Eternal Night

Chapter 150: Confluence (Two chapters merged into one)

(PS: Noon is a big chapter, close to 7000 words, so it can be considered as two chapters combined.)
Yu Rui's injuries were not serious. Most of the injuries were in the intestines where the curtain was weak, and they were basically corrosive injuries.

In comparison, jumping off a hovercraft that was traveling at a speed of over 300 kilometers per hour was terrifying not only in terms of speed but also in terms of height, and he only suffered slight dislocations in a few joints of his body.

This is incredible!

You have to know that at a speed of more than 300 kilometers per hour and falling from a height of dozens of meters, ordinary people can't even react. Anything they hit will be turned into meat paste with a snap. Forget about putting it together. Even if you use tweezers to piece it together bit by bit, you can't make a complete human figure.

But after going through the whole process, he just had a dislocated joint. This situation would have been impossible even before the outbreak of the Fourth World War in the 29th century!
You have to know that the carbon-based nano-units' body repair must also ensure a certain percentage of brain tissue integrity!

Yu Rui stared at Wu Xianxiao dully, and Wu Xianxiao had stopped practicing his energy at this time. The mist bursting out of his body dissipated, and fell into Yu Rui's eyes. Wu Xianxiao was unharmed all over his body, and his body surface was so smooth that it seemed that no pores could be seen. It had a strange jade color, which did not look like human skin.

"...Have you turned into a nightmare? But why do you still have your own consciousness and thoughts?" Yu Rui asked in a deep voice.

Wu Xianxiao was silently experiencing the mysteries of the Dan-holding Mantra. He was stunned when he heard this and asked, "What do you mean? What does nightmare turn into?"

Yu Rui stared at Wu Xianxiao's expression carefully. After a few seconds, he exhaled and pointed at his skin and said, "You were hit head-on by that bullet, and also by a Gauss-level long-range sniper rifle. I saw with my own eyes that it hit your flesh. This is not something that can be solved by supernatural power, but you are unscathed. And now your flesh has a jade or glaze texture, and you can't even see the pores. This is definitely not human flesh!"

Wu Xianxiao said, "Oh!" and directly displayed his title, "The long-range attack cannot break through the defense because of the effect of my title..."

Yu Rui exclaimed: "What? You actually have a title? Why didn't you tell us before? You actually have a title!?"

Wu Xianxiao, on the other hand, was full of surprise. He thought that Yu Rui was making too much of a fuss.
Not to mention others, Chu Minghao has three titles, and Hao Cheng, whom he met in Castlevania, also has a title whose meaning is unclear but is extremely powerful in every sense. Isn't this a standard feature of senior maintenance personnel?

Wu Xianxiao ignored Yu Rui's fuss and continued to point at his skin and body and said, "This is due to my martial arts. This is Chinese martial arts. I have already reached the level of Baodanzuojie, from external martial arts to internal martial arts. In terms of Chinese martial arts, I have actually begun to transform from a human to an immortal. After the first Yijinxisui, my body is gradually approaching perfection. It looks like a jade-colored luster, but it is still skin and muscles."

However, there was one thing Wu Xianxiao did not say, and that was that in addition to Chinese martial arts, he also practiced the human-immortal martial arts. If Chinese martial arts were still the skills of ordinary mortals, then the human-immortal martial arts were truly an extraordinary realm that transcended the limits of mortals. Even though he had only practiced to the perfection of his flesh and blood, and his fascia had just begun, the blood and energy in his body were not like those of a human being, and it was far beyond the imagination of the Chinese martial arts system alone. This was the greatest source of his foundation.

Yu Rui just kept silent, but after listening to Wu Xianxiao's words, he still breathed a sigh of relief. However, he didn't expect Wu Xianxiao to ask again: "I want to ask you, why do you say that I have nightmare? What does that mean?"

Yu Rui could only briefly introduce the pollution problem of the dream world's exercises.

The stronger the skills, the more polluting they are; the deeper the practice, the more polluting they are. Maintenance personnel with too high a polluting level will either collapse and die, or be deformed and die. Only a small number of maintenance personnel will be transformed into nightmare beings, but they are not completely nightmares. They are monsters with distorted bodies and consciousness, but they will not self-annihilate in a short period of time, so they are even more dangerous and terrifying.

Wu Xianxiao had no idea about this information, which made him feel very confused.

