Eternal Night

Chapter 516 Reincarnation and Lunar Upheaval

"...Reincarnation! This is reincarnation!!"

Beelzebub shouted excitedly at Wu Pifu.

At this time, the androids had already gone to prepare and debug the instruments for observing the moon, and as soon as they left, Beelzebub couldn't help but speak urgently to Wu Pifu.

Wu Pifu looked at Beelzebub with a puzzled expression. Beelzebub hurriedly said, "You know, when the real civilization falls from 1.0, the real world will undergo a transformation from a world without magic to a world with magic. To put it simply, extraordinary powers within the race will begin to appear, and these extraordinary powers will become stronger and stronger. At the same time, more and more ordinary people in the race will become extraordinary beings, and sublimated bodies and origins will begin to appear within the race."

Wu Pifu thought for a moment and said, "Yes, that's right. This real civilization will also become stronger and stronger."

“But the extraordinary is corrupted!” Beelzebub exclaimed. “How did the alchemical civilization fall? Wasn’t it by sacrificing all the ordinary people in the entire race and then using their power to fight against the corruption and erosion of the Root? The ordinary people in the real civilization are actually the anchor points between reality and illusion. Once the real civilization no longer has ordinary people, unless the race has the Root, it will fall. I remember now!”

“Didn’t I recall that conversation about creating life? It was about past civilizations that had already entered the Root Layer trying to save themselves. Once they fall to the Root Layer, it becomes impossible for new life to be born in their race. This means that ordinary people have all died out, and the remaining individuals are basically in a state of pollution and erosion, as well as semi-lost. Moreover, this is a continuous fall. Even with the self-enclosed loop of the Root Layer, it cannot be completely solved. It can only delay the fall. Therefore, we need a large number of our people to save our civilization.”

"But we can't do that... We can't create 'souls,' so we need the authority of reincarnation!"

Wu Pifu thought for a moment and said, "You mean this individual from the real civilization of the previous era has the power of reincarnation? He has something that so many origins don't have?"

“No.” Beelzebub immediately shook his head and said, “Reincarnation is reincarnation, and the authority of reincarnation is the authority of reincarnation; the two are not the same.”

Wu Pifu was immediately puzzled and asked, "What's the difference? I don't understand what you're talking about."

Beelzebub had a lot to say, but he couldn't express it in his haste. He flew around in front of Wu Pifu's face, making a constant buzzing sound.

After a few seconds, Beelzebub said, "The so-called authority refers to absolute dominance or power in a field. However, the power in that field is different; many individuals can use it. For example, you have a strong physical body and amazing martial arts. So, can you call your physical body and martial arts authority? Are you the pinnacle of physical body and martial arts? Do you understand everything about power and martial arts?"

Wu Pifu then understood. He nodded and said, "It's roughly the comparison between an ordinary practitioner in an industry and a grandmaster or founder at the top of that industry. I understand. Please continue."

Beelzebub then said, “In my memory, only two beings possess the power of reincarnation: the First Buddha and the First Immortal. They created impossible miracles and created new life below the Root Layer. However, these two beings seem to have undergone some drastic change, thus falling into an eternal slumber. Moreover, I vaguely remember that both of them experienced terrifying mutations, leading to extremely terrible consequences. But without a doubt, Mount Sumeru in the Buddhist Realm and the Thirty-Three Heavens of the Heavenly Court possess the ability to create new races and new life below the Root Layer!”

Suddenly, Wu Pifu recalled the conversation he had with the Golden Arhat Jun Tu Botan at the end of their battle in the Buddha's Dream World. At that time, the Golden Arhat Jun Tu Botan did mention that he was a pure-blooded descendant born in some holy place on Mount Sumeru. Could this be a new life born from the power of reincarnation?

Beelzebub continued, “In short, the power of reincarnation is extremely important. It is the key to a civilization's self-salvation and resistance against the source of pollution, even if it falls below the level of origin. Although what we see here is definitely not the power of reincarnation, the power of reincarnation itself is still incredibly precious. Oh, and I just remembered something else. It seems that after the First Buddha and the First Immortal fell into slumber, the root individuals of various powerful civilizations began to search for ways to obtain the power of reincarnation. The strongest of them was Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, but even He did not possess the power of reincarnation. Therefore, one can imagine the special nature of this individual!”

"Wu Pifu, if possible, obtain the power of reincarnation from him. Once you obtain it, you will surely be able to save your race and your civilization in the future!"

Reincarnation, the power of reincarnation—this thing sounds incredibly powerful, and it even involves creating life or resurrecting the dead. If given the chance, Wu Pifu would definitely be determined to obtain it, but… he could only be determined to obtain it, because he had a premonition that the situation on the moon was very bad, and the possibility of him obtaining the secrets of reincarnation was extremely small.

