This endless world

——Recalling boring things.

Thinking of Tom, who was kneeling on the ground with serious injuries and tears, and Logando, who was dying after the black mud dissipated, the replica Zheng Zha let out a slight cold snort from his nostrils.

The Holy Grail, which was polluted by the evil of this world, should not be able to fulfill the wishes of the holder. Even if it can be fulfilled, it will be completed in a distorted way... For example, if a person prays for "world peace", then this polluted Holy Grail is likely to spew out infinite black mud to flood the world and kill all humans in the world to achieve a world of "death" with eternal peace.

So, why was Tom, who was desperate at the time, able to successfully resurrect the dead replica Zheng Zha?

The answer to this question, even Tom who made a wish, and the replica Zheng Zha who was reborn from death, could not answer... But compared to the answers such as "the main god played a role in it" or "a one-billionth miracle was triggered under the strong prayer", the replica Zheng Zha is more willing to answer with his own explanation.

"The malice of a mere world is not even a fraction of my will and pain. Even if it were ten times more, it would only become fuel for my evil flames and be devoured by me."

This was the answer given by the replica Zheng Zha, and this domineering statement immediately received the admiring eyes of Tom and Luo Gandao.

But as the person who said this, the replica Zheng Zha knew clearly that his will was not that strong. When he was just resurrected, both his spiritual light and physical condition were at their weakest, and the surging black mud almost swallowed him up... and it was Tom's desperate shouting that brought him back to his senses.

"You can't die in this place. You're only one step away from success, and only one step away from resurrecting the captain and the others... You must not fall here!"

As if in response to this sentence, what appeared next was the vast blue light that suddenly flashed in the dark world. This blue and distant light guided the replica Zheng Zha's way forward, allowing him to successfully walk out of the darkness and return to the world of the living alive... And then, it was the story of the Devil Team.

In the completely fallen Middle-earth, he fought against the last emperor Aragorn and the devil Sauron. On the Earth ruled by the Decepticons, where humans were about to die, he fought against billions of Transformers. In "Independence Day", he faced the overwhelming alien UFOs and took the enemy's mothership in the midst of thousands of troops...

Although the task of "defeating the whole world with one's own strength" seems a bit too much, the demon team, which was on the verge of extinction after Resident Evil 2, has survived one world after another, grown up again, and even become stronger than before.

Tom, Logandao, Chu Xuan, Feng Luo, and other team members who joined later. Although he always said "boring", and even those past memories were a little embarrassing, the replica Zheng Zha did not hate the feeling of being resurrected and trusted by others...

"Your expression is very good."

Suddenly, a voice sounded in the ear of the replica Zheng Zha, which startled him. When he looked back, he saw Tom and Luo Gandao still doing their own things, but Yi Qi, who had just looked up at the sky, had sat beside him without knowing when.

"... Hum."

Suppressing the smile that was slightly raised on the corner of his mouth, the clone Zheng Zha once again put on his usual cold look and said in a cold voice: "What's the matter?"

"Nothing." Yi Qi shook his head, and at the same time, he took out a cucumber with a little dirt from his arms and handed it to him: "Do you want to try it?"

-So, why cucumber?

Looking at Yi Qi who was chewing something and handing him a cucumber without any tension, the corner of Zheng Zha's mouth twitched slightly... I always feel that the number of times I have been tired during this period is more than ten times more than before.

-Since joining the Devil Team, Yi Qi has always been a mysterious existence.

Needless to say, those who could not detect Yi Qi's existence, in the eyes of Tom, the clone Zheng Zha, and the clone Chu Xuan, this mysterious guy almost always showed his extraordinary characteristics. Not only did the enemy seem to completely ignore his existence in the battle, but even the range attacks seemed to consciously bypass him... It was as if he had some special power that allowed him to maintain a "safe zone" even in the most chaotic battle.

