this infinite world

——One stone can cause a thousand ripples.

"What's that look in your eyes?"

Seeing that everyone present, including Zhang Heng himself, was looking at him with extremely strange eyes, Chu Xuan frowned slightly: "Is there anything wrong with what I said?"

"No, there is no problem. But it is still quite surprising for you to say this, Chu Xuan..."

Yang Yun laughed and expressed everyone's inner thoughts: "Especially since it's an A-level side story, this is not a small amount of money."

It is actually very normal for members of the Samsara team to help each other and assist in joint exchanges.

Before Resident Evil 2, Yang Yun had helped Chu Xuan exchange for an A-level fantasy materialization, and in the previous exchanges, Chu Xuan also asked Cheng Xiao, Overlord and others to exchange a large amount of materials to improve the weapons and equipment they needed... But just from these examples, it can be seen that most of them were people from the Zhongzhou team who helped Chu Xuan exchange, or invested in Chu Xuan, and the cases where Chu Xuan himself exchanged for others were very rare.

After all, everyone knows that Chu Xuan’s research is almost a bottomless pit. He can take up all the side plots and bonus points as he wants, as if he will never be satisfied.

Even before the Grudge, Chu Xuan helped Yang Yun exchange the storage ring and the super electromagnetic bomb, but that was just based on a bet between the two, and Chu Xuan himself foresaw that he was destined to die once in the Grudge. Under normal circumstances, it would be extremely difficult to get money out of Chu Xuan's pocket, not to mention that he took the initiative to help others exchange things...

"This is the reward Zhang Heng deserves."

Facing the doubts raised by Yang Yun, Chu Xuan simply said lightly: "In the battle with the Celestial God Team, he played a great role."

Before Zhang Heng could reply, he saw a beam of dreamlike light slowly descending from the huge ball of light above his head, like a divine grace from heaven, completely enveloping Zhang Heng's flattered figure. Then the young man's body seemed to lose weight and began to slowly rise into the air.

At the same time, a faint light flashed in Chu Xuan's eyes hidden behind the glasses, but he did not say much. He just left a meaningful look and turned his gaze to the microcomputer screen in his hand again to continue his calculations and analysis.

——Ah, although the conjecture that "Chu Xuan may have gained emotions" and the possibility that "he can understand others and reach a certain degree of empathy with his teammates" are both good things for the Zhongzhou team, why do I feel so uncomfortable...

Thinking of Chu Xuan, who only shed tears in the ending of Infinite Horror, Yang Yun sighed secretly in his heart and exchanged glances with Zheng Zha.

Although he understood that Chu Xuan's ability to "gain feelings" was undoubtedly a major evolution of his character, the inherent impression formed over a long period of time could not be easily erased... and it was not just Yang Yun who had this feeling. Just looking at the hesitant expressions of Overlord, Luo Gandao, Cheng Xiao and others who were also familiar with Chu Xuan's character, it was enough to know how much waves Chu Xuan's current behavior had caused in their hearts.

But since it had already happened, it was useless to say anything more. After a few minutes, when Zhang Heng slowly fell back to the ground from mid-air, Yang Yun, who had adjusted his mentality, smiled and asked, "How do you feel?"

"How should I put it... Although it's just an A-level bloodline exchange, I feel like a completely different person."

Zhang Heng looked like he had just woken up from a beautiful dream. He stared blankly at his hands, opening and closing them repeatedly, as if getting familiar with his current strength. "If the Wind Elves and Electric Elves have the ultimate speed and explosive power, then the A-level Dream Elves bloodline goes a step further."

As he spoke, Zhang Heng raised his hands and made an archery gesture. As he moved so smoothly, a longbow made of spirit energy appeared in his hands in an instant, without even a single unnecessary sound.

Even in Yang Yun's opinion, Zhang Heng's movements were impeccable. His control of weapons had not only reached a new level, but his movements also had a natural beauty. Zhang Heng took a deep breath and continued, "This is the ability that comes with my Dream Elf bloodline after it was strengthened to A-level. It materializes and shapes energy, breaking away from the limitations of the weapons and equipment themselves, and then..."

