After the treasure box was opened, everything for today was over. Li Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief and soaked his whole body in the water, letting the warm water wrap around him and wash away all his fatigue.
Ten minutes later, Li Zheng changed his clothes and came out of the bathroom.
Arriving on the second floor, Sakura was sleeping quietly on the ground a few steps away from the bed, wrapped by the Red Pollies.
In order to make her sleep more comfortable, the Red Pollies also changed a pillow with a suitable height. A big snot bubble hung on Sakura's nose, shrinking rhythmically with her long breathing.
The newly joined Miriel lay directly on Li Zheng's exclusive bed, occupying a small corner because Li Zheng didn't have an extra bed.
The Bloodthirsty Demonic Knife was suspended about three meters away from the bed, not daring to take a step beyond its reach.
Li Zheng waved his hand and asked Yi Si and Kuro to take the 'Real Maze' to the door to guard it, so as not to let wandering monsters come at night and disturb his rest.
The level of wandering monsters that players encounter at night has nothing to do with their own strength. Even Li Zheng may encounter a group of migrating black iron-level creatures.
Although it wouldn't endanger his life, it would still be quite annoying if he was woken up.
Therefore, it is very necessary for Isi and Kuro to stand guard outside.
Li Zheng lay on the bed and rubbed the center of his brow tiredly twice. Miriel turned over next to him, hugged one of his arms, and put a slender straight calf on his body.
Li Zheng turned to look at Miriel and smiled silently. This little succubus has just become his pet, does he trust him so much?
Um?
Li Zheng was suddenly stunned. He opened Miriel's attribute panel again and looked back and forth three times carefully.
"There is no show of loyalty?"
Li Zheng murmured in his heart, is it because Miriel's actual identity is a servant and he may be able to break away from him at any time, so he doesn't show loyalty?
This is a bit troublesome. If one day I accidentally offend her, or if she doesn't want to follow him anymore after entering the outer city, wouldn't he just leave?
Well……
When Li Zheng thought about this, he suddenly realized that the Succubus Queen's request at that time was to let him take Miriel to the outer city.
That's all.
He did not promise himself that Miriel would not leave after going to the outer city.
In other words, you are just a leader?
What a bastard!
Fortunately, before I left that dungeon, I was thinking about going back to the Fallen Abyss one day and bringing them out.
Love is not needed at all, the chips are all on Miriel!
Thinking of this, Li Zheng was even more speechless.
But he couldn't go back on what he had promised. After all, Lu Li and the others were able to leave the dungeon alive only because of the Succubus Queen's mercy.
As a human being, the most important thing is the bottom line and principles, and you cannot break your word.
Li Zheng will definitely continue to complete this task of leading the way. As for whether Miriel will leave him after entering the outer city.
Then let her do it.
The current situation in the outer city is unclear, so there is no point in thinking about it.
Maybe after arriving in the outer city, Miriel won't be able to leave even if he wants to.
At least, being a 'player' is enough to give her a headache.
Li Zheng closed his eyes and thought wildly for a while, unable to fall asleep. He simply used his mental power to trigger the lantern holder in his palm to lift the lantern and enter the dark world.
…
In the dark space, Li Zheng opened his eyes and already held a lantern in his hand, illuminating the area around him.
"You came."
Xu's voice sounded from behind, and Li Zheng turned around and found that Xu was wearing exactly the same clothes as himself now, both in pajamas.
"coming."
Li Zheng nodded, "I can't sleep, so I'm here to stay with you. It just so happens that you haven't finished the method of practicing mental power last time, so let's continue today."
In fact, it's not that he didn't finish what he said, but that Xu had too much nonsense, which caused Li Zheng not to remember much.
This time he decided that no matter what Xu said, he must focus on the most important content and try to remember it all at once.
"It's not urgent."
Xu stretched out his hand and nodded: "This person next to you is..."
The one next to me?
Li Zheng was stunned when he heard the words. He looked in the direction pointed by Xu and saw a little succubus loli holding her arm without a lantern and rubbing her eyes.
