Infinite Horror Bulk Players

Chapter 271 Why Kill Newcomers?
"So you killed Zhang Heng?"

"To be precise, it was voluntary on his own." Lin Hao crossed his arms and floated in mid-air, wandering aimlessly.

"The encounter between Mingyanwei and him with that gang of thugs in the wilderness was a lifelong trauma for both of them."

Ming Yanwei was abandoned by her boyfriend, while Zhang Heng regretted running away back then.

So I gave him a chance to go back in time and change everything.

But you know, if he only changed what happened in the past, and then returned to the God Realm alive and well, everything that happened before would be reset back to its original state by the God Realm.

Only if Zhang Heng dies in the past and never returns, disappearing from both his past and present selves, can a bug appear in the God Realm, making it possible to completely change the past.

This was Zhang Heng's own choice.

Language is an art.

If Lin Hao only says that he killed Zhang Heng, Zheng Zha will definitely be unhappy.

But Lin Hao said it was Zhang Heng's own choice, while Zheng Zha could only sigh.

"Sigh, he's had a tough life. Is anything else going to change?"

"Yes, the Terminator world has now changed from restarting nine cycles to only restarting one cycle."

"Uh, what's the difference?" Zheng Zha looked at Lin Hao, somewhat confused. "Aren't we both just killing Skynet?"

"Yes, this means our rating with the Supreme God has decreased."

Killing Tianwang nine times grants a B-level side quest, while killing Tianwang once only grants a D-level side quest.

This can significantly lower our rating with the main god.

Whether it's increasing the efficiency of scoring later on or improving the team's advantage in the next team fight, isn't that a big difference?

"Uh, is it big?" Zheng Zha scratched his head, his face revealing a clear, college-student-like gaze.

Lin Hao's lips twitched as he watched. "Fine, just know that we're racking up points now, which will give us more rewards."

The advantage of scoring in the intermission is far greater than that of scoring in the main storyline.

Not only is the rating delayed, but the most crucial thing is being able to escape when you encounter a task you can't complete.

For example, if there is no time limit for a mission to kill someone, you can simply drag it out until the intermission ends and then leave the instance.

Even if there is a time limit, as long as the limit is greater than the remaining days of the intermission, you can still run away, regroup, and come back later.

Especially now that we have a time machine, it's even easier to run away.

Because the intermission timer of the main god is based on the time experienced by the reincarnators, not local time.

In other words, even if Lin Hao encounters an enemy he can't defeat, he can directly return to the past before the enemy appears, pass through the intervening time, and thus successfully return.

With such a large insurance policy in place, when else would you cheat if not in the interstitial system?

"Alright, if there's nothing else, I'll head back now."

Without responding to Lin Hao's farewell, Zheng Zha had already fallen into deep thought.

In other words, all you need to do is replicate the main story dungeon gameplay, right?

How did I do it during the main storyline?

Zheng Zha scratched his head and realized that he only had some recollection of the first and last reincarnations; the rest were all blurry and in a mess.

The first reincarnation left a deep impression on him because Skynet deliberately messed with his mentality, killing civilians right in front of him.

They even bombed him with a nuclear bomb while he was rescuing civilians.

The final cycle occurs because the newcomer dies.
Wait, in this cycle, the newcomers died too?

Zheng Zha looked up abruptly, only to find that Lin Hao had already left while he was pondering.

A bad feeling welled up in Zheng Zha's heart. He turned to look at Luo Li beside him and asked, "Luo Li, how many people died in the Terminator instance?"

"Three of them, three newcomers, what's wrong?"

Hearing Luo Li's somewhat childish voice, Zheng Zha felt increasingly uneasy.

I couldn't retain my memories from the second reincarnation, but Lin Hao definitely could.

Why did those three newcomers still die?

Although Zheng Zha could immediately know the reason if he activated his third-tier gene lock. No, even without activating the gene lock, he could still determine the real reason for the deaths of those three people using only his current intelligence.

But he didn't want to think about it.

He didn't want to think the worst of Lin Hao.

From the beginning of Resident Evil until now, Lin Hao has given him so much help, helping him escape danger time and time again.

He really didn't want Lin Hao to be the one who killed those three newcomers.

But are there any other possibilities besides these?

"Zha? What's wrong?" Luo Li's concerned voice came from the side.

Looking at the lovely girl, Zheng Zha's agitated heart calmed down. He patted Luo Li's head and said, "It's nothing. I just have something I want to talk to Lin Hao about."

"You should rest first." Zheng Zha said as he stood up, took two bottles of beer from the refrigerator, and went out.

Lin Hao is busy again.

Watching that thin figure sitting at the table, diligently inscribing runes like a student studying hard.

Zheng Zha knew that Lin Hao did these things every time before going to sleep.

Since his mana would be fully restored after waking up, and it would be a waste to leave that mana unused, he chose to inscribe runes: explosion runes on Gauss bullets, anti-evil runes on blunt weapons, and penetration runes on sharp weapons.

Not only the weapons, but also the equipment he wore were all made by Lin Hao.

The Zhongzhou team owes Lin Hao far too much for its current success.

Why? Why kill those three newcomers? Even if Li Shuaixi wasn't qualified, the other two should have already become their teammates, right?

Why didn't either of them deserve to live?

Zheng Zha had so much to say.

"What's the matter?" Lin Hao finished carving the runes in his hand and turned to look at Zheng Zha behind him.

"Let's have a drink together."

"I don't drink." Lin Hao glanced at the beer in Zheng Zha's hand. It wasn't a matter of whether he was drunk or not; he simply hated the taste.

If you really want to drink something, carbonated beverages are a better choice.

"Fruit beer, not alcohol." Zheng Zha chuckled, sat down next to Lin Hao, placed the fruit beer in front of him, and then picked up a regular bottle of beer and started drinking.

"?" Lin Hao picked up the unlabeled fruit beer with a strange expression.

This situation likely occurs because Zheng Zha didn't recognize any brand of fruit beer at all; he simply thought of the request, and then the main god casually created it.

Hopefully it's not some weird fruit beer, like durian or something similar.

Lin Hao opened the lid, took a sniff, but couldn't detect any smell. He could only take a small sip with a conflicted expression.

Thankfully, it's pineapple flavored.

Lin Hao breathed a sigh of relief and then took a big gulp.

Looking at Zheng Zha on the side, he was holding a beer, but he looked like he was drowning his sorrows in alcohol.

What's wrong with this kid's mentality this time?

Lin Hao looked at Zheng Zha, who was sprawled on the sofa, with a look of disgust.

He already has enough part-time jobs—logistics, strategy, and combat power—does he have to be a psychologist now too?

However, thinking about the problem of the fourth-order inner demon, Lin Hao still sighed, "Speak, what's the problem now?"

Why kill those three new recruits?

"Because they weren't very useful when they stayed behind, Li Shuaixi was a liability to his teammates."

Bald, criminal.

The big, burly man from Northeast China was brainless and lacked willpower. He didn't even ask about team enhancements and chose an ability that was completely useless to him.

So I had to exclude them all to make room for the newcomers.

(End of this chapter)