Infinite Horror: The Strongest Zhongzhou Team

"Zheng Zha, or do you believe that because this is the Main God Space, it is absolutely safe?"

"How naive..."

A rare flicker of emotion appeared in Chu Xuan's usually cold eyes, but it was filled with mockery and disdain.

"But this is good too. Fortunately, I'm only at the third tier right now."

"You know, the moment I got it, I wanted to do this..."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha suddenly felt a strange sense of crisis.

Followed by.

A scene unfolded that made Li Xiao and Zhao Yingkong's expressions turn serious.

A complete golden mask, radiating golden light, appeared in Chu Xuan's hand.

Then, without any preparation, I simply raised my hand and put it on.

Just as Chu Xuan's flesh and blood came into contact with the golden mask...

Li Xiao and Zhao Yingkong, who had been observing from the sidelines, both started to move at the same time.

At this moment, blood even oozed from Zheng Zha's clenched teeth.

A figure, moving at a speed no slower than the other three, came forward to meet them.

The four shadows then separated immediately upon contact.

Li Xiao, his body radiating golden light, was now fully immersed in destruction.

Zhao Yingkong materialized the Zanpakuto and entered the Bankai instant release mode.

Even Zheng Zha, whose breathing was extremely unstable and who was furious and full of anger, was suspended in mid-air.

However, Zheng Zha did not lose his mind at this moment.

After the three blocked "Chu Xuan," the captain was about to speak immediately:
"The Supreme God..."

But before he could finish speaking...

On the other side, "Chu Xuan" once again unleashed an incredible speed, appearing in front of Zheng Zha as if by teleportation, and struck out with a palm.

With a single palm strike, Zheng Zha was sent flying backwards without even being able to utter a word.

Li Xiao and Zhao Yingkong also acted upon hearing the news.

One second later.

"Alright!"

Upon hearing this cold voice, Zheng Zha, who was spitting blood in mid-air, was immediately caught by "Chu Xuan".

Then they saw the third Chu Xuan grow and recover from the previous pool of flesh and blood.

And within this mass of flesh and blood was a black longsword that had just been knocked away.

Just then, Chu Xuan spoke up to remind him.

Chu Xuan, the third to grasp the longsword, swung it at Zhan Lan, who was covered in bloody holes.

And this location is the neck beneath the crystal skull!

An inexplicable burst of energy erupted from the sword's edge.

Zheng Zha, who knew about the power involved, stared wide-eyed.

He knew that if things continued like this, Zhan Lan would surely die.

Even the Supreme God couldn't save Zhan Lan.

Li Xiao, who also witnessed this scene, immediately waved his right hand.

The bronze Longyuan Sword, gleaming with brilliant light, appeared out of thin air and then shot away with a humming sound.

Li Xiao, who had originally wanted to try his best to stop the attack, suddenly felt a jolt in his heart.

Before he could react, a small hand grabbed Li Xiao by the back of his neck, and the two of them were thrown backward.

Because it is this very moment.

Zheng Zha's fourth-tier cultivation was finally unlocked.

The price was the lives of Chu Xuan and Zhan Lan…

Thick, blood-red flames exploded in the air.

A huge gash had appeared on Zhan Lan's head and shoulder.

As the crimson flames landed, the sound of footsteps echoed.

The thick, gelatinous blood receded backward.

Zheng Zha stood there silently, clutching the golden mask in his hand.

A pair of indescribable eyes looked at the third Chu Xuan who wielded the black longsword.

this moment.

Crimson flames coalesced behind Zheng Zha like a cloak, making him appear as a shadow.

Even with a being as powerful as the Golden Mask and possessing a third-tier gene lock, Chu Xuan was no match for Zheng Zha, who had just entered the fourth tier.

It can be said that they were completely powerless to fight back.

They won the victory with overwhelming force.

However, Zheng Zha, who "won" at that moment, showed no joy whatsoever.

He looked at the golden mask in his hand and murmured:
"Chu Xuan, you've won..."

"However, as I said, I can't control myself in this state."

"I fear myself more now than when you're wearing a mask."

"Because now, I want to kill you."

"Kill everyone!"

"I really can't suppress this thought..."

So, Chu Xuan, are you ready?

In Li Xiao and Zhao Yingkong's eyes, Zheng Zha's current state was extremely strange.

He is Zheng Zha.

But it's not Zheng Zha either...

