novelraw Chapter 1128 - 828: Food for Answers
Chapter 1128 - 828: Food for Answers
Without the influence of the darkness, many thoughts raced through Li Zheng’s mind.
He paused for a moment, took a piece of frozen meat from his capsule, and walked towards the lunatics who had just been clinging to Xiahou Fei.
"Meat! I smell meat!"
"Where is it? Where? I want to eat meat!"
"I’m so hungry..."
"Over there!"
The lunatics turned towards the meat’s aroma, and Li Zheng could feel greedy eyes locked onto the piece of meat in his hand. However, he had just violently killed some of the lunatics, making their survival instincts take precedence without being controlled.
"I’ll ask questions, and whoever answers will get a piece of meat." Li Zheng tossed the piece of meat a couple of times and said, "One question, one piece of meat. Whoever answers first and most completely will get it."
"Agreed!"
"Ask whatever you want, as long as you give me meat, I can tell you anything!"
Over thirty lunatics chattered, eagerly waiting for Li Zheng to ask questions.
"First question, when did the Sloth Sin Domain start becoming like this?" Li Zheng was very concerned about the differences between the Sloth Sin Domain and other Sin Domains.
Logically, the Sin Domains should follow a similar pattern. If the Sloth Sin Domain suddenly changed during a certain period, it would confirm some of his suspicions.
"The Sloth Sin Domain has never changed! It’s been like this from ancient times till now. We come here with the goal of getting Twisted Magic Crystals, but some people come here because they can’t see a future and want to end themselves," someone hastily replied. Li Zheng threw the meat to him, and he devoured it with his bony hands, finishing the whole piece of frozen meat in two seconds.
"People come here to commit suicide?" Li Zheng was initially puzzled, then realized: "Yes, dying in the Sloth Sin Domain is undoubtedly the easiest way to die. You can even completely relax and have fun before dying, which is much more comfortable than slitting your own throat or shooting yourself."
And for those who wish to die, they wouldn’t mind that their death in the Sin Domain would strengthen the twisted creatures’ forces, following the belief of; after I die, who cares if the flood comes?
The reason he hadn’t heard of the differences of the Sloth Sin Domain must be because he assumed all Sin Domains were about the same without searching for information from others.
Especially since he always took out piles of fully charged Twisted Magic Crystals, nobody would think he was ignorant about the Sin Domains, so they just assumed Li Zheng was aware of the Sloth Sin Domain’s uniqueness, with no one specifically pointing it out to him.
"Other than you, who else is here?" Li Zheng took out another piece of frozen meat: "I’m asking about those normal people who haven’t been eroded."
"They don’t want to stay in the Golden Light Zone..." someone replied, "All those who can pass through that area normally will go directly into the depths of the Sin Domain after reaching the Golden Light Zone. After a brief exploration, they will quickly leave."
"Because deep within the Sloth Sin Domain, there are no twisted creatures, hence no Twisted Magic Crystals to obtain. Over time, besides us who wish to die but fear death, suffering until we’re driven mad, few come here anymore," added another person. "Don’t be fooled by all the people lying over there; in fact, most of them have been there for many years, some since my ancestors, yet they haven’t been taken."
"They’ve been lying for so long and still haven’t starved to death?" Li Zheng pursued.
"That’s a separate question!" two lunatics pointed at the frozen meat in Li Zheng’s hand, "Give us the meat!"
Li Zheng split the meat in half and threw it to the two people. These lunatics were strange; even if they were starving, daring enough to eat humans, no one snatched other people’s meat once they got it, maintaining remarkable order.
"Now, I’ll answer your previous question." Someone greedily watched them eat and couldn’t help their throat moving, then said, "The reason these people have survived for so long is the presence of a strange energy in the Sin Domain that maintains their vitality.
It’s been researched when these people will be taken, and the result is when all thoughts within their mind cease and there’s only a sense of resignation left, the tentacles will descend from the sky and take them away.
Simultaneously, some tentacles are left for others to eat. Eating the tentacles doesn’t provide satiety but converts into a deeper level of erosion, continuing to pollute their minds."
"As for us, we suddenly woke up during a battle for the tentacles, luckily squeezed into the Golden Light Zone to survive, leaving just a breath to live until now."
"We can only live on with the Golden Light Zone’s isolation ability. Once we step out of this area, the erosion will come back, so we must return before getting lost."
Fearing others might take away a share of the food, this person spoke endlessly, and Li Zheng nodded in satisfaction, throwing him two pieces of frozen meat.
Watching him devour, Li Zheng suddenly realized that he was like an employee at a ranch responsible for feeding animals, and these lunatics were the animals in the ranch, gathering around him for food upon his arrival.
They might have once been fearsome or praised by others, but now they had fallen to this state.
"The last two questions."
Li Zheng took out more than a dozen pieces of meat and stacked them at his feet: "First question, the Fallen Sin Domain has existed for a long time, has anyone tried to track the tentacles’ origin? Second question, has there ever been Twisted Creatures found deep in the Fallen Sin Domain before?"
These two questions are essentially one in nature, but after all, Li Zheng’s heart is made of flesh. Seeing these tormented, ghostly lunatics, he felt a bit of compassion.
"The answer to the first question is yes, but those who tried to track the tentacles’ origin have vanished without a trace, perhaps like those lying outside, eroded deep inside the Sin Domain, or perhaps all dead long ago."
"The answer to the second question is no, and if they did, it would certainly be the tentacles from above!"
"Is there anything else you want to ask?"
"Ask some more!"
"I’m hungry!!"
The lunatics competed, so anxious that they couldn’t speak clearly, Li Zheng distributed the meat to the ones who answered.
"Please, ask some more questions!"
"I’m so hungry!!"
"Please!"
Seeing Li Zheng turning to leave, the lunatics who hadn’t received meat pleaded continuously.
Li Zheng originally didn’t want to deal with them anymore. He took a few steps and suddenly remembered a question, so took out a few pieces of frozen meat: "Alright then, I’ll ask one last question. If anyone bothers me again, I’ll start killing."
"You’re asking... you’re asking..."
The lunatics shrank back. They had been here too long, many of their powers eroded away in the process. Even half a month ago, Li Zheng could have easily killed them all.
Li Zheng asked, "How often do you find yourself not wanting to think?"
This question was crucial, key for Li Zheng to analyze whether that situation targeted everyone or just him personally.