"Mirel?!" Li Zheng was surprised: "Why did you come in too?"
"Hmm...?" Miriel looked like she had just woken up, Wei Wei was still a little confused and didn't understand the situation, "Shouldn't I... come in?"
As soon as she finished speaking, her two arms holding Li Zheng suddenly passed through Li Zheng's body, waking her up.
"Ah! Why did you wear it? Huh? No sense of touch? Where is this? Who are you? Why do you look exactly like me?"
After waking up, Miriel asked several questions in succession and looked around curiously.
"Could it be that when I came in with a lantern, I happened to have physical contact with her, so she followed me in?"
Li Zheng asked Xu: "Has something similar happened before?"
Xu slowly shook his head, indicating no.
However, it can be seen from his eyes that he does not object to Li Zheng's behavior of bringing others into the dark world.
The more people come in, the more individuals can communicate with him, and he can also hear more information from the outside world.
Although He is the one doing the talking most of the time...
"This is the dark world, and I am Xu, because neither of us has a physical body, so we have no sense of touch." Xu smiled and explained to Miriel: "As for why I look exactly the same as you, because I have never had a physical body, so I don't have a physical body.
Know what you should look like.
What you see is actually the reflection of your own image in me."
"Oh, uh-huh! I understand!" Miriel said in a positive tone: "So you are a mirror!"
Mirror?
Xu obtained Li Zheng's memory last time and knew the meaning of the mirror. He nodded: "It's a wonderful metaphor, but to be precise, I am a mirror that can only reflect yourselves."
"Then what do you do?" Miriel asked.
"I can be considered the master of this dark world." Xu replied.
"What is the dark world?" Miriel continued to ask.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "The dark world is..." Xu explained the theory of 'virtual reality' to Miriel again.
"Then..." Miriel continued to ask.
"..."
Of these two people, one had a strong thirst for knowledge and the other had a strong desire to talk. It was like the bastard looked at Mung Bean and made eye contact.
After going back and forth, asking questions and answering questions, the two of them soon started chatting enthusiastically, leaving Li Zheng aside.
Next to Li Zheng, he almost thought there were two girls from Earth in front of him. Because of the words "Huh? Your bag is so beautiful, where can I buy it?", they instantly developed into best friends who talk about everything.
The topics between the two of them ranged from "What is the Dark World?" to Xu's glorious past.
Seeing that Xu was about to start talking endlessly about his own 'life' that had lasted for countless years, Li Zheng quickly interrupted.
"Ahem! I said... let's talk about business first, such as how to train your mental power in the dark world."
This sudden topic disrupted Xu's interest, and he quickly said in a slightly dissatisfied tone: "Actually, during the time you were away, I worked out an exercise method that is more suitable for you."
As he said that, He pointed to the void not far away: "Go, walk to the edge you can go to, and then use your strength to push the obstacles in front of you."
"Is it that simple?" Li Zheng felt that this exercise method was too perfunctory and doubted its credibility.
"It's that simple!" Xuan waved his hand and said, "When you are ready to condense the nodes, I will tell you how to condense them."
Looking at Xu who turned around and started to explain to Miriel what a 'node' was, Li Zheng sighed and wanted to raise his hand to rub his forehead a few times.
Only when his palm passed through his head did he remember that he couldn't even do habitual movements here.
well!
Sighing again, Li Zheng found a direction and walked over silently.
About twenty steps away, Li Zheng ran into an invisible 'barrier'.
According to the method mentioned by Xu, he stretched out his arms and pressed it.
The 'barrier' is invisible and insubstantial, and Li Zheng has no sense of touch in this state, but his consciousness knows that there is a 'barrier' here that is hindering his progress.
So he reached out and seemed to be pressing on the 'barrier'. In fact, from the perspective of a bystander, he was like an actor practicing mime, reaching out on a piece of non-existent glass and pushing forward with all his strength.
"Does this really work?"
