Eternal Night

Chapter 552 Take Away
(PS: I apologize to everyone. Taking leave today was wrong of me. No matter how indignant I was, I shouldn't have taken leave. I will reflect on my actions and learn from this... But, I'm so angry! So angry that such a thing actually happened in our country... Okay, enough about this. Back to writing and typing!)

"...That's about it."

Wu Pifu sat on the sofa with a sullen face. Around him, the three small animals were gone, the golden tree bonsai was gone, and Huang Rong was gone. He was unusually all alone.

Directly in front of him were Chu Minghao sitting at his desk and a young man Wu Pifu didn't recognize, who sat uneasily with his head down, looking like he didn't dare to be disrespectful in front of the big boss.

Liang Min's voice came from the young man: "Nonsense! Why don't we just give him our ID cards and send him to see the End Producer? He's powerful and capable, capable of single-handedly killing at least the root projection of the Zero 4 Dream World without being watched by the root. Ha, why don't the three of us find some time to bring the End Producer back?"

Wu Pifu remained silent with a sullen face, while Chu Minghao continued reading the document.

The mainframe recorded the SP-02 document containing the civilization, which Chu Minghao retrieved directly after spending ten points, and is currently reviewing it.

The office fell silent. The young man grew increasingly restless, while Liang Min's voice rang out from his body: "Sit properly! Do you have hemorrhoids?! You have no manners, whether you're sitting or standing. Get this straight, you represent me now... Wow, what a huge fish!"

The young man was drenched in sweat. Wu Pifu remained silent, his face grim, while Chu Minghao looked serious and earnest. This put immense pressure on the young man.

The three giants of humanity... what makes him worthy of attending a meeting of this caliber?

After a long pause, Chu Minghao put down the document and said, "...Indeed bizarre, beyond our imagination and understanding. It keeps reducing the narrative dimension, and then loses the memories of the previous dimension because of this reduction, so it doesn't know the choices of the previous round, and then continues to reduce the dimension...I've read the whole document, and there are three expedition records. I'll take a closer look later. However, judging from the multiple revisions at the end of the document, the host of the entire containment base has been changed at least six times, and these are only the six recorded times. It's terrifying to think about."

Liang Min's voice said, "This thing is indeed strange. It has been infected by two pollution variants from two sources of pollution, one is nothingness and the other is dimensional reduction, while its original civilization was completely unaware of it. As a result, it made a mistake and the entire civilization is now in a state of living hell."

Chu Minghao also sighed, his expression serious. "That's why we need to be extra vigilant and extremely careful. The entire civilization rests on our shoulders. Just as you said, one wrong step could mean a fate worse than death..."

Then both of them looked at Wu Pifu, only to see that Wu Pifu remained calm and gloomy, his whole being like a low-pressure atmosphere... In fact, the young man's unease was largely due to Wu Pifu, who was now carrying a peculiar and terrifying pressure on a psychological level. It was only because Liang Min was too far away and Chu Minghao was too strong that only this young man who was relaying the message was most affected.

"Don't worry." Chu Minghao thought for a moment and then said, "The Land of Redemption has improved many high-tech creations, including repair chambers for repairing brain nerves and nourishing spiritual consciousness. In addition, we have urgently summoned all those related to the spiritual consciousness side, as well as a whole bunch of superhumans who do things like sacrifice, communicating with void beings, and performing rituals and shamanistic dances. You can rest assured. If anything happens, we will face it with you."

Wu Pifu returned to Gaia from the world where the contained civilization was located.

That world was a desolate, empty asteroid that didn't look like the solar system. Wu Pifu didn't have the means for space travel or observation, so there was no point in him staying in that empty, uninhabited world. After exploring it and confirming that there was nothing there, he returned to Gaia through the mainframe.

In any case, this world is very important. The mainframe has actively identified and marked its coordinates, so there is no need for Wu Pifu to establish any shelter here. On the other hand, the mainframe's task is also like being pulled by the root, so no matter what Wu Pifu does, he cannot establish a shelter in the world he passes through.

Then, Wu Pifu returned to Gaia, and to his relief, Huang Rong had not turned into a photograph, but was a real, beautiful, and eye-catching living woman.

Unfortunately, the mastermind's voice arrived shortly afterward.

"Judging in progress...judging complete."

"The lost (nothingness, fantasy, virtual) individual lacks causal connection and realism. In order to maintain its stable existence in the real universe, citizen Wu Pifu must consume 10,000 points every day. This individual lacks too much causality, so it cannot be completely realized. Please supplement its causality."

Wu Pifu frowned and looked at Huang Rong, who was looking around the hibernation pod.

Wu Pifu glanced at it a few times and said, "Master computer, determine Huang Rong."

"Huang Rong, a lost (nothingness, fantasy, virtual) individual, a pure-blooded human."

"Pure human women of childbearing age can give birth to excellent pure human offspring."

"..."

Wu Pifu subconsciously looked at the large fly in his pocket. Strangely enough, the three small animals and the golden tree were still unconscious. Putting that aside, how come Huang Rong's judgment was so similar to Beelzebub's back then?

Wu Pifu scratched his head and asked again, "How can we increase Huang Rong's karma?"

"Judgment in progress, judgment complete."

"Pure human women of childbearing age can give birth to excellent pure human offspring."

Wu Pifu frowned, a question mark appearing on his forehead. He asked again, "I'm not asking what she is. I'm asking how to add causality to her so that she becomes a real human being, instead of some nothingness, fantasy, or virtual entity!"

