Eternal Night

Chapter 568 Decision
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Wu Pifu made a decision in his heart, but he didn't say it for the time being. He just buried his head and followed the team towards the volcano.

The journey wasn't far. If Wu Pifu had traveled on his own, he could have reached the edge of the volcanic area in a few dozen seconds at most. However, since it was a large group, especially since Xu Ruonan's team had the method to lure out the Yamata no Orochi, Wu Pifu leisurely followed along with the group.

Since the deaths of Amadeus and Xu Shilan, Wu Pifu has been venturing into the dream world almost alone. Although he has gained a few new teammates, the gap in strength between them is huge, so they are temporarily allowed to accumulate strength in the Song Dynasty dream world.

He hadn't been traveling with a large group for a long time.

Traveling with Xu Ruonan and her hundred companions, they walked from morning until noon, when the volcano came into view. The group paused briefly. According to Xu Ruonan, they would soon enter the volcanic ash accumulation zone, where numerous venomous snakes would begin to appear. These snakes possessed extremely potent venom. Although they all carried multi-element antidotes made from carbon-based nanounits, some of the snakes' venom was extraordinary, so it was best to avoid being bitten.

Once you reach the volcanic ash accumulation area, there will be no more rest time. So you need to rest outside before each entry, and take care of eating, drinking and relieving yourself. Once inside, you need to accelerate at full speed.

Wu Pifu didn't seem to care. He sat alone to the side with Huang Rong, but he looked rather preoccupied.

Huang Rong hesitated several times before speaking, but secretly glanced at Xu Ruonan several times before finally saying nothing.

Soon, the simple marching rations carried by the team were heated up. Wu Pifu took three portions, while Huang Rong curiously took one.

There was meat, vegetables, fruit, and a bag of fruit juice. The taste wasn't bad at all, and even the picky Huang Rong ate some. Wu Pifu, on the other hand, swallowed it all without even noticing the taste.

Seeing Wu Pifu eating so much and so quickly, Huang Rong said from the side, "Brother Pifu, in a few days, I will cook for you. It will taste much better than this."

Although Wu Pifu had something on his mind, he was not one to involve others, and at this moment he smiled and nodded at Huang Rong.

Huang Rong said with a smile, "And I can also sing, but I don't know if it will sound good or not. I'll sing it for you when the time comes."

Wu Pifu simply smiled and remained noncommittal, while Huang Rong tilted her head slightly to look at the distant volcano.

After a moment of silence and lunch, the group continued their journey. Soon, they entered the volcanic ash accumulation zone, where the surrounding temperature began to rise. The path became more difficult to traverse, especially since some volcanic ash accumulation points were located below fissures in the ground. A fall into these fissures would result in a direct plunge into the magma layer, causing the group's speed to drop considerably.

Wu Pifu remained silent, simply following the group forward slowly. As the time approached four o'clock in the afternoon, and dusk was drawing near, the group arrived at the foot of the largest active volcano.

Upon arriving here, Xu Ruonan smiled and said to Wu Pifu, "We'll stop here now. We'll immediately set up a plan to lure out that snake demon's extraordinary life form. The rest will depend on Mr. Wu."

Wu Pifu nodded and said, "Yes, just lure it down."

Xu Ruonan's subordinates immediately began setting up a trap, which involved digging a deep pit and then taking out some blood-like liquid from their personal spaces and pouring it into the pit.

Xu Ruonan explained to Wu Pifu, "This is the world's largest active volcano, which erupts from time to time. The villages around the volcano rely on the weather for their livelihood. They also discovered this snake demon living inside the volcano and all thought it was the volcano's mountain god. So every few years, they hold sacrifices, and the offerings are usually human sacrifices. This snake demon remembers the smell of humans. The blood plasma we brought is specially made artificially synthesized blood plasma, and its special smell is very strong. As long as it is released, there is no worry that the extraordinary creature will not appear."

Sure enough, after the blood plasma filled the deep pit, Wu Pifu heard a noise coming from a large cave halfway up the mountain. At this time, Xu Ruonan and the others retreated several thousand meters away. Wu Pifu also retreated with Huang Rong. Not long after, they saw a creature about seventy meters long and as thick as a blue whale appear. In particular, it really had eight snake heads, each of which was larger than an African elephant. It went down the mountain, knocking rocks all over the mountain off the cliff.

Although this creature was not as colossal as the ones Wu Pifu had seen, it was still an absolutely terrifying behemoth in the Zero Point Seven Dream World. From its size to its perceived strength, this Yamata no Orochi was far stronger than the wild boar demon with three hundred years of cultivation in the Song Dynasty.

No wonder the Xu family's team had to ask Wu Pifu for reinforcements. If they were to fight this eight-headed serpent on their own, it would probably take hundreds or even thousands of lives to wear it down.

Xu Ruonan then said to Wu Pifu, "Mr. Wu, please be patient. This extraordinary life form possesses extraordinary fire resistance and is extremely alert. It can escape into the lava. This place is full of volcanic ash, and there are many passageways below. Let's wait until it eats this bait. We've added something to the bait..."

Wu Pifu ignored this and, after releasing Huang Rong, he rushed forward. As he moved, the Yamata no Orochi, which was descending from the mountainside in the distance, immediately stopped. However, seeing Wu Pifu breaking the sound barrier and rushing towards them at high speed, the eight heads of the Yamata no Orochi all showed a look of confusion in their eyes.

If the meaning of his gaze could be expressed in words, it would be something like...

"Such a weak human being charged at me? Why? He's so weak, like an ant..."

"Huh? He wants to kill me? Just him? Why? What right does he have?"

