Eternal Night

Chapter 627 My Undercover Mission: Extremely High-Profile!

(PS: I was writing until around 2 AM yesterday and didn't finish. I was so sleepy that I went to sleep for a while. Then I got up and continued writing. You can read it now. This chapter counts as yesterday's. There will still be three updates today. Okay, I'm going to go back to sleep.)
Wu Pifu stared silently at the line figure in front of him.

This person with the lines is quite strong; they're almost on the verge of transcendence.

Of course, this strength is the strength described in the memories Wu Pifu gained after switching sides, which is completely different from the strength that Wu Pifu himself perceived.

The unique extraordinary path of the Time-Space Spirit Civilization is Time-Space Armament and Time-Space Energy, an extraordinary path that highly values ​​talent and bloodline.

According to the memories Wu Pifu obtained, within a few hours of the birth of individuals of the Time and Space Spirit race, they would be injected with something called a Time Crystal. After the injection, an rejection reaction would occur. Those with extraordinary aptitude could fuse the Time Crystal with themselves, while those without extraordinary aptitude would expel it from their bodies; these were the mortals.

According to my memory, newborns whose parents are both superhumans have a hundred times greater chance of absorbing time crystals than ordinary newborns. The more powerful the superhuman parents are, the stronger the newborns will be and the more time crystals they can contain.

Therefore, the Time-Space Spirits are a race that "relies on their fathers' connections," with the sons of mortals almost always being mortals and the sons of extraordinary beings almost always being extraordinary beings.

The entire class system has become almost completely rigid.

In Wu Pifu's memory, the line-man in front of him was a descendant of an Ascended Being, and a relatively powerful Ascended Being among the Space-Time Spirit Clan. Therefore, the line-man who came to challenge Wu Pifu was also very strong, almost one step away from Ascending Being.

But he's not a prodigy!

The so-called prodigy of the Space-Time Spirit Clan is the strongest among the extraordinary beings of the same generation, and can even defeat those of higher levels. Wu Pifu plays the role of such a prodigy.

Wu Pifu stared at the figure for a long time before deciding to walk around it to the counter.

You see, he's an undercover agent now, and the kind of weird one that seems off no matter how you look at him, but the enemy just can't figure him out. Right now, he doesn't want to be high-profile at all, and he doesn't want to attract the attention of the higher-ups of the Time Spirit, lest they give him some impossible tasks. So he doesn't want to pay any attention to this extra in front of him.

Seeing Wu Pifu's attitude, the Line Man flew into a rage. With a wave of his hand, a piece of crystal appeared out of thin air, enveloping his entire body. Instantly, the slender Line Man transformed into a robust crystal robot, slightly larger than Wu Pifu, though it looked square and somewhat like a character from a game called Minecraft that Wu Pifu had played before.

At this moment, the Spirit of Space roared, "You weak ant, how dare you ignore me!?"

At this moment, even the surrounding Time and Space Spirits started discussing it amongst themselves.

In this civilization where class distinctions are almost rigid, the struggle between superhumans is so common that challenges are even legalized. This is not due to any martial spirit, but rather because the superhuman resources shared by the race are too scarce. After the upper echelons have swallowed up almost 90% of the resources, these middle-level superhumans, even with the help of their parents, still need to compete with each other for more superhuman resources. Under such circumstances, naturally, the spacetime spirits with stronger aptitude and combat power obtain more.

In Wu Pifu's words, the atmosphere of the entire Time and Space Spirit's extraordinary circle was similar to the locust-themed cultivation novels he had read before, where everyone except oneself was an enemy.

So at this moment, Wu Pifu didn't want to back down in a high-profile way. Instead, he became high-profile. As the renowned top genius, he chose to retreat in the face of challenges. This is not just a simple case of his image collapsing.

Wu Pifu frowned. Although he hadn't thought of all that for the moment, his martial arts intuition vaguely sensed some kind of gaze. More than one gaze was fixed on him, and many of those gazes were filled with doubt. He also vaguely sensed a danger brewing, which suddenly woke him up.

His current behavior is inconsistent with the identity assigned to him by the faction. His identity and persona seem to be that of an arrogant and domineering character, and this low-key approach to avoiding trouble will immediately arouse suspicion from others.

"……I see."

Wu Pifu stopped and looked carefully at the crystal cube figure in front of him.

