Infinite: Starting from Infiltrating Other Spaces

Li Xia could indeed sense the life force emanating from their bodies, but it was very faint, as faint as a candle flame in the wind, which could be extinguished at any moment.

After walking for about a mile, they finally passed through a door and arrived at a relatively tall and spacious hall.

The two stood in front of the door, on either side.

"The area where the leader is located is just ahead. Please watch your words and actions."

As the two men finished their warning, the light on the door slowly changed color, and the extremely heavy door opened to both sides.

Li Xia narrowed his eyes, surveyed the passage, and without any hesitation, stepped forward.

As you walk up the long staircase, a soft white light pours down from ahead.

He stepped inside and saw an unusually spacious circular hall before him. Surprisingly, this place, which could be considered the core of the entire shelter, was quite simple.

It was even excessively simple, with only a sofa, a bed, a chair, and a table. Apart from these few pieces of furniture, there were no other items.

Everything was very far apart, making the hall, which was over a thousand square meters in size, seem so empty.

The surrounding circular walls are covered with ring-shaped screens that provide unobstructed views. These screens are divided into nine areas, clearly displaying the outside scenery.

Li Xia glanced at it and found that it displayed the scene of the region where the Nine Wings of the World were located.

In the center of the hall, a figure stood with his back to him, a voice echoing around him: "You've finally arrived..."

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Chapter 33 Find You, Kill You

"You seem to have been waiting for me to come."

Li Xia took a few steps forward.

The leader of Yuanxu was not tall, and even somewhat hunched over. Hearing Li Xia's question, he turned around and a smile appeared on his face:

"No, I should say... I'm looking forward to your arrival."

He stood with his hands behind his back. His face was ordinary, like the face of an old man you could see anywhere on the street, with wrinkles and a gray beard, looking quite old.

“You surprise me; you can even do things that many other people can’t.”

Yuan Xu took a few steps forward, getting closer to Li Xia, seemingly wanting to see him more clearly.

"You are simply like the most perfect work of the Creator..."

I find it hard to believe that someone like you could ever exist in this world.

Strength, intellect, physique, skill... it seems you have no flaws.

He moved closer, his voice a soft whisper: "You amaze me, even make me jealous."

"Actually, you don't need to say anything, I already know why you came to see me."

Yuan Xu stepped back a few paces and walked to the simple table, pouring a glass of water from a plain glass bottle.

"You want to ask about the rebellion in Modo City, right?"

"Yes...no, no."

Li Xia looked at him, then took a few steps forward and came to the sofa:

"These are the questions I wanted to ask before I met you, but after I met you..."

Under the strange gaze of the leader of Yuanxu, his fingertips suddenly emitted a strong light, and he poked down with one finger on the side.

The finger was clearly stuck in the air, yet a series of cracking sounds suddenly echoed throughout the hall.

Cracks spread through the air until it shattered, revealing the scene that had been hidden all along.

It was still the same hall, with the same furnishings, but it was much more chaotic, and the clean floor was stained with large amounts of blood.

Lying on the sofa was an old man who looked exactly like the leader of Yuanxu. He was slumped on the sofa, his lifeless eyes staring at the sky, his mouth slightly open, and there were traces of blood around his mouth.

A large hole was torn open in his chest, and blood was flowing from there, spreading all the way to the ground.

"I'd rather know what happened."

Yuan Xu, standing in the center of the room, put down his water glass, his eyes filled with surprise.

"Can the illusion created by RS-002 be seen through?"

"Theoretically, this shouldn't exist. RS-002 constructs a completely realistic illusion; it even reverses time to create it, so what you're in is real..."

"But how did you see through it?"

How did you see through it?

Li Xia remained silent.

This feeling was very similar to when he entered the Time Chamber and the Landscape Painting. They were all real worlds, but he could feel that he was in a box or a limited space, not the real world.

He was all too familiar with this feeling, so familiar that he felt something was wrong as soon as he stepped into the hall.

"Okay, however you know, it's obvious you already know."

Yuan Xu slowly sat down, and a chair next to him suddenly flew over automatically and landed below him, catching him accurately.

He crossed one leg, rested his hands on his lap, and shook his head with a smile:

"In short... you are too smart. Despite having such great power, you are very meticulous in your thinking. So meticulous that I have to spend a lot of energy to deal with you."

It's a real shame. If you weren't so clever, and not so eager to shatter this illusion, I would actually be very happy to communicate with you.

Yuan Xu raised his head, looked at Li Xia with great interest, nodded and said, "Let me tell you a little secret. Actually, I originally planned to have you replace him."

Yuan Xu raised his chin and pointed to the figure on the sofa—the dead figure.

"You will become the next leader of the Metaorder and take control of the entire Sanctuary area."

Li Xia walked a short distance in front of him and sat down directly below him. Another chair slid over silently and caught him just in time.

He crossed his arms, also with his legs crossed, and gestured with his chin towards Yuan Xu:

"Tell me about it, I'm very interested, and I think you'd be willing to tell me too."

