Eternal Night

Chapter 604 Triggering Keywords

Wu Pifu looked at his personal attribute panel with a frustrated expression (listed in the free chapters).

Clearly, the aftereffects of his previous battle were so severe that it could be said he had ventured deep into the death zone, swam through it, and then returned. The mainframe almost bluntly told him, "You're no longer human... at least not partially human."

"Mastermind, it seems you're a racist. So what if you're not human... Never mind, it's better to kill anything that's not human. You did the right thing."

Wu Pifu muttered to himself in frustration.

Almost all of his personal information could not be displayed; at most, only some external things could be shown. This meant that he could only rely on his own perception to know his current situation, including whether his total strength had increased, the details of each skill, and how much power he could currently exert. All of this information had now become "feelings," which made him feel quite lost.

While it's generally true that all extraordinary beings in the dream world are like this, they don't have any personal attribute panels to view at all. Perhaps some strange fantasy objects can achieve a similar effect, but the side effects will definitely be significant, and they will never be as accurate as the main brain, which can make real-time judgments for them.

It can be said that the personal attribute panel is the greatest benefit for superhuman beings in human civilization, bar none. It is easy to obtain, takes a constant amount of time, and has a qualitative change in effect from nothing to something. With the personal attribute panel, one's foundation, cultivation speed, and safety are improved by at least several times!
Wu Pifu was already used to the intuitive display of strength through a personal information panel, and this kind of self-perception judgment was quite unfamiliar to him.

After half a day of meditation and self-awareness, Wu Pifu gradually confirmed his current state.

Putting aside this cloned body, his current true mutated body is roughly equivalent to a 30% to 40% increase in self-healing and explosive power from negative mental backlash. At the same time, he can use all his extraordinary powers without hindrance, and they are even slightly amplified... It's a strange fact, and it goes against intuition and logic, that most of his current extraordinary paths are actually created and cultivated for the human body. This is also in line with the ultimate true civilization plan that he knows, that is, the further into the true era, the more the main race of the civilization will tend to be human.

But now he has been mutated. His body has turned into a puddle of soft, jelly-like substance. Logically and intuitively, his supernatural power should be greatly weakened, or at least mutated.

But reality is not like that. With the mutation of his physical body, even though it was temporarily restrained, his extraordinary power, from Chinese martial arts to human immortal martial arts, to immortal martial arts internal skills, to other extraordinary paths, actually increased by about 10% or 20% in both total amount and efficiency of use!
This is no small number. Without the addition of new extraordinary pathways to multiply the power, each extraordinary power has increased by 10% or 20% out of thin air. When added together, his strength is not just increased by 10% or 20%.

"Extraordinary is pollution."

Wu Pifu had never understood the meaning of those words so clearly before. These extraordinary powers... might be something even more terrifying than he had imagined!

This is the condition of his real physical body. His strength has certainly increased greatly, but once he leaves this cloned body and is exposed, he will immediately suffer a crazy backlash from his own superbrain. It's not a passive backlash like the current cloned body, but a real backlash that makes him jump up and self-destruct.

Even with the most conservative estimate, once he breaks free from the cloned body, his mutated form will likely only be able to withstand the backlash from the superbrain for about three to five minutes. After that, he will either mutate along with his mind and soul to get rid of the superbrain, or he will be completely annihilated, perishing together with the superbrain. There will be no third way.

As for this cloned body, the body itself is close to or just touching the edge of the third level of physical constitution, but it is difficult to control. Even with the level of control that makes one indestructible in Chinese martial arts, when manipulating this body, the total power of the extraordinary pathways that can be exerted is estimated to be only 30 to 40% of its peak strength. Any more than that and the body will be damaged by itself.

"...It seems this resurrection journey won't be so easy to complete." Wu Pifu murmured as he lay back. In this level seven shelter, he felt a sense of relaxation that calmed both his mind and body. Moreover, the decorations and size here were exactly the same as his original home, which made him feel even more comfortable.

After lying there for a while, Wu Pifu finally spoke: "Mainframe, extract..."

Before he could finish speaking, Wu Pifu's ears twitched slightly; he heard an explosion.

The portable Level 7 shelter is not completely isolated from the outside world. Before any abnormalities occur, this small house is just like any ordinary house, so Wu Pifu can naturally hear sounds from the outside world.

Wu Pifu, who had originally planned to start drawing titles, had to stop. He felt that if he tried to draw titles despite the unexpected, the chances of getting good ones would be greatly reduced. People like him who were close to being unlucky should just deal with all the unexpected events first, and then come back to draw titles carefully and slowly!

Thinking of all this, Wu Pifu got up and went straight to the door. He pushed the door open and came outside, looking into the mist.

The environment here is so similar to the Sky Island and Sky Sea from the anime he knows. If there really is an outbreak... could he encounter pirates?