The pungent smell of blood permeated the still plaza.

Blood flames surged silently behind Zheng Zha.

His eyes were no longer the familiar, kind and gentle ones, but a deep, chaotic pool.

At the bottom of the pool, a naked, almost insatiable desire for destruction churns, ready to burn everything to ashes.

"I'll kill you..."

“Kill all… people…”

Zheng Zha's whisper at this moment was like a murmur from the depths of hell, each word carrying a hoarse, metallic sound.

Zheng Zha looked up and saw his chaotic eyes fixed on Chu Xuan, who was holding a black longsword.

"Zheng Zha! Stop!"

At that moment, Li Xiao's voice resonated, piercing the stagnant air as it came from behind.

The words left the mouth.

With perfect coordination, he and Zhao Yingkong attacked almost simultaneously, and the Dragon Abyss Sword's brilliance surged once more, like a meteor falling to earth.

But Zhao Yingkong acted even faster.

She changed direction the instant she retreated, instead of rushing towards the third Chu Xuan.

Instead, they charged straight at Zheng Zha, whose aura was like that of a prehistoric beast!
Her "Instant Opening" compressed spiritual pressure to its limit, unleashing the Zanpakuto's energy to its peak.

It wasn't for attacking, but rather to desperately create layers of protection in front of him.

She clearly sensed that the greatest threat was no longer Chu Xuan's scheme, but the captain's own completely out-of-control destructive will.

Zheng Zha moved.

There was no warning, no sound.

The viscous blood flames seemed to be part of an illusion.

The true form had already appeared before the third Chu Xuan, faster than the black sword in Chu Xuan's hand, and faster than the shooting dragon abyss.

boom!
A dull thud that nearly stopped the heart.

The third Chu Xuan was like being hit head-on by an invisible giant hammer.

Before he could even make a change in expression, his entire body was violently disintegrated by that immeasurable pure force.

Countless fragments of flesh and bone debris exploded and flew in all directions like cannonballs.

The flying fragments of flesh and bone actually made a sound as they were torn apart.

One can imagine how powerful the force Chu Xuan was experiencing at that moment.

Even so, Zheng Zha still didn't intend to let him go, or perhaps he knew that such an attack was not enough to kill the person in front of him.

Then Li Xiao saw it.

The pieces of flesh were silently devoured and vaporized in mid-air by the ensuing blood flames, as if they had never existed.

Only one wave of blood inflammation appeared and then disappeared. Quick!
quasi!
ruthless!
With a single strike, the entire existence of the third Chu Xuan was wiped out.

At the same time, the black longsword containing a special aura was out of control.

With a buzzing sound, it was violently knocked away by the Dragon Abyss Sword that followed closely behind.

It spun and plunged into the marble floor beneath the distant orb of the main god, trembling incessantly.

Li Xiao's rescue attempt failed.

But he couldn't care less about that; he immediately went to check on Zhan Lan.

The cut from shoulder to neck was a bloody mess, and half of the shoulder, along with the head, had been separated from the body by half a meter.

Clearly, this psychic was dead beyond any doubt.

Even summoning the main god's pillar of light would probably be ineffective.

Zhao Yingkong, who tried to stop Zheng Zha, was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string.

Her defensive barrier was ignited and destroyed by the blood flames the moment it came into contact.

The immense impact of the blood flame caused her to groan, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth, before she crashed heavily onto the open ground some distance away.

As time went on, Zheng Zha's condition worsened.

"Chu Xuan!!!"

Zheng Zha let out a non-human roar. This roar was not one of anger, but rather the howl of a beast driven by an extreme desire for destruction.

He turned abruptly, his chaotic, bloodthirsty eyes fixed on the one who had first donned the golden mask, the one who had caused everything to spiral out of control—the master "Chu Xuan" (the one who initially wore the golden mask).

The golden mask on the face of the main character, "Chu Xuan," still radiated an indifferent light.

It was at this moment that the golden mask Zheng Zha was holding began to melt.

It turns out that Chu Xuan had already completed the substitution at some point.

He seemed to have anticipated Zheng Zha's current state, as the terrifying power capable of easily crushing him approached.

Chu Xuan made no move to dodge.

However, beneath the golden mask...

Deep within those eyes, as calm as still water, seemed to be a stream of extremely subtle data flashing, calculating, and deducing.

He raised his face, which was covered by a golden mask.

