Infinite Horror: The Strongest Zhongzhou Team

When the snow screen first appeared, there was indeed no sound.

But as time went by, a rustling or grinding sound began to appear.

At first, it was very faint, barely noticeable amidst the roars of the Zerg.

But after the sky flickered a few times, the rustling sound became increasingly piercing, eventually drowning out the chirping and roaring of the surrounding insects.

It felt like watching TV in a real room, with the volume turned up really high.

At this point, it wasn't just Saito Hajime who heard the sound.

Everyone on the Zhongzhou team reacted.

He couldn't help but look at Li Xiao.

Looking at the puzzled crowd, he couldn't help but smile wryly and say:

"Haven't you figured it out yet? This voice isn't coming from your ears, it's coming from your minds."

"The technology of photoelectric particle detection imaging cannot synchronize images and sound, but this thing inside the screen can."

If Earth's satellites are still functioning properly, they will be discovered.

The entire surface of the Earth was covered and enveloped by a black and white, flickering snow screen.

Moreover, as the piercing and unpleasant sound rang out, all the Zerg, as if forced, raised their heads and looked up at the sky.

Our gaze returns to the skies outside Raccoon City.

As Li Xiao uttered those words.

A soft snap.

The sound disappeared, and finally, images appeared on the sky that had been blank.

Seeing the light come back on after it went dark, Saito and the others swallowed hard at the same time.

In the half-black and half-white image, a woman in a kimono is combing her smooth hair in front of an oval mirror.

The hair was very long, flowing from the top of the head and extending beyond the frame.

And it was at the same time that they saw this scene clearly.

"I rely on!"

Almost instinctively, a flash of light appeared on Chen Zilong's body after he shouted.

Four magical weapons appeared in succession: the Phoenix Wing Purple Gold Crown, the Chainmail Golden Armor, the Lotus Silk Cloud-Walking Shoes, and the Free-Willing Iron Rod.

This person, armed to the teeth, finally knows what Chu Xuan really wants to do.

Not only him, but everyone except Li Xiao and Zhang Jie was shocked at this moment.

A sky that covers the entire globe.

Play a movie.

Kill the Zerg.

When the three things came together, they felt a chill run down their spines.

Once they realized what had happened, they all looked at the instigator with disbelief.

They really wanted to crack open Chu Xuan's head and see what was inside.

To be honest, facing a Zerg army, it was already ridiculous enough that the Xenomorphs and Robots, who were also good at massing units, were the first to react.

But they had seen or even experienced these things in previous horror movies.

But now, the thought of what is about to happen makes everyone tremble.

And it was at this time that...

A layer of emerald green lotus phantom appeared in mid-air. As the petals closed, the chilling aura around the body dissipated completely.

Saito, who was already injured, sat down hard.

It was only then that he realized he was covered in sweat, but Saito didn't bother wiping it away and instead took out a scripture.

He sat cross-legged and began to read the Buddhist scriptures in his hands.

Her words are eloquent and insightful, each one a gem.

The pale golden light of Buddha filled the lotus, bringing a touch of warmth.

Li Xiao then looked at the girl beside him.

This person had already quietly grasped a long sword and assumed a ready-to-fight stance.

Zero's sniper rifle, Cheng Xiao's machete, and Zhu Wen's Clow Cards were all poised to strike at their respective sides.

I can tell.

Everyone on the Zhongzhou team has remembered the name of the person above their head.

However, the person on the screen won't stop just because of their thoughts and ideas.

The video is still playing.

The sound of a brown wooden comb brushing through waist-length hair was even more unsettling than the rustling sound from before.

The hair was combed slowly but carefully, stroke by stroke from head to tail.

The wooden comb makes a very soft sound as it moves from top to bottom.

However, the Zhongzhou team could hear it clearly and even judge the rhythm of each hair rubbing against the wooden comb.

I don't know how many times I combed my hair, but suddenly the screen dimmed for a moment.

When the lights came on again, the mirror that was originally on the left side of the sky moved to the right side.

It was at this moment that Saito and the others realized that they had never actually seen the woman at all.

The reason they could only see it was because they saw everything that had just happened through this oval mirror.

Once you understand this...

All eyes were on the woman, whose long, smooth black hair was draped to one side, obscuring most of her facial features.

However, her fair profile and delicate chin prove that she is definitely not ugly.

The perspective in the picture changes again.