"Judgment in progress, judgment complete."

"Pure-blooded human women of childbearing age can give birth to excellent pure-blooded human offspring." Okay, even if Wu Pifu was slow-witted, he understood the meaning behind the mainframe's hint. But this put him in a difficult position. Again, even if he was slow-witted, he knew he couldn't directly tell Huang Rong, "To make you human, sleep with me and get pregnant..."

This is rape!

In short, he was in a dilemma. Ten thousand a day was indeed an exaggerated number, and the cause and effect were not limited to that. For example, could he go on an adventure with him, or integrate him into Gaia and into the human society of the Land of Redemption?
Anyway, he has enough points now, so he can barely manage like this for now. He can think of other ways later. Even if he has to use this method in the end, he can at least get familiar with it first...

No?
In short, Wu Pifu brought Huang Rong to the Land of Redemption with a clear conscience.

Huang Rong was initially complaining that her brother Wu Pifu was living a very hard life, but as soon as she arrived at the Land of Redemption, her eyes lit up and her face was full of joy.

The Land of Redemption is not one of those cyberpunk worlds, nor is it filled with nuclear contamination or horrific monsters.

Since the Gaia people found the Land of Redemption, apart from Redemption Town and the future Redemption City, the natural environment in the wild has been very well protected.

In fact, the Gaia civilization had an obsessive-compulsive attitude toward environmental protection because of the bio-beast apocalypse of World War III. This was true during the Blue Government era and when the Thirteen Singularity Corporation was in power. It was not until World War IV that they could no longer protect the environment and destroyed the entire Earth, but that's another story.

The land of redemption is filled with green trees and flowers, and the town of Redemption is clean and beautiful, well-built. People on the street are smiling and chatting, walking with ease. The sun shines brightly in the sky, and a gentle breeze blows. All of this makes Huang Rong happy.

She hovered around Wu Pifu, giggling, occasionally pointing at a building and asking questions, and sometimes exclaiming in surprise at the suspended vehicle.

Seeing Huang Rong's innocent and romantic nature, Wu Pifu's mood improved considerably. Ten thousand a day... ten thousand a day it is. As his strength grows, he'll definitely have no worries about points in the future, not to mention he can inject causality and such...

After returning to the Land of Redemption, Wu Pifu naturally wanted to see Chu Minghao, so he planned to awaken the three little animals and the golden tree bonsai, as carrying them around all the time wasn't a good idea.

Then... Wu Pifu's heart sank.

Because of his extraordinary system, he was not familiar with the mental consciousness of others besides himself. He only knew that the three small animals were unconscious, and that the time of their unconsciousness was when they first entered the Victorian-style world. At that time, even he himself experienced dizziness, so he assumed that the three small animals and the golden tree were in the same situation.

But now, he is constantly stimulating the three small animals' consciousness through the vibration of their qi and blood, and none of the three small animals show any signs of waking up, which is completely abnormal.

Next, Wu Pifu not only controlled the vibrations through his qi and blood, but also simultaneously transferred his internal energy to the three small animals... enough to completely submerge the three small animals. This internal energy could comprehensively improve physical fitness, stimulate mental consciousness, quickly repair injuries and wounds, and even forcibly prolong life when near death. It could be said to be an all-powerful energy.

But it was still no use... The three small animals, along with the golden tree, remained in a coma!

This is very wrong!

Wu Pifu wasn't stupid. He immediately thought of the special nature of the Mind Civilization. According to the description of the containing civilization, this thing would "prey" on the surrounding life!

He doesn't count himself, after all, the negative impact of his sea of ​​consciousness is estimated to be even larger and more terrifying than the combined spiritual civilization. He is confident in this. Huang Rong seems to be unaffected by the various negative impacts of spiritual civilization, which has been verified in the previous ripples.

But... what about the three little animals and the golden tree?
They were taken directly into the inner world of the spiritual civilization, which is an iterative world of infinite illusory transformation and dimensional reduction!

Could it be that they...

Wu Pifu didn't dare to delay and immediately took the three small animals and the golden tree to Gao Changgong. Under Gao Changgong's arrangement, the three small animals and the golden tree were urgently sent to the hospital in the Land of Redemption.

During this time, Wu Pifu went to see Chu Minghao, firstly to report on the mission, and secondly to hope that Chu Minghao had a way to rescue the three small animals and the golden tree.

Huang Rong was also sensible. Seeing Wu Pifu's nervous expression, she knew that the three little animals and the golden tree might be in trouble, so she volunteered to stay with the three little animals and the golden tree.

Then... Wu Pifu was unable to get help from Chu Minghao. Although Liang Min claimed that he could revive people, including those in a vegetative state, he was powerless to help those whose consciousness had been completely removed.

Just after Wu Pifu finished his report, while anxiously waiting in Chu Minghao's office, the in-depth test report finally arrived from the hospital...

The three small animals, along with the golden tree, exhibit a linear fractal of consciousness...

According to the doctor, even people in a vegetative state exhibit consciousness fractals. This is a more accurate standard for determining mental consciousness than brainwaves; it directly assesses mental consciousness through the quantum entanglement of fundamental particles. If the consciousness fractal presents a linear pattern, this means…

Either the three little animals and the golden tree are mindless clones, or...

Their consciousness was stolen by some supernatural force!

(End of this chapter)