Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 406 After the Loss of Contact
All eyes were on the girl. With Mu Xiang and Zheng Zha absent, she was the most reliable person... Liu Xi said to Zhang Jie, "I don't know what he just said to you, but considering the current situation, Chu Xuan's intentions are quite clear."

"What is it?"

“Using the rest of the Demon Team as sacrifices to escape... whether it’s their captain, the team members here, the mental controller... or the person who just fought Mu Xiang.” Liu Xi said calmly, “I even suspect that person has forcibly controlled him somewhere using a self-destruct method? Because this kind of disconnection is just too similar to the last horror movie.”

Zhan Lan touched her forehead: "It's possible. Before, when they... uh, when Zheng Zha fought Li Xiaoyi, they were also dragged into a black space."

"Ah, even with Mu Xiang and Zheng Zha's skill level, they fell for it?" Long Taobing was stunned for a moment, then asked in confusion.

“If it’s a Tier 3 A-level enhancement… you’re dreaming if you think you can beat them outright, but it’s still possible to make our trump card work.” Zhang Jie frowned. “The main god has too many enhancements here, and he’s already demonstrated this ability before.”

Liu Xi's gaze lingered on the north side for a moment: "Especially suicidal attacks... that should be quite obvious."

"There shouldn't be any need to worry..." Zhan Lan thought for a moment and said reassuringly, "It would be quite difficult for Li Xiaoyi to hurt him."

Liu Xi shook her head and said calmly, "That's not what we should be worried about. Now that he's gone, we're actually in the most danger... We'd better not make any mistakes before he breaks through the opponent's methods."

Zhan Lan hesitated for a moment, then looked at Zhang Jie: "Their mental controller... is already missing, right? If we can't break through from the outside, let me exert my strength from the inside."

Before Zhang Jie could say anything, Liu Xi spoke up: "I don't understand mental energy pollution, but I can speculate on the other party's intentions... According to you, this pollution zone is enough to block mental energy from probing further north and can even backfire on the probers. Regardless of whether it is harmful to you, it is at least to cover something up."

“Yes, the spiritual imprint left for the clone Chu Xuan was contaminated.” Zhang Jie nodded. “He was in the contamination zone at the time.”

“This can both conceal our whereabouts and send us a signal that the battle situation is favorable… In other words, it will be much easier for our squad to break through the Umbrella Corporation because their mental connection has been completely broken.” Liu Xi pondered, “But combined with the possibility of another third-tier powerhouse’s self-destructive restraint, we are actually in much more danger.”

Zhang Jie gave a wry smile: "What is this? Are they trying to scheme against us by isolating Mu Xiang?"

Zhan Lan pondered: "The battle situation is indeed more favorable, so we have a reason to break through the defenses... But is that precisely why we might suffer? Is this the enemy's conspiracy?"

As she spoke, a face she hadn't seen in a long time—a face wearing glasses and with a blank expression—appeared in her mind... and she couldn't help but shudder.

"A conspiracy? If you can't see through the surface, then it's a conspiracy..." Liu Xi smiled faintly. "If you ask him to analyze it, he'll definitely say something else. This is Chu Xuan's specialty: open and aboveboard schemes."

Those who had dealt with Chu Xuan couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment, while the others who joined the team later were somewhat confused.

Liu Xi spread her hands and said, "The idea is here. We still need to figure out those three questions... I'm not familiar with Chu Xuan, but you guys have a way to help him break through, right? It seems he didn't even think of this."

Zhan Lan smiled smugly, then closed her eyes: "Then watch me... Zhang Jie, Qi Tengyi, I need your mental strength."

As she spoke, more spiritual power surged into the spiritual dam, existing in the form of spiritual energy. This spiritual energy condensed at an extremely rapid pace. With each condensation and surge, while the spiritual energy within the spiritual dam seemed to remain unchanged, the intensity of the spiritual power that Zhan Lan invoked increased by an incredible magnitude.

Zhang Jie lit a cigarette, continuing to direct the white-faced monsters to clear the mines with their bodies while reinforcing the telekinetic barrier in front of him. Sensing Zhan Lan's rapid increase in mental power, he nodded, then with a thought, channeled the power of the Eye of Suggestion into the mental dam. The next moment, this extremely powerful mental energy traveled along an unobservable path directly into the Umbrella Corporation.

Meanwhile, in a room, Jill's expression changed as she was bound.

After Amya's suicidal burst of mental power, the members of the Demon Team remaining at the Umbrella Corporation lost their mental connection. Leaving aside Francis's anxiety and worry, and Nochard's tension, the characters introduced by Frodo completely lacked this mindset.

Because they are still under the mental control set up by Amya... This kind of skill cannot be broken by severely injuring the controller.

At this moment, unlike Terry and LJ's blank expressions, Jill's eyes held a more vivid meaning.

Footsteps and explosions echoed outside as the Umbrella Corporation building was being breached. This level of monster onslaught would be enough to overwhelm many Reincarnation teams, even wiping them out entirely, in a horror movie. Even the two remaining members of the Demon Team couldn't handle it easily.

"Fuck you..." A deep, gruff curse rang out from outside, only to be drowned out by the sounds of flesh colliding. Just as Gil was pondering the situation, a figure ignored the door and emerged directly from the shadows behind it—it was Frodo.

Francis's curses were actually directed at him, because after he couldn't hold on any longer, he simply merged into the shadows and ran away... While these shadows could be broken through with mental power, or one could force the person inside out with even greater strength, the monsters outside had neither. His escape naturally enraged Francis, who specialized in close combat.

Frodo's eyes were filled with terror and madness. He strode toward the three bound characters, muttering, "Damn it, the Middle-earth team is terrifying. They must be insane to try and wipe them out..."

He then kicked LJ away, cursing, "What kind of bullshit sages, what kind of bullshit strongmen, a bunch of yellow-skinned monkeys, they're all fucking trash!"

However, he forgot that the Central Continent team, which had been forced to flee at the last minute and could only vent their frustrations on the characters in the story, was also dragged into the criticism...

Frodo took a deep breath and grinned as he looked at Jill and Terry... Jill was to his liking, and as for Terry, well, why not take her? Since they were all going to die anyway, he might as well let the others fight it out; he wanted to enjoy life first.

Just as he placed his hands on Jill and Terry, a cold smile appeared on Jill's face, and a strange light flashed in her eyes, causing Frodo to freeze in place.

“Shadow abilities… seem to be driven by mental power,” Jill muttered to herself. “Thank your team’s wise man; if it weren’t for his intimidation, you would have been controlled long ago.”

Frodo stared blankly at Jill, his consciousness completely frozen. Then, his hands, which had been about to do evil, began to untie Jill and the others. His gaze, however, was the same as that of a controlled character in the story.

Gilles pointed to the door, and Frodo disappeared into the shadows, walking out on his own. By probing his memories, the controlled Frodo quickly returned to the battlefield where Francis had been. After Frodo left, Gilles stretched and loosened his hands and feet, which had been bound for so long.

"Even though it's not my body, it still feels uncomfortable after my mental energy is integrated..." Jill smiled, and then her face transformed into Zhan Lan's appearance. Although she no longer had her glasses, the resemblance was still quite obvious!

A spirit puppet…carrying spiritual power, capable of changing its form and appearance at will. It was this spirit puppet that disguised itself as Jill and infiltrated the storyline characters. This is why Frodo's operation of kidnapping storyline characters could proceed without any interference…because that's exactly what the Middle-earth Team needed him to do.

Now that the Demon Team has completely lost its mental controller, this hidden mole can finally be used with impunity.

(End of this chapter)