Chat group, starting from the Infinite Terror God Space

Before the newcomers around him had fully woken up, Wang Qi quietly opened the chat group in his mind.

[Xiao Yan: Where's the newbie? Why aren't you saying anything?]

[Shirou Emiya: Are you still adjusting? Don't worry, everyone here is a good person and won't hurt you.]

[Zhang Chulan: They might be in danger. @Lu Mingfei, have you found out about the new recruits?]

[Lu Mingfei: I checked, but couldn't find it on Baidu. Like Luo Ji and you, I'm probably a local. But this name screams Chinese…maybe we're from the same hometown?]

[Lu Mingfei: @Wang Qi, don't worry, this isn't Jack Ma's business. A penguin won't suddenly pop up asking if you want to top up your QQ coins.]

This chat group is his only support right now.

How should I introduce myself?

Pretending to be a charlatan definitely won't work. Judging from Lu Mingfei's words, he's not the only transmigrator in this group. People from the modern world like Lu Mingfei can easily find information about other people's worlds with a simple search, and the guy pretending to know everything will be exposed in no time.

Should I just lay my cards on the table? Or play the innocent? Kneel down and beg you big shots for 50... no, I mean VIP points to survive?

To be honest, the latter option is actually quite tempting.

Wang Qi hesitated for a moment, just about to type.

Because he hadn't been active in the group for so long, some people had speculated that something bad had happened to him, while others thought he was too aloof to bother replying.

He took a deep breath and finally typed in the group chat.

[Wang Qi: Newcomer reporting in.]

[Lu Mingfei: Oh! The newbie is alive!]

[Shirou Emiya: Is the newcomer having some trouble? If you need help, please let me know, and I'll do my best.]

Wang Qi paused, then slowly typed out a line of truth.

[Wang Qi: It's very dangerous here... It's a survival game where you trade your life for yours.]

[Wang Qi: Complete horror movie missions to earn rewards and strengthen yourself; failure... means death.]

[Lu Mingfei: What the hell is this that makes you forget about the cheat codes popping into your head?]

[Wang Qi: It's nothing much, just that in a few tens of minutes, the bio-zombies will erupt in full force.]

The group chat went silent instantly.

The next second, question marks flooded the screen.

[Lu Mingfei: ?]

[Shirou Emiya:? 】

[Zhang Chulan: ?]

Wang Qi looked at the screen, his heart at peace.

What are you panicking about?

This is a dead end for others.

For me...

But it was the beginning of clinging to powerful figures, acquiring resources, and defying fate!

Lu Mingfei's hand trembled, and the pen fell to the ground. He hurriedly picked it up, his mind no longer on the textbook—he was already slacking off in the group chat anyway. He immediately started typing rapidly.

[Lu Mingfei: Wait, are you serious? Resident Evil?]

[Wang Qi: Bao Zhen, it's still the one from "Infinite Terror".]

[Zhang Chulan: Brother Wang, did you travel into "Infinite Terror"?]

[Wang Qi: That's right, right at the beginning of the story, I was in the world of the Resident Evil movie.]

Coincidentally, Zhang Chulan and Luo Ji also have the novel "Infinite Terror" in their world, and they have all read it.

[Zhang Chulan: It's a pity I'm just an ordinary college student, otherwise I could at least get Brother Wang a gun.]

[Lu Mingfei: I'm still a high school student, and a penniless nobody.]

[Luo Ji: I'm just an ordinary teacher. I can't get guns, but I'm okay with knives and sticks. Brother Wang, want some?]

Wang Qi is currently empty-handed, but having something is better than having nothing.

Wang Qi: Thank you very much.

[Xiao Yan: I have some Foundation Establishment Elixir here, but it needs to be used with a Dou Qi cultivation technique to be absorbed. I'll give you some first, and then I'll give you a basic cultivation technique to help you get started.]

[Wang Qi: Thank you, Brother Xiao Yan!]

[Han Li: Have we encountered danger? I still have some elixirs here that can strengthen the body for ordinary people.]

[Wang Qi: Thank you very much, Brother Han!]

[Xiaoyu: Keep it up!]

[Shirou Emiya: Do your best!]

That was all the help the group members could offer, so Wang Qi immediately turned his attention back to reality.

