Infinite Terror: All members of the Zhongzhou team are wheelchair-level enhanced

Chapter 131 Chu Xuan's Soul Banner, the Power of the Primordial Beast Array
"You know about the captain?" Zheng Zha raised an eyebrow with delight and looked at Xiao Honglu. He had been keeping an eye on the situation of Xiao Honglu and the other two new recruits for the past two days, and had also taken Lori for a stroll around Cairo.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Honglu had news of the captain.

Of course, he wasn't in a hurry to find Su Bai, because he had completed the 'Nine Yin Nine Yang' training ahead of schedule, and he planned to spend the rest of his time leisurely and spend more time with Loli.

That's why he stayed in Cairo for several days.

Zheng Zha asked, "The communicator Chu Xuan gave me is completely unusable. I've tried contacting the team leader many times but haven't been able to reach him."

Is he still with the bearded man?

“I’m afraid I won’t be able to find anyone when I get there.”

Xiao Honglu shook his head, raised his hand and tugged at his hair, "The communicator uses broadcasting to make contact, which allows for longer distances, but the success rate is also lower."

“I don’t know the captain’s exact location, and I have never contacted him. But my job is to assist the second-in-command in Cairo. When I was helping him process messages, I heard a piece of news.”

"I think it has something to do with the captain and the others."

"You know there are many ethnic groups in the desert, right? For example, the Pharaoh's Guard descendants, to which the captain and his group belong."

“Those ethnic groups exist for a variety of reasons, and several of them possess powerful private armed forces.”

"Do you remember the scene in the horror movie 'The Mummy Returns' where the army of Pharaoh's descendants, including the bearded man, fought against the Scorpion King's army of death?"

"The crowd numbered in the tens of thousands, which is a very large scale."

"And there is more than one such desert people."

Zheng Zha nodded. The desert region was very chaotic during this period, with a complex mix of desert tribes, some of which would develop into super terrorist forces.

Xiao Honglu put down his hand that was pulling his hair and said, "There is a desert force that is attacking other desert tribes, intending to become the king of these forces."

"Although I was constrained by my position at the time and had no other way or need to investigate the details, I think it must be related to the captain and his team."

"The force that unified the desert peoples should be the descendants of the Pharaoh's protectors."

Zheng Zha was dumbfounded. "Is that so? Then I'll go to Big Beard's tribe's territory first. That's definitely the right thing to do."

“Even if they go out to fight, their tribes will always have people guarding their base.”

"I will get information about the captain and the others from there."

……

The border region of ancient Egypt, the Amshe Oasis.

A man with two large dark circles under his eyes was pouring a prepared liquid silver metal onto the ground.

There used to be a forest here, and a group of monkeys lived in the forest, guarding the central pyramid.

Now the forests are gone, the monkeys are gone, and the pyramids are in ruins.

This man with dark circles under his eyes stood amidst the ruins of the pyramids and did many things.

As you can see, the pyramid is covered with liquid silver metal, which, after drying, is covered with densely packed runes.

The man with dark circles under his eyes was Chu Xuan.

"How did I kill the Scorpion King? It's simple, part of the reason was the black water from the alien world."

"The Black Water is an attack that penetrates to the genetic level. The Scorpion Emperor has no magic power in his body; he is just a larger half-human, half-scorpion life form. The Black Water will decompose his DNA, dissolving it into powder."

"However, the surrounding rune array is keeping the Scorpion Emperor alive. As long as the rune array is not destroyed, the Scorpion Emperor will be resurrected even if his body is completely damaged."

"So my other half of the reason is to disrupt the rune structure."

"He did indeed die."

"Perhaps it's different from the way death was predetermined by Death, or perhaps Death himself is sealed within the Emperor's curtain and has no energy to attend to this place."

"Everything here was not sucked into hell like in the original 'Morgue of Gods' storyline, but remained on earth."

Chu Xuan planned to recreate that set of runes here to awaken the Scorpion Emperor's life. He had already memorized some of the rune patterns here.

