this infinite world

——A group of uninvited guests arrived at the Pharaoh’s secret base in Antarctica today.

As the sonic explosion channel slowly opened, Zheng Zha looked up at the base hidden in the glacier and snow. Its appearance almost blended in with the white surroundings. It was simply not a creation that could be built by the current social technology... It seemed that Pharaoh's words that he alone had advanced human technology by thirty years were not false.

"...But it seems that even the reset of the world could not prevent Pharaoh from completing his plan."

When Zheng Zha stepped into the base, he saw bloodstains solidified on the wall and corpses lying all over the ground after just a few steps. All of these corpses were wearing white coats. They were obviously scientists who were hired by the Pharaoh to study the energy in Dr. Manhattan's body with him in this secret base, but were killed by the Pharaoh when they finally succeeded.

"Follow."

Chu Xuan didn't even bother to look at the corpses. He walked straight through the bloody passage and entered the base.

Like the decoration of the ancient Egyptian pyramids, in the magnificent hall, there is a staircase leading directly to the throne above. And there, a handsome man in armor is sitting on the seat with his eyes closed.

——That is the target that the Zhongzhou team needs to find this time, the Pharaoh.

"I didn't expect it to be so easy..."

Seeing the Pharaoh, Zheng Zha finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although it didn't take much time for everyone to get to Antarctica, the dark cloud of "world reset" was hanging over his head, and he was still worried about complications. Now that he had found the real owner directly, he had to say that he was lucky...

"It's too early for you to be happy."

Suddenly, Chu Xuan's calm voice brought Zheng Zha's thoughts back on track, and he was a little dazed and asked: "What? What do you mean? Why do you say I'm too happy too early?"

"literal meaning."

Chu Xuan did not stop, and stepped directly up the stairs and walked in front of the Pharaoh, looking down at the "superhero" who killed the Comedian in the movie, planned everything, and finally had the last laugh and successfully saved mankind from the threat of nuclear war... and it was not until this moment that Zheng Zha was shocked to find that the man on the throne had already stopped breathing.

"He is dead."

Chu Xuan looked at the Pharaoh, whose expression remained calm even when he died, and gave Zheng Zha the answer he least wanted to hear.

——Then, the world began to spin again.

……

"No need, Zheng Zha, I understand what you and Chu Xuan mean."

Facing Zheng Zha's proposal, Yang Yun calmly refused and said, "In the original plot, Alessa was locked up in a ward on the fourth floor of the hospital for seven years, and it is likely that the closer you are to her body, the stronger her power will be... and you are planning to use yourself as bait to attract the enemy's attention, and then let Zhao Yingkong and I break through from another angle." "...Wait, you just said it like that?"

Zheng Zha was stunned, but thinking of how Yang Yun had been acting as the wise man of the Zhongzhou team before Chu Xuan was resurrected, he could only smile bitterly and shrug, saying, "Forget it, since you have made it clear, I will just say it straight... You are absolutely right."

"I understand that the smaller the mental flaws and the stronger the strength of a person, the harder it is to be pulled into the inner world. The more people Alessa pulls in, the more flaws will be exposed. You are planning to start from both the surface world and the inner world at the same time and break the fog in Silent Hill at the same time."

For some reason, although this conversation in front of him had never been retained in his memory, Yang Yun always felt as if he had experienced something similar once, full of a corresponding sense of déjà vu. This was also the reason why he was able to see through Zheng Zha's intentions at the first time: "I understand it, but I don't agree."

"No, Yang Yun, listen to me... In this situation, this is the only thing I can do."

Zheng Zha tried to explain to Yang Yun: "It is useless to stop it by force. We have all survived many near-death experiences. Although each of us still has our own weaknesses, it is undeniable that our hearts have gradually become stronger."

"I need to believe in everyone. I need to believe that all of us will not give up hope, our hearts and strength when facing our own weaknesses. Our only way now is to use ourselves as bait and survive in the face of death. Yang Yun, if we fail, then you will be..."

"You don't need to be bait, Zheng Zha." Yang Yun once again interrupted Zheng Zha's attempt to explain: "Alessa is not the key. Understanding what this world is is the key we need to understand right now... Alessa did not trigger our inner demons and then pull us into her inner world. Instead, she pulled us into her inner world and then triggered our inner demons, causing us to fall into our own inner world."

"The inner and outer worlds in Silent Hill are a place of trial and a manifestation of human subconsciousness. The condition for the transformation between the inner and outer worlds is the change of human consciousness."

"Ah?" Zheng Zha scratched his head in confusion. As expected, he didn't understand what he heard at all: "Yang Yun, what are you talking about?"

As he spoke, Zheng Zha glanced at Chu Xuan at a loss, while the latter pushed his glasses expressionlessly and looked at Yang Yun and said, "You have your own plan."

"That's right. This world is not a linear, single-line dream as Chu Xuan said, but a web-like dream."

Yang Yun explained calmly. Although he himself didn't know what was going on, inexplicable information emerged from the depths of his mind, and he just narrated the information: "Everyone has his own inner world, and the inner worlds are equal to each other. Even Alessa is the same, except that her inner world is bigger..."

"After pulling us into their inner world, they use certain means to influence our consciousness, causing it to fluctuate violently, so that we can complete the transition between the outer world and the inner world. In our inner world, we will be attacked by the inner demons... This is the truth of Silent Hill, and it is also the reason why she first attacked Zhang Jie and Zhan Lan, the two mind controllers."

"And, if nothing unexpected happens, the next person to be dragged into the other world by Alessa will be..."

Yang Yun's eyes fell on the other three members of the Zhongzhou team: "It should be Lingdian, Wang Xia, Cheng Xiao and the other three of you."

"(End of chapter)