Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 417 Cleaning
Looking back, all that remains are fragmented memories... even the most recent ones do not exist as myself.

The depletion of energy, the lack of depth, the confusion and anger in his heart all dissipated, and even the pain from being beaten by the man opposite him who had the same face as him disappeared at this moment.

As the mask on his face disappeared...

He remembered, he wasn't Zheng Zha, he was just playing a role...

Yes, Zheng Zha wouldn't do that... but Mu Xiang would!
After he let out a wild laugh, his consciousness went dark.

When Mu Xiang opened his eyes again, he was lying in a huge square, familiar yet somewhat strange. Above him was a huge sphere of light, and beneath it lay a golden ancient book.

Mu Xiang rubbed his temples, forcibly suppressing the unease in his heart, and then he couldn't help but laugh mockingly.

"Heh... So I've finally been copied into the Demon Team...?"

Opposite him, a familiar figure knelt on the ground, gritting his teeth and pounding the earth with his fists. His fists, which should have cracked the earth, were now weak and powerless, and after a few punches, they were covered in blood.

This person, who had been struggling with "himself" before, now seemed to have lost all his strength.

Mu Xiang waved his hand, and the golden ancient book appeared in his hand: "The True Scripture of Resurrection... Heh, Chu Xuan is really good at scheming."

The girl hugged Zheng Zha tightly from behind, feeling the trembling in his body, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

“Since you’re back alive, it means my true form hasn’t completely won.” Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses and then laughed maliciously. “Of course, he’ll definitely say that I won, but Chu Xuan didn’t lose either… haha.”

Zheng Zha remained silent. Mu Xiang sighed and instructed the main god to initiate the healing process.

Watching the healing beam push Lori aside, Mu Xiang glanced at Zheng Zha in the air and then began to ponder.

"It's obvious that my true self used some means to erase some of my memories, which is extremely important to him, but it's not something I can know... As for the snake and the author, the fact that I still remember them means that this is something I can, or rather, need to know."

"Based on the deduction from my memory, my true form has already obscured the eyes of the snake and the author, so the main god of the demon team has returned to normal... Therefore, given the performance of my true form, it will probably be directly copied into the demon team."

"But there's an inexplicable problem... Using the fragment of existence to exchange identities, even if it can fool the main god, how can we guarantee that the copy is of Mu Xiang who doesn't have the key memories? Without the key memories, how can we fully confront Chu Xuan?"

"The timing of the Demon Team's copying is impossible to guarantee. It would be fine if they were copied the instant they entered the God Space, but if they were copied inside the God Space... it seems that only Logandao was copied the instant he died."

"The problem is that these subtle time differences are insignificant to the main god, especially since I was copied as a survivor... My true form must have been designed with the premise of obscuring the snake's and the author's gaze, so as not to affect his subsequent battle."

"But how can he guarantee that?" Mu Xiang couldn't help but sneer. This was much easier than deducing Chu Xuan's identity, since he knew himself too well. "Even if I were 70% sure, I wouldn't gamble like that. I can only speculate that someone told me the true identity, and that he would be copied the moment he was obscured from the snake's and the author's eyes, so it doesn't matter what happens after that."

"Is it Chu Xuan...? Chu Xuan's death in 'Ju-on' is too strange. He must have some kind of scheme with my true self, and this is the key information that has been hidden?"

Mu Xiang glanced at Zheng Zha in the air. Although there were no visible injuries on his body, the Supreme God was still healing him. A faint light emanated from Zheng Zha's heart, but it was much dimmer than the previous blazing white light. If it weren't for Mu Xiang's keen eyesight, it might have been completely hidden within the pillar of light.

"As for the clone Chu Xuan's thoughts... it's quite simple. Although I don't know how he planned to do it later, or how he was wiped out by my original body, it's clear that his only thought was to protect Zheng Zha, nothing more." Mu Xiang pondered, then confirmed that Zheng Zha did not have the ring on his hand.

“It’s actually quite safe to leave the team’s resurrection items in the square instead of bringing them into the horror movie… that way they won’t get lost and become unresurrectable. Chu Xuan has obviously made two preparations.” Mu Xiang opened the Resurrection Manual, looked at it, and then put it into his bracelet. “In other words, in a certain scenario, having the entire Demon Team die is actually the best way.”

"Either wipe out the Central Continent Team and become the completely manipulated protagonist... or if we lose, we might as well use the Central Continent Team to wipe out the entire Demon Team and get rid of the traces of being manipulated..."

