Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 358 Projection
The problem isn't with not being able to write the plot anymore... It's a minor issue if the plot doesn't flow smoothly; he can just spend more time writing it. What terrifies him is the plot going off the rails on the computer screen.

Originally, in his design, Li Xiaoyi's story with the Central Continent Team was another hidden plot... It would not be fully revealed until Resident Evil 2, when Li Xiaoyi personally wiped out the Central Continent Team.

But now it seems... this subplot is a bit too subtle!

He even forgot about the snacks that had fallen on the ground. After a long while, he suddenly realized what was happening, pulled his chair forward, and put his hands on the keyboard... He didn't even care about the few pieces of puffed food that had been crushed.

Damn it, I'm the author! Can't I even make it work?

At an indescribable boundary, a sheet of paper floats in the air.

This is not the boundary between reality and virtuality, but the boundary between two completely different worldviews. These worldviews are not merely differences between planes; the differences between them are greater than the distance between two multiverses spanning the Sea of ​​Nothingness.

Rather, these two worlds should have been completely unrelated... but for some reason, they have established a subtle connection.

Although this connection is as illusory as the meeting of two shadows, their true nature still transcends immeasurable boundaries... but it is still a connection.

The page floated there, one side reflecting a world, the other side like a normal book page, constantly being written on by an invisible pen.

The time and space on both sides of the page are completely different, so saying they are simultaneous is not accurate... But at a certain moment, the page suddenly trembled. As the page trembled, the lines and wrinkles that appeared had a faint sense of scales, revealing a texture like snakeskin.

A voice that seemed neither male nor female, neither old nor young, murmured, "Why? Why don't the two sides match up?"

The owner of this voice appeared in the void, his appearance obscured, making him mysterious; but anyone who glanced at him could tell how exhausted he was.

Now, the owner of this voice is him, she, it... but not Him.

Since the defeat in the battle of creation in the unique state, the serpent has perished in the multiverse... Although there are slight differences in different time states and parallel worlds, they are like countless mirrors reflecting this fixed fact.

Humanity's first battle to conquer the world has been won!

But different reflections will naturally not be completely identical... As the saying goes, a mountain range appears differently depending on the angle from which it is viewed. The same person will have different images in mirrors at different angles, let alone the infinite number of reflections of this complex situation in infinite time.

This gave the snake a glimmer of hope. It had countless backup plans, from the Heavenly Dao Hongjun and the Supreme Great Freedom Demon of the previous era to the essence of this era dissipating and merging into the corners of the Heavenly Dao Scroll and the infinite time state. It was impossible to erase it in one fell swoop.

Therefore, in the unique state, there was Pangu creating the world, Hongjun merging with the Dao, and the Great Lord showing mercy to mankind, opening up a promising future for them... And later, there were even more powerful humans who went to the negative multiverse to refine the Dark Gaia, which was tainted with the essence of the snake, and kill the possibility of the snake rising from the ashes.

But that's the only state, not all states of time... In infinite states of time, there are always omissions, and that's where the snake's chance of surviving lies.

Unfortunately, he is no longer the ultimate being. He dares not even interfere with a single time state, let alone divide it... Not only will the powerful beings of the human race not let him go, but even the multiverse is rejecting him!

Hiding in this gap between neither the multiverse nor any other world, he was able to avoid being directly rejected... The Heavenly Dao Scroll that provided him with legitimacy, or rather, the Investiture of the Gods from the previous era, was gone. Now, he only had a fragment within a fragment, which was this very page.

As a former Ultimate, he naturally knew what lay beyond the multiverse... and could also sense interference from other multiverses in the changes of various time phases. But this was not because this multiverse submitted to other multiverses, but rather a means of evolution for the multiverse itself.

For example, many of the different planes with different directions, and the enhanced attributes within humanity's main god space, actually originate from projections of the external multiverse. The multiverse can incorporate these projections into itself, saving a lot of evolutionary effort; however, the resources provided by these worlds derived from these projections are real and tangible.

Therefore, incorporating other multiverse projections is a sure-fire way to make money in any multiverse.

Among the many projections in movies, comics, and novels, there is one projection that is most special to the multiverse... because the content of this projection is another version of infinite multiverse!

It seems that within a multiverse, someone is writing the story of this multiverse... encompassing everything from the unique state to the standard state, and even various deflected states and pseudo-states. And for the multiverse, this projection is something it cannot refuse without reason.

The projections that conform to this multi-dimensional framework are thus incorporated into the infinite multiverse, naturally transforming into real time states, saving the multiverse countless resources, while providing resources and outstanding individuals for development and sublimation. Why not?
However, there is a prerequisite: only projections that conform to this multiverse architecture can be utilized to the greatest extent and transformed into a temporal state. Although it is only a corner, it is also a multiverse within this temporal state.

The multiverse is not picky; if something doesn't fit the overall framework, it simply becomes a plane, which can be put into various time states, and there are benefits to that. But the problem is that the snake is picky!

He must be out of his mind to be working on individual planes of existence!

Finally, an ideal projection arrived in the infinite multiverse… Unlike previous projections, the creator of this projection—who could be called the author—seemed to lack understanding of the infinite multiverse and didn't seem to have many of his own ideas. But the lack of his own ideas meant fewer parts that didn't conform to the multiverse framework, making it more likely to transform into a temporal state!

As for not understanding infinite diversity... no problem, I understand it well enough!

Thus, the snake merged into the fragment of the Investiture of the Gods. At this intersection, it was like a piece of paper receiving the writing from the other side, or like a lens projecting a vivid temporal state into the universe... And this was the opportunity for him to prove himself again.

Under his guidance, much of what the other person wrote came to his liking. When the other person wrote a single word, he would shake it and it would produce ten more words; when the other person conceived a passage, he would shake it and it would add a chapter to the snakeskin paper, and the reflected timeline would become increasingly realistic.

Well, although I'm tired from shaking, it's about making a comeback, so I can't afford to be careless.

The multiverse, unaware of his actions, even relishes the emergence of this timeline… while the serpent adds its own hidden hand to the protagonists of this future timeline. The stronger they become upon attaining enlightenment, the greater the spoils the serpent can seize.

The only pity is that the snake's great magic and power are no longer there. Fixed here, his vision is only able to see the demon team at the point of the pen, just like the creator of the projection.

Now, another hidden thread has emerged, but it seems that even the author is unaware of the problem... However, the snake has discovered a major issue. If it were a slight deviation, it would be acceptable to both the snake and the author. Although the author might not be aware of it, they are actually cooperating and each getting what they need, so a slight difference in opinion is not a problem. But the snake sensed that there was a big problem after sensing this deviation!

As the contents of the two sides of the snakeskin paper diverged, the temporal dimension became increasingly realistic, but the projection and the snake's control over it weakened. This was what the multiverse needed—derived from the projection, yet gradually breaking free from it… but this was not what the snake needed! Sensing the author's shock and anger, the snake trembled violently. If this temporal dimension couldn't be controlled, it was better to crudely alter it, to change it beyond recognition, to shatter it into pieces!
After all, only the multiverse is damaged. For the snake, all it needs to do is wait for another projection... Although the snake often complains about whether the authors can write according to our multiverse's structure, at this moment it can only hope for a better projection in the future!
Just then, the snake, following the author's gaze, also saw that presence...

That is the world, the direct descendant of the multiverse... but why did his reincarnation appear in this skewed state?!

"World! You used that tower to plot against me and destroy my path to enlightenment, and now what are you trying to do!" The serpent roared furiously at the small plane... but no more divine wrathful thunder followed its roar, only a hoarse cry echoing in the void.

(End of this chapter)