This crystal armor has extraordinary energy flowing within it, but in terms of total amount and sense of oppression, it's roughly equivalent to three times the size of a boar monster. Moreover, the application of its extraordinary energy is extremely crude, almost like swinging a sledgehammer directly at someone.

However, compared to the oppressive feeling of supernatural energy and its crude application, the supernatural energy that bursts out through crystals carries a sense of temporal and spatial displacement, which is quite mysterious. The unique supernatural path of the Time and Space Spirit civilization is still quite interesting.

Wu Pifu stopped and asked, "Are you sure you want to fight me? What if you die?"

The Crystal Cube Man roared in fury, "You think you can defeat me, a mere ant? Come on, if you have the ability to kill me in one move, break through my spacetime barrier, and touch my true essence, then so what if I die? My father has six sons; consider me the only good-for-nothing among them. Rest assured, no one will bother you afterward! But if you hit me, it means you've accepted my challenge, and then I can certainly kill you too!"

Wu Pifu nodded seriously and said, "Yes, that makes sense. If I lose, it would be my own fault if you beat me to death. So I'm confirming again, are you really going to stand here and let me punch you?"

The crystal cube roared furiously, "How arrogant! Utterly arrogant! Who do you think you are? Don't even mention a punch, even..."

"it is good."

Wu Pifu raised his fist, took a step closer, and said, "I'm going to be the Pirate King!!"

"Huh... wait, wait a minute..."

Wu Pifu punched the crystal cube. He used only about half of his internal energy and didn't even add any domineering aura. The punch shattered the spacetime distortion covered by the crystal, and the crystal crumbled inch by inch. The force of the punch penetrated through the body, and the slender figures in the crystal screamed in panic. And then... that was it.

The entire crystal cube, along with the linear figures inside, vanished into thin air in the blink of an eye, leaving not a trace of its existence.

In an instant, the surrounding discussions abruptly ceased, and all was silent. When Wu Pifu looked over, all the spirits of time and space turned their gazes away, not daring to continue looking at Wu Pifu.

At this moment, the faint sense of danger that Wu Pifu had sensed completely dissipated. Among those who had been secretly watching him, some left, some were filled with admiration, but some exuded malice. In particular, one of the people who had been watching him was no longer malicious, but rather filled with murderous intent.

I guess he's the father of this line figure in front of me, the sublimated form of the Spirit of Time and Space?
But Wu Pifu didn't care. He had figured it out: being low-key, hiding, or relying on intelligence... none of these suited him!
Even if you don't provoke others, they'll still provoke you!
It's better to just deal with him according to his nature. After all, it's a battle, a fight, and it's like he's never experienced anything like it.

What he needs to do now is not to understand the so-called human relationships of the Time Spirits. These things have nothing to do with him. He just needs to quickly accept the faction mission. Once he's fixed in his position, everything will be fine. As for whether to explore the Time Wheel or find a way to complete the faction mission quickly, he has room for maneuver.

It's important to understand that his core objective is still time travel, not something like switching factions or doing exploration missions. Those are all secondary considerations, okay?
Wu Pifu didn't say anything at the moment, but walked to the counter at the deepest part of the library and looked at the timid line figure inside, saying, "Give me a mission, I want an exploration mission, hurry up." The line figure inside the counter became even more timid, but didn't dare to delay, and immediately began to activate a circle of bright crystals.

The technological carriers used by the Time and Space Spirit civilization seemed to be these crystals, which looked like computer appliances. Just as the counter staff was about to issue the task to Wu Pifu, he suddenly stopped moving. Not only did he stop, but everyone in the entire task hall fell into a state of stillness.

At this moment, dozens of sparkling crystals appeared out of thin air. Each crystal was dazzling and emitted astonishing spatial fluctuations. The leading crystal was as bright as the sun. However, if you did not look directly at it, all the information about the leading crystal would automatically disappear from Wu Pifu's mind.

Self-enclosed loop!

Wu Pifu felt a chill run down his spine and remained silent for a moment.

"...Very good, the strongest prodigy of this generation!"

One voice rang out, followed by another: "We all know your name and your strength, but it's not enough..."

Another voice said, "Judging from your strength, you should have reached a higher level long ago, so why haven't you reached that level yet?"

"Does the child not know that our people's resources are limited? As the world falls, true resources become increasingly scarce!"

