Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 401 Black Mist
Frodo walked irritably down the corridor. The main force was already evacuating, and all he had to do was move the three plot characters he had captured back.

These three characters... well, Jill might be somewhat capable, but he hasn't unlocked his genetic potential. The other two are definitely weaklings; they wouldn't be difficult for him to handle.

As per Chu Xuan's instructions, apart from Alice who is still in the classified area, these characters have been controlled by Amya and will become a trap for the Central Continent Team.

But what did all this have to do with him? Frodo would think this from time to time, though of course he dared not show the slightest dissatisfaction. What dissatisfied him was, "You clearly have so many backup plans and strategies, so why do you still want us to stay and die?"

But Chu Xuan wouldn't answer him, and he didn't dare to actually question him.

Hopefully, the captain will be able to revive him later... Frodo thought to himself.

Upon opening the isolation door to the secret room, Jill, Terry, and LJ, the three main characters, stood frozen in place, showing no reaction whatsoever to Frodo's arrival.

"Damn it, these useless cowards are dragging us down... I really don't understand why we treat them like royalty." Frodo cursed, pressing a button on his hand, and all the lights in the area went out. In the darkness, he and the three characters disappeared, vanishing into the boundless shadows.

Frodo pulled all three men into the shadows and moved at great speed in the predetermined direction.

"Since we're going to die anyway, why not have some fun before we do?"

As the lights went out on many floors of the Umbrella Corporation building, a black sphere was thrown out of the building. This black sphere, as if unaffected by any force, fell at an extremely slow speed, drifting and swaying, its size increasing as it grew larger, but it was actually a cloud of black smoke.

The smoke spread in all directions, gradually enveloping an area of ​​several thousand meters in all directions.

In a secret room beneath the company, a body lay on the ground, seemingly devoid of all life. This was Peng Qiu, who had fainted. At this moment, dense, blood-red patterns appeared on the woman's Taoist robe, and upon closer inspection, tiny runes could be seen interspersed among them.

Aside from the slight undulations, the only thing still moving on her body seemed to be the numerous cuts from which blood continuously oozed. This blood, carrying dissipated energy, flowed towards the ground, only to vanish silently upon touching it.

Zero, with the bamboo dragonfly on his head, stood at a high sniping position and reported to Zhang Jie: "The view is blocked by the black fog... The enemy sniper should be there, proceed with caution."

Zhang Jie nodded. His mission was to lead the rest of the team to attack the Umbrella Corporation… Although his abilities were undeniable, he still had to be cautious. A sniper's lethality against ordinary people was immense, especially since the enemy possessed various unpredictable types of bullets.

As the guide, Zhang Jie knew that the exchange list in the God's Space was being updated... but even he and Zero had never seen those strange bullets before. If these things could be exchanged at the God's Space, then Mu Xiang should have had Zero exchange them long ago. For example, homing bullets—Zhang Jie thought they were utterly ridiculous... Gauss sniper rifles were exchanged only by a very small number of people, they were cheap and effective, and almost everyone below the fourth rank was treated equally; with the Magic Eye, even the fourth rank had to be careful. If homing bullets could really be exchanged at the God's Space, shouldn't the God's Space be full of people using them?
These bullets are just too unbalanced!
Zhang Jie possessed an immense amount of telekinetic power, and considering this, he imbued the other team members with a layer of telekinetic energy to prevent them from being instantly killed. According to Mu Xiang's estimation, the Demon Team's priority would undoubtedly be escape... The greatest threat to them would be snipers with demonic eyes, as well as other potentially lethal weapons.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I never thought we could even beat up the special squad of the main god... Our Central Continent Team has really struck it rich." Zhang Jie said half-jokingly, a cigarette dangling from his lips. However, he was filled with caution. He remembered Mu Xiang's words very clearly, and he absolutely did not want to cause any losses due to his negligence.

"The reason why the Demon Team dared to fight us head-on as a weak team was simply because they believed they possessed power beyond the judgment of the main god... Otherwise, even if they wanted to wipe us out, they wouldn't have used this method to fight," Mu Xiang instructed Zhang Jie. "That's why I went with the flow and had the two of them take the plot characters and retreat directly to lure Zhao Zhuikong into making a move... Once his mind showed a weakness, you, who were hiding, would strike and defeat him in one blow."

"The fact that Liu Xi and Xu Lin were killed at roughly the same time is a form of deception... This kind of tactic is hard to hide from most teams, since the killer of someone with the Rebirth Cross only gives the killer a notification. But this makes it seem like I'm bluffing, further concealing our hidden power."

"This is the core issue we had before: the other side wants to kill us, and we want to kill them too. How do we give them the confidence to start a war instead of fighting and retreating or even running away? My method is to hide you as a decisive force, give them the confidence to start a war, and constantly use some small tricks that can be seen through by the clone Chu Xuan at a glance to strengthen his judgment."

"But now, our goals are completely different... We want to wipe out the Demon Team, while the Demon Team only needs to escape. Because of this, the scope for our actions and plans is completely different. Let alone paying a heavy price to kill them all, we are not even willing to consider exchanging pieces. This is determined by the atmosphere of our team."

"But it's a different story for the Demon Team. They can trade one person for the one who stayed behind, which is a gain for the rest of them. I have no doubt that the clone Chu Xuan may have left a backup plan for them, just like the woman who dealt with Zhang Heng before. So please be careful. To be honest, the person who stayed behind is doomed no matter what. It would be a huge loss to be dragged down with them."

"Those who stayed behind to cover the retreat are already doomed in Chu Xuan's scheme, as are the other characters in the story... Don't let anyone die for futures trading and cause casualties in our team!"

Recalling these instructions, Zhang Jie cautiously used his mental power to sense the energy fluctuations of the Umbrella Corporation once again. While the black mist could block vision, it couldn't block mental power… In fact, aside from the shield of the Supreme God, almost only mental power itself could block mental power.

"This black mist seems to be a magical effect amplified by negative energy... it has no inherent destructive power. So, is the negative energy array beneath the Umbrella Corporation designed to power and amplify this?" Zhang Jie pondered to himself, then recalled Mu Xiang's words.

"I am quite familiar with Chu Xuan's style... If he is at a disadvantage in terms of both strength and momentum, he will make the situation worse, which means he will take advantage of the chaos."

"But something still feels off..." Zhang Jie muttered. "Aren't people with heart conditions supposed to be all about deception and strategy in warfare? Could this purpose be just a cover, with a deeper objective?"

As he spoke, Zhang Jie looked at Zhan Lan, who was monitoring the interior of Umbrella Corporation, and signaled the others not to act rashly, but to let the white-faced monsters go first. Then, he approached from another direction, trying to find other ambushes related to the negative energy array.

(End of this chapter)