Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 135 Scheme Vulnerabilities and Breakthroughs
Although Zhang Jie had been playing cards for three days, he had a persistent sense of unease.

Zhang Jie's usual carefree attitude is actually a disguise; he may be rugged, but he's definitely not slow-witted. At the same time, his talent is also quite remarkable… As a newcomer, Zhang Jie unlocked his genetic potential in his very first horror film and passed the test for the captain of the Central Continent Team.

After that, Zhang Jie also obtained the Guide Physique, which allows him to fully utilize his enhanced abilities... Whether it's talent or strength, it might be debatable to say that Zhang Jie is the best in the God Space, but it's too much to say that he's among the top.

As the undisputed most senior member of the Zhongzhou team, Zhang Jie has seen far too many reincarnators... Some are arrogant and ruin themselves from the start; some are cunning and reap what they sow; some have exceptional skills and adapt well to survive; some are scheming and hard to see through; some are incredibly talented and grow rapidly. Sometimes Zhang Jie sees himself as an observer, watching their paths unfold.

Okay, the first type usually doesn't survive long enough for Zhang Jie to observe them...

Zhang Jie knew this day would come sooner or later... He was both the captain and the guide of the Central Continent Team, which alerted the Supreme God. Therefore, the Supreme God's solution was to increase the difficulty of the horror movies for the Central Continent Team.

Who else is Chu Xuan? It was said before that the main god has no independent thought, and Zhang Jie completely agrees.

Not only does it lack thought, the main god is a complete idiot.

Strictly speaking, according to the judgment of the Supreme God, the Central Continent Team only had captain candidates, not actual captains—just like Zhang Jie now, who is more of a guide. Originally, Zhang Jie's acceptance of the position was not truly successful, causing the Supreme God to reset the judgment on captains and guides.

After the job assignments were reset, the Central Continent Team was now in a state of having a guide but no captain, according to the God. "Zhang Jie" was both the guide after the reset and a candidate for captain of the Central Continent Team. Zhang Jie's situation was special, and the God did not have a specific logic to deal with it, so there were two Zhang Jies at the God's level.

The fact that the team leader candidate did not officially become the team leader indicates that the candidate could not differentiate himself from the others in this team, causing the facilitator's authentication logic to fail; or it could mean that the overall quality was poor and there were no other people who could serve as candidates.

The main god's strategy is to increase the difficulty of the horror movie until the candidate breaks through and triggers the guide's certification logic; or the candidate reaches the upper limit of accepting job promotion—the third rank—and forcibly triggers the guide's job certification.

Or... use a predicament that could lead to the death of everyone to unearth more potential seeds, allowing the rest to trigger the facilitator's certification.

Therefore, under the relentless pressure from the main god, Zhang Jie had no choice but to acquire more rewards to strengthen himself, and the acquisition of reward points would also improve his evaluation, leading to an increase in difficulty... This created a vicious cycle.

In Zhang Jie's second horror film, as the only veteran, guide, and team leader candidate, Zhang Jie tries to protect the newcomers... However, the difficulty of "Scream 2" is forcibly increased, making it extremely unfriendly to the newcomers. Zhang Jie is restricted in his efforts and fails to save all the newcomers.

He sadly discovered that no matter how many reward points and side quests he acquired, he could only keep himself from dying in dire situations... But why did he end up in such a predicament? Because Zhang Jie's evaluation raised the difficulty of the horror movie for the Central Continent Team, and once he exerted his strength, the ambiguous main god would think that the guide had intervened, thus punishing him and further increasing the difficulty.

So the third horror movie was "Final Destination," which wiped out the Central Continent Team once again... Only Zhang Jie survived.

Zhang Jie thought he would continue living this half-dead, half-alive life forever, until he encountered another group of new people. Some were exceptionally talented in certain areas, like the instinctively gifted Zheng Zha and the remarkably intelligent Chu Xuan; others possessed expertise suited to the God's Space, such as the firepower specialist Ba Wang and the assassin Zhao Yingkong…

The truth is, the overall quality of the Zhongzhou team is not bad; in fact, it can be said to be quite good. The reason why the guide's logic failed is not because the candidate's advantages were not obvious, but because the candidate Zhang Jie could not integrate with the guide Zhang Jie.

Zhang Jie still operates on the logic of a guide, and in his mind as a guide, "Zhang Jie" receives a very high evaluation score. After all, he was the fastest to unlock the gene lock and also obtained a large number of side quests and rewards.

Although the main deity did not have a contingency plan for Zhang Jie's situation, it gradually developed a solution over the course of these horror movie-like events. That was to put pressure on the guide, Zhang Jie, forcing him to carry out the guide's mission normally.

There are many reasons... First, there was a serious logical problem with the score given to team leader candidate Zhang Jie by the main god, as it highly overlapped with the events presented by the guide. Second, it's unreasonable that Zhang Jie, as a high-scoring candidate, didn't become the team leader after experiencing five horror movies.

Thirdly, although no one could surpass Zhang Jie in all aspects of the scoring, some had already reached the upper limit for accepting a promotion, namely the third-tier gene lock. This triggered Zhang Jie's guide logic; whether it was pressure from the main god or the triggered task logic, both required Zhang Jie to execute the task as soon as possible.

The next match is the deadline for the guide to activate the captain certification... Zhang Jie knows that he is about to reach the end.