Because he practiced the three major techniques of national martial arts, human immortal martial arts, and iron refining records, all of which were successfully practiced. He even practiced the national martial arts to a very high level, but he did not feel the so-called pollution...

But as he thought about it, Wu Xianxiao fell into silence.

No, there is pollution, but he subconsciously didn't think about it in this regard!
At first, he acquired the Tiger Magic Art, and whenever he practiced it he would feel distracted and have all kinds of hallucinations, but the introduction to the Tiger Magic Art happened to mention distracting thoughts and evil thoughts, so he thought that this was a negative effect of the Tiger Magic Art. But when he thought about it carefully, the distracting thoughts and evil thoughts alone would not be so exaggerated, so...did he practice the Tiger Magic Art by accident and developed its sleepless aura, so he was immune to the negative effects?

Maybe it's not just that, there's also resurrection from death, and this effect is probably extremely powerful, allowing his soul to directly become the second level.

Wu Xianxiao was silent for a long time before he said, "No matter what, I am undoubtedly a human being."

Yu Rui smiled bitterly and said, "No, you are no longer considered a human being, okay?"

Wu Xianxiao was speechless. He looked at the large number of searchlights in the distance and said, "What should we do next? It seems that the rebels have completely imposed martial law. The maintenance personnel of the New Human Revolutionary Army must have also hidden themselves. Is there any way to find them?"

Yu Rui calmed down by now. He simply straightened all his dislocated joints, then stood beside Wu Xianxiao and said, "It's a bit troublesome. The original plan was to come here secretly, and then find a way to contact some of the rebels, and at the same time find the government army's hidden personnel or locations, so that we can quickly locate the king. But now this has happened, many of the original plans have been disrupted."

"Hey, this is not my fault." Wu Xianxiao immediately complained: "We crashed directly into the weak point of the curtain. If I didn't fight, you would be dead. And when we landed, I had no choice but to start fighting. It was not my will!"

"No, I don't blame you."

Yu Rui said seriously: "I should thank you for saving my life. Moreover, this information is very important. It is very likely that our car did not crash into the weak point of the curtain. After all, the probability is too small. The biggest possibility is that our car itself has become the weak point of the curtain... We must tell everyone this information immediately!"

Wu Xianxiao looked at Yu Rui. Yu Rui thought for a moment and said, "Let's find a safe and hidden spot first and wait until daytime. There are so many things to do..."

The two disappeared into the alley.

On the other hand, the various maintenance teams, maintenance teams, and individual maintenance personnel who came to the capital, they all basically knew about this sudden battle. Unlike the ultra-small anthropomorphic mechas speculated by the people of this world, they naturally knew that the technological level of this world was not yet able to produce such mechas or robots, so the direction they speculated was basically the same... nightmare!
A nightmare penetrated the weak spot of the curtain and came into the world!
"...Based on the currently known information, this nightmare has the following characteristics."

"First, this nightmare has a physical body and is a humanoid monster. Its pollution, corrosion, and distortion properties are unknown."

"Secondly, the nightmare possesses extremely exaggerated speed and strength, and is suspected to have spatial characteristics. As can be seen in the screenshot at the third second of the video, it crashes into the wall of a building from a high-speed fall, but the wall is not penetrated, but deflected at an angle, which is suspected to be a spatial characteristic."

"Third, this nightmare possesses a defense strength that exceeds the limit. From the video and screenshots, we can see that conventional weapons and Gauss-level sniper weapons do not break its defenses. They do not even break its skin. They just scratch it. It is not clear whether this defense is aimed at technological weapons or at supernatural powers as well."

"Fourth, the nightmare seems to have the ability to transform, parasitize, corrupt, or have similar special properties. From the human being it is holding in its hand, we can tell that this is probably the nightmare's bait."

"Combining the above characteristics, this nightmare should be a third-level nightmare, possessing intelligent characteristics, derived attributes, and is extremely powerful!"

Gao Changgong and other teams and team maintenance personnel who could be contacted held a telephone conference, in which they reported the situation to each other and made some agreements, but no one knew how to solve the problem of this nightmare.

After discussing for a long time, everyone had only one choice... to remain silent for the time being and wait for the maintenance personnel of the New Human Revolutionary Army to take action. This would not only allow Nightmare and the New Human Revolutionary Army to fight head-on, but it would also be beneficial to them regardless of who wins or loses.

