Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 257 The World, Zhang Heng

It was the afternoon of the second day when Mu Xiang took the clueless Zhang Heng out for a stroll.

"You have your protective shield on, right? Focus." Mu Xiang shrugged, used his bio-force field to protect Zhang Heng, and instantly ascended into the sky.

Before Zhang Heng could figure out what was going on, Mu Xiang took him out of New York and flew straight to the other side.

"Are you planning a round-the-world trip?" With the biofield protecting him, Zhang Heng was quite safe, but he was still bewildered by the speed, which was much faster than the telekinetic floating cannons.

Mu Xiang smiled and said, "You guessed right."

"So the purpose of the protective shield is..." Zhang Heng paused for a moment, about to summon the telekinetic floating cannons, "Damn it!"

Mu Xiang waved his hand, stopping him from doing anything: "It's unnecessary. The protective shield only provides basic protection... As for the floating cannons, they offer no protection for you."

"I feel like I'll have to thank you for getting hit directly by a missile or a plane..." Zhang Heng said helplessly.

Mu Xiang said nothing and continued flying eastward. At this speed, they would soon reach Europe.

Zhang Heng hesitated for a moment: "So, what are you planning?"

"Zhang Heng, haven't you always wanted to find your memories from before you were eighteen?" Mu Xiang said calmly. "The answer may be revealed soon."

"Uh?" Zhang Heng could only utter one syllable.

After "The Terrifying Black Hole," Zhang Heng had quite a few exchanges with Mu Xiang, and Mu Xiang even asked him some questions about his identity. Zhang Heng thought to himself, "You already know my identity as a comedic (crossed out) assassin, yet you're still pretending to be clueless and trying to trick me into revealing information?" Although he didn't tell Mu Xiang everything, he still shared some information with him.

Zhang Heng had always suspected that the reason he entered the Main God Space was because he actually came from the world of reincarnation... Otherwise, why couldn't he find any connection between himself and this world after searching for eleven years in his own world? He had also taken on missions from the Rebel Organization and the C Organization, but ultimately proved that these two most likely organizations had nothing to do with him.

Now that Mu Xiang had suddenly brought this up, Zhang Heng was a little confused.

“Do you remember the question I asked you?” Mu Xiang said, “I asked you if you had seen ‘Final Destination’.”

Zhang Heng nodded: "Yeah, I've never even heard of it. What's wrong?"

Mu Xiang, holding Zhang Heng, hovered high in the air: "According to the principles of planar geometry, a certain type of plane will basically not have a mapping of its own plane... In other words, people in the Resident Evil world will not see Resident Evil, and people in the Ju-on world will not see Ju-on. Similarly, people in the Final Destination world will not see Final Destination."

"Wait a minute..." Zhang Heng's expression turned strange. "You mean, I'm a character in this movie?"

Mu Xiang shook his head: "That's not accurate. They're people from similar worlds... Didn't I tell you that the main god sent us to various horror movies, which are actually different planes? In 'The Terrifying Black Hole,' we even received the reward of redeeming the plane, right?"

Before Zhang Heng could ask a question, Mu Xiang continued, "As soon as I arrived in 'Final Destination,' I confirmed one thing through various channels... that is, there is the C Organization and the Rebel Organization in this world. These two organizations are not the setting in the movie... In other words, this world is very likely your world, but it is about ten years away from your era."

Zhang Heng originally wanted to ask, "Why are you so sure it's not a parallel world?", but the words that came out were, "Then did you find any trace of me?"

Mu Xiang shrugged: "No. There is no such person as Zhang Heng in this world."

"Could it be that I really appeared out of thin air?" Zhang Heng was stunned. "You mean, I don't have any memories before I was eighteen because I was born when I was eighteen? Are you mistaken?"

Mu Xiang was silent for a moment: "I'm not sure either, I need to see your answer."

"Mine?" Zhang Heng pointed to himself in surprise, and then saw a green light shine from Mu Xiang's bracelet.

Modern Monkey King Mask!

The mask, which Mu Xiang had been keeping safe, jumped out of his bracelet and landed directly on Zhang Heng's waist.

Zhang Heng was initially bewildered, but after a few seconds he burst into laughter. Just by adding a mask to his waist, his entire aura was completely different... His physical appearance remained unchanged, yet he seemed to have grown much taller, with a towering figure faintly visible behind him; even though he was being carried by Mu Xiang, he seemed to be very, very far away from Mu Xiang.