"So, this Resurrection Scripture... was meant for me." Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses, unable to suppress a smug grin. Clearly, his original self had been tricked, while his clone, Chu Xuan, had been helped instead. He hoped the Central Continent team wouldn't suffer too many casualties from the counterattack, otherwise Mu Xiang would have actually lost to Chu Xuan.

“If manipulating and interfering with the Demon Team's things requires relying on the Demon Team's abnormal main god... then after the snake and the author were banished, the Demon Team's main god lost this characteristic, and after being resurrected, the Demon Team became a normal team.” Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses. “And letting Zheng Zha come back alive is not for him to take revenge, but to prevent the Demon Team from being restarted.”

"Otherwise, if only I am copied, the Demon Team will essentially start over, and all the previous personnel and horror movie records will be lost."

"So, the clone Chu Xuan is actually indebted to the original. That's fine, I don't want to work with a bunch of manipulated puppets..." Mu Xiang chuckled coldly, then closed his eyes and contacted the main god.

Soon, he opened his eyes: "Sure enough, after being copied, my exchange authority from Emperor Ming is also gone... What a scheme. Exchanging for an S-class Superman bloodline won't allow my true form to have a reversal effect. He's confident that he can sweep through the God Space with his A-class Kryptonian bloodline, so there's no need for him to exchange for an S-class Superman bloodline to aid the enemy."

“From the very beginning, he treated his own clone as an enemy and plotted against him… As expected of me, hahaha…” Mu Xiang couldn’t help but burst into laughter. This was just too funny for him. In his memory, he was still planning to scheme against the original clone, but now he was actually the one being schemed against.

"I need to think about what I should exchange for next... If I come across a custom-made horror movie, I might be willing to compete for it." Mu Xiang suppressed his smile and then pondered to himself.

At this moment, Zheng Zha fell from the healing beam and looked at Mu Xiang with a somewhat blank expression. He was still somewhat lost and dejected, unsure whether it was because his team had been wiped out or because he didn't understand Chu Xuan's actions of sacrificing everyone to protect him.

Mu Xiang frowned and looked at Zheng Zha's heart. With his X-ray vision, he immediately noticed the abnormality: "Your Blazing Heart... has failed?"

That's true. Mu Xiang's true form shouldn't make the basic mistake of being fooled by the Rebirth Cross. Zheng Zha must have been resurrected through some method that doesn't conform to the common sense of the Main God Space, and thus escaped the fate of being erased.

Could it be... that the price is the loss of the Heart of Blazing Light?

This special organ, which could be considered the biggest cheat code, had lost its light at this moment. Apart from a faint glimmer, it lay in Zheng Zha's left chest just like a normal heart.

“I’m not a qualified captain…” Zheng Zha murmured.

Mu Xiang didn't see any hatred towards the Zhongzhou team in Zheng Zha, only his self-blame.

"Is it because your mind is shaken, so you can't be guided to right mindfulness... causing the Heart of Blazing Light to be depleted and unable to replenish its essence?" Mu Xiang quickly figured it out, and then he chuckled, "Then, how about taking revenge on the Central Continent Team? It's a cliché, but it can push you to become stronger."

Zheng Zha shook his head. "There's no such thing as hatred or grudge... Although I don't understand your thoughts, I know that if the Central Continent Team loses, they will be wiped out. Since we've failed, let's accept it calmly and fight back later. Talking about hatred is too much..."

Mu Xiang interrupted him: "I don't care what you think, but the fact is you still haven't made up for the psychological loopholes in your newborn self... Part of your power is inherently idealistic. Without the Heart of Blazing Light to provide energy to counteract it, your strength has dropped by more than 70%. I will find a way to help you recover."

“Now, come back to ‘Legend of the Gods and Demons’ with me and revive Chu Xuan… We can ignore the rest for now.” Mu Xiang pushed up his glasses.

Zheng Zha frowned: "Why?"

“If all the team members who have experienced a horror movie die, the record of that horror movie will be erased.” Mu Xiang shrugged. “That’s the rule of the Supreme God… In other words, you have to die in ‘The Mummy’ so as not to affect my resurrection of you, understand?”

"Whether you like it or not... the fact is, if we want to complete Chu Xuan's plan to purge the Demon Team, we are still missing one person: you."

"We must prevent the possibility of a resurgence..."

"So, go to your death, Zheng Zha."

(End of this chapter)