Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 825 Another Method to Break Through the Limit of Mental Power

"As long as I lose it all...as long as I lose it all...as long as I lose it all..."

Li Zheng had already left the building. Xiahou Fei sat in front of the arcade machine, controlling the character on the screen to rampage and kill the monsters one by one by reflecting their attacks back at them.

He kept the conclusion the two of them had reached in mind, repeating the sentence to himself, trying to deepen and solidify the concept so that he wouldn't easily change his mind when he entered the realm of sin.

Li Zheng was outside, holding Xiahou Fei by the scruff of his neck, lifting this 1.9-meter-tall man like a stray dog, and casually tossed him out of the Golden Light Zone.

moment!

Xiahou Fei discovered that countless eyes had opened in every corner of the building, and behind those eyes were many black lines. When countless gazes fell on him, the words he was muttering lost their power, and his voice grew softer and softer.

"As long as I lose it all... then... everything will be fine..."

In the arcade game, the originally invincible character suddenly becomes vulnerable, and a small monster can take away most of his health with just one hit.

A glint of light flashed in Xiahou Fei's eyes: "We guessed right, as long as we lose it all..."

But the next moment, the light in his eyes faded, and he became dazed, like a puppet on strings, muttering to himself, "As long as... I lose everything... then..."

In the arcade game, when a character dies, a large "怠" (negligence) character is displayed above the character.

Xiahou Fei stiffly stood up, walked to the slot machine, and inserted coins...inserted coins...inserted coins...

The movements became slower and more hesitant.

Why...why should I lose?

"Isn't it good for me to stay here?"

"There is no danger here..."

"There are no worries here..."

"There's no such thing as a sinful domain..."

"There is no wilderness..."

"There is no outer city..."

"It's all about entertainment!"

"Only ease!"

"Only enjoy!"

Why should I lose?

"If I lose everything, I'll have to go out and face danger, troubles, class struggles, and pressure. It's too exhausting..."

"I'm already tired enough of life, why can't I stay here and enjoy this relaxation?"

"So I have to win..."

"I want more chips!"

"Only with more chips can we stay here!"

Xiahou Fei became cautious, stopped inserting coins, and his lifeless eyes gradually regained their focus, but his demeanor had changed.

He became paranoid, insane, and utterly exhausted.

"I want to win...I really want to win..."

I placed a bet, then started the machine, but it stopped; I didn't win.

When his chips ran out, Xiahou Fei angrily continued to insert coins, only to lose again and again.

As he continued to lose, he began to become increasingly anxious and restless.

"Why haven't I won even once!?"

"Why?!"

"I don't want to lose!"

I don't want to go out!

As his chips dwindled, Xiahou Fei grew increasingly fearful.

But it was no use; he had no control over winning or losing, and his chips were still disappearing rapidly, swallowed up by those gambling machines.

Lost in his obsession, Xiahou Fei was completely unaware that ever since he entered the Sin Domain, every coin he placed had drawn something from his spiritual body.

Those things were shining brightly.

That dazzling light embodies soaring fighting spirit, a passion for embracing life, and friendliness towards friends...

His spirit and all his good qualities were devoured and worn away with each coin toss, leaving only endless negative emotions in the end.

It's not just laziness, but also rage, envy, greed, and so on.

Xiahou Fei became increasingly manic, and besides his words about not wanting to lose, he gradually began to utter some dark thoughts that used to only appear in his subconscious.

"Damn it, why am I born in the wilderness while those city scum get to live in such a comfortable place?"

"I also want to live a comfortable life!"

"Kill them! If we wipe out everyone in the outer city, the terminal will allow the wastelanders to move in, right?"

"I want their lives!"

"I want everything they have!" "If it weren't for those outsiders, I wouldn't be living like a dog!"

"And will not fall into the realm of sin, nor sink to such a state..."

After becoming frenzied, illogical, and overwhelmed by negative emotions, Xiahou Fei's spiritual body also began to grow those eyeballs and black lines, making him look extremely evil.

“But there are too many scumbags in the outer city, I can’t kill them all, so…”

"Forget it, I'll just stay here and enjoy my comfort..."

"As long as I have enough leverage, I can live here for a very long time!"

"Champions...where are the chips?"

Before he knew it, all his chips were gone, and a sense of panic gripped Xiahou Fei's mind.