Yuan Xu smiled and glanced at Li Xia with appreciation.

"I'm liking you more and more... Yes, I really want to tell stories."

It's come to an end; some stories, if left untold, will be too late.

His eyes held a sense of reminiscence, his gaze becoming serene as he looked up, as if he had pierced through the distance and returned to the distant past.

"Let me think, where should I begin? It's been so long... Oh, let's start with the Era of Prosperity."

The Prosperity Era was an absolute golden age in which all of humanity was enveloped in happiness.

Technological advancements have eliminated hunger and cold; they have even eradicated poverty.

The availability of perpetual energy has driven production costs to an extremely low level, so that even without working, everyone can regularly receive enough food from the government, along with a relief fund.

Work is no longer a means of making a living, but a hobby. Everyone has the right to pursue their own interests.

Convenient transportation has made housing no longer an economic consideration, but a matter of choice and preference.

Even the unemployed will be provided with comfortable housing by the government, even if it is small, it is enough for a single person.

Stability, prosperity, and peace seem to be the keynote of the whole world, and everyone is full of confidence in the future, feeling that things will only get better.

They set their sights on the stars, they ventured across the oceans, they were filled with curiosity, and humanism reached its glorious zenith.

In such a world, scientists are also exploring higher paths.

They discovered that science today seems to have reached a dead end.

The next step is too far away; to reach it, besides time, you also need extremely good luck.

The vast scale of the universe has made their exploration of the stars extremely distant, and technology has firmly locked this limit.

"But it was during this process that a young researcher accidentally discovered something different."

A slight smile appeared on Yuan Xu's face, clearly wanting to fully immerse himself in the memories of that time:

"By combining a special spectrum analyzer with humans, we can amplify human emotions and spirit."

When magnified to the extreme, it can even have an impact on reality.

"This discovery brought me endless honors, and I became the youngest researcher in the world to receive the highest scientific award in hundreds of years."

Honors and money rained down on me.

I was appointed as the vice president of the Avatar Research Institute, which gave me immense authority within the institute, allowing me to conduct any experiments I wanted.

Countless talented people flocked to me, wanting to join my research.

My research is also considered a starting point for humanity to break through current limitations and go further.

Those were truly wonderful days!

The research on meta-sequence is progressing at an incredible pace. With the help of countless intelligent, idealistic scientists who are willing to work hard for what they love, their research is advancing at an unbelievable speed.

Gradually, they realized that the world seemed to be supported by many things.

These things are like the operating system in a computer, with one instruction after another, working together to form a perfectly functioning system.

Such systems are completely inaccessible by conventional methods; only the ethereal emotions of humans can influence their existence.

This was also the first time that Yuanxu had confirmed the role of mental power in a certain sense.

His discovery once again caused a great sensation.

The federal government passed a resolution and spent a huge sum of money to build the most powerful amplifier in human history.

When the first subject demonstrated to the world how he used his mental powers and an amplifying device to reverse time and make a bitten apple core whole again.

The whole world was swept up in a frenzy, and the research was propelled forward by countless people, entering a fast track from which there was no turning back.

Yuan Xu's eyes dimmed, and he let out a long breath.

"The disaster also broke out at that time."

"When the spectrum analyzer was first set to maximum power, we did not expect the subject to be a potential schizophrenic and multiple personality disorder patient."

The instrument triggered his latent mental illness; his instantly manic state created a kind of contamination that directly collapsed and engulfed the entire research institute.

"As a result, the contaminated people gathered together and emitted an even stronger spiritual power, which, after being amplified, eventually formed something like a chain reaction."

"The entire world collapsed into what it is now in an instant. Massive numbers of humans died, and all sorts of monsters appeared out of nowhere."

"But I survived by sheer luck. It's like a joke, and like a punishment, yes... I was that test subject!"

"I escaped here and, relying on my understanding of this technology, established Meta-Order."

Those who survived by relying on research institutes of all sizes gradually gathered here.

Using the last of our equipment, we began building the shelter, bit by bit, from nothing, gradually creating this place that has sheltered so many people, right up to this day...

And this... this is the story I wanted to tell.

"Slap, slap, slap."

Li Xia released his hands and clapped gently. He nodded: "The story was well told, but I have a question."

Yuan Xu nodded with a smile as well: "Okay, go ahead and say it."

Li Xia pointed to the corpse lying on the sofa: "Is the person in the story you or him?"

Yuan Xu suddenly fell silent.

A moment later, he showed an expression of admiration again: "A very keen sense of smell."

Yes, the "I" in the story is not just me, but also him.

Or rather, that accident split us into two people.

Perhaps it was when the rules compressed and collapsed at that moment that the power of 001, 002, and the other containment objects worked together to create me.

You can call him number 1, and I'm number 2.

A sinister smile gradually appeared on Yuanxu No. 2's face:

Do you know where this protective shield came from? And why it can support such a large protective shield?

Li Xia remained silent and waited quietly.