He then exchanged for 'Projection Magic' and obtained projection-type rune technology.

They also exchanged a lot of knowledge about formations with the main god.

This return to the Amshe Oasis to study the rune remnants has filled in some gaps in our knowledge.

All of the above combined, while not enough for Chu Xuan to completely reproduce the rune technology here, forms a simplified version of the system that can be attempted to operate initially.

This is the initial version of the 'Primordial Beast Formation' that he developed on his own.

"That's fine." Chu Xuan put down the bucket, straightened up, and looked at the ground.

The area around him was filled with the ruins of pyramids, but the only clearing he was in was a silver liquid metal that he had poured onto the ground in some mysterious pattern.

If viewed from above, the pattern appears circular, somewhat resembling a six-pointed star, but undoubtedly far more complex and mysterious.

"Next are the energy stones, and this soul banner." Chu Xuan opened the space bag hanging on his stomach and, like Doraemon, reached inside to rummage around.

He quickly pulled out six rhombus-shaped energy stones emitting a blue glow, as well as a mini black flag.

He held six blue rhombus-shaped energy stones, placing them at the six points of the hexagram to serve as the energy source for the hexagram.

He returned to the center of the six-pointed star pattern, shook the small black banner in his hand, and the banner swelled in the wind, quickly transforming into a large flag.

Chu Xuan placed it in the very center of the six-pointed star pattern and looked around with satisfaction.

"Whether it's the rune technology that maintains the Scorpion Emperor or the Primordial Beast Array, both require soul control; the physical body is not important."

"The soul possesses memories, combat power, and realm, while the physical body only needs to be temporarily synthesized with energy and possessed by the soul to unleash its power."

"The true Primordial Beast Formation can summon the ancestral bloodline to fight through the soul."

"I haven't reached that level. I can only summon souls and then command these souls to fight."

The blue rhombus-shaped energy stone was made exclusively by him, and it contains his arcane energy.

Chu Xuan's arcane energy is only at the D-level, which is very rare. Therefore, he usually stores the arcane energy in his self-developed energy stone and uses it as an energy source.

The Black Soul Banner was obtained by Chu Xuan from the Main God by spending a B-level side quest.

This is a magical artifact used by cultivators, capable of storing souls. Its current limit is that it can hold a thousand souls, and Chu Xuan uses it as the core of the array.

"We have all the rune technology that sustains life, souls, physical projection rune technology, and energy."

"Let me see the actual results."

Chu Xuan squatted down, channeled the arcane energy within his body into his palms, and slapped them against the ground.

Then, centered on his palm, he poured arcane energy into the mysterious six-pointed star on the ground.

The arcane energy entered and emitted a blue light, spreading along the mysterious patterns to the entire six-pointed star, making it shine brightly with blue light.

Countless runes seemed to come alive and surged within the blue light, while the enormous Soul Banner in the center began to flutter, emitting a whistling sound.

The energy stones at the six sharp corners began to glow.

An invisible power of soul summoning enveloped the surroundings, calling forth souls.

Two blue souls gradually appeared, one of which had the upper body of a human and the lower body of a scorpion, and was none other than the Demon Scorpion Emperor.

The other one is in human form; it's Li Shuaixi!

Two souls appeared and instinctively devoured each other. The Scorpion Emperor's soul seemed to have a problem; it lacked intelligence and had lost most of its instincts, making it extremely harmless and weak in attack. It was devoured by Li Shuaixi's soul.

Li Shuaixi's soul became more solid, and his blank eyes gradually began to show signs of life and liveliness, and his consciousness was returning.

……

My name is Li Shuaixi. I'm just an ordinary person who loves reading novels and watching science fiction movies.

I feel like the world is full of malice, as if it's targeting me every moment.

After clicking the Yes and No buttons on the computer, I arrived at the God's Space.

The wonders within the Main God Space captivated me, but I also harbored resentment towards one person: Chu Xuan.

So much so that when I thought I had found an opportunity to get revenge on him and break free from his control, I took action.

In the end, I was utterly defeated.

