Eternal Night

Chapter 531 Change is not a dinner party!

"really!"

Wu Pifu revealed an expression of complete understanding.

Clearly, these extraordinary individuals were unaware of the king, nobles, and ministers' behavior. Although it was obviously amiss, there was no doubt that no one had probed them. Just as he knew, this world had been in the steam age for over a thousand years.

Something has forcibly halted the progress of civilization in this world and is influencing its thoughts and ideas.

So... is it the Five Gods? Or that mysterious foundation?

Since arriving in this world, Wu Pifu has learned many things about it from the gentlemen and ladies, as well as the kings and nobles.

This world is not the Earth he thought it was, but an unknown planet, or unknown world, with only three continents: the Western Continent, the Eastern Continent, and the Southern Continent.

The Western Continent is the strongest, with powerful ships and cannons. It has entered the steam age and is engaged in great maritime exploration around the world. It has established many colonies in the Southern Continent and is gradually expanding inland from the coast of the Eastern Continent. Many black and yellow-skinned laborers (slaves) come from these two continents.

The Western Continent has many countries, but almost all of them are monarchies or aristocratic systems. Although there are parliaments, they are a system where the king and nobles jointly govern the country, and have nothing to do with the common people.

From the words of these people, and from what he simply saw, this world was a very stable pyramid-shaped society that was semi-feudal, semi-aristocratic, and semi-capitalist.

However, these were just his superficial observations and had little meaning to him. What was truly significant was the overwhelming anger provoked by the "yellow skin and dogs" phenomenon.

So he was straightforward. Since he had already detected that someone at a higher level was involved, he simply reached out and slapped forward. A huge shockwave erupted, and the king, nobles, and ministers in front of him were smashed into pieces of flesh. With one slap, he even pierced through the back wall of the main hall of the palace, and a large section of the wall collapsed.

Silence fell over the room, but after only a few seconds, the leaders of the five major divine guilds roared in unison: "How dare you!?"

Wu Pifu didn't even look at them, and just said to himself, "Don't worry, I'll be there soon."

As he spoke, Wu Pifu walked towards the outer room where the little beggar was, clapping his hands as he went and said, "Those who are still alive, come out and wash the floor, wash it clean, and then have your imperial chefs make food. Make sure it's the best food, bring out all your specialties, I'm hungry!"

The sound traveled extremely far, and all the survivors in the entire palace could hear it.

Wu Pifu didn't kill them all. Apart from those who attacked him, he killed the king, the nobles and ministers in the main hall of the palace. However, he didn't kill all the maids, servants, the king's harem, the officials in other buildings, or a small number of nobles.

As Wu Pifu walked out, five leaders followed behind, their expressions blank. A glint of light flashed in their eyes. The one praising the war said in a gruff voice, "Stranger, do you know that your actions are destroying this world?"

"What!?" Wu Pifu exclaimed in shock, "I just killed the creator god of this world, or some pillar of heaven and earth? I killed a whole bunch of them with one slap?"

The man who had so much to say about praising the war was rendered speechless by Wu Pifu's rhetorical question.

A group of ordinary people, not even superhumans, and Wu Pifu killed them, which would lead to the destruction of this world?

That world is far too fragile, isn't it? A hydrogen continent, huh?
The person praising war had a flicker of spiritual light in their eyes, but ultimately did nothing. The person praising the starry sky spoke up in a female voice: "Stranger, you already know that these people are controlled by a deeper, mysterious force, similar to a mind imprint. So why did you kill them? Isn't this indiscriminate slaughter?"

Wu Pifu found it amusing. He hadn't intended to speak to these beings who had descended from higher levels, but he couldn't help but say, "First of all, they are the ones who are kings, nobles, and ministers. They are also the ones who oppress the common people, colonize the Eastern and Southern Continents, exploit everything, and stand atop the pyramid. Wouldn't it be unfair to kill them?"

"Secondly, if they don't have their own thoughts, doesn't that prove they're not human? No, what's wrong with you? Isn't it only natural to beat something that's not human to death?"

The person praising the starry sky was speechless. The five beings that descended also realized that this stranger was completely unyielding; he had his own set of behavioral logic and values, which at first glance seemed like sophistry, but the five beings understood the underlying meaning.

This stranger didn't treat the king, nobles, and ministers as human beings at all, and even...

"Then...we're not human either?" the one praising death asked in a sinister and terrifying voice.

