Eternal Night

Chapter 540 Mother
Wu Pifu calmed down and assessed his own condition.

It has one head and two hands, with six and seven fingers respectively. Its chest, back, and especially the skin below its neck are covered with a large number of tentacle-like fleshy protrusions, and there is also a fleshy tumor about the length of an arm on its spine... In fact, it is a chaotic fleshy protrusion made up of a large number of muscles, not a structure similar to octopus tentacles.

And the lower body...

Wu Pifu pulled down his pants and glanced inside, then unzipped them, pulled them down again, and glanced inside once more…

Hmm, nothing has changed...

There were no changes in the lower body.

Wu Pifu stood in mid-air and sensed the situation. He could confirm that the closer he got to his head, the more severe the distortion he was experiencing. However, his head and neck showed no distortion at all.

"...Louis XVI?"

Wu Pifu's level of being clueless is very high. Since the start of this exploration mission, although he is often clueless, he obviously makes others clueless more often and on a much larger scale, especially in the artificial human world.

His current "complete bewilderment index" is a whopping 230,000!

This is a huge sum of money, which means his head and neck are incredibly tough!
What Wu Pifu didn't expect was that he originally thought the title of Louis XVI was only physically strong and tough, but this encounter made him realize that the title was also strong and tough at the mystical, spiritual, and aberration levels.

"...But what about these tentacles on my body?"

Wu Pifu pinched a fleshy protrusion and pulled it out by the root without even blinking.

Although this fleshy protrusion was tactile and could cause him pain, he had no control over it and could not sense it with his blood and qi. Rather than being a mutated body tissue, it was more like a parasite.

When he pulled the fleshy protrusion out, under his control, the flesh quickly healed and the wound closed up. But the next second, he felt as if there was a worm under his skin, and then, under his own eyes, a small fleshy protrusion grew back.

"...Physical deformities caused by negative influences?"

Wu Pifu has a very strong control over himself. When he was cutting down the Light Chaser, he was affected by the mental scream. He had already realized the mechanism of the mental scream, which was to trigger a negative backflow in the sea of ​​life consciousness. If there is no strong enough mental resistance, or if there is no exemption or forceful resistance, then no life will be able to maintain its form and personality.

In short, this shriek can directly cause all intelligent beings to enter a negative mental backlash of varying degrees. Although it only has an effect in a short period of time, it is fatal to almost all life. Even though Wu Pifu has the "tiger" to suppress him and bear the burden for him, the sudden outburst also caused him to undergo a slight distortion.

If it were a normal distortion, the negative backlash in his mind could be resolved, but the biggest difference with this distortion is that... the negative elements that caused the distortion have been controlled!
"Is it spiritual civilization?"

Wu Pifu stopped pinching the fleshy protrusions on his body and fell from the sky back to the vicinity of the other-dimensional space where Huang Rong was.

The other-dimensional space is very mysterious, allowing people inside to be in another different time and space dimension. However, depending on the control of the holder of the other-dimensional space ring, one can see the outside and hear the sounds from the inside. So when she saw Wu Pifu approaching, Huang Rong finally opened the other-dimensional space. But as soon as she came out, she felt that the surroundings were extremely hot, as if she were next to a furnace.

Wu Pifu didn't say anything, and carrying Huang Rong, they leaped through the air and flew for several minutes before stopping. When they arrived, the temperature was still quite hot, like being in the dog days of summer, but at least it was a temperature that ordinary humans could bear.

Huang Rong took a few deep breaths, then looked at Wu Pifu with teary eyes and asked, "Brother Pifu, how are you?"

The deformities on Wu Pifu's body were already visible to the naked eye, especially the huge fleshy protrusion on his back that resembled a tentacle, which was directly connected to his spine and waved automatically, making it look quite terrifying.

"Small injury."

Wu Pifu said expressionlessly, "If I have enough time, I can use negative emotions to slowly counteract it. For me, this is only a minor injury and does not affect my pure-blooded human identity."

Huang Rong was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl. The battle she had just witnessed had terrified her. This scene, which seemed like something out of a myth, was something she had never experienced or even imagined. Her only support was Wu Pifu, and now, seeing Wu Pifu's appearance, she was utterly frightened. Then, Wu Pifu uttered the words "pure-blooded human," which completely silenced Huang Rong, leaving her speechless...

Wu Pifu frowned. He watched as the confusion index rose by several hundred points again. He fell into deep thought for a moment, but after only a few seconds, he said to Huang Rong, "I don't have time to slowly counteract the negative effects of my mind right now. Moreover, this distortion and damage are cumulative. If I don't heal, the damage will continue to increase in other battles. So I have to use another method to heal... Huang Rong, help me."

Huang Rong immediately said, "Brother Ant, how can I help you? By the way, Brother Ant... you can call me Rong'er."

