Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 689 Gluttony Sin Domain
Li Zheng had always been curious about how the Wildlings entered the Sin Domain.

Under the guidance of the Black Dragon Clan's ancestor, he had gained some insight into the matter.

"So the Sin Domain is beneath the wilderness?" Li Zheng looked up, still surrounded by an impenetrable black mist, almost tangible. "If I had continued flying upwards last time, would I have been able to reach some part of the wilderness?"

The Black Dragon Ancestor said, "Remember this environment. When you go back, you must return the way you came. If the error exceeds ten meters, you may not be able to find your way back."

"Ten meters?" Li Zheng asked. "But when I looked from up there just now, that canyon was at least several thousand meters long, wasn't it?"

"But the area connected to the Sin Domain is only a very small patch," said the Black Dragon Ancestor. "I discovered this place by accident, which is why I brought my people to settle in that mountain range."

The vampire queen said angrily, "We didn't know about this back then, and that shameless old man stole the best territory!"

“That territory is connected to the Sin Domain and seems extremely valuable,” said the Black Dragon Ancestor. “But our race has been located there for nearly a thousand years and has experienced many battles between new race players and emotional storms. Whenever a war breaks out, some twisted creatures will emerge from the connection point, and it is our race that resists those twisted creatures.”

This is one of the reasons why the Blood-Patterned Black Dragon clan has such a smaller population than the other two clans.

Li Zheng memorized the surrounding scenery, then asked, "Did the three of you come to the Sin Domain to hunt for magic crystals to further enhance your strength?"

"I suppose so." The Black Dragon Ancestor stroked his snow-white beard and sighed, "The three of us bear the sins of our three races. It's time to pay for these sins now that they've dragged on for so long."

"Repay?" Li Zheng sensed something was wrong and was about to say something when the vampire queen changed the subject: "Let's go, let's go to the area left behind by the Heavenly Dragon Clan first."

Xiaoying was still making a fuss, grabbing Li Zheng's hand: "Daddy, I'm hungry..."

Helpless, Li Zheng could only take out some of the fruit cultivated by the ugly farmer and give it to her: "Eat some first to fill your stomach, and when we get back, I'll have your mother, Miriel, make you something nice to eat."

"Mmm!" Sakura took two bites of the fruit and nodded obediently.

She wasn't entirely affected by the Gluttony Domain that kept saying she was hungry; rather, she hadn't eaten all night, and the aura of the Gluttony Domain had finally triggered her inability to resist her hunger.

"Fairy Fruit?" The gray-haired woman glanced at the fruit in Sakura's hand and exclaimed in surprise, "This is the best supplement for mental strength below the level of magic crystals, and you actually gave it to her to eat as fruit?"

"Isn't everything grown meant to be eaten?" Li Zheng took out three more fruits and gave one to each of them: "Try them, everyone. These are new varieties of fairy fruits that I have carefully cultivated. They have better medicinal effects and taste even better."

Ugly Farmer cultivates crops constantly inside Li Zheng's capsule, even improving crops like Fairy Fruit, which takes more than ten days to mature.

With the addition of a culture medium, a batch can now mature in just eight days.

Moreover, the new variety of Fairy Fruit is about 20% more effective than the one Li Zheng ate before!

Although for those who have already begun absorbing the magic crystal energy, this benefit is so slight as to be almost negligible.

However, its intrinsic value is still quite high, making it very suitable for consumption by the younger generation.

This variety was only cultivated a few days ago, and Li Zheng has about fifty of them in his inventory, enough for Xiaoying to eat for a long time.

The three leaders were not pretentious. They took the fruit, tasted a few bites, and nodded in praise: "It is indeed more delicious than the kind I have eaten before, and the effect is also very good."

The vampire queen said, "If this variety of fairy fruit were sold in the outer city, the market would definitely be very good."

“There will be dedicated shops selling these items in Block 4 in the future,” Li Zheng said.

He has already planned to buy the right to use another shop after he goes back, and then apply for a general merchandise sales license to sell some of the trinkets produced here.

For example, he wanted to sell a portion of the enhanced culture medium, the new crop varieties cultivated by the ugly farmer, and even the purified twisted magic crystals.

In the outer city, no one has ever sold magic crystals with abundant energy, and Li Zheng does not plan to sell more. He only puts one up for sale every morning at eight o'clock, with random quality.

He also learned how to play the treasure chest system, so that the residents of the outer city could experience the daily anticipation of treasure chests.

