Eternal Night

Chapter 554 The Legend of the Condor Heroes

"You're staying in this town, you're not allowed to go anywhere!!"

Wu Pifu shouted loudly.

Huang Rong simply gave him a slight nod three times, while also making a funny face.

Wu Pifu was furious and reached out to grab Huang Rong, but Huang Rong nimbly hid behind Chu Minghao and peeked out again, continuing to gesticulate towards Wu Pifu.

Chu Minghao said helplessly to Wu Pifu, "No, this isn't a solution either. Isn't she lacking karma? If you don't take her with you to travel the dream world, how will you generate karma?"

Upon hearing this, Huang Rong blushed slightly and quickly turned to look out the window, but her ears perked up.

Wu Pifu remained silent for a long time, then sat down without saying a word.

Chu Minghao walked to the cabinet in the office, poured two glasses of wine, handed them to Wu Pifu, and took a sip himself before saying, "I know this incident has had a great impact on you. After all, you've never encountered a similar situation before, and you've always been able to protect your companions. But this time, even with the extradimensional space, they ended up feeling lost. I understand how you feel right now."

Wu Pifu silently downed his drink in one gulp. Chu Minghao continued, "I also lost many comrades and relatives during the Fourth War. There was a time when I was very confused and even fell into a state of self-isolation. Oh, it was around the time when Liang Min went crazy during her last iteration. She, oh, back then it was her, destroyed the solar survival circle. And I was in a state of self-isolation at the time and did not stop her. Now I really regret it so much that I wish I could kill myself back then."

Seeing that Wu Pifu remained silent, Chu Minghao shook his head and said, "That's why I said I understand your current state. It's terrible to feel like you haven't protected anything, haven't accomplished anything, and that even though you've tried your best, everything is a mess in the end. Your beliefs, your ideals, and your perseverance have all become worthless."

Wu Pifu suddenly spoke up: "You should know my situation. I am just one of the countless personality iterations of the life 'Wu Pifu', so I can't answer whether I regretted it 'before'. But this time, I have seriously thought about what would happen if I put them in this land of redemption during a high-risk mission."

Chu Minghao smiled and said, "So what's the answer?"

Wu Pifu looked at Chu Minghao with a puzzled expression. Wasn't the answer already quite clear?
The three little animals and the golden tree will all be safe and sound, and will be well taken care of in the Land of Redemption. With Chu Minghao here, no villain would dare to take any risks, and they wouldn't be able to do anything anyway.

Chu Minghao shook his head slightly and said seriously, "Then... are they still your companions? Or can they only be considered pets?"

Wu Pifu was startled, and his initial doubts gradually faded away.

Chu Minghao still had a smile on his face. He looked at Huang Rong and then at Wu Pifu, saying, "You see, the principle is actually that simple. This is what I was thinking when I was in a state of depression and confusion after the Fourth War. At that time, I was thinking, if I could become stronger and take away all the battles and dangers of my companions and relatives, wouldn't they not have died?"

Wu Pifu listened attentively, and Chu Minghao continued, "If we go a step further and I destroy all the armed forces of all the conflicting parties by myself, wouldn't the Fourth World War never break out? And if we go even further, with the super brain assist device, I can take care of all of humanity's political and judicial affairs, even down to traffic control on a single street. It's just that I'll be a little more tired. Wouldn't humanity then be free from conflict and contradictions, and everything would progress towards perfection?"

"When I was feeling lost and withdrawn, I really did have that thought. And it's not that I'm arrogant, but if I wanted to... I really could do it. And guess who the last person had a similar thought and actually did it was?"

After a long silence, Wu Pifu lowered his head and said, "...the one who will give birth at the end of the term."

Chu Minghao affirmed, "Yes, it's the Progenitor. He wants to eliminate all wars, evils, and conflicts. At the same time, his thoughts, ideas, and actions, when combined, are exactly what you and I want to do, except the target has become all of humanity, 'putting them in a safe place,' right?"

Wu Pifu fell silent again, and after a long while asked, "And then? What happened after your period of confusion?"

Chu Minghao laughed heartily, "So I infiltrated the maintenance personnel's hibernation pods and slept for a thousand or two thousand years. When I woke up, I discovered the Dream World had undergone a cataclysmic change. At that time, we Gaia humans were on the verge of death. How could I have the mind to be confused? What followed was fighting, fighting, and more fighting. Only now have I finally had a few moments of rest. As for the confusion before... it's worthless in the face of survival. Of course, I do have some insights. These insights are nothing more than doing my job well, becoming stronger, stronger, stronger to the point of invincibility. This way, I can protect my family, friends, comrades, and companions, and increase the margin for error. But I can't replace them, because they also have their own lives, pursuits, lives, and values. What do you think?"

