Eternal Night

Chapter 521 The Core of the Lost Contaminant

As Wu Pifu raised his fist, the tentacles in front of him were still about twenty kilometers away. The shuttle would collide with them in about a second. His lips trembled rapidly, and a sound was made.

The onboard intelligent system was not an artificial human, and Wu Pifu did not know whether its intelligent system carried a human soul, but in this final moment, he still asked, "...Are you afraid of dying?"

The sound was produced in a special way, consisting of fast syllables that were almost impossible for ordinary humans to hear. However, the intelligent system could easily distinguish it and quickly replied in less than a tenth of a second: "Meaning unclear, please explain."

Wu Pifu shook his head slightly without saying a word, but waited intently. Then the entire shuttle rushed towards the tip of the tentacle that stood upright on the lunar surface. In an instant, Wu Pifu threw a punch forward.

A visible wave erupted from the tip where the fist and tentacle made contact, and the bio-armor on Wu Pifu's arm immediately shattered, followed by the skin and muscles of his fist. Only the bones, though cracking inch by inch, did not break apart.

At the same time, the tips of the incoming tentacles instantly turned to ash. Although Wu Pifu's arm was shattered, leaving only broken bones, and his shuttle exploded, leaving only wreckage at his feet, he did not retreat at all. Several energy beams shot out from the back of his bio-armor, and the huge propulsion force carried the wreckage at his feet all the way down to the lunar surface, while his fist bones pushed against the tentacles and crushed them all the way down.

The entire tentacle shattered and annihilated from top to bottom. All the components of the tentacle were reduced to ashes before they could even take shape. At the same time, other tentacles were rushing back to help, but their speed was far slower than Wu Pifu's annihilation as it pushed the tentacle downwards.

In just a few seconds, Wu Pifu had fallen from nearly 100 kilometers above the moon to the ground. With a deafening roar, a crater appeared on the lunar surface, and a huge tentacle was completely obliterated. At the bottom of the crater, Wu Pifu emerged from the shuttle wreckage. He did not act immediately, allowing his arm to begin to heal, and the arm part of the Qiangzhi armor was also wriggling and healing.

He patted the wreckage of the shuttle with his other intact arm and said, "Thank you...you've accomplished your mission."

The shuttle wreckage naturally couldn't respond. Wu Pifu only said this once, then looked at a huge domed building in the distance. Three huge tentacles extended from the building, but the building didn't have any holes.

As he landed on the lunar surface, the tentacles that had extended beyond the moon began to retract, which naturally provoked the pursuit of the android space army. At the same time, mechanical life forms began to attach themselves to these tentacles.

At the same time, the tentacles seemed to be stimulated, and countless protrusions appeared on their skin, which began to spread outwards.

Only then did the androids and mechanical lifeforms see what these projectiles were—grotesque humanoids that spread outwards in various terrifying forms. Any spaceships or mechanical lifeforms that were struck by them began to decay and turn to ash. In an instant, the entire universe was filled with these bizarre creatures, and at least half of the spaceships were destroyed.

At the same time, Wu Pifu was rushing towards the dome building at top speed.

There is no atmosphere on the moon, so there is no wind resistance. Moreover, the gravity is much weaker than that on Earth. If Wu Pifu took a step, the enormous force would have propelled an ordinary person thousands of meters into the air, or even allowed them to escape the moon's gravitational pull.

However, he possesses the strength and body control of the "Unbreakable God" level of martial arts. When he takes a step, he converts all the power into forward propulsion. Moreover, his bio-armor seems to have some kind of mechanical intelligence. As his body moves forward, it also bursts out with backward particle propulsion and helps him to fine-tune his forward direction.

With no wind resistance and even lower gravity, Wu Pifu's speed exploded to its limit on the lunar surface, reaching at least 20,000 meters per second. At this speed, he could easily escape the gravitational field of the Earth and the Moon at any time if he wanted to, and at this speed, he approached the dome building almost in the blink of an eye.

But at the same time, all the tentacles that had enveloped the entire moon fell from the sky, and countless hideous ghosts also transformed into thousands of phantoms and attacked wildly, covering the surface of the moon layer upon layer from all directions.

Wu Pifu was in the midst of it all, yet these ghosts couldn't even get close. As soon as they approached within a hundred meters of him, the ghosts screamed and were burned to ashes. However, after turning to ashes, a wisp of black mist spread into the space, causing Wu Pifu to feel a chill from nowhere.

This chill seeped into his bones, slowing down his blood circulation and vital energy. Although it wasn't a major problem, the cumulative effect made the surrounding ghosts get closer to him.

At the same time, the first giant tentacle was already above his head.

At this moment, Wu Pifu was at most 10,000 meters away from the dome building, almost within the blink of an eye. However, when the giant tentacles pressed down like the sky, he had no way to avoid them and could only use a palm and a knife to block them upwards.

