Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 13 The Light of Death
Everyone entered the passage, and the two large doors immediately began to close. By the time they realized what was happening, it was too late. James, disregarding the three suspected individuals, and the remaining mercenaries instantly went on high alert. At the same time, he urgently called out over the walkie-talkie, "Kaplan? Kaplan!"

Kaplan said urgently from outside, "It's like some kind of dormant defense mechanism; we must have triggered it!"

James said, "Then let it remain dormant!"

Kaplan frowned, his hands flying across the keyboard as he replied, "I'm working on it!"

Meanwhile, things were in complete chaos outside. Spence and Alice, both laymen, bombarded Kaplan with all sorts of questions and urgings. Although they were acting out of concern, it only added to Kaplan's already hectic schedule.

James could only helplessly tell his men, "Stay where you are and stay calm!"

Mu Xiang cursed inwardly: Wait my ass! Calm my ass! It's coming soon!

He no longer paid attention to the conversations and commotion of the people inside and outside; his attention was now entirely focused on the laser that was about to appear in front of him. He had entered a state of concentration: even though he knew nothing else, he could immediately spot even a small LED bulb on the wall in front of him that was malfunctioning and flickering!

Sure enough, the so-called automatic sensor lights on both sides of the front wall suddenly dimmed, and a thin laser line appeared between the glass walls. As soon as the laser line formed, it suddenly slashed towards the mercenaries and Mu Xiang and his two companions!

Mu Xiang yelled, "Lie down!" and then fell face-first, thankfully avoiding injury due to his preparedness. Whether it was psychological or not, as he fell, he felt a sharp, cold sensation on his shoulder, mixed with a burning heat. This meant he was actually too slow; if he had been any slower, he would have at least lost a shoulder.

The first move, without any fancy tricks or variations, is solely for decapitation!

Of the others, James reacted the fastest. He shouted "Lie down!" and tackled the two people next to him to the ground, even before Mu Xiang, who had noticed him first, fell to the ground.

Although Zheng Zha was behind Mu Xiang, he had been keeping his eyes on the front and had already fallen to the ground the moment the laser line appeared, so the laser line only grazed past his shoulder. At the same time, seeing that Mu Gang was still a little dazed, he casually grabbed Mu Gang's ankle, pulling the middle-aged man, who was so nervous he was practically out of it, to the ground as well.

"Medic! Medic!"

James yelled, because one of his teammates, who had been passively brought down, still had his finger cut off.

Mu Xiang turned around to check on the others and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Zheng Zha and Mu Gang were alright. Then he saw that the medic's head had fallen to the ground, gazing tenderly at Zheng Zha.

That's not the main point! Mu Xiang immediately snapped out of the situation, flipping himself to his feet, because the next wave was just around the corner!
"No, no! I don't want to die!" Zheng Zha's frantic screams reached Mu Xiang's ears. This man who had been struggling all along... finally revealed his survival instinct.

Mu Xiang quickly retreated, almost touching the door, then lowered his body into a lunge position, which was his usual starting posture.

[The second move has a twist!]

At this point, recalling the plot of Resident Evil isn't very useful. In the movie, the lasers are controlled by the Red Queen, and their trajectory is based on the mercenaries' movements and positions. However, the positions in the corridor are different from those in the movie, so we can't rely on the movie's trajectory...

As previously summarized, what we are facing now is essentially the Red Queen. With her high-speed calculations and precise control, we have no chance of making an effective evasion in a short time. Whoever stands in front... dies!

I need ample time and space to react!

James supported the mercenary whose finger had been severed by the laser beam, trying to keep him from going into shock. Just then, another mercenary shouted, "Sir, another one is coming!"

[I saw it... It forms at leg height, but it actually rises...] [No! It clearly changes height based on our movements! That mercenary jumped and got cut in half, but if I crouched down where it was raised in the movie, Red Queen wouldn't raise the laser, and I'd still die!]