When multiple candidates are present, the guide must follow the rules for selecting the team leader. This involves setting a scenario and combining each candidate's individual evaluation score with their performance on the spot to arrive at a new score. If someone else also becomes a candidate during the selection process, the main god uses a different algorithm in the guide's logic, and that final score is also included in the comparison.

Only in this way can the most suitable captain be selected according to the logic of the main god.

Zhang Jie knew that no matter what, he had to set up a competition scenario... because besides Zheng Zha, "Zhang Jie," as a member of the Samsara team, was also a candidate for captain.

But his victory was meaningless... Zhang Jie knew clearly that he could no longer merge with the Guide. Even if Zhang Jie won, the result would be that most of him would merge with a small part, and he, as both a member of the Reincarnation Team and the Guide, would perish simultaneously.

Although there will be another guide later, it will be a different personality... just like the guide before Zhang Jie's first death, with only cold logic and a false identity... not the guide named Zhang Jie now. Therefore, Zhang Jie will let Zheng Zha defeat him and make Zheng Zha the captain... This is the conclusion reached by the current guide, using the emotions of "Zhang Jie".

But this contradicts Zhang Jie's previous plan... something is missing.

Zhang Jie's plan was to create a three-way standoff, where whoever emerged victorious, or defeated him first, would receive the most points on the spot. This would be enough to make the winner the team captain.

However, Zhang Jie could only see two candidates: himself and Zheng Zha.

As soon as Chu Xuan entered the Main God Space, he became a candidate for captain... But Zhang Jie was certain that the missing candidate was not Chu Xuan, absolutely not.

This plan was finalized before "The Terrifying Black Hole," and by then Chu Xuan was no longer with the Central Continent Team. Furthermore, those who could become candidates certainly weren't the others present.

While their evaluations would be highly prioritized in other teams, they're not enough for the Central Continent Team. For example, Zhao Yingkong, the assassin who has already unlocked the first-tier gene lock, would definitely be a candidate in other teams, but not in the Central Continent Team.

Among the known candidates, Zhang Jie unlocked the first-tier gene lock the fastest and obtained the most rewards; Zheng Zha upgraded his gene lock the fastest and reached the highest level. Their scores were too high, far exceeding Zhao Yingkong's...

Even though the guide's plan had obvious flaws, leading Zhang Jie to suspect that the guide's data and logic had been temporarily blocked by the main god or something else... he was still certain that the other person must have some extraordinary abilities.

Otherwise, that person could not possibly be ranked alongside Zhang Jie and Zheng Zha!
Zhang Jie casually played a card, then lit a cigarette with some annoyance and urged the others to play their cards quickly.

“That person might be the one who left the notebook information… Judging from the information on it, perhaps more than one person has unlocked the third-order gene lock. If we work backwards, could he be one of them? This might explain how he is ranked alongside Zhang Jie and Zheng Zha.” Zhang Jie pondered silently.

"Linda from 'The Black Hole'... after staying in Hobbs, also disappeared in the real world. This is completely related to the suspicious points about our entry into Hobbs."

But... Zheng Zha hasn't even thought of this problem yet? Zhang Jie couldn't help but sigh, blowing a puff of smoke straight into Zhang Heng's face.

If all else fails, Zhang Jie will remind Zheng Zha... Even if he is punished by the main god again, he doesn't care. Anyway, the next round is the final deadline. Whether he breaks the rules or not, he will die. He has nothing to lose when he is about to die, so who is afraid of who?

Just then, Zheng Zha quietly pushed open the door and walked in. He was holding a newspaper and said to everyone in a low voice, "All the previous deductions were wrong... We have never had any interaction with the male and female protagonists."

"Why are you so sure?" Zhao Yingkong asked in the same indifferent voice.

Zheng Zha reached out and pushed up his empty nose: "Because they died three days ago." After saying that, he reached out to Gao Hongliang.

Gao Hongliang was stunned for a moment, wondering what Zheng Zha was going to do.

“A cell phone,” Zheng Zha said coldly.

The refined-looking bespectacled man then realized what was happening and quickly handed over his phone.

Zheng Zha reached out and pushed something that wasn't actually on his face: "Our memories and perceptions may have serious problems... and that's what makes 'The Trembling Black Hole' so difficult. Some objective records may have been modified, but there will definitely be flaws."

"Just like Linda who disappeared in 'The Hole of Terror,' even if Hagrid denies her existence, there will definitely be signs after the past traces are altered. It's just that Trent was also crazy at the time, and he didn't continue to investigate this aspect."

As he spoke, Zheng Zha took out a cigarette from his pocket and took a puff. He glanced at everyone and said, "This cigarette was originally in my pocket, but I have no recollection of it... This in itself is suspicious and is one of the clues."

At the same time, he pulled out his phone. The screen showed a video of a hooded man flying into the Orphanage office and instantly killing Trent, Linda, and Haglo. Although he was wearing a hood, anyone with eyes could tell from his clothes that it was Gao Hongliang.

Zheng Zha turned to look at Gao Hongliang, his eyes flashing coldly, and then he said sharply, "Tell me, Gao Hongliang, do you have the ability to do this?!"

I've been working until 9 PM today, so the second chapter won't be released until later. Besides resolving some foreshadowing, this chapter also clarifies the issue of Zhang Jie's guide. Since the guide's role was vaguely described in the original work, I've provided some new explanations here.

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