Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 234 Rules and Conjectures

Mu Xiang then looked at Zheng Zha and said, "Look, Zhang Jie took them away from the beginning and said he could protect them... Do you think this is Zhang Jie breaking the rules?"

Zheng Zha frowned, thought for a moment, and then said, "No, he left before the horror movie started and wasn't involved in the car accident... So he circumvented the rules. He was never under the rules, so how could there be any talk of him breaking the rules?"

“That’s one solution, but there’s another.” Mu Xiang nodded. “What kind of world do you think it is for those not on the Grim Reaper’s list?”

Zheng Zha was taken aback for a moment: "Uh, it should just be a normal world, right?"

"Yes, but if I said you also live in the world of 'Final Destination,' how would you refute that claim?"

Zheng Zha slapped his thigh: "Damn, how is that possible... Wait, it seems there's no way to refute it. If you encounter it, you'll definitely die; if you don't, you won't know about it... Even if you hear about it, it's just a joke like online rumors."

Mu Xiang smiled and said, "That's right, which is why I said that apart from this rule, the world of Final Destination is just an ordinary world. People die because one person's strength is insufficient to resist the rejection from the entire world... If one could resist the entire world, then Final Destination would just be a joke."

"For example, with our current physical condition, almost no weapon on Earth can kill us," Mu Xiang said, spreading his hands. "Perhaps bombarding us with nuclear weapons from the entire planet could kill us... but then the world would be finished. How could the rules of the world be enforced to that extent?"

Zheng Zha frowned: "The rejection of the entire world... is this the other possibility you mentioned?" At this moment, Zheng Zha's eyes also became blank, and he had entered a mental simulation.

“That’s right, Final Destination can be seen as a kind of correction. Those who should have died but didn’t are like bugs in the way this world works, and the so-called Death is the one who uses extraordinary means to clean up these extraordinary bugs.” Mu Xiang smiled. “Then what about people and things that don’t belong to this world? Aren’t they even bigger bugs?”

Zheng Zha pushed up his nose bridge: "So when we returned to the Ju-on world, you said that the people from the Polar Day Society were suppressed by the plane... is this the same principle?"

“Yes.” Mu Xiang casually used the Polar Day Conference as an excuse, “According to the research findings of the Polar Day Conference, some magic-free worlds experience this illogical phenomenon of death… They initially thought it was some kind of meme related to death, but after careful analysis, they discovered that it was simply a rule governing the world's operation. People who should have died but didn't have any legitimacy in this world…”

“If there is no legitimacy, one will be rejected by the world. Dimensional suppression is one of them, and this endless threat of death is another.” Mu Xiang said, looking out the window. “Similarly, whether we should have died but did not, or our outsider identity was discovered, it is all a reason for being rejected by the world… I personally tend to think it is both.”

Zheng Zha frowned and said, "Both? You mean, we were caught up in a car accident and at the same time discovered to be outsiders... You said that the main god would help us and make us recognized by the principles of civilization, such as having an identity or not having our strength decline... But now, the main god has not fully helped us?"

“You could say that,” Mu Xiang nodded. “As for Zhang Jie, he doesn’t have that concern… so they won’t encounter these problems.”

Zheng Zha's eyes returned to normal, and he said with a wry smile, "I understand, so you still insist that the newcomers will have a hard time surviving."

“I’ve already told you the reason. Every newcomer faces the malice of the entire world… One shield isn’t enough, and even if you protect one, it’s still not enough.” Mu Xiang shrugged. “To give you an example, if I attack with all my might, can you protect an ant from my onslaught?”

Zheng Zha shook his head: "No."

“That’s right.” Mu Xiang sighed. “You can’t protect the whole world. You might be able to destroy it in a long time, but no matter what, this plane is bigger than you and me… When the world’s rules start to be enforced, even a little bit of the aftershock can kill the ordinary people you’re trying to protect.”

Zheng Zha stood up, holding all the protective shields in his hands: "Okay, okay, I know... but you know me, I'll definitely try." Mu Xiang waved his hand: "It's okay, go and distribute them... I'm going out for a bit."

"Should we go out and wait for them to show up?" Zheng Zha asked.

Mu Xiang smiled and said, "That's one of the goals... but I also need to do other things. Besides controlling the world's intelligence from the network level, a human intelligence network is also important. For example, hiring assassins to find them and cause them trouble."

"You don't need to do all this, do you?" Zheng Zha asked, somewhat puzzled. "In this world, you can just walk around like a madman. Why bother with all this complicated stuff? Even if you fly around everywhere and capture people, the authorities can't do anything about it."

Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses: "Besides this, I also need to find a few more places to stay. We can't stay here forever. We could try to let them live in bubble houses, like the female lead in the first movie... It's definitely safer than here. And all of these things need to be taken care of by me."

"Okay, thank you for your help." Zheng Zha scratched his head, turned around and left the room.

Watching Zheng Zha's departing figure, Mu Xiang chuckled inwardly: Zheng Zha is still easy to fool.

Mu Xiang didn't directly answer Zheng Zha's question, but after using a distraction technique, Zheng Zha left on his own...

In fact, Zheng Zha was right. If it were just for information about Zhang Jie and the others, relying on the underworld or assassins in this world would be of very little use.

The real reason Mu Xiang needed a human intelligence network was to search for someone who shouldn't exist in this world.

While in the God Realm, Mu Xiang asked Zhang Heng if he had ever seen "Final Destination"... but Zhang Heng replied that he had never even heard of it. According to the setting of "Infinite Dawn," Chu Hao and Zhang Heng both came from the world of Final Destination, so they had never heard of this film series.

And this time, the horror movie is also "Final Destination"... This gave Mu Xiang an idea that needed to be verified.

The plot of "Final Destination" doesn't explicitly state the timeline, so Mu Xiang can only use the release date as a benchmark. Although this might cause some calculation errors, it's the only option... According to this calculation, "Final Destination 2" takes place in 2003.

After arriving in this world, Mu Xiang specifically checked the time, and it was indeed 2003... but he didn't know if it was a coincidence or if it was really as he thought.

[Zhang Heng of the Arctic team appears in the 2013 novel "Infinite Dawn"... The book states that Zhang Heng is twenty-nine years old, but he only has memories from when he was eighteen.]

[It's as if Zhang Heng only appeared in his world when he was eighteen... If we take into account the difference in months and the difference between actual and nominal age, then the difference between eighteen and twenty-nine years old from 2003 to 2013 makes sense.]

Mu Xiang pushed open the window and went outside... There were many strange things that happened when he first came to the Main God Space, and Zhang Heng of Dawn's arrival at the Central Continent Team was also a very strange place. It was conceivable that behind all these anomalies, there must be a grand scheme at play.

So, did the main god have another purpose in throwing them into the world of "Final Destination"?
(End of this chapter)