Mu Xiang released Zhang Heng, and without his grip, Zhang Heng also floated in the air. Looking around, the scenery above had changed; the two were now in an endless space. At that moment, Mu Xiang remembered many things. He recalled asking Zheng Zha to use the Mind Partitioning Device to hide a portion of his memories, and Zheng Zha's memory had also been hidden. To this end, they had conspired to confuse the acquisition and borrowing of reward points, thus fabricating a plausible memory.

The person who reminded Mu Xiang of these things was standing right across from him.

Clearly, this Zhang Heng is no longer the same Zhang Heng as before... He is unfathomable.

“It seems my guess was right.” Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses. “No, it can’t even be called a guess… Zhang Heng’s birth time is too strange, and we just happened to be sent to the same point in time as Final Destination. With my paranoia, I’m bound to overthink it.”

"So, under my guidance, you were born... right?" Mu Xiang looked at "Zhang Heng," "Should I call you Zhang Heng, or... World?"

Zhang Heng smiled and said, "Strictly speaking, it's Zhang Heng."

Mu Xiang pondered for a moment: "The root cause of your ability to appear in this state should be the mask... That mask contains the power of the Lord of Comedy, which can transcend time and make any version of you the ultimate representative of yourself."

“Yes, this birth is a debt of karma I owe you… In return, I will help you in this world.” Zhang Heng said with a smile, “Being able to come to the most special ‘Final Destination’ world was actually your choice.”

Mu Xiang was about to speak when Zhang Heng stopped him with a gesture: "I can't help it. Haven't you always thought there was something fishy going on behind your back? That's the truth, and it's much deeper than you think. You'll have to discover these things for yourself; even I can't interfere."

"You know that Zhang Heng was formed from a fragment of the world's inner universe, and in the extremely distant future, he achieved another ultimate being, creating the position of the Master of Comedy. Therefore, when the correct Zhang Heng is born at the correct time and place, the inner universe fragments connecting the two ultimate beings will become unprecedentedly active." Zhang Heng's gaze fell upon a person in this world, a bespectacled boy.

Mu Xiang followed his gaze and saw through the space, and saw that person... Although he was very young, he did look just like Chu Xuan.

Chu Hao!

“Since I’ve chosen to accompany you this time, the modifications made when the fragments are born will be different.” Zhang Heng’s expression turned serious as he looked at Mu Xiang. “The karmic entanglement between Zhang Heng and Chu Hao will be transferred to the Central Continent Team. The remaining modifications will help you with this. But this also means that some things related to ‘good’ are on your shoulders.”

Mu Xiang was silent for a moment: "I don't know how far I can go, but I promise that if I have the ability then, I will help you with the 'good' return."

“Hehe…I believe you.” Zhang Heng smiled. “If I didn’t believe you, why would I have agreed to all these changes?”

He reached down and touched his waist, where an unseen entity separated from the green mask… in Zhang Heng's hand, it seemed to be the entire universe. This entity was thrown out by Zhang Heng, passing through this space and falling into the Final Destination dimension.

It fell like a shooting star, yet it seemed incredibly slow… as if another day had already passed by the time it hit the ground. Mu Xiang seemed to see its changes over time, seeing it getting closer and closer to the ground as time went by, constantly growing larger along the way, yet its cosmic presence growing weaker and weaker.

This was a disparity even greater than that between a dragon and an ant. In the end, this being descended to the human world, transforming into a comatose young man. By then, it was already tomorrow. And at this moment, Mu Xiang had actually seen that being from that time... Clearly, this was Zhang Heng's doing.

Mu Xiang saw that being clearly; it had become him.

He is Zhang Heng, eighteen years old.

"Uh, no wonder you can still call yourself 18 when you're 29... So this is what you looked like when you were 18." Mu Xiang couldn't help but complain.

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Zhang Heng's face, then he waved his hand: "Enough with the small talk! Once we leave here, both of our memories of this will disappear... but at that time, you will hear my voice."

Or rather... the voice of the world.

As Mu Xiang fell from the building, he heard Zhang Heng's voice... It was as distant and resonant as ever, as if it wasn't just one person speaking to Mu Xiang, but rather the world itself conveying its message to him.

it's time.

The instant he heard that voice, Mu Xiang recalled his conversation with "Zhang Heng." The fragment of the inner universe that had been born wasn't modifying a person's life or death... but rather eliminating all possibilities for Mu Xiang at that moment, except for the most perfect outcome.

This is the content that Zhang Heng and the world modified for Mu Xiang!

Of course, even Zhang Heng, who would become the king of comedy in the future, did not expect that someone would use Mu Xiang's actions to subtly trick him, causing him to inexplicably shoulder a bunch of karmic burdens and transforming him from the Modern Great Sage into the Accounting Great Sage...

(End of this chapter)