Eternal Night

Chapter 11 Nightmare Disaster and Eating

The middle-aged man's name is Yamade, a name that sounds very feminine, but it is the real name of this extremely iron-blooded man.

He was born in the middle of World War III.

Contrary to what people in the 21st century expected, World War III did not end quickly, but lasted for a full 120 years!

In 2317, the remnant forces of the Western University launched a surprise attack on the capital of the Eastern University and various important cities and important military regions. Portable phased-beam matrix nuclear bombs were used on the battlefield for the first time. This type of nuclear weapon broke through the lower limit of the critical mass of nuclear weapons. The smallest portable phased-beam matrix nuclear bomb weighed only sixty grams!
As the University of East was stunned by a wave of attacks, the remnants of the University of West and the neutral countries of the Third World successively declared war on the University of East, thus, the Third World War broke out.

Because of the existence of the super-electromagnetic sky force field, conventional high-power nuclear missiles have been declared invalid, so the mushroom doomsday did not come. What came was the miniaturized, popularized, nano-, and biochemical Third World War. All 11 billion people in the world are involved. No place is safe, and at the same time, no one can stay out of it.

After 120 years of world war, the East collapsed and the West was completely finished. Almost all countries in the world lost their unified regime. Humanity was divided into small teams fighting alone, and the world became a series of isolated islands. The reason was the biochemical rampage that evolved in the middle and late stages of the Third World War.

That is not a biochemical crisis, but a more terrifying biochemical mechanical nano life that replicates and evolves itself around the world, and then attacks any life, kills it, and uses its body as material to continue replicating.

According to the worldview that Wu Xianxiao knows, the mid-to-late stage of World War III is roughly equivalent to the worldview of Metal Max that he once played. Any animal in it may extend machine guns, cannons, laser guns, etc. from its mouth in the next second and tear nearby humans into pieces.

Because of this catastrophe, civilization was almost destroyed, human races and nations were shattered, people of all skin colors lived together, various languages ​​spoke at the same time, and various races evolved into each other.

Amadea was born and grew up on such a battlefield. He didn't know who his parents were, or rather, the elders in that team were all his relatives. The oldest of these elders was only in their forties. They were also humans who were born and grew up in the Third World War. They had never been to school for a day, and only knew about the prosperous world before the war from a few words.

At the same time, due to the complete mixture of civilizations, countries, and nationalities, no matter what skin color you are, your name is given in this strange way, without distinguishing between male and female, or between east and west.

Yamade is a battlefield veteran, and his greatest luck is meeting the salvation organization.

When humanity was at its most desperate during World War III, an organization called Azure emerged.

This organization possesses pre-war human technology, has a highly organized political structure, and has the ambition to save humanity and the earth. Countless humans have joined this organization, and Yamade is one of them. Although he is a veteran of the battlefield, he is at the bottom of the organization and is one of those soldiers whose names may not even be recorded in the organization.

He was severely injured in a battle against a behemoth biological weapon. Such injuries would have meant death in the 21st century. Although emergency treatment on the battlefield saved his life during the Third World War, he could not survive. In the end, in view of his sacrifice for the organization, his accumulated merits on the battlefield, etc., he was frozen and fell into a dormant state, becoming a "future man" like Wu Xianxiao.

People who freeze themselves due to terminal illness, injury, or various other reasons and wait to wake up hundreds of years in the future are collectively called Future People.

Then, when Gaia was completed in 2877, Amadea was resurrected by the Unified Human Government just like Wu Xianxiao, but she also owed the Unified Human Government a huge amount of medical expenses. Finally, she had to sign a maintainer contract and became a glorious maintainer.

Compared to Yamade, the name of the plump woman is much more normal. Her name is Xu Shilan.

She is not a future person, but a criminal in the unified human government, a former citizen and current maintenance worker.

Fraud, theft, murder, selling weapons to the Revolutionary League, war crimes, massacre, and a sentence of 800 years!
Of course, this information was not said by Xu Shilan herself, but the main brain marked it so that everyone can see it. This is also to distinguish the future people from criminals. Although the unified human government regards them all as maintenance personnel, the future people are still the kind who can barely become citizens after their merits and hard work, and the criminals... the unified human government actually hopes that they are all dead, especially serious criminals like Xu Shilan.

Xu Shilan did not refute the crimes marked by the main brain. She just kept looking at Wu Xianxiao with interest, which made him feel a little embarrassed.

Xu Shilan was really a very sexy woman, not because of how revealing her clothes were. On the contrary, she was wearing the standard uniform of a maintenance worker, with nothing exposed except above the neck.

But her posture, expression, and movements all reveal her charm. Even just a glance makes people feel that she is... very sexy!
At this time, Wu Xianxiao was answering various questions from Yamadei. It was only Yamadei who was asking questions, and Xu Shilan was just quietly showing her charm there.

