Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 609 Source
"Damn, I knew it." Zhang Jie couldn't help but curse when he saw this scene in his mental scan.

Zheng Zha was still a little confused. He could understand if Zhang Jie had said something else, like "disgusting"... What did "as expected" mean?
As if knowing what Zheng Zha was wondering, Zhang Jie's voice rang in his mind: "That's right, after all, you're not good at mental power, so you can't sense it... In fact, after you killed these things, their mental power did not completely dissipate."

Zheng Zha was stunned for a moment, then his expression turned ugly: "You mean, your spiritual power only completely dissipated after those things shattered?"

"Correct."

Zheng Zha hissed inwardly: "I can vaguely sense that there is some kind of aura inside that soft structure, but that's only from an energy perspective... If I had to say, I think it's something like an energy cycle."

Zhang Jie shrugged: "Is it possible that it's both? At least from the current perspective, both energy and spirit exist."

After speaking, both of them fell silent. They weren't having an encrypted call, but the others in the mind chain were also momentarily speechless.

They all remembered what was parasitic inside Tex Conway's body...

“Based on this, we can infer…” Liu Xi pondered for a moment, “that the form of the Celestials is more complex than we imagined. Perhaps the Celestials’ parasitism is not limited to other organisms, and even the Celestial forms we see now are parasitic in some sense?”

"This is fucking sci-fi!" Zheng Zha couldn't help but say.

Liu Xi said calmly, "First of all, we are already in a science fiction cycle world... Secondly, the parasitic existence I mentioned also exists in the real world."

At this point, Liu Xi suddenly clicked her tongue: "The situation has changed, and you have a few more tasks... I was originally thinking of changing Ying Kong's task, but it seems that she still has to be responsible for the security of the base."

Zhang Jie understood immediately; he was already undertaking multiple different missions… On the ground, “Zhang Jie” was currently on a global cruise with the rest of the team, confirming that there were no problems inside the Earth. After all, given the Celestials' previous technological level and their fifty-year rule over Earth, it seemed highly unlikely that they would leave no contingency plans.

"If the Celestials are truly in this form... then it would be even easier for them to infiltrate Earth than we previously thought. Of course, I'm not just assuming that Tex Conway is an isolated case, and judging from the Celestials' form, it wouldn't be difficult for them to infiltrate in other forms either."

“This is what we overlooked before…” Liu Xi murmured.

Fortunately, Zhang Jie's mental strength is more effective than any existing detection method. It can be said that as long as the problem is realized, it is basically solved.

Outside the communications ship, Zheng Zha and Zhang Jie quickly exchanged opinions... Since there was something wrong with the celestial being's form, they should try to make more comparisons.

The celestial beings aboard this communications ship are destined for a bad end.

Zhang Jie commanded in the channel: "Enemy mechs and warships are surrounding us in this direction. Do not stop or gather! Reorganize the formation. You few will lead the breakout. We will take over this communications ship."

He finally got to enjoy himself again, thinking that this was the most fun he had since retiring from the military... Afterwards, he commanded a portion of the drone mechs to gather on the communications ship and move in the opposite direction to the other mechanical dragons.

While he was on the phone, Zheng Zha had already quietly transformed into a dark red figure, melting through the outer shell of the communications ship and entering directly inside.

The alarm sounded extremely shrill, indicating that the ship's structure was damaged. Zheng Zha revealed his true form. He felt that the alarm sound was not a simple warning sound, but some kind of language... Unfortunately, he could not understand it.

"I'd like to see... what kind of things you really are."

Zheng Zha didn't deliberately hide himself, but the vibrations he felt on the floor revealed a fact... the Celestials found his location almost the instant he appeared. "Zhang Jie, I need you to strictly monitor the mental energy fluctuations in the communications ship." Zheng Zha touched the bridge of his nose. "Their reaction is ridiculously fast. Their real-time monitoring is definitely not what we expected."

Before he could finish speaking, Zheng Zha felt something tap on his head. Before he could react, he heard Zhang Jie scoff, "A mere trick!"

If Zheng Zha were to describe it, he would say it was like being hit by a piece of chalk. Except instead of hitting his forehead, the chalk went inside his head.

Although the description was quite bizarre, Zheng Zha was no ordinary person and wasn't afraid of this level of attack... He pondered for a moment: "Was I attacked by mental energy?"

Zhang Jie's voice echoed in his mind: "Hmm... I'm looking for the source of the attack."

Just as Zheng Zha was about to say something, he felt the air around him become scorching hot. His cabin, for some unknown purpose, had suddenly activated a high-temperature system.

This can't be a kitchen, can it? No, kitchens don't have fully heated rooms...

Zheng Zha muttered something, but his body didn't even tremble before dissipating in the terrifying heat.

Despite the extremely high temperature, the walls of the cabin did not change color at all, but it is unknown what kind of alloy was used.

Soon, several fully armed Celestials arrived outside the cabin. The cabin had been isolated during the heating process, and they were currently checking the interior through the outside windows. Once the cabin cooled down, they would enter to search for Zheng Zha's biological information… With their technological level, as long as he wasn't completely annihilated, they could recover a considerable amount of information even if he was burned to ashes.

Just then, the isolation door made of the same alloy suddenly turned red, and then a molten hole and several streams of dark red fire appeared together, and several dark red flame hands grabbed several celestial beings.

They couldn't even utter a sound before turning to ashes in the fiery hands. When the fiery hands coalesced, only a few viscous liquids remained, tightly gripped in Zheng Zha's hand.

"How's the perception?" Zheng Zha ignited another layer of red flame in his hand, glancing at the things with some disdain.

Zhang Jie remained silent for a long time: "This structure... is indeed their energy core, and it stores a lot of spiritual power. After you destroyed their outer shell, their spiritual power decreased, but it was definitely not the main thing. Now that we have a comparison, we can confirm it."

"Wait...you just said you were going to find the source of the attack. Isn't that an easy thing for you? Why did you have to go out of your way to find it?" Zheng Zha finally pointed out the part that seemed off earlier.

Zhang Jie chuckled: "Yeah... Do you know why I came looking for this communication ship? Because inside this communication ship, there isn't an ordinary electromagnetic signal source, but a chaotic mass of spiritual energy. Their communication relies on a certain spiritual energy field, and the spiritual energy of these celestial beings is also linked to this mass of spiritual energy."

"That's why it will take time to pinpoint the source of the mental energy attacking you."

Zheng Zha thought for a moment: "Alright, then I'll continue exploring... If they're using mental power to monitor the inside of the ship, then such a quick reaction is reasonable."

"Hey, but that still doesn't explain it..." Zheng Zha asked疑惑地, "When you detected the communications ship, were you acting strangely?"

Zhang Jie sighed: "Because this mass of spiritual energy... is obviously forcibly mixed together, and contains traces of the spiritual energy of various creatures."

"Stop, I understand." Zheng Zha stopped him from continuing, his expression changed, the viscous liquid in his hand vanished in an instant, and crimson footprints appeared on the floor beneath his feet as he walked deeper into the ship.

(End of this chapter)