Eternal Night

Chapter 592 Intermission
"...It's a closed loop of logic! It can't be anchored, can't be understood, and can't be penetrated!"

In a remote wilderness area far from Redemption Town in the Land of Redemption, there is a research institute, or rather, the Gaia human research elites who have just awakened. They have built more than a dozen research institutes of different types in the Land of Redemption, and this one has the most stringent security system and the most dangerous research direction among all of them.

Research into the root causes!
Even before the operation to rescue Chu Minghao, Gao Changgong, Wang Yihui, and Xu Ruonan all felt that Wu Pifu was unclear about his own position and unfamiliar with his own authority, which was not a good thing.

However, Wu Pifu made it clear that he was just an ordinary man, neither a political being nor interested in politics, power, or status. Even before entering the Warhammer Dreamworld, he had not bothered to learn about these things, nor did he know how terrifying his power was as one of the three giants of humanity.

Whether such a research institute exists, what it studies, and what its findings are are actually just a negligible part of Wu Pifu's vast sphere of power.

At this moment, Chu Minghao stood in the research institute's lobby with a livid face, looking at the various information and data displayed on the lobby screen. A kind of low pressure seemed to emanate from his entire body.

"continue!"

After looking at it for a while, Chu Minghao shouted, "Let's start high-dimensional topology data analysis! There is no perfect logical loop in this world. Even if there is only a tiny flaw, we must analyze it for me. Hurry up!"

Everyone in the research institute responded with a resounding roar, their faces flushed with anxiety. Hundreds of researchers from various fields, working in conjunction with the electronic system, began to perform calculations and analyses on a certain advanced mathematical problem.

"Tsk tsk tsk, as expected of the unified human government that controls the most resources. Even with only a few million people awakened, they can still assemble such a luxurious research team. Unlike me, who has been searching the entire dream world for hibernation pods that have fallen into the dream world and highly addicted members of the Human Revolutionary Alliance. I've worked myself to the bone and still only have a pittance under my command..." A voice rang out behind Chu Minghao.

Chu Minghao didn't turn his head, but said, "I don't have time to joke around with you here. One hour and twenty-seven minutes have passed. According to the time flow rate of the dream world, the maximum flow rate difference in the 0.5 dream world is fifteen to one, which means that the war over there may have been going on for a day..."

Liang Min stepped out from behind Chu Minghao and looked at the big screen. He shook his head and said, "Judging from the depth of color difference displayed above, this dream world has fallen to level 0.4. The time flow rate can reach a maximum of 35 to 40 to 1. Maybe the battle is already over."

Chu Minghao glared at Liang Min and said, "Are you here to cause trouble? The fact that we're still in a self-contained logical loop proves that the battle is still ongoing!"

Liang Min scratched his nose and said, "You could also say that the battle is over, and the root cause lies in trying to analyze the superbrain, right?"

Chu Minghao grabbed Liang Min by the collar and pulled him toward the institute's exit, saying as they walked, "Come on, let's go outside and talk it over whether it's really over or not."

Liang Min looked helpless and slapped Chu Minghao's hand away, saying, "You can't stand being told the truth? Then let's talk about something more exciting, how about you launch a massive purge?"

Chu Minghao's face darkened, and he turned away without saying a word.

The colors of the light pattern on the screen were still changing, but Chu Minghao and Liang Min were both true high achievers. They used the super brain to learn, and their efficiency was unimaginable to ordinary people. Each of them had more than ten doctoral degrees in various fields. In terms of research ability alone, the two of them were equivalent to the total of everyone in the entire research institute. However, they both had their own tasks and positions, and they didn't have time to do research.

After looking at it for a few seconds, Liang Min said, "Main control computer, create an information layer partition in the central hall."

"...Confirmed instruction, information layer isolation has been activated."

"The main control computer reveals the blurring effect of information on the screen."

"...Warning! Once the information ambiguity effect is resolved, it will..."

"Control command, *****...unlock."

As Liang Min read out a string of more than fifty numbers and letters, the large screen in front of the two gradually changed from pure color, and a blurry oval appeared in their eyes.

At the same time, the area where Chu Minghao and Liang Min were standing underwent a subtle change. This change was very slight. If an ordinary person were there, they would only feel a strange chill. If someone with a high level of spiritual awareness were there, they could vaguely hear some sounds or see a fleeting black shadow.

However, Chu Minghao and Liang Min ignored them completely and continued to stare at the oval shape.

"Tsk tsk tsk...Master computer, eliminate the secondary virtuality and activate the real scene..." Liang Min clicked her tongue for a long time while looking at the oval shape, and finally couldn't help but speak up. Chu Minghao immediately said, "Master computer, reject Liang Min's request and maintain the secondary virtual scene."