The newlyweds on the ground had almost all woken up, and Zhang Jie began his classic performance.

He glanced around; there were two men and two women, but the chubby boy who had angered Zhang Jie in the original story was missing—clearly, he had replaced him.

"This is the first Resident Evil movie. Newbies, you're in luck. You've stumbled upon such a simple horror film on your first visit. Even if you die, you'll die easily."

Zhang Jie took a deep drag on his cigarette, then stubbed it out hard in his palm.

Seeing that everyone was awake, his tone was half sigh and half intimidation.

"Can we go back?"

A girl wearing glasses spoke calmly, showing no sign of being frightened. It was Zhan Lan.

"Go back? Of course, you can, as long as you save up 50,000 reward points." Zhang Jie chuckled.

"Reward points?"

"For every horror movie you survive, you get a base of 1,000 points. These reward points can be exchanged for many things, such as my Desert Eagle with unlimited ammo, which can extend my time in horror movies and also enhance my physical attributes."

Everyone's faces darkened.

According to this logic, one would need to survive fifty horror movies without spending a single penny to go home—without enhancements, one wouldn't even make it that far.

"Of course, in addition to the basic rewards, you can also earn extra money in each round. For example, when I explain the rules to you now, the 'God' rewards me with 100 points."

Zhang Jie raised his left hand, revealing an antique black metal watch. "You all see the watches on your wrists, right?"

Everyone lowered their heads.

The countdown on the dial is currently at 3 hours and 7 minutes.

A column of data next to it shows: number of zombies, number of crawlers, number of new recruits...

"Kill ten zombies, one reward point. Kill one crawler, one hundred points. Kill one newbie..." Zhang Jie swept his gaze across the crowd with ill intent, his eyes lingering on Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan, while Wang Qi kept his head down and remained expressionless.

In this horror movie, the most dangerous thing is never the zombies, but Zhang Jie.

"...It's a deduction of one thousand points."

Zhang Jie sneered, "Ask your questions now, the horror movie is about to officially begin."

Zhan Lan looked at Zheng Zha, who nodded slightly, before continuing, "I've seen Resident Evil 1. The ending is that the T-virus leaked into Raccoon City. Before that, if we had escaped the lab in the train car, wouldn't we have easily survived?"

Zhang Jie raised his chin: "Look at the upper left of the watch and say that name."

"Matthew Addison!"

Several people read it out in unison.

The next moment, a faint glow appeared on one of the black men among the group of foreign mercenaries, but it vanished in an instant.

"He's a mercenary captain. This film is a region-limited storyline; it can only take place in the lab. 'The Main God' has restricted the area, keeping us 100 meters away from Matthew Addison..."

"When he dies in the story, this restriction will be applied to the other characters in the story, creating a chain reaction. We can only desperately try to survive in this horror movie," Zhang Jie explained.

Zhang Jie's tone turned cold.

"You'll all be blown to ashes, understand?"

As soon as Zhang Jie finished speaking, the carriage fell into complete silence.

Everyone's face turned pale.

You can't stray more than 100 meters from the characters in the story, or you'll die instantly.

This isn't a horror movie; it's clearly a death row dungeon set up by the God of God!

Zhan Lan's expression changed slightly, but she still tried to remain calm: "So, we have to follow Matthew Addison and his group to complete the entire storyline?"

"What else did you think?"

Zhang Jie chuckled, lit another cigarette, and through the swirling smoke, his eyes were chillingly cold. "If you don't want to die, stay with the team, don't wander off, don't do anything reckless, and definitely don't... have any ideas you shouldn't have."

Zheng Zha suddenly spoke up: "What exactly is this 'main god'? You've been mentioning it before."

"The 'Main God' should be the thing that manages our entry into this horror movie loop. It gives us reward points, and the redemption is also done through it. The 'Main God' is a ball of light, and in fact, I can't really say what it is." Zhang Jie waved his hand casually.

Zhan Lan then pointed to the numbers flashing on her watch: "One last question, what does this countdown represent?"

"It's the amount of time you have to stay in this horror movie. Once the time is up, if you're alive, you can return to the Main God Space to collect your reward, and then welcome the next horror movie." Zhang Jie took a deep drag of his cigarette.