Eternal Night

Chapter 612 What? I have been the Origin for five hundred years? The Dragon King returns today?
Wu Pifu cleaved the white-robed youth in two with a single strike within the Super Brain World, but a look of confusion appeared on his face.

This feels...not right.

It's not that the person in front of him is an illusion; he actually struck the person's physical body, severing the very essence of that body. Real damage is real damage, without any discount.

but……

He has killed more than just one or two non-humans; to put it more bluntly, he has even wiped out four of the root beings!
Therefore, he is an expert in killing non-human beings!
The feeling of that last strike was off; he didn't kill the entirety of the white-clad youth before him!
How to put it... it feels like cutting off the root cause at the last minute...

Wu Pifu uses true damage to attack enemies. Basically, any enemy of the mortal level will die upon contact or be annihilated upon being hit, leaving no room for negotiation. True damage is the most realistic kind of damage.

Stronger Ascended beings cannot be killed in one blow. Ascended beings are extremely tenacious. Their hearts and brains are no longer their Achilles' heel, nor are their physical bodies. Some Ascended beings can even detach from their physical bodies and exist purely as spiritual beings.

Therefore, the sublimated being is much harder to kill than a mortal, and if one is focused on escaping, there is a chance to slip away from him.

As for the root cause...

Unless he experiences another extraordinary event like in the Warhammer Dreamworld, he is indeed no match for the Root. The Root is even more complex than the Ascended, as it is essentially a concept of rules and has a self-enclosed information loop, making it extremely difficult to kill.

The feeling of the blade that killed the white-robed youth was extremely strange to Wu Pifu. It was like that of a mortal, yet also like that of a sublimated being, and it even carried a hint of the origin. It killed instantly, but the death was not complete, and it was very likely that only a part of him died...

Wu Pifu frowned, then felt his physical body crumbling at an accelerated pace, and he had no choice but to unlock the Super Brain World.

The white-clad man before them was indeed decapitated, his body turned into a corpse, and he fell to the ground, where he was smashed into a bloody pulp.

But before everyone could recover from the shock of the superbrain reappearing, suddenly a superhuman on the ground a short distance away began to convulse. His body and clothes transformed at an extremely fast speed, turning him back into a white-clad youth. Then, his expression became distorted, and he let out that neurotic cacophony of cacophony mixed with loud, loud laughter.

"Superbrain, not superbrain, superbrain, not superbrain... Hahaha, you really aren't human! You superbrains are some kind of higher-dimensional monsters. You really aren't human!"

The young man in white soared into the sky, heading towards the enormous monster with Xu Ruonan's head, yelling as he flew, "Hey... you didn't really think you killed me, did you? Hehehe..."

"Yes, I killed him."

Wu Pifu's voice rang in his ears, and in the next instant, the white-robed youth was completely torn to pieces and then vanished.

"Super Brain World!"

Because of the unknown nature of the young man in white, Wu Pifu had no desire to fight him outside of the Super Brain World. His intuition told him not to do so, so even though using the Super Brain World would cause his physical body to quickly collapse, he still used the Super Brain World without hesitation.

Another superhuman on the ground cried out, "Ouch! You wouldn't...!"

"Yes, I killed him."

"Super Brain World!"

"you……

"Yes, I killed him."

"Super Brain World!"

"Super Brain World!"

"Super Brain World!!"

……

Everyone was stunned. Although they were not near the white-robed youth and could no longer perceive the moment when the black and white world solidified, they saw that whenever the white-robed youth appeared, Wu Pifu would teleport to his side as if by magic, and then the white-robed youth would be shattered and annihilated. This happened eight times in a row. Finally... the white-robed youth did not appear again. That neurotic feeling, as if a wire mesh was being brushed against glass, was gone.

"Ha, Wu Pifu! Wu Pifu is back!!"

Among the superhumans like Wang Yihui, the chairman of the First Company was also present. This cunning old fox was still alive and fighting alongside Wang Yihui and the others. At this moment, he suddenly roared out loud, and at the same time, his eyes were filled with tears.

"I can't be wrong, only he would fight with such powerful moves!"

The others looked at the chairman of the First Company, who also gave a fluent explanation.

In fact, not only the chairman of the First Company, but also Wang Yihui, Chu Yuyan, and especially Hao Cheng, felt a sense of familiarity with the three-and-a-half-meter-tall man in front of them, but they simply couldn't believe it.

Especially after experiencing the devastation of the truth about death, they were filled with fear of the idea of ​​"the dead coming back to life".

But just then, a huge explosion suddenly occurred in the semi-circular building, and everyone snapped back to their senses.

At this moment, Wang Yihui and Chu Yuyan exchanged a glance, and simultaneously shouted to Wu Pifu, "Quick! Mainframe!"

Wang Yihui shouted urgently, "The main brain can't hold on much longer! Hurry, Brother Wu, if it really is you, go and smash the main brain to pieces!!" Chu Yuyan also shouted, "Mr. Wu, hurry, don't worry about Xu Ruonan. It's just a powerful puppet right now, and it's bewitched. It's extremely difficult to kill. Don't worry about it, go and smash the main brain first!"

Wu Pifu was stunned. While keeping watch for any possible appearance of the white-clad youths from a distance, he shouted incredulously, "No way, what's wrong with you guys? You want me to destroy the mainframe? Are you all out of your minds? Have you been controlled?"

Wang Yihui and Chu Yuyan were both extremely anxious. Wang Yihui shouted, "That's not how it is, Brother Wu! The mainframe has already been corrupted by the Predestined Death. It's too late. If we destroy it now, we still have a glimmer of hope! Hurry!"

Just as Wu Pifu was still hesitating, the main AI's voice rang out unexpectedly.

