Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 127 Catch them all in one fell swoop

This is actually an assumption based on the worst-case scenario.

Mu Xiang's first priority is to gain entry into Hobbs Town, so he will completely replicate Trent's actions.

In this way, he would be present, perhaps even among the most deeply corrupted of all the readers. Given his circumstances, it was a mutually beneficial arrangement between him and Sutter Kane.

Mu Xiang has already unlocked the third-tier gene lock. The principle behind the third-tier gene lock is the deep development of the brain. In terms of strength enhancement alone, the third-tier gene lock seems inferior to the second-tier. However, in reality, the benefits brought by the third-tier gene lock far surpass those of the first and second tiers combined.

The explosive increase in computing power and the great enhancement of analytical thinking ability; a mental state that far surpasses the previous state at almost every moment; a deeper control over one's own power, which allows one to exert 70% to 80% of the A-level bloodline while also increasing the possibility of creating one's own skills... These are all improvements that are unimaginable at the first and second tiers, and are difficult to match in terms of functionality through any enhancement or exchange.

Mu Xiang's confidence in directly enduring the novel's corrosive influence stemmed from the mental enhancement provided by his third-tier gene lock. According to his deduction, this was the only way to destroy the manuscript. Furthermore, in the original work, aside from *The Trembling Black Hole*, the novels required a very long period of subtle, gradual influence to erode ordinary people, making it even less of a concern for him.

This is the first step, and also the most important thing right now. If Mu Xiang can't get in, there's no point in talking about the rest, and the others who do get in will be in trouble.

In fact, the best-case scenario is that all experienced players can enter Hobbes Town. Whether newcomers can enter is, from a strategic perspective, completely irrelevant.

You mean Zhang Heng? If this comedic assassin is really the comedic assassin Mu Xiang knows, then there's even less to worry about him. As long as he doesn't want to die, he won't die…

If the veterans are separated, things will become tricky. In this situation, Zheng Zha and Mu Xiang together certainly have a better chance of winning, but the other veterans in the real world may not be safe. Faced with Cthulhu-style horror and the erasure of Mu Xiang and others' existence, they are still not comprehensive enough.

Therefore, Mu Xiang hoped that if the veterans were separated, Zheng Zha would ideally remain in the real world... but this was not something he could guarantee. He could only ensure that Zheng Zha was completely free from any contact with anything related to the novel. Zheng Zha had to be the one least affected by the corruption.

This is the second priority; nothing else is significant enough to affect the overall situation.

If they are to be separated, Zheng Zha is the most likely to remain in the real world; if they are not to be separated, Zheng Zha will still have to enter Hobbs Town... After weighing the options, Mu Xiang rejected the plan to have Zheng Zha stay in the hotel directly.

In the worst-case scenario, even if Mu Xiang painstakingly reduces the connections, everything he said will be erased. With Zheng Zha around, people in the real world still have hope of survival.

"Heh, the Supreme God's arrangements are too deliberate..." Mu Xiang scrolled through the surveillance footage on his phone, then suddenly sneered, "Trent just entered the Arcane Corporation, and the next step is the meeting. Let's just wipe them all out in one fell swoop..."

Before the others could react, Mu Xiang pointed at Gao Hongliang: "You, come with me."

"Huh?" Gao Hongliang was taken aback for a moment, but quickly calmed down and walked briskly to Mu Xiang's side. His manner clearly showed that he regarded Mu Xiang as a leader.

Mu Xiang said calmly to Gao Hongliang, "I don't need your help, but you'll collect the money later."

Gao Hongliang wasn't stupid; on the contrary, he understood perfectly how to follow orders. He nodded immediately, looking completely unwavering and determined to carry it out. "Let's go get a hood or something first," Mu Xiang muttered to himself, then grabbed Gao Hongliang and, amidst the gasps of the newlyweds and the screams of the well-dressed man, leaped out of the window of the twenty-odd-story building.

Just when Gao Hongliang thought he was going to die, he was surprised to find that he was not falling, but instead rising with Mu Xiang.

Mu Xiang didn't deliberately speed up, but he was still quite fast. The wind howled past Gao Hongliang's ears. He thought he would be blown off his feet, but he wasn't.

This is Mu Xiang's biofield. Under the protection of the biofield, it will not cause any harm to the person being carried when flying at high altitudes.

He first dumped Gao Hongliang on the roof of a shopping mall, then spent a few seconds grabbing a hood from inside the mall, put it on Gao Hongliang, and then rushed towards Aofa Company at full speed.

Obviously, the security guards of Aofa Company didn't even have time to react before Mu Xiang smashed through the floor-to-ceiling window and rushed into the office of the CEO, Hagrid.

The three people in the middle of the meeting were taken aback. Before they could even speak, Mu Xiang's eyes flashed red. The next moment, the heads of investigator Trent, editor Linda, and Haglo simultaneously fell to the ground.

"Whoa..." Protected by Mu Xiang's bio-field, Gao Hongliang was unharmed by the shattered French windows. But upon seeing this scene, he was so frightened that he could barely stand, and he covered his mouth as soon as he cried out.

Mu Xiang was quite satisfied with Gao Hongliang's performance in this regard. He glanced at the three heads lying on the ground, their eyes wide open, and felt a strange sensation in his heart.

After all, Trent and Sam Neill look exactly alike. Not only has this guy acted in movies like "The Hole" and "Event Horizon," but he's also in "Jurassic Park," and he even played Odin in "Thor: Ragnarok."

The next second, Mu Xiang got rid of this strange feeling. Otherwise, would he have trouble getting mixed up with other horror movies in the future?
Now that these three are all dead, it seems the Supreme God has given him an opportunity to wipe them all out in one fell swoop.

At the end of *The Hole*, Trent returns from Hobbs and sees a distorted, reality-altered movie poster for *The Hole*. While watching the film, Mu Xiang was particularly interested in the issue on the poster. Director John Carpenter playfully included himself on it, and many of the credits matched those in the film Mu Xiang had seen.

However, one difference is that the three main actors are not Sam Neill and his two companions, but rather Trent, Linda, and Harrog. From a cinematic perspective, this blurring of the lines between fiction and reality allows audiences at the time to grasp the sentiment expressed by Sutter Kane in the film: "The Great Old Ones will return the moment people can no longer distinguish between fantasy and reality... The more believers there are, the faster their return will be."

Since Mu Xiang has to confront the issue of this horror movie, he can't treat it as just a cinematic artistic effect... He specifically looked it up and found that John Carpenter also exists in this world, just like in the real world.

In other words, in the story of *The Terrifying Black Hole* that Mu Xiang saw, it was Trent from the "real world" who entered the world of *The Terrifying Black Hole*, and then, upon exiting, found himself as the protagonist. Fantasy (the film) and reality thus became blurred…

Now that all three main characters have been killed, how will Sutter Kane continue writing?
"Your choices are becoming fewer and fewer."

Mu Xiang sneered and muttered to himself.

Chapter Two will be a little later. You can probably guess why I brought Gao Hongliang along, right? (laughs)
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(End of this chapter)