As Zhang Heng's voice faded, a seemingly illusory arrow appeared out of thin air and landed on his longbow made of spirit energy. Zhang Heng's right hand loosened slightly, and the seemingly fragile arrow instantly turned into an almost elusive ray of light and disappeared silently into the air.

The next moment, the arrow that had disappeared appeared out of nowhere on the ground thousands of meters away and hit violently, as if it had passed through the barrier of space, leaving a huge hole... and from the time the arrow was shot to the time it landed, most people did not notice any sense of incongruity, as if the arrow originally belonged to that land, its appearance and disappearance seemed to be the inevitability of natural laws, like it was lightly passing through a dream, without a trace of fireworks.

"This is the dream arrow."

Unlike in the past, he did not collapse after one shot due to exhaustion. This time, Zhang Heng swayed a bit, but managed to stand still. He said, "With my current gene lock level and the energy in my body, I can fire three dream arrows in a row."

——The A-rank Dream Elf Archer bloodline enhances the relevant bonuses of the enhancer itself, which is no less than the Overlord's A-rank Werebeast bloodline, and it also has a skill that is even more outrageous than "Dream Arrow"...

After roughly assessing Zhang Heng's physical fitness after his enhanced bloodline, as well as the power of this "Dream Arrow", Yang Yun secretly sighed in his heart.

The arrow is just as its name suggests, as if it was shot from a dream, hitting people before they can react. The speed of the arrow alone is not something that reincarnationists below the fourth level can react to, and it can shoot three shots in succession... If the Dream Arrow is shot with the explosive arrow technique in an intentional sneak attack, even a fourth-level strongman might be hit.

"Come on, now that you have unlocked the third-level gene lock and have the Houyi Sun-shooting Bow in your hand, try to break through to the fourth level as soon as possible."

Of course, Yang Yun did not forget that Chu Xuan took the initiative to help Zhang Heng exchange this bloodline. In a sense, this was also a recognition of Zhang Heng by Chu Xuan, acknowledging that he was not a pawn of the positive side, but a member of the Zhongzhou team: "Next, you can exchange for the other three elemental natural elves. I think Sylph has been waiting for you for a long time."

"……yes."

Zhang Heng seemed to be in a trance for a moment. After calming down, he closed his eyes and contacted the Lord God... and with the deduction of three B-level side plots and 15,000 bonus points, three natural elves of about the same size as Sylph gradually took shape in the void and appeared beside Zhang Heng.

"Are you my master?"

Made of flames, with his entire body ablaze with fire, Salemanda was the most lively of the four elements. As soon as he appeared, he immediately assumed the posture of a master, floating in the air with his hands on his hips, and facing Zhang Heng in a high-spirited manner: "No problem, from now on, I, Salemanda, will burn all the enemies. Remember to call me out more often in the future to combine with you..."

"Salemanda, you must not be disrespectful to your master."

Undine, the azure-blue water elf, was much calmer. She spoke shortly after, looking at Salamanda with a serious face, "The Master's battle does not allow you to make decisions. You just need to be calm and be the Master's strength."

"Ha! Are you deliberately doing this to me?" After hearing this, the flames around Salamander's body jumped up in anger: "Do you want to fight me now?" "I'd love to." Undine did not give in: "It's just right to let the master know that a little flame can never defeat the waves of the sea."

Just when the two nature elves, Salamanda and Undine, were about to fight, the earth elf Gnom suddenly waved his hands, blocked them, and looked at Zhang Heng who was standing stupidly beside with his emerald green eyes like minerals... Although Gnom did not speak, everyone understood what it meant. It was waiting for Zhang Heng, the master, to speak.

"Ahem... It's like this. I called everyone out this time because there's something important going on."

Facing the gazes of the three nature elves and the Zhongzhou team who were watching the show, Zhang Heng coughed twice and said with a stiff upper lip: "In fact, due to some reasons, Sylph, who represents the 'wind', fell into a deep sleep. In order to wake her up, it seems that the power of the four elements cycle is needed..."