"Everyone knows that continuous accumulation leads to greater strength after sublimation, but even if you have accumulated enough, what about your clansmen?"

"That's exactly right. Millions of people support you, and after all that hard work, you've finally achieved some advancement, only to turn around and continue to exploit and oppress your own people?"

A series of malicious voices rang out, while others with good intentions remained silent.

Wu Pifu chuckled but didn't say anything.

After a long pause, the malicious voices stopped, and a voice filled with murderous intent said, "My son was inferior in skill, and it was his own fault that he was killed by you. However, your accumulated malice has indeed angered everyone. But you are also a prodigy of the clan and cannot be killed casually. Therefore, the Ascension Council has decided to give you three tests. If you pass them, then you can continue to accumulate merit. We also look forward to the emergence of a powerful Ascension expert in the clan. If you fail... then don't blame the clan for being harsh on you. What do you say?"

Before Wu Pifu could speak, the main AI's voice rang in his mind.

"Judgment in progress... Judgment complete, faction quest activated."

"Complete the three trials to complete the faction mission. Once the faction mission is completed, you can freely leave the faction. However, for a short period of time after leaving the faction, the faction will continue to be confused, but the degree of confusion will gradually recover."

Wu Pifu felt a chill run down his spine, knowing that he was ultimately being watched by the higher-ups. Three tests... he hoped that no task would be one he couldn't complete.

These sublimated beings didn't think Wu Pifu had the right to refuse. After speaking with murderous intent, a gentle female voice said, "Although you are given three major tests, these are also related to your self-perfection process. The three tests are the test of your own spacetime perfection, the test of the perfection of others in your spacetime, and the test of the perfection of the spacetime of your race. The difficulty increases progressively. Since they are all unique to your spacetime, we cannot interfere, so you don't need to worry about fairness."

Hearing this, Wu Pifu felt a slight sense of relief. He knew that the identity he was given had played a significant role. Clearly, as a prodigy of his race, although he was targeted by some vested interests, he was also favored by a portion of the ruling class. Since the higher-ups of the Time-Space Wheel could not interfere with his mission, there was obviously no problem with its completion.

Wu Pifu was about to agree when a thought suddenly occurred to him.

Since we're already here, right?
He immediately said, "I agree to accept the three trials, but I hope that each trial will grant me the qualification to challenge one of the ascended beings."

The numerous ascended beings of time and space fell silent for a moment, and then immediately voices of arrogance, ignorance, and wickedness rang out.

The leading crystal suddenly emitted a resounding voice: "Are you sure? There are a total of thirty-eight Ascended Bodies here, all of whom are the highest-ranking members of the clan. You should know the custom in our clan: once a challenge is lost, life and death are in the hands of the opponent. If you fail, no one will care about a dead prodigy."

Wu Pifu laughed and said, "That's how it is. If I lose, I'll just die. But what if I win?"

The many ascended beings fell silent again, this time without speaking. The leading crystal said, "There are three trials. Completing one will grant you a challenge slot. If you win all three trials and all three challenges, the true share of the ascended beings you kill will belong to you. I will then decide that one-tenth of the clan's true share will also belong to you, until you accumulate to the limit and ascend. Are you satisfied with this?"

Wu Pifu nodded in agreement.

At that moment, the many crystals dispersed, but the one that had previously emitted malice lingered. After a while, it spoke in a voice filled with murderous intent: "Boy, I'll wait for you. You weak thing, like an ant. I don't know how my wicked child was defeated by you. When the time comes, I will dismantle you into the smallest unit of spacetime and sink you into a spacetime island for eternal torment!"

Wu Pifu chuckled and lowered his head, remaining silent.

A moment later, the entire mission area returned to normal, and the last ascended form of the Time Spirit completely disappeared.

Only then did Wu Pifu look at the counter, where a glowing crystal appeared in front of the clerk. He was stunned for a few seconds before immediately picking up the crystal and respectfully handing it to Wu Pifu, saying, "Sir, this is the task given to you by the leaders."

Wu Pifu took the crystal and turned to leave.

"Judgment in progress... Judgment complete, faction mission confirmed."

"Absolute spacetime concept, the wheel of hyperspace unfolds folded spacetime..."

"Task One: Perfecting One's Own Spacetime."

"Within the mission's time limit, transform your former fallen self into a human being!"

(End of this chapter)