Eternal Night

Chapter 660 Leader Xu Wanfang and Liang Min of This Era

Wu Pifu finally understood why everyone, including Chu Minghao and Liang Min, regarded Xu Wanfang as the link between gods and humans, and why other forces regarded him as a savior. Even company members were ambiguous and conciliatory towards him, trying to rejoin the overall human camp through him.

Because he truly seems to be a born leader.

For the next dozen or so hours, Wu Pifu stayed by Xu Wanfang's side, watching him handle various affairs, watching him coordinate the conflicts between different factions and individuals, watching him talk to people in a gentle and pleasant manner, watching him participate in the work of various groups, and formulating plans including equipment allocation, battle plans, limited contact with the Azure government of this era, contact with the eleven families that rebelled against Azure, and formulating the final battle plan against the Enders... and so on.

Compared to the overly powerful Chu Minghao and the overly goofy Liang Min, Xu Wanfang, although just an ordinary superbrain, gave Wu Pifu the feeling of being all-powerful beyond superbrain, all-powerful from a leader's perspective.

"...My younger brother has more than 30 advanced degree certificates, more than a dozen of which he earned before awakening his ordinary superbrain. Before awakening as a superbrain, he coordinated six families and three Singularity Companies to establish more than ten companies in their names, managing more than one-tenth of the livelihood, economy, logistics, research and development, etc. of the unified human government. Before he awakened as a superbrain, or rather, before he knew that he was a potential superbrain possessor, he intended to run for the presidency of the unified human government."

As Xu Shilan and Wu Pifu were talking, she asked curiously, "In your parallel world, what kind of person am I?"

Wu Pifu thought for a moment and said, "Your speech, demeanor, and thoughts are not much different from yours now. The only difference is that you wouldn't have kept mentioning my brother back then. But now I understand why you went crazy and became a terrorist after your brother died in battle. To be honest, losing such an awesome and perfect brother probably made you want to destroy all of humanity."

Xu Shilan looked at Xu Wanfang in the distance with a satisfied gaze, and then she sighed, "It's a pity he's too perfect. Really, I've always thought so. He's too perfect, and his sense of responsibility is too strong... After learning that he was a superbrain, he understood the facts about superbrains, their power, and the conflicts between the leaders of the unified human government, the eleven families, the thirteen singularity companies, and the five leaders of the human revolution alliance. Then he resolutely followed Liang Min, attempting to mend everything on his own. That period was the time I was most worried and afraid, fearing that I would suddenly hear bad news about him."

Wu Pifu nodded and said, "Yes, so he died. In my timeline, he piloted the new machine and stormed into Earth, single-handedly destroying all of the company's public forces on Earth. But he also died in battle on Earth. I don't know exactly how he died, but after he died, everything went into chaos. Chu Minghao and Liang Min, who had previously worked together, started killing each other. Singularity Company, the Eleven Families, and the Human Revolutionary Alliance also stopped holding back. The entire solar system was reduced to ruins. Of course, you also played a significant role in this. It seems you used the mainframe's authority. Although I don't know what major event you orchestrated, given your status as the head of the Xu family, you were sentenced to be a maintenance worker. It's conceivable that you also played a deadly role."

Xu Shilan looked at Wu Pifu speechlessly. She was quite speechless. To put it bluntly, at her level, she had never seen anyone speak to her in such a tone and attitude. But then she laughed. She finally understood why she had become partners with Wu Pifu.

She wasn't aloof; on the contrary, because of her status, everyone she came into contact with treated her like someone in a superior position. Although she didn't reject or rebel against it, she actually admired such straightforward people.

Xu Shilan scrutinized Wu Pifu for a long while before smiling and saying, "Do you know why your brother suddenly trusts you so much?"

Wu Pifu asked in surprise, "What? He trusts me? When? What were his signs?"

Zhi laughed loudly beside him, "Xu Shilan, do you think he's smart enough to understand what you're saying? Just tell me directly, what was the token of love you gave him?"

Xu Shilan blushed and glared at Zhiyi, while Wu Pifu slapped her into the metal again.

Xu Shilan smoothed her hair and said, "Return of Death... In your timeline, I gave the Return of Death to you, right? The reason my brother trusts you so much is because he sensed the Return of Death within you, and his way of showing his trust in you is by teaching you all of this through his actions. He is teaching you how to be a leader."

Wu Pifu certainly sensed something, but he was also helpless. He simply spread his hands and said, "Sorry, I have absolutely no interest in becoming a leader or anything like that. He's just throwing his eyelashes at a blind man. Instead of teaching me how to become a leader, I should try to figure out how to deal with Chu Minghao."

Xu Shilan sighed, but Zhi Zai managed to pull his head out and said, "Oh wow, how strange! The first superbrain that doesn't want to be a leader or lead humanity forward, should I say your rarity is comparable to a special superbrain? Or are you a special superbrain?"