Wu Pifu nodded and said, "Rong'er, use the alternate dimension to envelop me as well. Then imagine that the space is absolutely dark, without any light at all. Then silently count to thirty... that is, silently count your heartbeats to thirty. Then open the alternate dimension." As he spoke, Wu Pifu took out another ring from his personal space. This was a fantasy item he had obtained before, named Mother.

"Mother."

"Darkness is the primordial silence, darkness is the mother of all things, darkness gives birth to all things, and darkness will also take back all things... if that pollution did not exist."

"Find a dark place, wear this ring and immerse yourself in darkness. Its effectiveness depends on the degree of darkness. If you are in absolute darkness, its effectiveness will reach its limit."

"When wearing this ring in the dark, it can restore all the pollution, distortion, damage, parasitism, and aberration at the level of the body, mind, and even the soul... But be careful, the darkness has been eroded by the initial pollution. Once you wear this ring in the dark for more than ten minutes, this 'restoration' will begin to approach perfection, especially 'perfect'."

This fantasy item came from the Dream World of Castlevania. Just reading its description made Wu Pifu a little scared. It could easily be a suicide bomb, so he never took it seriously. Although he had used it before, his understanding of its effects was limited to "healing." It wasn't until this exploration mission, where he faced the Lost Pollution, that he learned from the magical conch that the Mother Ring could even heal the distortions caused by the Lost Pollution. The value of this item immediately skyrocketed, making it almost the most valuable fantasy item in his possession.

Upon hearing this, Huang Rong did not hesitate and immediately picked up the interdimensional space ring to use it. However, Wu Pifu said, "Rong'er, remember, do not listen to or think about the sounds in the darkness. Don't worry about anything, just concentrate on counting."

Huang Rong's expression hardened, and she immediately realized that there must be something unusual about this action. However, she couldn't care less about anything at this moment. Looking at the fleshy protrusions on Wu Pifu's body and the tentacles on its back, she immediately nodded and then activated the interdimensional space.

The next instant, Wu Pifu entered a completely dark environment.

"...These are really good stuff. When I get back, I'll have the chairman make me a few hundred of them."

Wu Pifu exclaimed in admiration, and then he put his mother's ring on his finger.

The moment his mother put the ring on him, Wu Pifu suddenly felt as if the surrounding darkness had transformed into something that could be described in detail, though he couldn't put it into words.

Darkness is inherently formless and intangible, yet at this moment it felt like a gentle breeze, perceptible and tangible. The soft darkness enveloped him, seeping into the deformities on his body, smoothing them away little by little. At the same time, it began to heal his wounds from the battle, his flesh and blood, and even the concept of "damage" to his mind and consciousness...

The feeling was extremely comfortable. At first, he felt a gentle breeze on his face, and then it was as if he were soaking in a very comfortable and warm liquid. A very soothing feeling permeated his mind, making Wu Pifu feel a lazy feeling that made him want to fall asleep. Then, he felt as if he was being held in his mother's arms, and his mother was whispering in his ear not to be afraid, while patting his back and protecting him.

Gradually, his body and mind became more and more comfortable, and the environment improved. He felt as if he had returned to infancy, slowly floating in the amniotic fluid, completely free from the worry of external harm. His mother would protect him and make him stronger, better, and more perfect in this nurturing state...

In the next instant, all of this seemed to vanish into thin air. Wu Pifu stood on the shattered earth, and beside him, Huang Rong was kneeling on the ground, vomiting large amounts of acidic fluid.

“Brother Ant, just now, I…” Huang Rong struggled to say something. Her face was pale, as if she had been terribly frightened, but her face was also confused, as if she did not know what the fright was.

Wu Pifu walked to Huang Rong's side and gently patted her back. The gentle force, especially Wu Pifu's steady movements, gradually calmed Huang Rong down. She then said, "When I counted to twenty heartbeats, I felt something was wrong. It seemed like something was being nurtured in the darkness. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but I felt very scared, extremely scared. So when I counted to twenty-two heartbeats, I unlocked the other-dimensional space..."

Wu Pifu nodded silently. He touched his body; all the injuries had completely healed, including the indelible deformity. But…

There was a layer of viscous liquid on the surface of his skin!

The liquid was a thin layer, and it was rapidly evaporating and dissipating after the absolute darkness was removed, but it could still be felt and touched...

A layer of liquid, like amniotic fluid!

What exactly happened in the darkness?
And... did Huang Rong really only count to twenty-two heartbeats? Only a dozen seconds passed?

(Or is counting completely useless in the darkness? This time it felt like it lasted much longer than the first time I used this ring...)
Wu Pifu was unaware that the entire dream world was filled with countless mysteries, and the darkness surrounding the mother's ring was merely one of them...

"Let's go, let's continue the exploration."

Wu Pifu once again tucked Huang Rong into his arms, while Huang Rong held the Samoyeds, Chiu Chiu and Beelzebub, and also grabbed the Golden Tree bonsai.

After determining the direction, Wu Pifu put his mother's ring back into his personal space, then leaped up and headed towards the research institute he had obtained from the memory flashback with Huang Rong.

(End of this chapter)