"With you in the outer city, our people will surely have a better future." The Black Dragon Ancestor wiped the juice off his beard. "Moreover, with your strength, surviving the final calamity shouldn't be a problem."

Fairy Fruits are sold in District 4, and the members of all three races are ultimately the beneficiaries.

With the help of the Fairy Fruit, the younger members of the clan can grow up more quickly.

"Haha." The gray-haired woman laughed, "Actually, the three of us have been very uneasy all these years, unsure whether sending our people to the outer city was a wise choice."

"I feel a little more at ease now." A lingering worry remained between the vampire queen's brows. "But I still can't be completely at ease..."

"Children and grandchildren have their own destinies. We have done what we could and should do. Whether the future is good or bad, let them work hard for it themselves." The Black Dragon Ancestor lowered his eyebrows and beard: "It's just a pity that we probably won't be able to see it."

As they spoke, the group arrived at the golden area left behind by the Heavenly Dragon Clan.

Li Zheng looked back and found that the place where the canyon fell was only a dozen kilometers away from the golden light zone.

In other words, to get down from that canyon, you need to absorb at least the maximum amount of Red Magic Crystals.

Otherwise, it is easy to fall into the sin domain and be assimilated by the environment there.

The three races have been stationed there for nearly a thousand years, experiencing countless wars filled with emotional storms. After each war, the Sinful Realm would be filled with twisted creatures.

The Black Dragon Ancestor was right; they are indeed not short of money...

Walking through the golden light, the Black Dragon Ancestor looked at the Celestial Dragons who were still in their final moments, and sighed with regret, "Back then, during the Celestial Dragon Clan's war, I watched from afar. Their fearless spirit even infected me, and I wished I could fight alongside them. If it weren't for the fact that I still had my clansmen to take care of, perhaps I would have been one of them back then..."

The gray-haired woman said, "It's not too late now."

“Yes.” The Black Dragon Ancestor looked ahead and said after a long while, “It’s not too late now.”

Li Zheng felt increasingly uneasy as he listened. A thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and he was horrified: "Could it be that the three of you, having no more attachments, intend to end your lives in the Sinful Realm?"

"To be precise, we are merely atoning for the sins of the past," the Black Dragon Ancestor said, releasing his bloody aura. "These are the sins of our clan, stains left in our history. Now that they have entered the outer city and are reborn, these stains should also vanish."

“But… you could have lived well, even if you stayed in the Sinful Domain to hunt for Twisted Magic Crystals for your people, right?” Li Zheng advised. “With your strength, you could have set foot in the area behind the golden light, and hunting for Purple Magic Crystals would have been a piece of cake. You could have continued to contribute to the three races. Wouldn’t that have been better?”

In fact, many members of certain races in the outer city are bloodthirsty and can only live in the wilderness.

However, the reason why entire clans like the Black Dragon Clan and the Blood Clan failed to enter the outer city is simply because the proportion of red names in the matrix was too high, causing those without red names to lose their eligibility to advance to the outer city.

"Therefore, we bear the sins of the three races on our shoulders." The Black Dragon Ancestor withdrew his blood energy and continued forward.

Seeing that they were determined, Li Zheng knew he couldn't persuade them otherwise, so he could only silently follow behind.

Several hours later, the group arrived at the edge of the golden zone, where many other races were gathered. Like in other sinful realms, everyone was wearing camouflage clothing.

Only Li Zheng and his group were exceptions, all showing their true faces.

A member of another race, dressed in camouflage clothing, stepped forward and stopped about twenty meters away from them: "You should all understand the rules of the Sin Domain. Please put on your camouflage clothing so as not to cause unnecessary trouble for others." The Gluttony Sin Domain is related to eating.

And the alien races...

It's edible.

In particular, certain ethnic groups have a particular fondness for a certain species, and if they see an alien that looks similar, they may not be able to suppress their inner impulses.

"Sorry, we'll leave now." The Black Dragon Ancestor waved his hand apologetically, then took out a disguise and put it on.

Li Zheng and the others also put on a piece of clothing.

Then, in full view of everyone, the group walked out of the golden zone together.

hum!
A loud bang seemed to ring in their heads, and everyone's appetite was whetted. Even Li Zheng couldn't resist wanting to eat something to satisfy his cravings.

Sakura cried out repeatedly, "Daddy, I'm hungry again!"

The Red Porings couldn't help but shout, "Poring Poring!"

Even with Li Zheng's protection, the influence of the Gluttony Sin Domain cannot be completely eliminated.

