Eternal Night

Chapter 141: Inside and Outside the Curtain
(PS: There will be only three new chapters today. I will take some time to sort out the plot outline and continue to update for the leader tomorrow.)
"2098."

“Humanity has entered the era of pseudo-community.”

"After a hundred years of stagnation, human technology suddenly experienced another explosion after 2080. In less than years, humans have already colonized the moon and are looking forward to Mars!"

"But all this is just the shadow outside the curtain approaching."

Wu Xianxiao, three others, a bird and a dog appeared beside a modern highway, and there were a few vehicles passing on the highway.

The voice of the master brain rang in the minds of Wu Xianxiao and the other two.

This was unprecedented. Liu Zhen and Liang Min didn't know, but how could Wu Xianxiao not know? The main brain had never introduced the dream world in this way before. Everything in it needed them to explore by themselves.

Wu Xianxiao is not sure now, whether this is the ability of the main brain after the upgrade, or this dream world is very special, and Chu Minghao specially made a detailed explanation?
But no matter what, it's always a good thing.

"Mission released."

"Maintain the existence of the veil, and do not let the people of this world know the horrific truth outside the veil. The more they know, the harder it will be for this world to be saved."

"Set the curtain damage degree. Once the curtain damage degree reaches 100%, this world will be irreversibly polluted, and a world-destroying scene will occur."

"Set up curtain maintenance areas for maintenance personnel in each area, and divide the area into wide areas according to the number and strength of maintenance personnel in each area."

"The mission leader Chu Minghao will carry out the redemption operation. The redemption degree will be set. When the redemption degree reaches 100%, the emergency mission will be completed and the world will be redeemed."

A dark percentage and a bright percentage appeared on the retinas of the three people. This did not even need to be explained. There was no doubt that one was the curtain damage degree and the other was the redemption degree.

"Judgment in progress... Judgment completed. The curtain maintenance area that the maintenance personnel of District 6123 of Z District need to perform is..."

An unfolded geographical map of the entire planet immediately appeared in the minds of the three people, and then the scope began to narrow. The continent where they were located was marked out, and then a circle indicated their maintenance area, which included three cities, dozens of towns, and hundreds of villages.

"Such a large maintenance area!?" Liu Zhen questioned with a frown.

Wu Xianxiao was also surprised. If this area were measured in terms of the size of the earth, it would be roughly equivalent to the United States from New York to the central region, which is one-third the size of the United States.

However, this world is obviously not the Earth. It can be seen from the geographical map that there are three huge continents in the world, which are not connected in the middle. Apart from that, there are scattered islands, and they are on one of the continents.

"Maybe it's because I'm too strong?"

Wu Xianxiao said this somewhat unconfidently.

Although his strength is indeed growing rapidly, but seriously speaking, he is still struggling in the baseline reality 0.6 dream world. He is far inferior to Chu Minghao's strength, and even a comparison is impossible.

So...did he underestimate himself?

At this moment, a voice and a picture appeared in the minds of the three people.

"Everyone, I am Chu Minghao."

A sunny and handsome young man was smiling, but his body was covered in blood. In front of him were various monsters like mountains and seas. The place where he was standing was not the earth, but a giant beast that was at least a kilometer long and three or four hundred meters high.

"Friends, I need your help!"

Chu Minghao gradually stopped smiling and said seriously, "As you all know, weekends are becoming increasingly difficult. I already know that the weekend will be extended to 48 hours next weekend, which is a disaster for many friends."

"Once redemption is achieved this time, the weekend crisis will be greatly reduced and the duration will be reduced to twelve hours. There will also be many benefits, including a decrease in the difficulty of establishing shelters in various dream worlds, an increase in the judgment strength of the main brain, etc."

"Maybe some of you know me, but some of you are strangers to me. But it doesn't matter. This time, I will fight side by side with you!"

Chu Minghao patted the sword case on his back with his hand. He didn't know what happened, but the endless monsters that surged like mountains and seas disappeared immediately. Then he continued, "I have set up weak points in the curtain for you. If there are weak points in the curtain in your maintenance area, the main brain will display them on the big map. When you reach your destination, you can penetrate the curtain and kill the monsters behind it, or solve the rules. Once achieved, the weak points in the curtain will be eliminated."

"Remember, don't let the people of this world know the truth behind the curtain..."