After the mission was over and he returned to the main god space, Yi Qi's mystery did not diminish. He spent most of his time in his room... Although the clone Zheng Zha did not often enter Yi Qi's room, he still glimpsed some of the situation in the room through the gap of the occasional door. What surprised him was that Yi Qi cleverly transformed the living space into a farmland-like area, where a rich variety of crops were planted.

These vegetables and fruits are the main source of Yi Qi's daily diet, and they are all the fruits of his personal cultivation... He often distributes these crops to the three people, but except for the clone Chu Xuan who accepts all offers, Tom only occasionally accepts the other party's kindness, while the clone Zheng Zha has always been politely unresponsive.

——Today is cucumber. I don’t know why this mysterious guy likes to grow vegetables so much. Obviously, as long as he spends some reward points, he can exchange anything in the main god space...

Looking at the cucumber that was still stained with mud and almost hit his face, the corners of Zheng Zha’s eyes twitched slightly, but a certain impulse in his heart made him not refuse this time, and chose to accept the other party’s kindness in his hands.

The moment he took the cucumber, black flames ignited, and in a blink of an eye, the skin was completely burned, without hurting the inside at all... And looking at the green and juicy flesh, Zheng Zha glanced at the same cucumber in Yi Qi’s hand and took a bite.

——Well, it tastes good. It is indeed better than the food exchanged in the main god space, and the colors are more vivid. No wonder Chu Xuan always accepts it...

Feeling the crisp taste in his mouth, before the clone Zheng Zha said anything, he heard Yi Qi beside him leisurely: "Dare to face your own heart, is a sign of progress."

"... What?"

Facing Yi Qi's words without a beginning or an end, the clone Zheng Zha turned his head suddenly, but the other party's eyes were not on him at all, but looked at the sky, as if looking at something outside the world: "You should have felt it too, right? Your true body has awakened the light of the soul and officially entered the fourth intermediate level, and is even only one step away from your current realm."

He did not deny Yi Qi's words, nor was he surprised at how the other party knew about this, because the fact was just as the other party said... Since a few days ago, the strongest of the Demon Team sensed a so-called "destiny" appearing in himself, and knew that the day of the final battle was not far away.

"So what? He will always be inferior to me."

With a cold tone, the clone Zheng Zha bit off half of the cucumber in his hand: "My current gene lock level is still one level higher than his. He was defeated by me in Resident Evil 2, and the corresponding ending next time will not change at all..."

"Do you believe in gravity?"

"... Gravity?" Yi Qi suddenly asked a question without any context, which made the clone Zheng Zha stunned for a moment, but he quickly thought of the changes in the Light of the Soul Li Yan after he broke through to the advanced fourth level: "You mean..."

Yi Qi did not speak, he just stretched out his palm.

And the next moment, the clone Zheng Zha sitting next to him felt a powerful and huge gravity source like a real star generated in Yi Qi's hand. It was as if there was a leak in the opponent's hand that sucked in everything, endlessly pulling everything around, not only the air, dust, but even the light cast by the sun in the sky could not escape, as if everything was sucked in, compressed, and turned into the most basic origin...

"Snap!"

Just as the replica Zheng Zha opened his eyes wide, wishing to use his subtle power to the extreme and use everything to see the creation in Yiqi's hand, with a bang in the air, the gravity source that distorted the space suddenly disappeared like a bubble... Then came Tom's worried shout from the mental chain.

"Captain, are you okay!"

"I..."

Just as the replica Zheng Zha waved his hand to indicate that he was fine, he found that his voice was hoarse and his whole body was sweating, as if he had just fought a life-and-death battle with the enemy.

"The micro black hole formed by the collapse of matter is just a superficial thing, but it must be of some inspiration to you."

In the shocked eyes of the replica Zheng Zha, Yi Qi just clapped his hands, as if the scene that was enough to shatter the replica Zheng Zha's three views was just an illusion in his dream: "The connection between stars is what is called 'gravity'; and every unique human is also a star shining in the universe."

