Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 855 Long time no see
Li Zheng had thought that he might become very strong after cultivating the Ten Thousand Evils Technique, but he never expected that he would become ridiculously strong.

The deep purple-level twisted beast that used to take several rounds to kill is now no match for him.

With a casual flick of his wrist, Li Zheng could shatter the bodies of deep purple-level twisted beasts, sending them flying into a rain of blood. Surrounded by numerous deep purple-level twisted beasts, Li Zheng moved with ease, as if he were in an empty field.

"What exactly did he do?"

Following behind Li Zheng, Ma Long witnessed the deaths of countless twisted beasts, and he felt a sense of dread.

Not long ago, when the two of them attempted to venture deep into the Sinful Domain, Li Zheng's strength wasn't yet at such a terrifying level. How could his strength have increased so much after meditating in the Heavenly Dragon Clan's territory?!

He looked up at the sky, where a dark, inky mist filled the dome. Ma Long recalled the scene of Li Zheng sitting cross-legged, absorbing the black energy.

Could it be that the terminal has really developed a method that can reverse the use of emotional black mist for cultivation?

In that case, is there any need to resolve the emotional storm?

Or, even if the terminal doesn't change its mind and lets all the races know that the black mist can help them cultivate and become stronger, will they still be so determined to fight the emotional storm to the death?
The emotional storm has been brewing for an unknown period of time, and it is said to have already spread to every corner of the entire universe, leaving only the pure land around Blue Star about to be ravaged.

If the myriad races were to harbor disloyal intentions and truly wish to exploit the emotional storm, given the efficiency with which he personally witnessed Li Zheng absorbing the black energy, even if all the life force of the entire outer city were mobilized, it would be impossible to completely absorb all the black energy in a short period of time.

Even if we don't expect to absorb it all, we might not even be able to slow down the spread of the black energy to the blue planet.

At that time, Blue Star will follow in the footsteps of other races and be swallowed by the black mist.

Blue Star is their anchor in their struggle against the dark forces within the Matrix. If Blue Star falls, countless people will suffer a complete mental breakdown.

Therefore, no matter what, the method of cultivating by devouring black energy that Li Zheng has mastered must not be passed on!
Ma Long pursed his lips tightly.

But in doing so, he would be at odds with Li Zheng, the outer city, and the entire Blue Star community, and even the people of Jiutian would not approve of his actions.

But for the sake of Earth, and for the hopes of everyone, he had to do it.

Li Zheng charged ahead, becoming increasingly adept at using the demonic energy within his body.

At first, he only used the most basic, savage techniques. Each swing of the Black Dragon Spear could only send the twisted beast flying. He couldn't concentrate all his energy into one point and then unleash it to smash the twisted beast he hit.

As Li Zheng developed and utilized demonic energy, he became increasingly delighted. This kind of fantasy-level cultivation technique was indeed domineering and unparalleled. In comparison, the immature technological capabilities were completely inadequate in the face of the Myriad Evil Demon Art.

Most importantly, in addition to needing spirit stones, the Myriad Evils Technique can also be cultivated using the black energy of the Sin Domain.

Once subsequent experimental results prove that others can also cultivate the art and find ways to suppress the side effects mentioned in the classic texts, then the Myriad Evils Demon Art can be taught to more people. By having a large number of individuals cultivate the Myriad Evils Demon Art, we can try to slow down the progress of the emotional storm engulfing the Blue Star.

During this time, he and the terminal can also find more effective ways to completely resolve the emotional storm.

However, a practical problem with this plan is that the cultivation of the Ten Thousand Evils Demon Art requires a combination of spiritual energy and demonic energy.

It's alright if you only absorb spiritual energy and not demonic energy; at most, you've only mastered a fragmented version of the Ten Thousand Evil Demon Art and can't unleash its true power.

However, absorbing demonic energy alone is uncertain and may lead to the cultivator being corrupted by demonic energy as soon as they begin cultivating, thus accelerating their demise.

Therefore, before promoting the Ten Thousand Evils Technique, Li Zheng needs to find a way to participate in more lotteries and try to obtain enough spirit stone veins.

