bookbashuk Chapter 364 The Cabin in the Woods, the Reincarnation Squad Assembles
Chapter 364 The Cabin in the Woods, the Reincarnation Squad Assembles
Chapter 364 The Cabin in the Woods, the Reincarnation Squad Assembles
Another time and space.
The world of cabins in the woods.
Zhang Jie felt a blur before his eyes, but he was awake in an instant. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Zheng Zha sitting quietly to the side, staring into the void with a blank expression, as if he was immersed in some kind of deep thoughts.
"Zheng Zha, what's wrong? What's on your mind?" Zhang Jie asked curiously as he leaned closer.
"Oh, it's nothing." Zheng Zha came back to his senses, a trace of shock still lingering in his eyes. "I just... saw some very interesting things."
Since he reached his current level of strength, the Supreme God could no longer hypnotize him and put him into that half-dream, half-awake state. Therefore, he could clearly see how the Supreme God sent them into the cycle of reincarnation each time.
When the members of the Reincarnation Team stand in the pillar of light shot down by the main god, their essence, energy, and spirit will fall into a hypnotic state of suspended animation.
Zheng Zha only now realized that this was not because the main god was keeping any secret, but simply to protect the members of the Reincarnation Team.
Because if someone who hasn't overcome their inner demons were to witness a journey across dimensions, it could potentially damage their mental foundation or even directly destroy their consciousness.
When the members of the Reincarnation Team enter the pillar of light, the Supreme God will use his great power to tear apart the barrier between planes.
This immense power even shocked Zheng Zha. Immediately afterwards, the pillar of light protected the members of the Samsara Team within it, allowing them to traverse one universe after another at an unimaginable speed.
This is beyond what the speed of light can describe. Every time Zheng Zha witnesses such a leap, he gains a deeper understanding of string theory—yes, string theory.
In Zheng Zha's eyes, the light of the main god was gliding rapidly on a thin film.
The entire multiverse was transformed into a membrane; no, to be more precise, the entire universe began to separate in Zheng Zha's eyes.
The original appearance of the multiverse, which ordinary people cannot see, and which he cannot even see normally, is revealed at this moment.
The entire multiverse is not a series of interconnected planes as previously imagined, but rather each plane is a membrane.
Then, in a way that even he couldn't comprehend, this multiverse was formed, and when gliding on this membrane, the speed was enough to traverse countless universes in a short time, which was billions of times faster than the so-called speed of light.
One operates within a three-dimensional space within the membrane, while the other transcends three-dimensional space, moving from a higher string.
Upon seeing these for the first time, Zheng Zha gained a new understanding of the reality of the universe. Unfortunately, his knowledge was insufficient, and after seeing these, he even had the idea of going back to university to learn some advanced theories.
Of course, ordinary people cannot enjoy such a direct and realistic view of the universe, because the tranquility before them has transcended the limits of ordinary people's thinking and vision.
To put it simply, just as two-dimensional beings cannot see three-dimensional space, and three-dimensional beings cannot see four-dimensional space, ordinary people simply cannot bear such a large amount of information at such a high level. That is why the main god puts people into a state of half-dream and half-awake in order to protect them.
The horror movie world he was experiencing now appeared to Zheng Zha as a huge dent on a membrane.
Is this the so-called world of the cabin in the woods? — Upon seeing this membrane, Zheng Zha understood everything.
The moment he broke through the membrane, Zheng Zha's perspective changed from a high-dimensional view to a normal three-dimensional view.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Jie nodded curiously, his fingertips tracing across the wristwatch screen. When he saw the task information on it, his pupils suddenly contracted.
"Holy crap—is the Supreme God really going to do this? When did he become so generous?" he exclaimed in disbelief, his voice trembling. He rubbed his eyes, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
Zheng Zha heard the exclamation and looked over. He saw the mission description clearly displayed on the wristwatch screen:
Main Quest:
Prevent the Titan Ancestor from breaking free of the seal and maintain its integrity. Mission successful: Each player receives one S-rank side quest reward. Defeating the Titan grants an additional 7-rank side quest and 100,000 reward points.
The reward was already astonishing enough, but what truly sent chills down Zhang Jie's spine was the following supplementary explanation:
This mission is a joint mission involving multiple Reincarnation Squads. All surviving Reincarnation Squad members (including the Central Continent Squad, the Celestial Squad, the Demon Squad, and other Reincarnation Squads) have been teleported to this plane, with random landing points distributed in the cabin in the forest and within a 100-kilometer radius.
[Additional Benefit: All squad members who perished in the Reincarnation Quest and whose combat power reached Tier 4 or above will be temporarily resurrected and teleported to this plane. After the quest ends, they will retain their resurrected state or return to their dead state, depending on the quest completion rate.]
"All the surviving squads? The Celestial Squad and the Demon Squad are here?"
