Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 443 Lakes and Seas
Zheng Zha and Zhang Jie were not as fast as Mu Xiang, so after splitting up with Mu Xiang, they could only obediently head towards the moon.

Although Zheng Zha's bat wings were already quite imposing, after getting used to being given a ride by Mu Xiang in battle, he felt a bit anxious about flying on his own. As for Zhang Jie, he was in an even worse situation. He couldn't actually fly; his so-called "flying through the air" was actually the result of using telekinesis to propel himself.

Just as the two were heading towards the moon with no other choice, Zhang Jie's expression suddenly changed.

"What's wrong?" Zheng Zha asked, puzzled.

“Mu Xiang has withdrawn from the mental chains,” Zhang Jie said in a deep voice.

Zheng Zha was taken aback, and immediately thought of the situation in Resident Evil 2: "Could it be that I was dragged to another dimension by someone again?"

Just then, the two exchanged a glance, their hearts skipping a beat. They simultaneously noticed that the void beneath their feet, a mixture of darkness and starlight, suddenly faded, becoming an even more empty expanse. At the same time, a feeling of falling washed over them; Zheng Zha and Zhang Jie were immediately plummeting towards the moon!

“It’s not that Mu Xiang was being pulled, it’s that the spatial connection between us has been severed!” Zheng Zha’s expression changed, and he pushed up his nose. “Or rather, the void route from the Dreamland to the Moon has been cut off, and now we are being pulled by the Moon!”

With a wave of his hand, Zhang Jie conjured a layer of telekinetic energy beneath him, firmly supporting Zheng Zha and himself: "What do we do next?"

Zheng Zha silently looked up. The night sky, which had been higher and farther away, seemed to press down directly on them, the starlight extinguished, and only the boundless darkness slowly descended upon them.

“Let’s go to the moon first, that was our destination after all…” Zheng Zha said. “But it’s really strange, the moon in the dream world is just like the moon in the real world, I can feel that its gravity is much weaker.”

Zhang Jie shrugged: "I don't understand, figure it out yourself."

As he spoke, he activated his telekinetic powers, which protected the two of them and carried them toward the moon.

"It's basically confirmed now. That original void was a spatial means connecting the Dream Realm and the Moon. When we're in the void, we're essentially between the two, yet we're not pulled apart by either," Zheng Zha said after a moment's thought.

Zhang Jie nodded, then shook his head: "Uh...it seems so."

"Then the purpose of cutting off the shipping route is quite clear..." Zheng Zha smiled faintly, "It's to trap us on the moon. It seems they think we can't leave easily."

Zhang Jie pondered for a moment: "So, can we?"

A hint of embarrassment appeared on Zheng Zha's face: "Uh, I don't think I can..."

"Then what are you pretending for!"

"Ahem, but with you here, there is a way." Zheng Zha coughed and then pushed up his nose. "If the Dreamland and the Moon still follow certain rules of a magic-free world, theoretically you can use telekinesis to construct an acceleration channel and forcibly bounce us back to the Dreamland."

Zhang Jie was taken aback: "Hey, you're really a genius." "But that's for later. Let's look at our mission first." Zheng Zha smiled, "Maybe defeating the enemy will break the blockade on its own."

As they were talking, the two landed on the ground, creating a huge crater.

"Hmm? They specifically announced our arrival, so why is it so deserted and no one's here to greet us?" Zheng Zha muttered to himself, then looked around. He rubbed his temples and took out a map—a lunar map he'd gotten from Nordens.

“The Black Lake beneath the Moon, Upos…” Zheng Zha glanced at the specially circled area and then laughed, “Luckily, I got a few extra copies from Nordens, otherwise it would have been troublesome.”

Zhang Jie lit a cigarette and chuckled, "That's true. According to my scan, the underground structure of the moon is quite complicated. Following the known routes is always easier than digging all the way through."

In his perception, that extremely obvious presence still existed deep beneath the moon.

As everyone knows, mental energy scanning means scanning with mental energy, not just scanning a spiritual entity. According to Zhang Jie's experience, the stronger the being, the stronger the mental energy reaction, which is almost impossible to hide. Although there are some monsters in the reincarnation world with strong bodies but extremely weak mental energy, such as aliens, it is difficult for such strong bodies to reach the fourth rank.

However, upon entering the dream realm, Zhang Jie discovered that although most of the Great Old Ones were fourth-tier beings, they were as if they had no spiritual energy fluctuations whatsoever. In other words, their consciousness and spirit, like their physical bodies, were completely different from those of intelligent beings like humans. Excessive chaos had caused their spirits to transcend the detectable range of human spiritual energy. Zhang Jie could also sense that if he didn't possess such powerful spiritual energy, he would likely have been directly corrupted by their distorted spirits.

What truly made it easy for Zhang Jie to scan them wasn't their strange bodies, but rather their extremely strong presence. Take Ketayate, for example. It didn't exhibit any mental energy fluctuations, but in Zhang Jie's scan, it possessed a distorted yet profound presence, as if an extremely concentrated aggregate of water had appeared in Zhang Jie's mental vision.

This made Zhang Jie ponder Mu Xiang's assessment of the Old Ones: "Their combat power may only be at the fourth tier, but they likely represent some kind of rule. This rule is disordered and chaotic, but precisely because of this, their ability to erode the environment and those below the fourth tier is extremely terrifying..."

The being beneath the moon's surface instilled a vague sense of apprehension in Zhang Jie. This apprehension didn't seem to stem from strength, but rather from... some kind of conflict? In terms of mere presence, Munokia only seemed slightly stronger than an ordinary Great Old One to Zhang Jie, making this feeling of apprehension all the more intriguing.

The two hurried along the predetermined route toward Munoqua's hiding place. After crossing a crater, an even more expansive lunar maria came into view.

Having witnessed the solid ice and gloomy seawater, Zheng Zha and Zhang Jie exchanged a strange look. Zhang Jie took a deep drag on his cigarette, then nudged Zheng Zha: "You're an intellectual, do you think there's water on the moon?"

Zheng Zha shook his head: "As far as I know, there isn't. The Moon Sea in my memory was only mistaken for a sea by people in the past because it was low-lying and dark in color... But this dream world seems different. There really is a sea here?"

Zhang Jie muttered to himself, "I wasn't confident to begin with, and when I actually scanned it, it really made me lose confidence..."

"So, the theory that Munoqua and Bokrug are of the same kind seems to make some sense," Zheng Zha thought for a moment. "They both have lizard forms and both live at the bottom of lakes..."

“Just do it,” Zhang Jie chuckled, pointing to a low-lying area ahead. “That’s where you go down.”

(End of this chapter)