"Judgment in progress... Judgment complete, maintain secondary virtual screen."

The mainframe's voice rang out, but the scene before the two remained unchanged. Liang Min immediately said with dissatisfaction, "I'm telling you, that's enough! Even if the second virtual scene is revealed, we're still here. What are we afraid of, this mere Zero Point Three Dream World's pollution and erosion? It would be a good thing if He dared to come. If He could project more power onto us, Wu Pifu would be under much less pressure. Don't you understand this principle?"

Chu Minghao growled, his face grim: "But this is the Land of Redemption. Once we lure it here, the coordinates of the Land of Redemption will most likely be exposed. You know what that means. We're not afraid, but what about the people living here? What about the many more people who will be revived in the future? Even if only a trace of pollution remains, it will be a terrifying nightmare for ordinary people!"

"...Then we'll just throw away all of them!"

Liang Min's face also darkened. He stared intently at Chu Minghao and said, "I hate this kind of 'big picture' attitude from you the most. You really can't tell the difference between the big and small kings. It was during the Fourth War, it was during the battle to seize the Land of Redemption, and it's still the same now... Let me be blunt: you, me, and Wu Pifu, the three of us are the big picture! Without us, human civilization is just meat on the table of those demons and monsters!"

Chu Minghao remained silent, while Liang Min's voice grew increasingly intense: "Not to mention the real demons and monsters in the dream world, there are those who haven't yet pledged allegiance, and even those who have already, the Thirteen Singularity Companies, the other four leaders of the Human Revolutionary Alliance and the forces they control, even the families, clans, and powers within the unified human government... Without the three of us, everyone is just food for them! Or do you think they would give up their own interests for the sake of human civilization and for more people? Don't be ridiculous, you know they are the beneficiaries..."

"But I care!"

Chu Minghao roared in a low voice, "I don't care about these vested interests or demons and monsters, I don't care what they think, I care about everyone here, I care about the human race and human civilization!"

"Yeah, you care, Wu Pifu cares, but I fucking don't care..."

Liang Min said somewhat dejectedly.

After a few seconds, Liang Min asked with murderous intent, "So, have you found out who it was? Why did this brute suddenly rush into the Zero Point Five Dream World and take away the mental civilization it was containing?"

Chu Minghao shook his head, but he still said, "It's nothing more than the same tactics they used to deal with Xu Wanfang, such as ordinary people being sacrifices, their sacrifices... I can imagine what kind of rhetoric they used to deal with Wu Pifu, and his personality model happens to care the most about this, because it goes against his wishes."

Liang Min chuckled, her voice dripping with undisguised murderous intent: "So, who exactly is it?"

Chu Minghao shook his head again and said, "I don't know. I used my emotional perception to check all possible people, but there were no problems with any of them. This includes Gao Changgong and others who are close to him, as well as Xu Ruonan and others who have conflicts of interest with him, and the other presidential candidates who are hostile to him, or the other eleven family forces. I even checked the company personnel who came to join him, and there were no problems with anyone."

Liang Min pondered for a few seconds before saying, "It's unlikely that he accidentally let something slip. Although it's a decisive battle, besides you, me, and him, the three of us are the main force. The others do provide anchor information for the main brain, but this is also very beneficial to the main brain. The main brain will issue related tasks, and all participants will receive a lot of points. So, this can be seen as a good thing on the positive side, but on the negative side, it can be seen as us using ordinary people's lives to build up victory, as sacrifices. So, if it was an accidental slip, it's unlikely that Wu Pifu would act so decisively."

Both of them fell silent, because they both thought of the same possibility at the same time, but for a moment they could hardly believe it.

At this moment, the ellipse in the picture began to wriggle, changing from an ellipse to a perfect circle. The change was not fast, but the two of them noticed it immediately.

“...The root cause is reviving,” Chu Minghao murmured.

Liang Min clenched both hands tightly and whispered, "It all depends on whether he can hold on. The infinite loop of the root, the self-enclosed loop, leads to self-isolation at the information level, which allows it to transform from meme pollution to anti-meme self-isolation when necessary. In this state, unless he was already within the scope of the root, the outside world cannot interfere in the slightest. Now... he can only rely on himself!"

The two fell silent again, and after a long while, Chu Minghao said, "Mi, you've woken up."

"Yes, Mi has awakened... one of the remaining four leaders of the Human Revolutionary Alliance, and the one who has fought the most against our superbrain, he has actually awakened."

The two fell silent again, and this time, they did not exchange another word until the scene before them changed.

(End of this chapter)