Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 42 You are here

The ten days in the Main God Space followed the same rhythm, the only change being each person's mastery of their own power. During these ten days, everyone—except for one person—became familiar with each other, and various cooperative training exercises took place.

Mu Xiang has improved his control over his power considerably, but he still feels there is still a lot of room for improvement—perhaps he needs to unlock his genetic potential to reach a level that even he himself is satisfied with.

[Would it be in Alien...? With my current physical strength, I'd probably have to be in close proximity to the Alien Queen to force it out...]

Since Mu Xiang was already capable of easily defeating everyone, his progress wasn't as noticeable as Zheng Zha's. Zheng Zha, who had only strengthened his C-rank vampire viscount abilities and lacked the internal energy he could quickly master, was still able to unleash even greater physical strength after enduring ten days of beatings. According to him, he felt his healing ability had also improved significantly; now, after fighting Zhang Jie, he only needed to sit for a short while to have the bruises disappear. This sparked the crowd's interest, and they forced him to remove his clothes to demonstrate the entire process, almost escalating into a dressing room brawl.

Besides working with Zhang Jie to train Zheng Zha's skills and tactics, Mu Xiang also kept an eye on Zheng Zha's use of Crimson Flame. Given the quality of a vampire viscount's energy, it would only burn for a few minutes. But that didn't matter; the main god could repair and replenish his depleted energy. According to Mu Xiang, the more he used it, the more proficient he became. In the past ten days, Zheng Zha's efficiency in using vampire energy had significantly improved, burning for about half a minute longer than when he first obtained it.

This half-minute improvement is actually quite remarkable for Zheng Zha, who hasn't even reached the first rank yet... It at least shows that Zheng Zha really has talent.

Although he can't yet freely channel vampire energy into his fists, feet, or weapons, Zheng Zha can already mobilize vampire energy to enhance his physical strength in various parts of his body. This is inseparable from his high-intensity use of the Crimson Flame. It can be said that obtaining the Crimson Flame at the beginning saved him from taking two detours like in a horror movie.

Mu Xiang speculated that although Zheng Zha's Red Flame was not as powerful as in the original story—after all, before exchanging for the Red Flame in the original story, Zheng Zha had already been able to spread vampire energy throughout his body, which was better than his current control—his use of vampire energy was correspondingly much better than Zheng Zha's at the same stage in the original story, which was the beginning of his mastery of the Red Flame. It can be said that these two paths are opposites.

Zhan Lan's progress is evident to all, and Mu Xiang has planned targeted pursuit and escape training. Of course, it will only be a brief exercise, but Zhan Lan needs to use her skills effectively to reach the designated finish line without being touched by the attackers. After so much training, Zhan Lan has become more proficient in using the Fire-Repelling Ring, and her success rate in defending against Mu Xiang one-on-one is over 70%... After all, this thing is unreasonable; once it expands, all enemy targets within a five-meter radius will be pushed away.

Mu Xiang initially thought this skill would have the drawback of not being able to defend against air attacks, but when he jumped down from eight meters high and was bounced away by Zhan Lan, he realized he had overthought it... It seems that the fire ring was just a marker, actually sealing off the space in this area.

However, judging from the description of the main god, this thing isn't that powerful in a mage duel, as it's a spell that even a second-tier mage can learn. Its advantage lies in its scalability; as the driving energy—including mental power—increases, the range and distance of its effect increase, as well as the superior skill of a mage against a stronger opponent. If the opponent is significantly stronger than the caster, or if the opponent is also a mage, they can use spatial magic to counter it, rendering this thing ineffective.

Overall, it's still quite suitable for Zhan Lan, Mu Xiang thought to himself after watching Zhan Lan flick Zheng Zha away and then make a gun gesture.

Dusk arrived as scheduled on the tenth day. Everyone stood in the Main God Plaza, waiting for the next horror movie to begin. Zheng Zha had already exchanged all the remaining reward points for combat supplies. At Mu Xiang's request, he also reserved two high-fission batteries for his power armor to power the optimized power armor.

Mu Xiang did not recommend that Zheng Zha spend more money to buy nuclear fusion batteries. Although the main god said that with the power of nuclear fusion batteries, the power armor could fight for hundreds of years, it was clear that, given Zheng Zha's fighting style and the intensity of horror movies, this thing would be lucky to survive even three horror movies.