Zhang Jie lit a cigarette and frowned: "Free resurrection? This is so unlike the style of the God of War."
He turned to look at Zheng Zha, then smiled: "Zheng Zha, did you see that? Such a generous reward can only mean one thing: our mission objective is incredibly large. But even so, this display is terrifying! Just who is this giant under the cabin in the woods?"
Zheng Zha's brows furrowed tightly, his fingertips rubbing his chin, a hint of seriousness flashing in his eyes.
He also understood that the Supreme God would never offer such a generous reward for no reason, much less create such an abnormal spectacle.
Behind this lies a danger far exceeding that of any previous horror film.
"Things are not simple."
Zheng Zha said in a deep voice, his gaze sweeping over the words on his wristwatch, his tone grave: "For the main god to mobilize such a large force, could the sealed giant be a legendary fifth-tier powerhouse?"
"But none of that matters—even if there really is a fifth-tier powerhouse, I'm confident I can seal him away—what I'm more concerned about is the so-called resurrection, the so-called multi-team gathering, whether that includes that beast from the demon team—"
As Zheng Zha finished speaking, his previously somber gaze suddenly sharpened like a knife, and he abruptly looked towards the distant horizon.
The void there seemed to be stained with invisible ink, and a familiar aura was surging wildly, carrying with it resentment that could burn everything, hysterical anger, and violence that was almost solidified, sweeping in like an erupting volcano.
"This aura—" Zheng Zha narrowed his eyes slightly. "It's him—he's so angry, so that guy really has been resurrected?"
In the distance, ten kilometers away from the cabin in the woods, on a barren plain, amidst flashes of light, Reinhardt, the former captain of the Demon Team, was still a humanoid ball of red flames.
The members of the Reincarnation Squad watched from there.
The flames were almost like a sun, melting the surrounding land within a hundred meters into magma. Even those a kilometer away could feel the intense heat.
"Who is that? How can someone possess such power even before being resurrected?" The members of the Reincarnation Squad were shocked. "How terrifying! Is this a powerhouse with fourth-tier combat strength?!" Gunnir of the Arctic Squad faced the scorching flames, and countless icicles condensed beneath his feet.
He couldn't help but use the power of the Ice-Frost Fruit.
"It seems to be Reinhardt, the captain of the Demon Team. Is he really dead?" someone exclaimed, recognizing the resurrected individual. Everyone looked over and saw that he was a member of the Celestial Team.
The man, wielding a long sword and with brown hair, was clearly the leader among the Celestials.
"The captain of the Demon Team, that kind of person, is dead?!" Everyone was incredulous.
The Demon Team is one of the two strongest teams in the Samsara Squad, and the Demon Team captain is definitely one of the strongest members of the Samsara Squad.
These kinds of characters have been resurrected?!
"My clone actually became the captain of the Demon Team? But why did he die?" A white man dressed in European aristocratic attire, with blond hair and a gloomy face, frowned.
He is none other than Reinhardt of the West Sea team, the true identity of the captain of the Demon team.
But just as Reinhardt was about to be resurrected, with a sliver of consciousness and not yet fully awake, everyone saw a dark crack suddenly open in the void above their heads.
"Sizzle"
Countless streaks of dark, malevolent flame shot out like venomous snakes, instantly enveloping his entire body.
This malevolent flame can burn and ignite anything; upon contact, it actually burned the blood-red flames completely!
"No—! Who is it?!" Reinhardt's fear and resentment vanished in an instant.
In the blink of an eye, under the watchful eyes of everyone, this once-powerful figure who dominated the cycle of reincarnation was completely burned to ashes by the black flames, leaving not even a trace behind.
On the wasteland, a figure dressed in black combat uniform with a face exactly like Zheng Zha slowly appeared.
It's a clone of Zheng Zha!
He exuded an aura of death and destruction, the murderous rage still burning in his eyes. Looking down at the spot where Reinhardt had fallen, he muttered to himself, "Damn god, are you provoking me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he floated straight toward Reinhardt, the main body of the West Sea team.
With just one glance, Reinhardt felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, the shadow of death instantly enveloping him, and he subconsciously ignited a fire within him, wanting to fight to the death.
"My friend, the main god's mission hasn't even begun, yet you're already slaughtering resurrected combat forces? Isn't that a bit too arrogant!"
A sharp rebuke suddenly rang out, and the clone Zheng Zha frowned and turned to look.
A black-haired youth stood on a green-edged longsword, suspended in mid-air, his eyes fixed on him with a tense yet stubborn gaze.
"Cultivation?" The clone Zheng Zha saw through the other party's direction of enhancement at a glance, and a contemptuous sneer curled up at the corner of his mouth.
"Arrogant! Killing combat personnel? What can you do about it even if I kill him? If you think it's wrong, you can have the Supreme God kill me. The Supreme God didn't object, so why are you getting involved?"
