Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 633 Li Zheng: How come I didn't know I had a daughter?
When the succubus's emotions surged, a fist-sized "black hole" appeared out of thin air in the chest area of ​​Miriel's spiritual body, with irregular fluctuations emanating from inside the black hole.

It was this fluctuation that triggered the turmoil that tormented the succubus race for countless generations.

"How is it? Any changes?" Miriel looked at Li Zheng, her eyes alluring and her gaze like spring water.

"Hmm." Li Zheng circled around Miriel a few times, observed carefully, and said, "It's very similar to that of the Optimist Clan, except that the source of the Succubus Clan's inner turmoil is clearly visible."

Miriel perked up a bit: "You've found the source?"

Li Zheng pointed to Miriel's chest: "Right here."

Miriel looked down but found nothing. Her mental strength didn't support her doing this, nor could she perform internal visualization: "I can't see what the source is like?"

“It’s like a black hole, there’s nothing inside, but after it appears, it emits some kind of irregular fluctuation. This fluctuation is the culprit that causes your succubus race to experience emotional turmoil.” Li Zheng described what he had seen to Miriel.

"It's just a black hole after all." Miriel was somewhat disappointed when she found out. She had thought it would be some kind of magnificent and mysterious sight, but it turned out to be so ordinary.

"What else do you want?" Li Zheng found it amusing.

Miriel thought for a moment, then asked curiously, "When the Optimistic Clan's talent is activated, what unusual phenomena will occur in their spiritual body?"

"...it will form an armor-like layer on the surface."

"That sounds more interesting than a black hole." Miriel was even more disappointed.

"But you're prettier than her," Li Zheng could only console her with this.

Miriel pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement: "Indeed, when it comes to beauty, our succubus race has never lost to anyone."

"..." Li Zheng was too embarrassed to mention the different aesthetic views, for example, Zi Yuan didn't think Miriel was good-looking.

"Besides black holes, have you discovered anything else?" Miriel's seductive smile grew stronger. "If you haven't made any other discoveries, come out. I can hardly contain my excitement and need your help."

"Hold on a little longer," Li Zheng hurriedly said. "I want to try to explore this black hole and see what's hidden inside."

He was very curious as to why such a thing would appear in the succubus's spiritual body, what strange existence was hidden inside the black hole, and why it would intermittently emit fluctuations.
"Then hurry up." After saying this, Miriel fell silent, struggling to fight against the waves of strange thoughts that were crashing over her.

Li Zheng dared not delay, and he condensed his spiritual power into a hand, reaching into the black hole.

However, the moment they touched Miriel's spiritual body, they were pushed away by a sudden force of resistance and could not make contact at all.

After several more attempts, Li Zheng discovered that if he disregarded Miriel's safety and fully activated his mental power, he might be able to break through that repulsive force.

But the result might be that Miriel's mental body completely collapses, turning her into a mindless, living corpse, just like the patients lying in the doctor's ward.

Helpless, he had no choice but to retreat. The moment he opened his eyes, he was greeted by Miriel's fiery passion.

Three hours later, Miriel's excitement subsided, and Li Zheng, clutching his aching back, complained bitterly.

"Weren't you going to explore the Mind Tide Black Hole?" Miriel asked, sitting down next to Li Zheng. "What's inside?"

"It failed." Li Zheng explained the situation, then said, "Have you noticed that if I forcibly used my mental power to explore the Heart Tide Black Hole, the final result was exactly the same as the patient's on the doctor's side?"

Miriel's expression shifted: "You mean, there's an organization in the wilderness researching spiritual entities, and those patients are victims of that research?" "Most likely." Li Zheng sighed: "When I have time, I'll have to go to the doctor to verify my previous conjecture. Maybe I can save those victims."

I previously proposed a hypothesis: if someone with high attainments in mental power could gather the scattered mental energy of the victims and reassemble it into a mental entity, it might be possible to restore their consciousness.

The only side effect is memory loss.

However, compared to that, losing one's memory seems insignificant.

However, he couldn't go there in a short time. After the blacksmith finished modifying the Lamp Holder, Li Zheng had to go to the fourth block, which was a reward from the terminal, to check it out and prepare some things in advance to welcome the arrival of the Water Blue Star players.

Mentioning this, Miriel remembered that one of the victims was Yakumo's sister, and immediately said irritably, "Yakumo treated you like that, why are you still helping her?"

Because Xu had infused Li Zheng with his spiritual power without permission, Li Zheng's return from the Dark Realm to his physical body caused a tremor throughout the entire district, leading Yakumo to misunderstand that Li Zheng's approach to them had caused chaos in the entire area.

“No matter what, Yakumo helped me when I first arrived in the outer city. Now that I’m capable, even if she has some misunderstandings about me, it can’t be a reason for me to be ungrateful.” Li Zheng shook his head and got off the eggshell bed.

It was almost time; he needed to prepare dinner for two.

Miriel's wound had just begun to heal when it was torn open again, and he had to do all the work himself.

After dinner, Ziyuan knocked on the door and told Li Zheng that someone was looking for him.

Li Zheng knew that Le Jia had come as instructed.

He told Miril to tidy up a bit, then went out and brought the person in.

As soon as he entered, Le Jia knelt down with a thud, trembling, "Please spare my life, sir!"

"???" Li Zheng was completely confused. "What are you talking about?"

That's ridiculous. Do I look like the kind of person who would kill someone at the slightest provocation?
Besides, I saved her life not long ago. If I wanted to harm her, wouldn't saving her before be contradictory and pointless?

Le Jia lowered his head: "Didn't the lord come to take me back?"

"Huh?" Li Zheng was even more confused: "Go back? Go back where?"

“My lord…” Le Jia looked up, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes: “You don’t remember me?”

Li Zheng was both amused and exasperated: "Have we met before?"

He was a tool cloned from the terminal. He had been in the Matrix ever since he regained consciousness, and had only lived for a little over a month. Today was the first time he had met Le Jia.

If they had met before, Li Zheng couldn't possibly not remember.

Thinking of this, a thought struck him.

Unless what Le Jia saw before wasn't himself, but another clone who looked exactly like him!
"I've met you." Le Jia nodded. "Or rather... I should call you Father!"

This time, not only Li Zheng couldn't hold back anymore, but even Miriel poked her head out of the eggshell bed and looked at Le Jia in surprise.

(End of this chapter)