and give off their own light and warmth."

"The battle intent domain left behind by the Celestial Dragon Clan is ultimately a rootless duckweed, and there will come a day when it will be completely extinguished. I hope that when that day comes, this world will not fall into eternal darkness."

As he spoke, he laughed self-deprecatingly: "Forget it, it's pointless for me to tell you all this. If you were willing to listen, you would have taken action long ago instead of hiding there and slacking off like flies."

The battlefield between the Celestial Dragon Clan and the Twisted Creatures was very close. Li Zheng was in high spirits, wielding his long sword and unfurling his Demonic Thunder Wings. He charged into the battlefield alone, raising his sword to slash at the head of one of the Twisted Creatures.

Surrounded by the high-spirited songs of the Celestial Dragons, he dispelled the malicious whispers around him, his blood boiling, and his desire to fight surged like never before.

He wielded the glass longsword, effortlessly displaying the combat skills and insights he had accumulated over the past few days. Although he paled in comparison to the Heavenly Dragon Clan members around him, every move he made contained an indomitable spirit.

In the heat of the moment, accompanied by a resounding song, he expressed his heartfelt sentiments: "If there are no torches left, I—will be the only light!"

(End of this chapter)