"If you think something is wrong, you are free to come up and stop me."
At this point, the clone Zheng Zha chuckled: "However, if you think that with your shallow cultivation that hasn't even reached the Golden Core stage, you dare to be presumptuous towards me, then I advise you to use up your one resurrection opportunity as soon as possible to gain more experience."
"You!" The black-haired youth was instantly enraged.
He had a great adventure in the horror movie "The Legend of Shushan", becoming a disciple of an immortal comparable to a fifth-level expert, learning authentic cultivation techniques, and almost dominating the cycle of reincarnation.
Although he is only at the Foundation Establishment stage, no one has ever underestimated him like this.
"Luo Yinglong, forget it." A young white man next to him quickly pulled him aside and whispered his advice.
"We have no grudge against this friend, and there's no need to make an enemy at this moment."
Luo Yinglong, puzzled, said, "Adam, the mission we're facing now is unlike anything we've ever encountered before. Before even starting the mission, he's already fighting amongst himself, and it looks like he's going to kill another person. At this rate, how can we possibly stop that so-called Titan Ancestor?"
Upon hearing this, Adam frowned, but before he could speak further, an aura like that of an ancient beast awakening suddenly enveloped everyone present.
"What?!"
Everyone felt their hearts stop and instinctively looked up, only to see a figure suddenly appear in the middle of the wasteland.
The man looked exactly like the one who killed the Demon Squad leader: black hair, black eyes, sinister and gloomy, the only difference being that he didn't have a single scar on his face.
But the moment this person appeared, he shocked everyone even more than the scarred man with a fierce aura. Everyone in the Samsara Squad felt their minds go blank, their bodies break out in a cold sweat, and their hearts stop beating.
Everyone present, including Luo Yinglong and Adam, was trembling under the oppressive aura of the terrifying man before them.
They had seen many horror movies and faced life-or-death situations, but when faced with this man who suddenly appeared, they were so frightened that they almost knelt down.
Who exactly is this person in front of me?
Before everyone could recover from their shock, the man who had suddenly appeared vanished in a flash.
Without any further preparation, he traversed dozens of meters in a flash, appearing directly in front of Reinhardt of the West Sea team.
"you!"
The latter, still gripped by fear of the clone Zheng Zha, was about to activate his flame defense when a fist slammed into him.
"Bang—!"
A deafening explosion resounded across the wasteland. The force of the punch was like a prehistoric beast crushing everything in its path. Reinhardt's body had no chance to resist and was instantly blasted into a cloud of blood mist!
The blood mist that filled the sky instantly transformed into almost invisible dust and atoms.
In an instant, flesh, bones, and even the flames that had not yet been fully activated were annihilated. Even his soul was shattered by the power of this punch. He hadn't even had a chance to use his vampire immortality ability, which he was so proud of, before he completely disappeared into the world.
"What?! How is this possible?! Killed with a single punch?!"
"I didn't see what happened!"
The wasteland was deathly silent. All the reincarnators stood frozen in place, staring dumbfounded at the figure who had stopped and stood there.
Reinhardt's ability to replicate his physical abilities and become the captain of the Demon Team suggests that his strength should not be underestimated; he is at least a powerful individual with double A-level enhancements.
But what just happened was so fast that they didn't even see the trajectory of the fist before a powerful expert with fourth-tier combat strength was already dead.
Neither Song Tian nor Zhao Zhuikong from the Donghai team had any idea what was happening.
The existence of the cloned Reinhardt could be explained by the fact that Reinhardt hadn't been resurrected yet, but now—this level of combat power has exceeded their expectations—
"What level of strength is this? Peak fourth rank?" Adam swallowed hard, incredulous.
Luo Yinglong also felt a chill run down his spine. The anger he felt from being humiliated by the clone Zheng Zha was extinguished, leaving only deep apprehension.
Because the aura emanating from the person before him was almost identical to, and even slightly surpassed, that of his immortal-level master.
Even if he were stupid, he could see that neither of the two people in front of him were people that a Foundation Establishment cultivator like him could afford to offend, not to mention that he was not stupid.
After killing Reinhardt, Zheng Zha looked at his clone.
At this moment, two men who looked almost identical, except for a scar on their face, were gazing at each other.
Adam stared intently at Zheng Zha, who had just appeared.
"An Asian man—could he be the captain of the Central Continent Team?"
He could sense that the aura emanating from this captain of the Central Continent Team was less destructive and violent than that of the clone, but the sheer pressure he exuded made everyone tremble with fear, almost unable to look him in the eye.
Some reincarnators knelt down in the face of this newly appeared powerful figure.
The clone Zheng Zha watched the original Zheng Zha's actions, a fierce glint in his eyes, a playful yet provocative smirk playing on his lips: "Zheng Zha, how dare you steal my prey? Don't you know I was just about to vent my anger?"