Eternal Night

Chapter 340: Power Shelter
Zero o'clock three dream world...

This is a place that no one has ever set foot on. Perhaps Chu Minghao has set foot on it before, but there is no doubt that he also failed in the Zero Point Three Dream World. This is also something that Chu Minghao has admitted many times.

The dream world started at midnight and involved root-level existence, which was a terrifying thing that even Chu Minghao could not match now!
This dream world is extremely rare, and no one has any idea what the lost dream world means, which makes it even more bizarre.

No one dared to leave the room easily anymore, and instead began to summarize some rules about light and darkness.

“There are a few things that can be roughly confirmed at this point.”

Chu Yuyan said: "First, you must have a shadow. Once you lose your shadow, you will step into another space. At present, we assume that this world is a dual space structure. The first layer is the dead space we see now, which is empty. The second layer is the weird space you enter after losing your shadow. It is filled with some weird things. Once you fall into the second layer, you will be embedded in the weird thing due to the space overlap effect, and then it will attack and devour you from all parts of your body. This is fatal to us!"

"Second, there are two kinds of pure darkness. One is the darkness in the isolated space, which is harmless, but the darkness outside is threatening. This can be seen from the previous phenomenon. The darkness surging outside like liquid is more like some kind of physical threat. Specifically... what did you attack at that time?"

Wu Xianxiao was stunned by the question. He shook his head and said, "I don't know either. I just felt the danger and punched out instinctively... If I must describe it, then I should have attacked a certain concept."

Wang Yihui said thoughtfully, "Is it the concept of darkness? Or the concept of danger in darkness?"

Wu Xianxiao couldn't answer it either, but the people around him all breathed a sigh of relief, because the fear they felt after finding out the truth about the shadow was slightly reduced.

That's right, the Zero O'Clock Three Dream World is very dangerous and very strange. This situation is like something out of a nightmare. Two people died and one was seriously injured before they even left the house. Moreover, if they are not careful, they will die randomly. But as long as Wu Xianxiao is still there, they have a chance to survive, and at the same time, they have the possibility of successfully completing the task. Strength... is always the biggest trump card. A leader with a super brain, extremely powerful super powers, who can attack and even harm concepts, is more effective than any words of comfort.

Wu Xianxiao himself was also a little confused. He kept making punching movements and had some new insights into the upgraded title of common man.

If it was the title of a common man before the upgrade, he could indeed ignore the defensive characteristics, but the damage was still caused by his fists or sword, that is, physical attacks. Perhaps after having armed color domineering, he could attack energy bodies or something, but at the conceptual level... Sorry, he has never encountered an enemy at the conceptual level.

However, after the upgrade of the title of Common Man, the reduced defense damage is replaced with real damage. If we understand it literally, that is, as long as he reduces his defense through the title of Common Man, even if it is pure and flawless and will not be judged multiple times, at least 50% of the damage will directly act on its essence, causing real damage that ignores all defenses, no matter whether it is matter, energy, or some natural phenomenon, such as flowing water and wind, or concepts, all will be injured by his fists and swords, and there will be no exemptions!

"...It looks so powerful, is there any real damage?"

Wu Xianxiao murmured, at the same time, Chu Yuyan and Wang Yihui were arguing about the next course of action.

Wang Yihui said: "Based on the two rules we know so far, we should abandon all personal light sources and only have the commander-in-chief Wu Xianxiao hold the only light source. In this way, no matter which direction he faces, or which enemy he faces, or which direction the flash bursts from, he can maintain his backward shadow."

Chu Yuyan nodded and said, "I agree, but it's not enough, because we don't know all the rules of this world yet, especially the situation under which the flash will occur, the scale and brightness of the flash, whether the brightness of the floodlight in the gray space will overlap, whether the surrounding darkness will condense or spread, whether the things in the second layer of space will cross levels... These are all unknown, so our next exploration must be based on the area where the building is located, so that we can hide in the building at any time to avoid danger."

Wang Yihui thought for a moment and said, "I agree. Although this will probably take us longer to set up the shelter, it will at least be safe...I agree."

In this rescue operation, Wu Xianxiao exists as the commander-in-chief, because of his multiple identities he can hold this position. First, he is an awakened super brain, which is an authoritative identity recognized by all humans. Secondly, he is a presidential candidate. Finally, he provided the coordinates of this Zero Point Three Dream World, so no matter in terms of strength, legal principles, or the mentality of the human government, he is the only candidate for the commander-in-chief.

Then there are three deputy commanders who are only responsible to him. Gao Changgong is a member of the secret force of the eleven families who integrates a large number of extraordinary people and government special operations teams. He is good at government affairs and networking. At the same time, he was an officer and a senior government official during the Fourth World War.

