Eternal Night

Chapter 49 Lost
Chu Minghao did all this as if nothing had happened. He did not explain and still had a smile on his face. He led the three people to a restaurant. Then, after throwing out two strings of copper coins, he was led to a private room by the waiter.

Xu Shilan observed all this silently. She sat down and said, "You are very skilled. How many levels of shelters have you built in this dream world?"

"No."

Chu Minghao smiled as he poured tea for the three of them. He then told the waiter to serve the dishes. He then said, "I came here to look for you. I arrived just one day earlier than you did, yesterday."

The three of them were puzzled. Xu Shilan and Chu Minghao had a history, so naturally she asked, "What do you mean? We haven't seen each other for a long time. When did you become so weird?"

"No, no, I just haven't started explaining yet."

Chu Minghao took out a mirror from his bosom and said, "I'm using this to find you three. This is a magic mirror, a fantasy object, with incredible power. The power of this magic mirror is the three functions of foreknowledge, search, and location."

Wu Xianxiao's heart moved, and he thought of his magic conch...

It's true that people will die if they compare themselves to others, and goods will be thrown away if they are compared to others. Look at his handsome and dazzling sword, look at his awesome sunglasses, think about his farming skills, and the magic conch that talks a lot of nonsense...

Chu Minghao placed the magic mirror on the table and said, "Ms. Xu, I am not here to chase you. I don't even know that you have woken up. I am just looking for all the maintenance personnel who are still alive, from all regions and all divisions."

Xu Shilan immediately said, "Don't be ridiculous. You are a level 7 citizen with authority second only to the president. You even have a share of the main brain. Now that you have awakened, you can open Gaia's internal defense system at any time, and you can also open any isolation wall. Can't you just look for it in reality? Or if you are worried about the weirdness outside the isolation wall, then it shouldn't be a problem to send a communication announcement, right?"

"I can't do it." Chu Minghao smiled bitterly. He thought for a moment and said, "The main brain rejected my application for permission. It's not that it doesn't recognize me as a level 7 citizen, but... there is something wrong with the main brain."

Wu Xianxiao, Yamade, and Xu Shilan were all confused. They looked at each other, and Xu Shilan asked, "What's wrong with the main brain? Don't tell me that the intelligence has awakened or there is an intelligent crisis. You and I both know what the main brain is like. This kind of thing can never happen! And if it really happened, we would have died long ago. How could the main brain lead us through the dream world?"

"That's not it." Chu Minghao seemed to be in a dilemma. He pondered for a long time and shook his head, "No, I really can't tell you... Let me put it this way. With the dramatic changes in the dream network caused by the weekend and the birth of the dream world, knowledge, information, and secrets are all contaminated. Although the information about the main brain problem is just my speculation, I'm afraid you can't handle it with your strength."

Xu Shilan's expression changed immediately. She said anxiously, "Meme!? Did the Ninth Company do that? "

"No no no, not a meme."

Chu Minghao looked extremely troubled. He sighed and said, "It's the pollution caused by the weekend."

Xu Shilan didn't ask this because she was very familiar with Chu Minghao. Chu Minghao was a sincere person, but he was very principled. If it was okay, it was okay; if it wasn't okay, it wasn't okay. Since he didn't say it, he definitely wouldn't say it.

Xu Shilan asked again, "So, you are also trapped on Gaia?"

Chu Minghao shook his head and said, "Not really, but for some reason, I can't stay in Gaia, which is the baseline reality 1.0 world, for a long time, so I can't help liberate Gaia's isolated area. It depends on you, all the maintenance personnel."

At this time, the waiter started serving the dishes, and Chu Minghao stopped talking. After the waiters left, Chu Minghao said directly: "Except for some taboo information, you can tell it... For example, the remnants of the Thirteen Singularity Group and the remnants of the People's Revolutionary League are hunting me."

Xu Shilan's face was filled with disbelief, and she immediately said, "Impossible! The core of the People's Revolutionary League and the Thirteen Singularity Group perished together! I witnessed it all with my own eyes!"

"I saw it with my own eyes, and I thought they were gone, but..."

Chu Minghao patted the sword case behind him again, and a ball of white light emerged from the sword case, and then formed a spherical object above the dining table. As the object got closer, everyone saw what it was... Gaia, the Gaia that carries humans to interstellar migration.

Chu Minghao pointed at the white light, and the picture changed again, shifting to a small area beside the Gaia. As the view zoomed in, he saw that there were actually several spheres in the space following Gaia.

"According to my investigation, the remnants of the Singularity Group created a smaller version of Gaia, then hid in Gaia's quantum overlap zone and followed us all the way. I haven't found out where the remnants of the People's Revolutionary League are, but they are either hiding in the dream world or in the core area of ​​the main brain."