"Judgment in progress... Judgment complete. Citizen Wu Pifu has been issued an extremely high-risk special mission due to the discovery of an extremely special spacetime node."

"Breaking the spacetime node main brain (in the state of destined death) will yield main brain upgrade materials, allowing the main brain to undergo a third-stage upgrade. The upgrade direction and perfection will depend on the completion of the task and the material providers. Please note that citizen Wu Pifu, who has made the greatest contribution in providing materials and completing the upgrade task, will be able to provide priority suggestions on the direction of the main brain's third-stage upgrade."

"Judgment in progress... Judgment complete. This mission is extremely dangerous and there is a very high chance that it will be judged as a predetermined death. This judgment cannot be exempted, avoided, or reversed. Once the predetermined death judgment is completed, the state of predetermined death will be achieved."

"Second assessment... Assessment complete. Citizen Wu Pifu possesses special attributes and is the best candidate to complete this task."

Wu Pifu was stunned. He couldn't help but ask the mainframe, "What does 'priority suggestion' mean? Does it mean you'll upgrade exactly how I tell you to? And what does 'I have special attributes' mean? Doesn't that mean you'll die if you touch it?"

The mastermind naturally did not respond.

However... Wu Pifu couldn't just stand there and wait.

Even if there is real danger, he will not back down at this time... To be honest, when has he ever faced life and death? It's just that this time the object is an abstract concept.

Amidst everyone's eager, hopeful, and worried gazes, Wu Pifu drew his knife and left. In a flash, he arrived atop the semi-circular building, wielding his knife and slashing downwards. He and his death-defying blade plunged into the building's interior, where he saw a writhing mass of nothingness.

That was not the superbrain, but the predetermined death itself!

The superbrain's true form was no longer clearly visible; only the materialized image of Predestined Death could be seen. It was a writhing mass of nothingness, devoid of color and form. However, upon seeing this mass of nothingness, Wu Pifu's body instinctively trembled slightly. It was a fear that transcended Wu Pifu's consciousness and control, an instinctive fear belonging to the flesh. Moreover, it wasn't just the flesh; Wu Pifu even felt the great sword he held, meant for his death, trembling slightly.

Contrary to his physical fear, Wu Pifu's mind was completely free of fear. He took a deep breath, suppressing his physical fear, and gripped the trembling broadsword in his hand.

"...Good heavens, a predetermined death, the end of all things?"

Wu Pifu felt a premonition that he was gradually dying just by looking at the writhing void in front of him. Then he murmured, "So, Mastermind, what you mean by 'special' is my true damage? True damage is predetermined death, killing death itself?"

He didn't expect any response from the mastermind; he simply raised his knife and moved forward, just as he had done countless times before. Whether it was to turn the tide or to follow his own heart, all he needed to do was move forward...

As he slashed out, Wu Pifu heard a silent, powerful shriek in his ears. He couldn't describe it, but the shriek made his mind go blank and his movements stop.

However, this strike was extremely powerful. Where it struck, the illusory, destined death completely disintegrated and dissolved, along with some of the corroded material entities within it, which were also reduced to ashes. The remaining material entities then exploded, turning into meteorites that flew out of the circular building. There were approximately a hundred of them, and more than ten of them disappeared into thin air.

"Hahaha, this is fantastic, fantastic! The fragment of the main brain, tainted with the essence of destined death, has been brewing for over two hundred years and has finally matured. My harvest..."

The white-clad youth's manic laughter echoed in Wu Pifu's ears once more. Inside the building, the ground was littered with the corpses of the dead. The flesh and blood of several of these corpses began to writhe and mix, transforming in the blink of an eye into the white-clad youth. He revealed a maniacal smile, not even glancing at Wu Pifu, who was being corrupted by the aftershocks of his destined death. He reached out towards the shattered main brain, and as he reached out, a fragment that was both ethereal and a mixture of metal and flesh emerged from it, about to fall into the white-clad youth's hand.

"...Dreams and death, death in a dream? Or a dream of death? Or...the end of all things?" The young man in white was completely absorbed, drooling as he muttered some incomprehensible words.

"No way."

Wu Pifu's voice appeared in his ear again, and the white-robed youth's manic smile froze abruptly. He then turned around with an incredulous expression and said, "What exactly are you...?"

Snapped!
With a flick of his wrist, Wu Pifu once again reduced the white-clad youth to ashes.

The predetermined death was indeed powerful; it actually killed him... one in infinitesimal negative energy in his sea of ​​consciousness?
Wu Pifu was indeed eroded by the aftershocks of his destined death, but this destined death seemed to have some order, as it was thrown directly into the negative depths of his consciousness. In Wu Pifu's perception, a trace of negativity in his consciousness sank down, almost negligible.

This thing... seems to have killed one of his countless personality iterations, or perhaps the very first one?
So the "special" thing the mastermind was talking about wasn't the special nature of his actual harm, but rather the special nature of his countless personality iterations?

Wu Pifu couldn't understand it for a moment, but just then, he saw the fragment of the main brain, tinged with nothingness, being thrown directly towards him. After sensing it briefly, he reached out and caught it in his palm. The next second, the fragment actually merged directly into his hand, and then...

"Host assessment complete... Self-check initiated... Energy connection... Integrity 0.3%... Systematization complete..."

"Citizen Wu Pifu, you were lost in the Zero Point Three Dream World five hundred years ago. In that terrifying nightmare, you experienced countless battles, were sublimated between life and death, and gained countless adventures, ultimately becoming the Origin!"

"Then, you painstakingly searched for the path you came from, and after five hundred years of bitter battles, today, you have finally returned to the human world!"

"Quest issued: The Dragon King has returned!"

"What?"

Wu Pifu uttered this single syllable, and his bewilderment level plummeted by 100,000!

(End of this chapter)