Chu Yuyan and Wang Yihui were the direct executors of this rescue operation, members of the think tank, and Wu Xianxiao's staff officers. So at this time, the two of them discussed and decided the next exploration tactics in front of everyone, because this was within their scope of responsibility. Even Wu Xianxiao had to obey their arrangements at this time, unless this arrangement violated the overall core strategy, Wu Xianxiao could deny it as the commander-in-chief.

This is actually the battlefield division warfare model during the Fourth World War. It is a war combat model that has been confirmed to be extremely effective during the Fourth World War. It abandons the disadvantages of inefficient elected governments in wars and the various drawbacks of laymen commanding experts, and creates a squad or team advantage model that brings out the best of everyone's abilities.

Wu Xianxiao naturally had no complaints about all this. He had been extremely happy since he learned that he had two external brains to help him fight and rescue Chu Minghao on the expedition this time. However, he had some questions at this time.

"... So, how do you plan to set up a first-level shelter?" Wu Xianxiao asked curiously. Everyone looked at him: "?"

The corner of Wu Xianxiao's mouth twitched slightly, and he saw that the confusion index displayed in the corner of his eyes soared to more than fifteen hundred.

This made him unable to help but complain loudly: "No, I just asked a question in my heart. Is it worth your surprise? Am I telling a crosstalk? Why are you so confused?"

Chu Yuyan ignored Wu Xianxiao. He looked at Wang Yihui and asked, "You didn't tell him?"

Wang Yihui showed a helpless expression and said, "Wasn't Wu Ge in seclusion before? I thought you told him."

The two of them subconsciously patted their heads at the same time, both with expressions as if something bad had almost happened.

The two of them divided their work. Chu Yuyan began to discuss the next tactical formation with the others, while Wang Yihui came to Wu Xianxiao and said, "We plan to establish a force-based shelter. This is also the most likely way to establish a shelter in an unknown environment."

"How to establish it?" Wu Xianxiao asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Power? What kind of power can we establish here? Against the surging darkness? Or against those deformed monsters in the second space?"

Wang Yihui almost laughed out loud. He shook his head and said, "It's not what you think, Wu Ge. Your understanding of power-based shelters is too narrow. It's not some gang, some sect, or some government organization that counts as power. According to many people's analysis, among the three types of shelters, building-based or territorial shelters, historical event-based or reputation-based shelters, and power-based shelters, the power-based shelter is actually the easiest one to build."

"Take the world we live in now as an example. In dream worlds, most of them are post-apocalyptic worldviews. There may not be any life in them, and all buildings have been destroyed by nuclear apocalypse or other apocalypse. This kind of dream world is almost worthless. But if you have to build a shelter in it, only a force-type shelter is the easiest and most likely to be built."

Wu Xianxiao was still puzzled, so Wang Yihui continued to explain: "Is the archaeological team considered a force? Is the scientific research team considered a force? Is the material collection team considered a force? It is not only gangs, sects, or government organizations that maintain order that are considered forces. This has long been proven by many teams in the dream world."

"We want to establish a shelter in this deserted dream world. If we cannot obtain territory, leave a name in this dream world, or create history, then we will exist as an exploration team of only ten people, investigating the past history of this world, looking for the reasons why this world has changed into this form, or finding the texts, culture, technology, and supernatural things that this world once left behind. This is still considered an act of a force, and the deeper we dig, the more valuable things we find, and the more likely we are to establish a shelter of a force."

Only then did Wu Xianxiao suddenly realize.

Territory-type shelters and event-type shelters are actually based on participation in and changes to the dream world. The deeper the participation and the deeper the changes, the higher the level of the shelter.

But what if the dream world is a dead world after the apocalypse? Wouldn't there be no way to build a shelter?
No, there is a way. That is to set up an archaeological team to explore what happened in this dead dream world, or set up a scientific research team to explore the technology or supernatural powers of this dream world, or even more directly and violently, set up a tomb-robbing team to dig out the valuable treasures of this dream world. These can still build shelters.

Wu Xianxiao exclaimed: "So this can also be considered as power..."

Wang Yihui smiled and said, "Yes, of course. If we dig deep enough and find the secret of the world's demise, we may be able to build not only the first-level shelter, but also the third, fourth, and fifth levels."

At this time, Chu Yuyan had already discussed the formation and various unexpected reaction issues with the others. He handed a few light sources to Wu Xianxiao, and the others were out of light sources. Then he said to Wu Xianxiao: "Okay, now you go out and try it first."

Wu Xianxiao took the light silently. He came to the door, felt the danger first, then stepped out of the room holding the light in one hand.

In the gray mist, the light in his hand cut through the gray and shone straight into the darkness in the distance. There was a shadow behind him, and the light source in his hand suppressed the gray shadowless space.

The darkness in the distance surged, occasionally transforming into limbs and skulls, as if countless ghosts gathered in it, baring their fangs and claws at the team walking in this deserted street.

The exploration begins.

(End of this chapter)