Chu Minghao's voice became weaker and weaker, and the picture he was in became fainter and fainter. Finally, Chu Minghao's voice and the picture disappeared.

Wu Xianxiao was silently thinking about what Chu Minghao had expressed, while Liu Zhen was really shocked. His eyes were a little dazed. The picture that Chu Minghao had just conveyed was too much of a stimulation to him.

Liang Min said excitedly: "Did you see it? Did you see it? This is Chu Minghao! The most powerful battlefield killer of the Human Unified Government, Chu Minghao, who is known as the ultimate decisive battle weapon!"

Wu Xianxiao and Liu Zhen ignored him. They looked at each other, and Liu Zhen spoke first: "The area we need to protect is too large. My suggestion is that the three of us split up and each manage an area. Then whoever's area has the weak point will rush over first to prevent the humans of this world from penetrating behind the curtain. How do you think?"

Liang Min immediately raised his hand and said, "No, brother, you want me to fight those monsters!? I'm just an ordinary person!"

Liu Zhen ignored him and just looked at Wu Xianxiao.

Wu Xianxiao thought for a moment and said, "How about this, you and Liang Min manage a city and its surroundings, and I will manage other areas. First, I am stronger, and second, I need you to help me and see if you can get some better vehicles. After all, we can't just run such a large area, right?"

Liu Zhen nodded in agreement and said, "That's right. Since this world has already colonized the moon, there should be hovercrafts or similar flying vehicles...Okay, Liang Min and I will go together. I'm very familiar with the underworld, and since Liang Min is an accountant, he's also familiar with making money. We'll manage one area of ​​the city and make money and get vehicles as quickly as possible. In the meantime, the other areas will depend on you."

Wu Xianxiao nodded and asked, "Then how should we contact each other?"

The three of them were naturally penniless in this world and had nothing, so communication was indeed a big problem.

Liu Zhen thought for a long time before saying, "There is really no other way. You have to come to us. We will establish a foothold in this city as soon as possible. The time is about... two days. After two days, you can come to the underworld area of ​​the city to inquire about us. If we have established a foothold, then I will naturally know that you are here. If we have not yet developed, then we can continue to maintain each other. How about this?"

Wu Xianxiao couldn't think of any other solution and could only nod in agreement.

The two of them discussed it again, and then parted ways. Liu Zhen took Liang Min to the nearest city. According to the map, if they walked faster, they could reach the edge of the city in about five or six hours. If someone gave them a ride, then they could go even faster.

As for Wu Xianxiao, he had to manage two cities, dozens of towns, hundreds of villages, and the vast wilderness outside these densely populated areas. Even if he fully unleashed his current strength, it would be impossible for him to reach the other end of this area in a short period of time.

The maintenance area is too huge. Unless he can fly...

Fortunately, there is no weak area of ​​the curtain on the large map displayed by the main brain. This at least gives Wu Xianxiao some buffer time, allowing him to better understand this world and go to the center of the area he needs to maintain first.

“It really is a world that seems to be true but is not.”

Wu Xianxiao walked all night, and although he did not run explosively, he still covered more than 300 kilometers and came to a town close to the center of his maintenance area. He wandered around the streets of the town casually, and the more he wandered, the more he felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

The culture of this town is very much a combination of the American West and a Mexican town.

With the funds provided by lucky passers-by on the roadside, Wu Xianxian found an Internet cafe and learned most of the world through surfing the Internet.

There are three continents in this world, and each continent has a powerful country or federation, which are similar to the three regions of Europe, East and West on Earth in the 21st century. They are similar in culture and political system.

The continent where he was located was similar to the continental sphere of influence of the Western Continent, named the Human Freedom Federation. The countries and forces on the other two continents were the People's Coexistence Country and the Supreme Empire, which were similar to the Eastern Continent and the European Continent respectively.

Perhaps due to geographical reasons or some other reasons, these three major forces are both interdependent and competitive except for war. Moreover, there have been no World War I and World War II, and their technological level is about forty to fifty years behind that of the Earth in the real world.

However, judging from the information searched on the Internet, this dream world began a technological explosion twenty years ago. The three overlord-level forces have all made a large number of research and inventions. In fact, not only these three forces, but also research teams or scientists in some small countries have made epoch-making inventions and research.

In just over twenty years, the world's technology has advanced from the level of the early 21st century to the stage of lunar colonization, and even spacecraft and mecha technology have experienced explosive improvements.

