Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 265 Doubts
Mu Xiang sneered upon hearing this: "Isn't that how the main god is? It only issues tasks and doesn't care how they are completed... Even if the guide merges with you again and causes you to die completely, it will not change its orders."

Zhang Jie waved his hand and continued, "As you all know, after I got back, I spent the entire night fixing it..."

Zheng Zha scratched his head: "Because your strength... uh, your size is too big? If you still retain your abilities, then you can definitely be considered a fourth-tier powerhouse, right? Half of a fourth-tier powerhouse's soul has disappeared, and repairing it must be expensive."

"It's more than just a fourth-tier expert..." Mu Xiang smiled. "A fourth-tier beginner expert without a berserk consciousness or inner demons, except for lacking the Light of the Mind, is already infinitely close to a fourth-tier intermediate expert."

Zheng Zha was taken aback: "The difference in the Light of the Soul? How so?"

"To put it simply, below the fourth rank is like being unarmed, just a difference in strength; after the fourth rank, in addition to the increase in strength, you also have a gun." Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses, "but without the Light of the Mind, it's like having no bullets, just using a gun to smash people."

“As far as I know, the Gene Lock system is significantly superior to most systems at the fourth tier. For example, the extraordinary system of the Polar Day Society, they don’t have the berserk consciousness of the early fourth tier, but it’s also difficult for them to awaken a spiritual light comparable to the Gene Lock system at the mid fourth tier.” Mu Xiang shrugged. “It can only be said that there are advantages and disadvantages. The early fourth tier of the Gene Lock system not only means that one can only use a gun to smash people, but also has an extremely strong impulse to do so, and once they start smashing, they can’t stop.”

Zheng Zha suddenly realized: "No wonder you said our strength needs to be converted compared to other systems? Because of the different levels of development, their fourth-tier might not be able to defeat our third-tier?"

Mu Xiang couldn't give any more examples from the Primordial Era, so he nodded: "That's one way to understand it. Just because the fourth floor of this building isn't as tall as the third floor of the building next door doesn't mean the third floor of the building next door is the fourth or fifth floor, right?"

"Hehe, you kid... even the guides don't know this." Zhang Jie chuckled and raised his glass to Mu Xiang.

Zheng Zha laughed and raised his cup as well: "I learned all of this from that Polar Day Conference. Didn't I say before that after the fight with the other side, I was wandering around while he was looking at other people's documents?"

Mu Xiang smiled inwardly and raised his glass, thinking to himself that Zheng Zha was truly a helpful person.

Seeing the others' somewhat confused expressions, Zhang Jie laughed and said, "They're right. Although my gene lock level is only second-tier, and I don't have subtle gene adjustments or a powerful body, I can fully utilize my enhancements and also have subtle power control."

"I mainly use telekinesis and mental power, and I don't have many requirements for those... So if it really comes down to a fight, I'm not afraid of anyone below the fourth rank."

Zhan Lan touched her forehead: "But then again, why is it that even though the guide has merged with Mu Xiang, you still retain abilities like enhancement and 100% performance?"

Zhang Jie waved his hand: "This is what I wanted to say... Mu Xiang has already explained to you that the soul that carries the authority of the guide is created by the main god. When it merges with Mu Xiang, this part of the soul transforms into another form, merges into Mu Xiang's body, and then activates the captain's authority."

When he spoke of "bearing," Zhang Jie emphasized his words.

Mu Xiang frowned slightly: "You mean... repairing your soul means repairing this part of your soul that carries the authority of the guide?"

Zhang Jie nodded: "That's right, that's what's being repaired... But because you've officially become the captain, the Guide Authority won't be reissued by the God of War, so I've lost the Guide Authority, but I still have my original enhancements and physique."

"So, besides having authority, the guide is essentially an enhancement?" Zhan Lan asked thoughtfully.

[No...this still doesn't make sense. If the guide's authority completely disappears, then why can the soul that carries that part also bear the guide's other characteristics?][Is this because of my arrangement?]

Mu Xiang was somewhat puzzled. The main god wasn't doing charity work. It didn't even care whether Zhang Jie had a symbiotic relationship with the guide or whether he would die without the guide. Yet, when it was only trying to keep Zhang Jie alive, it returned all of Zhang Jie's abilities.
There must be some other factor involved that led to the current situation.

Mu Xiang understood that he had blocked some of his memories to prevent his clones from obtaining crucial information... The problem was that his memories of being a transmigrator were perfectly valid, so the blocked memories must be even more important. And why he needed to prevent clones from being created, and when the blocking could be lifted, were all contained within the hidden information.

Perhaps when the mystery is solved, the questions about Zhang Jie will be resolved.

But Mu Xiang was mistaken. In fact, besides the birth of the cosmic fragments within the world he had forgotten, there was another arrangement that played a significant role in "Final Destination 2." It was this arrangement that allowed Zhang Jie to retain his current status as the strongest fighter in the Main God Space.

This arrangement was left by Chu Xuan in the future, and Mu Xiang was unaware of it and had not discovered it beforehand... whether it was buried or when it took effect.

The web woven by Mu Xiang and Chu Xuan involved and concealed far too many things... It was a long time before Mu Xiang himself fully understood it.

Long Taobing laughed and said, "But at least we survived, everyone survived... Hehe, let's just make sure there's no more infighting next time."

The veterans of the Central Continent Team all smiled to varying degrees, and then raised their glasses once again in unison. Although they had been controlled like that in "Final Destination 2," and were somewhat confused and even dissatisfied when they didn't know the truth, how could they have any complaints about Zhang Jie, who had always tried his best to protect the Central Continent Team, once everything was revealed?

The two newlyweds sat quietly in a corner of the table, watching the veterans clink glasses.

Zhang Jie was also smiling, but amidst the clinking of glasses, a hint of loneliness flashed in his eyes.

Did he really... survive?

In Zhang Jie's capacity...

Zheng Zha glanced at the two reserved newcomers and was about to call them over when Mu Xiang put down his wine glass: "Have you all eaten enough? Zhang Jie, how about we have a match... I want to see how strong I really am, and I also want to see how strong you really are."

The members of the Zhongzhou team were all intrigued, putting down their glasses and preparing to go to the basement. Zhu Wen and Li Shuaixi also stood up, as they were also curious about this.

Lori stood up with a grin and began helping Zhang Jie's wife pack her things.

Zhang Jie lit a cigarette: "Okay, let's go downstairs."

(End of this chapter)