It's time to improve the strength of the infinite world

Chapter 147 Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
It is natural that Xia Zhi would think in this direction.

The main thing is "June 21st, 2024". This date is so subtle that he can't help but think about it.

Too deep and unforgettable.

The impression this date left on him was truly unforgettable.

He thought about it carefully and glanced at the woman again. This date should be credible. Even if the time zone of continental Europe is used, it will not affect anything. After all, it is only a difference of a few hours... Wait, could this plane be the crashed passenger plane in his memory?

Xia Zhi twitched his eyebrows and his expression became strange.

He looked at everyone, making sure he had no impression of them, but if it was the crashed Europa Airlines plane...

——Is this the truth that can never be found?

——Because relative to that point in time, the crashed plane had actually traveled through time?

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The air became solidified again as silence fell. The oppressive atmosphere was like an invisible big hand, tightly gripping everyone's heart, making them a little breathless.

Most people were frozen in their seats, not daring to move or even move their eyes. They just sat there tightly, listening to their own heartbeats, as if they were afraid that the slightest noise would draw the attention of the horrible devil to themselves.

There were also a few people who were also stiff, without any big movements, but still tried to wink at the black-haired lady who had just been called out for questioning, hinting wildly, hoping that the latter would take the initiative to do something. After all, they had just talked to each other, so naturally people would subconsciously place their hopes on this lady.

It's a pity that the lady didn't pay any attention to their hints. Her whole attention was focused on the young man opposite her. She didn't dare to be distracted in the slightest. Naturally, she didn't notice the looks and hints from the people around her.

Although, even if she saw it, she probably wouldn't be able to react or muster up the courage to do anything. This was simply too much pressure for her to withstand.

In this situation, others couldn't help but feel angry and anxious, but there was nothing they could do. They could only watch anxiously and hope that things would not develop in a bad direction.

——Above the clouds, thousands of meters high…

——The cabin of the civil airliner, which should have been sealed, was damaged...

——The entire aircraft is at risk of stalling and disintegrating at any time...

At the moment, it was able to maintain stability, as if it was not affected at all, flying at the maximum cruising speed in the sky. No matter how you look at it, it can only rely on the power of this existence who is not sure whether it is a god or a devil. If you want to avoid facing the most desperate situation, you must rely on the other party's face.

Perhaps at this moment, there are people who are silently praying to God and cursing the devil in front of them...

However, most of the people on this flight are smart and do not have the courage to speak out their true feelings. Even if they curse in their hearts, they are wise enough to know that they and others need the power of the devil now.

This is certainly the right choice -

Xia Zhi didn't have any ill will towards ants, but he didn't mind throwing a few of them off the plane to let them wake up.

After a long while, he came out of his contemplation and looked around the cabin thoughtfully: "It seems that there are still some problems between us that need to be solved... Now let's start the quiz with prizes. If you can answer my questions successfully, then - that person can survive."

He spoke very lightly, his tone as calm as if he was going to the market to buy a bunch of vegetables.

But in that unquestionable tone, there seemed to be a hint of cruelty and bloodiness.

Everyone in the cabin was obviously not a vendor in the vegetable market, so they had no way to bargain with him. After a moment of hesitation, they all shuddered and their hair stood on end. Someone subconsciously opened his mouth, but could not say anything. A hint of enlightenment emerged from deep in his heart -

This is not asking for their opinion…

Instead, it was a unilateral notification to them...

Realizing this, everyone couldn't help but clench their teeth tightly, and subconsciously clenched their fists. Their hearts seemed to be in their throats, and their nerves were tense. Their minds seemed to be blank, but they were also working hard instinctively. At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on the young man's mouth.

They are afraid of missing any key words that come next.

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Xia Zhi blinked his eyes, very satisfied with the effect of his simple carrot and stick approach.

It is not difficult to force a single individual to confess, but it would be troublesome to do it to everyone. He needs to ask questions from multiple different angles and fields in order to confirm the similarities and differences in worldviews, which is impossible for a single person to answer all of them.

But there is a way——

There is no need to perform a sophisticated operation like "forced confession". Simply implanting hints and making them subconsciously believe your threats will be enough.

As long as they are not the kind of people who want to commit suicide, their enthusiasm will be aroused now. They will surely answer the next questions enthusiastically and will not dare to fool around. If someone makes a mistake in their answer, they will be criticized immediately... After all, they don't know how many questions there will be and how many chances they will have.

