Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 54 Ripley? Ripley!
Unlocking the gene lock doesn't mean you're invincible... let alone just having a first-order gene lock.

Fortunately, Li Xiaoyi was still under the control of his fighting instincts, leaving no room for fear. The pain from his right eye to his whole body seemed unable to restrain his actions, and at this moment, Li Xiaoyi displayed a fighting power far exceeding his previous level.

With less than 30% of his demonic power burning, Li Xiaoyi suddenly gained the ability to use his ghostly hand while his genetic lock was activated. Facing the encirclement of two cat-like aliens, he first slapped away the one that had been fighting him for a long time with his sword, then twisted forward, his twisted left hand barely managing to clench into a fist, and struck the second cat-like alien in the chest, sending it staggering several steps. At the same time, he tilted his head to dodge its tongue attack.

The cat-like alien already had bullet holes in its chest, and another punch sent acidic blood splattering. Although Li Xiaoyi instinctively dodged, he still couldn't avoid the acidic blood staining the ghostly hand. The yellowish-green acidic blood stained the red ghostly hand, emitting a pungent smell. Li Xiaoyi glanced blankly at the hand with his left eye; the contact area wasn't corroded, but the red color was gradually fading. Clearly, Li Xiaoyi's current physical condition couldn't withstand the corrosive acidic blood; it was the ghostly power contained within his left hand that was resisting it.

not good!

Amidst a multitude of fighting instincts surfacing in his mind, this thought suddenly surfaced. But he was helpless; he had nowhere to escape. The only possible opening he could make use of was the hole in the wall corroded by the second cat-like alien, but there would inevitably be openings when he crawled through, and the two cat-like aliens would be more than enough to tear apart the parts of his body that remained there.

The two cat aliens launched another attack. One pounced from the front, while the other leaped onto the ceiling in two steps and then fell from the sky.

If you get controlled, you'll definitely die!
Li Xiaoyi made a quick decision. It was too late to dodge directly, so he chose to deliver a knee strike and then swing his greatsword upwards to dispel the pressure that came from above.

With a muffled thud, the sword cleaved the cat-like alien away, and the spilled acidic blood dripped onto Li Xiaoyi's right shoulder, instantly corroding his bulletproof vest and skin. Li Xiaoyi even felt that his bones were exposed.

This knee strike barely blocked the attack from the front, but the price was the sound of a claw piercing flesh; his own calf took the blow instead of his chest and abdomen.

But that doesn't matter now! Li Xiaoyi miraculously swung his greatsword with one hand, blocking another cat-like alien's tail-tip stab attack from behind! If this continued, Li Xiaoyi was truly confident he could survive the siege of the two cat-like aliens... although he definitely wouldn't be able to participate in fighting the alien queen.

Li Xiaoyi roared and reached out with his left hand, catching the greatsword that had just been swung back. He then threw the greatsword away with tremendous force. The not-so-sharp greatsword struck the cat-like alien's tail in front of him, severing the soft, spear-like tail.

The cat-like alien let out a scream and jumped several meters away, acidic blood flowing from the severed end of its tail.

Ignoring it, Li Xiaoyi ducked sharply, dodging the pounce of the cat-like alien behind him. Then, looking at the alien above him, he ruthlessly grabbed the wound on its chest and abdomen. Now it was a fight to the death; no cost was in sight. His only priority was to survive this encirclement!

The acidic blood, having just touched his right hand, began to erode the flesh that hadn't been strengthened much. But Li Xiaoyi didn't care. He roared and tore open the cat-like alien's exoskeleton, even as the bones in his right hand turned black; he was determined to kill this cat-like alien!

In just over a second, the cat-like alien in front of him was severely injured. Although he also paid the price of half of his right hand, it seemed to be worth it.

A strong gust of wind swept behind him. Li Xiaoyi shook off the cat-like alien that was gushing out its blood and internal organs, turned around, and punched another cat-like alien in the abdomen with his left fist. With a crisp sound, his left wrist snapped upwards. Although the cat-like alien was also knocked back in mid-air, it pierced his lower abdomen with a final thrust.

Li Xiaoyi took two steps back, only then realizing that the demonic aggression had ended... His left hand had exhausted its demonic power while tearing apart the cat-like alien, and was now just an ordinary human hand. And now, under the cat-like alien's immense force, his left wrist was completely broken.

The severely injured cat alien also went berserk, and lunged forward while dragging a piece of its internal organs.

Although his supernatural power was exhausted, Li Xiaoyi's reflexes were still sufficient thanks to the genetic lock. He pushed off with his feet, launching himself forward. After a tumble upon landing, a sharp pain shot through him. Looking down, he realized his left leg, which had withstood the cat-like alien's claw attack, was also useless. The impact of the landing twisted his already severely injured calf at an unusual angle, rendering him unable to rise for a moment. This pain would have knocked an adult unconscious, but with the genetic lock unlocked, the newly acquired pain was immediately blocked.

Li Xiaoyi knew his time was running out. His left wrist was broken, his left leg was fractured, and only half of his right hand remained. Even his greatsword was ten meters away. With a thought, the greatsword disappeared, and then Li Xiaoyi summoned it back, tucking it between his right arms. This act of retrieving and summoning clearly consumed something, and Li Xiaoyi's face paled even more.

The severely injured cat alien was still slowly struggling towards this side, while the other one arched its back, preparing for its next pounce.