As he spoke, Zhang Heng once again manifested Sylph in his hand. However, compared to the previous B-level electric elf shooter, this time the materialization speed was much faster, and even Sylph's own condition was better than before.

——Is it because the A-level Dream Elf Archer comes with the energy shaping control skill? Zhang Heng's control over the spirit energy has improved significantly...

Regardless of Yang Yun's guess, the other three nature elves were indeed attracted by the sleeping Sylph. Salemanda was still the first to speak. She looked at the sleeping Sylph and said with a slightly disdainful voice: "What? She fell asleep so quickly, Sylph is really useless..."

"But since it is the master's order, I, Salamander, will reluctantly help this guy."

"That's what you should do, Salamander."

Undine floated in the air, also looking at Sylph's figure: "The four elements are indispensable. Next time, remember to be respectful when talking to the master. Don't pollute my...master's ears with your vulgar words."

"Huh? Did you just say 'I'? You want a fight?"

"No, no, you heard it wrong."

Not to mention that the Fire and Water duo started to be hostile to each other again after just two words, while Norm stared blankly at the sleeping Sylph. After a while, he came back to his senses and plunged into Zhang Heng's body without saying a word.

"Uh……"

This was not the first time that Zhang Heng merged with a natural elf, and his current strength was far from what it was in Resident Evil 2, so the process of the Gnome merging into his body only made his body slightly uncomfortable, and he could move freely... But the process of Salemanda and Undine rushing into his body almost at the same time was not so gentle. Unlike the taciturn Gnome, even in Zhang Heng's body, these two "incompatible" elemental elves were still bickering, making his head buzz.

Fortunately, despite the quarrel, the operation of power would not be affected. Under the guidance of the three nature elves, the spirit energy in Zhang Heng's body began to operate spontaneously, emitting red, blue, and yellow radiances, which then gathered together on Sylph in his palm.

Feng, water, fire and earth, the four elements formed an endless cycle at this moment, constantly surging out and spreading around like tidal waves, blooming with four-color light, covering everything around it... When the four-color light faded, Zhang Heng had unknowingly withdrawn from the state of fusion, and the Sylph in his palm had returned to her noisy appearance in the past, floating in front of Zhang Heng with a breeze.

Looking at this natural spirit that was as lively and active as ever, circling and dancing around him, Zhang Heng raised his finger to wipe the corners of his eyes and said with a smile: "Welcome back, Sylph."

"Well, I'm back, Master."

Sylph blinked and smiled at Zhang Heng. But just like the nature of wind that never stays in one place for long, after greeting Zhang Heng, she spotted the other three nature elves the next moment. Her eyes lit up immediately and she cheered, "Gnom, Undine, Salamanda, you are here too? Now we can play together!"

"Who wants to play with a fool like you..."

"Indeed, playing with you will make me stupider."

"……Snapped!"

The three nature elves, who had previously disagreed, showed amazing unity when facing Sylph... As for the final "pop", it was the sound of Gnomm swinging his fist and hitting Sylph on the head without saying a word.

"It hurts! Master, they hit me!"

Just like the scene often seen in comics, although Sylph was an elf made of wind element, she had a bump on her head. Unhappy, she curled her lips and returned to Zhang Heng's shoulder: "I was the first one to come to the master..."

"Hey! Get off your master's shoulders!"

"Don't run away!"

"...!"

"This guy exudes the aura of a winner in life."

Looking at the scene of four elemental elves circling and dancing around Zhang Heng, Cheng Xiao, who had the best relationship with Zhang Heng and had also completed his exchange at the same time, came to Zheng Zha's side. It was hard to tell whether there was more envy or jealousy in his eyes: "I always feel that there is a sad thick barrier between us..."

"It's okay. After Ming Yanwei is resurrected, Zhang Heng will be very happy now, but he will have a headache later."

Zheng Zha also looked at Zhang Heng's flustered state, but with an indelible smile on his face, he said in a tone of seeing through the world -

"I just wonder if Zhang Heng, the Dream Elf Shooter, will dream about the Shura Field of the future." (End of this chapter)