Wu Pifu was slightly taken aback, and then suddenly realized that it seemed that all the superbrains he knew were indeed of this type. They were either natural leaders like Xu Wanfang, or super leaders with damaged brains like the Producers, or leaders like Chu Minghao and Liang Min, each with their own plans for the future of humanity and their own leadership style. In comparison, his superbrain did indeed seem extremely unusual.

At this moment, Xu Shilan couldn't help but ask, "If you don't want to be a leader, and you don't have any pursuit or plan for the future of humanity, then what do you want to do? And what are you good at?"

Without a second thought, Wu Pifu said, "Live like a human being, and live better. If possible, help others as much as possible, and resurrect my parents, my companions, and the people I made promises to... But the prerequisite is still to survive. That's about it. Anyway, I don't have any intention of leading humanity or pointing out the way forward. That's more suitable for you great people or monsters. As for what I'm good at... I'm good at fighting and killing monsters. Does that count?" Xu Shilan remained speechless, then laughed loudly, "Are you as good at fighting and killing monsters as Chu Minghao? You really are an 'ordinary superbrain,' what a meaningless statement."

"No, it has meaning!"

Xu Wanfang had finished his conversation with a small team and came to the three of them, saying, "We were just about to borrow Mr. Wu's combat power. Although Mr. Wu has said that your current combat power is less than 40% of your peak, I think that being able to kill four Origin beings single-handedly, even if it's only 40%, would probably make you the strongest among all of us. However, this is not the dream world. There are naturally ways to amplify Mr. Wu's combat power in the real world."

Wu Pifu was already mentally prepared for this. He clenched his fist and said, "This was my goal in the first place. Don't worry, I will definitely be on the field when I fight Chu Minghao!"

Zhi laughed first, and Xu Wanfang said gently, "No, before we fight against Mr. Chu Minghao, we must do everything we can to strengthen our combat power, win over allies, and weaken the power of the final producers. Otherwise, we will not be able to win this battle. But I will take care of all of these. Mr. Wu, please rest assured. Now, before the final battle, there are two things that Mr. Wu needs to resolve."

Wu Pifu was somewhat prepared, since everyone was busy and it didn't seem right for him to be idle. So he immediately said, "Let me tell you first, I'm not good at intelligence, politics, or negotiation. You can just leave the fighting to me."

Xu Wanfang smiled slightly, though a little embarrassed, but still politely: "We will need to fight... For the first mission, I hope Mr. Wu can go to Europa. I have already contacted the smuggling gang there and purchased a large amount of materials, parts, and military supplies. These are enough to manufacture two simplified versions of the Dragoon system, one for me and one for Mr. Wu."

Wu Pifu's eyes widened immediately. "No way, buddy, are you kidding me? I'm a primitive man from the 21st century! You want me to build a dragon rider system?!"

Xu Wanfang looked at Zhi with embarrassment. Wu Pifu did not hesitate and directly pulled Zhi out of the metal, saying, "You can create a dragon rider system?"

Zhi chuckled, looked at the sky at a 45-degree angle, and whistled at the same time.

Wu Pifu knowingly slapped it back onto the metal weight, then looked at Xu Wanfang and asked, "And then? What's the second task?"

Xu Wanfang continued, "The second task is to find and awaken Mr. Liang Min."

Wu Pifu asked in surprise, "What? Liang Min has also arrived at this time-space node? What does 'awaken' mean?"

Xu Wanfang shook his head and said, "It's not what Mr. Wu thinks. The superbrain has a unique characteristic. Only one superbrain can exist at any given time and space node. I have come to this time and space node, and the me in the parallel time and space cannot come here. The same applies to Mr. Chu Minghao. As for Mr. Liang Min..."

"At this time, he should still be an experimental subject of the Azure Secret Research Institute, and he has not yet awakened. It was not until after the Enderer incident, when the Azure government collapsed and most of its forces became the Human Revolutionary Alliance and infiltrated into the shadows, that he awakened the Past Unchanged Super Brain after his physical body was destroyed for the first time. However, at this time, he had not yet fully mastered the Past Unchanged Reincarnation ability, so each reincarnation caused severe damage to the reincarnated brain. Therefore, for the next few hundred years, he was in a daze, only passively receiving information from his surroundings, until he regained his intelligence on the eve of the Fourth World War, and only then did he become a true Past Unchanged Special Super Brain."

Xu Wanfang said earnestly to Wu Pifu, "Mr. Wu, I really can't leave here, so I can only ask you to break into that Azure Secret Experiment Base and awaken Mr. Liang Min. We need his unchanging super-brain ability, and if I'm not mistaken..."

"There are probably quite a few cryogenically frozen personnel from before World War III in that laboratory. They were all part of Azure's secret experiments. I think this will definitely help you better understand the hidden dangers within you."

"That hidden danger is called the infinite accumulation of negative effects."

(End of this chapter)