Li Zheng pushed hard for a long time, but felt that it had no effect at all. He turned around and wanted to question Xu.
It turned out that Xu and Miriel were not far away from him, using the same method to 'push the wall'.
Okay, it seems to really work.
There was no other way, so Li Zheng had no choice but to regain his composure and continue to work hard.
This kind of training method of fighting against the air made Li Zheng feel inexplicably ashamed at first.
Later, after persisting for a long time, Li Zheng became psychologically accustomed to this behavior.
Once he started doing this kind of movement again, he became much more natural and skilled.
Since entering the Matrix, Li Zheng's patience has been tempered. This boring and boring "pushing the wall" practice has continued without him realizing it.
I don't know how long it took, but Li Zheng suddenly turned his head and realized that Xu was standing next to him, not speaking.
"I'll go!" Li Zheng was startled, "Aren't you accompanying Miriel? Why did you come to me? It was so silent that you almost scared me to death!"
Xu blinked innocently: "I saw that you were devoted to training, so I didn't bother you. As for Miriel, her mental power is weaker than yours. She couldn't hold on just now and disappeared from the dark world."
"Disappeared?" Li Zheng glanced in the direction where Miriel was exercising before, and indeed did not see the little succubus.
Xu explained: "This kind of exercise is simple and crude. The actual principle is to constantly put pressure on your mental power to stimulate the growth of your mental power.
To give you an example that is easier for you to accept, it is equivalent to how you usually exercise your body and use the same method to stimulate your mental body."
Li Zheng thought for a while and said speechlessly: "So you made me practice plank support for a long time?"
"You can say that." Xu blinked and said, "Originally, I wanted to help you research some equipment that can assist with exercise, but as you know the special properties of the dark world, there are several technical difficulties that have not been overcome.
Otherwise, with the help of equipment, you might make faster progress in exercising."
Assistive equipment?
Li Zheng's mind flashed through the equipment he had seen in the gym before: "How fast can the progress be?"
Xu made a rough estimate: "At least it will have double the effect of your current exercise!"
Just double?
Li Zheng thought about the lack of progress in his exercise results just now, and said scornfully: "Then why are you still studying that thing? It's all in vain!"
Xu was not angry. Instead, he nodded seriously and agreed: "Indeed, double is a bit too little. Please wait for me to study it and try to improve this data."
"..." Li Zheng looked at Xu's serious expression and was completely helpless.
Did he think double was too little?
What he clearly means is ‘0 multiplied by any number will eventually equal 0.’ Ah!
Wouldn’t the ultimate exercise benefit of a useless plank be 0?!
Forget it, talking about mathematics with a person who has slipped through the nine-year compulsory education is a complete waste of time.
There is no light in the dark world, and I don't know how long I have been exercising just now.
Li Zheng asked: "How long have I been here?"
"..." Xu looked at Li Zheng with an idiot look and said nothing.
"It's no use asking." Li Zheng reacted: "I'll leave first."
"Well, remember to bring Mireel next time. Chatting with her is much more interesting than chatting with you." Xu reminded.
When Xu was chatting with Li Zheng, Li Zheng listened almost the whole time and rarely asked questions on his own initiative.
Miriel is much more lively, and questions come one after another. Xu feels that only by chatting with such people can he get effective feedback, and the communication experience is excellent, unlike Li Zheng who is as rigid as Li Zheng.
"Okay, got it." Li Zheng waved his hand, triggered the lantern in Xu's eyes, and escaped from the dark world.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Just after his consciousness returned and before he opened his eyes, Li Zheng felt that his brain was in chaos and he fell asleep.
…
When he opened his eyes again, the light in the residence had brightened, indicating that it was daytime the next day.
Looking at the time, it's not too late, it's only less than half past ten.
Li Zheng sat up and stretched, feeling more refreshed than ever before.
"It's weird, why do I feel like I fainted instead of sleeping?" Li Zheng scratched his forehead and recalled the abnormality he felt the moment before falling asleep.