Helpless, Li Zheng had no choice but to hand Xiaoying over to Miriel and say, "You take them and wait for me to return in the Golden Light Zone."

Miriel was in slightly better condition than Sakura and the others, but she could barely maintain her rationality.

He immediately agreed to Li Zheng's arrangement, and carried Xiao Ying back to the Golden Light Zone, whereupon the boundless hunger subsided.

Li Zheng took out a few more fruits and stuffed them into Xiao Ying's hand, admonishing her, "When you want to eat them, tell Mother Miriel and ask her to take you to a secluded place to eat them. Don't disturb anyone else, understand?"

"Okay, Dad." Sakura cleverly hid the fruit under her disguise so no one could see it.

"Good girl." Li Zheng patted her little head. "Daddy will be back soon."

Then he turned around and followed the three leaders who had already walked away.

Watching their retreating figures, someone finally couldn't help but speak up: "That area is rarely visited, fraught with danger, and teeming with twisted creatures. If we get trapped, we might not be able to come back."

Someone nearby sneered, "They made a stupid mistake, what does it have to do with you? If you can't bear it, why don't you go after them and persuade them to come back?"

Another person said, "I've seen that old man before. He's the patriarch of the Blood-Patterned Black Dragon clan. He often comes to the Gluttony Sin Domain and is more familiar with this place than we are. He knows very well what that area represents."

"Then why are they still going?" someone exclaimed. "Have they lived too long and gotten tired of it?"

"You're tired of living, but he won't be," the man sneered. "I suspect they have some ulterior motive for going there!"

"What is the purpose?" someone asked.

The man replied matter-of-factly, "How would I know?"

The discussion ended there. Some people remembered what that person had just said and wanted to catch up with the Black Dragon Ancestor and the others, but hesitated because they were worried about their own lack of strength.

Some from the wilderness were already plotting to seize the spoils of the Black Dragon Ancestor and his group when they returned.

“This area is too dangerous; we rarely set foot here,” the Black Dragon Ancestor said to Li Zheng. “So we might not be able to protect you later.”

Li Zheng laughed and said, "Grandpa, don't worry about me. At worst, I'll just escape back to the Golden Light Zone."

“He’s not slow. Most of the twisted creatures in the Gluttony Domain can’t fly and are quite clumsy. We can ignore him,” the vampire queen said from the side. Judging from her movements, she was probably giving warnings around.

Li Zheng was not worried about encountering any insurmountable dangers. If such dangers were to approach, Lao Pu would definitely warn him immediately.

The data displayed before him was spectacular; about fifty kilometers ahead, there were purple-level twisted creatures everywhere.

He turns his neck to an almost imperceptible angle, and the information in front of him is refreshed.

It's hard to imagine how many unseen, twisted creatures exist there.

After walking for a while longer, Li Zheng saw a series of low mountain ranges in the far distance. These mountains were not real mountains, but rather composed of twisted creatures that were as big as small hills.

Getting closer, he was able to make out the general appearance of those twisted creatures.

The twisted creatures of the Gluttony Sin Domain are different from those of the Fourth Sin Domain and the Wrath Sin Domain.

They were enormous, extremely obese giants, with short, thick thighs beneath their round bodies, their entire bodies bluish-purple, their faces terrifying, with blue faces and fangs.

Some twisted creatures had already noticed their arrival, opening their blood-red maws and letting out urgent roars.

It came rushing towards them with a thunderous roar.

The heavy body stepped on the ground, and even Li Zheng could feel the ground tremble, as if an earthquake had occurred.

"Let's do it," the Black Dragon Ancestor said to the vampire queen and her companion.

Before the two could respond, he took a step forward and spread his arms.

"hold head high!!!"

A clear, dragon-like roar emanated from his mouth, and then his aged body suddenly expanded, tearing open his disguise with a ripping sound, transforming in the blink of an eye into a black-scaled dragon tens of meters tall, its scales covered with patches of blood-red patterns.

A pair of enormous dragon wings spread out behind him, blotting out the sky.

"Hiss!" Li Zheng gasped. This was the first time he had seen such a massive entity since entering the matrix.

Compared to the current form of the Black Dragon Ancestor, the giants they had encountered before were like underage children, incomparable.

Whoops!

The pair of dragon wings flapped, creating a hurricane that sent pebbles flying and cratering the ground in the distance.

This physical strength was extraordinary, and Li Zheng was filled with envy.

If he possessed such a physique, perhaps he could accommodate one-tenth of his spiritual power.

(End of this chapter)