Without turning his head, Wu Pifu said, "Yes, aren't you gods? Of course you're not human. Don't worry, I don't discriminate against gods. After I've eaten my fill, I'll come to your church and treat you the way I treat gods."

Four of the five descendants stopped, but the one who praised the gear continued to follow Wu Pifu, saying as they walked, "But have you considered this? You've killed all the king, nobles, and ministers of this country. Won't it descend into chaos? Burning, killing, looting, and other countries taking the opportunity to invade, exterminate the nation, and wipe out the race. Your actions have directly brought the greatest disaster to the people of this country, and you haven't changed the misery of the people in the colonies at all. Even your concern about 'no yellow skin and no dogs' remains unchanged. There are dozens of countries in the Western Continent that still implement such foreign policies, and even..."

"The lower classes of the Western Continent that you want to help save also discriminate against the 'weak' Black and Yellow skin. No matter what new groups come in, ten or a hundred, they will still behave the same way. So what? What methods do you have to save them? Change them? Or reform all of this? Slaughter alone cannot change anything; it will only make things worse. This is what they mean by 'overly drastic reforms will cause chaos.' So, having already begun the killing, what will you do next?"

Wu Pifu stopped again and turned to say seriously, "I don't know."

The five visitors smiled, but the next sentence froze their smiles on their faces.

"But you know, if you don't know, then someone else will, won't they?"

Wu Pifu laughed and raised his fist, saying, "I certainly don't understand politics, let alone social sciences. I don't understand human nature, nor the logic behind all this, or the direction of change. But that's okay, I have power... No, you, as the five true gods of this world, possess the largest share of power. Are you really that naive? With the power that any one of you could destroy the world, you dare to discuss how to bring about change with mortal kings, mortal nobles, mortal ministers, or even mortal gangsters?! Are you kidding me? You're just not human, not idiots!"

"Revolution is not a dinner party, not a warm and affectionate affair, and certainly not a matter of personal relationships. The so-called change, the so-called revolution, is to uproot and exterminate the vested interests that have dragged down the times, to behead them, to hang them, and to hang them all on streetlights to dry in the wind!"

Wu Pifu looked at the five stunned visitors and said, "What you said makes sense, so I'll come to visit you after I've eaten. If you can't come up with a reform plan that satisfies me, I'll kill your whole family. If you can, then reform properly. As for those kingdoms and stuff, you're not still so naive as to think you can discuss gentle reforms with those inhuman creatures, are you?"

“Kill them! Kill those who are your puppets, and ask those who aren’t. If they can’t answer, kill them too. If the army dares to mutini, kill them all. If the gangs dare to take the opportunity to rob, kill them all. If any civilians dare to commit crimes, kill them all.”

"Now my speed can be maintained at about 4,500 meters per second for a long time. I can patrol this western continent at least a hundred times a day. My hearing and perception can cover an area the size of a city. No robbery, killing, or disturbance can escape my surveillance. Do you think life will be suffocated by holding your pee? Even if they only have the memory and intelligence of monkeys, if I kill half of them, do you think the rest will not know that evil deeds and disturbances will be killed?"

As Wu Pifu spoke, he spread his arms as if to encompass the entire world. He said, "This is something I learned in a world called the Song Dynasty. I don't care how to change things, as long as the people in the world I've been to live better lives than before I came. Tell me, after I kill those oppressors, evildoers, and criminals, won't the remaining people live better lives?"

The five arrivals were speechless and almost wanted to curse, but they also knew how terrifying the newcomer was. At this moment, the one who praised the sun shouted, "It won't be better! Because the entire system has collapsed, production, society, everything is at a standstill, and you, stranger, you will have to leave eventually, you don't belong here!!"

Wu Pifu said with an even stranger expression, "No, is it because my expression is too bad, or is it because you, and all of you, are too stupid? I've said it countless times, people don't die from holding their pee, and there are still you guys here, aren't there?"

The five invaders immediately wore expressions as if they had eaten shit.

Wu Pifu said indifferently, "I told you, I'll come back to you when I'm full, and I'll treat you the way you would treat a god. If you're strong enough to defeat and kill me, then I was too arrogant and deserved to be killed by you. But if I'm stronger than you, then if you want to live, either listen to me, come up with a reform plan for the future that satisfies me, and execute it well. When I leave, you'll still be here, won't you? Of course, if you don't want to live, then I can treat you in the same way you would want to live."

"See, this matter has been easily resolved, hasn't it?"

After saying that, Wu Pifu didn't even look at the five visitors.

He turned around, laughed loudly, and walked away.

(End of this chapter)