Before long, the androids had prepared the instruments for observing the moon, and a large screen rose into the air above the central room, displaying a black screen.

Wu Pifu waited patiently for several dozen seconds, but the black screen didn't change at all. He couldn't help but yell angrily, "Are you kidding me?!"

Ain and many of the female androids' eyes lit up, and Ain immediately asked, "Is it...is it possible?!" Wu Pifu choked, then roared angrily, "I wanted to help you fight, help you solve your problems, and even make you human again, and all you want is to sleep with me, is that it?!"

Disappointment crossed the faces of Ain and the other androids. After a few seconds, Ain said seriously, "Sir, this is what the moon looks like. Ever since the disappearance phenomenon occurred, whenever we look at the moon from any angle, all we see is pitch black, as if the moon has vanished. However, if we continue to look at this darkness, we can see terrifying and bizarre scenes. The most frightening thing is that these scenes change as we look at them, affecting the person who sees them and everything around them. We have already had numerous accidents because of this..."

Wu Pifu was taken aback upon hearing this, and then continued to look at the screen, but he still couldn't see anything unusual.

Ain hesitated for a moment before saying, "Perhaps screen transfer cannot see through this grotesque phenomenon... We have also tried to use simulation, virtualization, and other methods to conceal the harmful information, but once concealed, the true nature of the moon cannot be seen..."

Wu Pifu frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Do we have to use the naked eye? Would a telescope or something work?"

Ain immediately replied, "Any direct-view magnification device is acceptable, but there must be no obstruction, and it cannot be used for secondary imaging."

Wu Pifu said, "Okay, prepare some telescopes or similar equipment for me. I want to see for myself what the moon is really like... Don't worry, I'm a pure-blooded human!"

Undoubtedly, in this world, seven thousand years after humanity's extinction, both androids and mechanical life forms have begun to deify humanity. Wu Pifu discovered that no matter how outrageous his actions or decisions were, as long as he claimed to be human, these androids seemed to rationalize it, which proved to be a great help.

(This is really great. Even though my super brain's emotional perception can't function in this world, as long as I say the keywords, "I am human, I am a pure-blooded human," then all problems cease to be problems. If only I could find similar keywords in future dream worlds... "I am XXX," it's so convenient.)
Thinking this, Wu Pifu followed the artificial humans to a specially modified room where a huge astronomical telescope was set up. All its parameters had been adjusted, and it was just waiting for Wu Pifu to come and observe the moon in person.

Ain repeatedly reminded Wu Pifu to stop immediately if he felt any discomfort. At the same time, the telescope itself could monitor Wu Pifu's various bodily functions, and if anything was wrong, the telescope itself could block his vision.

Wu Pifu didn't care. He simply pressed his face against the front of the telescope and looked out. It was still pitch black in the telescope's field of vision. The moon's original position was completely obscured by darkness. However, having heard what Ain had said earlier, Wu Pifu remained calm and continued to look intently.

After watching for about thirty seconds, the darkness began to slightly divide, and the darkness within the field of vision seemed to show signs of movement. Wu Pifu looked closely and saw that the darkness had varying shades, and there seemed to be something pure black wriggling in the darkness, but its color was still dim and its true nature was still unclear.

After watching for about a minute longer, Wu Pifu realized that the darkness was slowly flowing or wriggling. This dark area embedded in the universe was not the original color of the universe, but an extremely large "thing" moving in a wriggling manner.

Finally, Wu Pifu figured it out: the entire moon was enveloped by a black, liquid-like substance that completely blocked the transmission of light. Its form resembled a liquid, sometimes wriggling and sometimes extending black tentacles, thus rendering the entire moon with a bloody, blurred appearance, as if it were a living being rather than a celestial body.

At this moment, Ein's voice rang out from the side: "Since the disappearance phenomenon broke out, we have lost contact with the lunar headquarters. At the same time, any observation, contact, or reception of signals from the moon will lead to disaster. So far, we have lost sixteen spaceships of different sizes, as well as more than a thousand androids... The moon has become some kind of terrifying thing."

"And that's not the scariest part. The scariest part is that through calculations, we've confirmed that the moon is moving closer to Earth! It..."

"It's slowly hurtling towards Earth!!"

Wu Pifu continued to gaze at the moon. In his vision, the moon was becoming clearer and clearer, a huge, dark sphere covered with a substance resembling flesh and blood. Then, at that moment, the substance on the moon's surface suddenly paused, and then a huge crack split open from the center of the moon, almost piercing through the entire diameter of the moon. It looked like the eye of a planet staring directly at Wu Pifu, its pupils filled with malice and madness.

Wu Pifu stared at the Moon's Eye, because it was only a slit, so at first glance, it looked remarkably like...

Tiger eyes! ?
He grinned, showing his teeth.

(End of this chapter)