No longer to the left or right, this time it's right in the middle.

It was still the same mirror, and the woman in it was still combing her hair.

However, at this moment, Cheng Xiao and the others had already developed a layer of cold sweat on their foreheads.

Because they remembered something.

If this angle is directly facing a mirror, then they should be able to see the camera filming this scene.

Or perhaps you should have seen the woman from behind.

But now there's nothing.

There was only the mirror and the woman in it.

The screen changed again, flickering with static for a few seconds before it became clear again.

The woman in the mirror had stopped combing her hair and placed the comb on the table beside her.

Then lean forward, gradually getting closer to the mirror.

soon.

An eye peeking out from the black hair took up the entire screen.

This moment.

Chen Zilong and Cheng Xiao looked at the dense array of eyes in the sky, and the hairs on their bodies instantly stood on end.

The unpleasant feeling of being watched gave each of them the illusion that their heart was about to stop.

Even with the Lotus Lantern and Buddhist scriptures, they couldn't feel any sense of security whatsoever.

Cheng Xiao's lips trembled violently:
"Chu, Chu, Chu Xuan!"

"Although the method of playing videotapes using a global dome is unusual, I think..."

"How about we try a different approach? Wouldn't it be a bit much to use ghost-type abilities to deal with the Zerg?"

Upon hearing Cheng Xiao's words, Chen Zilong and the others lowered their heads and stopped looking at the sky above them, but each of them nodded quickly.

"Yes, yes, no, it can't be that bad!"

"This is a huge waste of talent!"

Although Zhu Wen also looked shaken, this person asked:
"Wait, wasn't Sadako already defeated by us?"

Why aren't you even a little curious about whether this person is still alive?

Seeing Zhu Wen's puzzled expression, Cheng Xiao asked, "What's so hard to understand? Isn't it normal for these kinds of ghosts to survive?"

Chen Zilong nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

Li Xiao rubbed his forehead and replied, "We eliminated Sadako, but we didn't eliminate the videotapes."

"You can think of it as the relationship between the Alien Queen and the Alien."

"However, the Sadako we destroyed back then was the original Sadako, that is, the one from the very beginning until she met us."

The original Sadako was never destroyed, which is why she became so powerful and gained all sorts of superpowers.

"After Sadako was destroyed, the videotape was always in Chu Xuan's hands." "I just never expected that one day I would see her again in this form."

At that moment, the silent Zero looked at the sky with a serious expression: "It's coming!"

Although everyone knew what was coming next, they didn't want to see it.

But at this moment, I couldn't help but raise my head.

The eye that filled the sky blinked twice and then returned to its original state.

However, the woman had let her hair down and was leaning her upper body towards the mirror, supporting herself on the dressing table in front of her.

This moment.

Her beautiful face was gradually revealed behind her long black hair.

Then, without warning, a pair of hands reached out from the mirror and finally came into this world.

The hands gripping the edge of the canopy had skin as white as jade, making their black nails stand out starkly.

Then, accompanied by some kind of feminine whimpering sound, arms, shoulders, and then a face with loose black hair emerged from the sky.

At this moment, in the sight of everyone in the Zhongzhou team.

The sky was filled with countless Sadako figures, half-hidden and upside down.

The ground was covered with countless, even overlapping, insectoid creatures.

These two things, which should never appear together in theory, are perfectly integrated into a single frame.

This is even more jarring than the previous Ultraman.

The reason Chu Xuan accomplished all of this was simply by using a so-called light energy particle detection imaging technology.

So now, everyone in the Central Continent Team has only one thought: technology changes lives.

As time went by.

The woman in the white kimono finally crawled out of the screen.

Moreover, due to gravity, they fell freely and crashed onto the ground.

The members of the Central Continent Team could imagine that, at this moment, there were as many Sadakos as there were skies around the world.

The crowd, separated by the glowing screen of Baolian, looked at the Sadako figures not far away.

Long black hair, snow-white skin, barefoot.

She's not exactly the same as the Sadako they saw in Ju-on, but she is definitely the same person.

However, before these Sadako could even land, they were attacked by the frenzied swarm of insects.

But such existence is as if they don't exist in the same world.

You can see it, you can feel it, but you just can't touch it.

This is very similar to Moss entering a state of nothingness.

The difference is that Moss is also unable to attack others when he enters a state of nothingness.

But this one is not.

