Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 876 Strange Movement in Black Hair

"Following this route, I only need to open another 38,000 doors to reach the area where the demons reside."

Li Zheng looked down at the positioning map provided to him by the terminal using the rules. The map only marked the tip of the iceberg of the matrix, and there were more than a trillion rooms within this tip of the iceberg!

"The matrix is ​​a low-dimensional micro-world created by the terminal using special means. Such a complex design could not have been done even by me in the original form without the enormous computing power of the terminal computer."

Because the rules of the world are incomplete, even the terminal itself is unaware of any flaws in the Matrix world that it cannot observe. In fact, after it uploaded its consciousness to the terminal, its control over the Matrix world was weakened to the extreme.

Otherwise, he could have simply thrown Li Zheng into the demon race's territory at will, instead of letting Li Zheng find his way back using the location map.

The number 38,000 is just a number without a specific meaning; in reality, the different rooms in the matrix have different areas.

Some rooms are only a few square meters, and you can walk a few steps from the door to the next room.

Some rooms are like vast grasslands or deep oceans, and even at Li Zheng's speed, it would take him one or two minutes to fly to the other side.

Even for Li Zheng, traveling this route would take a considerable amount of time.

Fortunately, since he was promoted to the outer city, he has lost the restriction of only being able to pass through ten rooms per day; otherwise, by the time he found the demon race, the final catastrophe might have already come.

Li Zheng traveled unimpeded, and almost none of the beings in the matrix could withstand a single blow from him, except for the evil eyeball he had encountered earlier.

When he opened the door again and entered, he found himself in a room with a grassland setting, and was surprised to find that there were two other players there.

Two players are fighting over a palm-sized piece of silver metal.

One of them, with brown hair and blue eyes, was swearing in Spanish.

Another person with an Asian face spoke only Spanish... well, that's also Spanish.

Li Zheng was not surprised by this, because most players in the matrix had gone to the outer city. In order to accelerate the advancement of the remaining players, the terminal had relaxed the restrictions on some things that could improve strength and transfer to other regions, so it was not unusual for people from different countries to appear in the same channel.

These two were not weak; they were comparable to Li Zheng before he went to the outer city, when he could easily beat up Zhan Zhaozhao, whom he had just met.

Xiao Xiba possesses a kind of lightning-attribute attachment gene ability, similar to Li Zheng's Ice and Fire Dual Heaven ability, which allows him to condense a layer of electric light on his body surface for defense and attack.

The other one possesses dual-elemental genetic abilities of water and earth. Earth-elemental abilities counteract electric-elemental abilities. His entire body is also covered with a layer of armor, but it is made of stone, which perfectly isolates Xiao Xiba's electric-elemental abilities.

However, water-based abilities are countered by electric-based abilities, so the brown-haired, blue-eyed player's strength was effectively halved, and he could only use earth-based abilities to engage in a passionate brawl with Xiao Xiba, resulting in flashes of lightning and flying sand and stones.

Li Zheng crossed his arms and floated in the air for a moment, watching from the sidelines. He couldn't help but burst out laughing.

From his current perspective, the fight between these two players was no different from children playing house.

Furthermore, if they were in the outer city, he could even offer some guidance on how the two could improve their strength.

For example, if Xiao Xiba, who uses lightning-based superpowers, can implant enough "base" in his body and link it with the unique lightning-based branch abilities such as "electron penetration," "energy gathering," and "burst," a punch wrapped in lightning can shatter the opponent's earthen armor.

Of course, in contrast, earth-type ability users can implant side abilities such as "solid," "thick skin," "force absorption," and "rooted in the earth" to raise their own defense to another level and incidentally transfer some of the force aimed at them to the medium under their feet.

However, the advantages and disadvantages of genetic abilities are too obvious. They develop quickly but have low limits. Even though Yan Bujin cooperated with Li Zheng to develop a new type of genetic ability improvement surgery, it still did not completely change the status of genetic abilities in the outer city.

However, Li Zheng discovered that genetic abilities were particularly popular among foreigners. Almost all non-Chinese players prioritized genetic abilities, with very little exploration of their mental and other potential aspects. This resulted in only Chinese players and a small number of foreigners currently being able to enter the Sin Domain for exploration; the rest were relegated to logistical support in the outer city through genetic enhancement.

The fight between two amateurs didn't interest Li Zheng much, but the piece of silvery metal they were fighting over caught his attention.

[A meteorite from outer space has been discovered. Submitting it will earn you 1000 Fantasy Points.]

It turned out to be a valuable item worth a thousand fantasy points, and unlike the evil items discovered earlier, this was simply a material.

In other words, even if it is not handed over to the system, the so-called extraterrestrial meteorite can remain in the hands of the system or be handed over to the terminal to develop a way to use it.

but……

"If this thing appeared in the Matrix, could it be that there are still many in stock on the terminal side?"

Li Zheng hesitated, wondering whether he should take the items by force.

With his current strength, he could easily subdue the two without moving them, but being recognized would undoubtedly damage his reputation.

However, the extraterrestrial meteorite, valued at a thousand fantasy points, was indeed very tempting, enough to make Li Zheng risk ruining his reputation to snatch it.

"and many more!"

As he hesitated, Li Zheng suddenly realized, "Wait a minute! When did I become a brute who only knows how to rob with violence?"

Behind him, the resentful black hair, as black as ink, twitched slightly a few times before settling into stillness.

Ignoring the two people below vying for the extraterrestrial meteorite, Li Zheng immediately focused on examining himself.

The thought that just popped into his head was completely contrary to his nature and could not possibly be something he would have.

Even though he has experienced many things and his way of thinking is now far different from that of ordinary people, Li Zheng does not believe that he is a villain who would steal when he sees something he likes.

"Has spending too much time in the realm of sin distorted my thinking?"

"Or is there something I haven't noticed that's influencing my thinking?"

After frowning and checking himself, Li Zheng found nothing unusual. He then released his mental energy to survey his surroundings, trying to find the entity that was secretly influencing his thoughts.

Unfortunately, they still came up empty-handed.

"What's going on?"

Li Zheng suddenly felt a sense of estrangement from himself, as if he had become someone else without knowing when, and felt that his soul and body were out of sync.

"Could this be a side effect of practicing demonic arts?"

A thought struck Li Zheng: In the novels he had read, demonic cultivators would undergo a dramatic change in temperament after practicing demonic arts. Perhaps his thoughts just now were caused by demonic arts.

If this is the case, demonic arts cannot be spread on a large scale, otherwise the consequences will be endless!

He completely ignored the resentful black hair behind him, failing to notice the strange fluctuations emanating from it, fluctuations that had already appeared the moment he condensed his demonic golden core.