Just as the Yamata no Orochi was lost in some kind of confusion, Wu Pifu appeared in front of it in a flash. The eight snake heads looked at Wu Pifu with the eyes of someone looking at an ant, and showed disdain, doubt and other emotions. Then, the eight heads roared loudly at Wu Pifu at the same time.

"Roar!"

"howl!"

Wu Pifu roared at the Yamata no Orochi as well, and used the Tiger Roar Technique of the Tiger Demon Art. His roar was like a tiger's roar, and even more like thunder. The sound was ten times louder than the Yamata no Orochi's roar, which stunned all eight snake heads.

Then, in the next instant, all eight snake heads saw the world spinning, the entire world rotating in their eyes. Occasionally, they could see that incredibly weak human, occasionally they could see a huge headless snake body, and then the sky and the earth kept spinning and spinning...

Wu Pifu flicked the Broken Spirit Blade, spilling its black, poisonous blood onto the ground, and then charged back into Xu Ruonan's group.

Xu Ruonan's mouth was still open, and not only hers, but all the people she brought were like that. They had hunted this Yamata no Orochi twice already. The first time could be described as unprepared, but the second time they had gathered more than a hundred people, more than twenty superhumans, and a large number of weakened technological weapons that could be used in the Zero Point Seven Dream World.

This was enough to launch a secular war of annihilation in the Zero Point Seven Dream World, but they still failed to kill the Yamata no Orochi. They only smashed three of its heads, and finally let it escape into the magma. However, more than ninety of them died.

Unexpectedly, the behemoth that they considered an invincible beast was easily defeated by Wu Pifu with a single strike.

"Now that this matter is settled, I'll be leaving," Wu Pifu said to Xu Ruonan, supporting Huang Rong's waist.

Xu Ruonan then closed her mouth and immediately replied with a smile, "Thank you, Mr. Wu. Don't worry, I will definitely keep the matter of the super brain aid in mind. Perhaps Mr. Wu could stay a little longer and find the extraordinary path to ninjutsu before leaving?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Wu Pifu and Huang Rong disappeared in a flash, leaving only Xu Ruonan standing there.

Her smile remained unchanged as she turned to her subordinates and said, "Clean up the battlefield, collect the body tissues of the extraordinary creatures, and the eggs of the extraordinary creatures in their nests."

The subordinates all agreed, and Xu Ruonan was in an extremely good mood, her smile never stopping.

On the other side, Wu Pifu brought Huang Rong back to Gaia. He didn't leave the hibernation pod, but simply said, "Mainframe, penetrate to the Dream World of The Legend of the Condor Heroes."

"Judgment in progress... Judgment complete. Consume one million points to travel to the Legend of the Condor Heroes Dream World?"

"Yes, through."

Huang Rong wanted to speak upon hearing this, but Wu Pifu didn't hesitate at all and immediately activated the command to go to the Dream World of The Legend of the Condor Heroes. In the next instant, he and Huang Rong disappeared from the hibernation pod at the same time.

When the two came to their senses, they found themselves on a grassy field, surrounded by plains and grasslands, with occasional mountains in the distance.

Huang Rong looked around and immediately recognized the exact location. It was the place where she had escaped this world, the only area outside the pass.

Wu Pifu, supporting Huang Rong's waist, was about to take flight, but in the next instant, Huang Rong suddenly tugged at Wu Pifu's belt and shouted, "Don't fly! Brother Pifu, do you intend to abandon Rong'er in this world?"

Wu Pifu paused for a moment and then said, "I'll take you home, and I mean it."

"I do not want!"

Huang Rong's eyes were slightly red as she exclaimed, "That woman probably said those things to provoke you! Do you really think those words were unintentional? She said them on purpose. Aren't you supposed to be able to sense people's hearts? Why don't you try to sense them? There must be someone behind her instructing her to do this!"

Wu Pifu looked into the distance and said, "Whether she was instigated or she meant it sincerely, at least she was right. On the issue of ordinary superhumans participating in the war, she was telling the truth... They are only using their flesh and blood as sacrifices to participate in the war, not because of their strength. I am unwilling to do that!"

"This is my private matter, and I have my own plans."

Huang Rong tried to pull Wu Pifu along, but couldn't budge him. Just as Wu Pifu was about to take flight, she suddenly shouted, "Fine! You take me home, but I won't let you fly back. This is my home. Don't let any gods or monsters appear here. You...you take me back with you! There's still a month or two before the war starts, isn't there? You...you walk me home..."

"Okay?"

Seeing Huang Rong's teary eyes, Wu Pifu's heart softened. He looked up at the sky and after a long while said, "Alright, let's go home."

At the same time, Xu Ruonan left the Ninja Dream World one step ahead. However, she did not return to Gaia. Instead, she came to a void, where a young man in white was sitting cross-legged and playing a jade flute.

"...How do you know he doesn't have a superbrain that can sense my emotions?" Xu Ruonan asked.

The young man in white did not answer, continuing to play his jade flute. After a long while, he put down the flute, looked into the void, and sighed, "We humans have lost another superbrain..."

Xu Ruonan said coldly, "I did not betray humanity, but... but is what you said before really true? The avatar of the Producer is actually..."

The young man in white smiled and nodded, still not turning his head, leaving Xu Ruonan with only his back. He said, "Have you already confirmed whether it's true or not? Otherwise, why would you agree to this?"

Xu Ruonan lowered her head and remained silent. The young man stood up and walked towards the void, saying as he went, "Humans should belong to us humans. The superbrain... is not human. It is just some kind of monster wearing human skin parasitizing human bodies!"

"I've shown you the truth about that superbrain. The choice is still yours. This matter is over. Next time..."

"The time has come to completely annihilate all superbrains!"

(End of this chapter)