Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

Chapter 1032 734: Target

The method of imparting the technique for condensing nodes doesn't take much time.

Li Zheng quickly led Mudala through it once, then let her try to condense on her own while he watched from the side in case of any accidents.

Mudala had strong Spiritual Power, and by the current calculations in the Outer City, she should be considered quasi-Purple Level, which means she's at the level of beginning to absorb quasi-Purple Level Magic Crystals.

Only Li Zheng knew that this level was nothing special, even a false strength.

Once the first node was successfully condensed, Mudala's mental strength would actually decrease significantly until she condensed the fourth node, only then reaching her current level.

But in terms of foundation, it would be hundreds or even thousands of times more profound than now!

Mirel had only condensed two nodes and could already influence apes with Spiritual Power comparable to the Purple Level.

Although she eventually couldn't sustain it and had to stop, this point shows how powerful the potential of orthodox Spiritual Power node condensation is.

Half an hour later, Mudala condensed the first node, and the Spiritual Body leapt out from the node, allowing it to float above the empty Spiritual Realm.

A solitary figure stood on the barren wasteland.

A solitary node hung in the vast emptiness of the sky.

The two reflected off each other, making the place appear even more desolate. Li Zheng found it a bit hard to watch.

Mudala was the loneliest person he had ever encountered, lonely to the point of being pitiable.

It was hard to imagine what had supported her for over thirty years without descending into madness in such a barren Spiritual Realm.

Shortly after leaving Mudala's Spiritual Realm, she opened her eyes, a hint of excitement showing: "So this is the true path of Spiritual Power development!"

Li Zheng, hearing this, felt moved: "Let me ask you once more, has the Celestial Will Organization contacted you?"

"No." Mudala unexpectedly shook her head. Li Zheng assumed she was about to deny again, but she continued: "The Celestial Will Organization is not only looking for me but for the entire Destruction Race... or rather, the previous leader of the Destruction Race, who was also one of the Saintesses."

That Saintess was the one who taught Mudala the incorrect method of slave contract usage, and was also the former leader of the Destruction Race.

"So you said the other tribe members left over thirty years ago... Was it because they colluded with the Celestial Will Organization and relocated the tribe base?" Li Zheng asked puzzled: "But why did they leave you to continue fulfilling the former contract?"

"I don't know either." Mudala was equally baffled: "Perhaps... the previous leader wanted to use me to infiltrate the Outer City? After all, the contract signing method she taught me was entirely contrary; besides infiltrating the Outer City, I can't think of any other purpose."

Affected by the contract, Mudala would definitely not lie to Li Zheng; what she said now was from the bottom of her heart.

Li Zheng asked, "Now that you can count as having infiltrated the Outer City, what do you plan to do next?"

He had promised Mudala that after teaching her the method of condensing nodes, he would give her the opportunity to choose whether to leave.

"I want to know your most genuine thoughts, unaffected by the contract, rather than decisions made under its control."

"I..." Mudala said confusedly: "I don't know either. My sole life goal since birth was to wait for you in that place and enter the Outer City with you. The reason I wanted to learn how to break through the limits of Spiritual Power was also to believe that after learning it, I would have a chance to escape the influence of the Defeat Contract. But... what to do specifically in the future, I don't know, the previous leader didn't arrange it."

She thought carefully and asked, "If the Destruction Race really colluded with the Celestial Will Organization, would you confront them?"

"Not necessarily." Li Zheng said truthfully: "An enemy's friend isn't necessarily our enemy. As long as the Destruction Race doesn't make a move against me, I won't deliberately seek trouble with them."

"Why?" Mudala was puzzled: "The former leader taught me a reverse contract method, already scheming against you once. Aren't you angry?"

"Angry?" Li Zheng looked at Mudala oddly: "I think you're more eager than me to deal with them."

Mudala's words carried a hint of inciting Li Zheng to seek revenge against the Destruction Race.

"Thirty-odd years of solitude, equivalent to being imprisoned in a cage." Mudala said, "Such resentment, how could I not seek revenge?"

These three decades made Mudala realize why should her life be arranged by others?

Previously, she couldn't muster the determination to retaliate against the former leader because she belonged to the Destruction Race.

But now it was different; having followed Li Zheng, she became a part of the Outer City, opposite to the Wilderness people, giving her an excuse to act in retaliation.

"So your life goal has shifted from freedom to revenge?" Li Zheng shrugged: "If you gain my approval in the future, perhaps I can help you."

"Thank you," Mudala said softly in gratitude.

"No need to thank me." Li Zheng waved his hand; the reason he made such a promise was that he believed since the Destruction Race had colluded with the Celestial Will Organization, they wouldn't remain uninvolved, and would inevitably conflict with him in the future.

By then, he and Mudala would essentially share the same enemy, and helping would just be a side endeavor.

At this moment, Feng Yue walked to the greenhouse entrance: "Pathfinder, the matter is settled."

"So quickly?" Li Zheng stepped out of the greenhouse.

Mirel linked arms with him: "It's been half an hour already; five minutes ago, those brothers were hoarse and couldn't make a sound."

Feng Yue apologized: "I might have been a bit rough, please forgive me, Pathfinder."

Too rough?

Not at all.

Li Zheng, through the information provided by Prelis' Eye, could see that even though Hu Er and Hu San were lying there like bags of mud, occasionally twitching, there was actually no damage on their bodies.

What Feng Yue did was simple; he just treated Hu Er and Hu San's joints like building blocks, repeatedly assembling and disassembling them.

"Do you two know what you've done wrong?" Li Zheng approached and asked sternly.

Hu Er and Hu San: "We know, boss."

Li Zheng asked again: "What exactly did you do wrong?"

Hu San: "I shouldn't have gone to see Xiao Hua... boo hoo..."

Hu Er: "I shouldn't have gone to the gambling house."

Li Zheng asked again: "Anything else?"

Anything else?

Hu Er endured the nearly numbing pain in his joints, wondering, "Is there anything else we did wrong?"

Hu San, unable to hide his thoughts, candidly said, "I don't know."

"Still not a deep enough lesson."

At Li Zheng's words, Hu Er and Hu San shuddered: "We were wrong, really wrong! Boss, spare us!"

The clear sensation of their joints being slowly disassembled and then reassembled, they were truly scared, never wanting to experience it again.

In fact, what upset Li Zheng the most was that Hu Er and Hu San still weren't down-to-earth, following in their big brother Kota's footsteps of making an honest living through hard work.

Hu Er did have money-making ideas, but they were all tricks, always dreaming of hitting it big at the gambling house, akin to daydreaming.

Hu San was even worse, not only lacking the thought of earning money but also wanting to squander it wantonly in a brothel, hoping someone might have a kind heart to help him like Kota had done.

Frankly, if Li Zheng were even a little less compassionate, he would have driven Hu Er and Hu San out, instructing Kota not to associate with them in the future.

Or even more extreme, openly giving them some money, while covertly sending someone to dispose of them in some sewer, disguising it as a common attack and murder.

Anyway, Outer City's sewers often unearthed a few bodies, two more or less wouldn't make a difference.

"Alright, get up and follow me." Li Zheng thought it necessary to shatter their illusions, taking the two of them out with him.