Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 104 hints...

Mu Xiang woke up at eight o'clock sharp again. He touched his glasses, put them on, and sat up.

Then Mu Xiang opened the door and saw that Zhao Yingkong was indeed already in the square.

She must have heard that sound... but let's eat breakfast first.

Mu Xiang knew that most people probably wouldn't be able to get up until noon, so he leisurely picked out what he liked to eat and ate a portion for five people in one go.

“Now I agree that the Main God Space is heaven…” Mu Xiang leaned back on the sofa, holding a lemon in his hand, thinking about team strengthening while talking to himself.

After eating to his heart's content, Mu Xiang went straight to the basement to begin his training for the day.

At 11 a.m., Mu Xiang arrived at the Main God Square and saw that most people were already awake.

After exchanging nods and greetings, Mu Xiang headed directly towards the area below the main god.

As Mu Xiang passed by Zhao Yingkong, he saw that she was still reading "The Man Who Laughs" and casually said, "You can exchange for other books here at the Main God's place... It seems that you can also create them in the room, but you can't take them out."

Then he closed his eyes and began to communicate with the supreme deity.

"Technology...mind splitting...memory copying..." Mu Xiang didn't have captain privileges, so he couldn't directly ask the main god to recommend the most suitable option for him. He could only search for it himself based on the relevant keywords.

The more Mu Xiang searched, the more sweaty he became. These items were all problematic in terms of price, at least B-grade, and had significant side effects. Mu Xiang was genuinely afraid of developing a split personality; dealing with his inner demons would be quite a hassle.

"Mind Partitioner... Grade A, 7000 points?" Mu Xiang finally found what might be the best one, but after glancing at the price, he immediately thought, "So expensive... I can only consider it after this match. My immediate priority is to exchange for the Grade A Kryptonian bloodline."

If we get the captain's privileges later, it might be easier to search... For now, this mind partitioner seems to be the best option. If we just need to partition out a section to store information from Chu Xuan, seal it away normally, and set up trigger conditions, it's still operable.

"Next time I need to exchange, I'll exchange it for Zheng Zha and give him the key for safekeeping... In any case, it won't be mine, and it's impossible for it to be copied to the Demon Team," Mu Xiang thought to himself.

He then temporarily put aside the idea and went to check which exchanges were suitable for other people.

Around midnight, Zheng Zha led Luo Li out of the room, and Zhang Jie immediately started whistling.

"Well... let's eat now that everyone's here." With that, Mu Xiang walked towards Zhang Jie's house.

Zhao Yingkong's cold voice rang out: "Are we going to waste time again?"

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at the little assassin girl... but she didn't care and just coldly stared at Mu Xiang's back.

“You don’t seem to know our Zhongzhou team’s tradition,” Mu Xiang said calmly. “Discussing things at the dinner table is beneficial for team building and the like.”

Zhao Yingkong's voice grew even colder: "I've already decided on the attributes to be enhanced; there's no need for this kind of discussion."

“But our team needs it.” Mu Xiang turned to look at Zhao Yingkong. “If possible, we might have room for discussion later. As for the sparring, I think… being too hasty, isn’t that deviating from the way of an assassin?”

Zhao Yingkong paused for a moment, then said nothing more. The others were somewhat confused, but they all headed towards Zhang Jie's room.

Once everyone had started eating, Mu Xiang suggested that everyone report their catch.

Zheng Zha scratched his head: "I got two B-level side quests, one D-level side quest, and over 30,000 reward points..."

Hearing the envious and jealous gasps of the others, Mu Xiang smiled, finished all the food he had picked up in one gulp, and then snapped his fingers, saying, "I've obtained an A-level side quest and a C-level side quest..."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than someone dropped their chopsticks on the ground.

Mu Xiang paused for a moment, then smiled wryly and said, "Is it really that exaggerated? Although not everyone was discussing this on the last day, you should have an estimate, right?"

Zhang Jie's hand holding the wine glass trembled, spilling the wine all over Zheng Zha's pants: "Damn it, a horror movie gets an A-level side plot? Before I met you guys, I would never have dreamed of such a thing..."

[Perhaps it's true, after all, Zhang Jie's side storyline might involve going back to horror movies to watch it?]

Mu Xiang looked at Zhang Jie with an innocent expression.

Zhang Jie asked, grumbling, "Where are the reward points?"

"forty thousand……"

"Depend on!"

Seeing Zhang Jie's frantic expression, Mu Xiang felt a real headache coming on: "Isn't this a bit much, Brother Jie..."

Zhan Lan also gave a wry smile: "It only costs 50,000 to get back to the real world... I feel like if you save up for one more game, or put in a little more effort in the next game, you can get it in one go."

Mu Xiang's expression turned serious: "No... actually, I have no intention of going back." "Huh?" Zheng Zha looked surprised. "Why?"

"To be honest, I think I'm more suited to live here." Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses. "And I feel that the real journey has only just begun."

The group exchanged glances, then Mu Xiang downed his drink in one gulp and slammed it down on the table. "There's nothing strange about that, is there? In fact, it's more likely that only a minority want to go back. Raise your hand if you want to go back?"