He stared directly at the figure so close, radiating an aura of endless destruction.

The viscous blood flames, carrying temperatures high enough to melt steel, approached the edge of "Chu Xuan's" body.

His clothes had even begun to melt and then turned charred.

"Zheng Zha..." The voice behind the golden mask seemed to struggle for a moment, becoming somewhat indistinct.

But it was forcibly suppressed, becoming mechanical and cold:
"Experimental...phase..."

He seemed to be trying to explain something.

But at this moment, Zheng Zha, or rather the primal beast that dominates this body, felt only a deeper loathing and a boiling killing intent towards that cold voice.

"Die!"

The scarlet claws, carrying a power that seemed capable of tearing through space, fiercely clawed towards the heart of the master "Chu Xuan"!

However, just as the claw tip, capable of piercing through everything, was about to touch Chu Xuan.

Zheng Zha's figure froze abruptly.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The churning blood flames, like frozen magma, hovered about an inch in front of the main figure, "Chu Xuan".

gene.

It is the foundation of the human body.

It is both the foundation and the beginning.

It is the basic unit of heredity in living organisms.

Some scientists say that the essence of genes is heredity.

It is a product of time.

Genes are born with the ability to replicate, passing on their genetic information to offspring cells.

During cell division, each segment of DNA is replicated with precision down to the millimeter.

This ensures that each daughter cell receives the same genetic information as the parent cell.

This ensures the stability of the genetic state.

Gene expression is precisely regulated by a variety of factors.

This is why the same individual.

Different environments and experiences will lead to different personalities and appearances.

Cellular signaling pathways, transcription factors, and environmental factors can all influence the expression level of genes in the external world.

This results in organisms exhibiting drastically different outcomes at different ages and stages.

These information pathways at the gene level can even precisely control the activation and deactivation of certain genes.

And the intensity of expression, thereby adapting to changes in internal and external intensity.

This ability is the effect of the fourth stage of gene locking.

Humans live from birth until death.

The only function of the genes in their bodies is to pass them on.

Aside from this function, 99 percent of humans have never used these genes that are not needed by the environment.

The origins of these genes, which are not needed by humans, can be traced back to single-celled organisms.

These dormant genes are actually markers and symbols of evolution.

Life evolved from single-celled organisms to multicellular organisms, amphibians, marine life, terrestrial life, apes, great apes, and finally to humans today.

These seemingly obsolete entities constitute the essence of genes.

However, it remains unused and undiscovered by humans.

But don't forget that all living things exist selectively.

In other words, survival of the fittest.

This applies not only to living organisms, but also to genes.

If these genes really had no function, the human body wouldn't look like this.

Over trillions of years of evolution, genes have been eliminated, selected, and altered.

This eventually led to the formation of modern humans.

All those strange and unusual forms of expression are hidden within the indescribable genes.

Then it was fitted with one large lock after another.

When one of the humans has unlocked the fourth stage of the genetic lock.

That means that this human has the ability to control these genes within their body.

These genes, which have been selected and preserved through evolution, will be awakened, as will others hidden within them.

Risk and return are like two opposing forces.

The same applies to the deepest aspects of the gene.

The power hidden within itself is also accompanied by the savage and brutal aura of ancient times.

This is a crazy idea.

It was only now that Zheng Zha thought of this.

Perhaps I have already unlocked the fourth stage of the gene lock.

In the Hive of Resident Evil, when you see the children being experimented on and feel angry.

In The Mummy, when they were helplessly crawling before the Celestials.

When being schemed against by the Grim Reaper.

And just now, when I saw Chu Xuan attack the little girl and kill Zhan Lan.

Looking back, every time he was emotionally agitated, whether it was anger, fear, or sadness.

At that time, I seemed to be one of those who unlocked the fourth genetic lock.

It's just that at that time, the influence was deep within our genes, and we were unaware of it.

Now, Zheng Zha can clearly feel it.

The negative emotions suppressed by this evolution seem endless at first glance.

this moment,
Zheng Zha's eyes were filled with bloodlust.

Looking at Zheng Zha, whose eyes were bloodshot and who looked completely bewildered.

Despite the imminent threat, Chu Xuan remained expressionless as always.

I didn't know when it happened.

Centered on Chu Xuan, a thin layer of flesh and blood had inexplicably formed within a ten-meter radius around him. (End of Chapter)