Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 868 The Nine Heavens Commander Disappears Again
"impossible!"

The terminal insisted, "The matrix was built using blueprints I obtained from the treasure chest system. Unless there is a second system in the world, there is absolutely no way a second matrix could exist!"

"Furthermore, who exactly is this Nine Heavens Commander you mentioned?"

Why don't I have any identification information about this person here?

"The Nine Heavens Commander is..."

Li Zheng opened his mouth as if to speak, but the words wouldn't come out. His mind was completely blank regarding the Nine Heavens Commander.

This feeling was very unsettling, because he clearly remembered finding the other person and even communicating with them, but what did they talk about? What did the other person look like? Were they male or female?

He had no recollection of it at all.

"I forgot, the other party seems to possess some kind of extremely domineering ability, which can directly erase all information about themselves from the world."

"Even me."

The terminal was quite surprised: "It actually has this capability?"

“Hmm.” Li Zheng nodded and said, “Even my powerful mental strength can’t protect me from their abilities, so it’s clear that this ability system is far beyond our imagination. I suspect…”

"You suspect that I also acquired this ability from the system, but lost it due to some unforeseen circumstances?" The terminal understood Li Zheng's meaning and replied, "I don't rule out that possibility. Perhaps I even actively gave up this ability. But after giving it up, I also became a target of influence, so I don't remember whether I ever had this ability or whether I gave it up."

Unfortunately, there is no answer to this question; we can only speculate.

Li Zheng originally thought he had made a new discovery while searching for the Nine Heavens Leader in the Sin Domain, but after communicating with the terminal, he found that it was all invalid information.

Rumors obtained from Nine Heavens Arms may be false or simply a misunderstanding.

If the Matrix had indeed visited Earth, the terminal would certainly know, and there would be no need for the terminal to hide such a thing from itself.

Therefore, either a second Matrix exists in the universe, or the Nine Heavens Legion has made a mistake.

"The first two things didn't come to a conclusion, so let's talk about the third one now." Li Zheng changed the subject: "I encountered another castle in the Sinful Domain this time. The creature inside is different from the one I encountered last time. It's a guy who suffers from periodic amnesia."

"Timed amnesia?" The terminal thought of something: "It must be Claire, one of the members of Spring Rain."

The beings inside the castle are members of Spring Rain; I discussed this conclusion with Li Zheng last time.

"Claire's role in Spring Rain is similar to that of an inventor. Because she remembers too many things and they are too complicated, she regularly performs memory cleanup, forgetting all the unnecessary memories."

"Meryl is in the Sloth Domain. From your last description, it's clear that Meryl is extremely lazy, almost as if she's been assimilated by the Sloth Domain."

"And this time you went to the Domain of Jealousy, Claire may have avoided being assimilated by the Domain of Jealousy by periodically losing her memory."

The terminal assumed that Li Zheng had not been able to obtain any useful information from the person who suffered from periodic amnesia.

However, when Li Zheng uttered the name "Zhou Yuan," the terminal paused for a moment: "Are you sure Claire is referring to Zhou Yuan?"

“Absolutely right. That guy repeats it every time he has amnesia. I couldn’t possibly be wrong.” Li Zheng was absolutely certain that he couldn’t be wrong.

“Strange,” the terminal said, puzzled. “Zhou Yuan is actually an alias for the ninth clone. But when Chunyu tried to break through the Sin Domain, the ninth clone clearly didn’t go with her. Why does Claire mention Zhou Yuan so frequently?”

As Terminal mentioned before, the ninth clone went to the wilderness after Spring Rain left and never returned.

Li Zheng suspected that the Ninth Clone was the one who created the Heavenly Will Organization in the wilderness at that time.

But now it seems the guess was wrong. "Could it be... that the purpose of the Ninth Clone going to the Wilderness was actually to evade my surveillance and thus detour into the Sin Domain?" The terminal activated a program to assist in the deduction: "Otherwise, there's no way to explain why Meryl and Claire are so obsessed with the Ninth Clone. It's very likely that the Ninth Clone made contact with them in the Sin Domain!"

The existence of a passage into the Sin Domain in the wilderness is something many people in the outer city know, including those at the terminal.

However, it is difficult for the average person to accurately locate those passages.

As a clone created by the terminal, the ninth clone has its own special characteristics, and it is possible that it obtained the location of the passage through some channel.

“There’s another piece of news,” Li Zheng said. “When I returned, the castle where Claire was, as well as Claire herself, had all vanished into thin air.”

Upon hearing this, Li Zheng noticed a significant lag in the program that was being simulated, as if the news had caused a violent emotional fluctuation in the terminal.

"Disappeared?" the terminal muttered to itself. "They escaped..."

Then a silence fell.

Li Zheng didn't speak, and neither did the terminal.

But the faces displayed on the screen had unpredictable expressions.

After a long pause, the terminal spoke again: "I understand. I will issue a mandatory mission to send several groups of people into the Sin Domain to try to find them. Spring Rain and his group may become an indispensable fighting force in the final battle."

Li Zheng asked, "Do you need my help?"

If possible, he would like to meet Chunyu and his group in person.

"No need. Your most important task right now is to increase your strength," the terminal said. "You are the most similar to the original among the remaining clones. The Sin Domain is too dangerous; it's best to avoid it."

Li Zheng's eyes twitched slightly: "Okay. I have nothing else to do, take me home first."

"Ah."

The next second, the scenery before Li Zheng's eyes changed, and he returned to the portal in the fourth district, just as if he had just returned through the portal.

Just then, Ma Long and his group returned and were surprised to see Li Zheng appear.

Qian Bugu asked in bewilderment, "That's not right. Wasn't Old Li supposed to come back before us? How come he's slower than us?"

Malone speculated, "They might have joined the final push to wipe out the Twisted Beast Tide."

The argument that there isn't enough money seems to make sense.

Li Zheng looked around and asked, "Where is your commander?"

Not having enough money, he instinctively pointed in one direction, then froze, asking, "Huh? Where's the leader?"

Ma Long and the others looked bewildered, only remembering that they seemed to have gone out with the regimental commander and encountered Li Zheng during that trip.

However, large parts of the memory are missing, and one person is missing.

This situation could only be caused by the Nine Heavens Commander's ability being passively activated.

A thought struck Li Zheng, and he immediately stepped into the portal, choosing to enter the Domain of Jealousy.

The leader of the group from Jiutian must be at the door; he didn't come back with Ma Long and the others!