Surprisingly, only Zheng Zha raised his hand immediately. Then, seeing Zheng Zha's serious expression, Loli also timidly raised her hand... Then came Qi Tengyi, who cautiously looked at everyone present before raising his hand as well.

“Zhan Lan…” Zheng Zha looked at Zhan Lan with some surprise.

Zhan Lan's expression was somewhat conflicted, but in the end she just smiled and placed her hands on her knees. In her smile was a faint hint of melancholy… Zheng Zha, however, had no idea why.

"To put it emotionally... many of you may have lost the meaning of life in the real world, lost the connection to prove your existence..." Mu Xiang said earnestly, "But here, under the threat of death, we try to rediscover the meaning of life, and unknowingly form new connections."

Zheng Zha nodded silently, agreeing with what Mu Xiang said. The members of the Zhongzhou team were also important to him.

“Actually, if Chu Xuan hadn’t disappeared… he should have had nearly 40,000 reward points, and his income wouldn’t have been much lower than mine.” Mu Xiang suddenly brought up this topic, then looked at Zheng Zha, “Do you think you’re the only one in the entire God Space who wants to go back?”

"Uh? Of course... not necessarily." Zheng Zha was taken aback.

"So you're the fastest at accumulating them? Are you the strongest?" Mu Xiang asked calmly.

Zheng Zha thought for a moment, then his expression turned grim, but he still said, "It's not necessarily true."

Mu Xiang nodded: "That's right... and the Main God Space is the only place where we can grow and become stronger quickly. Maybe we can return to the real world, but not now. Because none of us possess that kind of absolute power, and without our growth environment, we can't protect our own world."

Although I can't tell them the truth about the Main God Space yet—just kidding, even if I wanted to, I couldn't. There are several versions of the truth about the Main God Space; who knows which one is the truth about Mu Xiang's situation?

If we follow the original story, returning to the real world is a huge pitfall... Mu Xiang couldn't say it like that, he could only discuss it in this way.

Otherwise, with so much to gain from a single team battle, it's easy for morale to waver... This is a problem that the Central Continent team in the original story didn't have.

"So my advice is to use the reward points without worry. It's not too late to accumulate 50,000 reward points once we've become stronger, right? Trying to hoard them will only hinder our growth, and we might even die in an even more difficult horror movie," Mu Xiang said. "And spending more time growing in the Main God Space... won't waste much time in the real world, right, Zheng Zha?"

Zheng Zha gave an affirmative answer upon hearing this... He was the only team member present who had gone back, so his affirmation was effective.

"So, shall we discuss how to use the reward points?" Zhang Jie poured himself another glass of wine, then apologetically filled Zheng Zha's glass as well.

The rest of the meal was spent in individual discussions and team decisions... But just as Zhang Jie was about to lead everyone out to exchange their items, Mu Xiang stopped him.

"Wait, Brother Jie... we haven't come up with the latest list of horror movies yet."

This is a tradition of the Zhongzhou team... In fact, Mu Xiang had this suggestion after "Resident Evil". Since no one knows what the next game is, and they might not actually watch a horror movie when they get back, it would be better to make a list and have everyone guess a few questions... to avoid everyone skipping horror movies and causing chaos in the next game, etc.

Of course, what Mu Xiang needed most was Zhang Jie's opinion... This was a test.

The truth is, in the first two instances, Zhang Jie wrote extensively about a bunch of supposedly recommended horror movies, and actually included "Alien" and "Ju-on" in them.

This time, even Mu Xiang—along with Chu Xuan—didn't know what the next match would be. But Zhang Jie was still the true captain of the Zhongzhou team, and he still had the authority to know the next horror movie.

Therefore, Mu Xiang will pay attention to the content he provides.

Mu Xiang took out a piece of paper with a list of horror movies he guessed on it—of course, these were completely irrelevant. Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan knew this habit and enthusiastically came over to write down their own movie recommendations. Seeing the two of them together, Luo Li immediately ran over to write one too.

Long Taobing looked at Mu Xiang for help: "Um... I don't know much about these things either, can we not write them down for now?"

“No problem, but this isn’t a serious matter. It would be best if you could guess correctly… If you want to write, you can do whatever you like.” Mu Xiang smiled.

Zhang Jie silently smoked his cigarette, watching everyone huddle together to write down the film list, then looked at Mu Xiang: "Before, it was just the four of us writing it, but now the film list is getting longer and longer."

"It's alright, we have plenty of time anyway... Wouldn't it be great to spend more time watching movies tonight?" Mu Xiang teased.

Zhang Jie exhaled a puff of smoke, smiled with narrowed eyes, and then took the paper filled with writing, writing down the names of several horror movies on it.

"Okay, I'll make copies when I get back. Dinner will be served to everyone." Mu Xiang laughed.

As he spoke, he took the paper, and an inexplicable impulse made him focus his gaze on a movie title written by Zhang Jie.

[Is this a hint at... *The Terrifying Black Hole*...?]

The next horror movie will be *The Hole*... a hellish horror film, perfect for the current Middle-earth crew (laughs). Those interested can check it out; it's a cult classic by John Carpenter, definitely worth watching. PS: This title is easily confused with *Event Horizon*, but the English titles are actually quite similar. Interestingly, both are considered cult films and both feature Sam Neill.

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