The goal of all teams shifted collectively, from searching for traces of the New Human Revolutionary Army to searching for the traces of the king, prince, and princess, as well as searching for individual maintenance personnel in the capital, informing them of the situation, and gathering them together as a force.

"...So, this is our current plan." Gao Changgong said to the four maintenance teams under his command.

These four maintenance teams come from four communities. Gao Changgong's team is from Community 666 of Area A. Then he opened the isolation wall on Gaia, eliminated some monsters in the surrounding areas, and liberated areas 667, 668, and 669. Currently, he is the captain of these four teams.

Gao Changgong ordered: "Team 666 has the strongest overall strength and the most experience. It is responsible for investigating the whereabouts of the king, prince, and princess. Community 668 will be stationed at the base camp. Hao Yunfeng is the deputy captain...Hao Yunfeng! I seriously warn you, don't drink anymore. It was okay before, but you know the situation now. If we are not careful, we will all die. Level Nightmare, do you want to fight a Level Nightmare with swords!?"

Hao Yunfeng also had a serious expression on his face. He nodded solemnly and said, "Okay, during this emergency, I promise not to drink and I will ensure the safety of this base camp!"

Gao Changgong stared at Hao Yunfeng for several seconds before nodding with satisfaction. He continued, "Teams 668 and 669 will carry out patrol missions. The entire capital area will be used as patrol points. One is to observe the rebel team, and the other is to pay attention to all the scattered maintenance personnel. After contact, they will be led to the camouflage point. I will personally contact them to confirm their camp affiliation and whether they are qualified. That's all!"

"Everyone, take action!"

The mission was clear, and the four teams began their actions separately.

Among them, Team 669 was the team that had just been liberated by Gao Changgong. The maintenance team in their original area had long been wiped out, and the area was occupied by nightmare-like creatures. It was not until Gao Changgong liberated them that the maintenance personnel in this area were awakened. Therefore, their strength was very weak, and there were many newcomers. Among the six people, two of them entered the dream world for the first time.

The six people acted together, disguising themselves as three couples, one man and one woman, two men and two women...

It's not that they deliberately divided the team like this, but it's really difficult to train two newcomers, so only the two most senior members of the team can train the two newcomers, and as a result, such a weird combination appeared.

The combination of a man and a woman looked the most natural, so their patrol point was closer to the city center, with most of their attention focused on the rebels. At the same time, both of them carried pinhole spy cameras that could capture the rebels' movements and other things that might be needed at any time.

Then at noon, they encountered an unexpected incident.

The two men were being targeted by a rebel patrol, but they seemed unaware and just walked into the alley, while three rebel secret agents followed them into the alley.

This kind of thing was happening all the time throughout the capital. The rebels' secret agents were moving around like crazy, searching for all the information about the royal family. These two men were wandering around aimlessly, without any disguise as tourists or a couple, so it was natural that they were targeted.

The two members of Team 669 were sitting next to each other, feeding each other sweets. They both saw this scene, and the man said, "Watch with your peripheral vision, don't stare directly at it. Be careful, there is a spy at seven o'clock."

The woman was obviously a newcomer, and she immediately lowered her eyebrows and hummed.

The man said, "This kind of thing often happens during wartime... I have witnessed the Fourth War with my own eyes. Everyone has gone crazy. Human life is the least valuable. We can't do anything about it. Let's not look at it or think about it. Just complete our mission seriously."

The woman still hummed.

then……

The two men swaggered out of the alley, and the three secret agents seemed to have disappeared.

The men and women of Team 669 were stunned for several seconds. Then they saw spies around who seemed to be reporting something, and then they walked towards the two men, who once again entered the alley... When the two men came out of the alley for the fifth time, there were no more spies around, but instead, the whistles of the rebel patrol were heard in the distance.

"Maintenance personnel!"

The man immediately said, "These two are maintenance personnel. They are probably trying to find the traces of the New Human Revolutionary Army. How stupid! Wouldn't it be easy to be surrounded and killed like this? Let's find a way to inform them and lead them to a safe place!"

The man and woman took action immediately. They quickly left the square and secretly followed the two men from a distance. The two men also left the perimeter of the square and avoided the patrol team's encirclement. Then they found an alley and began to perform their clumsy sneaky moves.

