Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 567 A Slight Unexpected Turn of Events
As a data erasure entity with runes at its core, Adam, although a creation of the scientific side, also possesses many properties that are difficult to explain with ordinary technology... For example, it is theoretically impossible to be harmed by data attacks. What constitutes it is both data and not data, and it can even dismantle data attacks without the need for hedging.

However, Adam's body was dented on one side by Zhang Jie's blow.

The gray cube collided with Adam's body and began to disintegrate and shatter, but in Zhang Jie's hands, it was forcibly frozen in shape, and then it was to be swung up again.

Adam, who could have ignored the attack, staggered backward. His sunken half of body writhed, filled with mist, from which a dim light emanated, then transformed into a new half, pushing the sunken portion out. That body, whether physical or data, drifted into the void of the network.

This virtual network has no gravity, so the direction the remains drifted was entirely arbitrary. Unfortunately, no one had time to see where it went before it was wiped out by Adam's own slap.

"The ability is data deletion... but walking in cyberspace, is this body also data?" Zhang Jie was somewhat uncertain, but he had already scanned the remains with his mental power, and it should have been transmitted outside. Although the flow of time inside and outside was different, the people watching the live stream could rule out that influence.

Zhang Jie himself didn't intend to think too much about it, but little did he know that this characteristic of Adam was the root cause of the severe damage it suffered the last time it was activated...

Zhang Jie slapped Adam a few more times, cursed, and threw away the gray medium that was now pulverized beyond recognition. This gray medium could exist in the real world and also carry data, manifesting in cyberspace. The shattering of this gray cube meant that the corresponding data partition had been corrupted.

Meanwhile, his other clenched fist reached into Adam's still-healing body, aiming directly at the gray core. However, an inexplicable force repelled Zhang Jie's hand, and Adam's healed arms instantly transformed into eight arms, slamming heavily onto Zhang Jie.

The gigantic Zhang Jie was actually much larger than Adam, but the blow still made him tremble all over, and his body quickly collapsed. In his eyes, the rune was incredibly bright; it was this rune that caused Zhang Jie's body, which had already transcended the realm of data, to be hit.

"How the hell is this possible? There has to be some logic to this..." Zhang Jie cursed inwardly. The Heaven and Earth Manifestation Technique, a kind of cultivation-like soul technique, was both special and not special. It was not surprising that it was restrained, but it was a bit strange that it was restrained by this thing in front of him.

The "Law of Heaven and Earth" technique is involved in many cultivation methods, making it a fairly common method. However, the manifestations and underlying logic of the "Law of Heaven and Earth" technique vary considerably among different schools. The "Law of Heaven and Earth" technique, which is similar to a cultivation method for the soul, is said to have either 100% or 150% power; it is a method that is always used when encountering new enemies.

The term "100%" refers to the full power unleashed under normal circumstances. "150%" refers to taking advantage of the opponent's lack of understanding to push the effects of the "Heaven and Earth Manifestation" technique to an even more terrifying level.

Logically speaking, this isn't a game, so there shouldn't be a 50% multiplier bonus... But when Zhang Jie was learning this ability, he did see this statement, and he had already applied this underlying logic of following the laws of heaven and earth to his own battles.

Indeed, the "Heaven and Earth Manifestation" technique, a quasi-cultivation soul cultivation method, involves both the expansion of the soul body and the effect of mental suggestion... Zhang Jie himself might grow a hundred times larger, but if an enemy is bewitched by his mental power, it might appear to them as a thousand or even ten thousand times larger. And like the mental power swords Zhang Jie creates, besides their inherent physical destructive power, this supposedly illusory enhancement will make the opponent believe they have truly been struck by such a powerful attack. For fourth-tier mental power controllers and high-level ghost immortals using quasi-cultivation soul cultivation techniques, bewitching the mind and then interfering with the physical body is effortless.

By clinging to self, we establish our own existence; by extending this concept, we arrive at the grandeur of the heavens and the earth!

Zhang Jie didn't think the data deletion entity in front of him had a spirit, but following Mu Xiang's principle of caution, he still had to help the Zhongzhou team verify anything new... Who knew if this thing was some kind of collective consciousness from a science fiction horror movie? So after using the Law of Heaven and Earth to create a gigantic body with his mental power and telekinesis, he used an attack at the Law of Heaven and Earth level.

Zhang Jie probably didn't expect his body to be able to unleash even 150% of its power... but he never expected that his body would be destroyed!
This is weird, really weird, there's definitely something wrong!
Zhang Jie sighed. He knew he couldn't be too careless... He should take care of this thing first before considering getting the core, otherwise he would make a fool of himself if he was careless.

As for that rune… it would be best to obtain it as well. Unless it has some self-destruct mechanism, Zhang Jie is confident that he won't damage the rune's carrier. Moreover, his mental energy, which would normally be directly repelled, can still seep into it, and a vague rune framework is already forming in Zhang Jie's mind, while simultaneously being transmitted outwards.

For cultivators of a cultivation-like soul system, analyzing runes is like academic subjects for physical education students... they can be good at it, but not so badly. Therefore, apart from using his mental focus to understand runes, Zhang Jie didn't have much enthusiasm or ability to analyze them. Seeing that the runes were exhibiting a complex, multi-layered structure, he felt a bit of a headache and quickly blocked out this thought.

Although he had shrunk considerably, Zhang Jie was still enormous. He raised his hands, and two incredibly thick pillars of lightning formed in his palms. The dazzling runes above his head, though not enlarging in tandem, revealed the immense effort he had put in.

Two lightning bolts, seemingly capable of destroying an entire data partition, were brought together by Zhang Jie's hands. The moment the lightning bolts joined with his large hands, blinding light burst forth, forcing Adam, who was about to advance, to retreat.

A ripple appeared around the enormous shape; Zhang Jie's move had actually affected it.

"Die!" Zhang Jie roared, and several still intact data partitions trembled in his roar, which should not have spread into the void. The two lightning pillars intertwined and were wrapped by layers of telekinetic energy, turning into a dazzling ball.

Zhang Jie released his grip, but the lightning ball didn't explode out of control or slip from his hand. Instead, its dazzling light was suppressed by telekinesis, and its shape continued to shrink, pulsating in front of Zhang Jie.

(End of this chapter)