Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 657 "I kill it like killing chicken giblets!"

Why are these people so far apart?

Zhan Zhouzhou and Li Zheng walked together among the various dwellings. Each dwelling was at least seven or eight meters away from the one next to it, never too close.

Li Zheng said, "This is the Domain of Wrath. Even if you have mental strength and willpower to fight against the environment here, your temper will inevitably be affected. Living further away can save you a lot of trouble."

"Hmm." Zhan Zhouzhou said thoughtfully, "I feel the same way. Every time I see you, I feel like you're so annoying that I can't help but want to punch you."

"..." Two beads of cold sweat appeared on Li Zheng's forehead: "You'd better try your best to control your emotions. Once you follow your 'nature,' it's easy to lose your true self."

"I know," Zhan Zhouzhou said impatiently. "Why are you like my mother, always spouting道理 (principles/truths) that I already understand? It's so annoying!"

Li Zheng's eye twitched twice: "I'm doing this for your own good."

"Go to hell!" Zhan Zhouzhou roared, coldly saying, "My mom says that all the time too, are you deliberately trying to pick a fight?"

"Calm down!" Li Zheng said. "How about we go somewhere else? I don't think the Wrathful Sin Domain is suitable for you. You have an even more volatile temper than I do."

I had never seen Zhan Zhouzhou truly angry before, and I thought that people who practiced martial arts cultivated their character and had a mild temper.

It turns out it was all an illusion...

In reality, Zhan Zhouzhou's temper was much more irritable and easily angered than the average person's, and this was especially evident when stimulated by the aura of the raging sin domain.

Zhan Zhouzhou barely suppressed her anger and thought to herself, "Strange, why do I feel uneasy ever since I found out that Li Zheng and Miriel were having an affair?"

It's like you've been eyeing a limited-edition bag while shopping, and just when you're about to decide to buy it, a passerby suddenly rushes out and snatches it away.

That feeling of injustice, that feeling of dissatisfaction, that feeling of being stifled.

They wished they could roll up their sleeves, snatch the bag, and tear it to shreds; if they couldn't buy it themselves, they wouldn't let anyone else have it either.

But reason kept reminding her that she should choose the right approach.

The feeling of these different thoughts and emotions clashing with each other is contradictory; on one hand, one thinks about destruction, and on the other hand, one thinks about suppression.

"No, I won't change it. The way of a martial artist lies in constantly challenging and breaking through one's own limits." Zhan Zhouzhou insisted, "Now that I've discovered my weakness, I'm going to do everything I can to overcome it here!"

"...Alright then." Seeing that Zhan Zhouzhou was determined to go her own way, Li Zheng stopped trying to persuade her: "If you..."

Zhan Zhouzhou turned her head and glared at him fiercely. He noticed her gaze and immediately shut up.

"You mentioned before that there are twisted creatures in the Sin Domain. Do we have to pass through this residential area to encounter them?" Zhan Zhouzhou looked into the distance. Under the dark sky, the flat land stretched as far as the eye could see, and the horizon was as black as ink.

“Yes.” Li Zheng nodded: “We have eyes to help us find twisted creatures more easily than others. However, it is best for those who have just entered the Sin Domain to live in this area for a period of time, like they have, and continue on their way after they are fully familiar with the environment.”

"No need." Zhan Zhouzhou walked resolutely into the distance: "A waste of time."

Li Zheng looked at her, sighed deeply, and could only follow silently.

He knew Zhan Zhouzhou; she was an extremely competitive girl who always wanted to prove herself no less capable than others.

This stubborn personality can easily lead to trouble under certain circumstances.

This is especially true in a special place like the Sin Domain. "Forget it, at worst I'll just use my mental power to cover her up when she can't hold on anymore, reducing the environmental impact and preventing her from becoming infected."

The way Yuegui brought Xiahou Fei to the Golden Light Zone was by using her mental strength advantage to share some of the pressure with Xiahou Fei and reduce the influence of the environment.

Although Li Zheng had never communicated with Yuegui, he could still think of this simple way of using it.

With a clear goal in mind, the two moved swiftly, traversing the sinful realm one after the other.

Zhan Zhouzhou, finding the levitation thruster unable to keep up with the pace of the battle, had already deactivated the auxiliary device and stored it in a capsule. The two of them, relying solely on their running speed, covered dozens of miles in less than ten minutes.

"Over there!" Li Zheng pointed to the left front and said, "At our speed, we can find a White Magic Crystal level twisted creature in another thirty minutes. It's a bit weak, but you can go and practice first."

Zhan Zhouzhou glanced in that direction, but the Eye of Prey gave no indication.

What Li Zheng gave her was only the sub-body, which was much weaker than the Eye of Preys, and its detection radius was much smaller.

The Eye of Preys could detect the twisted creatures, but the Eye of Preys showed no reaction whatsoever.

"White magic crystals?" Zhan Zhouzhou frowned. "Didn't you also take out red and purple magic crystals? And quite a few of them. Where did you get them?"

“Those? Don’t even think about it now.” Li Zheng shook his head and said, “You need to condense at least the third node before you can safely go there. To put it bluntly, you won’t even get halfway there before that.”

Li Zheng roughly estimated that by using the methods of the outer city residents to enhance their spiritual power and absorb the energy of the white magic crystal, the strength would be roughly equivalent to condensing a node.

Having absorbed the energy of the Red Magic Crystal, his mental strength was roughly equivalent to the condensation of two nodes.

The same principle applies to Purple Magic Crystal.

The difference lies in the fact that although the intensity is similar, the total amount of mental energy is vastly different.

In terms of endurance, a fully charged mental energy node can exhaust a mental energy powerhouse who has absorbed a full amount of red magic crystals.

After absorbing the full energy of the red magic crystal, most people can manage to walk to the golden area left by the Heavenly Dragon Clan. Beyond that, they can hardly move an inch and can only manage to walk a few steps before having to return to the golden area to recover.

Therefore, two spiritual nodes are enough to reach the golden light zone. As for the areas beyond that, only by condensing a third node can one navigate them with ease.

This time, Zhan Zhouzhou didn't disagree and obediently followed Li Zheng to find the White Magic Crystal-level Twisted Creature.

In the Realm of Wrath, the appearance of the twisted creatures is completely different from that in the Realm of the Fourth Sin.

The Fourth Sin Domain primarily uses enticement to reduce people's hostility towards those twisted creatures, thereby taking advantage of their vulnerability to infect or kill them.

The Wrathful Sin Domain, on the other hand, is entirely focused on power, using the most violent, simple, and brutal methods to destroy its opponents on a physical level.

So when Li Zheng and his companion found the twisted creature, its tall, bulging, and powerful muscles, resembling countless round stones, gave them a strong visual impact.

"Damn it, if this thing punches me, I'll be coughing up blood for three days!" Li Zheng couldn't help but complain.

After observing for a moment, Zhan Zhouzhou said disdainfully, "Pure strength-based guys often lack skill and agility. I can kill it like killing chicken giblets!"

(End of this chapter)