"You said... this is not a biochemical beast?" Yamade asked with a frown.

Wu Xianxiao said confidently: "Yes, neither of them is true. One is a deformed form, and the other is a contaminated form. Neither of them is the biochemical beast you mentioned."

Yamade was confused and looked at Xu Shilan.

Xu Shilan finally spoke at this time. She spread her hands and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know what aberrations and contamination are. Although I am a citizen of the Human Unified Government, uh, a former citizen, I know the Thirteen Singularity Technology Company, I know the Human Revolutionary League, and I know black technology, but I still don't know what aberrations and contamination are."

The two looked at Wu Xianxiao again, and Wu Xianxiao recalled and thought while saying: "The so-called deformed monsters are monsters whose bodies and consciousness change because they can't bear... being watched. They are all material entities, and they are not contagious, polluting, corrosive, or parasitic. They are the easiest to deal with among all the horrors. Of course, don't underestimate the deformed monsters. Although some powerful deformed monsters don't have the above special features, their strength can reach a very exaggerated level. And..." "Wait a minute?" Yamade rubbed her eyebrows and temples and said: "Although I can understand what you said, I don't understand what you are talking about. And, what can't be borne? You didn't say anything."

Wu Xianxiao spread his hands and said, "I can't say it, I can't even describe it. Mastermind, how long is it until the weekend?"

A countdown projection appeared in front of the three people.

"Six days, eight hours, forty-two minutes and fifty-one seconds."

The two stared at the countdown in a daze. Yamade immediately pointed to the total number at the end of the countdown and asked, "Why is it sixty-six days, six hours, six minutes, and six seconds? What's the meaning of this?"

Wu Xianxiao nodded and said, "Well, one week is sixty-six days, six hours, six minutes and six seconds. I don't know what the specific meaning is, but it's like this after I wake up."

Xu Shilan asked in a coquettish voice: "What will happen after the countdown is over?"

Wu Xianxiao spread his hands and said, "The truth...the truth you want to know will be revealed."

Yamade also immediately asked: "Have you ever experienced a weekend?"

Wu Xianxiao frowned and nodded, saying, "Yes, I have experienced it, twice... It has only been 156 days since I woke up. Don't think I have been awake for dozens or hundreds of years."

Yamade and Xu Shilan looked at each other, and Yamade said seriously: "Well, can you tell us what happened from beginning to end?"

"can."

Wu Xianxiao recalled the day he woke up. At that time, there were several seniors in Area 6123, but as time passed, he was the only one left.

"At first, I woke up from hibernation just like you. I didn't encounter any aberrations when I woke up that time. The other two and I all recovered normally."

"I was told by my predecessors that the entire Gaia has become a terrifying cage full of monsters. The main brain has blocked almost all passages, isolation rooms, and various convenient and functional buildings because these places are full of monsters, horrors, ghosts, or some things that only exist in fantasy."

"The reason is that due to...'s gaze, a catastrophe occurred in the dream network. All citizens were trapped in the dream network. Only the maintenance personnel who were not connected to the dream network could wake up normally."

"This catastrophe is inexplicable and incomprehensible, because what was supposed to be an illusion, a virtual reality, has turned into a dream world that can be entered physically and brought out with real objects."

"These dream worlds have been classified by the main brain and evaluated according to the baseline reality. Baseline reality one is the real world, without horror, supernatural power, and no historical or cultural changes. Some subtle changes will appear from baseline reality 0.9. For example, my strength. You must be curious about what this strength is, right? This is Chinese martial arts, a method of physical training. It is something that cannot exist in the real world, but I obtained it in the world of baseline reality 0.9. The further down you go, the greater the deviation. There may even be ghosts, goblins, curses, legendary creatures, and even... gods and demons!"

"Of course, not all supernatural beings in the dream world are malicious. Some of them may be friendly, neutral, or dangerous. They are almost the same as us humans, except that they have mastered supernatural powers, so they are very dangerous to humans. The real deadly threat comes from nightmares, a terrifying existence born in the dream world and specifically targeting us, the maintenance personnel who enter the dream world!"

"And we must face these terrifying existences..."

At this point, Yamade suddenly interrupted him and said, "Wait a minute, if it is true as you said, that the dream network has undergone such incredible changes, then can't we just not go in?"

"Eat." Wu Xianxiao said helplessly.

"What do you mean?" Yamade and Xu Shilan asked at the same time.

Wu Xianxiao spread his hands and said, "The main brain has blocked all the passages. Our only activity area now is the hibernation room and this maintenance base station. We can't go anywhere else. So, apart from fresh water, we don't have any food here, not even a little bit."

"Instead of going to the dream world to eat, are you planning to cultivate in this closed place?"

(End of this chapter)