Eternal Night

Chapter 668 The Past Remains Unchanged
(PS: Sorry for the wait. I rested yesterday, and my inspiration has returned today. The plot is also connecting well. Great! I'm going back to writing.)
"...What kind of monster is this?!"

At Europa's port, the entire Europa garrison fleet had already set sail, completely neglecting necessary preparations and resupply, for fear that if they were even a little slower, they would be stranded on Europa.

Wu Pifu's appearance not only shocked everyone with his behavior, but his strength was actually the most important thing. Otherwise, he would just be a mental patient. But if this mental patient can fly with a raised fist and wear his underwear on the outside, then he is not a mental patient, but a great terror!
"This is definitely not a bio-engineered beast!!"

The commander-in-chief of the Jupiter fleet paced back and forth in the captain's cabin, his face filled with horror and disbelief. Staring at the light screen hovering before him and the data analyzed by the ship's computers, he practically roared, "I know about bio-beasts! Even the most powerful bio-beasts, while possessing some inexplicable supernatural characteristics, are still made of flesh and blood! But what is this thing? Is its body composed of a material with strong interaction forces?!"

The Blue Regime's technological development is currently very advanced, and it is almost capable of colonizing the entire solar system, including setting up outposts in the Kubo's Belt. Its most cutting-edge technologies are already preparing for interstellar colonization, with strong interaction materials and faster-than-light engines being the top priorities in its development.

Through the shipboard computer and the information capture of the Star City central computer, everything that happened to Wu Pifu after his appearance was displayed, including his attacks, defenses, special supernatural abilities, flight capabilities, and other information. All people with certain positions and permissions could easily see it, and after seeing it, they really couldn't hold back.

Its strength and speed have surpassed all human-made automated creations. Even automated war machines cannot match Wu Pifu's short-range combat maneuvering speed of 10,000 meters per second. However, the magnitude of its power cannot be assessed due to the presence of supernatural elements. Analysis results from various computers indicate that its maximum output is likely sufficient to reach the level of a space gunship.

What's truly terrifying is its defensive capabilities and its extraordinary power involving the mind. Its defenses have never been breached since its appearance. All weapons, including penetrating, explosive, and plasma attacks, have failed to leave any mark on its skin or clothing. However, as can be seen from the high-speed monitoring, this is not an energy shield or spatial means. All attacks have actually landed on its flesh or clothing, but none of them have caused it any damage. At most, high-penetration weapons have left slight dents on its skin, just like ordinary human skin. But what follows is that the high-penetration projectiles are directly flattened by the impact.

These subtle manifestations are incomprehensible to humans even with the naked eye, but after systematic scientific analysis by supercomputers, an incredible answer can be obtained: the humanoid creature's defense is not achieved through supernatural power, but rather its physical body itself possesses this incredible defense... Although, in essence, achieving such defense through carbon-based flesh is already a supernatural phenomenon.

However, anyone with even a basic understanding of military and combat should know that there is a huge difference between super defense achieved through supernatural power and super defense possessed by the physical body alone. One is actively exerted, while the other is passively present. If it is actively exerted, it can be sniped from a distance using ultra-high-speed, beyond-visual-range weapons to kill it before it can react, or it can be used in a war of attrition, relying on numbers and lives to overwhelm its demise. No matter how strong Wu Pifu is, if the entire human civilization is the opposing force, there are still ways to kill it; it's just a matter of how much of a price must be paid.

But if Wu Pifu's defensive capabilities are passive...

Then we should consider abandoning Europa and trapping it in outer space!
This is why the Europa garrison took off directly, and all weapons began charging and aiming at Europa City. The commander of this defense fleet, the captains of every ship, and most of the mid- to high-ranking officers believed that Europa City should be abandoned, and quickly. Wu Pifu must not be allowed to obtain any planetary-level shuttles, otherwise human civilization might suffer severe damage or even extinction.

"Gentlemen, we can no longer hesitate!"

The fleet chief of staff roared, "Even if this monster isn't a bio-beast, it must be connected to the mastermind behind the bio-beast frenzy. It has no intention of destroying humanity! Commander, we can't hesitate any longer!"

The fleet commander looked at the chief of staff on the screen, a cold smile playing on his lips, but his expression remained serious: "How could I not know how terrifying this monster is? Moreover, its thoughts and actions are simply anti-human, anti-social, and anti-civilization. If it were to reach Earth, it would inevitably cause a catastrophe. But this is, after all, a colony on Europa, a place where the lives of over ten million people are at stake. How could I so easily issue this order... the lives of tens of millions of people!"

The fleet commander even emphasized it again with a stronger accent.

Everyone involved in the meeting was cursing under their breath.

To put it bluntly, every captain, officer, commander, deputy commander, and any one of them here had already planned to blow up the entire Star City the moment the fleet left port. In the dirt that Chu Qingyu revealed, they were all, without exception, inhuman. How could such people possibly sacrifice or wrong themselves for the sake of the people or others?