He still has no clue how to obtain fantasy points and can only wait for the system to give him 100 fantasy points as a wage at the turn of each day and night.

With this meager salary, it would be difficult to even open a few more treasure chests, let alone acquire enough spirit stone mines.

Leading Malone deeper into the Sinful Domain, this advance was again met with the onslaught and obstacles of the beast tide. Initially, the twisted beasts didn't react so strongly when they couldn't distinguish Li Zheng, but ever since Li Zheng took the initiative to attack them, the being deep within had locked onto him through the anomalies of the battle.

Reason told Li Zheng that his best course of action was to retreat and wait until the Twisted Beasts calmed down before returning. As long as he didn't attack the Twisted Beasts, that being wouldn't be able to detect him and Ma Long.

But... since there's a chance to kill more twisted beasts, why not take advantage of it, since killing one more now will reduce future obstacles?

Moreover, he discovered that the Sin Domain was practically the natural home ground for the Myriad Evil Demon Art. As long as he was in the Sin Domain and had enough spirit stones, his demonic energy could be replenished at any time, so he no longer had to suffer the same predicament as before when his energy was exhausted and he had to retreat.

After fighting for so long and killing hundreds of twisted beasts, Li Zheng always held a spirit stone in his left hand, and his body was still full of demonic energy.

Immersed in the killing spree, Li Zheng lost track of how long he had been or how far he had gone. When he came to his senses, he discovered that the horde of twisted beasts that had been relentlessly attacking him was beginning to retreat.

It seemed that the entity that was blocking his progress knew that continuing to attack would not stop Li Zheng in the slightest, so it changed its strategy and decided to let him pass instead.

The twisted beasts retreated extremely quickly, and Li Zheng did not give chase. His purpose for this trip was not to kill these twisted beasts, nor to obtain magic crystals, but to find the leader of the Nine Heavens and, incidentally, to find out what the sentient beings deep within the Sin Domain were.

Taking Malone to chase after those twisted beasts at this point would be putting the cart before the horse.

With a flick of his wrist, Li Zheng stored the Black Dragon Spear in his capsule residence. He lightly dusted off the stains on his clothes, stopped in place to wait for Ma Long to catch up with him, and then continued walking forward.

They walked slowly, and it wasn't until the system notified them that a new day had begun and distributed 100 fantasy points that Li Zheng finally saw the shadow of a building in the distance.

His eyesight is now astonishing; even in the dark, fog-shrouded environment of the Sinful Realm, he can see scenes hundreds of kilometers away.

With a goal in mind, he didn't want to waste any more time. Without any visible movement of his feet, as if he had simply taken a normal step, he appeared five kilometers ahead of him.

Li Zheng's figure disappeared from his side. Ma Long was stunned for a moment, and then saw him appear five kilometers away. He couldn't help but tremble.

"This...this is a bit too fantastical, isn't it!?"

Damn it, they've even come up with the "shrinking the earth to an inch" technique?
Li Zheng is so powerful, how can I stop him from spreading his method of absorbing black energy for cultivation?
unless……

Ma Long's eyes flickered, and he silently quickened his pace to catch up.

For Li Zheng and Ma Long, traversing hundreds of kilometers at high speed was not a difficult task.

Before long, the two arrived at a black castle.

An aura carrying a sense of antiquity emanated from within the castle. Upon sensing that aura, Malone felt as if a subject had encountered a king, and couldn't help but tremble.

Li Zheng's expression was solemn. The aura emanating from this castle made even him feel his heart pound. Even though he had cultivated the Ten Thousand Evil Demon Art, he was definitely no match for the other party!
What exactly is inside the castle?
"You came."

Just then, a thought entered Li Zheng's mind and directly communicated with his spiritual body.

Li Zheng asked, "Who are you?"

A spiritual conversation cannot determine the other party's gender or even species, but it can sense that the other party is not currently hostile. This is simply a fantasy in the realm of sin.

After all, the realm of sin is itself a concrete manifestation of "evil," and everything born here should be inherently filled with "malice."

"I have long forgotten who I am, and I don't know who you are, but I know I am waiting for you."

The thought continued, "Long time no see, Zhou Yuan."