Chu Xuan asked me what my goal was.

I was stunned. I didn't know. It seemed that ever since the alien world, I had looked down on Chu Xuan, and all my actions were based on treating him as my opponent, without considering anything else. I had lost too thoroughly. My life shouldn't be like this.

Chu Xuan is just a nobody; I can't let him blind me. I should have higher aspirations.

Even Chu Xuan has a goal, and I consider myself better than him, so how could I not have one?
I've come to my senses and realize how much of a failure I was before, and how short-sighted I was.

They also knew that this failure would lead to their future death.

Chu Xuan won't kill me immediately because of the team battle points, but I'll die in the next match anyway.

Since I'm going to die anyway, I might as well commit suicide and let the team lose points.

If I'm not doing well, then nobody else should either.

This is the last act of resistance and revenge that I, Li Shuaixi, can take...

……

When Li Shuaixi regained consciousness, the scenes before his death flashed rapidly through his mind.

He felt his mind was active and he felt his own existence.

He's not dead?

Opening his eyes, Li Shuaixi looked around blankly.

He saw the familiar pyramid ruins, and he saw that man—Chu Xuan.

"Isn't I dead?" Li Shuaixi asked in shock.

Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses and looked Li Shuaixi up and down. "You are indeed dead. You can't be considered alive now either."

“I originally wanted the soul of the Scorpion King. Since you died here, your soul has also awakened.”

"What I didn't expect was that you devoured the soul of the Scorpion King."

"It's probably because I damaged the rune structure that held the Scorpion King's soul together, causing his soul to be damaged, which is why you were able to take advantage of him."

"You're lucky."

Li Shuaxi: “…”

It turned out that he had appeared in the form of a soul, and he was only able to regain consciousness because of the damage done to the Scorpion Emperor.

This man's words are still as annoying as ever.

Li Shuaixi felt that he should be more shrewd, set higher goals, and keep his emotions hidden.

He wants to be the king of the cycle of reincarnation!

"Can I be resurrected?" Li Shuaixi asked, staring intently at Chu Xuan's face.

"No." Chu Xuan answered bluntly. He stopped looking at Li Shuaixi and began to observe whether the movement of the runes within the entire six-pointed star matched his calculations.

"You are merely a soul form that I summoned; you cannot exist for long. I will then store you within the Soul Banner."

As the six-pointed star formation was activated, an energy body that was half-human and half-scorpion, and also had a somewhat alien appearance, gradually appeared. This would become Li Shuaixi's temporary body.

The rules governing the operation of runes will create a corresponding physical body based on the state of the soul.

At this moment, Li Shuaixi, having devoured the soul beast of the Demon Scorpion Emperor, also possessed the characteristics of the Demon Scorpion Emperor.

"So that's how it is." Li Shuaixi pondered, surviving as a soul didn't seem so bad after all.

An irresistible force suddenly acted on Li Shuaixi's soul, pulling it into the newly appeared energy body.

Li Shuaixi has acquired a temporary physical body.

"You're not thinking it would be nice to live as a soul, are you?" Chu Xuan looked at Li Shuaixi, seemingly knowing what Li Shuai was thinking, and said, "As my test subject, I will take you into the Soul Banner."

"However, the Soul Banner has a side effect. It can provide a place for the soul to reside, but the side effect is that the soul will quickly lose its memories and consciousness, leaving only bloodlust and fighting instincts, and fight for the banner master."

"Finally, you will become a powerful, mindless soul general under my command."

Li Shuaixi was shocked: "What?"

He absolutely refused to become a mindless soul general, especially not Chu Xuan's soul general.

This is a hellish start!
Chu Xuan ignored Li Shuaixi's inner struggle. To Chu Xuan, it didn't matter whether the Scorpion Emperor woke up or Li Shuaixi woke up; they were all his experimental subjects.

"Show me a set of punches," Chu Xuan said.

Li Shuaixi instinctively retorted, "I don't know how to box."

The next moment, his body started punching uncontrollably. Li Shuaixi could control his body, but Chu Xuan had higher authority.

