Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 856 A Question He Knows Nothing Of
"???"

Li Zheng was full of questions: "Listen to what you just said, is there any logic to it?"

They don't know who they are, nor do they know who I am, but they greeted me and called my name?
Even though it's a wrong name, I still have to complain about it.

"I told you, I don't know who you are."

The thought sent a message: "But I think you should be given a code name. This name comes to mind subconsciously, and I think it must be very important to me. The fact that I've been waiting for you suggests that you might be just as important as this name. Or perhaps, you are Zhou Yuan."

“No, my name is Li Zheng,” Li Zheng said, stating his name.

"It doesn't matter what your name is," the thought said. "After a while, I will forget our conversation, and I will also forget the name you are using now, so you don't need to introduce yourself."

"..."

Li Zheng was silent for a moment, then decided not to dwell on such trivial matters: "Okay, let's talk about something else. What are you doing here?"

"I do not know."

"Then why did you wait for me?"

"I am not sure."

"Have we known each other before?"

"I forgot."

"..."

Li Zheng fell silent again, and after a long while, he continued to ask, "Were you the one controlling those twisted beasts to prevent me from coming here?"

"When?" the thought asked in confusion.

"Not long ago."

"I..." The thought seemed confused, and after a while suddenly asked, "Who are you?"

“…?” Li Zheng was stunned. His memory was erased so quickly?
"Although I don't know who you are, I know I'm waiting for you." The thought repeated the previous conversation: "Long time no see, Zhou Yuan."

Even the name I randomly called out hasn't changed.

If the other party is not a program that is set to refresh at regular intervals, then it means that this guy named Zhou Yuan is very important to the other party.

“My name isn’t Zhou Yuan, it’s Li Zheng.” Li Zheng tried to correct the other person’s memory.

“It doesn’t matter what your name is, I don’t remember anything. The name Zhou Yuan only appeared in my subconscious.” Sure enough, the thought began to repeat itself again: “I don’t remember anything, but I know I’m waiting for you, which means your arrival is very important to me. And the fact that this name appears in my subconscious means that it is just as important as waiting for you.”

Therefore, two important things will naturally be connected to each other?

Li Zheng frowned slightly and repeated the conversation from not long ago until the other party suddenly stopped and then asked blankly, "Who are you?"

Li Zheng tentatively asked, "Don't you remember me at all? My name is Li Zheng."

This time, there were some differences between that thought and his conversation.

"No, your name isn't Li Zheng, it's Zhou Yuan." For the first time, that thought showed emotional fluctuation, a complex emotion beyond bewilderment, extremely difficult to understand.

This complex emotion is like a hodgepodge, seemingly carrying a bit of hatred, a bit of resentment, a bit of relief, and a bit of... intimacy.

"Are you trying to say you've been waiting for me?" Li Zheng asked this time, "Why were you waiting for me here?"

"I don't know, I've forgotten, I don't remember anything." "Then do you remember why you lost your memory?"

“I don’t… wait a minute.” The thought paused for a moment, and Li Zheng thought the other party was about to reset again, but the other party said instead: “I should have actively chosen to forget.”

Active forgetting?

Li Zheng's heart stirred. The leader of the Nine Heavens had the ability to forget. Everyone who had contact with him or heard of his name would forget him without realizing it.

All information related to the other person, including appearance, gender, looks, age, and height, will be erased from memory.

Even terminals that record everything using data cannot leave any trace of the other party.

So, could the leader of the Nine Heavens have some kind of relationship with the consciousness inside the castle in front of us?
"Since you have actively chosen to forget, you must have a backup plan to help yourself regain your memories..."

Li Zheng suddenly stopped halfway through his sentence. The consciousness inside the castle kept repeating that it was waiting for him. Could it be that he was the other party's backup plan after regaining its memories?
But he definitely doesn't know the consciousness in the castle, or rather, the other party doesn't know him as Li Zheng, but rather other clones of Li Zheng or the original Li Zheng.

If the other party recognizes the original body, that's fine. The terminal has all of the original body's memories, so you can go back and ask him to get the answer.

But if the other party actually knows a clone, then it's troublesome.

If the terminal doesn't have any wicked sense of humor, then based on the clone number it encountered not long ago, it knows that the terminal has cloned at least ten thousand Li Zhengs.

With so many clones scattered across the outer city, the wilderness, and the sinful realm, and because the terminal had tried to add genetic fragments of other races when cloning those "Li Zheng" clones, thus changing their appearance, there are so many clones of different sizes, races, personalities, and even genders. Some have died and some may have gone missing. Finding the clone that the other person knows is no less difficult than having Li Zheng single-handedly resolve the threat of an emotional storm.

I had hoped to obtain some useful information from the other party after they regained their memories, but now it seems I can't even get past the first step.

"who are you?"

Good grief, another round of amnesia has begun.

Li Zheng never expected that after going through all that trouble and traveling such a long distance, he would end up encountering such an ignorant fellow. It was a complete waste of his time.

"You've lost your memory so quickly, and now you're asking me who I am?"

Knowing he wouldn't get anything useful from this, and having already wasted a lot of time, Li Zheng quickly blurted out, "I'm your father!" since the other party had amnesia anyway.

After saying that, he pulled Malone and turned to leave.

Malone was completely dumbfounded. From his perspective, Li Zheng stood there motionless after arriving at the castle gate.

After a long while, it finally moved, but I don't know who angered it, it actually swore.

"Are we just leaving like this?" Malone asked doubtfully. "Weren't we supposed to come here to find the commander?"

"I thought we had a clue, but we ran into a complete idiot who knew nothing." Li Zheng didn't turn around and led Ma Long deeper into the Sin Domain.

The deepest part of the Sin Domain has passages connecting to other Sin Domains. Since we didn't find the Nine Heavens Commander in the castle, it means he's not here, so we need to continue searching in other Sin Domains.

A clueless idiot?
Ma Long did not sense that consciousness and did not know who Li Zheng was talking about; he was completely baffled.

But then he thought, it might be better to just leave like this.

For some reason, Malone felt extremely uncomfortable standing outside the castle, as if he were being stared at by the eyes of a predator, making it hard for him to breathe.

After Li Zheng and Ma Long walked away, the twisted beasts roaming around the castle suddenly froze for a moment, then all rushed towards the castle and launched an attack.

(End of this chapter)