Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 131 Another Wise Man

Zhang Jie was silent for a while before speaking, "That can't be... Putting aside us, if you were asleep and someone threw you out of the car, would you not react?"

As Zheng Zha was deep in thought, Zhang Jie suddenly yelled, "Damn it, lift me up higher!"

"Oh, sorry, I can't fly as high as him yet..." Zheng Zha smiled sheepishly, then lifted Zhang Jie up a little, before froze, "Eh, I can't what?"

Zhang Jie was also baffled: "Like...Superman?"

"Maybe..." Zheng Zha landed in front of Ba Wang with Zhang Jie. At this moment, the strong man had transformed into an even more burly werewolf, letting out a terrifying roar at the surrounding darkness.

Upon seeing Zheng Zha and Zhang Jie approach, Ba Wang paused for a moment, then relaxed his guard as if relieved: "You two encountered the same thing?"

Seeing the Overlord's serious demeanor, Zheng Zha's heart sank: "How do you feel about this?"

"I think I fainted before, and then I found myself alone in a completely unfamiliar environment," Ba Wang said seriously. "This was a huge crisis for me."

Zheng Zha nodded thoughtfully: "It is indeed very strange... If I hadn't felt no real danger, I would definitely have gone straight into battle mode."

“Right, it shouldn’t just be us…” Zheng Zha looked up into the distance, “It looks like Zhang Jie and I were the last ones left behind. Let’s find the rest first.”

Zheng Zha led the two back, gathered everyone together, and only after confirming that the number of people was correct did he breathe a sigh of relief.

“We have a total of six veterans… plus one newbie, all of them are here.” Zheng Zha scratched his head. “So, do you have any leads?”

The group looked at each other, then honestly shook their heads.

Suddenly, someone pulled out a notebook: "Do you guys have this? I think we talked about this before."

Zheng Zha frowned, then took out a notebook from the ring as well.

He glanced at the notes and suddenly realized, "So, we failed to enter Hobbes Town?"

Ba Wang hesitated for a moment before saying, "So, return to the hotel immediately... Shall we carry this out?"

“Let’s do it…” Zheng Zha pondered for a moment, “Our unconsciousness and blackouts should be because we couldn’t withstand it when we entered Hobbs Town, right? Since we can’t enter Hobbs Town, it’s reasonable to return to defend it immediately.”

“We should have come with the protagonist… but they went in, and we didn’t.” Zheng Zha said with some distress, “So, do we have to give up the mission of destroying the manuscript? Since this is an arrangement that everyone agrees on, let’s go back first.”

Zhang Jie had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but he still nodded: "I agree to go back... but we need to find another car first. That new guy was pretty decent; he knew how to use Chu Xuan's phone."

Someone casually remarked, "He seems a bit like Chu Xuan. Isn't the content in this notebook something he arranged? It seems he even anticipated that we would lose our memories... In that case, let's hurry back and protect him."

Zheng Zha vaguely sensed something was amiss. He silently entered the third-stage gene lock state, a new ability he had developed in the world of Ju-on. In Zheng Zha's memory, Chu Xuan had said that the third-stage gene lock could greatly develop the brain. As brain development progressed, a person's computing power, mental strength, and other abilities would be greatly enhanced. In addition, control over one's own abilities would also be greatly improved.

Zheng Zha felt he could now unleash eighty percent of the power of a vampire marquis, one of the enhancements brought about by the third-tier gene lock. At the same time, his control over vampire energy and his absorption of other high-level blood essences were also greatly strengthened due to the activation of the third-tier gene lock.

It's fair to say that without these enhancements, it would have been impossible for Zheng Zha to single-handedly kill all the invaders from the Polar Day Society in the Ju-on world.

But for Zheng Zha, there is another important ability: the ability to simulate the thoughts of others after unlocking the third-order gene lock!

Chu Xuan was a kind and wise man, and his many schemes and ways of doing things left a deep impression on Zheng Zha. Therefore, when Zheng Zha unlocked the third-order gene lock, he could simulate Chu Xuan's thinking to a certain extent.

Zheng Zha looked blankly at the team members beside him, then said calmly, "My suggestion is to go back... Obviously, our plan to enter Hobbs Town has failed. Whether it's the arrangement that everyone previously approved, or the reality that we have no other choice, it all tells us that there is only one way... that is to go back to the hotel."

The others looked at Zheng Zha with some confusion. They could sense that Zheng Zha's temperament had obviously changed, but they couldn't figure out what was going on.

Only Zhang Jie felt a jolt in his heart:

"He's already reached the third stage! So, the next round..."

Ba Wang grinned, having already ended his werewolf transformation. He patted Zheng Zha on the shoulder, snapping him out of his daze: "We'll do as you say. After all, you're the captain, so we'll follow your orders."

Zheng Zha's eyes returned to normal, and then he smiled and led the others into the boundless night.

From Chu Xuan's perspective, the best course of action is to abandon the already failed plan. Based on the available intelligence, returning to the hotel to protect the newcomer named Gao Hongliang is the most logical course of action.

After all, Zheng Zha only briefly simulated Chu Xuan's thinking, and the degree of simulation was actually very low... Perhaps the difference in thinking patterns was too great. According to the information from the third-order gene lock, even with continuous training and improvement, the simulation degree for others is only 30% to 40% - while his simulation of Chu Xuan's thinking is less than 10%.

Therefore, he could only make simple judgments and couldn't truly think in Chu Xuan's way for a long time. Otherwise, wouldn't everyone who unlocks the third-order gene lock be a wise man? Zheng Zha estimated that after thinking for a while, he could figure out what situation they were facing and what they should do.

Unfortunately, all he can decide for now is to return to the hotel; everything else can wait until this first task is completed.

"I still need to train..." Zheng Zha felt his head getting heavy and couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself.

However, he still had one question: besides Chu Xuan, there was another wise person's thought process recorded in his mind. Zheng Zha's fit to this thought process was only between 10% and 20%.

Zheng Zha didn't recall ever simulating Gao Hongliang's thinking, and Gao Hongliang's wisdom didn't seem to be as profound as what Chu Xuan had taught him. But the depth of this wise man's thinking imprinted in his mind was even greater than that of Chu Xuan.

So whose thinking is this wise man?

Zheng Zha felt a sharp pain in his head, and he couldn't help but cover his temples and sigh inwardly.

(End of this chapter)