Li Zheng had only experienced the feeling of extreme brain chaos when his mental energy was excessively exhausted, indicating that his training during the period in the dark world was still effective.
"Look at how much mental power has progressed now."
Li Zheng condensed his mental power into a line and extended it far away.
Soon, he stopped releasing and opened his eyes in shock.
"Seven millimeters!"
One exercise, the increase was seven times the effect of training with ‘violence’!
this……
This effect is so terrifying!
"Xu also said that researching some facilities to assist exercise can get double the effect. Wouldn't it be possible to increase the height by 14 millimeters with just one exercise?"
Then what's the use of 'violence'?
It's a useless thing. I'll find a way to find a doctor today to eradicate it...
Um?
Li Zheng was suddenly startled. He had sensed it just now, but his heart suddenly felt empty.
The 'violent' emotion completely disappeared without his knowledge!
When did this change occur?
Li Zheng recalled carefully and vaguely remembered that before he entered the dark world in the early morning, the "violent" emotion was still dormant in his heart.
Could it be that……
The mental power has been improved too much and it has been worn away?
"That's good, it saves me the trouble of going to the doctor." Li Zheng shook his head and got off the bed. Miriel had long disappeared. There was not even a trace of warmth left in the place where she was lying. She must have been up for a long time.
Sakura, who was covered by the Red Pollies not far from the bed, was nowhere to be found. She was probably dragged out for a morning jog by the Red Pollies.
The Bloodthirsty Demonic Knife is still hanging in the same place, like a 3D printed three-dimensional representation in the air.
"Um?"
Li Zheng's expression changed, and he noticed some strange noises coming from the lobby on the first floor, which he had never heard before when he got up.
"It sounds like the sound of a shovel hitting a pot, and... the sound of hot oil frying green onions?"
This is strange. Without its own commands, the housekeeping model will not take the initiative to operate on the stove, right?
Who's cooking?
Quickly going down to the first floor, Yi Si and Kuro, who was holding the 'Real Maze', stood quietly on the left and right inside the door, as if the door gods were in a dormant state.
The door of the residence was open, and Li Zheng saw the Red Polis shouting the slogan "Poli Poli" and taking the sleeping Sakura around the residence.
Two yellow and black tails were exposed at the door, which did not belong to any unit under Li Zheng.
There was no need to walk over. As soon as Li Zheng's curious thoughts arose, Lao Pu's reminder flashed before his eyes: [The two thick-tailed cobras that wandered here, not only did not eat the delicious forest wolves, but were smashed to pieces by four iron fists.
Glasses.
Pitiful.
Let’s decompose it first, otherwise it will stink.]
The two wandering monsters that could only bully Silver-level forest wolves may have come here often before, but this time they encountered a tough fight and were beaten to death by two bloody robots without mercy.
Even if this kind of meat is used for cooking, the grade is not high, and the additional attributes do not satisfy Li Zheng, so it can only be used as an ingredient for dinner.
Although Li Zheng eats three meals a day normally, he is still very particular about the selection of ingredients.
High-grade ingredients are only used for breakfast and lunch. After eating, they will add a few powerful BUFFs, which will be helpful for him to carry out daily exploration, or download dungeons and so on.
Because I lost the ten additional explorations gained by the lantern at night, I only had to satisfy my appetite for dinner, and the quality of the ingredients was naturally greatly compromised.
Mainly made of silver and gold grade meat ingredients.
Even so, if Li Zheng puts the dinner dishes out for trading, it will still cause looting.
Even if these dishes are not kept fresh and refrigerated, they can be stored overnight without deterioration. Others can wait until the morning to explore before eating, adding a four-hour BUFF.
This is a real combat power BUFF. Although it is limited time, it can last until most players have explored seven or eight rooms.
If you are the best among the veteran players, you may be able to clear ten explorations in two hours.
If you have that kind of frugality, it's not impossible to eat one dish for two days.
Just keep it fresh to ensure it doesn't go bad.
