Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

Chapter 1121 - 821: Xiahou Fei’s Spiritual Realm

"Are you injured?"

"Yes, this Sin Domain is truly sinister. I can barely keep myself awake through the pain." Xiahou Fei halted, taking out medicine to heal his wounds.

Li Zheng looked on and asked, "How long did it take you to get here?"

Xiahou Fei replied, "I don’t know. I’ve been muddleheaded on the road, having long forgotten the time. I suppose... it’s been quite a while since my wounds have started festering."

"Muddleheaded?" Li Zheng detected an indistinct putrid smell and asked, "Did you eat those things like the others?"

He pointed at those people who were just scrambling for the food.

"I..." Xiahou Fei hesitated, then conceded defeatedly, "I did."

Li Zheng felt a chill in his heart: "You ate them!?"

"Yes, I had completely lost consciousness. It was while scrambling for those things that I briefly regained clarity and managed to climb into the Golden Light Zone," Xiahou Fei said with a bitter smile. "Actually, I can’t even tell whether I’m still lying outside, seeing you in a delirious dream, or if I’ve truly entered the Golden Light Zone. But..."

He suddenly undid his concealing clothing, revealing his true appearance.

A creature resembling both a monkey and an ape, covered in golden fur, stood there—its body ravaged with festering wounds, utterly incapable of healing, as crimson eyes grew within the flesh, staring malevolently outside.

Around the eyes were dense black lines resembling visual nerves, deeply rooted and pulsating, extracting something from Xiahou Fei’s body.

"This is..." Li Zheng’s eyes twitched, Xiahou Fei now resembled the twisted creatures from the Envy Sin Domain!

"After eating those things, these cursed things grew on me," Xiahou Fei said bitterly, revealing that even within his mouth there were eyes. "I can stay awake now because the Golden Light Zone suppresses these eyes. I have a feeling that if I step outside the Golden Light Zone, these eyes would completely devour me."

Li Zheng was silent for a moment before asking, "Did you ever try to invoke battle intent and resonate with the Golden Light Zone?"

The Celestial Dragon Race’s battle intent can suppress the influence of the Sin Domain. Without resonance, the Celestial Dragon Race simply blocks environmental influences, but once resonated, the influence penetrates every part of the body.

"I dare not," Xiahou Fei shook his head, saying, "In my current state, akin to a twisted creature, how can I resonate with them?"

He smiled wryly, "I’m mainly worried that if I resonate, they might slaughter me mistaking me for a twisted creature."

Li Zheng understood Xiahou Fei’s concerns, given the Golden Light Zone left by the Celestial Dragon Race is an archenemy to twisted creatures and naturally their nemesis.

Xiahou Fei indeed looks more like a twisted creature, and no one can guarantee the outcome after resonance.

However...

Li Zheng thought that if the Celestial Dragon Race wanted to kill Xiahou Fei, he would already be dead, not standing here talking in the Golden Light Zone.

But he wouldn’t force Xiahou Fei to do anything; it’s Xiahou Fei’s life. If resonance doesn’t cause problems, all is well; if it does, then Li Zheng would bear full responsibility.

"Why did you come to the Sloth Sin Domain all fine and dandy?" Li Zheng asked, "Weren’t you almost used to it in the Fourth Sin Domain?"

"Laurel told me that there are seven human weaknesses, and to grow comprehensively, one must pass the test of these seven weaknesses." Xiahou Fei explained, "Before coming to the Sloth Sin Domain, I went to the Gluttony Sin Domain and successfully resisted the desire for food there. I thought coming to the Sloth Sin Domain would spur me to be more diligent, but unexpectedly... things turned out like this."

Had his practice gone awry, leading to a state of insanity?

Li Zheng shook his head helplessly, Xiahou Fei’s spiritual power was not strong. Recklessly entering any Sin Domain was dangerous; in Fourth and Gluttony Sin Domains, he managed because someone protected him or his desire for food wasn’t high.

And sloth...

Perhaps Xiahou Fei himself craved a simple life, or was inherently longing for peace, which is why he was so affected here.

But why did his transformation resemble creatures from the Envy Sin Domain?

"Are you a wilderness native?" Li Zheng probed.

"That’s right," Xiahou Fei didn’t hide, "I was born in the Wilderness."

"Aspire to enter the Outer City?" Li Zheng questioned further.

Xiahou Fei paused before nodding, "I do!"

"I understand," Li Zheng sighed inwardly.

Born in the Wilderness, Xiahou Fei probably witnessed much fighting and killing, life and death, and thus longed for a peaceful life in the Outer City.

This was the major factor of Sloth Sin Domain’s influence on him.

But being a native of the Wilderness, he could hardly ever enter the Outer City, harboring a subconscious envy towards Outer City residents.

This is why after being influenced, his twisted transformation bore traits of the Envy Sin Domain.

Just then, the sky behind them split open again, extending hundreds of tentacles to seize dozens of figures.

The Celestial Dragon Race appeared, shattering the tentacles attempting to encroach.

The tentacles fell, and those surrounding figures again madly rushed to devour them.

Li Zheng noticed this time most tentacles seized those who had previously devoured them.

A throaty groan sounded nearby.

Li Zheng turned to see Xiahou Fei’s eyes reddening, blood seeping from the corners of his mouth, seemingly battling with an inner impulse.

Once those tentacles were completely devoured, Xiahou Fei appeared relieved.

"Your mind has already been affected," Li Zheng remarked, "Do you need me to check for you?"

"If..." Xiahou Fei gasped, struggling to speak coherently, "If you can find anything that can resist the Sin Domain within me, please don’t hold back."

Li Zheng scanned around, letting Old Pu probe a bit, discovering Xiahou Fei seemed unique since besides him, none at the edge of the Golden Light Zone were like him.

"I need to enter your spiritual realm to see. If I encounter anything strange, just protect yourself," Li Zheng called out sharply, his spiritual power diving into Xiahou Fei’s brow.

Inside Xiahou Fei’s mind loomed shattered mental defenses, not inherently strong; Li Zheng sensed three distinct energies from the broken mental defenses.

"Lust, Gluttony, Sloth," Li Zheng surveyed, "Xiahou Fei, you truly are remarkable, unable to withstand any sin’s evil qi, yet daring to venture into three different Sin Domains in succession!"

As Li Zheng navigated Xiahou Fei’s spiritual realm, at its core, the mental defenses also bore the scent of these three emotions, indicating Xiahou Fei was on the brink of conversion into a twisted creature in any Sin Domain.

If it weren’t for protection in the previous domains or his mild cravings for such emotions, Xiahou Fei might have long been compromised, allowing negative emotions to thoroughly corrode him.

Just as Li Zheng conducted his investigation, the eyes on Xiahou Fei’s body suddenly ruptured, sprouting fine, short tentacles reaching to coil around Li Zheng.