Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 160 Distorted Spacetime
"Um... how long have we been wandering around here?" Long Taobing was enveloping the newlyweds in holy light when his expression suddenly turned strange, and he asked this question.

Zhang Heng paused for a moment, then reached out and looked at his watch...

"Huh? How come almost a day has passed?" he couldn't help but exclaim.

Zhan Lan touched her forehead, then stared at her watch in deep thought.

Zhang Heng was a little uncertain: "Um... can the watches given by your main god also run slow? I always said digital watches are unreliable..."

This time, no one told him to shut up, and everyone fell silent.

Liu Xi said, "If the watch isn't malfunctioning... then the time here is also messed up, just like the space. Although I haven't been doing any strenuous exercise, my physical condition seems to be malfunctioning as well."

“That’s right, that’s what I felt was wrong…” Long Taobing said with a wry smile, “I’m different from Zhan Lan. She has high spiritual power, so she has so much purified psionic energy that she doesn’t know where to put it… But my total amount of holy light is actually not that much, and I have to be careful with every bit of it, so I can immediately notice if the consumption is not right.”

“Just now, my Holy Light suddenly replenished to full... and it felt like it was replenishing over time. In other words, the amount of Holy Light I used didn't change during these few circlings, but the amount replenished was surprisingly high. That's what I felt was wrong,” Long Taobing said.

Zhan Lan frowned: "I was careless... Right now, the consumption of maintaining mental energy detection is negligible for me, so I didn't notice anything wrong."

Liu Xi was silent for a moment, then looked at everyone: "In other words, you still spent a normal amount of energy on a certain action, it's just that this action took a whole day. So in each unit of time, the energy expenditure is much less, but the recovery is at a normal speed."

"Uh, so what do you mean?" Zhang Heng had a headache. "You mean, the person who created the spacetime distortion will help us restore our energy? Is he out of his mind?"

Liu Xi ignored him and instead focused her gaze on Zhang Jie's shoulder... Qi Tengyi was being carried by this man.

“I don’t have much energy, so I don’t have any direct feeling… If it’s really as you say, a sudden recovery, then it means that the passage of time wasn’t uniform, but suddenly accelerated, with about a day passing in an instant,” Liu Xi said.

Just as Zhang Jie was about to say something, he noticed a movement on his shoulder... Qi Teng woke up, then turned his head blankly and met Zhang Jie's eyes, almost kissing him directly.

This startled both Zhang Jie and Qi Tengyi. Zhang Jie immediately let go, while Qi Tengyi landed on his feet. He stood up, scratching his head in confusion, "Where am I? Is a day over? My energy has returned..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Xi, who had been calm all along, suddenly changed her expression and said urgently, "Quick, pronounce that word!"

Before anyone could react, they all saw a blurry, smiling face. This face appeared right in the center of their field of vision, most notably its uneven eyes, both filled with a maniacal grin; and its wide-open mouth exuded extreme malice, as if anyone who saw it would become its prey.

The eyes and mouth were drawn with light of unknown color, and the whole face seemed to be a chaotic darkness, obscuring the view in front of it; or it was as if the face did not exist, and there were only two eyes and a mouth.

And as those smiling faces appeared, everyone's spirits were lifted...

As the day suddenly passed, the meaning of "reliance" disappeared!
Apart from Zhan Lan and Long Taobing, who instantly unleashed their purifying psionic energy and holy light to resist the impact of the smiling face, almost everyone else cried out in pain.

Zhang Jie's heart skipped a beat, and then he also covered his head and squatted down.

At this moment, apart from Zhang Heng who was forcibly leaning against the wall, the other newcomers all fell to the ground. Except for Liu Xi, who was kneeling and desperately holding on, the remaining four newcomers started rolling around in pain.

The most devastated was Qin Zhuiyu, a woman who had nearly gone mad several times before, who collapsed once again, overwhelmed by endless fear and mental torment. She screamed in agony, rolling on the ground, her hands flailing wildly as if she were a drowning person struggling to find a rope.

