Infinite Horror: The Strongest Zhongzhou Team

Li Xiao then looked at Zhao Yingkong and asked, "How about you? How are you feeling?"

Zhao Yingkong lowered her head and looked at the short blade formed from spiritual particles in her hand, saying:

"If I used my Bankai beforehand, I might be able to resist this kind of hypnosis, but under normal circumstances..."

Li Xiao interrupted to reassure him, saying, "Don't worry, it should take some time for Brother Jie's Eye of Suggestion to reach its maximum effect."

"Just like the prelude to magic, the longer the time, the better the final effect."

"If we hadn't been listening to Brother Jie and interacting with him multiple times, we probably wouldn't have been hypnotized so easily."
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When Chu Xuan walked out of the room.

I spotted the figure standing motionless beneath the main god at a glance.

Perhaps they knew who would come after them.

Li Xiao's voice rang out:

"When we entered the Transformers, there were twelve people in the team."

"When we came back, there were eleven of us."

"No, if we remove Zheng Zha and Xiao Honglu, there are only nine left."

"He's really dead..."

Li Xiao's voice was very calm, but within that calm tone lay a deep and unsettling thought.

"Do you know, Chu Xuan, that you're wrong?"

"You always thought that Zhan Lan or Loli could stimulate Zheng Zha to unlock his genetic lock, but in my opinion, that's not the case."

"After Zheng Zha finished dealing with that giant robot, his body began to break down once again."

"It was Zhan Lan who traded her life for Zheng Zha's."

"At this moment, Zheng Zha, apart from being too sad to speak, did not struggle at all."

"It was at this moment that I realized that even Zheng Zha was not immortal."

"It's not that you can unleash your full potential every time you're in a desperate situation, and there's no such thing as an invincible aura."

Li Xiao muttered to herself.

A beam of light appeared in front of him.

It consisted of pieces of soul bones and a red cloak.

As soon as the cloak appeared, it clenched its little fists and punched Chu Xuan hard.

It seemed he also knew that Chu Xuan had just spoken ill of his master not long ago.

“It’s not just Zhan Lan; most of the team members have already died once.”

"So it's because no one has actually died in a long time?"

"I'm actually a little unaccustomed to it."

Chu Xuan walked to Li Xiao's side, seemingly unaffected by Li Xiao's words.

Both of them stood beneath the supreme god.

Chu Xuan said calmly:
"Li Xiao, this is the Main God Space!"

"It is a training ground created by sages to establish their legacy."

"It's not a resort island, nor is it that boring real world."

What makes you think no one will die?

"Haven't enough people died before?"

"Or do you think you've become stronger far faster than those horror movies?"

"Zheng Zha can't do it, and neither can you."

Li Xiao chuckled softly, her voice carrying a hint of etherealness:

"Chu Xuan, you shouldn't have lost your memory, right?"

"No, even if you lose them, I think you have a way to find the problems in your memories and fill in the gaps, right?"

"After all, your wisdom has exceeded the comprehension of ordinary people."

Chu Xuan did not answer the question immediately, but instead pushed up the black-rimmed glasses on his nose.

“You know me very well, just as you know Zheng Zha, Zhan Lan, Xiao Honglu, and even Zhao Yingkong.”

"Whether it's the first horror film, Alien, or the later one, Ju-on."

"You've revealed far too many flaws, enough for me to deduce a terrible truth."

Hearing this, Li Xiao was not surprised. If Chu Xuan in Ju-on could do it, then Chu Xuan now could do it even better.

"So, do you know the answer to the question on the rooftop now?"

Chu Xuan raised his head.

"When I saw the ruins, when I obtained the golden mask, and when Zheng Zha unlocked the fourth stage of the gene lock, I updated my answer."

"But I'll say it again, Li Xiao."

"In Alien, the moment you and I opened our eyes, everything had already changed."

Li Xiao remained silent.

Because this kind of conversation is already the limit that the two of them can have.

"...Li Xiao, you're too weak!"

"In many cases, the weak have no choice."

"In the team battle around the Pacific Rim, you and Zhao Yingkong will face the captain of the previous Japanese team, as well as her android."