Perhaps we'll see the main characters?
"It can't be the Navy, right? So where would my current strength be measured in this anime? About 30% to 40% of my peak strength... an Admiral? Or one of the Four Emperors?"

Wu Pifu muttered to himself with some anticipation, and then he saw flames erupt from the depths of the fog, followed by a series of explosions. Wu Pifu saw a vehicle that looked like a motorcycle, but with a more advanced technology and could move quickly through the fog, rushing towards him.

An explosion occurred next to the motorcycle, sending it flying into the air. Sparks flew from the motorcycle's body, accompanied by a woman's scream.

"Xiaomi, hold on tight! There are land fragments ahead, let's charge straight up!" a male voice shouted.

"No, brother, no! Let's surrender! Let's face them! I don't want to go to the land fragments on the edge! I'll die! I'll die! No, it'll be worse than death! I don't want to!" the girl screamed. "I'd rather die! I'd rather become a monster! I will never surrender! They, they're not human! They're all monsters in human skin!!" the man roared, then sped towards the island on his motorcycle at top speed.

With a whoosh, something resembling a missile or a cannonball hurtled towards the motorcycle. The motorcycle had no chance to dodge it and crashed into the edge of the island. The boy and girl were about to be launched into the air and slam into the rocks at a speed of over 100 kilometers per hour. They were both... doomed!

"Aaaaaaahhhhhh..." the girl screamed.

At this critical moment, the boy tried to forcefully turn over, hug the girl on his back, and then use his own flesh and blood as a cushion.

At this critical moment, a pebble flew off the island and struck the cannonball. At the same time, a gentle force enveloped the boy and girl, causing their forward speed to drop drastically.

With a loud bang, the shell exploded in mid-air, and the boy and girl slowly landed on the grass at the very edge of the small island, both of them completely dumbfounded.

However, the two quickly took precautions, each drawing a pistol from their waist and pointing it at their surroundings. Wu Pifu made no attempt to conceal himself, and the two spotted him almost immediately.

However, Wu Pifu completely ignored the wariness of the two teenagers. He simply strode towards the edge of the island, saying as he walked, "I just heard you say... a monster wearing human skin, right?"

If the boy or girl is a character from a comic book or novel, then they are very likely to hear a "ding" notification sound.

"Congratulations, you have triggered the quest keyword."

Of course, the boy and girl didn't hear any of this. They stared blankly as Wu Pifu walked out of the island. His 3.5-meter height was imposing. However, what they were concerned about was not his height, but that Wu Pifu had actually spoken, and that he had come out from inside the island.
"Are you... are you human?" The boy was much braver; he forced a sharp voice to ask.

Wu Pifu was taken aback, then said with utmost seriousness, "Of course I'm a person, what else would I be? Do I look like a puddle of slime to you?"

The boy and girl both breathed a sigh of relief. Then the boy jumped up, grabbing his sister with one hand and pulling Wu Pifu with the other, saying, "Quick, quick, let's go deep into the land fragments! These are extremely precious clean fragments, much more valuable than us. By the way, big guy, do you have any transportation? Or do you need my Mistwalker vehicle?"

Wu Pifu couldn't pull him at all. He reached out and grabbed the boy by the back of his collar, lifting him up and saying, "I'm asking you, where is that monster in human skin you just mentioned?"

The boy immediately struggled and shouted, "Are you crazy? Who else could it be? It's the Superbrain Glory Society, of course! They're not demons, they're not inhuman, so are they from our Human Revolutionary United Front?"

"Huh? Superbrain... Glory Society? Human Revolutionary United Front... Human Revolutionary Alliance?"

Wu Pifu opened his mouth wide and looked at the boy and girl with a strange gaze.

The girl also grabbed Wu Pifu's arm, shouting, "Uncle! Let go of my brother! Hurry up! The cruiser is coming! This isn't a long-range explosion anymore; it's a pinpoint sniper attack. It won't destroy any debris, but it can still kill us... We..."

Just then, Wu Pifu tossed the boy and girl behind him and faced directly into the mist.

A massive vehicle, about a hundred meters long, loomed in and out of the mist. At the same time, an electronic beam shot out, and the next instant, a deafening roar followed as a super-electromagnetically propelled projectile hurtled toward Wu Pifu at an incredible speed.

Snapped!
With a muffled thud, the boy and girl simultaneously closed their eyes and clutched their heads, but the expected scene of blood and flesh splattering did not occur. Instead, a sound rang out.

"...No, I feel like I've experienced this scene before, haven't I?"

The boy and girl looked over and saw a bullet the size of a thumb stuck to Wu Pifu's forehead, but at this moment the bullet had turned into a metal disc...

The discus landed slowly on his forehead, making a crisp clanging sound on the ground.

The battlefield fell silent.

(End of this chapter)