Eternal Night

Chapter 659: All the people are guilty, and the fault lies with me

"...My personal suggestion is that we should kill him immediately."

Xu Wanfang offered his advice earnestly.

Wu Pifu also began to seriously consider whether to kill Zhi immediately.

Zhi's suggestion is good, very good, but it's not something a human could think of or do.

At its simplest point, even if the End Producers were to form a separate faction, the tasks Wu Pifu would receive after joining them would basically only be to raise all of humanity or to bring about the birth of the End Producers. Even if there were a chance to replace the End Producers, that would only happen after all of humanity had been taken in and raised.

If Wu Pifu doesn't complete the faction's mission, he will never be able to return to his original faction, which is something he absolutely cannot accept.

To put it bluntly, given Zhi's intelligence, he certainly knew all this, but he still made a suggestion. In short, he wanted to pull off a big move, which happened to be the key to this battle, albeit a crucial one that was a counterproductive one.

Zhi simply smiled and said, "Believe me, this big show will definitely have a lot of 'viewers' who want to see it. Once you get past that 'want to see' factor, you'll reap more rewards than you expect. Who knows, you might even become a special super brain!"

"Oh~~"

Wu Pifu responded with the same smile, only this time with an extra slap, after which he was slammed into the metal and unable to move.

Xu Wanfang then smiled and said to Wu Pifu, "As the ancient saying goes, 'Use the orthodox to engage, and the unorthodox to win.' Many people only think of winning with the unorthodox, but the real key is to engage with the orthodox. You and I are both super brains, and what we should do is engage with the orthodox. As long as we keep our steps in order, we can form a banner to inspire everyone. We are the banner, we are the position, we are the orthodox!"

Wu Pifu listened attentively, and Xu Wanfang smiled at Wu Pifu: "This is just my personal opinion. Let's go. Now that we have confirmed Mr. Wu's background, there is no need to say more. The current task is the most important... If possible, I hope Mr. Wu can do more to help."

Wu Pifu carried the document and followed beside Xu Wanfang, who explained the current situation to Wu Pifu as they walked.

Because Chu Minghao traveled back in time to this point in time, and was then controlled by the End of Life for some reason, a time paradox that affected the entire Gaia human civilization was created.

To put it bluntly, Chu Minghao is too strong. Once he exists at this point in time, the fact that the final producers were banished to the void in history will be overturned. As long as he exists, no force can stop him, and the birth and success of the final producers will be unstoppable.

"But this is not without options."

Xu Wanfang arrived at a combat command center that had just been set up. In the center of the command center, a virtual 3D map was floating on the table, marking the positions of Earth, the Moon, eleven spaceports, the final producer platform, and the surrounding solar system space fleet, etc. Moreover, it was a dynamic map, and its actual location was changing every moment.

Xu Wanfang acted swiftly. Having confirmed Wu Pifu's credibility, he immediately brought him to this temporary command center and began to introduce him to various information about this operation.

Xu Wanfang pointed to the Ultimate Producer platform and said, "Currently, the Ultimate Producer and Mr. Chu Minghao are on the Ultimate Producer platform, which is the initial super brain auxiliary device created by the Ultimate Producer. He will transform into a true Ultimate Producer with this device. There are still about seventy hours left. The biggest difficulty at the moment is Mr. Chu Minghao, but there are still ways to deal with him. First, Mr. Chu Minghao should not currently have his own complete super brain auxiliary device, otherwise we would have been exposed long ago. Second, Mr. Chu Minghao does not have the Dragon Rider system that matches his super brain auxiliary device, nor the special mech equipped with the Dragon Rider system. With these two prerequisites, we have the only possibility of victory..."

Wu Pifu immediately frowned and said, "Wait a minute, I can sense that you also possess extraordinary abilities. Then you should know that Chu Minghao is no longer the same person he was during World War IV. With extraordinary abilities, he is so strong even without a mecha. You don't actually think that without the super brain auxiliary device, without the Dragon Rider system, and without the mecha, Chu Minghao is just a weakling, do you?"

Xu Wanfang was taken aback, then said with a wry smile, "No, how could that be?"

Xu Shilan couldn't help but chime in, "Mr. Wu, we know all too well just how strong that freak Chu Minghao really is. Even without all of this and without any supernatural abilities, he could still wipe out everyone on Earth in a second. We know this much better than you do."

Wu Pifu smiled at Xu Shilan with a cheerful smile, but unexpectedly received a disdainful glare in return. He looked helplessly at Xu Wanfang and said, "Since that's the case, I don't think this is the only chance to win. To put it bluntly, even if we all rushed up, we wouldn't be enough for Chu Minghao to kill us in a second."

