Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 666 Lazy Yoga Mat

The next day, Li Zheng got up early, washed up and ate breakfast, and waited for Lu Li to come to him.

When Lu Li arrived, he was taken into the Dark Realm and made to sit under the Bodhi tree to observe Lu Manjiang's image.

The moment Lu Manjiang's image came to life, tears streamed from the corners of Lu Li's eyes as he lay unconscious.

“I never imagined that one day I would be able to see my brother again from this perspective.” Lu Li sat under the Bodhi tree. His spiritual body could not shed tears, so his expression was full of grief: “Although it was just an unconscious image, it gave me the illusion that I had returned to the time when my brother was still alive and teaching me boxing.”

He blinked, laughing and crying at the same time: "It's so good."

“Then you should learn properly from your brother this time.” After saying that, Li Zheng sat down and continued to work hard on Zhan Zhouzhou’s image, but still made no progress.

Helpless, he had to abandon the idea and instead began to study the laziness that had been extracted from Lu Li.

Similar to the rage that Li Zheng had seen before, sloth is a gray, intangible entity.

At first glance, it looks like the smoke that a chain smoker exhaled but didn't dissipate.

This thing is alive, but it's too lazy, slowly wriggling in Li Zheng's hand.

When Li Zheng catches it, it emits a strange fluctuation, trying to spread this "laziness" to Li Zheng and make him slack off with it.

"It's not as active as a raging beast. If I wanted to make it into fitness equipment, what kind of shape should I make it into?" Li Zheng looked at the lump in his hand and thought seriously.

The rage was transformed into a treadmill, and the effect was remarkable. Once you stand on it, you don't want to get off unless you are completely exhausted.

Li Zheng pulled and tugged at it a few times and discovered that he could shape the lump of matter. It would take whatever shape he pulled it into, which was quite amazing.

He tried to make a treadmill using laziness, but after putting in a lot of effort, no matter how he tried to operate it, the treadmill wouldn't work.

"Is there something wrong with my production method, or is laziness simply not suited to this form?" Li Zheng tried to relax and let laziness influence him.

In an instant, an uncontrollable thought arose: to abandon everything, to lie down and give up immediately, and to stop moving.

After persisting for a while, Li Zheng slowly squatted down from a standing position and finally sat on the lazy treadmill.

"Hmm?" Li Zheng suddenly sensed something, his expression shifted, and he reorganized his mental defenses, isolating himself from the influence of laziness: "So it's because you're too lazy that the treadmill won't move."

In this way, Li Zheng had an idea.

He took action again, crumpling the lazy treadmill into a ball and starting to pull it again.

In less than a minute, a rectangular flat object appeared in his hand.

"Yoga mat!"

Li Zheng laid out the Lazy One he had made and sat on it: "Since you don't want to move, then you might as well not move. The person using you can just move on their own."

Yoga is also a form of exercise.

Even without yoga poses, simply lying on it and doing a plank can have a training effect on the mind and body.

Because the Lazy Yoga Mat constantly tempts those who touch it to fall into depravity, resisting this temptation is itself a process of resisting pressure.

"Lu Li, come and try it." Li Zheng beckoned Lu Li, who was under the Bodhi tree, over and pointed to the yoga mat, saying, "Get on, just stay in any position and don't move."

Lu Li nodded: "Okay."

Then he stepped onto the yoga mat, his legs shoulder-width apart, knees bent at a 90-degree angle, upper body straight, hands clenched into fists at his sides, assuming a standard horse stance.

At first, he didn't feel anything unusual, but before long, a very familiar urge to give up grew wildly from the bottom of his heart.

"so tired……"

"Living is so tiring..."

"Let's just leave it at that..."

"This damn life, I don't want to stay here a second longer..."

Lu Li looked exhausted, as if he might collapse onto the yoga mat at any moment and never want to get up again.

“For ordinary people, especially those with weak mental strength and not very strong willpower, the effect is surprisingly good.” Li Zheng observed coldly, without reminding Lu Li to stay awake.

Reminding is useless for this kind of training.

When Li Zhengming first tried the rage treadmill, he knew that he was not in the right state of mind, but he still couldn't help but challenge the treadmill and was determined to break it.

"I……"

Just when Li Zheng thought Lu Li was swaying and about to give up, a struggle suddenly appeared on his face: "I...I want to restore my brother's honor!"

Lu Li's eyes gradually hardened: "My brother is a hero! He won unparalleled glory for the country, he is my hero! But..."

His eyes glazed over again, revealing utter exhaustion: "But living is so tiring... My brother clearly brought glory to the country, so why is he being condemned by everyone just because he lost once?"

"It's a fake match!"

"Taking bribes!"

"We can't even beat the Koreans, what a disgrace! A disgrace to the country!"

"We demand that the event organizers conduct a thorough investigation into Lu Manjiang for accepting bribes and rigging the match!"

Before my eyes, the comments I had seen online before seemed to reappear. Those who had originally supported Lu Manjiang were indignant, as if they had solid evidence, accusing Lu Manjiang of losing the competition because he had taken bribes from the other side.

However, no one understands Lu Manjiang better than Lu Li. Although their family is not very well-off, the prize money that his brother wins every time he participates in a competition is enough for them to buy a house in a second-tier city.

He had no need or reason to accept bribes to fix matches.

