Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 21: An Easy and Safe Evacuation?
Mu Xiang didn't hesitate and followed James. The members of the Samsara Team were momentarily confused, as this was so different from the movie plot... Of course, Li Xiaoyi was probably the most bewildered.

When Mu Xiang and several other movie characters went in earlier, Li Xiaoyi finally dared to voice his "creative idea": to stay in the Red Queen's main control room. However, because the main god hadn't yet removed the distance restriction between him and James, he was refuted by Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan. So he had to show weakness and adopt a younger brother's attitude to try and get closer to the two. While trying to get closer to them, he wondered why the Red Queen hadn't been shut down yet. Could they postpone their separation until later? That would be even easier than the original "Infinite Terror" novel.

As soon as the group emerged, James made a decision completely different from the original story. If they encountered zombies in that half hour, would they really have enough time? He hadn't yet figured out what Mu Xiang had actually changed.

The members of the Samsara Squad followed not far behind James, while Alice and the mercenaries brought up the rear, with two handcuffed men sandwiched in between.

"Heh, I didn't expect you to be so bold..." Zhang Jie sneered beside Mu Xiang, "You actually dare to change the plot like this? Didn't the laser tunnel in front scare you out of your wits?"

"Brother Zhang is too kind..." Mu Xiang smiled neither humbly nor arrogantly, "It's just going with the flow. These are the kinds of things I'm good at. If you trust me, Brother Zhang, feel free to come to me for analysis in the future."

Zhang Jie chuckled again, but this time it wasn't a sneer; instead, it was much more friendly. He continued, "I didn't expect the new recruits to be so well-mannered... You and Zheng Zha are the best I've ever met. Not only did you adjust your mindset, but you also quickly overcame your fear and survived such a desperate situation. That's a testament to your character."

Zheng Zha was running on the other side of Zhang Jie. When he heard Zhang Jie's comments, he didn't know how to respond and could only laugh awkwardly.

Mu Xiang didn't say anything more. James was still in front, and if he heard them, losing points was a minor issue compared to arousing suspicion. There was still half an hour left; they could have team building after the horror movie ended.

Li Xiaoyi, panting behind him, asked, "Why do we have to come out? Isn't it enough to stay in the Red Queen's main server room?"

"Heh..." Mu Xiang sneered and glanced back at the transmigrator. "Look at your watch. Is the mission still the same?"

Zhang Jie also shook his head slightly. As the guide, he knew that Mu Xiang had changed the plot and the mission together.

Zheng Zha and the others quickly looked at their watches and were taken aback... The countdown was still on, showing a little over thirty minutes, but a new line of mission details had appeared.

"Escape the hive within the time limit and return to the ground villa to complete the mission and return to the Main God Space. For each mercenary who survives uninfected at the end of the horror movie, you will receive a D-level side quest and 1500 reward points!" Li Xiaoyi read aloud. Such a reward was beyond his expectations, and even Mu Xiang was surprised when he first discovered it. Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan, on the other hand, didn't react much; they were still completely unaware of these things.

Li Xiaoyi was already panting from running, and he couldn't suppress his voice even if he tried. Suddenly, James, who was running in front, turned around and glanced at them: "Reward points?" Mu Xiang almost burst out laughing, barely managing to keep his expression straight. He could guess Li Xiaoyi's expression even without turning around… He never expected that even as a transmigrator, Li Xiaoyi couldn't escape the plot-driven death of losing ten points.

Li Xiaoyi's face turned green, as if James's words had fed him something indescribable. He cursed inwardly, "Damn it, is Li Xiaoyi destined to lose ten points?"

[The rewards are surprisingly generous... Compared to the complete nightmare of the Central Continent team in the original work, these rewards are truly amazing. It seems the netizens' predictions were correct; after the Central Continent team was wiped out in the previous horror movie "Final Destination," this "Resident Evil" game has become a welfare event... extremely low difficulty and generous rewards prepared for newcomers. If played correctly, this game can yield a lot.]

[In the original story, aside from Zheng Zha receiving a B+5000 side quest reward, the rest of the team received nothing but the basic reward for the horror movie. With seven survivors and four remaining, the difficulty of the next horror movie returned to normal levels—thanks to Zhang Jie's top-tier strength, a double A-level enhancement that genuinely impacts the horror movie's difficulty, selected based on the team's strongest member. It's no wonder the Central Continent team struggled in the early stages. Just surviving was difficult enough; pursuing high rewards was simply wishful thinking.]

The underlying logic behind the Zhongzhou team's early-game struggles lies here... I triggered the reward for the entire team, which is good for both of us, at least it will improve things somewhat. As for the impact of scoring on the difficulty of the next match, that's secondary, because at most I could upgrade to a B-level, and even considering my intelligence, the improvement to the team's score wouldn't be as significant as Zhang Jie's double A-level upgrade and 100% performance...

Before they could think about all that, they had already run to Restaurant B. Mu Xiang glanced quickly at the surrounding containers, but none of the "STABLE" lights seemed to have changed green, indicating that the Lickers were still dormant inside.

“There’s a flight of stairs ahead that will take almost ten minutes in total… but this time we’re going up the stairs, not down, so it will take even longer,” Mu Xiang reminded his teammates. “When we board the train, it will be two hours and forty-eight minutes before the Hive closes, and two hours and nineteen minutes before we arrive at Restaurant B. Time is extremely tight, so we must speed up!”

This data comes from the movie and is almost synchronized with the watch's time, since the plot didn't initially suffer any delays. The reason for using this data is to prevent James from hearing anything he shouldn't. In fact, when James was running ahead and heard Mu Xiang say this, he thought he was instructing everyone.

If Mu Xiang had read the novel more carefully, he would have remembered that the countdown on the train watch in the original story was three hours and seven minutes, not the two hours and forty-seven minutes he saw... This was precisely evidence to prove his judgment that he hadn't transmigrated into *Infinite Terror*, but rather into a *Infinite Terror* with its bugs fixed. Of course, that's not important now, so let's leave it at that.

As everyone rushed out of Restaurant B and headed towards the stairs they had come from, strange noises came from several shipping containers in the darkness... If anyone were there, they would have noticed that the green lights outside the containers, which represented a stable environment, had turned red.

But they could no longer notice.

(End of this chapter)