"That was the first time you unlocked the third stage of your gene lock."

"In the subsequent Mummy 2, you and Zheng Zha temporarily entered the fourth-order gene lock by taking advantage of the special nature of the Death Scripture."

“I said this right after the return, and the benefits are undeniable.”

"The most obvious thing is that after only two horror movies, Zheng Zha had already touched the fourth-order gene lock."

"He even broke through to the fourth-order inner demon state when faced with the death of the loli."

"Compared to Zhao Yingkong, who was produced by the Empty Project, there is also Zheng Zha, who inherited the captain's authority."

"You are the first reincarnator in the Zhongzhou team to unlock the third-order gene lock on your own."

"If Zheng Zha can do it, what about you?"

"...So Li Xiao, tell me what you're doing?"

Chu Xuan withdrew his gaze from the Supreme God and lowered his head.

The white light reflected off the lenses obscured Chu Xuan's gaze.

"Do you know, Li Xiao? From the very beginning, all your enhancements and exchanges have been a joke to me."

"Concealing and hiding, looking before and after..."

"Wanting to gain something but afraid of losing something, wanting to change something but worried about what it will cause..."

"The path to becoming stronger is like rowing against the current; if you don't move forward, all that awaits you is death."

Chu Xuan finished speaking and was about to turn around and leave.

But it was at this moment that Li Xiao, after a period of silence, spoke again:
"Chu Xuan, what does death look like?"

"And resurrection, I'm really curious about that too."

Chu Xuan stopped and stared calmly at the other person:
"In my opinion, death is the most common and widespread thing in the God Realm!"

"On this point, I think the other main god squads should understand."

"So stop deceiving yourself, Li Xiao!"

"Zhan Lan won't be the last person to die twice; she's just the beginning!"

"This result will remain until someone in the team unlocks the fifth stage of the gene lock."

"Before that, there will only be more deaths..."

Chu Xuan's words were always so cold and devoid of emotion.

It would subconsciously evoke aversion, or even anger, in everyone who heard it.

But Li Xiao didn't feel that way at all at that moment.

He stood there motionless, his eyes closed, savoring what Chu Xuan had just said.

On the rooftop, Li Xiao witnessed Chu Xuan's death.

So he knows, he understands.

This is a person "without" emotions; rather than saying he is cruel and cold-hearted, it's more accurate to say he did it out of necessity.

How can someone who doesn't even care about their own life care about others?

It's like how only those who are loved have the ability and right to love others.

This is a vicious cycle for Chu Xuan.

Li Xiao sighed.

"It has been a long time indeed..." "It has been a long time since anyone has truly died!"

"It made me subconsciously believe that no one could die, and even if someone did, there was a chance to be resurrected, including Zhu Wen."

"It made me believe that we could all survive to the end, that we could live together..."

Li Xiao's expression was complicated for a moment.

But in that instant, Chu Xuan suddenly spoke:
"So, there is a second chance to be resurrected, but the conditions are much more difficult than the first time, right?"

Li Xiao was taken aback when he saw Chu Xuan's question.

He then gave a wry smile.

He looked at Chu Xuan.

But to everyone's surprise, Chu Xuan stiffly twitched the corner of his mouth.

A complex expression, tinged with a hint of mockery, flickered across his face.

"Looks like I guessed right!"

"Li Xiao, you just asked about resurrection?"

"So you still haven't seen through the truth of the resurrection of the Supreme God?"

Tell me, what do you mean by resurrection?

Li Xiao was taken aback when he heard this question:
"Resurrection, isn't it just bringing the dead back to life?"

"The altars for mummies, and the Sun Kings, both require a body and a soul, and then..."

Before Li Xiao could finish speaking, Chu Xuan abruptly interrupted him!

"No, you're wrong, terribly wrong!"

"There is no physical body, and even less of a soul."

"And there was no resurrection either!"

Li Xiao looked at Chu Xuan as if he were a madman:

"No resurrection?"

“Then you, and Zhan Lan…”

Chu Xuan looked up at the white orb of light and said.

"So far, from the discovery of the Sun Sutra to now..."

“The people you mentioned who have been resurrected include me, Zhan Lan, Saito Hajime, and Zero.”

