Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 79 Pre-war meeting
When Mu Xiang led the team back to the hotel, he sighed as he entered: "How am I supposed to explain this to you?"

Zheng Zha asked in confusion, "Why that expression? You were just cursing and swearing in the mind chain. Wasn't your plan with Chu Xuan very successful?"

"The plan itself was certainly very successful..." Mu Xiang waved his hand, "After all, in a team battle like 'Ju-on,' the opponent's arrival point is quite easy to predict. Killing three-quarters of the opponent at the start, I dare say there are very few people in the entire God Space who have experienced such a satisfying situation. What's more, we also restricted the battlefield area, and Zhan Lan was able to monitor it comprehensively..."

Chu Xuan said calmly, "But judging from the current situation, there's a 20% chance the other side is a temporary team with strained relationships, and an 80% chance it's a team where senior members exploit and enslave newcomers..."

"Or perhaps 'domesticated' would be the most appropriate term," Chu Xuan added.

"What does 'keeping new talent under control' mean?" Zhan Lan touched her forehead.

Mu Xiang sighed and popped a lemon candy into his mouth: "Let me give you an example... Doesn't Brother Jie always say he'll hang out with us? But what if, after Resident Evil ends, he breaks our legs and forces us to exchange things for him?"

"Hey, hey, hey..." Zhang Jie couldn't help but protest, "Am I that kind of person?"

Mu Xiang gave a wry smile: "Isn't this just an analogy? Just because you're a good person doesn't mean all the other veterans are good people."

Zheng Zha raised his hand and asked, "But we earn quite a bit in Resident Evil. If we directly exchange it for an upgrade, Zhang Jie can't do anything to us while we're upgrading, right? How can he guarantee that he can beat all of us newbies?"

[They really can guarantee that...]

"That's what I'm going to say next... You said it yourself, we made a lot of money with 'Resident Evil,' but not every newbie can do that. If you only have a guaranteed minimum of one thousand, then you have almost no chance of fighting back... It's impossible to create a financial gap with the veterans from the very beginning." Mu Xiang shook his head. "Besides, there's more than one veteran. If the rest of us do the same after 'Alien,' then even newbies like Chu Xuan, Zero, and Overlord, who are quite capable, will almost certainly have no chance of fighting back against us!"

Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses but didn't say anything.

Mu Xiang was exaggerating, but Chu Xuan wouldn't call him out on it.

"That's why Chu Xuan and I are finding this a bit troublesome. Even if the plan succeeds, we'll all get a huge sum of money." Mu Xiang sighed. "With the mind-linking chains, Chu Xuan also saw what happened... In fact, you can tell from the actions and expressions of the Beiyanzhou team members that their team is completely different from ours... Those three people are in absolute control!"

"Don't think that this dominant position is just about the right to speak. Differences in the right to speak exist everywhere, and we are no exception. However, their dominant position may very well manifest as a difference between humans and livestock... The life and death of newcomers, the distribution of benefits, and even some more sordid forms of control are all in their hands!"

Mu Xiang adjusted his glasses and continued, "Let's call this kind of team a breeding team. Breeding teams are formed by the advantage of a small number of people, and they will amplify this advantage... When a breeding team is fully formed, the rebels will either be killed or domesticated; the people being bred may be like ordinary people, no, in terms of their situation, they will only be worse off... And the breeders will use the resources of the whole team to strengthen themselves to a terrifying level."

Seeing that everyone was still pondering, Chu Xuan silently took a bite of the apple in his hand: "Still don't understand? We have already proven that we can exchange things for others... Bloodlines and the like can only be exchanged once, but equipment and the like can be exchanged by me and then given to others to use. In addition, when I strengthened Zhan Lan's mental power, the main god prompted a scan of so-called forced memories and forced memories... This shows that the situation of forcing others to exchange things definitely exists."

"The law comes first, then the violation..." Mu Xiang chuckled coldly. "Behind any regulation or mechanism, there are already absurd precedents that have already occurred."

Zhan Lan frowned slightly, then looked up at Mu Xiang: "Just like how you guys enhanced my mental abilities?"

“Yes.” Mu Xiang crushed a lemon candy and affirmed, “The only difference is that our decision was made as a team, while theirs was not their own choice.”

"So that's how it is... it really is difficult. My current skills and mental strength were all changed by everyone after the last match," Zhan Lan sighed. "If those three really did that, even if they only experienced one or two more matches than us, they would definitely have improved more than me..."

The newcomers hadn't quite grasped what was going on, but the veterans had already fallen silent.

“It’s hard to say,” Zhang Jie suddenly spoke up. “I’ve said it before, it’s because you guys…we performed so well in these two matches that we received such generous rewards…If they didn’t have brains like you and Chu Xuan, they definitely wouldn’t have gotten as many rewards per match as we have, they just got them more concentrated.” “Perhaps, it’s hard to say.” Mu Xiang smiled at Zhang Jie. “But one point that can’t be ignored is that our team has already secured a lot of rewards. The main god should theoretically include this in the strength data, since how many rewards were obtained and how many rewards were spent is the most direct indicator…”

"Even so, even if we add the nine people who might not have any enhancements, the Supreme God still believes that the team with those three is stronger than our Central Continent Team!" Mu Xiang bit down hard on the candy in his mouth. "Just what exactly is their strength? We must find out!"

