Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 235, Part 2

Zheng Zha knocked on each room one by one, handing the protective shields to the newcomers and telling them to stay vigilant... otherwise, before the shields could receive any harmful signals from the wearers, they would be gone.

As the weddings were being handed out, I noticed that although the newlyweds were somewhat uneasy, they were all safe and sound.

“Okay, you two look after each other…” Zheng Zha stood at the door and said to the two women in the group, “If anything unusual happens, if they call for help or suddenly go silent, I will come right away.”

Huang Lilin forced a smile and nodded to Zheng Zha. Although Zhu Wen's eyes were closed, she seemed to be watching Zheng Zha the whole time, her pretty face always turned towards him.

“Please be careful too…” Zhu Wen hesitated for a moment, then whispered, “The death aura on each of us is as thick as the black smoke from burning corpses… and so is yours.”

Zheng Zha smiled and said, "Thanks for the reminder." Then he closed the door.

After closing the door, Zheng Zha heard Huang Lilin's hushed voice: "Hey, don't you think this Zheng Zha is very reliable? His attitude is also very kind... much better than that younger one."

Zheng Zha couldn't help but smile bitterly and quietly left the room.

“There’s also Wang Xiaoxiao…” Zheng Zha muttered to himself. He remembered that Wang Xiaoxiao’s room was a few steps further ahead, in the outermost area, but also the closest to the escape exit on this floor.

Zheng Zha found the room immediately because the marks on the doorknob were too conspicuous. There were heavy sweat stains on the doorknob, presumably from the hands that had opened the door earlier.

"Brother, you're sweating a lot..." Zheng Zha thought to himself, "Are you that weak?"

Thinking of the pale face of the thin young man, Wang Xiaoxiao, Zheng Zha felt a sense of unease. He raised his hand and knocked on the door, but there was no response.

"Wang Xiaoxiao? I've brought you some self-defense tools," Zheng Zha said.

Still no response. Zheng Zha had a bad feeling and reached out to touch the electronic lock. The next moment, a sudden burst of high temperature caused the lock to malfunction and its internal structure to break down. Zheng Zha flicked his finger and the door swung open.

Wang Xiaoxiao stood in front of Zheng Zha, in front of the electrical distribution box in the room. He stood straight, his hand on the switch.

Zheng Zha smelled the odor emanating from Wang Xiaoxiao... a burnt smell.

He is dead.

"Damn it!" Zheng Zha slammed his fist against the wall, and Wang Xiaoxiao's stiff body fell to the ground.

On the other side, Mu Xiang blurred his face and walked alone in an alley. On the other side of the city, there was an underground intelligence market; it was the most convenient place to find people who wanted to cast a wide net. At the same time, brokers who introduced assassins could also be found there, or rather, some intelligence dealers did both.

When Mu Xiang reached the middle of the alley, he suddenly stopped. He heard the wind, and also a faint sound mixed in with the wind.

The alley is very long and the environment is not very good. Even during the day, most of the area is in the shadows... It seems that the lighting problem of this alley was not considered when it was first designed.

“Back alley, not surprising,” Mu Xiang muttered to himself.

Just then, a loud cracking sound of a screw breaking rang out, and the old-fashioned metal balcony overhead crashed down.

Mu Xiang silently looked up, letting the metal balcony fall on his head, then pointed upwards and gave the middle finger.

"Uh, the first attack."

As soon as he finished speaking, three slender shadows simultaneously appeared around Mu Xiang, each holding a blurry shadow in its hand. These three shadows, with synchronized movements, lunged at Mu Xiang. At this moment, Mu Xiang was still trapped in the metal balcony; the combined attack of the three shadows was like assassinating a caged man.

Unfortunately, the person in the cage could not be injured by this level of stabbing.

Mu Xiang didn't flinch, stomping his foot on the ground, unleashing a burst of fierce energy. The ground cracked open, revealing the three girls hidden within.

Three identical girls sprang from the shattered ground, looking at Mu Xiang with blank eyes.

It was Zhao Yingkong. Her attack using mirror image and shadow transformation failed to harm Mu Xiang. This time, before she could even strike, Mu Xiang shattered the ground, forcing her two-dimensional form out of the ground... Therefore, the shadow transformation was naturally canceled, and the combined attack of the three shadows missed.

Mu Xiang's eyes lit up with a fierce red light, and he immediately looked around, ready to fire.

The three Zhao Yingkongs glanced at Mu Xiang, then simultaneously unleashed an almost invisible metal wire. The wire whistled through the air and firmly entangled itself on the higher balcony. The next moment, the three Zhao Yingkongs sprang into the air at incredible speed, pushed off the wall, and flipped themselves out of the alley.

All of this happened in just one second; judging by her speed, she had clearly entered a flash state.

However, Mu Xiang did not catch Zhao Yingkong's intentions. After his attack failed, he only needed to make a move, and Zhao Yingkong would retreat on her own.

Just after Zhao Yingkong left, the balcony wrapped in metal wire emitted a loud bang. Then, the balcony higher up also collapsed, along with several metal balconies below, falling onto Mu Xiang.

Including the one that fell at the beginning, the balconies on all the floors in this area collapsed.

Mu Xiang pushed aside the discarded metal frames, muttering dismissively that it was unoriginal. Using his X-ray vision, he realized he was at the back of a hotel. Now that the entire row of balconies was gone, the shopkeepers and guests were in for amusement.

When Mu Xiang returned to the hotel, it was already evening.

“Wang Xiaoxiao is dead,” Zheng Zha said with a grim expression. “He probably died before you left.”

Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses: "How did he die?"

“Electrocuted…” Zheng Zha shook his head. “The inside was all charred. He probably wanted to turn off the power inside the room to prevent electric shock… but he died from an electric shock while operating the distribution box.”

Mu Xiang sighed: "This is truly... prevention is better than cure? And then, just when you're trying to prevent it, it happens to you. Having an electrical panel in a luxury hotel room turned out to be a bad thing..."

Wang Xia frowned slightly, but he was still wearing his helmet, so Zheng Zha couldn't see him. Mu Xiang could see him through the helmet, but could only shrug.

"You only told Wang Xia about this?" Mu Xiang asked casually.

Zheng Zha nodded: "Yes, otherwise I'm afraid it will cause them to panic."

"What's the point of keeping it a secret?" Mu Xiang said helplessly. "I'll use the headset to notify them later and tell them to be careful. I'll keep watch tonight."

Zheng Zha waved his hand: "I'm not sleeping either."

Just as Wang Xia was about to speak, Mu Xiang made a gesture to stop him: "Your physical condition is better than the average person, but in a horror movie like this, it's best to conserve your energy. You can sleep in our room tonight, so we can find out immediately if anything happens to you."

(End of this chapter)