Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 284 Experiment
Zheng Zha walked silently between the warehouses, with Li Shuaixi and another newcomer following behind him, seemingly confused.

Another newcomer, Liu Rui, happened to be a warehouse manager. If it weren't for him, Zheng Zha would probably have argued with them for ages.

"Have you found the warehouse logistics logs?" Zheng Zha looked at the mess that had been surrounded. "I need to know what was stolen and who it belonged to."

Li Shuaixi hesitated for a moment, then looked at Liu Rui... Well, he was a little unsure who was mentoring whom. Logically speaking, he was more experienced than Liu Rui, but this was something he really couldn't do.

Liu Rui turned around and took down a hanging logbook from the wall: "Brother Zheng Zha, I've taken a look, and there aren't actually many things stolen."

Zheng Zha took the log and pretended to read it. He had never studied this kind of thing, but with his current intelligence, he could figure it out after reading for a while.

"You mean, some stores are exaggerating their figures?" Zheng Zha's expression turned strange, and then he looked at the two warehouse managers.

Liu Rui nodded.

Zheng Zha sighed inwardly. No wonder the sheriff said "it was the kid's doing" after just one glance. Kids running into public warehouses or even ransacking other people's shops are no big deal; if they don't catch them, fine; if they do, they'll just give them a talking-to. The town's police force is already small; it would be a waste not to focus on patrols during a holiday like this.

According to the sheriff, this wouldn't have become a theft case if something hadn't actually been missing.

"So the reason the sheriff was so happy that I took this job is... hoping I'll save the town a lot of money on warehouse theft compensation?!" Zheng Zha thought to himself, "Is this some kind of cyclical world? How did I end up back at the company again?"

After a moment's thought, Zheng Zha shook his head: "Let's not worry about that for now. Can we find out what was actually lost and where it came from?"

The key is to confirm whether the mask is related to this place. If Zheng Zha really gets involved in arguing with those shop owners, he's out of his mind.

Li Shuaixi and Liu Rui exchanged a glance, then shook their heads in unison. They hadn't checked carefully during the day, and the logs weren't detailed enough to record every single item in every box. They didn't even know which boxes were missing anything, let alone what was actually lost.

“Alright…” Zheng Zha sighed, “Let’s take it one step at a time.”

As Zheng Zha was checking the log, he suddenly slapped his forehead... He realized he had fallen into a fixed mindset.

It's true that the mask most likely stayed in this warehouse, but does that confirm that the mask was taken from the warehouse?

“I was wrong…” Zheng Zha muttered to himself, “Now we should use the mask as a clue and check everything from the shop to the warehouse. After all, this happened before we came to the horror movie, so either way is possible. The significance of the warehouse log is not to confirm what was lost, but to deduce the source… As for whether the mask was lost in the shop or the warehouse, it doesn’t matter at all, as long as it was there, that’s enough.”

With that, Zheng Zha put the log into his ring: "You guys wait in the warehouse first. While everyone's open, I'll go ask the shop owners around here." Li Shuaixi and Liu Rui hesitated for a moment, but then both asked Zheng Zha to take them with him. They weren't connected to the mental energy sharing system and didn't know the current situation; but it was clear that going with Zheng Zha was the safest option.

"Is that what you're thinking..." Zheng Zha scratched his head, looking somewhat troubled. "But we're not sure how many enemies are in the town. If you come with me, we might be facing the enemy soon. If you stay in this warehouse, even if something goes wrong, we can get here quickly."

After all, it turns out that the so-called "human-demon" that the Supreme God spoke of is not just one... Anyone who puts on the mask will become that kind of being. It's fine if there are only one or two now, but if there are more and more, and they get stronger and stronger, it will be difficult to protect the newcomers.

Meanwhile, two Michael Myers were firmly bound by telekinesis and presented to the crowd.

“They can be said to be the same person. Not only are their spiritual characteristics the same, but their physical evolution is also synchronized.” Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses. “The secret should lie in the mask. An ordinary little boy was put on this mask and turned into a monster in just a few seconds.”

As he spoke, Mu Xiang reached out and tore off two identical masks, revealing two identical faces.

“We need to speed things up,” Mu Xiang said, putting the mask back into his bracelet. “The reason the God of God requires us to hide our identities is to prevent the forces behind him from discovering the involvement of the Reincarnation Team. Now that we’ve made our move, we should act quickly and decisively, at least to find them out. Otherwise, the power that the God of God has given us will be thrown back to us.”

Liu Xi said calmly, "I guess you're very confident. So, tell me, what are the plans after this?"

Zhan Lan and Qi Tengyi hid in Annie's house to prevent another Michael from infiltrating and causing unnecessary losses; Ba Wang and Zhao Yingkong followed Annie and Linda when they went out to prevent them from being attacked.

Zero and Zhang Heng had to stay at their posts at the fire station, though their real role was to monitor the area around the town for any suspicious individuals. The mask, being a crucial plot device, couldn't be directly scanned by mental energy; the newly appeared "Michael" also didn't carry Zhang Jie's mental imprint. Therefore, someone had to keep watch on him.

Zheng Zha was investigating where Michael's mask came from. Their theory was that the first shop Michael visited after arriving in town was likely where the cultists met with him. This wasn't a popular style mask—after all, it was a modified version of Captain Kirk's mask—so its appearance was suspicious.

“One deduction is that since there are two Michael Myers, we might as well assume that neither of them is Michael.” Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses. “And to end the Halloween murders, killing these two is definitely not enough. Perhaps we need to kill the real Michael, or perhaps we need to take down the forces behind them… the latter is the most likely.”

“These two masks should just be replicas… only used to transmit power. Otherwise, given the masks’ capabilities, the main god would at least have given a hint. So I can only conclude that we haven’t found the real masks yet.” Mu Xiang shook his head. “And tonight’s situation is more like an experiment.”

"experiment?"

"That's right, an experiment on a plot prop... This mask may really have the power of a curse, which is why it dragged Michael from a promising young psychopath down the path of becoming a monster. So if the power of the mask is spread, could it create more monsters like this? Combining what Zhang Jie detected in Dr. Loomis's mental body, what's behind it all is already obvious."

(End of this chapter)