"The power behind the curtain?"

Wu Xianxiao has not experienced any curtain yet, so he doesn't know what is behind the curtain.

And there are still many mysteries to be solved, such as why the power behind the curtain wants to allow human civilization in this world to develop so greatly?

Why can't the humans in this world know the truth behind the veil?
How is Chu Minghao going to redeem the world?

The puzzles are totally incomprehensible.

With such doubts in mind, Wu Xianxiao played two games similar to League of Legends in the Internet cafe. Then, when he was about to transform into a Zaun Horse Hunter, a red dot appeared on the large map displayed by the main brain, and the location of the red dot was exactly in his maintenance area!

Wu Xianxiao did not dare to delay. He immediately picked up Daphne, who had a look of despair on her face, with one hand, and protected Jiujiu with the other hand. He then burst out at full speed and ran towards the weak point of the curtain.

The weak point of the curtain was not far from his location, about thirty kilometers in a straight line. Running at full speed, he arrived at the scene in less than twenty minutes. Then he saw a lake, scattered tents beside the lake, and people playing and having fun by the lake.

"A lake, a campsite, the wilderness... Why do I feel that this scene looks so familiar?"

Wu Xianxiao stood on the small hill beside the lake and looked down. He saw a few people having a picnic. Then, as his field of vision expanded, he saw a different scene in a certain area beside the lake.

That area seemed extremely dim, in stark contrast to the bright sunshine around it. What made Wu Xianxiao even more frightened was that this area was slowly spreading to the surrounding areas. Although the spreading speed was not fast, it was already approaching the camping area.

Wu Xianxiao naturally did not dare to delay, and immediately ran down the hill, trying his best to avoid those campers and picnicers, and headed towards the weak point of the curtain.

When Wu Xianxiao arrived at the weak point of the curtain, he was surprised to see three people running quickly towards the weak point. However, they seemed unable to see the specific location of the weak point of the curtain, so they just ran around searching around it.

At this time, the only female among the three saw Wu Xianxiao. She was stunned at first, and then immediately changed from running to walking quickly. She quickly walked in front of Wu Xianxiao and showed a "civil servant" smile.

"Sir, there is a natural gas pipeline leak here. It's a small matter. We are repairing it quickly, but in order to protect your life, I hope you can leave this area." The beautiful woman said with a smile.

Wu Xianxiao glanced at her and the other two, then walked towards the weak spot in the curtain, saying as he walked, "I'm from District 6123, Z District. What about you?"

The beauty was startled, and the two men in the distance were also startled, then they immediately ran over, and the beauty exhaled and said, "We are in District C, 1611... Do our curtain maintenance areas overlap?"

Wu Xianxiao didn't say anything, but just continued to walk forward. At this moment, they were about two hundred meters away from the weak point of the curtain.

The two men followed closely behind. They also noticed that Wu Xianxiao seemed to have some ability that allowed him to clearly know the location of the weak points.

Seeing that Wu Xianxiao didn't answer, the beauty said as she walked, "It's possible. After all, the area to be maintained is too large. For this large area between the two towns, multiple teams can perform overlapping maintenance so that we won't be caught off guard."

Wu Xianxiao's heart moved, but he still didn't say anything. He stepped directly into the weak area of ​​the curtain in front of him.

The three people behind him were still talking, when suddenly the world spun around, and they went from the bright and sunny noon to the dark and gloomy night.

"Is this behind the curtain?!" the beautiful woman asked in surprise.

The two men also looked around in surprise, and then all three of them were suddenly horrified because the burly man standing in front of them suddenly disappeared.

"Sister Li!" the younger man immediately called out.

The beauty covered his mouth with her hand and whispered, "Don't make any sound!"

The three of them immediately crouched in the bushes nearby. The older man whispered, "Could that person just now be the thing behind the curtain?"

The beauty nodded slightly and said, "It's very possible! They deliberately lured us in. Maybe they are evil ghosts or monsters."

"Then let's..."

The three were talking in whispers, each of them filled with fear, when suddenly a rustling sound was heard not far away. The three looked over in the dim moonlight, and then they all felt a terrifying fear coming from their souls, and their hands and feet began to go limp with fear.

They see...

The tall and strong young man, holding a head with a football mask on his head, walked towards them covered in blood! !

(End of this chapter)