Eternal Night

Chapter 515 Human Child (Seeking monthly votes and subscriptions)
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Wu Pifu learned from the headquarters that about 30% of the androids in space had disappeared, while more than 95% of the androids in the Earth Sphere had disappeared. According to calculations, in three days at most, both the androids in the Earth Sphere and the androids in space would be completely missing.

"Then what about the artificial humans on the moon?"

Wu Pifu asked in confusion, but he did not get an answer. The androids in the command center did not explain the reason, but waited for Wu Pifu's spaceship to arrive at the command headquarters so that he could confirm it himself.

Upon hearing this, Wu Pifu immediately realized that something was wrong with the moon. Although he didn't know what the problem was, it was definitely more than just a disappearance.

Lost pollution has various variants, with the disappearance phenomenon being the mildest, a fact confirmed by Wu Pifu from Beelzebub.

Then, each type of contamination has different stages of erosion and different manifestations. This is the same for Root Contamination, Curse Contamination, Strange Contamination, and so on. The same is true for Lost Contamination. For example, Wu Pifu's battle with the Lost Contamination derivative outside the camp and the battle with the golden skeleton were actually different manifestations of Lost Contamination at different stages.

In short, since Wu Pifu rejected the General Headquarters' suggestion without hesitation, and because of his conversation, the disappearance rate of the General Headquarters was greatly reduced, the General Headquarters changed its initial plan for human escape. Instead, after carefully listening to Wu Pifu's suggestion, they recorded his voice and image and began to broadcast them throughout the Earth-Moon Sphere.

The effect was immediate. In the big data of the headquarters, the probability of missing androids in areas where Wu Pifu's image and voice were played dropped by dozens of times.

For the first time since their birth, these androids saw a real human and learned that it was this human who had prevented their disappearance. As more and more regional androids saw Wu Pifu's presence, and the mechanical lifeforms also intercepted the transmitted images, Wu Pifu felt his Heroic Spirit Shattering Blade begin to strengthen, and the strengthening was very significant.

This means that almost all life in the world has recognized him. The characteristic of the Heroic Spirit Shattered Blade is that the more life in the world that recognizes it, the greater its weight becomes. This is a supernatural weight that only works on enemies. If he is going to fight on the moon next, then the stronger this characteristic of the Heroic Spirit Shattered Blade is, the better.

"...So, will the final enemy be the soul that the cross-dimensional being has been hiding all along?"

With these questions in mind, Wu Pifu boarded the large space station where the headquarters was located... In fact, this could already be called a space port, where more than a dozen spaceships of different sizes were docked. When Wu Pifu's spaceship arrived, it was immediately towed by the headquarters and entered the port. By the time everyone disembarked, there were already hundreds of androids waiting at the entrance of the headquarters.

Upon seeing Wu Pifu, they all bowed deeply, especially the stunning blonde woman at the head of the group, who bowed with great voluptuousness. Then, she stood up, her face flushed, and looked at Wu Pifu, saying, "Welcome, sir. The circumstances don't allow it now, otherwise we would certainly hold a grand welcoming ceremony for you."

Wu Pifu, accompanied by three small animals and carrying a potted golden tree, walked straight past the androids, saying as he went, "Stop with the nonsense, let's get down to business and get an update on the situation at headquarters."

The blonde beauty immediately came to a stop two steps behind Wu Pifu and walked alongside him, saying, "My lord, my name is Ain. I will explain everything to you from now on and assist you in managing everything."

Wu Pifu walked forward on his own, saying, "Alright, tell me about the situation on the moon."

Ain paused for a moment, but immediately caught up with Wu Pifu's pace. As she walked, she said, "We cannot describe it. It would be best if you, sir, saw it for yourself."

Wu Pifu turned and glanced at Ai Yin, then strode towards the very center of the command post.

All the androids followed behind him, including the resistance army that came with him, the seven Wakaba units, and the androids who were originally stationed there. They all subconsciously followed Wu Pifu.

As they walked, Ain suddenly burst into tears. Although Wu Pifu was walking ahead, he sensed her unusual behavior and immediately frowned, asking, "Why are you crying?"

Ain whispered to Wu Pifu, "These are tears of joy, my lord. Your arrival signifies the fulfillment of the prophecy. I have so many words I want to tell you, and this scene before us... doesn't it resemble the beginning of creation in mythology? If humanity is revived in the future, this scene will surely be immortalized!"

