Eternal Night

Chapter 661 The Bottom Line of Being a Human Being
A shuttle flew from the spaceport toward Jupiter's location.

At the spaceport, Xu Wanfang watched the shuttle go further and further away until it was no longer visible to the naked eye, at which point he couldn't help but sigh.

Xu Shilan laughed and said, "He's a very interesting person, and very straightforward and honest. I can imagine teaming up with him to explore the Dream World; that would be a lot of fun."

Xu Wanfang said regretfully, "It's rare that my sister has someone she likes. It's a pity that he must have died in my timeline. I guess he was gone during the Fourth World War. Otherwise, if I had found him and trained him properly, I might have had another brother-in-law."

Xu Shilan rolled her eyes at Xu Wanfang and said solemnly, "Are you sure it's okay? That's Zhi, the one who caused us so much trouble, the one who almost killed you several times. Is it really a good idea to have him by Mr. Wu's side?"

Xu Wanfang replied without hesitation, “No problem. Mr. Wu may seem... not very smart, but he is actually very clear-headed. He has his own logic and bottom line for everything. As long as this bottom line is not crossed, we can talk, cooperate, or even be enemies with him. So he can treat anyone and anything freely. But as long as this bottom line is crossed, he will also be very decisive in destroying and killing. I suppose Zhi has also seen this. So as long as Zhi has not found an opportunity to use his life to make a big news story, then Zhi will definitely help Mr. Wu achieve various tasks.”

Xu Shilan seemed to be deep in thought, then she asked curiously, "With Zhi's assistance and Mr. Wu's military strength, the matter of Europa can be easily resolved no matter what. What are you worried about?"

Xu Wanfang stared at the dark space for a long time before saying, "I am not worried about Mr. Wu's ability to execute. Judging from his ability to kill four Roots and obtain key items, he must be a world-shaking figure in his timeline. What I am really worried about is whether he will be disappointed in humanity because of what he saw on Europa?"

Xu Shilan's expression changed, and she immediately showed worry. However, she still forced a smile and said, "But didn't you say that she has her own logic and bottom line? Such a person should have a very strong will, right? She shouldn't be so easily swallowed up by the darkness, should she?"

Xu Wanfang shook his head and said, "No, darkness varies. Private darkness is easy to see through, even organizational and collective darkness. But the darkness that occurred in the late Azure era was darkness exercised in the name of humanity. In fact, a lot of data from the late Azure era had already been destroyed in the time we were born. This was because the Eleven Families and the Thirteen Singularity Companies wanted to flaunt their justice. After I came to this point in time, I found a lot of information about this era... As for the darkness I mentioned that was exercised in the name of humanity, it was the ancient proposal for the experiment of the hopeless humanity."

Xu Shilan naturally didn't know what the proposal was, and she looked at Xu Wanfang with a slightly blank expression.

Xu Wanfang paused for a moment before saying, "The Azure Government is different from my initial assumptions. This government ended the bio-beast frenzy of World War III and truly saved human civilization. Moreover, it saved human civilization with collective power, with iron and blood, and reshaped the Earth's ecology. Therefore, this government highly admires iron-blooded collectivism. However, with the development of civilization, its internal ideology has gradually become hedonistic, weak, internally stratified, and the people have become vertically divided, etc. This has led to many strange and contradictory laws that use collectivism to replace darkness. This proposal is one of them."

Seeing that Xu Shilan was still somewhat puzzled, Xu Wanfang explained, "You should know that during the bio-beast rampage, human civilization was almost wiped out, leaving only a small number of humans to reproduce in the region between Asia and Africa. Later, the Azure Organization was established and rose to prominence, and after an extremely arduous battle, it finally won the final victory and ended the bio-beast rampage. Since then, the Azure Government has been doing its best to save the Earth's ecosystem and revive the Earth's ecological pollution, etc."

Xu Shilan nodded naturally, and Xu Wanfang said, "At that time, when the Azure Government was reviving the Earth's ecosystem, it also conducted large-scale excavations and explorations of the relics of various countries and factions before World War III. The action to destroy all historical records and information from before World War III took place at that time. At the same time, the surviving cryogenic hibernators from before World War III were also unearthed at that time. Their number was not large, after all, all of humanity was destroyed during World War III, and the total number was only about tens of thousands."

Xu Shilan naturally knew all this, so she nodded.

Xu Wanfang continued, "The original Azure Government was indeed far better than the later Human Unification Government. After all, it was a savior government. During its first hundred years of rule, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it devoted itself to the country and its people. So, the Azure Government at that time planned to revive these humans from World War III. After all, most of the incurable diseases before World War III could be cured. However, after reviving these humans, they all self-destructed one after another within a year. Most of them committed suicide, and a small number of them experienced harmful meme phenomena, or even more incredible bizarre transformations. These few phenomena are supernatural and cannot be explained by human science. At the same time, although the number is small, every time a similar situation occurs, it will cause large-scale harm and destruction. According to the information I have found, there have even been cases of the disappearance of millions of people in an entire city."

