Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 70 Buddhist Sutra
Mu Xiang had read the original novel, so he understood what Chu Xuan meant.

In the novel, Ju-on's attacks were relatively simple in the early stages, and there seemed to be a limitation that he couldn't appear in multiple locations simultaneously. Chu Xuan's guess probably came from the movie's portrayal—maybe?
“If that’s the case, then the main god’s intention in requiring us to survive for seven days becomes clear.” Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses. “The intensity of the attacks will increase as we survive, until finally, we will have to face Kayako, the main body of the Ju-on?”

The three continued walking towards the mountain gate. Chu Xuan calmly said, "You could say that. Otherwise, the difficulty of 'Ju-on' would be either too low or too high."

As Mu Xiang stepped through the mountain gate, he noticed the chilling aura emanating from him suddenly lessen. Turning to look at the other two, Arno remained expressionless, while Chu Xuan nodded slightly.

“There’s a trick to this,” Mu Xiang said, then returned to the previous topic, “but there’s a problem… that is, we might only be able to kill Kayako once in seven days at most—and that’s without even considering the situation with the Northern Flame Continent team.”

"So this is what I considered in my plan... whether it's dealing with the Beiyanzhou team or gaining more benefits for ourselves," Chu Xuan glanced at Mu Xiang, "it will all be integrated into the subsequent operations."

Is Chu Xuan explaining his strategy to me?

Mu Xiang took a deep breath: "So, you're showing this kind of initiative?"

They were the ones who spoke this conversation, without the person on the other side of the mental chains hearing it.

Judging from the movies, the intensity of Ju-on is unpredictable. When it's weak, it can only scare people; when it's strong, it can even use time-space manipulation techniques. However, both Mu Xiang and Chu Xuan believe that the intensity of Ju-on is fluctuating rather than fixed.

Rather than saying that Ju-on can freely choose various methods of killing, it's more accurate to say that Ju-on's intensity adjustment is conditional.

Otherwise, this horror movie would be too difficult.

Mu Xiang believes that Ju-on is a meme-like entity; someone who triggers certain conditions will be cursed and ultimately killed. Characters like Kayako and Saeki Toshio are manifestations of Ju-on, not actual ghost entities. If Kayako were a sentient ghost entity, her power would be far too great… far beyond the capabilities of any current reincarnation team.

Although Chu Xuan didn't completely believe in the meme theory, the logical reasoning he arrived at was similar. In his view, the Supreme God had already given a hint: Kayako was the subject of the curse, but only the subject... their true enemy was the root of the curse. And the suspected root of the curse was what Kayako relied upon.

According to Chu Xuan's prediction—which was correct—the fact that the Northern Flame Continent team entered later indicates that the Northern Flame Continent team is stronger than the Central Continent team.

If the intensity of the Ju-on was constant, either the Central Continent team would have been wiped out, or the Northern Flame Continent team could easily pass through. But this is impossible because it doesn't conform to the logic of the Supreme God... It's impossible for a horror movie to allow weak teams to barely survive while strong teams face no pressure; that would only exacerbate the one-sided massacre.

Therefore, the intensity of the curse attacks will inevitably increase as the days go by. It seems that the Northern Flame Continent team only needs to survive for four days, but the curses they initially face may be enough to give them a headache - of course, this is based on the premise that the Northern Flame Continent team is a normal reincarnation team.

“The Supreme God must have a standard for evaluating different teams.” Chu Xuan and Mu Xiang walked through the crowd, with Arno following silently behind. Those who were pushed aside by Arno were about to curse, but they all shut up when they saw the giant man who was 2.45 meters tall.

Arno's physique is still too terrifying here. "So what exactly is the standard?" Chu Xuan said calmly, seemingly questioning, but speaking with absolute certainty, "It should also be related to the standard for arranging the difficulty of horror movies. If the logic for arranging horror movies is that the main god believes our 'data'—let's use your favorite game as an example—is sufficient to cope with this horror movie through effort, then the arrangement of the opponents in team battles might be the same."

Mu Xiang nodded and noticed an old monk at the other end of the courtyard. Perhaps he could ask him for an introduction. Mu Xiang gestured in that direction and then said in a low voice, "I agree... From this logic, the main god believes that under the threat of the Curse, we who entered first and the Northern Flame Continent team who entered later are in the same situation."

“But that’s just what the God thinks…” Chu Xuan sneered. “Our previous attempts have already proven that the God has no thinking ability, and this kind of calculation is also prone to variables and errors.”

Mu Xiang sighed, saying nothing more. Being deemed a weak team in the first team battle wasn't discouraging; however, he was aware of the power comparison between the current Zhongzhou team and the Zhongzhou team in the original story. With the current strength and enhancements of the Zhongzhou team, how could they possibly be at a disadvantage against an ordinary small team?

But Chu Xuan didn't have many thoughts on this... Just as he said, the Central Continent team would have a better "momentum" if they entered first. And three days was enough for them to do a lot of things, such as arranging methods to deal with the Northern Flame Continent team in advance, such as getting some of the main god's items first... and such as changing the plot that the Northern Flame Continent team would face.

Sufficient "momentum" is the key to the main god's compensation to weak teams!

With the old monk's introduction, Mu Xiang and his companions found the abbot. After explaining their purpose, the abbot, like the abbots of the previous two temples, began chanting scriptures for them—which, of course, had no effect.

"So, what remnant gave this temple the ability to weaken the curse?" Chu Xuan thought to himself.

Mu Xiang clasped his hands together and asked the abbot about the history of the temple. As Mu Xiang expected, this temple was the Tang Dynasty Buddhist temple mentioned in the original work, where a high-ranking Tang Dynasty monk passed away. However, the golden statue was destroyed by Oda Nobunaga during the Warring States period, and even the ashes were scattered at the temple gate.

Afterwards, they successfully obtained the Buddhist scriptures handwritten by the eminent monk. The old yellow paper radiated a golden light in Mu Xiang and Chu Xuan's eyes, which seemed to be a hint from the main god to the reincarnation team.

After thanking the abbot, the three decided to return to the hotel first and hand over the Buddhist scriptures to Zheng Zha and the others. With the scriptures, Zheng Zha could be temporarily freed.

“The Buddhist scriptures certainly won’t last seven days,” Chu Xuan said calmly. “The main god won’t let us get through this horror movie so easily. Otherwise, with the Buddhist scriptures, we could have stayed hidden indefinitely, neither fighting the Curse of Vengeance nor encountering the Northern Flame Continent team.”

Mu Xiang sighed and glanced at the few pages of Buddhist scriptures. "Yes, that's why we need to end the battle as soon as possible. Let's wipe out the enemy team when Zheng Zha can make his move."

Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses: "You seem quite confident."

"I've always had a lot of confidence in you." Mu Xiang tugged at the corner of his mouth, taking it as a smile. "But I have even more confidence in you... You are Chu Xuan. I don't believe you wouldn't have any thoughts about such a team battle reward."

"Judging from your strategy, you were aiming to wipe out the enemy from the very beginning."

(End of this chapter)