"I'm leaving if I run out of chips!"

I don't want to go out!

"I don't want to go out!"

At that moment, a crack appeared in the black mist in the sky, and a giant tentacle reached down from within.

The lone tentacle was no match for the Heavenly Dragon Clan and was easily severed. The severed piece landed not far in front of Xiahou Fei.

The tentacles seemed to exude an extremely alluring aura, and everyone around was wriggling, crawling, and making incomprehensible cries, showing an endless desire for the tentacles.

It's like a traveler in the desert, thirsty and suddenly finding an oasis with a spring in it.

Even though the spring water reeked of decay, they saw it as a delicious nectar.

Xiahou Fei was also crawling there, his body bones twisted into a bizarre angle, climbing to the tentacles at top speed.

"Champions...so many chips..."

He grabbed a piece and popped it into his mouth: "With these chips, I can stay here..."

Suddenly, his hand paused, and a look of bewilderment flashed in his dull eyes.

"Where to stay?"

The hand gripping the tentacle flesh stopped. Xiahou Fei was confused, so confused that his mind seemed to be clouded.

"Who am I? Where am I? Why am I here? Where should I stay?"

A sharp, stabbing pain shot through his brain. Xiahou Fei dropped what he was holding, and the moment it hit the ground, it was snatched away and devoured by the guy next to him, but he didn't care.

"Who...am I...?"

Xiahou Fei pounded his head hard, as if he wanted to smash his skull and scoop out his brains to examine them.

In the spiritual world, after losing all its chips, the palace trembled, tearing at Xiahou Fei's spiritual world. Tentacles grew out of those eyes, piercing into Xiahou Fei's spiritual body, forcefully tearing and pulling, trying to destroy him completely.

Xiahou Fei struggled in agony, repeatedly asking, "Who am I?"

In the process of placing his bets, he even lost the concept of his "true self".

"Who am I? Who am I?"

"I remembered..."

A glimmer of light emerged from the depths of Xiahou Fei's spirit, gradually expanding throughout his entire body.

"I am Xiahou Fei!"

"I am Xiahou Fei, whose fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens!"

collapse!
The tentacles broke off inch by inch, the palace became mottled, and then slowly dissipated.

Xiahou Fei's spiritual body was enhanced once again, and its strength even exceeded the previous limit standard of the outer city by several times!
Step by step, Xiahou Fei walked out of the crumbling palace, leaped up, and landed in the forest, jumping and darting about freely and joyfully, laughing loudly.

Li Zheng looked up at Xiahou Fei's back, where there was a person dressed in disguise, a rare existence in the Lazy Sin Domain who could remain standing.

He had been standing there for a while, just silently watching Xiahou Fei, and like Li Zheng, he showed no intention of helping.

Only after Xiahou Fei called out his name did the man turn and leave, entering the golden area from the other side and disappearing behind the dense figures of the Heavenly Dragon Clan.

“I’ve seen him before.” Li Zheng watched the man leave. “He’s the expert who protected Xiahou Fei in the Fourth Sin Domain.”

Looking at Xiahou Fei again, after regaining consciousness, he found that his limbs had been twisted into pretzels, and he lay there groaning, seemingly both in pain and pleasure.

"The method Xiahou Fei used to travel through the Sinful Realm was taught to him by that person," Li Zheng pondered. "But Xiahou Fei's mental strength is actually insufficient to support him in doing so..."

"It seems that it's not just the Heavenly Will Organization that has the means to break through the upper limit of spiritual power in the wilderness; there are other capable people who have come up with a different way to use the Sin Domain to hone themselves."

"but……"

With a thought, Li Zheng dragged Xiahou Fei into the golden area.

"This method is far too dangerous, with an absurdly low success rate, and it is impossible to popularize it and achieve universal cultivation."

"The only way to pass on the knowledge is in the form of a traditional master-apprentice relationship, just like now."

“There are also people working hard in the wilderness, but this method is too dangerous. Even if they succeed now, the next upgrade will require going to a deeper part of the Sin Domain, where the danger will only be greater than it is now.”

Such a person shouldn't die here.

Li Zheng had already instructed Lao Pu to remember the other party. After treating Xiahou Fei's injuries, he would go back to find the other party and teach him how to condense spiritual energy nodes.

(End of this chapter)