Sakura, Benevoli, Issei and Kuro are all here, so it goes without saying that there are people cooking at the stove.
Li Zheng turned his head, and sure enough he saw the little succubus worrying about her feet, raising her hands high, and struggling to operate the spatula and other kitchen utensils.
The scene of clumsiness with a hint of hardship made Li Zheng burst into laughter.
This girl didn't have permission to use the automatic cooking function of the stove, but she actually took it upon herself to cook using the manual function.
There is no one left.
By the way, the dishes she can cook should all be dark dishes from the Abyss Demon Clan, right?
Li Zheng walked over quickly, not to waste his ingredients. There was some meat in the cold storage, and even he didn't have much in stock.
When he came closer, Li Zheng was surprised to find that several quite good-looking dishes had been prepared on the preparation table next to the stove.
And they were all eaten by him and the little succubus last night.
"You're finally up, come and try it and see if the dishes I cooked taste like the dishes you ate last night!" Miriel added water to the pot and turned around just in time to see Li Zheng coming over, greeting him excitedly.
Li Zheng smelled it, and the air was full of the smell of spices exploded by hot oil. He looked at Miriel in surprise: "You can actually cook?"
"What's there?" Miriel hesitated and put the sliced meat into the pot. The meat slices were even coated with a thin layer of cornstarch. "Won't you figure it out after a little research? You cooked last night.
Although I used the automatic function when I was cooking, I watched the cooking process in front of my eyes and knew exactly how to cook it."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Zheng glanced into the pot: "Are you making boiled pork slices? Where did the ingredients come from?"
"there!"
Miriel pointed to the door and said with a smile: "When I woke up early in the morning, I saw two dead snakes lying at the door. They were quite fresh, so I used a kitchen knife to cut off some of the meat. It should be edible."
"Ho!"
Li Zheng raised his thumb: "You are a little princess, you are not squeamish at all."
"Hehe." Miriel laughed twice: "I'm just curious whether the food I cook can taste better than the food made by the machine."
Li Zheng subconsciously stretched out his hand to rub her head. Then he realized that this was an eighty-year-old man and moved his hand away: "That may not be comparable. In theory, the dishes cooked on the stove are already used.
This is the limit of what the ingredients can do.”
"Try it first before talking." Miriel handed over a pair of chopsticks.
She was so enthusiastic that Li Zheng couldn't refuse, so he could only take the chopsticks and taste a piece of garlic-flavored pork that had already been cooked.
In fact, he doesn't need to eat it directly, because the attributes of the dishes made by Miriel have been marked by the terminal.
In terms of data, it is slightly worse than the one cooked automatically on the stove. The texture and taste descriptions are also different because of the different ingredients.
However, there were no comments such as 'unpalatable', 'poisonous', 'poor taste', 'find a class', etc. in the message, which surprised Li Zheng.
You must know that if you put these dishes in the Sichuan and Sichuan areas, if you find a young person who has never cooked before, he may not be able to do it for the first time.
On the contrary, after eating the meat slices, although the taste was not as good as the automatic cooking on the stove, Li Zheng tasted it with a slightly different feeling.
It was an indescribable "home-cooked" feeling.
"Not bad! Delicious!" Li Zheng commented after tasting it carefully.
I wouldn't call it delicious, but it's very homely.
"That's good." Miriel smiled with satisfaction, feeling that her two hours of busy work were not in vain.
Li Zheng ate a few more bites, then took Miriel outside to wash up, and then replaced high-quality ingredients to make several breakfasts again, maxing out the BUFF attributes.
During breakfast, Li Zheng expressed his desire to learn the bullwhip from Miriel.
Miriel carefully considered the length of the meal and finally agreed.
Shortly after the meal, Zhan Zhouzhou sent a private message and everyone was ready.
Today, there are only the last few most difficult mutant activities left, and Li Zheng and others plan to finish them all.
After replying a private message to Zhan Zhouzhou, Li Zheng put away the capsule residence and his expression gradually became serious.
