Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 312 Chase

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jie sighed: "Damn it, did I meddle too much? If Mu Xiang were here, he might have beaten him up."

Long Taobing asked in surprise, "Then why doesn't Mu Xiang try to change their minds? Even if he forces them to obey with his fists, there will always be a time to prove it, right?"

"Why did Mu Xiang change his mind?" Liu Xi's voice remained calm. "Wasn't his attitude very clear? He would only truly consider protecting her if he was willing to take on the responsibilities of the team... That's why he asked us to protect Zhu Wen, but didn't mention Li Shuaixi or the other two newcomers."

“If he had gone any further… he might have really used them as bait. Killing the newcomers wouldn’t have really damaged the team’s strength, and it would have lowered their evaluation in the eyes of the main god—a win-win situation.” Liu Xi rubbed her temples as she said this. “But given his personality, he would disdain doing such a thing.”

Upon hearing this, Zhu Wen couldn't help but look over, then turned her head away, seemingly lost in thought.

Zhan Lan couldn't help but facepalm: "According to you, it's a miracle they're still alive."

"correct."

Zhang Jie took another drag of his cigarette and sighed, "Cleansing up the redundant people... it's not surprising to put them in the Main God Space. Mu Xiang might do that, but Zheng Zha would definitely not agree."

Zhan Lan's voice turned serious, but not because of the conversation on this side, but because of the situation on the other side.

The girl caught up with Li Shuaixi and his companion at a speed far exceeding that of ordinary people, but after witnessing the situation firsthand, her speed immediately slowed down, and the next moment, her Zanpakuto, Kuiji, appeared in her hand.

This knife is powerful enough to deal with demons.

This was an abandoned construction site. Li Shuaixi was hanging from a beam with one hand, panting heavily. His eyes rolled uncontrollably, and his whole body convulsed, like a fish being dragged out to be slaughtered.

Although he was injected with the T-virus serum, artificially unlocking his genetic potential, he didn't follow the advice of the experienced individuals to practice more on his own... In fact, his practice was limited to intensive training sessions. Therefore, after the long-distance escape with his genetic potential unlocked, his physical strength was almost at its limit, and he was forcibly deactivated from the genetic lock state.

If he hadn't been forced to practice a few times, he probably would have passed out. Even with the will to live, he wouldn't have been able to hold on with one hand during the aftereffects.

At his feet lay half of Liu Rui's body.

"Li Shuaixi, save me! Aren't you a veteran?" Liu Rui cried out, his mouth still half open, while he stretched out one hand as if that would bring him salvation.

On the other side... was a distorted body, as if forcibly pieced together with Liu Rui's. Even his face was half terror and half a mask.

Li Shuaixi roared, "I can't save you! Get lost!"

Zhan Lan's voice rang out: "What exactly is going on?"

Li Shuaixi was startled by the voice and turned his head to look in the direction it came from. There stood a girl at the construction site entrance, her eyes shimmering with a faint bluish-green hue, holding an exaggeratedly shaped knife in her hand.

"We were hiding in the warehouse when suddenly a monster appeared from inside... We made sure the door was locked!" Li Shuaixi shouted. "Then he was standing there perfectly fine, and suddenly something appeared where he was, overlapping with most of his body, and that's how it happened!"

He was terrified to the extreme, and his speech was almost incoherent.

Liu Rui roared, even more terrified than Li Shuaixi: "Didn't you say you were going to stay in the warehouse and hide until the horror movie ended? Anyway, the veterans will only use us as bait... Waaah..."

At this point, the distortion beneath the mask spread to the remaining half of his mouth. The physical deformity was like flesh-colored thread, sewing half of his mouth shut.

"You're the one who ruined me!" A ripping voice was followed by an even more distorted roar as the mouth was forcibly ripped open. Another deformed hand gripped Li Shuaixi's ankle. Li Shuaixi struggled desperately: "Let me go, monster! You're the one who ruined me!"

The girl fell silent, a greenish-blue energy coiled around the Zanpakuto, and then she raised the enormous blade: "Don't move."

"Help me, you son of a bitch!" Li Shuaixi roared desperately, "Did you come here to laugh at me?"

Zhan Lan sighed inwardly and unleashed the strike.

A blade of air, tinged with a bluish-green hue, shot out, striking the monster below.

Liu Rui, who had been wailing, now laughed and cursed wildly, swinging his intact hand upwards, as if he were sharing a common hatred with the monster.

The blade of energy cleaved his body in two. A look of astonishment crossed his eyes as the severed piece slid to the ground along the blade's edge. The other, distorted piece of flesh, its hand also severed, plummeted downwards.

Also landing on the ground was... a section of an ankle.

Li Shuaixi screamed madly. His feet, which he had been flailing about trying to shake off, were also sent to the Zanpakuto and were cleaved down along with their intended target.

The excruciating pain and wailing seemed to have exhausted his last bit of strength. He could no longer hold on, and with one hand slipped, he fell to the ground.

With the exoskeleton armor protecting him, he wouldn't get injured from the fall.

After a long pause, he finally raised his head, slamming his fist on the ground in a fit of rage: "What are you trying to do? Are you trying to force me to my death?"

“Nobody wants to kill you,” Zhan Lan said coldly. “If they wanted you dead, you wouldn’t be alive now… Stand up and come back to the base with me.”

Li Shuaixi gritted his teeth and stood up on one leg, trembling as he reactivated his genetic lock. He stared intently at the girl in front of him: "I told you, I just want to stay until the horror movie ends. I don't want to keep running for my life!"

Zhan Lan was momentarily at a loss for words. In his view, whatever he said seemed to be ill-intentioned... To him, there was no price to pay, no risk to take. If a proposal couldn't convince him, then it was useless.

"It's still very dangerous outside. More enemies have teleported over. You'll only be safe if you get to the stronghold. Otherwise, we won't have time to keep an eye on you remotely!" The girl said anxiously, as if she had received some information.

"Outpost? Weren't you guys being held back the whole time?" Li Shuaixi roared. "You yourselves are in a complete mess, and you're telling me where it's safe? If it were really safe, why didn't you send people over sooner? You..."

The next moment, his words came to an abrupt halt. A seemingly ordinary kitchen knife pierced through his body from behind, and a tall figure appeared behind him.

This was a demon who had been lurking nearby for some time. He was undetectable by mental energy, and no one present could sense him. His cat-and-mouse mentality led him to strike only now, sparing him the brutality and undignified methods of his kind. Before him lay a prey worthy of death; in his perception, this man's essence was different from ordinary people… seemingly elevated.

Such prey...is exceptionally delicious.

Zhan Lan turned to Zhang Jie and said, "Put back your Zanpakuto. If you can't save him... I'll just put the spirit puppet on standby."

Zhang Jie looked at the group of white-robed figures that had recently appeared nearby and shook his head: "Alright, then take it back... Is your spirit puppet alright?"

“No problem, let’s deal with what’s in front of us… According to Liu Xi’s estimation, this is the last desperate attempt.” The next moment, Zhan Lan severed the connection with the distant spirit puppet, and the girl who was holding the knife earlier transformed into a doll with indistinct features.

(End of this chapter)