Haven't you noticed a pattern yet?

Li Xiao asked in confusion, "A pattern? What pattern?"

"That is, every person who is resurrected will think that they did not die, but continued to live."

"He wouldn't understand until everyone around him told him that he watched himself walk down from the altar."

"Oh. So I was already dead, and I've been resurrected," he said, readily accepting the premise.

"But what if they don't think so?"

"What if those of us who you see as dead actually didn't die?"

Seeing Chu Xuan speak, Li Xiao was a bit smarter than Zheng Zha, so with Chu Xuan's prompting, he suddenly understood what Chu Xuan meant.

But the thought that crossed my mind was just too crazy.

It was so crazy that Li Xiao didn't dare to say it out loud.

Chu Xuan stared at the ball of light above his head.

"That's right, just like you think, there is no such thing as resurrection."

"The Supreme God is the one who brought back to the present from the moment before death."

"This is the truth about the resurrection!"

Li Xiao looked at Chu Xuan, whose eyes were filled with fanaticism, and murmured, "So you think resurrection is... reversing time..."

Li Xiao swallowed hard.

"You mean the truth about the resurrection is that the Supreme God reversed time, traveled to the past, pulled you back from the brink of death, and then simply treated and restored you???"

Li Xiao thought he had told the truth, but Chu Xuan shook his head.

"When I first realized this, I thought so too, but I immediately dismissed it."

"Because the value is not equal!"

"The power of time is too valuable in the system of the main gods, and it is not connected with the side story required for resurrection."

"Furthermore, I don't believe that the Supreme God can truly reverse time and space."

"Because if the supreme god could do that, then those saints and cultivators would not truly die."

They could simply jump out of the river of time and find their future selves.

"In this way, their power system will..."

Li Xiao interrupted the beginning of Chu Xuan's long speech.

"Wait, wait, just tell me what happened?"

Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses and said calmly:

"It's the flow of time!"

"We were able to determine a long time ago that the flow of time is different in the main god space."

"Between horror movies, between horror movies and the real world, and even between two teams of reincarnators."

"Reversing time is impossible, but slowing down the flow of time for some reincarnators who are on the verge of death is very simple."

"If the speed is so slow that it is almost stationary, wait for his teammates to select the resurrection option before creating this special space."

"In a way, this is what you understand as reversing time."

Li Xiao nodded first, but quickly realized the problem.

"No. That's not right!"

"Zero Hour, Saito Hajime, Zhan Lan, and you!"

"You are all truly dead!"

"Especially you, I saw it with my own eyes..."

Chu Xuan gave another stiff smile.

"Real death?"

"Li Xiao, who told you we were dead?"

"tell me!"

Li Xiao instinctively wanted to retort.

But then a third voice rang out.

Zhao Yingkong appeared behind the two of them at some point and answered the question.

A cold voice rang out:

"It's a notification from the God Watch, and it's a voice echoing in my mind!"

"So, Chu Xuan, you mean to say that all of this was orchestrated by the Supreme God?"

Even death?

Li Xiao suddenly understood after hearing this.

Yes, from beginning to end.

In team battles, teammates' deaths are indicated by a notification from the main god and the absence of vital signs.

Some bodies were even smashed to pieces or "disappeared".

Chu Xuan neither nodded nor shook his head.

"Based on my assumption, if the actual death of each reincarnator is an illusion, then each person's time actually freezes at the moment before death and begins to slow down."

"Then this space was separated by the main god during this period, waiting for a possible resurrection later."

Li Xiao took a deep breath and rubbed his scalp with one hand.

It's obvious that Li Xiao has entered the third stage of the gene lock again, but this time he is simulating Zhan Lan.

"So this is the truth about resurrection!"

Chu Xuan took an apple out of his spatial bag, ate it, and said calmly:

"So, as long as the legendary fifth stage of the gene lock is unlocked... everything... even everyone who dies in horror movies will have the possibility of coming back to life."

Li Xiao nodded: "Although what you said..."

The click of the door opening interrupted Li Xiao's next words.

Zhang Jie stretched and walked out. (End of Chapter)