A massive shockwave erupted, and the enormous tentacle, stretching over a hundred kilometers, vanished without a trace on the lunar surface. However, Wu Pifu, which was in contact with it, was crushed as if by a mountain, his entire body pressed heavily onto the lunar surface. The area within hundreds of meters around him was dented, and another crater appeared on the lunar surface. The tentacle that had been in contact with Wu Pifu was severed in half, and the broken part turned completely gray.

Wu Pifu was imprinted on the ground, then burst forth in the next instant, moving with lightning speed. While still in mid-air, he unleashed several slashes, the blades gleaming black, cleaving across thousands of meters, colliding with the tentacles that slammed down at him. In that critical moment, a massive jet of plasma erupted from the back of the bio-armor, propelling Wu Pifu into the domed structure. Strangely enough, the moment Wu Pifu crashed into the structure, the tentacles covering the lunar surface instantly stopped moving, then rapidly retracted into the domed building. These tentacles, large enough to cover the entire moon, vanished completely within seconds, leaving only endless, swirling ghosts still covering the lunar perimeter.

Inside the domed building, Wu Pifu stood up from the broken wall. Before he could even take in the scene inside, a flash of light appeared before his eyes, and he found himself on a bustling street.

The streets were full of pedestrians and vehicles, surrounded by tall buildings and neon lights, creating a bustling urban scene.

Just then, a spatial rift opened up in the sky, and a giant dragon flew out.

Wu Pifu stared at the sky, which was the scene he had seen when he fought the golden skeleton, and the beginning of the upheaval in this world.

But this time the scene was completely different. The giant dragon that flew out was not attacked by missiles. Instead, hundreds of missiles of various kinds flew in from the surrounding night sky, bombarding the position where Wu Pifu was standing. The giant dragon in the sky also roared and spat out a breath of dragon fire at Wu Pifu from the air.

Just as the missile and the giant dragon were simultaneously attacking Wu Pifu, the pedestrians on the street also stopped in their tracks. Regardless of their posture or which direction they were facing, at this moment they all turned their heads towards Wu Pifu, some even turning their heads 180 degrees. Almost at the same time, these pedestrians all rushed towards Wu Pifu.

Wu Pifu stood still, roaring to the sky. At the same time, he unleashed his Conqueror's Haki to its limit, and lightning flashed as he roared. Just as the missile's dragon breath was about to hit him, the entire bustling city scene shattered with the roar, and the scene in front of Wu Pifu turned pitch black. In that endless darkness, a void emerged.

"The core of the lost contaminant has been discovered, the target confirmed... A true leader of a civilization from the previous era, whose soul is corrupted by the lost contaminant..."

"Judgment in progress... Judgment complete. Citizen Wu Pifu, defeat the target to complete the second high-risk exploration mission."

"Annotation in progress... Annotation complete, target danger level... Extremely high!"

"Judgment in progress... Judgment complete. The lost stage is: Demon Rank, about to enter the Hope Rank. Please defeat it before it transforms, otherwise the exploration mission will fail."

Then, in Wu Pifu's eyes, words also appeared above this void.

"Lost pollution, monstrous."

The voice of the main brain appeared in Wu Pifu's mind. The voice was intermittent, as if there was a great deal of electronic signal interference. However, at least the main brain made the determination, so Wu Pifu no longer had any doubts. The void in front of him was the final enemy he had to face!
The next second, Wu Pifu raised his sword and slashed at the void from afar, but as soon as the sword was drawn, a flash of light appeared before his eyes, and he appeared on the top of the mountains, surrounded by towering mountains all around him. In the sky, a giant dragon was flying with a dragon rider, and at the same time, on the mountainside, countless people were attacking him.

Humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, giants, elementals, monsters...

In the blink of an eye, countless arrows rained down, obscuring the sky, along with numerous long-range spells, various magic crystal cannons, the breaths of various monsters, and long-range bombardments from countless extraordinary forces.

The mountain peak where Wu Pifu stood was directly shattered. Amidst the collapse of the mountain, Wu Pifu once again used Conqueror's Haki to intimidate, but this time he did not immediately leave this space. Moreover, his Conqueror's Haki seemed to be slightly sluggish, as if it was being suppressed by something.

Amidst countless arrows, spells, explosions, and breaths, a figure soared into the sky, reaching a height of ten thousand meters. Then, a flash of dark light appeared, and the dragon and dragon knight in the sky were instantly cleaved in two.

The countless humanoid figures on the ground paused for two seconds, then roared and howled, and in an instant, extraordinary radiance surged forth, covering the entire land.

Wu Pifu stood suspended in mid-air at the top of the sky, looking down at the endless sea of ​​people below, and then at the dragon knights falling to the ground, but rapidly healing and gradually transforming into two dragons and two people.

He silently clasped his hands in front of the ground, and the next second, he held the knife in both hands and slashed down at the mountains below!

(End of this chapter)