Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day-Chapter 880 - 627: Invisible Panic

Li Zheng felt a bit off-balance inside. Why did he almost lose his life when the Black Dragon Spear acknowledged him, yet Xiao could take it with just a stretch of his hand?

Why is that?

Could it be because of racial reasons?

He pondered, "If the Black Dragon Spear acknowledged Xiao because of his race, then it makes sense. But I don't know which race he belongs to. When I first met him, he was too weak for Lao Pu to investigate. I can try next time."

Zi Yuan, seeing how weak he looked, quickly urged, "I suggest you go back to your room and rest. When the senior brother returns, I can ask him what happened just now. Since the Black Dragon Spear is his creation, he should know best about the master recognition process."

"Okay." Li Zheng nodded, and said to Mirel, "Help me back."

Mirel responded and took him to his room.

Li Zheng lay on the bed with a sigh, "I originally wanted to find a sparring dojo to practice some techniques. I didn't expect such things to happen."

"You're already very strong now. Even the top expert of the Abyss Race might not be able to defeat you, so why push yourself so hard?" Mirel sat by the bed and looked at him.

"You don't understand," Li Zheng sighed. "You've been with me for a while. You must have heard about the crisis of the Seven Sins Domain and the Emotion Storm. These disasters, which have wiped out countless civilizations, always make me uneasy. It feels like no matter how strong I become, I can't make it through."

Mirel pondered, "If we can't win, can't the Outer City still accommodate a lot of people? Living in the Outer City is quite good, isn't it?"

"Ha." Li Zheng gave a bitter smile. "The Queen didn't tell you, but when the Abyss Race entered the Matrix, all the elderly and young were screened out at that time, did she?"

Li Zheng looked up at the ceiling. "If we only think about hiding in the Outer City and surviving without striving to improve ourselves, what will happen to our family when the final battle comes? Are we just going to watch them die?"

Mirel was taken aback. "But among the people I've interacted with, it seems like none of them are particularly concerned about their family. Especially those tens of thousands you killed today—if anyone among them was concerned about their family, at the start, when they targeted your legion, they should have carefully and cautiously considered it, right?"

After all, Mirel could imagine something like settling scores in the autumn. If the Starting Point Legion wasn't wiped out at once, as long as there was a survivor, even if there wasn't the so-called final crisis, wouldn't those people fear their families being implicated?

"Perhaps...it's because they don't fully understand what will happen in the future that they were misled." Li Zheng softly said as he looked at the ceiling, "Before knowing about the Emotion Storm, I also thought I'd spend my life in the Matrix. Who would have thought that if we solved the Emotion Storm, there might still be a chance to return home?

No..."

Suddenly feeling a sense of loneliness, he said, "Water Blue Star is their home, while I'm...I'm a wanderer from another universe. My home isn't here."

"And most players probably don't even know about the existence of the Emotion Storm. They are still worried about exploring every day. With a strong legion as a backing, at least there's safety assurance during explorations."

If they encounter an enemy too strong, knowing they can't win, they can seek help from the legion and hold on until others come to the rescue.

And to enjoy this backing assurance, they need to follow orders from the legion's higher-ups.

Li Zheng also knew that most of the thousands he killed might have been innocent players not involved in the crusade against the Starting Point. But so what?

Since they chose to rely on those legions, they should have anticipated this day would come.

Li Zheng was also prepared for this.

If one day, he encounters an enemy he can't resist and gets killed.

He would still be without regret.

From the moment he woke up from the Matrix, he might not have had such awareness, but after meeting the Infinite Transformer for the first time and experiencing a life-and-death crisis, he figured it out.

Mirel comforted him, "Don't overthink it. Maybe someday we'll find a way home?"

"The future..."

A hint of confusion flashed in Li Zheng's eyes. He had memories from before his body traversed, with a strong longing to return to Earth.

But his body had traversed to this place countless years ago. If he can return in the future, who knows what Earth has transformed into by then.

For a moment, he was at a loss, fearing that when he returns, he might find Earth gone...

Or Earth's civilization has already changed generations—these are all uncertain matters.

"Wait!" Li Zheng suddenly realized, "What do you mean by 'we'? Do you want to go back to Earth with me too?"

Mirel's beautiful eyes were filled with a smile, "Yeah, I'm curious to see what kind of place could produce someone as outstanding as you, Yang Yu."

"Out...outstanding?" Li Zheng felt a bit ashamed, "I'm nothing...compared to the great people from my hometown, I'm insignificant."

"Oh?" Mirel rested her finger on her chin, a look of longing, "Then I'm even more eager to see it."

Li Zheng couldn't help but ask, "Putting aside whether we can return to Earth, don't you want to go back to the ancestral land of your Abyss Race with the Queen and have a look?"

"Ancestral land..." Mirel thought for a moment, "To be honest, not really. I heard from my mother that the ancestral land of the Abyss Race is quite ordinary, filled with volcanoes and lava, even the plants are black. Just thinking about it feels so ugly. I prefer a colorful world. Whether to return to it isn't important."