this infinite world

Chapter 870 Return to Pacific Rim
"……It hurts."

My feet stepped firmly on the hard ground, and the air around me was filled with the slightly salty scent brought by the sea breeze.

Even though dozens of seconds had passed since the Lord's teleportation ended, the tense wrinkles on Zheng Zha's brow had not subsided at all - just now, he had almost fully experienced the Lord's teleportation journey while retaining 70% of his consciousness.

Although they returned to the world they had experienced before and did not have to go through the process of waking up from coma again, the way the Lord God teleported the members of the Reincarnation Team from the Lord God Space to various worlds did not change at all...and this meant that Zheng Zha, who had broken through to the intermediate level of the fourth stage, finally experienced the pain that Yang Yun had experienced in The Legend of Sword and Fairy.

"You have to learn to enjoy this process. After all, in the conventional sense, this is a 'precious experience' that can only be experienced at the advanced level of the fourth stage."

The first time is new, the second time is familiar. Unlike Zheng Zha, who was almost experiencing his first time in a conscious state, his body was shattered, annihilated, transformed into a pure energy flow, and then reassembled in the world, Yang Yun's reaction was not that big. The fairy power turned slightly in his body and completely eliminated the discomfort: "And in the future, there will be many more 'good days' like this."

As he spoke, Yang Yun looked around and noticed that the place where the Zhongzhou team returned this time was quite similar to the place when they first set foot in the Pacific Rim world. Both were not far from the sea... However, despite the similar geographical location, the scene before their eyes had undergone earth-shaking changes.

The sea water used to be an abnormal indigo blue, but now the unnatural color has faded greatly and returned to its normal blue-green tone; the sea breeze blowing through the air no longer carries the dizzying and almost nauseating pungent smell.

In addition, the originally desolate and dead wilderness seemed to be reawakened by the power of life, and new green shoots full of vitality gradually emerged, as if indicating that the world was slowly restoring its due ecological balance...

——It seems that everything is moving in a good direction.

Thinking of the saplings he planted when he returned last time, and the vague connection in his mind that was extremely far away from him, Yang Yun smiled slightly.

"Only advanced fourth-order masters can feel pain and maintain their own consciousness during the Lord's transmission?"

But before Yang Yun could say anything, Zheng Zha's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing what he had just said, and he thought: "If that's the case, then could it be that the process of the Lord God teleporting us to different worlds is what it wants to tell us?"

As if a flash of inspiration had occurred to him, in front of Yang Yun's look of "What on earth are you talking about?", Zheng Zha, who was extremely excited, suddenly came up with a bold hypothesis. It seemed that only someone like him could come up with such a brilliant idea: "Perhaps, through our continuous experience of the Lord God's transmission and return, each process of the body's reorganization can allow us to capture some subtle insights, and these insights may be the key to breaking through to the fourth-order advanced existence..."

"...Zheng Zha."

Hearing this idea that could no longer be described as "outrageous", Yang Yun sighed and covered his forehead: "You don't have that kind of fetish, do you?"

"What?" Unexpected words came out of Yang Yun's mouth. Zheng Zha didn't even react for a moment: "What aspect?"

"I'm sorry, but that seems so mean to you."

Seeing that Zheng Zha didn't understand what he meant, Yang Yun exhaled and deliberately said mischievously: "Let me put it another way. Do you have some unusual habits? For example, you feel happy about pain, especially when you are with Loli..."

"Isn't that a bad thing? I sense a deep bad feeling in it!" In response to Zheng Zha's clenched fists and loud complaints, Yang Yun just shrugged and said, "I can't help it. The things you did before make it hard for me not to think in this direction."

As he spoke, Yang Yun counted on his fingers and reprimanded Zheng Zha one thing at a time: "From the very beginning, your 'explosion' and 'destruction' were self-created skills that gained powerful strength through self-mutilation. I don't need to tell you how painful it was for you to use this power."

"Then, before Resident Evil 2, you were beaten up countless times by Zhao Yingkong and I. It was this experience that allowed you to suppress the murderous intent in your heart, allowing you to barely maintain your consciousness when using the power of the fourth-order gene lock."

"Then, when you broke through to the fourth intermediate level, you succeeded in doing so only after experiencing the pain of being cut in half by Luo Yinglong."

"And now, you actually want to try an even more extreme method. Through the Lord God's teleportation function, you experience the pain of your body being shattered and reassembled countless times, and in the extreme pain, you look for the key to break through to the advanced fourth level... Since you are so obsessed with pain, let everyone judge for themselves. My idea should be reasonable, right?"

"Yes, that's right. It's very reasonable. Ten points or even nine points reasonable."

Before Zheng Zha could speak, Cheng Xiao nodded first and said in a pretentious and deep voice: "Draw strength from pain and turn setbacks into motivation. This is the most correct truth. There is no need for you to be shy about it."

Although he was saying the right thing, Cheng Xiao's words did not mean that at all. He even patted Zheng Zha's shoulder seriously and said, "It's okay. People should face their own hearts. It's not shameful to have some unusual habits..."

"Get out of here!"

Seeing that not only Zhao Yingkong, who was full of disgust, was gone, even Zhan Lan's eyes became a little strange, Zheng Zha, who could no longer bear it, kicked Cheng Xiao in the face with a big flying kick, kicking this guy who was watching the fun and not minding the trouble, several meters away. He lay on the ground in a "butt up flat sand and falling wild goose" posture, and successfully kept his image in the eyes of others from continuing to slide: "I'm a very normal person! I definitely don't have any bad habits, don't slander my innocence here!"

"All right."

Just as the Zhongzhou team laughed loudly, sweeping away the tense atmosphere, Chu Xuan, who had been looking up something on the microcomputer since entering, suddenly said: "Now is not the time to talk about these things, we should get down to business."

"Well, what should we do?" Yang Yun was originally planning to continue teasing Zheng Zha with a smile, but after hearing this, he restrained his smile and looked at Chu Xuan: "Where should we start?"

"Well, first we have to say hello to those leaders who have the decision-making power in the Pacific Rim world."

Chu Xuan pushed his glasses: "At least we need to make them understand who the enemy they are about to face is..."

"—and what they can do to defend their homeland."

(End of this chapter)