Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 375 About the Ghost Swordsman

Ghost Swordsman, this is an enhancement attribute that Li Xiaoyi redeemed when he was in the Central Continent Team... This is not a bloodline enhancement, but a class enhancement.

Bloodline enhancement isn't particularly strong at D-rank or even C-rank, and it's hard to compare with technology-based exchanges. The same goes for class enhancement. For example, a D-rank Ghost Swordsman enhancement can't withstand the acid from aliens with its bare body... it's even worse than the much-criticized early version of Zheng Zha.

Strictly speaking, Li Xiaoyi's death wasn't due to the enhanced Ghost Swordsman... Compared to the Li Xiaoyi in the original work, this Li Xiaoyi was already much stronger. But even so, with only two D-rank side quests, how could he possibly survive in *Alien*?

If Li Xiaoyi's story in the Central Continent Team were written out, he would inevitably be attacked in many ways, such as being a coward, an idiot, or something like, "What the hell is this about splitting two D-level side quests to exchange for a Ghost Swordsman and skills that are practically useless in Alien?"

Before you know it, Li Xiaoyi is about to become the kind of idiotic protagonist that I used to criticize in the book review section.

But Li Xiaoyi also had something to say. "Take a look at the difficulty of Alien before you start giving advice. If you're so capable, then you do it. I managed to get a couple of side stories in Resident Evil (of course, he wouldn't say that he was just riding on their coattails). You guys who only know how to criticize the protagonist, why don't you take a look at yourselves and see if you even have any start-up capital?"

You mean two D-level side quests are enough to guarantee survival in *Alien*? Oh right, whatever you speculate about is powerful, and that's what you're supposed to be powerful. If you can just guess what's going to happen, do you really need to get satisfaction from beating up fictional characters? You guys can even create unlocked werewolves that can crush evolved aliens, what else is there to say?

What, you mean the Fusion Gun... This thing can instantly kill the enhanced version of the Alien in Alien 4, isn't it enough to deal with the Alien in the first movie?

Li Xiaoyi had something to say again: Are you kidding me? Even Zheng Zha, who is at the third level, could only kill one of the multiple aliens with the Strong Fusion Gun before they got close. Are you saying that against a newbie like you who hasn't unlocked his gene lock, multiple aliens have to wait for you to hit them one by one?
Do they really think the aliens are their mother's target?
What? You're saying that taking Zheng Zha, who is at the third rank, is not a good reference because he's a disgrace to his rank...?

Li Xiaoyi could only chuckle. You guys might not even be able to beat Zheng Zha when he's not in the Main God Space, and you think you can be stronger than Zheng Zha who has entered the Main God Space? This Zheng Zha from the Demon Team is just like the original Zheng Zha from the novel; at first glance, he doesn't seem to have any special features, and he hasn't even developed his explosive power until the fourth tier...

But if you can't beat them, you can't beat them. Seeing a character as weak from a godlike perspective is completely different from actually facing them. Their supposed strength in the game's setting is still strength, but once you actually enter this world, that setting becomes just like the basic rules!
What? You're saying I wasn't allowed to fight the aliens one-on-one with the Fusion Gun, and that I couldn't just stick with the main force? With such a powerful weapon, even if my physical body is fragile, I'm still on par with most people... Considering the weapon's advantage, Glass Cannon is an important figure.

If that's the case, Li Xiaoyi has no way to refute it... ptooey, he can't refute it righteously.

That makes sense. If he could really cooperate with the Central Continent Team, would he still need to be a lone wolf? And if he could really integrate into the Central Continent Team, why would he run away and get killed by the two cat-like aliens?
Li Xiaoyi would never admit that it was because he betrayed his teammates in "Resident Evil" that he couldn't truly integrate into the Central Continent Team, and thus, with only two D-rank items, he naturally died in "Alien"... In the end, his death wasn't because he strengthened the Ghost Swordsman, but because he was alone and was outmaneuvered.

Even if you dedicate all your side quest resources to defensive items, a powerful fusion gun might not be enough to defeat the cat alien. With that speed, how can you hit it with a heavy weapon without unlocking it? Dream on. The cat alien isn't stupid. Once your fusion gun is destroyed, even with defensive items, you'll be a sitting duck.
While searching for an exchange, faced with a sudden impulse, how could Li Xiaoyi not have a reason to strengthen an attribute with great potential for the future? He genuinely believed that the Ghost Swordsman attribute was the perfect fit for him, allowing him to at least withstand the challenges of *Alien* with limited combat power, then shine brightly in *Ju-on*, and ultimately reach the pinnacle of life… cough, getting off-topic… Anyway, Li Xiaoyi never imagined that his story of using the Ghost Swordsman attribute to reach the pinnacle of life would be written by the Demon Team. After Chu Xuan explained it to him, Li Xiaoyi pondered it carefully and realized it seemed to make sense.

The origins of the two D-level side quests might just be a brief mention of the opening cheat by the author, with many things from before being overlooked. That's why Zheng Zha was able to protect Loli... Although learning that his clone might be the protagonist was a very complicated feeling for Li Xiaoyi, it was fortunate that the one who truly suffered the pain of death was not this clone, which was not bad.

The reason why the enhancement of the Ghost Swordsman series is called a cheat is related to Li Xiaoyi's subsequent exchange.

In fact, the enhancement of the Ghost Swordsman series also appeared in the original work, namely the enhancement of Miyata Kuraki, the captain of the East Blue Team... When Li Xiaoyi read it, he didn't have much of an impression of it. Like many people who frequent the fan fiction area, his understanding of "Infinite Terror" mainly came from various fan fiction novels.

He can't even distinguish between the original work and fan-made works, so how could he possibly remember a minor character that wasn't mentioned much in the original work?

But after experiencing that strange feeling, Li Xiaoyi started researching the exchange in the Central Continent Team... However, he truly enjoyed it in the Demon Team.

According to Miyata Kuraki, the Ghost Swordsman has two evolutionary branches: one that cuts through the body with a sword and the other that cuts through the soul with a heart. He has strengthened the "heart" branch, which is called Ghost Cry.

However, in the exchange system that Li Xiaoyi saw, just like the game setting, there were more branches and awakening stages, and the power seemed to be stronger than in the original work. This is why he was able to safely strengthen this attribute.

The D-rank Ghost Knight is the starting point for all these branches and stages. And it does indeed have two main directions, encompassing different branches. After listening to the analysis of the clone Chu Xuan, Li Xiaoyi still strengthened the Ghost Cry branch.

Because the power of a blade cutting through flesh cannot be fully realized through exchange alone... If we want to truly develop and promote it, perhaps we should follow the path of Song Tian's martial arts, but Li Xiaoyi is not confident about this.

The mechanism of the Heart-Severing Soul is far too advanced... It involves the mind and spirit; if the author were to give him a cheat code, it wouldn't be impossible for him to use this enhancement to directly sever his inner demons. In fact, when the clone Zheng Zha entered a berserk state that he couldn't recover, Li Xiaoyi did indeed need to intervene to suppress his berserk consciousness.

(End of this chapter)