"After thorough investigation by the competition organizers, it has been confirmed that player Lu Manjiang did not commit any violations in this championship, and the competition results remain unchanged..."

"It's a rigged affair! Absolutely a rigged affair!" "Are the Koreans the pro-government relatives of the organizers?"

"If Lu Manjiang did not violate any rules and still lost to an opponent weaker than him, then that would be even more unforgivable!"

"Yes! I suspect he's a bootlicker of the Koreans and deliberately lost the match. I suggest a thorough investigation into Lu Manjiang's family background!"

“I have a friend who is Lu Manjiang’s childhood friend. It is said that Lu Manjiang’s family immigrated to South Korea after the competition. I don’t know if it has anything to do with losing the competition.”

"Traitor! The country has invested so many resources in nurturing you, and you actually fawn over foreigners, deliberately losing the game for the sake of immigration!"

"sinner!"

"Apologise with death!"

Spreading rumors, slander, defamation!

One outrageous charge after another was piled on Lu Manjiang's head. No matter who presented solid evidence to exonerate him, they were met with even more severe treatment.

Later, Lu Li watched as his brother's friends couldn't withstand the pressure and stopped seeing each other.

He watched as his brother, Lu Manjiang, grew increasingly depressed.

That day, he witnessed his brother jump off the rooftop, a smile of relief seemingly on his face.

When news of his brother's death was announced online, no one felt sorry for him; instead, there was a chorus of cheers.

They were laughing, they were making a ruckus, they were cheering.

It felt like Chinese New Year.

“My brother.” Lu Li’s expression changed, his confusion and exhaustion vanished, and he regained his balance. His spiritual body had subtly grown a bit more, appearing to be around thirteen or fourteen years old.

He declared firmly, "My brother is not a traitor!"

Li Zheng tilted his head as he watched Lu Li's transformation.

Is the Lazy Yoga Mat really that effective?

This is even more awesome than the Furious Treadmill!

He had no idea what Lu Li had gone through in such a short time, and thought that the Lazy Yoga Mat had some hidden effects that even he was unaware of.

After watching for a while, seeing that although Lu Li occasionally showed signs of struggle, his condition had stabilized considerably, Li Zheng stopped paying attention to him and let him practice slowly here.

Li Zheng stayed under the Bodhi tree for an entire day.

Aside from meals, he spent the rest of his time sitting under the Bodhi tree, "enlightening himself."

But the "Through the Hall Swallow" move seemed like a curse, making no progress whatsoever, which made Li Zheng somewhat discouraged.

"Alright, I'll stop studying for now, to avoid getting annoyed!" Li Zheng turned to look at Lu Li.

After a full day of continuous training, Lu Li's spiritual body had grown to the size of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old, and he was not far from fully recovering.

The effects of the Lazy Yoga Mat exceeded Li Zheng's expectations.

However, this is also because Lu Li is ruthless to himself, which is why he has achieved such gratifying results.

Every time Li Zheng thought Lu Li was about to give up, he always managed to grit his teeth and persevere, a level of perseverance that left people speechless.

"No wonder this kid chose a sniper rifle. With that kind of perseverance, he can endure for a long time in any complex environment."

To be honest, Li Zheng admired Lu Li's ruthlessness. Most people couldn't stick to it and would probably have been influenced by the laziness of the yoga mat and just lay there doing nothing.

“Too much of a good thing can be bad. He needs to rest for a few days after today’s training session, otherwise I’m worried he’ll ruin himself.” Li Zheng shook his head.

It's like those lazy, gluttonous couch potatoes suddenly starting to work out one day, and then training all day long with high-intensity workouts.

It might not seem like much at the time, but once you rest, the side effects kick in the next day and can drive you crazy.

Lu Li's physical body is defective and underdeveloped. After today's training session, he is like someone who has overexerted himself in a workout. He will definitely feel some discomfort in the next few days.

It's possible to experience phantom pain throughout the body.

Shifting his consciousness to check the time, Li Zheng realized it was almost dark again. He entered the Dark Realm and called Lu Li down: "Alright, that's enough for today's training. Take your time to adjust over the next few days. I need to go out for a bit."

Lu Li gritted his teeth and stepped off the yoga mat, collapsing down as if relieved of a great burden.

With a thought, Li Zheng and the two separated from the dark realm and returned to their bodies.

In an instant, Lu Li was soaked as if he had been drenched in a downpour, sweating profusely. In the blink of an eye, his clothes were completely wet and dripping water.

His face visibly turned pale, and he was extremely weak.

Li Zheng took out a bottle of water and handed it to him: "Drink slowly, take a break first. You trained too hard today, and you may not be able to move for the next few days. Take a good rest."

"Hmm." Lu Li sipped his water and asked, "When are you coming back this time?"

After calculating in his mind, Li Zheng said, "I don't know either. I had a lot of things to do this time. If you've recovered enough and I'm still not back, then go and take care of your own business."

Before heading out, Li Zheng planned to first go to the blacksmith shop to get the Black Dragon Spear, and then go to the Gravity Research Institute to find Feng Yue and try to use the equipment there to train his physical strength.

Sakura should be back in a few days, and he'll have to go pick her up.

Finally, he also wanted to visit the other five sin domains to see the differences between each one.

In summary, Li Zheng estimates that he may not be able to finish his work in a month or two.

(End of this chapter)