Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 746 The Guide

When I have time, I need to visit a few more of the Sinful Realms that I haven't been to yet...

No, it should be a revisit to the Seven Sin Domains, to carefully observe those places, and perhaps discover even more strange and wonderful things that I have never found before.

Li Zheng set a schedule for himself again. After pondering for a long time, he did not directly mention the three materials, but instead changed the subject and asked the doctor: "Is the instrument you use to stimulate their cerebral cortex also specially made?"

The android doctor answered without hesitation: "That's a very common instrument in the outer city. It can be used in many fields. For example, there is a miniature version of the memory release device, which assists in the transmission of memories by converting memories into radio waves of a special frequency, which are then received by the brain and stored as information."

"So, the main reason they were able to regain their senses is the effect of the new drug you developed?" Li Zheng raised an eyebrow.

“Not entirely.” The doctor shook his head. “I tried giving them the medication alone, but none of them woke up. Only when both medications are used together does it work.”

"I see."

Li Zheng examined the conditions of several other patients and found that they were all very similar, even the quality and size of their spiritual bodies were almost identical.

"After these people woke up, did you continue to give them medication?" He realized something was wrong and continued to ask the doctor.

"No," the doctor replied. "Those materials are not common. I don't have many medicines here, and we can't afford to waste them. We stopped the medication when we found that they hadn't regained their previous memories after waking up."

Li Zheng suddenly realized that the method the doctor had developed was equivalent to reshaping a "soul" within these people's bodies.

Strictly speaking, the two cannot be considered the same person, but rather two completely different individuals of consciousness.

However, this method obviously has significant flaws.

That is, the newly formed spiritual body cannot grow actively over time like a normal person. After all patients stop taking the medication, regardless of the order in which they stop, their spiritual bodies eventually remain at a basic size.

Or……

This is like a group of adults with the souls of babies living inside their bodies. If there are no subsequent means to help them continue to grow, they will remain in this dazed and confused state until their bodies gradually age, lose vitality, and die.

"It seems that there is still a long way to go to perfectly cure the amnesia."

Li Zheng sighed, "Let's stop here for today. I'll come back when I have a new discovery."

It's practically impossible for Li Zheng to save Hisako by himself alone.

Even considering the worst-case scenario, even if reclaiming her stolen mental world and returning it to her mind could revive her, Li Zheng wasn't sure whether the person who stole her mental world was alive or dead.

Who knows, maybe the other person is already dead in some corner of the wilderness?

After all, countless people die there every day; it's a very real possibility.

"We need to make Yakumo and the others prepare for the worst."

Li Zheng bid farewell to the doctor and led Miriel and the others out of the clinic. He walked to the alley entrance and glanced at the teleportation gate twice, then abandoned the idea of ​​going over to inform Yakumo of the news.

Yakumo had long been obsessed with whether Hisa could recover, so telling them now would be pointless and might even anger her, making her hate him even more. "Forget it, let's go back to the botanical garden first and think of something in the next few days." Li Zheng turned and walked towards the botanical garden: "If all else fails... we'll have to give up on saving her and find another way to settle the debt we owe."

It's just about repaying a favor; there are plenty of ways to do it. Li Zheng just wanted to make it as perfect as possible.

However, he overestimated his abilities. There were many things that others couldn't understand, and he didn't understand them either. He needed time to figure them out.

“We’ve exhausted our manpower. I need to contact the terminal and have them select a group of the brightest Aquamarine people to send into the outer city.” Li Zheng walked down the street, pondering, “I’m a clone, so I have inherent flaws. Although I’ve grown a lot in the past few months, I’m still not as smart as a normal person…”

Above ordinary people are geniuses. Only geniuses can find a way in the unknown and lead everyone on the way.

"What I need to do is simply guide those geniuses to explore the path, and then sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor."

Li Zheng thought about it more and more and felt that this method was the most feasible, and secretly rejoiced: "I'm pretty smart after all."

Back at the botanical garden, Li Zheng saw the gate open and a group of strangers walking out, led by an old woman with nine fluffy fox tails trailing behind her.

Kanger saw the group out of the botanical garden and only breathed a sigh of relief after watching them disappear from sight: "Finally, they're gone."

He looked at Li Zheng: "Sir, you're back."

"Hmm." Li Zheng looked in the direction the old woman had left and asked, "Was that the client who commissioned you to cultivate the Canghun Ancient Tree?"

“Sort of,” Kanger said. “That Nine-Tailed Clan member was just the client’s butler. She was the one who contacted me and finalized the commission. As for who the real big client is, I guess it might be the Nine-Tailed Clan’s patriarch.”

"The Nine-Tailed Clan?" Li Zheng asked curiously, "What is their relationship with the Celestial Fox Clan?"

Lin Fengjiao's younger brother, Lin Longxuan, was accompanied by an orphan from the Celestial Fox Clan who had been left in the Matrix. This orphan also had multiple tails, and it was said that each tail could take a life for someone else.

Lin Longxuan was only able to live and meet Lin Fengjiao because of that orphan of the Heavenly Fox; otherwise, he would have died from various dangers during the ten-plus days of the beginner's period.

“They are close relatives,” Kanger said. “However, the Sky Fox Clan is now very rare. They are living in hiding somewhere. It is said that they were last discovered thirty years ago.”

"Hiding?" Li Zheng was curious about this word: "The Celestial Fox Clan has entered the wilderness?"

"In the outer city."

Kanger sighed, "The Sky Fox Clan's misfortune lies in their racial talent. A single tail can shield someone from disaster. Catching one is equivalent to having nine extra lives. Who wouldn't be tempted by such a treasure?"

Li Zheng frowned deeply: "Was it all done by people from outside the city?"

Kanger looked around, then pulled Li Zheng and the others into the botanical garden. He closed the door tightly before lowering his voice and saying, "Most of the Sky Fox Clan members have been captured by experts from the outer city and forced into slavery through various means. The environment in the outer city used to be quite positive. Back then, many people treated the Sky Fox Clan as expendable resources, not even leaving them with their last tail!"

"Later, in order to protect themselves, the Celestial Fox Clan went into hiding in the wilderness. For a long time afterward, there was no news of them until thirty years ago when news came out again that someone had seen the Celestial Fox Clan in the Sin Domain, but the news was not confirmed."

Li Zheng felt a surge of anger: "We are all members of the myriad races of the outer city, yet they treat the Heavenly Fox Clan as something that can be discarded and used at will?"

How is this inhumane behavior any different from that of the bloodthirsty thugs in the wilderness?
(End of this chapter)