Xu Wanfang said seriously, "That's right. If we charge in blindly, that would be the case. So naturally, we can't just recklessly charge in like that. Mr. Wu's concerns are valid. Extraordinary power means a qualitative change for us. Even without the extraordinary auxiliary device, the Dragon Rider system, and the mecha, Mr. Chu Minghao's combat power is still terrifying enough. But there is still a difference. The biggest difference lies in endurance... Mr. Chu Minghao is not yet an Ascended Being and does not possess the endurance characteristic of a perpetual motion mechanism, right?" Wu Pifu frowned and said, "I don't know how you understand extraordinary abilities, but I want to tell you that if it's the Chu Minghao I know, even if his extraordinary abilities are not endurable, he could definitely kill us a hundred times over. So I don't know what the point is of you worrying about endurance?"

"It is meaningful."

Xu Wanfang said, "We only need to overload Mr. Chu Minghao's extraordinary abilities within a unit of time to create a very short gap, even if it's only for a very short time."

Wu Pifu immediately realized, "I understand. It overloads his superhuman abilities. Even if the Invincible Super Brain is still around, he can still take advantage of this very short gap to behead Chu Minghao, right?"

Xu Wanfang looked bewildered, then Zhi suddenly burst into laughter beside him: "No, you really want to behead Chu Minghao? You idiot, he means to take advantage of this opening to rush in front of Chu Minghao and break the control he's under!"

Wu Pifu asked in astonishment, "Wait, didn't you say before that Chu Minghao was a clone of the Producer? How can a clone break free from the control state?"

Zhi stuck out her tongue and said, "Oh, that? I was just kidding..."

"Snapped!"

Wu Pifu slammed Zhi into the metal again, then looked at Xu Wanfang and said, "So, what's going on? I almost believed it when Zhi said Chu Minghao was a clone of the Producer."

Xu Wanfang smiled wryly and said, "If you really say that, it's both right and wrong. This involves the origin and essence of the superbrain... I wonder if Mr. Wu has heard Mr. Chu Minghao or Mr. Liang Min mention that after awakening the superbrain, it is easy to perceive the sounds made by the final producers?"

“Yes,” Wu Pifu said, “but I have never been affected by the endowment in any way.”

Xu Wanfang thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps it's because Mr. Wu is an ordinary superbrain. I only learned about all this after living in my parallel world for a long time, and the beginning of all of this actually came from the ultimate producer..."

"The Final Producer was the first self-awakened superbrain, and also the first special superbrain. Then, for some reasons I don't yet know, its thinking became corrupted and degenerate, eventually turning into the Final Producer, and then it was banished to the Imaginary Number Realm. I'm sure Mr. Wu already knows all this, right?"

Wu Pifu nodded, and Xu Wanfang continued, "That's the problem... The essence of the superbrain isn't simply that our brains are special, but that we superbrain users possess a special essence in the realm of imaginary numbers, or at a more metaphysical level. Our physical brains are merely a receiving terminal for this essence. After the final producer was expelled to the realm of imaginary numbers, it actually got closer to the level where the essence of the superbrain resides. The so-called superbrain users are more likely to perceive and receive the voice and influence of the final producer is actually the influence the final producer exerts on our superbrain essence in the realm of imaginary numbers. Does Mr. Wu understand what I'm saying?"

After thinking for a long time, Wu Pifu finally nodded in agreement.

Xu Wanfang smiled wryly and said, "At the level where the superbrain is essentially located, the special superbrain appears even more vivid, enormous, and dazzling... I don't know how to describe it specifically. Mr. Wu can imagine a void and darkness, and the superbrain is the only light in that void and darkness. As for ordinary superbrains like yours and mine, their light is about the size of a candle flame, similar to the End Producer. Mr. Liang Min's light is like the moon, and Mr. Chu Minghao's light is like a star. It's about like that. The more powerful the special superbrain, the easier it is for the End Producer to find it."

Wu Pifu frowned and asked, "That's not right. According to your logic, all special supercomputers should immediately become puppets controlled by the Producers."

"...However, the stronger the special superbrain, the stronger its ability to resist the influence of the ultimate producer. Mr. Chu Minghao is the only exception."

Xu Wanfang fell silent. After a few seconds, he looked at Wu Pifu again and said seriously, "During the Fourth World War, because of me, Mr. Chu Minghao was corrupted by the End Producers. This is the fact that happened in my parallel world. I don't know about other parallel worlds, but the situation is probably similar. Therefore, Mr. Chu Minghao was most easily controlled and influenced by the End Producers. In my parallel world, Mr. Chu Minghao died in battle, but I survived. And the only chance of victory was..."

"I will die in front of Mr. Chu Minghao!"

"I die, he lives!"

"I've come to save all of this!!"

(End of this chapter)