The man and woman looked at each other, and before any spies arrived in this area of ​​the block, they quickly entered the alleyway, and once inside, they saw one of the two unknown maintenance personnel, gently waving his arm and walking towards them.

The man from Team 669 immediately said, "Gaia!"

The two people in front of him were obviously stunned for a moment, but the man from Team 669 ignored them and said directly: "I have a car, get in, and we'll talk later if you have anything to say!"

Soon, the man drove a car to the nearby neighborhood, and the two men got into the car without hesitation. Then, before the spy discovered them, the man drove away quickly.

The men and women of Team 669 all breathed a sigh of relief. The woman immediately said to the two people in the back seat, "You're from Gaia too, right? So are we."

The two men looked at each other, and one of them said, "Let me introduce you, Wu Xianxiao, the one next to me is Yu Rui."

The man said, "Aslan."

The woman said, "Lily Oda."

Wu Xianxiao looked at the two of them with a speechless look, and Yu Rui beside him immediately asked: "Have you made any progress? Have you found any traces of the maintenance personnel of the New Human Revolutionary Army? What about the royal family of that country?"

Upon hearing this, Aslan immediately said with some resentment: "Not much progress, but... no one is like you, going to the streets to do performance art? You actually attacked the spies directly, what were you thinking, buddy."

Yu Rui looked at Wu Xianxiao with an inexplicable look. Wu Xianxiao laughed and said, "I'm just anxious. The curtain has been damaged to 1%. God knows if it's because of the coup. I just want to solve it as quickly as possible and resolve this turmoil as soon as possible."

After hearing this, Aslan had a slightly different opinion of the two maintenance personnel behind him. He sighed and said, "It's good to be responsible, but you also have to cherish yourself. Do as much as you can... But the captain will definitely like young people like you."

"Captain?"

Wu Xianxiao and Yu Rui both asked curiously.

Lily Oda smiled and said, "The community we are in was liberated by the captain and his men. Otherwise, we probably would never wake up, or we would be in a distorted, corroded, or parasitic state if we woke up."

Wu Xianxiao immediately thought of his poor card drawing… no, the awakening result. Of the eight places, only three survived. He asked anxiously, “You mean, when there are a large number of monster nightmares blocked around, awakening new people will cause distortion, corrosion, and parasitism?”

Oda Yuri and Aslan looked at each other, and both saw confusion in their eyes. Aslan said, "Isn't this common sense? And there are not so many awakening spots to try."

Wu Xianxiao immediately sighed and pounded his legs, looking as if he was regretting his decision.

Oda Yuri seemed to have misunderstood something, so she comforted him, "Don't be sad, the dead cannot be brought back, we still have to look to the future."

Aslan also said: "I will take you to our headquarters' temporary base now. The captain will meet you in person... He likes responsible people. You should not talk too much about your previous reckless behavior. The current situation is very special. It is easy for scattered people to get into trouble. It is best for you to stay in our headquarters. Do you understand?"

Wu Xianxiao naturally nodded repeatedly, while Yu Rui looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated.

In any case, they followed the two men to a slum building on the edge of the city. After driving into the underground parking garage, the two men took them to a room on the second floor, told them to wait there, and left quickly.

Wu Xianxiao smiled and said to Yu Rui: "He is a nice person, a good man."

Yu Rui said unhappily: "They don't know you are planning to do something big!"

At this time, a tall and handsome middle-aged young man walked in. He was slightly stunned when he saw the two people, and immediately said: "Yu Rui, are you Yu Rui?"

Yu Rui was stunned, looked at the young man carefully, and then asked in surprise: "It's Director Gao? How come you woke up too?"

Gao Changgong immediately came to the two of them enthusiastically. He pulled over a chair, sat on one himself, and asked Yu Rui and Wu Xianxiao to sit on one each. Then he said, "I am also a maintenance worker. Don't I need to wake up now?"

Yu Rui was stunned again, and he immediately asked anxiously: "Director Gao, this shouldn't be the case. How come you are also a maintenance worker?"

Gao Changgong sighed and said, "During the Valentine's Day incident of the Fourth War, I was in charge of the dispatch of the 16th Star Port. Because the Valentine's Day incident broke out, I wanted to save more people, so I distributed Earth Star Port visas to as many people as possible within my authority. This matter was exposed after the war, and then I was sentenced to deprivation of my citizenship and became a maintenance personnel. However, I was a third-level maintenance personnel, which was considered a face given to me by some old friends."