Xu Shilan's eyes widened. Although she knew that cryogenic hibernation devices, which did not have virtual reality systems before World War III, were harmful and that future humans who were revived from them would almost all die within a year, she was unaware that a large-scale similar incident had occurred during the Blue Government's rule.

Xu Wanfang paused for a moment before continuing, "Given this situation, the rescue of these pre-World War III cryogenically frozen individuals was urgently halted, and almost all the remaining cryogenically frozen individuals were sealed away, including Mr. Wu. At the time, the Azure government didn't know what to do, so it kept them sealed away. Now, as the Azure government has gradually deteriorated and is being swayed by public opinion, with various government plans and proposals becoming increasingly outrageous, these cryogenically frozen individuals have become a thorn in the side of some people. On the one hand, these cryogenically frozen individuals seem like time bombs; on the other hand, the harmful memes or bizarre phenomena they produce seem to reveal supernatural and extraordinary power. Therefore, driven by the collective unconscious, the 'Proposal for Ancient Human Experimentation' under the sway of public opinion was introduced."

As the name suggests, Xu Shilan could already imagine the content of the proposal, so she felt a chill run down her spine.

Xu Wanfang, observing Xu Shilan's expression, nodded and said, "That's right, just as you think... The proposal seems to be described with beautiful words, such as saving these ancient compatriots, alleviating their suffering and death, and benefiting all mankind, but in reality, it's all about using these poor people for experiments, attempting to find supernatural powers, immortality, or weaponization, energy conversion, etc., through them. From the information I found, even in public or semi-public experiments, there's still some humanity and some dignity, but they still treat them as expendable resources. As for secret laboratories, that's truly inhumane, comparable to the corporations on the eve of World War IV." "Moreover, this is different from the corporations' situation. Those were evil deeds committed to satisfy the desires of a few, the actions of 'criminals.' But what this era has done to these pre-World War III cryogenically frozen individuals is a collective crime committed by all of humanity, by human civilization as a whole, a manifestation of the evil of the human race!"

Xu Shilan then understood Xu Wanfang's concerns. She also looked at the dark space with worry and said, "Collective unconscious fanaticism and crime? So you are worried that Mr. Wu's self-logic based on 'being a person' will be challenged. If he thinks that 'being a person' is no longer good, perhaps he will undergo a reversal and dramatic change in personality, behavior, and logic... similar to a final producer, right?"

"good."

Xu Wanfang said seriously, "Mr. Chu Minghao is already terrifying enough. If Mr. Wu also undergoes a complete transformation at this time, then this battle..."

Neither of them spoke again, they just stared blankly into the dark space.

Meanwhile, on this super-fast mini shuttle, Wu Pifu closed his eyes and pretended to sleep out of boredom. He was about to spend another six hours in this boring journey. However, the fact that it only took six hours to get from Earth to Jupiter was beyond Wu Pifu's expectations.

The Azure Government of this era not only possesses formidable technological strength, comparable to the unified human government of World War IV after the corporations were dismantled, but its various public facilities are also far superior to those of the unified human government of the future. For example, the super electromagnetic orbital line is a space highway connecting Earth to the major planets of the solar system. Although only small and medium-sized shuttles can use it, the use of this giant construct technology allows small and medium-sized shuttles to travel at speeds close to one-tenth the speed of light, which is already incredibly impressive.

Unlike Wu Pifu's bored dozing, Zhiyi kept chuckling and laughing as soon as he got on the shuttle, exhibiting symptoms of a late-stage mental patient.

"……Shut up!"

Wu Pifu couldn't hold back any longer. He opened his eyes and said, "How about I shut you up?"

Zhi stopped smiling, but looked at Wu Pifu with a look of anticipation, which made Wu Pifu feel a little scared. He glared back at Zhi and was about to raise his hand to do something.

Zhi suddenly said, "Wu Pifu, Wu Pifu, I'm really curious about what you'll do next. By the way, your bottom line is 'be a decent human being,' right?"

Wu Pifu nodded in confusion, then burst into laughter again.

"I'm so excited, hahaha...ga..."

Zhi rolled her eyes and fainted. Only then did Wu Pifu show a disgusted expression, and then closed her eyes again to pretend to sleep.

Meanwhile, in the secret laboratory of the Azure Government on Europa, three pre-World War III cryogenically frozen humans, still in sealed condition, are undergoing the pre-experiment activation process, and one of them…

It was Wu Pifu!
(End of this chapter)