Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 773 - 536: They Have a Common Identity

Li Zheng opened his eyes and found himself in an ocean with no visible boundaries.

This place was limitless, with no concept of time, and seemed it would remain this way forever.

He wanted to move but couldn't, wanted to speak but had no mouth, wanted to hear but had no ears.

It seemed he could only 'see' everything but could change nothing.

After who knows how long, he noticed the 'sea water' around him seemed to be gathering towards him, slowly filling up inside him.

A feeling of fullness rose in his mind.

As the 'sea water' rushed in, his size also gradually became larger than before.

Whether it was because he grew larger or the sea water diminished, Li Zheng could already see the edge of the 'ocean', empty and barren.

Again, after an unknown amount of time, just when Li Zheng thought this situation would continue, the speed at which 'sea water' poured in suddenly accelerated, madly rushing into his body.

The feeling of fullness quickly turned into a sensation of being inflated, as if he was on the verge of bursting from the things rushing in.

Finally, the sea water disappeared completely, and the swelling sensation reached its peak.

Li Zheng had just exhaled in relief when his overinflated self exploded with a booming sound.

The 'sea water' that was previously infused surged out, returning to its original state in an instant.

All around was 'sea water', and he was at the center of the 'ocean'.

Only this time, Li Zheng suddenly felt a bit different.

He felt like he had transformed from a plastic bag into a channel, the previous infusion of 'sea water' had been passive.

This time, his 'body' seemed to be actively absorbing nearby sea water, and at an increasing speed, as if a dam holding back a river had suddenly released, and the surging 'sea water' roared.

Unsure if it was an illusion, Li Zheng felt as though he could sense the 'rumble' from the rushing sea water.

"This feeling... why does it feel a bit indescribable?" Li Zheng wondered, first resisting and then reluctantly accepting, but after initial development, the second time became an active demand?

Hah, damn it's incredible!

Just as Li Zheng was distracted for a moment, the 'sea water' was completely absorbed, and silence fell around him.

Not far away, suddenly a bit more 'sea water' appeared, as soon as it emerged it seemed drawn to Li Zheng, flowing over eagerly to be absorbed dry by him.

Repeated countless times, Li Zheng's perspective suddenly shifted, rapidly elevating.

Only then did he realize that the place he had been was actually a sphere like a 'star'.

"Now, do you understand how to condense the node?"

Hearing the abrupt question next to his ear, Li Zheng snapped back to reality, seeing in front of him someone exactly like himself, Xu.

"Is this what you meant by guiding me through the process of condensing a node?" Li Zheng couldn't help but complain, "Even so, is it necessary to blur my memories? I nearly got lost in the process!"

"Only this way can you experience the process undistracted," Xu explained, "I was always by your side, if there was any risk of losing you, I would stop immediately, you wouldn't be harmed."

"Even though you say that, I still feel uneasy..." Li Zheng smiled bitterly.

"Trust me, there's no mistake!"

Xu smiled kindly, "Now that you've experienced the process, try starting to establish a 'singularity' in your spiritual power origin."

"Okay."

Li Zheng closed his eyes, releasing a trace of spiritual power to envelop himself, locating the center point of his body at the junction of chest and abdomen.

Since Li Zheng was now in a Spiritual Body state, all his actions were clear to Xu's eyes, easily capturing everything.

"First, gather all your spiritual power to the center point, this process might take a bit, but remember not to rush," Xu advised, worried Li Zheng might not do well.

Li Zheng followed Xu's instructions, his body seemed to turn into a pool of liquid, producing ripples, gradually softening.

"Don't panic!"

Xu continued, "Your current state is spiritual power, now it's just returning to the source, reverting to the most initial state of spiritual power."

As his words fell, Li Zheng's body indeed turned into a pure mass of spiritual power.

This mass of spiritual power gently flowed, gathering towards the center.

As time passed, a collapse reaction indeed appeared at the center of the gathered spiritual power, forming a small vortex.

The vortex stirred the spiritual power, slowly rotating and gradually attracting the nearby spiritual power to draw in and eventually merge into the vortex.

"The singularity is beginning to form, don't stop, continue this action until the vortex ascends to a higher level!" Xu's voice was steady, giving Li Zheng infinite confidence.

The vortex dragged and devoured the spiritual power bit by bit, and at the vortex's center, a small black dot appeared.

The small black dot seemed to have some kind of pulling force, the spiritual power's flow became faster and faster, gradually slipping out of Li Zheng's control.

Li Zheng was startled, wanting to stop, but it was too late.

Xu, help me!

He shouted within his mind, trying to stir the spiritual power to convey his intention to Xu, but failed.

"Finally... it's time..."

Xu's face showed an uncharacteristic hint of melancholy and a bit of loss.

"I've waited for this moment, for who knows how many ages, finally, it has arrived."

Xu slowly raised his hand, controlling countless Spiritual Power Nodes within the Dark Realm, raising one hand to grip lightly.

Boom!!!

All nodes exploded, reverting to their most original form of pure spiritual power, forming a brilliant river in the Dark Realm, extraordinarily magnificent.

Such an action was undoubtedly self-destructive; henceforth his power might not even compare to Li Zheng.

Xu, what are you doing!?

Li Zheng shouted in the depths of his consciousness, not understanding why Xu would do this since with the nodes destroyed, he might not have the power to restore himself.

"Don't worry, I know what you are thinking, I will use this time to tell you the truth."

Xu offered a relieved smile, sitting cross-legged not far in front of Li Zheng, his right hand gently pulling a strand from the brilliant river, connecting to Li Zheng's spiritual power origin.

Through the nascent node absorption, Xu's spiritual power was swallowed into it.

The next moment, the node, as if consuming great nourishment, rapidly expanded several times, devouring all of Li Zheng's spiritual power.

Yet his consciousness did not disappear, but transferred to within the node, just like when he experienced node condensation earlier, helplessly carried along.

Except for one difference, this time he not only had 'sight', but also 'hearing'.

After finishing his previous action, Xu stopped and slowly asked, "Remember when we first met, I told you many different races have been to the Dark Realm?"

Yes, I remember!

Of course, Li Zheng remembered!

Because that first meeting wasn't that long ago, how could he forget?

Then, Xu said something chilling enough to make Li Zheng's hair stand on end:

"Actually, I lied to you at the time. Those people weren't from countless races; they all had a common identity, which is... you!"