Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 283 Empty Shell
The word "Devilman" flashed through the boys' minds simultaneously; what they usually used to scare people now seemed like reality. They didn't even realize that their legs were too weak to move. If the Devilman in front of them was indeed the one from their legends, they would both be doomed.

Dr. Loomis watched expectantly as the dark figure walked out the door, but when the dark eye sockets turned to the two boys, a hint of disappointment flashed across Dr. Loomis's face.

"What the hell are you doing?" a lazy voice rang out.

The next moment, the two boys' eyes changed, as if their bodies were being controlled. Their legs moved at an irrational speed, propelling them far away.

The person wearing the white mask turned to look at one side of the courtyard, where Dr. Loomis was hiding; and behind Dr. Loomis, there was another person who had appeared at some point.

A terrifying pressure descended from the sky, forcing the two to their knees, unable to move.

Zhang Jie lit a cigarette, reached out and grabbed Dr. Loomis: "I want to see what you really are..."

As Zheng Zha first discovered, there's something wrong with Dr. Loomis in this world. According to Mu Xiang, every horror movie world is a parallel universe, sharing similar general trends, but the specifics may differ.

So Dr. Loomis can be different from his character in the movie, remaining unmoved when he should be frightened... but when he sees Michael driving by in his old car without any reaction, that's not right. This isn't a matter of different character settings; it's that Dr. Loomis failed to do what the character was supposed to do.

Zhang Jie's mental power recklessly invaded Dr. Loomis's mental body at this moment, and he realized something was wrong as soon as he started.

"Damn... this is just an empty shell?" Zhang Jie muttered to himself.

Long Taobing walked up to the man wearing the white mask and shone a beam of holy light on him. Then he frowned, turned to Zhang Jie, and said, "Brother Jie, it didn't work."

Zhang Jie is probing Dr. Loomis's spiritual body. Everyone's spiritual body is different, with varying sizes, strengths, and states of being. For an older man like Dr. Loomis, who remains capable despite his age, his spiritual body should be generally declining, but internally remaining solid.

However, when Zhang Jie actually invaded his spiritual body, he discovered that the situation was completely reversed. Dr. Loomis's outer spiritual power was extremely strong, far exceeding that of ordinary people, almost comparable to those in the Central Continent Team who had unlocked the first-tier gene lock; but his spiritual body was just an empty shell, with nothing inside.

In other words, Dr. Loomis should be an excited idiot.

While shining holy light on the pale-faced man in front of him, Long Taobing asked Zhang Jie curiously, "What does 'empty shell' mean?"

While Zhang Jie suppressed all of Dr. Loomis's senses and enveloped him with his mental power, he said, "That is to say, this person's mental body is simply not enough to support him in carrying out his actions... The only explanation is that he is just a puppet, and the one who is truly controlling him is not himself."

With Zhang Jie's skill, he could secretly scan anyone's mental body. This scan would be rough, only capturing each person's unique characteristics. But under Mu Xiang's arrangement, Zhang Jie created this foolproof situation before beginning to meticulously probe the interior of Dr. Loomis's mental body.

"Damn it, they were right... If we had just scanned rashly, the person behind it would definitely have found out." Zhang Jie scratched his head. He admitted that without Mu Xiang and Zheng Zha's request, he would have already started. "Is this why we need to hide our identities?"

At this moment, Zhang Jie had completely taken over Dr. Loomis's spiritual body, and naturally could see the hidden green flame within it. This was left behind by the controller; Zhang Jie knew with just a glance that his physical body was elsewhere.

Zhang Jie deliberately stirred up Dr. Loomis's mind, creating the appearance of a rebellion from his own consciousness. The green flame immediately surged, attempting to suppress the surging spiritual power. Unfortunately for it, it was facing Zhang Jie, whose vast spiritual power had already enveloped it. The green flame's suppression was a joke in Zhang Jie's eyes; its only function was as a backdoor, which Zhang Jie easily breached. The Eye of Suggestion activated, almost instantly assimilating the green flame.

“There shouldn’t be any problems,” Zhang Jie said in the shared mental energy channel. “Now the puppet’s senses are entirely generated by me. As long as the person behind it checks it as usual, they will definitely be affected.”

As he released his grip, Dr. Loomis stood up on his own, but his eyes were lifeless as he stood silently in place.

Zhang Jie walked towards Long Taobing: "What's going on?"

Long Taobing shook his head: "This is not a disease, and the Holy Light cannot cure it... After he was covered by the mask, his body was directly transformed into this state."

Zhang Jie pondered for a moment, then brazenly invaded the consciousness of the "Michael Myers" before him... if that could be called consciousness.

“That’s strange, the spiritual body is in exactly the same state…” Zhang Jie hissed and took a deep drag on his cigarette, “but the physical body is significantly stronger than the previous one.”

Mu Xiang's voice echoed in their hearts: "Because he has already undergone an evolution."

Before Mu Xiang stood Michael, whose neck had been snapped by Zhao Yingkong.

"After all the bones in its body were shattered, it healed so quickly... and the bone strength has improved, and the combination method has also been slightly adjusted." Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses. "Although the evolution speed is not that fast, it would really be a bit troublesome for a normal reincarnation team."

When Michael crawled out from under the sofa, Zhao Yingkong immediately attacked him. Michael's strength surprised Zhao Yingkong, but it was far from enough to bridge the gap in skill. Thus, in front of Zhao Yingkong, who had unlocked her first-tier gene lock, Michael was easily caught, his neck twisted around her back. Aside from defending against Zhao Yingkong's attacks, he couldn't even touch the girl.

But even though his head had been twisted, his heartbeat quickly returned to normal, and his damaged neck bones began to crack.

"Zhang Jie, use your telekinesis to flatten Michael over there." Mu Xiang said thoughtfully.

Zhang Jie paused for a moment, then with a thought, Michael in front of him turned into a ball. Under his precise control, not a single part was punctured. Long Taobing had initially worried that Zhang Jie would squeeze his eyeballs out of the mask's eye holes, but now it seemed he had worried too much.

“This…” Long Taobing hesitated for a moment, and almost, due to his professional habit, shone a holy light on him directly.

Zhang Jie casually asked, "What are you trying to do?"

"Let's confirm whether they'll evolve in sync." Mu Xiang pressed a finger against Michael's head, making him unable to move. "I guess they probably will."

(End of this chapter)