Xu Shilan looked at the picture made up of white light and clicked her tongue a few times: "They didn't fight?"

Chu Minghao laughed and said, "How could there not be a fight? The brains of both sides have been fought out. While I was tracking down the remnants of the two major forces, I found at least a dozen bodies of the core figures of both sides."

Xu Shilan hesitated for a moment and said, "Then... where is his body?" Chu Minghao's face darkened. He shook his head and said, "No, we haven't found it. The people from Singularity Group are desperately trying to track him down, but you also know that he can't be killed so easily."

Xu Shilan just gritted her teeth, with pain and hatred appearing on her face.

Chu Minghao was silent.

At this time, Wu Xianxiao suddenly stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat. He chewed it a few times and then said, "So, Chu Minghao, is there something important that you came to see us maintenance personnel about?"

Chu Minghao smiled cheerfully and said, "I am here to help you. All maintenance personnel are my targets. If you don't have a shelter, I will lead you to build the first shelter in the safer baseline reality 0.8 or 0.7 world. If you have already built the first shelter, I will provide you with important intelligence support, or help you eliminate danger to the best of my ability when I arrive."

"What's the reason?"

Wu Xianxiao continued to question: "Is this a free lunch? Helping us without any benefit? I don't believe it."

Chu Minghao was frank. He admitted directly: "It's definitely not completely free. I need you to be alive. Or to be more straightforward, I need enough living people on Gaia!"

Yamade also ate and drank without restraint like Wu Xianxiao. He also spoke without restraint: "I don't believe it either. To put it bluntly, we are maintenance personnel. To the mastermind and you citizens, we are consumables. Don't tell me that you are selfless. Maybe you are a good person, but also a fool with ideals, but these are still not reasons."

Chu Minghao was not angry at all. Instead, he looked at Wu Xianxiao and Yamade with admiration.

"Because this is also to save myself. If you have viewed the Gaia map through the main brain, you should have discovered that some areas are already uninhabited and the maintenance personnel there have been wiped out. Through my investigation, as Gaia in the real world is gradually cleared, we humans will be doomed." Chu Minghao said seriously.

Wu Xianxiao and the other two looked at each other, and Xu Shilan asked, "What are the details? In what aspect is it irreparable?"

Chu Minghao pondered for a moment and said, "The weekend, human civilization, and all human individuals."

Xu Shilan immediately said, "I haven't experienced weekends yet, so I don't know what they are, but human civilization... Chu Minghao, have you not given up your unrealistic dream? You said you wanted to correct all human beings, to end all disputes in the world, to heal the pain and hatred in everyone's heart, but what's the result?"

"So I gave up."

Chu Minghao smiled brightly, his white teeth were even reflecting the light, and he even gave a thumbs up.

Seeing this scene, Wu Xianxiao and Yamade's favorable impression of Chu Minghao soared, but Xu Shilan seemed to be stimulated. She slammed the table hard, and the food on the table trembled a few times. She almost growled from her throat: "It's like this again, and it's like this again... You are like this, and 'he' is like this too. How can the two of you be so free and easy, and persist in pursuing your dreams, completely ignoring those ordinary people who are attracted by your brilliance when they see you, just like moths to a flame, and finally end up burning to death, you, you, you... go to hell!"

Xu Shilan became more and more excited as she spoke. She grabbed the plate on the table and threw it at Chu Minghao, spilling all the soup on him.

The three of them saw Chu Minghao stretched out his hand and tapped these plates, and then a shocking scene appeared. These plates, food, and soup actually bounced back to their original places as if they were flowing back, without any oil or water spilling.

After doing all this, Chu Minghao bowed his head slightly to Xu Shilan and said, "I'm sorry about your brother."

Xu Shilan just yelled hysterically: "What's the use of apologizing!? My brother is dead! He had the best hope for the future of mankind, but was first deceived by 'him' and then abandoned by you. Do you know how desperate he was when he died!?"

Chu Minghao sighed and said, "He came back to look for you? I can't defend myself. I didn't save your brother back then... but there is still hope."

"What hope?!" Xu Shilan's eyes were bloodshot as she stared at Chu Minghao and said, "Everyone is dead. What hope is there?"

Chu Minghao said with an unchanged expression: "The world after death is not just the world after death, but all kinds of indescribable chaos, simple emotions and thoughts, distorted concepts and definitions, everything is underneath that..."

"That's why I started searching for all the living humans and helping you. As long as the number of living people on Gaia drops to a critical point, then we humans..."

"Will be lost in the unknown!"

(End of this chapter)