Wu Pifu looked at Ain speechlessly, feeling that there seemed to be something wrong with the blonde beauty in front of him.

After walking for a while, the group arrived at the central hall of the headquarters. Along the way, more androids joined them, and by the time they reached the hall, there were already several hundred androids. However, all of them remained extremely quiet, without even a sound of breathing... Well, they didn't need to breathe in the first place.

Wu Pifu stood still in the hall and immediately asked Ain, "Alright, tell me, what's the situation on the moon?"

Ain did not answer. She and all the commander-type androids present bowed again, each android's expression solemn and devout. Ain then said, "Before we look at the current situation on the moon, we have some important information to tell you, Master. This is important information concerning the extinction, survival, and future of humanity!" Wu Pifu nodded, signaling Ain to speak.

Ain looked around, then said to Wu Pifu, "This is our homunculus's top secret. It's information that will never be declassified unless certain conditions are met. Only the homunculus' unified information processing center and no more than ten other homunculi like myself know this information..."

"We artificial humans are children of humanity."

Wu Pifu was taken aback. He didn't know what was so secret about this, and immediately asked, "What the hell? You must have been made by humans, otherwise, how could you have sprung out of a rock?"

Ain shook her head, clutching her heart with her hands, and said, "You may have misunderstood, sir. What I mean is that we androids are not simply mechanical bodies, nor are we purely composed of matter and programs like mechanical life forms... We androids were born from the gifts of human souls... We are children of humanity!"

Next, Ain described a peculiar phenomenon, a phenomenon unique to the androids of this world.

When the original unified information processing center for androids was built, humanity had already effectively become extinct. The androids that built the unified information processing center were not the original humans, but clones of human bodies. Without souls, their intelligence would fade over time, eventually turning them into chaotic monsters. However, before that, they inherited all the wisdom and memories of their original soul owners. They also had a fear of complete extinction, so in order to combat the fading of their intelligence, they planned to use the power of science to reverse all of this.

Transforming oneself into an artificial human is the method for this idea.

However, the plan failed because even with the aid of chips and programs to enhance their intelligence, those lacking souls inevitably lost all the characteristics of "humanity." At best, they would become mindless mechanical monsters, and it would be impossible for them to retain their wisdom and intelligence.

Just as these original androids were falling into despair, the dying humans, whose souls had been extinguished, communicated with them in an unknown way.

"...The specific content of the conversation is no longer verifiable, but the result was recorded in the unified information processing center of the androids."

Ain said solemnly, "The souls of the extinct humans made a pact with the original homunculus. They were willing to scatter their souls into fragments and then integrate them into every new homunculus. However, in this process, the homunculus cannot break through the creation process to reach true life. They only possess fragments of human souls, and these fragments are chaotic and disordered, formed by the collection of countless human souls, not by the reincarnation of a single human."

"In this information record, there is an elevated holy soul among the human souls. With itself as the core, it carries the mixture and reincarnation of all human souls. At the same time, it is also the witness to the contract between the annihilated human souls and the cloned artificial humans."

At this point, Ain looked at the group of androids behind him. These androids bowed to Wu Pifu and said, "Sir, we are the androids responsible for scientific research, extraterrestrial exploration, research on mechanical life forms, and research on human reincarnation. For thousands of years, we have been continuously researching how to revive humanity, including cloning cells left over from past humans, cloning human life factors, reshaping the genetic map, and so on. However, all of these studies have been declared ineffective."

"Any cloned human individual will undergo a rapid mutation, transforming into a twisted and amorphous monster. The attempt to reshape all human life factors and genetic blueprints has also completely failed, just like..."

"It's as if the whole world is rejecting the re-emergence of humanity!"

Ein then continued to Wu Pifu: "And within the unified information processing center of the androids, there is a final record of this top-secret information, like a prophecy. This is why we set up a veil to conceal the fact that humanity has long since perished, creating the lie that humans still exist on the moon... When true humanity reappears in the world, it will bring intelligence and life to all the androids. At that time..."

"Children of human souls, you will become true human beings!"

At this point, Ain shed tears again, and many of the artificial beings around him also shed tears. They all bowed deeply to Wu Pifu, bowing their heads low.

"Now that you, as prophesied, have appeared, then..."

"Please bring humans back to us, and let us become true humans again!"

(End of this chapter)