Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 61 Night Talk
Chu Xuan remained silent, waiting for Mu Xiang to continue. This report-like attitude actually allowed Mu Xiang to perform better.

"When you called yourself a senior colonel, I almost thought you were hiding something... but there was no need for that, because you could have just said you were a researcher," Mu Xiang said. "After observing you for a while, I suspect that you and I are not from the same era. But would the difference in time bring so many changes to someone as precise as you...? I still have reservations."

“Now I’m certain, you and I aren’t even from the same world.” Mu Xiang smiled. “You’re not the Chu Xuan I know.”

Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow and gestured for Mu Xiang to continue.

Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses: "I want to ask you a question first... What year are you living in?"

"2007," Chu Xuan said calmly, as he examined the lemon he had just taken a bite out of.

Mu Xiang let out a long breath: "2007? Then you should still be a senior colonel. I come from 2021."

"Oh." Chu Xuan nodded. "So you know so much about me? That doesn't seem like something that can be explained by a biography."

Why this reaction...? He still doesn't believe it. This reaction should be to provoke me into saying more, so he can make a more accurate judgment.

But what I said was mostly the truth... except for how I met him.

Mu Xiang sighed: "It seems I need to say more, but I must state that my understanding may not match your own experience, at least not when it comes to your favorite food."

Chu Xuan nodded silently, looking at Mu Xiang, waiting for him to continue.

"In my time... no, I should say the world. You have reached the pinnacle of contemporary science for numerous research and inventions, such as the Gauss ultra-long-range cannon and a series of Gauss kinetic energy weapons, as well as energy inventions such as the stable hydrogen polymerization reactor. In particular, the high-efficiency battery that you led the research and development of was already widely used throughout the country when I was in junior high school, putting our country at the forefront of carbon neutrality." As Mu Xiang said this, he saw two drops of lemon juice drip from Chu Xuan's hand.

[It seems to be working.]

Mu Xiang took out two tissues and handed them to Chu Xuan, who silently took them and wiped the coffee table.

“But the most important research is the gene lock… my country has always been at the forefront of gene lock research in the world. Since you deciphered the Upper Cave Man stone tablet, research in this area has been advancing rapidly. Although you told us on the spaceship that the gene lock cannot be opened with current technology…” Mu Xiang glanced at Chu Xuan, “in 2019, you cracked the medullary hormone required to open the gene lock, and then achieved the first external force catalysis…and therefore you undoubtedly won the Nobel Prize.”

At this point, Mu Xiang sighed: "Of course, the first external force catalysis was not your own, because you had already activated it yourself... But I didn't expect that even you in 2007 had this kind of control over the gene lock. When you successfully experimented with the first-order gene lock in 2019, you had already theoretically deduced the third-order brain domain development of the gene lock, but the experiment did not follow up."

Chu Xuan then spoke up: "So... what do you know about me? And how can you be sure we're not from the same world?"

“Some of it I learned from biographies, and some from personal contact.” Mu Xiang took a bite of lemon. “As far as I know, your genes have been optimized, right? You lack the sense of pain and touch, and you lack various hormones to help express emotions. I actually find it hard to imagine this situation, because I don’t know how one could live with such a body. And in your theoretical predictions, you have derived the function of the fourth-order gene lock, which is the driving force that has kept you researching.”

Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses: "In fact, I'm far from reaching that level in theoretical derivation... So, in your opinion, what is the so-called fourth-order function that I derived?"

“Controlling genes,” Mu Xiang said in a low voice, then looked at Chu Xuan’s reaction, “This seems to be the only way for you to become a normal human being.”

Chu Xuan's hand holding the lemon trembled slightly, which Mu Xiang could clearly see... In fact, when Chu Xuan heard about "future inventions" earlier, he hadn't controlled the force of his fingers, causing the lemon juice to squeeze out. Now, although his wrist had stabilized, his fingers were still trembling slightly.

Mu Xiang sighed: "When I came back, I had the God of the Main God repair everyone's bodies... but judging from your reaction, it seems that your physical characteristics haven't changed. This is the same as your deduction. You... uh, the you I know once told me that this is not a genetic defect, but a kind of improvement. Here at the God of the Main God, improvement is of course not treated as an injury repair."

“When you were clearly wary of me, I started to wonder who you really were,” Chu Xuan said calmly. “But whether it’s the strategists of other countries’ organizations or the intellectual criminals around the world, I am better than them, either openly or covertly, and you are not among them. You are like someone who appeared out of nowhere, yet knows more than anyone else.”

"Because we live in different eras, or even different worlds," Mu Xiang chuckled. "As far as I know, the information Chu Xuan possesses... heh, he knows perfectly well whether I checked your papers and dug up your materials when I was writing your practice report."

Chu Xuan finished the lemon in his hand, then took another one: "Whether it's the information I have or the information you have, what you said has a certain degree of credibility... There is no one who has so much information about me that I know nothing about. Unless your intelligence is much higher than mine."

Mu Xiang gave a wry smile: "You think too highly of me. Although I am very confident in my intelligence, in reality... in my own world, I would even call myself your 'disciple,' haha. Even higher than you... I've never even dreamed of that."

"Oh?" Chu Xuan looked up.

Mu Xiang became serious: "Mu Xiang, a student of Longyin Affiliated High School, Class of 19... This year you are a sophomore. Since you took full charge of scientific and technological research and achieved many epoch-making results, Longyin Base has been transformed into a military scientific research base, and at the same time, it has established a talent transfer mechanism with excellent middle schools across the country. Our school is the most important one. When I entered the school, you had already been promoted to major general, been selected as an academician for many years, and were also the honorary principal of our school."