Furthermore, Mu Xiang checked and it seemed that the Main God only allowed charging of items of C rank and above, and repair of items of B rank and above. In the original work, the Buddha Wheel and the Green Goblin Skateboard could enjoy this treatment because they were expensive to begin with. Zheng Zha's double D-rank power armor was one of the most expensive consumables, and it was out of the question for the Main God to help repair it.

In addition, Mu Xiang had Zheng Zha exchange a small life detector for everyone else. This was somewhat useful for detecting aliens. As for Zheng Zha himself, he didn't need one, since the power armor produced by Fallout already had a detection radar.

Several men were saying goodbye to their creations, but Mu Xiang was deep in thought. However, if you looked closely, you could see that he was not so calm.

Because he was so looking forward to it.

Chu Xuan!

Although he didn't know why Chu Xuan's intelligence was so poor when he first appeared in the original novel, he was still Chu Xuan. Mu Xiang had a feeling that he was about to successfully meet his idol... He looked forward to the clash with Chu Xuan.

The highest respect for a wise man is to engage in a battle of wits with him!
The giant sphere of light grew increasingly dazzling, and finally, the main god fired twenty beams of light, which landed on the plaza.

A voice reached everyone's ears:

"Enter the beam of light within thirty seconds, target locked, 'Alien 1' initiating teleportation..." Mu Xiang's vision went completely black this time. After a brief moment of being half-asleep, he could see his surroundings clearly. It was a not-so-spacious steel space, much like the description in the original novel that he remembered.

The reason the movie wasn't considered this time... is because the spaceships in the original story and the movie are completely different. So, for the past ten days, Mu Xiang hasn't bothered watching the *Alien* movie, and instead relaxes by watching other anime.

Just one small question: In the movie, were those cramped passageways really big enough for people to fight the aliens?
Looking around, Mu Xiang counted ten people lying on the ground...

"Is it difficult for fifteen people?" Mu Xiang asked in a low voice.

Based on Zhang Jie's explanation of "Oh no," Mu Xiang carefully examined the characteristics of the ten people.

[Chu Xuan, Zero Point, Overlord... all fit the description. In the original story, there are three thugs, two middle-aged businessmen, two men and one woman... wait? There's one young man missing.]

[Was there one less newcomer because of my presence?]

After Zhang Jie explained the change in difficulty, Mu Xiang looked down at his watch and said calmly, "See the mission? Kill the alien. Each member of the team will receive 1,000 reward points and one D-level side quest."

"So it seems that because there's only one Xenomorph, it's not as threatening as the two Lickers from the previous game, which is why the reward is so small?" Zhan Lan rubbed her forehead.

Zhang Jie chuckled wryly, "What do you mean 'only'? Aside from the last time Mu Xiang created a new mission and gave so many rewards, I've never seen a side quest reward clearly stated at the start. You guys really got a great start..."

[This doesn't make sense... I originally thought the rewards in the original story were due to poor early-game stat management, resulting in high risk and low reward. But when I saw it for myself, it's only this much? A horror movie with 15 players on a difficult difficulty only gives this little bit? That's practically begging for a beggar's money.]

Is there some hidden story...? It's like playing an old-school single-player game; if you don't carefully investigate or consult a guide, you won't discover the truth behind the mission. Simply following the steps will only lead to a bad ending, hence the extremely low rewards?

Zhang Jie had already lit a cigarette, took a puff, and asked, "Does anyone remember the plot of Alien?"

Everyone turned to look at Mu Xiang without prior arrangement...

Mu Xiang was speechless for a moment, then reached into his breast pocket. Just as Zhang Jie was stunned and thought he was going to take out the cigarette, Mu Xiang took out a lemon candy and put it in his mouth.

He then gave a brief explanation of "Alien," but he himself treated it as nonsense as he explained it... It was completely useless in this drastically altered horror film.

After saying that, he coldly looked at one of the newcomers to the side: "Stop pretending to be asleep. If we wanted to harm you, we would have done it already... You would have woken up long ago."

The man stood up nonchalantly, as if he had chosen to stand up on his own. Then he adjusted his glasses and asked, "From your discussion of the plot of Alien... what does that have to do with where we are?"

"Think about it carefully, it should be in your head." Mu Xiang chewed on a lemon candy and pushed up his glasses.

【You came.】

(End of this chapter)