Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

If someone tells you that one plus one equals three, and you've believed that since you can remember, what would you think if, as an adult, you suddenly met another person who told you that one plus one doesn't actually equal three?
Of course, you wouldn't believe it at first.

After all, one plus one equals three has been common knowledge to you for many years, so a casual remark certainly won't confuse your judgment.

But if someone tells you that if one plus one equals three is correct, and then tells you that one plus one equals two and you believe them, they will die, would you still doubt it?

Mudala is now facing a similar situation. If the old saintess tells her that the use of the defeat contract is correct, but Li Zheng refutes it as wrong and proposes the opposite method of use, or if what Li Zheng says is a lie and she believes it to be true, Li Zheng will instead cast the defeat contract on her.

This doesn't make logical sense, so Li Zhengcai is correct?

But why would the old saintess teach him a completely opposite and wrong method?

Mudala's heart skipped a beat.

The Destroyer Clan's defeat pact is known only to its own members; outsiders are almost completely unaware of its usage.

The old saintess probably foresaw that sending a bloodthirsty member of her tribe into the outer city would require offering a surrender contract. Once the surrender contract was offered, she would undoubtedly become the other party's slave, losing all autonomy from then on.

But if you turn it around and make the other party your slave, it seems you can use a defeat pact to threaten them into taking you into the outer city.

That's why the old saint taught her a completely opposite usage, and even Mudala herself was deceived by her in order not to expose the deception.

Having figured everything out, Mudala accepted Li Zheng almost without a moment's hesitation: "Since you say my method is wrong, then let's do it your way."

"So unprincipled?" Li Zheng raised an eyebrow. "Not even a question?"

"Why question me?" Mudala said calmly. "Lying will only harm you, and I don't think you'd be stupid enough to mess around with something like this. Or... do you think I should think you're bluffing me and then try to prove that what I'm saying is true?"

"..." Li Zheng's expression froze: "Good question, don't ask again next time."

The real way to cast the 'Defeat Pact' is simply to switch the target that Mudala mentioned.

Mudala released her mental energy into Li Zheng's mind to search for his spiritual world. However, as soon as she entered, she "saw" a scene that she would never forget.

Li Zheng's mind did not contain any so-called spiritual world; rather, it was completely filled with his enormous spiritual body.

If Li Zheng's mind were a universe, then his spiritual body would be able to reach the sky and stand firmly on the ground, his imposing figure filling all directions without leaving any gaps.

Mudala watched this scene with a tremor in her heart. Could she really surpass such magnificent spiritual power and then cancel the defeated contract with her own strength?

She suddenly regretted agreeing to Li Zheng's request, and her eyes flickered as she considered backing out.

However, Li Zheng also 'saw' her, his piercing gaze fixed on her, and he asked with a smile, "You actually managed to break through the defenses of my mental world and directly find my spiritual body?"

Locked onto by that gaze, Mudala was horrified to find that the spiritual power he released was imprisoned by an invisible force, rendering him unable to move.

She was terrified, and a rare look of panic appeared on her face: "You... what exactly are you? Why don't you have a spiritual world?"

"Oh?"

This was the first time someone had entered Li Zheng's mind. Before this, even Li Zheng couldn't find his own spiritual world. Now, after hearing what Mudala said, he realized that he might indeed not have a spiritual world.

"My spiritual body is far too vast. Perhaps from the moment Xu poured his spiritual power into me, my spiritual world was already bursting," Li Zheng thought to himself. This also explains why, every time he used spiritual power far beyond his body's capacity, it was his physical body that shattered, not his spiritual world.

Because his spiritual world had long since crumbled and no longer existed in this world.

His physical body replaced the spiritual world, becoming the vessel for the spiritual entity.

"It's a pity that I wanted to see what my own mental world looked like, but now I've completely lost that chance."

Li Zheng felt a pang of regret, but then another question surfaced.

If one loses their spiritual world, can a person still live?
"In theory, the spiritual world is a container, and it is formed after birth, not something you are born with. Some people make the formation of their spiritual world too complicated, which can also affect themselves."

Lu Li is a typical example.

"So the spiritual world isn't actually important; what matters is that the spiritual body is alright?"

So the contract of the Destroyer Clan is not actually inscribed outside the mental world. It's just that they are powerless to break through other people's mental defenses, so they require it to be inscribed outside the mental world.
What would happen if it were directly inscribed on someone else's spirit?
Seeing that Mudala was still in a daze, Li Zheng urged, "Why don't you hurry up and do it?"

Mudala tried secretly to escape but failed repeatedly, so he had no choice but to stop struggling and resign himself to his fate.

However, her thoughts changed: "Since Li Zheng can cultivate his spiritual body to this level, wouldn't it mean that I can do it too once I learn his method?"

Mudala believed she was no less capable than others; if others could strengthen their spiritual bodies to this extent, she was sure she could do it too if she worked hard!

Unfortunately, she didn't know that what appeared before her was not the complete form of Li Zheng's spiritual body. In order not to affect his actions, he had stuffed most of his spiritual body into the Dark Realm.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be the towering figure he is now, but rather curled up like an unborn baby, huddled in his mind.

Mudala knew the patterns on her body by heart, but when she tried to use her mental power to trace them, she was dumbfounded.

Li Zheng has no spiritual world here, what should I do?
Li Zheng noticed her hesitation, extended his palm, and said, "Just carve it on my palm."

That hand was as large as half of Mudala's body, and if Li Zheng had any malicious intent, he could have crushed all the spiritual power and internal consciousness she released with just his spiritual body.

Mudala dared not delay, and used his mental energy to completely carve out the pattern, which slowly took shape in Li Zheng's palm.

As the pattern was gradually completed, Mudala felt a very strange sensation.

Lee Jung's image in her eyes became increasingly intimate, as if he were more important than her closest relatives.

Li Zheng didn't notice anything unusual, but he sensed Mudala's presence from the patterns. He also had a feeling that once the patterns were fully formed, he only needed to erase them, and Mudala's consciousness would dissipate as a result.

At first, Mudala was reluctant to start carving the pattern mark, but after carving more than half of it, she became willing and even sped up her pace, wishing that the contract would be formed instantly so that she could become Li Zheng's slave and be at his beck and call.

The most terrifying thing is that she herself doesn't feel anything wrong with this idea, as if she was born to do it.

As for breaking free from Li Zheng's control after cultivating strong mental power?
Mudala no longer had such thoughts in his mind, and he even hated himself for having such a thought not long ago; he deserved to die!