Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 867 The Matrix Has Never Been Here

The others were too slow, so Li Zheng discussed with them that they were already very close to the Golden Light Battle Intent Domain of the Heavenly Dragon Clan. As long as Ma Long and the others focused on their journey, they should not encounter any dangers along the way.

The leader of the Nine Heavens told Li Zheng that if they didn't have enough money, he should tell him to go ahead alone, and that they would find a way to get back to the outer city on their own.

This wasn't the Nine Heavens Commander putting on airs; it was simply that they could only remember Li Zheng after he had spoken to them through others and had been at a distance from them.

Otherwise, if the Nine Heavens Commander had said these words in person, he would have forgotten them once Li Zheng was far away and would have returned again.

Li Zheng thought about it and was still not at ease, so he reached out and took out the Black Dragon Spear, and charged forward, killing all the twisted beasts he encountered along the way.

In doing so, all the twisted beasts were alarmed and chased after him, soon forming a twisted beast tide behind Li Zheng.

The beast tide followed Li Zheng forward for a distance, while some of the twisted beasts, which had followed for a longer distance, turned back.

Gradually, although the number of beasts following Li Zheng did not decrease, their quality dropped significantly. They were almost all purple and dark purple level twisted beasts, with not a single black level beast.

When he led the distorted beast tide close to the golden battle intent domain, he was discovered by the people in the domain from a great distance.

tom!
Li Zheng stepped onto the ground with one foot, his whole body soaring into the air. He twisted his waist and flew backwards, coughing twice with his mouth open. Then, a lion's roar came from his mouth.

Roar!
bang bang bang~
The lion's roar shook the heavens and the heads of the group of twisted beasts closest to Li Zheng exploded, sending the hardest twisted magic crystals flying everywhere.

"It was a bit of a stretch."

Li Zheng felt a tearing pain in his throat and realized that he had injured himself by forcibly activating the Savage Lion's Roar.

On the way back, Li Zheng kept pondering the Wild Lion's Roar Technique and summarized some techniques. He took the opportunity to try it out.

Unfortunately, he was not as good as he was in his formless state. His understanding of the Lion's Roar was not deep enough, and his skills were not proficient. He injured his throat after only one roar and could not use it a second time for a short period of time.

But the effect was truly remarkable; a single lion's roar instantly killed nearly a hundred twisted beasts!

After clearing out a group of twisted beasts, Li Zheng did not linger in the battle and turned around to continue rushing towards the Battle Intent Domain.

The people in the Battlefield were initially agitated upon seeing the beast tide, but after witnessing how Li Zheng's roar killed a large number of twisted beasts, not a single one dared to step forward and criticize Li Zheng for bringing the beast tide.

"My name is Xiahou Fei!"

A familiar voice came from the crowd. Li Zheng looked over and saw a thin figure in a black robe leap out of the battle intent domain, repeatedly saying the same self-introduction, and charging headlong into the oncoming horde of twisted beasts with an alloy staff in hand.

“This guy…” Li Zheng’s lips twitched. He didn’t expect to run into Xiahou Fei here.

Since he was led by himself to step out of the battle intent realm to fight the beast tide last time, Xiahou Fei seems to have had some mysterious switch turned on.

In the past, he only dared to hide in the Battlefield and tremble in fear when faced with the beast tide. Now, he became extremely excited after seeing the beast tide. He wielded the alloy staff with great force, and each staff shadow could knock away or knock back a twisted beast weighing hundreds of tons.

"Oh?"

Li Zheng looked at it for a moment, then raised an eyebrow: "It seems that Xiahou Fei's strength has improved again recently, and he is not so tired even when facing deep purple-level alien beasts."

In fact, those who can reach the Battle Spirit Realm alone are all quite strong, and ordinary purple or deep purple level twisted beasts pose no threat to them. However, one cannot fight against many. What everyone is worried about is that they will be surrounded and attacked when facing the beast tide. Once trapped, the ferocious beasts are endless and impossible to kill. If they cannot break through the encirclement quickly, they are likely to die from exhaustion inside.

boom!
Xiahou Fei repelled another twisted beast, bent down and put the two twisted magic crystals scattered on the ground into his pocket. They were dropped by the beast that Li Zheng had just killed with his Lion's Roar.

Li Zheng didn't have time to pick it up, which benefited Xiahou Fei.

Many twisted magic crystals were scattered nearby. Some of the people in the Battle Intent Domain who were already restless could no longer hold back and rushed out to fight the beast tide.

They did not pursue lethal attacks, but only repelled the twisted beasts and then collected the scattered twisted magic crystals on the ground.

This is much easier than killing the Twisted Beasts and mining the Twisted Magic Crystals.

The beast tides that are triggered by humans are short-lived. The twisted beasts are all very large, and there are not many that can attack a target at the same time. Most twisted beasts have no target to attack for a long time. As a result, most twisted beasts will leave automatically after being away from their territory for too long.

Unless someone continuously lures and manipulates them, making it seem as if some intelligent being is directing these twisted beasts, the beast tide generally does not pose a significant threat to the Battlefield.

Li Zheng waited in place for a moment, paying no attention to the scattered twisted magic crystals. His current strength was enough to crush higher-level black-level alien beasts, and getting purple-level magic crystals was as easy as taking candy from a baby. Whenever he needed them, he could just go out and kill a batch.

Upon seeing Ma Long and the others appear above the beast tide, Li Zheng suddenly realized that the Nine Heavens Commander was with them, so there would be no danger on the way back.

"A terrifying ability."

Li Zheng's eyes darkened slightly. The reason he stopped after returning to the Battle Intent Domain was because he had forgotten about the existence of the Nine Heavens Commander and was worried that Ma Long and his group would be in danger after he "left them behind".

It wasn't until he saw the figure of the Nine Heavens Commander that he gradually realized that his early return was a pre-arranged plan.

This time, Li Zheng was certain that Ma Long and the others could at least safely return to the Battle Will Domain, so he stopped worrying about them and returned to the outer city with peace of mind.

Emerging from the portal, he immediately retrieved the nameplate and contacted the terminal.

The next second, he appeared in front of the terminal.

"Did you find anything?" The terminal seemed to have been busy with something and was a little annoyed after being disturbed by Li Zheng.

“There have indeed been some new discoveries.” Li Zheng asked, “Is this the first time the Matrix has come to Earth?”

The terminal replied: "The Matrix only predicts the direction of storms and takes away life on planets about to be swept away for trials in advance. As the last life-bearing planet in the universe to be swept away, this is of course the first time I have brought the Matrix here."

Hearing this answer, Li Zheng was somewhat surprised: "Are you sure?"

“Absolutely certain.” The terminal asked, “What? Did someone tell you that the Matrix once landed on Earth?”

“That’s right.” Li Zheng recounted the information he had heard from the leader of the Nine Heavens: “They also said that the Matrix took several Earthlings with them when it descended on Earth last time.”

The reason Li Zheng remembered this information was because the leader of the Nine Heavens had Qian Bugou and others relay it to him. Otherwise, after losing his memory of the leader of the Nine Heavens, Li Zheng would have forgotten even what the other party had said.

"That's absolutely impossible!" Terminal said firmly. "I've never been to Earth before, and there's never been an Earthling in the Matrix!"

Li Zheng frowned slightly: "If you haven't been here, then what's the story behind the rumors circulating on Blue Star? Could it be that something similar to the Matrix exists in this world?"