Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 914 - 644: Sin Domain (Part 2 of Middle)
As Li Zheng explored their surroundings, it was empty... as clean as a freshly washed face in the morning.
"So few twisted creatures, and those five still managed to encounter one and get wiped out. It's hard to say whether they were lucky or unlucky."
Li Zheng hovered high in the sky, about a hundred meters above the ground, where a thick gray fog shrouded the area, making it difficult to see far with the naked eye.
The fog began to appear gradually from about thirty meters above the ground. This fog wasn't formed by condensed water vapor, nor was it made of smog-like particles, but rather a stranger phenomenon.
It's as if the world shifted from 4K ultra-HD to HD, and then to standard definition.
The higher the altitude, the lower the clarity, until it became complete darkness.
"I heard from the Terminal before that the Wilderness is actually located outside the Matrix, akin to being in the universe." Li Zheng maintained his flight altitude: "I initially wanted to catch a glimpse of the cosmic scenery, but it turns out that the Sin Domain is different, as if something is blocking, making it impossible to fly out."
[When a certain emotion is so intense, you find your brain uncontrollable, rejecting all foreign information unconsciously.]
[The isolation barrier above is like that. It's not fog, but intensely extreme negative emotions.]
[You're lucky to have spiritual power as vast as the starry sea, otherwise flying this high would be courting death!]
With Prelis' Eye's reminder, Li Zheng belatedly realized that while Aidaxi and the others were also flying to travel, they kept their altitude below thirty meters.
He initially thought it was a rule restriction of the gathering area, prohibiting high-altitude flying to prevent triggering the fragile nerves of some races.
It was actually because flying too high is affecting them.
"However..." Li Zheng carefully sensed, "It seems that even so-called intensely extreme negative emotions hardly shake me now."
Inside the fog, Li Zheng occasionally missed Mirel, but the psychological and physiological impulses would soon be suppressed.
Evidently, all thanks to the benefits of spiritual power.
"As expected, only magic can defeat magic." Li Zheng mused: "To completely solve the emotional spiritual storm, only sufficiently powerful spiritual power will do."
The nationwide upgrade is imminent.
Thought Prelis' Eye's suggested route was for walking, yet Li Zheng flew for half an hour before seeing the twisted creature indicated by the old Pu (Prelis).
He slightly lowered his altitude and looked down.
On the barren land, a monster with a pitch-black body and asymmetric limbs sprawled on the ground, resembling a giant oddly-shaped rock.
The extra limbs were like twisted, menacing tentacles, tipped with exposed eyeballs that occasionally rolled and cast naked gazes.
Just watching it, Li Zheng sensed a strong lust from the monster, and the restraint of certain brothers before engaging in hijinks seemed innocent compared to it.
"Really ugly." Li Zheng murmured with disdain.
Below, the twisted creature seemed to notice Li Zheng, focusing each pupil upwards onto him.
The twisted creature suddenly leapt up, its tentacle-like limbs stretched wildly upwards, trying to reach, and engulf Li Zheng into its grotesque body.
"But one must say, it's a bit weak." Li Zheng raised his hand and pulled the Glazed Long Saber from behind.
The capsule house was left near the Teleportation Gate for Mirel to use, while Li Zheng took this saber before leaving, carrying it on his back.
The Outer City Teleportation Gate, perhaps also connecting to the Matrix, could achieve extraordinary feats.
For instance, when residents pass through the gate, their deposited weapons and equipment in the storage are transferred to the Storage Space based on the destination.
This happens when returning to the Matrix for tasks or entering the Sin Domain; the moment they pass through the Teleportation Gate, the weapons return to Li Zheng's capsule, available for use anytime.
Once back in the Outer City, these weapons are stored again.
If residents acquire more weapons while outside the Outer City, they must document them at the storage once again.
The newly crafted Long Whip for Mirel after the task was also placed back in the storage.
As he slightly lowered his altitude, Li Zheng smelled an intense and peculiar odor emanating from near the twisted creature, a blend of privet blossoms and the stench of rotten fish.
Upon lowering his altitude, Li Zheng saw that beneath the shielded part of the twisted creature lay not just one gender, but both male and female characteristics, each varied in design.
Some male characteristics were combined with female ones, rubbing together and producing white foam.
The strange odor in the air emanated from the foam.
"Disgusting."
Li Zheng stifled the urge to vomit, gripping the Glazed Long Saber, and did not rush to kill the twisted creature.
He intended to gather some data about the twisted creatures for future players of Water Blue Star to use.
Suppressing the urge for a decisive strike, Li Zheng focused and waited.
When his descent brought him within twenty meters of the ground, the twisted creature became agitated, its tentacle limbs frantically twisting and coiling toward Li Zheng at speeds comparable to a full-powered strike of the Star Shining Level.
"The speed is decent, around the Intermediate Star Shining Level." Li Zheng flickered and dodged amid the tentacle onslaught, evading attack after attack.