The male high school student who introduced himself as someone who could play the piano was also writhing in pain, and then the older sister he had been trying to get close to scratched a deep, bloody mark on his face.

But they couldn't feel any of this anymore. At this moment, their world consisted only of that smiling face that occupied and devoured everything, leaving only mental anguish and endless fear. Several veterans gritted their teeth. Although their mental strength was generally higher than the newcomers, it was certainly not as professional as Zhan Lan and Long Taobing. Zhan Lan possessed extremely high mental strength and the ability to purify psionic energy; Long Taobing, on the other hand, possessed holy light and strong resistance to this kind of erosion. Fortunately, the two immediately unleashed their respective powers, barely managing to alleviate the situation for everyone.

Zhan Lan even activated her calming aura, which she hadn't used in a long time, temporarily stabilizing everyone's emotions, and even reducing the extent of the struggles of the newcomers.

At midnight, the Buddha wheel immediately emitted golden light, stopping the mental erosion. After regaining consciousness, the aloof man immediately directed the Buddha light towards those around him, helping them relieve their stress.

"Okay..." Zhan Lan breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Lingdian's actions. Although Mu Xiang had used up one of his chances after obtaining the typewriter to remove the binding of several protective items seized from the Beiyanzhou team and redistribute them to the Zhongzhou team members, none of those items could spare any power to heal others... not even Angro's Golden Apple, which could both defend and heal.

At times like these, the midnight Buddhist wheel is the most useful.

Qi Tengyi's forehead was covered in cold sweat. This crazy threat forced him to unlock his genetic lock... He did have some trump cards up his sleeve, but the most important thing now was to help everyone get out of this predicament!

"rely!"

In the chaotic mental world of everyone, another word appeared majestically, its form ancient and profound... Although it increased the mental burden on everyone, Zhan Lan's transmission of purifying psionic energy helped them get through it.

The moment the word appeared, it immediately began to drive the smiling face away. With the activation of its meaning, the smiling face, which had occupied the center of the field of vision, was directly relegated to the edge. In the eyes of a few with strong willpower, the smiling face had already disappeared.

Zhan Lan pushed her multitasking mental control to the limit, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead... At the same time, the first-order gene lock was naturally unlocked before she could activate it, and different levels of purifying psionic energy were transmitted into their minds according to their current situation.

Qi Tengye glanced at the girl, who was also nearing her limit. He shook his heavy head and said in a low voice, "You don't need to send any more energy to me. I still have a trump card..."

Then, under Zhan Lan's shocked and furious gaze, he gritted his teeth and roared out another word that was enough to exhaust him and make him faint...

"heal!"

An invisible wave spread out, and this word would heal everyone's erosion... The duration of the healing would depend on how much of Qi Tengyi's mental energy it would consume. If it couldn't completely heal, the word would persist until Qi Tengyi's entire mental energy was consumed... and then, he would die from a mental breakdown!

"Are you out of your mind!" Zhan Lan glared at Qi Tengyi. She didn't stop transferring the purifying phantom energy; instead, she gave Qi Tengyi even more of it. This anger made her face pale, but she took a deep breath and persevered.

Qi Tengyi was almost completely unconscious. Just as he was about to activate his so-called trump card, a black hand reached out from under his feet.

The next moment, the tall young man was dragged to the floor by the hand and disappeared.

A gust of wind came from both sides of the corridor, carrying a mournful howl... Several newcomers who were on the verge of collapse screamed again, but the word "Liao" was still in effect.

In other words, Qi Tengyi is still carrying the meaning of this word!
Zhan Lan's face darkened, because the moment Qi Tengyi disappeared, she could no longer sense his location... No, strictly speaking, this space blocked the penetration of spiritual power, and apart from the team members in front of her, even Zhao Yingkong, who had always been in her perception, had disappeared.

In front of you?

Zhan Lan's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Under the gene lock state, she immediately noticed a strange incongruity.

Just now, the mental energy of the others also disappeared from her perception, and everyone was gone... or rather, Zhan Lan was taken to another place by the distorted space.

All that remained were distorted and chaotic light and shadow, and lines in utter disarray.

(End of this chapter)