[I'll take a gamble. I bet the Red Queen won't add another laser to kill me. I bet it only intends to attack one person at one location this time!]

The laser beam began to rapidly slash towards the remaining six men. The mercenary on the ground with a severed finger was unable to move and was quickly sliced ​​in two, while the remaining two mercenaries kept retreating.

[I remember Zheng Zha had a mental breakthrough, right? That's why he was able to forcibly dodge even when his judgment was wrong... I can't guarantee I had that breakthrough. If my judgment is wrong, I'm dead!]

Mu Xiang saw Zheng Zha staring intently at another mercenary's movements. Finally, the moment Mu Xiang jumped up, Zheng Zha behind him suddenly fell to the ground. The laser line flashed past his eyes, the blue-white light like the scythe of death.

Sure enough, the laser slashed high as the mercenary jumped, slicing him in two from the abdomen.

James, standing almost shoulder to shoulder with Zheng Zha, lived up to his captain's reputation. His skills were superb; with a leap, he grabbed the overhead iron railing, using a pull-up motion to lift himself up, then swung his legs forward, bringing his entire body almost level with the ceiling. And the laser was about to sweep past him!

【Walk! 】

Mu Xiang roared inwardly, and in that instant, he sprang forward, leaning forward, over the corpses, over Mu Gang, and even over Zheng Zha, lunging forward to leap under James. If the laser was still sweeping over James, he could get past him!
After lying on the ground, he barely dared to raise his head, fearing that the laser might accidentally press down and kill him as he rushed over.

At that moment, he suddenly understood why "the dead Zhuge Liang scared away the living Zhongda" and why Sima Yi asked, "Do I have a head?" after riding his horse for more than fifty miles.

But he still got up quickly. Whether he was dead or alive was one thing, whether he could get up was another. If he got up and found that he was missing his head or lower body, he could only blame himself for not dodging properly, not for getting up.

He turned around and saw that James's dagger had been cut in half and lay on the ground with a clear, yet eerie, sound, as if it were not of this world...

The last one standing was Mu Gang. Mu Gang had finally managed to get up, and when he saw the laser coming from above, he naturally crouched down. After all, there was only a little space, and it would be difficult for a middle-aged man to do anything sophisticated in terms of evasion.

But Mu Xiang felt a pang of sorrow... If the laser's operating mechanism was as he had imagined, then Mu Gang was doomed...

Just as the laser was about to pass over Mu Gang's head, the blue and white line suddenly dropped downwards!
As the laser disappeared at another height, Mu Xiang saw blood seeping from Mu Gang's neck... Then, his head slid off his neck, his face still showing tension, confusion, and unspoken fear...

Zheng Zha, who jumped up from the ground, also saw this scene, and his face immediately turned ugly... as if he was about to vomit.

Mu Xiang knew this wasn't surprising; he wasn't feeling well either. As members of the Reincarnation Team, they might have felt a sense of unreality when seeing characters die violently in movies, as if there was a layer separating them. But when a member of the same team died in a movie scene, that sense of unreality dissipated significantly… Mu Xiang was able to hold back his vomiting largely because, to him, Zheng Zha and Mu Gang were also characters in the novel, and there was indeed a layer separating them as well. Although Mu Xiang could easily immerse himself in the novel, in order to survive, he could only force himself to step out of the story to avoid vomiting.

Mu Xiang slapped Zheng Zha hard on the back: "Now is not the time to be sad! Get through this first!" He managed to wake Zheng Zha up. The two looked at each other, grabbed James who had just landed on the ground, and forcibly pushed him toward the entrance door.

James was confused, but he sensed that the two were trying to save him, so he didn't resist fiercely, only struggling instinctively. James was facing the exit, and he saw another laser beam generate at waist height. Finally, he struggled desperately: "Let me go! This way, none of us can escape, we'll all be cut in two! Let me go!"

[The third one! Surviving only by relying on Zheng Zha's luck is actually the one that requires the least amount of brainpower!]

(End of this chapter)