Wu Pifu remained silent. Chu Minghao patted him on the shoulder and walked out of the office, saying as he went, "Next, it's up to you to figure this out. Do you want a bunch of pets, a bunch of women to keep, or do you want companions to keep you company? Even if their strength has fallen far behind yours, even if they've become your accessories, even if they're of little use to you, but... what exactly are they to you?"

After Chu Minghao left the office, only Wu Pifu and Huang Rong remained. Huang Rong immediately skipped over to Wu Pifu's side, carefully observing the silent man. Then, with a charming smile, she spoke in a soft, gentle voice, "Brother Pifu, you've heard what your emperor said, haven't you? I also have my own will and ideas. You can't possibly treat me like one of those shameless... mistresses or anything like that, can you? You have no right to stop me from following you!"

Wu Pifu nodded silently and said, "Alright, you can come with me, but you are different from the three little animals and the golden tree. They either have no relatives and can make their own decisions, or their parents have already given their consent. But you are different. Your coming to my side was an accident, and I owe you one. Secondly, you are still a minor and need your father's consent before you can come with me..."

Huang Rong said, bewildered, "I have already undergone the coming-of-age ceremony and am already an adult."

Wu Pifu paused for a moment, then shook his head slightly.

In the novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Huang Rong is fifteen or sixteen years old when she appears. The original author did not mention her exact age, but according to the standards of the Southern Song Dynasty, Huang Rong was indeed an adult. In ancient times, the coming-of-age ceremony for women was the same as the coming-of-age ceremony for men. After the ceremony, women were considered adults and had all the legal rights and obligations of adults.

However, Wu Pifu comes from the 21st century, while the human Gaia civilization has already reached the 29th century. To him, Huang Rong is really just a little girl.

So Wu Pifu said seriously, "I don't care about that. You need to get your father's permission before you can travel with me to the many dream worlds."

Huang Rong's eyes lit up immediately, and she asked, "Brother Ant, are you going to take me back to see my father? Are we going to go to my home world?"

Huang Rong was indeed Huang Rong; she immediately understood the meaning behind Wu Pifu's words, and a bright smile immediately appeared on her face.

Although she was fascinated by the new world, which suited her nature of seeking out novelty and chaos, she was still only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child. It was understandable that she felt anxious and uneasy upon arriving in this unfamiliar and prestigious place. When she understood the meaning behind Wu Pifu's words, she was naturally overjoyed.

Wu Pifu nodded and said, "Yes, firstly, I'll take you home, regardless of whether you still want to take risks with me, but this is something I promised you before. Secondly, I want to go to your world to find some martial arts manuals."

"Now that I have internal energy, which has brought about a qualitative change in my strength, my understanding of immortal martial arts is still limited by just an introductory manual. I heard Rong'er say that different internal skills cultivate different meridians. In fact, in addition to the eight extraordinary meridians, there are some places where there are no meridians that can be cultivated. At the same time, some unique internal skills also have different attributes of yin and yang and the five elements. I also want to see these."

Wu Pifu's current strength has reached the pinnacle of martial arts grandmaster. Even though he has only just learned immortal martial arts, relying on the similarity between national martial arts and human immortal martial arts, his internal strength has reached a total of thirty Jiazi (60 years) that Huang Rong would never dare to imagine.

However, his understanding of the martial arts principles of the Immortal Martial World is still very shallow. If possible, he plans to further improve his strength before launching the final battle.

Chu Minghao spoke up personally, Liang Min agreed, and Wu Pifu was the initiator of this war. The entire Gaia human civilization has entered the war process.

Personnel, supplies, strategies and tactics, battlefield, targets and strategic objectives... all these aspects are being implemented. The first step is to summon the superhumans, which will take time. Most of the superhumans are in the dream world. For example, Wu Pifu originally intended to call Chu Yuyan and Wang Yihui, but Wang Yihui's team is in the dream world, so the person who came was Hao Cheng, who is in the same team as Chu Yuyan.

Before Wu Pifu entered the Warhammer Dream World, he had about one to two months to prepare.

He planned to take advantage of this free time to bring Huang Rong into the Dream World of The Legend of the Condor Heroes. Firstly, it would fulfill his promise to Huang Rong, and secondly, he would search for martial arts manuals in this world. The only concern was whether he would need to accumulate points to learn these martial arts manuals found directly in the Lost World.

After discussing it, Wu Pifu and Huang Rong decided to rest in this Land of Redemption for one day and then go to the world of The Legend of the Condor Heroes through the main brain tomorrow.

As Huang Rong happily ran off to play, Wu Pifu naturally had other things to do.

Whether it's the Warhammer Dreamworld or igniting the Mind Civilization in the Warp, all of these require immense strength. In particular, this decisive battle may involve directly confronting the roots of two civilizations, so even Chu Minghao and Liang Min are under tremendous pressure. As one of the three giants of humanity, Wu Pifu's pressure is naturally even greater.

Strength, strength, strength... He's about to test his full strength!
(End of this chapter)