Sensing the frenzied thoughts within the swarm, her smooth, long black hair slowly floated up.

Then, strands of hair straightened and shot out like bullets.

With just this one blow, thousands of warrior insects collapsed to the ground.

The ever-growing black hair wrapped around the insectoid corpses, but for Sadako, this was just the beginning.

But the swarm has no concept of fear.

Already possessed by a frenzy buff, they surged forward and quickly overwhelmed Sadako's figure.

After all, compared to the Warrior Bug and Tank Bug, who are three or four meters tall, Sadako, who is only about 1.6 meters tall, is as short as a doll.

Seeing this scene in mid-air, Li Xiao swallowed hard.

Because if there were only one Sadako, that would probably be it.

But here's the problem.

This thing is a ghost or monster; it doesn't make any sense in science.

Sadako's rule was simple: anyone who saw the videotape had to die.

Whether you are a human, an insect, or something else.

Moreover, there has never been just one Sadako.

In Chu Xuan's words, Sadako is more like an incomplete rule, a conceptual existence.

Therefore, at this moment, in the boundless sea of ​​insects...

Clumps of long black hair began to appear like viral spots, then gradually expanded, eventually spreading and covering the area.

This being, which had only recently conquered the Earth, quickly began to put itself in others' shoes.

This time, however, they stood below.

The black strands of hair, like ink dripping into clear water, quickly spread out from the center of Sadako, who was submerged in a sea of ​​insects.

Cheng Xiao stared at the churning "black fungal spots" in the distance, his throat dry, and said:

"Are they... are they 'reproducing'?"

Suddenly, the Zerg corpses on the ground, which were wrapped in hair, began to convulse violently.

Countless fine black hairs, as fine as cow hairs, emerged from the crevices of the carapace, deep within the mouthparts, and even from the broken compound eyes.

These hairs seemed to possess an independent life, twisting and piercing into the joints and shell crevices of nearby living insects.

“It’s not about reproduction.” Li Xiao also looked quite sentimental at this moment.

"It's 'infection.' You can think of it as Sadako's curse turning the Zerg into... a new transmission vector."

As if to prove his words, a tank bug pierced by a hair suddenly stood upright.

Its enormous body twisted in a way that defied physiological structure.

Its back, covered by a thick carapace, cracked open with a "crack," and a clump of wet, long black hair poured out of the crack, dancing wildly in the air.

"Fuck me..."

Upon witnessing this scene, Chen Zilong gasped in shock.

"What the hell is this thing?!"

This question was originally just a casual inquiry, but someone actually answered it.

"It is the manifestation of a curse."

Chu Xuan pushed up his glasses and said calmly.

"Sadako's resentment is eroding the 'rules' of the insectoid race. The insectoid race has no human emotions or fears, but their life energy, their very existence... can become nourishment for the curse."

Our gaze rises, looking down from the universe at the entire Earth.

More Sadako figures are crawling out from the sky.

The figure in the white kimono is like an upside-down fruit, ripening and falling to the ground from every snowflake screen around the world.

Some landed on the ruins of cities, some in the sea of ​​insects in the wilderness, and some in the unfathomable ocean.

Neither nuclear radiation nor volcanoes can harm that figure in the white kimono.

And so, with each Sadako landing, the insectoids in that area would begin to "mutate".

Hair strands grow from their bodies, intertwine, and connect.

Soon, swarms of Zerg were woven together by black "threads," forming a terrifying cluster of living organisms.

Coming to his senses, Zhang Jie murmured:

What exactly did you release?

Standing in the air, Chu Xuan looked down and calmly answered:

"Sadako's curse is essentially an information virus that infects any intelligent being that 'observes the videotape'."

The Zerg's swarm mentality became the perfect medium for propagation.

"You can think of it as a conceptual weapon based on meme contamination."

"It works great, doesn't it!"

Upon hearing this assessment, every member of the Zhongzhou team fell silent.

Somewhere on Earth.

A "black jungle" covering several square kilometers is taking shape.

Countless insectoids were linked together by the hair, and their roars gradually became unified, turning into a low, drawn-out whimper.

That sound... sounded a lot like the sound of a wooden comb brushing through a woman's long hair.

Such voices gradually began to rise from all over the world.

This news even reached Raccoon City, where Team Central Continent is located.

Zhu Wen covered her ears and whispered, "Are they... imitating her?" (End of Chapter)