"The connection between people is also a kind of gravity... Sometimes, this gravity is stronger than the gravity between stars. "It is heavier and more powerful." Although it sounds like the so-called radio wave speech, Yi Qi still continued: "Some people are the sun, and the light they emit will spontaneously attract the stars in the universe, enveloping them in their own brilliance and making them revolve around themselves." "Are you talking about my original body?" Although the words were a bit incoherent, this time, the replica Zheng Zha instantly understood what Yi Qi wanted to express: "He is the sun, leading his team members forward..." Yi Qi nodded, then stood up and looked at the entrance of the valley. ——And there were the rest of the members of the Devil Team who had returned from looking for the Buddha statue. The first one to blow by like a breeze was a "girl" in a cheongsam. As soon as she entered the valley, she came to Luo Gandao and asked him about his well-being... But although she was standing there, she had a sense of ethereal and invisible nothingness, like the wind. "The God of Wind" from the Beiyanzhou team, as for her real name, she had long been abandoned the moment she entered the main god space. The exchange was for two martial arts, "Wind God Leg" and "Innate Formless Finger Sword". He had previously exchanged for the Wind God Amulet from the world of "Mortal Kombat" and became the incarnation of the wind element.

The appearance of the young man named Feng Luo has not changed much compared to before, but his body is constantly exuding data energy composed of countless "0" and "1". The intelligence light stream composed of it even appears as a digital dragon shadow, floating behind him like a substitute.

In Feng Luo's hand, he holds a "White Book" with a beautifully carved hollow mask on the cover, which looks like a work of art. This magic prop from "NieR Artificial Life" records the intelligence magic based on the angel language, and it is also a magic element furnace that releases energy continuously.

With the help of this prop, Feng Luo is no longer limited to releasing various learned skills with digitized MP, but can freely convert physical material energy and virtual intelligence data to each other, making up for his biggest weakness.

At the end of the team is the clone Chu Xuan and his creation Zhang Xiaoxue.

This girl has an indifferent expression, and her appearance is quite similar to Setsuna... or the female form that Chu Xuan changed into in Resident Evil 2. Several mechanical flying swords with a rather technological appearance were suspended behind her. They were the creations of the replica Chu Xuan, using mechanical electronic technology to simulate cultivation tools. They were driven by the polar energy released by the "migratory bird heart core" from the world of "Fengshen Ji" that she exchanged.

"What's wrong?"

Sensing the clone Zheng Zha's gaze, which had not changed much from before... or the clone Chu Xuan, who had always been dressed in the same way, pushed his glasses and looked at the other party with his emotionless eyes: "What happened?"

"No, nothing..."

After casually answering the clone Chu Xuan, the clone Zheng Zha looked back at Yi Qi with a complicated look: "Is this what you want to tell me? Like my original body, there are also..."

"--Some people are black holes. Although they do not emit light, they can still attract stars from the outside world and make them indulge in their gravitational field."

Yi Qi nodded and said: "There are always stories between people, and everything you have experienced is your own story."

"When this is over, I will take you to see someone."

"...Why?"

At this moment, the clone Zheng Zha's eyes became more complicated: "You have always been an inactive bystander, but your behavior just now..."

Halfway through, the clone Zheng Zha himself did not know what he wanted to ask... Who are you? What is your purpose? Why do you want to show me the way forward? These questions are not suitable to be asked at this moment, because if the other party wants to answer, he would have said it long ago.

"I can't change the cause and effect, nor can I actively change the ending of the story. But the encounter in "fate" will eventually happen even if it is in a new era that does not belong to the original world, or in a story that is cut off."

As if he knew what the replica Zheng Zha wanted to ask, Yi Qi smiled faintly, and there seemed to be stars flashing in his eyes.

"After all, whether it is the person I am going to take you to see, or the other "me..."

"They are all so-called "outsiders." (End of this chapter)