If you encounter a question that you can answer but miss it, who knows if there is still hope of survival.

Therefore, every opportunity to answer is precious and must be fought for.

In order to survive, intrigue is too common. With this thought, he lowered his eyes slightly, and asked his first question in a calm tone: "Okay, what I want to ask is - how many times has the Chinese team won the World Cup?"

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The black-haired lady was about to speak reflexively, but the words got stuck at her lips and her mind was in a mess.

What World Cup, what World Cup, what are these?
It seemed that she had some impression of the former World Cup, but it was only limited to the extent of having heard the name, and she knew nothing about the others. How should she answer?

"Six times!"

"Six times!"

However, some people reacted quickly and gave answers immediately, and glared at each other because they answered almost at the same time.

Someone else hurriedly added, "Yes, yes, yes! It was six times, six times, in 1978, 1982, 1964..."

The atmosphere became tense for a moment.

Xia Zhi raised his eyebrows. They actually matched. It seemed that this was not a parallel universe.

You know, he noticed this when he was understanding the differences in worldviews in the last two world lines he experienced. The level of Chinese football in those two worlds was simply horrible, and it was difficult to even qualify. If they lost again, they would lose to Vietnam... It was so magical that he found it absurd.

That’s right, that must be the singularity or the loss belt!

"Very good, you have answered this question correctly... Sit down!" He nodded slightly, pointed at the person who answered first, and sat down as he looked at the person with a happy face.

"Next, the second question..."

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Half an hour later.

Even the trembling captain and co-pilot in the cockpit could not help themselves and took the initiative to answer two questions, fearing that they would be left out and not be granted the right of pardon.

Xia Zhi also cross-verified through questions from multiple different fields and preliminarily completed his confirmation. After thinking carefully for a while, he raised his head again and glanced at everyone in the cabin, watching everyone holding their breath, nervously waiting for the moment of judging their fate.

"Congratulations, at least you all made it through... No matter what happens next, at least for now, I will let you all survive."

He said calmly, announcing the result of this preliminary test -

"Of course, you still need to get some sleep for a while."

After saying this, without giving everyone in the cabin time to think or digest the information, he lightly snapped his fingers, drawing everyone's attention to his actions, and started the hypnotic magic.

In an instant, everyone fell into a deep and sweet dream.

Looking at every person who fell asleep in their seats or in the aisle with their heads tilted, Xia Zhi shook his head, then opened his portable warehouse and began to use the prepared materials to make "magic coffins" for artificial hibernation on the spot, sealed each person in them, and then sent them into the warehouse.

Their body functions will almost completely stop, as if they were frozen in time...

In terms of effect, this is a hibernation technology that can be fully applied to interstellar travel.

It just so happened that before Xia Zhi came out, he spent two days learning one of Vivian's most powerful magic tricks, the Coffin Technique, which came in handy at this moment.

After sealing up all the people and parking the entire passenger plane in the portable storage, he turned back from the high altitude.

The strange tremor and the source of the space-time disturbance should be the moment when the two worlds intersected. He wanted to go back to the scene and search to see if he could find more valuable clues.

Because Xia Zhi had just verified a lot of things, from historical background to time nodes, from international events to hot news, it seemed that all signs were indicating that this passenger plane did come from the world before he traveled through time, so it could be said that they were fellow villagers.

This phenomenon is very interesting——

Logically speaking, the plane would have already crossed before the summer solstice...

But after he crossed over, it took this long for the plane to cross over again...

Which of the two came first? Which came later? Who was the first to connect with this world? This is all worth exploring. If you think about it more deeply, you can even reasonably suspect whether his crossing into this world was a mere coincidence? Was he affected by the plane that crossed first?
And was the plane that traveled through first affected by him who traveled through later and arrived in the other world first?
It's like a chicken or the egg question.

He even began to doubt whether he and the plane were the only two examples. Was there more undiscovered and unconfirmed examples in his world?
Or thinking further...

Has there been some problem in my world for a long time?
Even being trapped in repetitive time was the aftermath of that problem?

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(PS: It’s my birthday today. I just celebrated it with everyone. I hope everything will go smoothly in the future…ψ(._.)>)

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