Li Shuaixi cursed inwardly, but finally told himself to calm down. He was different now and wouldn't be so stupid anymore.

In order to survive, he now has no choice but to rely on Chu Xuan.

He began to actively cooperate in boxing, and with the active cooperation of his soul, both the power and speed of his punches improved.

After some attempts, Chu Xuan said, "Alright, it's about BA level of basic enhancement strength."

Li Shuaixi previously possessed the T-virus alien bloodline, roughly equivalent to a typical B-grade bloodline. Now, having consumed the soul of the Scorpion Emperor, he possesses the Scorpion Emperor's power and is not weak.

“I can devour souls to continue growing stronger!” Li Shuaixi looked at Chu Xuan and took the initiative to speak, “I am willing to become the main soul in the Soul Banner.”

Only by becoming powerful can he possibly escape the state of a soul, and the main god might be able to truly resurrect him. Li Shuaixi sincerely wants to become the main soul.

Chu Xuan remained expressionless and said, "Hmm."

The simplified version of the 'Primordial Beast Formation' has been tested. In addition to summoning souls for combat, it also has the ability to control the non-intelligent beast life within the formation.

As long as the soul is strong enough, the mindless beast life within the formation is strong enough, and the energy supporting the formation is strong enough, then the formation is strong enough.

Chu Xuan lowered his head, took out the Death Bracelet from his spatial bag, and tossed it to Li Shuaixi, "Put it on."

Li Shuaixi put on the Death Bracelet. He possessed some of the characteristics of the Demon Scorpion Emperor and could use the Death Bracelet. With a thought, several dog-headed soldiers appeared around him.

Chu Xuan evaluated his initial version of the 'Primordial Beasts Formation'. He controlled the main soul Li Shuaixi, who was able to summon seven or eight dog-headed soldiers. The entire formation was operating quite perfectly.

Next, gather more powerful souls and prepare more energy; he will be able to summon and control extremely powerful summoned creatures.

"Let's make a few changes to the runes in the last few minutes to make the formation work more smoothly."

"When we officially deploy it in the future, the area will need to be tens or even hundreds of miles long, so the runes should be as simple as possible," Chu Xuan pondered.

Li Shuaixi concealed his true intentions, appearing as Chu Xuan's 'loyal little brother,' cooperating perfectly with Chu Xuan—this was his current way of surviving.

……

In the desert, Zheng Zha first went to the Pharaoh's Guardian Descendants to find Su Bai.

The force that is unifying the unofficial desert tribes is indeed Su Bai's group.

Zheng Zha led Luo Li away from Xiao Honglu and the other two. After a long and winding journey, they finally found Su Bai, Zhang Jie, and Zhan Lan in front of the tightly closed gates of the last tribe with a large army.

"Zheng Zha, you've arrived? The final battle is about to begin, and there won't be any suspense."

"I'll show you the moves I've mastered in a bit," Su Bai greeted Zheng Zha warmly.

Zhang Jie and Zhan Lan also greeted Zheng Zha.

"The reason for unifying these desert tribes is to improve the self-study capabilities of myself, Zhan Lan, and Zhang Jie."

"Furthermore, the faction that the bearded man belongs to will become the foundation upon which we stand in this world."

Zheng Zha asked in confusion, "Aren't Xiao Honglu and the other two doing this?"

Su Bai explained, "Xiao Honglu and the other two are also targeting the government; we have connections in both the legitimate and criminal worlds."

"Moreover, if Xiao Honglu fails, our absolute armed force formed by the great unification will not be wrong either."

Zheng Zha suddenly realized that this was Su Bai's two-pronged plan.

From the very beginning, whether Xiao Honglu and his two companions succeeded or failed in their mission would not affect the overall situation; what mattered was what Su Bai was doing.

Establishing a foothold here is crucial, and Su Bai will not allow any uncertainty to exist in this matter.

The actions of Xiao Honglu and his two companions were merely a side move by Su Bai.

(End of this chapter)