Yu Rui nodded. Seeing Wu Xianxiao's confused look, he explained, "It is very difficult to get promoted to a higher position, at least before the dream world appeared. There are first-level maintenance personnel, second-level maintenance personnel, third-level maintenance personnel, and then first-level citizens. Theoretically, when we have completed our maintenance work and our lifespan is about to end, we can be promoted to second-level maintenance personnel. If we have made significant contributions, we may be promoted to third-level maintenance personnel. This is a very difficult thing."

Gao Changgong also found that Wu Xianxiao seemed to be a newcomer, so he explained in a gentle voice: "So although I was also sentenced to be a maintenance personnel, I am a third-level maintenance personnel. If I am lucky, Gaia will arrive at the new home after thousands of years of sailing, and I can return as a first-level citizen."

At this point, Wu Xianxiao naturally understood that this person was a relative, but he seemed to be a good person.

Gao Changgong then asked Yu Rui: "So, where is Agent Yu now?"

Yu Rui smiled bitterly and said, "I am in the 1611 community of the C area, relying on two other teammates for survival... and it is also difficult to get by."

Gao Changgong hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm in District 666, District A, two districts away from you. Sorry for the trouble..."

Yu Rui smiled and said, "It's okay. I get along well with my two new teammates. They are all capable people. There is no problem for them to survive for the time being."

Gao Changgong nodded, and then said seriously: "Since it's you, there will be no problem. I just happen to lack experts who are familiar with this area."

Yu Rui immediately asked: "What's the situation now?"

Gao Changgong said: "It's very bad. All the information about the New Human Revolutionary Army is still unknown. How many people there are, where they are, and what they want to do are completely unknown. At the same time, there is no news from the royal family. This is when you need to take action. I have a total of four teams with more than 20 people. I can assign 10 people to you. You will lead the team yourself and find news about the royal family as soon as possible. How about it?"

Yu Rui naturally nodded in agreement, but he still asked curiously: "Just news from the royal family? What about the rebels?"

Gao Changgong's expression immediately turned serious. He looked around and then whispered, "You and this newcomer are probably just independents and don't know the situation... Don't be scared after what I say."

Yu Rui glanced at Wu Xianxiao and thought, what else can scare me?
Gao Changgong didn't pay attention to these things. He said: "A level 3 nightmare appeared in the capital area!"

"Level 3 Nightmare!?"

Yu Rui and Wu Xianxiao exclaimed at the same time.

Gao Changgong nodded seriously and said, "Yes, that's right! It's possible that it's a level three nightmare, or even more destructive than a level three nightmare! I won't go into details. Time is urgent now. We must do something with the New Human Revolutionary Army and find the royal family before the level three nightmare breaks out!"

Yu Rui and Wu Xianxiao were both extremely serious. Yu Rui looked at Wu Xianxiao and asked, "Can you defeat a level 3 nightmare?"

Wu Xianxiao immediately shouted, "Don't be ridiculous. A Level 2 Nightmare can kill me. What do you think supernatural power is? Divine power, or invincible power?"

Wu Xianxiao immediately thought of the Level 2 Nightmare in the Base Reality 0.8 World where all his senior predecessors had died. He was nearly killed by it several times in a row, and was finally saved twice by the little mute.

A third-level nightmare. Even though his strength has increased a lot, he would never think that he could match a third-level nightmare.

Gao Changgong listened to their conversation, and looked at Wu Xianxiao with surprise and admiration, saying, "You are also someone who has practiced martial arts? Pollution resistance is good, which is also a kind of qualification. And what this guy said is right, supernatural power is super power, nightmare is nightmare. Don't think that we can fight nightmares just because we have practiced martial arts. That nightmare can even ignore Gauss-level sniper weapons!"

Yu Rui and Wu Xianxiao felt even more heavy-hearted after hearing this.

A Level 3 Nightmare that can ignore Gauss-level sniper weapons within the veil...

"it is good!"

Yu Rui said: "Let's join your team together!"

"We must resolve this crisis before this Level 3 nightmare breaks out, otherwise we will definitely be dead!"

(End of this chapter)