Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 857 Distortion

"Where are we going now?"

Ma Long followed behind Li Zheng. This time, Li Zheng did not take the initiative to attack those twisted beasts, so the journey was relatively safe.

The two have now reached a depth that no one has ever been to before, where the twisted beasts are no longer "purple" level but the more powerful "black" level.

The ferocious aura emanating from some of the black-level twisted beasts made even Li Zheng's scalp tingle.

But it only gave him a tingling sensation. If a black-level twisted beast wanted to kill him, it would have to overwhelm him with sheer numbers. He wasn't stupid; if he couldn't win, he could run away.

Not to mention, as long as they didn't take the initiative, those twisted beasts seemed to regard him and Malone as their own kind, and completely ignored them.

Walking on the desolate land, eating the dishes cooked by Yui Fukada in his capsule residence, Li Zheng himself did not have a specific goal.

He only knew that there were interconnected passages deep within the Sin Domain, which could even lead directly to the wilderness, but he didn't know where those passages were located.

Asking Lao Pu is useless. Lao Pu's ability to succeed in the matrix is ​​due to his positional suppression, which allows him to retrieve information from the terminal database and provide guidance to Li Zheng.

Now that we've entered the Sin Domain from the outer city, Old Pu's status is on par with the outside world, so his abilities are naturally a bit lacking.

Unless one can find a way to elevate the Eye of Preys beyond its own universe and regain the power to suppress other beings, it is impossible to achieve omniscience and omnipotence over everything in this universe.

Old Pu himself knew that his abilities were not what they used to be, so he took the initiative to reduce the number of times he appeared in front of Li Zheng and gradually reduced his presence.

Only when he encounters those whom Li Zheng has met before but who have concealed their appearance can Lao Pu find a way to step forward and expose their identities.

"I don't know either, but I'm not in a hurry, I'll leave it to fate."

Li Zheng chewed on a piece of honey-glazed roasted meat, then looked up and gazed into the distance. All he could see were enormous, ugly, and twisted beasts, as large as mountains, shrouded in black mist.

"Let it be?"

Malone asked in bewilderment, "You don't actually think the captain could lead people to such a deep place as the Sin Domain, do you?"

The surrounding twisted beasts were powerful enough to completely overwhelm him. If Malone had been in his current state before, he would have been dead even if he had encountered just one beast, let alone been in a group of them.

Although he is still recovering from his injuries, his strength has increased many times over. Therefore, he does not believe that the Nine Heavens Leader and his group, who entered the Matrix at the same time as him, could have reached such a deep place.

"uncertain."

Li Zheng's eyes were filled with contemplation: "With the abilities of that leader of the Nine Heavens, perhaps reaching this point is not even his limit."

The ability to make everyone forget their existence is practically a bug. Perhaps if it were enhanced to the extreme, it could allow everyone in the entire universe to be swallowed up by an emotional storm, while the other person alone would be ignored and survive.

The forgetting of them by others seems to be a passive effect. If actively triggered, it is possible to forget them instantly. It is not entirely impossible to use this ability to force the surrounding twisted beasts to forget their existence and pass by them right under their noses, like Li Zheng and Ma Long are doing now.

“But we haven’t even been able to track down the commander’s whereabouts yet. We can’t just keep going in one direction forever, all the way to the end of the Sinful Domain, can we?” Ma Long thought this was inappropriate. With an emotional storm looming, every minute and every second was precious. There was no need to waste Li Zheng’s time on one person.

Reason told Ma Long that Li Zheng's existence was extremely important to all Blue Star people, and he should seize every moment to improve his strength, so that when the final moment arrived, every bit of strength would bring a greater chance of success. But emotion also compelled Ma Long to harbor an impulse—an impulse to kill Li Zheng in the Sin Domain.

The method Li Zheng was asked to try to absorb black mist to enhance his strength was too dangerous. How was that any different from actively embracing evil?
At a time when everyone is desperately researching how to combat emotional storms, the emergence of a method to actively absorb black mist is just like the enemy army being suppressed while the commander-in-chief is researching how to integrate into the enemy's camp.

This is a betrayal of all people and all races!

From the moment he left the territory of the Celestial Dragon Clan, the conflicting thoughts of reason and emotion tormented Malone constantly. Fortunately, reason has prevailed so far, preventing him from doing anything out of line.

However, he was increasingly dissatisfied with some of Li Zheng's actions, such as his aimless "wandering" and "wasting time" in the Sin Domain, which made him grit his teeth in hatred.

"You're not in the right state of mind."

Li Zheng stopped and frowned as he looked at Ma Long's eyes, which were gradually turning from purple to black: "My fighting instincts tell me there is hostility around me. You want to kill me?"

"I didn't intend to kill you, and my strength isn't enough to kill you," Malone said through gritted teeth. "You are the hope of Blue Star, how could I possibly kill you?"

"Your tone and eyes practically rip me apart, and you still say you haven't thought about it?" Li Zheng pondered, "It seems the side effects of your current state are starting to appear."

No wonder I've always felt it was unreasonable.

How could Malone, whose transformation is exactly like that of a twisted beast, possibly retain a completely clear and rational mind?
"I don't!"

Malone roared, his emotional side beginning to take over, while reason instantly became a flickering candle in the wind, suppressed into the corner of his mind.

Seeing this, Li Zheng twitched his fingers slightly, and the roasted meat between his fingers was put into the capsule, replaced by a pure black spear.

boom!
As soon as he got his spear, a shockwave emanated from him and spread outwards.

"Why did you waste your precious time in the Sin Domain? Why did you cooperate with the terminal to research that strange method of absorbing black mist to enhance your strength? Why did you have the idea of ​​spreading this kind of thing?"

Malone's thoughts gradually spiraled out of control, his expression turning frantic. His already disfigured face contorted into a grotesque grimace: "You betrayed me! You betrayed Earth! You betrayed everyone!"

Listening to these nonsensical words, Li Zheng couldn't help but tilt his head: "Can't you even maintain basic logical thinking?"

He turned his head and looked around. Malone's strange behavior had already attracted the attention of the surrounding twisted beasts. The twisted beasts, stretching like a mountain range, surrounded the area.

“If I could, I really wouldn’t want to lay a hand on you.” Li Zheng sighed, raised his hand and flicked the Black Dragon Spear, preparing to kill Ma Long before he was completely twisted.

Just then, a cracking sound came from inside Malone's abdomen, followed by an explosion of boundless energy that caused his flesh and blood body, now stripped of its skin, to swell.

In the blink of an eye, Ma Long swelled from an ordinary height into a sphere over ten meters tall, and his size continued to grow exponentially.

"Gan!"

Li Zheng's expression changed slightly: "My Twisted Magic Crystal!"