With a slight exertion of force in the crook of his right arm, Li Xiaoyi sent the greatsword flying, its tip barely touching the ground. The point of impact was precisely the hole corroded in the isolation wall.

He easily leaned his upper body out, but just as he was using his elbows to pull himself out, a sharp pain shot through him, and he could no longer feel his left calf.

The cat alien grabbed him from the other end and ripped off his broken left leg.

Li Xiaoyi screamed in agony, the excruciating pain at the broken part of his left knee lingering. He slammed his elbows against the isolation wall, straining desperately to pull himself out, but it wasn't until a jumble of chaotic thoughts flooded his mind that he realized his genetic lock had ended.

After that...

Even the agony of the dying cat-like alien, its acidic blood seeping up behind him and tearing at him, didn't reach his senses before a burning numbness engulfed Li Xiaoyi's consciousness. He didn't even realize this was the excruciating, numb aftereffect described in novels; he only felt that this moment was worse than death.

Li Xiaoyi felt himself being dragged backward, but he couldn't muster any strength in his arms. Just as he was about to be dragged back, his last effort was to use his upper arm to pull his broken left wrist, managing to hook his uncontrollable left hand onto the edge of the hole in the wall.

What remained on the hole in the wall were five bloody finger marks. Li Xiaoyi howled in agony; he could do nothing more, but his consciousness hadn't yet completely succumbed to chaos. He felt insects crawling all over his body, in every limb, under his skin… even the slow, intermittent tearing at his body by the two cat-like aliens hadn't been this painful. Soon he couldn't breathe; his internal organs convulsed. He screamed and convulsed, and an unintentional roll even flung the two cat-like aliens away.

The dying cat-like alien, after being thrown away, could no longer get up. It simply pointed its hideous head at Li Xiaoyi, as if wanting to watch Li Xiaoyi die together. Li Xiaoyi could no longer hear the notification from the main god. He felt like he couldn't breathe; the spasms in his lungs made it impossible for him to get any air in.

As the cat-like alien tore off his lower body, ripped open his chest cavity, and pulled out a lump of unknown substance, the pain jolted Li Xiaoyi awake intermittently amidst his confusion and suffocation, but he was still powerless to do anything. The cat-like alien seemed intent on slowly killing him, but Li Xiaoyi, suffocating and with blurred vision, couldn't endure that long.

Li Xiaoyi turned his head to the side, as if pressing half his face against the cold metal ground could bring him some comfort. The last thing he saw before losing consciousness was a figure in exoskeleton armor tearing open a hole in the wall and then shooting the cat-like alien on his body.

Li Xiaoyi watched the person approach with his only remaining left eye, but his left eye was already out of focus.

Then he knew nothing.

After an unknown amount of time, when Li Xiaoyi woke up, he had already returned to the Main God Space, and the twin-tailed girl he had created was sitting next to him.

"Alive...alive?"

Hearing this, the girl looked bewildered: "I was just in the room..."

Li Xiaoyi sat up, looked around, and then saw a familiar figure not far away.

“Zheng Zha?” Li Xiaoyi called out.

Zheng Zha took a while to turn around. He had a deep scar on his face and stared blankly at Li Xiaoyi and the girl, opening his mouth as if to speak. For a moment, Li Xiaoyi was completely bewildered, and the two of them fell silent.

"Hurry up." That's what Zheng Zha mouthed to Li Xiaoyi.

Li Xiaoyi suddenly realized where he was. Overwhelmed with fear, he didn't care about anything else and instantly activated his Demonic Awakening, rushing towards a room.

He had only taken two steps when an invisible force blocked him, the impact making his head buzz and his mouth and nose filled with the taste of rust.

The invisible force pressed him to the ground like a giant hand. Li Xiaoyi barely managed to turn his head and saw a group of white people walking out from somewhere. The leader was a handsome blond man who smiled maliciously at a young man beside him: "Angelo, your telekinesis is getting more and more advanced. I didn't expect you to know how to do something serious."

Upon hearing this, a group of white people laughed in agreement, and several of them were already eyeing the girl with obvious desire.

Li Xiaoyi didn't dare to breathe loudly, but he was still struggling.

“Rost, this yellow-skinned monkey doesn’t seem to understand the situation yet… Go teach him how to be a newbie in the Demon Team. But don’t kill him, we still need to show him the special program later.” The blond, handsome man waved his hand, and then another white, burly man stepped forward.

At this moment, another effeminate-looking young white man spoke up, saying in a soft voice, "Captain, this kid looks like a high school student. You guys shouldn't bother with him. Why don't you let me handle it?"

A strange look appeared on Rost's face, but he still stopped and looked at the handsome man who was called the captain.

The blond, handsome man smiled and said, "Alright, we still respect your quirks... Lauros, please go first, we'll save ours for later."

What does this mean? Li Xiaoyi didn't understand. He accidentally noticed that a door was open a crack, and he could see a bespectacled man with an expressionless face behind the door... Chu Xuan?
The effeminate-looking Lauros approached, but his strength was immense. He reached out and tore open Li Xiaoyi's clothes: "Don't resist, okay? With me here, they won't mistreat you, hehehe..."

Seeing this, Chu Xuan closed the door.

"Help me, help me, no! ahhhhhh..."

All that remained in the square were the high school students' screams and the cheers of a group of white people.

(End of this chapter)