Chu Xuan waved his hand: "That's true, but there's no need to worry too much... Everyone's abilities are different, and their combat power after enhancement is also different. If the difficulty of arranging horror movie and team battles is based on a combination of the strongest individuals and the overall strength, then although this breeding team will have highly enhanced individuals, they will also lack the opportunity to improve in the face of life and death... That's basically the situation. They are stronger than us, but also weaker than us..."

The last sentence had a philosophical undertone, but Mu Xiang understood what he meant: "Yes... they are neither worthy of being tested as a strong team, nor worthy of clashing with a team like ours. Although the main god believes they are stronger than us based on the data... we'll only know for sure after we play a match."

"Zheng Zha, get ready... let's go meet them." Mu Xiang looked at Zheng Zha, exchanged a glance with the man, and both clenched their fists.

"Zhan Lan, could you describe the strength of the opponent's mental controller in more detail?" Mu Xiang asked.

Zhan Lan sensed it again, then laughed and said, "They should be far inferior to me... Neither my mental energy shield nor the global mental energy scan seemed to detect anything. If the mental energy levels are similar, then each other's scans and shields can be clearly perceived, but their mental energy shields are practically useless to me. If you want to see the other side clearly, I should be able to forcibly break through their mental energy shields immediately."

Mu Xiang nodded inwardly. After the last battle, they generally had too many reward points—they had used up all the side quests, and they probably still had more than half of their reward points left. So using the extra reward points to strengthen Zhan Lan's mental power was really the right decision. He remembered that in the original work, Zhan Lan only had a little over 700 mental power in "Resident Evil 2"... and that was only slightly inferior to Tom from the Demon Team.

So it's not surprising that Zhan Lan's mental strength stats are enough to crush other teams.

“Yes, that’s not surprising…” Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses. “If the opponent’s mental controller is the absolute leader, then his strength might be stronger than yours; otherwise, it’s really hard to say. That white man looks like their captain, which doesn’t match the status of their mental controller… I personally think that woman is the most likely mental controller. As for the Asian man, it’s still hard to deduce. Judging from his actions, we can only guess that he is also a melee fighter.”

"Their initial barrier seems to be a personal enhancement skill," Chu Xuan said calmly. "To be able to set up a defense in such a short time and buy time for themselves... combined with the collapse of the rest of the Beiyanzhou team, I can roughly understand what kind of ability this is."

Mu Xiang glanced at Chu Xuan: "I agree with you... that's probably telekinesis. None of them fit the characteristics of the Three-Eyed Group bloodline, so it's most likely that they individually enhanced their telekinesis... and a telekinetic barrier that can defend against the attacks of Overlord and Zero Point must be at least A-level."

[Self-enhancement to A-level might be the upper limit for the Northern Flame Continent team... but they might have more protective items and such, which also count towards the Main God's score. However, there's no need to tell them these things... it would only add pressure.]

“Let’s go.” Zheng Zha clenched his fist. “Didn’t we say we had to wipe them out as soon as possible? The sooner we win, the safer we will be afterwards.”

Mu Xiang was momentarily surprised by Zheng Zha's display of fighting spirit, but he quickly smiled with relief. Thankfully, Zheng Zha had already figured things out; to protect his teammates, he would show no sympathy for the enemy!
“Alright, from now on, all our tactical communications will take place within the Mind Chain… in case their mental controllers show weakness.” Mu Xiang adjusted his glasses. “The four Mind Chain slots that Zhan Lan currently has will be permanently allocated to me and Zheng Zha. The other two will be allocated to Chu Xuan and Zero Point, and the rest can apply for rotation if needed.”

Chu Xuan glanced at Zhao Yingkong almost imperceptibly: "Mu Xiang and Zheng Zha are in one group, I'm in another group with Ba Wang, and Ling Dian is in another group with Zhao Yingkong. The people staying here will be handled by Zhan Lan and Zhang Jie. The Buddhist scriptures are still enough to protect the entire room, allowing us to deploy our main force. Apart from Mu Xiang and Zheng Zha in one group, the other two groups will need Zhan Lan to provide mental shielding."

Zhao Yingkong didn't say anything and silently put down the book.

Mu Xiang took out a high-vibration particle cutting dagger from the oath and tossed it to Zhao Yingkong: "This is for dealing with humans, but for dealing with spirits, use the spirit bullets I gave you... If you want to fight spirits hand-to-hand, you might as well try putting the bullet casing on your finger. According to our previous research, the key to killing spirits is the runes on the bullet casing."

Glancing at everyone, Mu Xiang clapped his hands: "This city isn't very big... Let's go find them now, at least to find out their strength. Let's go!"

Meanwhile, in a space outside this world of Ju-on, someone received a report that the Ju-on House had been destroyed.

(End of this chapter)