Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 218 Quite the opposite?

Zheng Zha's words were like a thunderclap in Mu Xiang's ears!
Mu Xiang fell silent, a chill running down his spine... Zheng Zha didn't react as strongly, but his brows were furrowed.

"Don't you think it's too much of a coincidence? It's too much of a coincidence..." Zheng Zha said in a low voice.

Mu Xiang waved his hand and began to think silently.

“Leon and Claire’s storylines unfold simultaneously in the game, but in order for players to experience the complete story, the two-way system was created…” Mu Xiang explained.

Zheng Zha nodded: "That's right. Playing pirated copies is troublesome, but when I play the original discs, this design is still very enjoyable. If you start the game with the Leon disc, then it's Leon's main story; after completing the game, save according to the system requirements, and then switch to the Claire disc to load that save, and you will enter Claire's story at the same time as Leon, that is, Claire's secondary story... and vice versa."

“No need for all that trouble. We’re not playing the same game… You’re playing the old version, but I’m from 2021, so I’m playing the remake. Let’s use a unified term.” Mu Xiang thought for a moment. “The point of divergence is after Lyon and Claire’s car accident. The explosion separated them in two different directions, forcing them to enter the police station from different directions to meet up.”

“The official storyline is that Claire enters the police station through the front door, which is relatively easy; the back door is where you enter the police station through the back door, which is more difficult…” Zheng Zha continued, “In other words, according to the official storyline, you should meet Claire in the police station, and then you should go together to the back door to find Leon.”

Mu Xiang nodded and remained silent for a while: "But I met Lyon first, and then we went to the back door together to find Claire... Lyon was on the outside, Claire was on the inside, completely opposite."

Zheng Zha nodded in agreement: "Yes, that's the problem... Logically speaking, it's just a matter of which way the car was facing after the accident. If the car was facing the opposite direction, the two people would be in opposite positions after getting out of the car... Logically speaking, without our interference, shouldn't the official plot have been more reasonable?"

"Perhaps it can be explained by parallel worlds, but that explanation is nonsense." Mu Xiang shrugged. "Why is it the opposite of the official plot? Because it's a parallel world...duh. I think you're right, that's something I definitely overlooked."

After all, all I could think about at the time was that person watching me...

"That's the one thing I'm wondering about..." Zheng Zha thought for a moment, "The rest is fine, you can figure it out yourself."

Mu Xiang asked casually, "What's wrong?"

"I've been simulating you for too long, and it's giving me a headache."

Mu Xiang nodded: "Okay, you can rest... You're right. If it really had to be different from the official storyline, they wouldn't have had the car accident, they wouldn't have been separated, and to put it extremely, they wouldn't have even met. In the realm of parallel worlds, infinite worlds have infinite possibilities... Therefore, the fact that this story unfolds with the opposite possibility is noteworthy."

[While acknowledging that this world has a game worldview, it seems like some other framework has been added as well... not just the framework for character stories and interpersonal relationships, but even the framework for the two opposing sides within the game?]

[Based on my initial impression of Leon, this feeling of a game framework is getting stronger and stronger... as if Leon is a character being controlled by a player.]

As Mu Xiang thought about this, a chill ran down his spine again. If his previous shock was due to Zheng Zha pointing out the coincidence, then his current chill was because he had made a connection to something.

What would it be like if I were to play this game?

[I would choose the route through Lyon's main story and Claire's secondary story...] [So, the reason the world unfolds according to my understanding is... because I'm the one playing the game?!]

At this moment, Zheng Zha, who had unlocked the gene lock, interrupted Mu Xiang's thoughts, which conveniently made the chill on Mu Xiang's back disappear.

"Um, why are we talking so much? Can't we just explain it as a parallel world? Why are you so nervous?" Zheng Zha said weakly.

Mu Xiang stared intently at Zheng Zha for a long while before finally speaking in an annoyed tone: "This is none of your business, go play."

The survivors have been mostly found... This is the report from Overlord and Mikhail.

With Zhan Lan present, the Central Continent Team already knew the distribution of the survivors. The reason Ba Wang was able to accurately lead Mikhail and the others to the remaining survivors was ostensibly due to his keen sense of smell, but the real reason was Zhan Lan's mental scanning ability.

The survivors who were found were not in good condition; many had already been infected. Except for a very few unlucky individuals who mutated without treatment, the rest received treatment.

It must be said that there are quite a few T-viruses and antidotes in the Mother Nest... Because the Mother Nest mainly researches G-viruses, the T-virus series products were not greatly affected in the previous conflict.

However, Mu Xiang did not inject the citizens with the antidote from the Mother Nest… He left the T-virus and the antidote behind, intending to give them to Alice and the others. The antidote the citizens received was actually produced by the Main God.

"Why use it like this?" Zheng Zha asked in surprise within the mind chain. "Is there any deeper meaning behind it?"

As Mu Xiang injected the new batch of citizens with the antidote from the God Space, he thought to himself, "I kind of miss you when you can think outside the box... Isn't it obvious? For Alice and the others, the Umbrella Corporation's antidote is the most valuable. So injecting the citizens with the God Space's antidote will save them some money."

Zhan Lan's voice rang out: "It's almost midnight on the 30th... Hasn't the William storyline you guys mentioned started yet?"

“Unfortunately, there isn’t… It’s now confirmed that any member of the William family is part of a side story,” Mu Xiang said. “According to the original script, Sherry should have been taken hostage by Chief Elons… but that’s no longer the case. In fact, you haven’t detected either Sherry or any unusual activity from Elons.”

Zhan Lan sighed, "This guy is still hiding... he's still alive."

“According to the original plot, Sherry was taken to the police station by her mother, Annie, before being kidnapped and rescued by Claire… But the problem is, in this world, Annie was infected with the G virus along with William during the conflict, so naturally she didn’t have the opportunity to take care of her daughter.” Mu Xiang indicated that the last citizen was fine.

After the newly admitted citizens had all gone to the quarantined residential area, Zheng Zha finally couldn't help but ask, "So how exactly do we find William?"

Mu Xiang adjusted his glasses: "We still have plenty of time... Now that the survivor rescue is complete, let Mikhail and the others deliver them one more time. Then, we can carry out the final operation without any worries!"

(End of this chapter)