Cold. Trembling.
His body stirred from its deep slumber, and Uchiha Xiu's eyes snapped open.
Through the glass lid of the hibernation pod as it rose, he saw a pale golden film of light separating him from the outside world.
The legendary Main God's protective barrier! He really had been chosen. This was great!
This place was dangerous.
Zombies, Xenomorphs, Ju-On, countless races, Gene Locks, team battles, nested boxes... But to an ordinary Uchiha who had witnessed the cruelty of the Ninja World and could do nothing to resist the fate of his clan's annihilation, the terror here somehow carried a touch of familiar order.
Power had a clear price.
It held too many possibilities.
"Main God."
Gathering his thoughts, Uchiha Xiu tried calling out in his mind.
His thought was a key, and it opened a portal with ease. A flood of information erupted deep within his consciousness: endless worlds, infinite reincarnations. Through life and death, tiny, powerless lives could be elevated!
At the same time,
various sounds came from all around.
Clearly, he wasn't the only one waking inside the protective barrier.
Computer pop-ups... truly being alive... the meaning of life... a mass-transmigration event...
The usual opening from the pioneer of the genre!
The Main God Space, patched who knew how many times.
Would he be from the same generation as Zheng Zha, or even in the Zhongzhou Team during some particular period?
Was Brother Jie here?
Calmly accepting his identity as a Reincarnator, Uchiha Xiu lowered his head like an outsider and studied the unusual watch that had suddenly appeared on his right wrist.
The tiny display didn't show the date. Instead, several lines of fine print crowded onto it—
[Current Reincarnation World: Alien]
[Main Mission: Kill all the Xenomorphs aboard the Nostromo. Reward: 1 C-rank side-quest for every team member and 1,500 points]
[Protective Barrier Disappears In: 04:59]
"Not a particularly generous reward. Perhaps this Main God Space hasn't entered the age of inflation yet."
In this unfamiliar environment, Uchiha Xiu silently analyzed the information. "Or maybe I've dragged down the rating as an outsider from another world."
It was one of the good habits he'd picked up in the Ninja World.
Besides, although he'd spent fourteen years in the Naruto World, he still retained some impression of the web novels he'd read in his previous life.
Infinite fiction had once been a glorious genre, and no longtime reader could have missed it. He was familiar with everything from the pioneering original to offshoots like the Paradise style.
"We—we seem to be trapped!"
Just then, a white woman with a face full of acne climbed out of her hibernation pod and went over to the translucent barrier. Trembling, she reached out and groped at the empty air in front of her.
At her touch, the hazy outline in the air grew solid, forming an impenetrable barrier that locked all seven of them inside this area!
That was right. Including Uchiha Xiu, there were seven Reincarnators.
Four men and three women.
Five Asian faces, one white person, and one Black person.
Asians seemed to make up the majority. Was this the Zhongzhou Team?
Or the weak East Sea Team, the one that lacked a presence in every generation?
One question after another surfaced in Uchiha Xiu's mind. He didn't rush to make himself known.
"My phone has no signal..."
"Aliens! We must've been abducted by a UFO!"
"No way, absolutely no way, hahaha! This is a dream!"
"Oh no, I haven't finished the project I'm working on..."
Inside the barrier surrounding the hibernation area, it was utter chaos. A Black man was shrieking, a chubby young man had gone berserk, and an office worker was panic-stricken.
Only Uchiha Xiu, who had some idea what was going on, remained calm. His gaze swept quickly over every Reincarnator present, and a bold guess took shape—
They'd probably arrived during the founding period of a Reincarnator team.
"No matter how I look at this bunch of rookies, none of them seems like a hidden powerhouse. And there's no so-called guide, either."
"In that case, I'll pick the best of a bad lot. I've stepped into the realm of the extraordinary, and my combat ability dwarfs that of ordinary people. I also have the Uchiha Bloodline. I need to seize this chance to get a position like team captain and make the most of the version's benefits."
"Then I'll survive longer in this brutal breeding-ground and break free from fate, one step at a time!"
Well... it was time to try and earn his first pot of gold.
He could also use the opportunity to verify which version of the Main God he was dealing with.
According to the rules of the Original Infinite style, explaining things to newcomers and helping them understand their circumstances was a steady, reliable source of income.
"Everyone, quiet down."
Uchiha Xiu's appearance had already drawn attention. He raised his voice slightly to make sure everyone could hear him.
All eyes turned toward him.
People from the Ninja World matured early in every respect. Though he was only thirteen or fourteen, Uchiha Xiu looked sixteen or seventeen, and he was very handsome.
He was even strikingly beautiful.
Thanks to his morning training, Uchiha Xiu wore a neat shinobi outfit. The Uchiha Clan Crest—a gunbai fan—was printed on his back, and a Konoha Forehead Protector was tied around his forehead.
He also had two bulging ninja tool pouches at his waist, along with three small scrolls.
In this sudden crisis, he was the calmest of them all.
Seeing that everyone had stopped shouting, Uchiha Xiu continued:
"Think calmly. What exactly happened to you?"
"You must have triggered some kind of invitation mechanism to receive this special treatment."
He didn't go into detail about the pop-ups.
The less he said, the fewer mistakes he'd make. Keeping it vague was best.
"My name's Kobayashi Yoshito. I was working overtime at the office when my heart suddenly started acting up... My whole chest went numb, and a pop-up suddenly appeared on my computer, asking whether I'd figured out the meaning of life."
"Heh. If I hadn't accepted the invitation, I'd probably have worked myself to death."
The group fell silent for a moment.
Then a girl with peach-blossom eyes, wearing a sailor uniform and apparently a Japanese schoolgirl, spoke softly. "Aoi Sora. I'm a high school student at Shinagawa Girls' Academy."
?
There was something to that name.
It carried a strong whiff of old-school mischief.
"Miyata Kuraki. Ground Self-Defense Force," said a gloomy-looking man with a bitter expression.
Gradually, the answer became clear.
They were all rookie Reincarnators from Neon, all lured in by viral pop-ups.
A disposable team for team battles—the East Sea Team!
Suppressing his jumbled thoughts, Uchiha Xiu once again took it upon himself to act as the veteran.
"Everyone, call out to the Main God in your mind. It left us a message."
At once, the key phrase did its work!
The newcomers began receiving unfamiliar memories. The clear-eyed foolishness vanished from their expressions.
As his words fell, Uchiha Xiu heard the Main God's notification in his mind.
[Task Complete: Explain things to the newcomers. Reward: 100 points]
One hundred.
This was the Original Infinite, famous for its stinginess!
His sudden certainty didn't come from little details alone.
Uchiha Xiu's mind was sharper than an ordinary person's, and he could force himself to focus and dig up key fragments of memory from his previous life.
He remembered—
In Zheng Zha's generation, the East Sea Team's captain had been Miyata Kuraki.
His background was practically a right-wing black hole!
His grandfather was a Japanese Imperial Army major known for his brutality during World War II.
His father was a key member of the Black Dragon Society.
His lover was Aoi Sora, the team's psychic.
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