Chu Xuan took a bite of the lemon and said casually, "That sounds very realistic."

“My first personal encounter with you was at the summer camp for top students during the summer of my first year of high school… It was called a summer camp, but it was really just three of us students following you around for two days. But you did teach me a lot.” Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses. “You said that desire is actually the driving force of human progress… Just like you, you use your thirst for knowledge to keep moving forward and surpassing yourself.”

Chu Xuan seemed to be deep in thought: "So, in your world, I rely on these things..."

“But what impressed me most was the second night when you took us to see the stars…” Mu Xiang laughed. “Just like you said, many things cannot be described by knowledge; they can only be seen with the eyes. This is a beauty that cannot be described by knowledge or language.”

“Is that so?” Chu Xuan nodded. “Then my question has been answered… although it still needs further verification. The Chu Xuan you described does match me in many ways, but there are also differences.” He then adjusted his glasses, revealing a hint of fanaticism: “In fact, after witnessing how the Main God allowed us to travel between Alien and the Main God's space, I’ve been considering this question… Could the Main God’s horror films be another independent world, essentially no different from our real world? Perhaps this can be explained using theories like parallel universes.”

Mu Xiang took a bite of lemon and then added, "I wonder if you've noticed the exchange option in the God's Realm... Go back to the starting point, spend 50,000 reward points to exit the God's Realm and return to your own real world? At the same time, you can also spend reward points to temporarily return to the previous horror movie world and the real world... This kind of parallel approach is worth considering."

“Indeed… but this needs verification.” Chu Xuan looked at Mu Xiang, his glasses reflecting the light. “Is the real world that the Supreme God sent you back to truly the original real world? The Supreme God’s technology far surpasses our imagination; simulating a fake real world is no more difficult than a horror movie world. And there’s one thing that hasn’t been verified yet, and that is…”

"Are we merely entering the God Realm in spirit, while our physical bodies remain outside?" he asked. "Only when this is verified can your argument about different worlds be preliminarily proven and your claim become more tenable!"

【really……】

Mu Xiang nodded: "I have a preliminary guess... that is, are we all from different worlds? When I communicate with others, I can sometimes sense the gap between different eras... it's just that they haven't discovered it yet. So, are you from the same era or the same world as them? This may require you to verify... In 2007, the Dragon Hidden Base was still a top secret, right? Your sudden disappearance as a national treasure-level researcher caused enough turmoil for you to verify."

"Oh?" Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses. "Why didn't you verify it? With your understanding of the Main God Space, you should have verified it long ago."

Mu Xiang sighed: "Because on my exchange interface, the two exchanges related to the real world are only visible, not redeemable... I can't even spend a little bit to temporarily return to the real world. I don't know if I'm a special case, and I don't want to reveal it now—you should be able to tell why. So, I might need you to help me verify if I really have this special trait!"

What he said here was the absolute truth... He simply couldn't make the choice regarding the exchange in the real world. It seemed that the main god hadn't noticed Mu Xiang's problem and was still allowing the exchange, but Mu Xiang himself just couldn't make it no matter what.

“If all three of you only came in last time, then he is indeed very suspicious…” Chu Xuan stopped there, “Then let me verify your question.”

He then picked up a lemon: "As a brightly colored fruit, lemons are acceptable... It's reasonable that Chu Xuan likes to eat them. So, what do you want to ask me?"

Mu Xiang smiled: "Because I recognized you from the very beginning, and we got to know each other better through our subsequent cooperation and confrontation... I think you and the Chu Xuan I know are pretty much the same. But I still want to ask you, in this God's Space, can we cooperate with each other using a portion of our trust?"

“Sure. It seems to me that you know me quite well… and with a stronger emotional touch.” Chu Xuan forced a smile. “But in fact, in my experience, there’s no one like that. Everyone only cares about what contributions and achievements I can make.”

Mu Xiang paused for a moment and looked at Chu Xuan.

This is probably one of the factors that made him want to die... outwardly indestructible, but inwardly riddled with holes.

“Most importantly, as a teammate, your qualities are quite good,” Chu Xuan continued, “so I accept this suggestion.”

Mu Xiang finished eating the lemon, then wiped his hands and reached out to Chu Xuan: "I would prefer to work with you as a partner... Speaking of which, it's quite an honor to work with another, younger Chu Xuan."

"Partners..." Chu Xuan took a bite of lemon, as if savoring the meaning of the word, "Like Zheng Zha and the others?"

But he still reached out and shook hands with Mu Xiang.

Mu Xiang smiled slightly: "If we have the chance, let's go see the stars together."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a knock sounded on the door.

Anyone who's not sleeping, come find me...

"Please come in!" Mu Xiang called out. With his permission, the people outside could open the door and come in.

A person opened the door and walked in; it was Zheng Zha. He looked at Mu Xiang and Chu Xuan on the sofa and said, "Mu Xiang... uh, did I come at the wrong time?"

I meant stargazing, not gorilla watching...

Chu Xuan seemed to know what Zheng Zha was going to do. He stood up to take his leave, then looked at Zheng Zha and said, "No, you've come at just the right time."

After leaving Mu Xiang's room, Chu Xuan reached out and placed his hand on the doorknob of the next room... which happened to be empty.

Chu Xuan's room was certainly not fancy, so he didn't spend time thinking about it and simply opened the door.

Mu Xiang sat on the only sofa in the room, smiling at him: "You've finally arrived... It's been a long time."

Sorry for the late update today... I was busy with exams all day yesterday. Here are two chapters, which are the kind of information-revealing scenes with Chu Xuan that are unavoidable in fanfiction. There will probably be an interlude in two or three days, followed by the team battle! Thank you for your monthly votes, recommendations, and reading support. That's all.

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