Saying this now is just a way to try and spread the responsibility.

After all, it is Europa, the most important alien colony for mankind besides the moon and Mars, with a total population of more than ten million. Even if there are extenuating circumstances, it must be abandoned. After all, the Azure government is still a democratically elected government on the surface. Whoever issues this order will lose their political life, and may even endanger themselves and their families. So how could the fleet commander be willing to take responsibility himself?
His point was that everyone should share the responsibility; otherwise, even if he were the fleet commander, even if he had powerful connections and influence, he still wouldn't be able to bear the responsibility if the city of Europa were bombarded, resulting in the deaths of over ten million people.

But the others weren't fools either. People who had reached their positions couldn't be fools, nor could they be hot-blooded naivetés. So everyone remained silent.

Yes, the threat from the Wu ants is imminent, but this threat is not just directed at them, but at the human race as a whole. So why should they sacrifice themselves for the collective?
Meanwhile, the fleet commander holds the most power, enjoys the most tributes, takes the most bribes, and has the highest status. So why should the fleet commander share responsibility with them? Have they shared the benefits when there are opportunities?
As for the talk of sacrifice... that's even more ridiculous. That's only for the lower-ranking soldiers, the common people, or those at the bottom who are about to be eliminated. Even the middle-class people don't believe it, let alone those in high positions of power like them.
So even though all the ships' weapons were ready and could be annihilated by a single salvo at any time, the scene remained silent for at least a minute. At this time, on the screen, Wu Pifu was talking about whether the common people were human or not, and about the first round of five-on-one killing.

The faces of these high-ranking military officers twitched as they listened.

What kind of utterly inhuman and insane psychopath is this?!

Does he really intend to kill one out of every five people in a population of over ten million?

Even those of them who don't treat the lower classes as human beings, who have enjoyed human organ transplants, those "human body art" experiences, and even participated in human flesh banquets, all felt that Wu Pifu was really too extreme!

The extremists think you're too extreme. (Image attached)

They can be inhuman, and they can lead a large group of people who were originally human to slowly become inhuman, but if you treat them with methods that don't treat them as human beings, then you are going too far.

At this point, everyone thought the silence would continue until Wu Pifu showed any intention of controlling the shuttle or spaceship. Some even suggested simply bombing the spaceport first, at least to prevent Wu Pifu from leaving Star City. As for whether to bury him along with Star City, that would be a matter for further discussion.

Then Wu Pifu suddenly headed directly towards the exit of the Star City Sky Screen. As seen on the monitoring screen, a strange exoskeleton armor, a hybrid of flesh and machinery, appeared on Wu Pifu's body.

"...Bio-beast!!"

Countless people gasped in surprise.

The legal foundation upon which the Azure regime was founded is that the Azure Organization saved humanity from the bio-beast horde. Over the years, the Azure government has not relaxed its vigilance against the mastermind behind the bio-beasts. At this moment, Wu Pifu's appearance, with both flesh and metal, is very much like the legendary bio-beast.

Seeing this, especially since Wu Pifu suddenly appeared in outer space outside the star city where the fleet was located, the high-ranking officers of the fleet immediately understood his purpose. Clearly, Wu Pifu actually had the ability to traverse space. Coupled with the very obvious traces of the bio-beast, everyone was shocked but couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

They can finally shirk all responsibility.

"I propose a rapid, joint vote by the entire fleet, with a ten-second time limit, to decide whether to attack Europa City!"

The fleet commander immediately spoke up.

Everyone was stunned, and then cursed inwardly. They already had the most suitable reason, and things had already come to this point, yet this old man still wanted to drag everyone down with him.

However, seeing that Wu Pifu was about to emerge from the airport into outer space, everyone nodded in agreement and had to take part of the responsibility for the fleet commander.

Soon, voting screens appeared in front of officers and soldiers on all ships in the fleet. Due to the urgency of the situation and the involvement of the suspected mastermind behind the bio-beasts, coupled with the collective responsibility involved, the voting ended in just over ten seconds. Except for a very few abstentions, more than 98% of the votes were in favor of firing at Star City.

How can a mere ten million people compare to their lives, fortunes, and future?

Ever since Chu Qingyu exposed her dirty secrets, so many people have been itching to get rid of her. Isn't this perfect? ​​The entire Europa City is gone, so these dirty secrets will naturally disappear as well. Moreover, if it can be proven that Wu Pifu is really related to the bio-beast conspiracy, they might even become heroes of all mankind!
As a result of the vote, all the ship captains and the fleet commander simultaneously issued an order to launch a full-scale attack on Star City.

then……

As the smallest and fastest-starting gunships aimed all their cannons at the star city on Europa, their muzzles began to charge, ready to unleash a devastating barrage in the next instant. At that moment, Wu Pifu had just arrived in outer space from inside the star city at the spaceport, at least tens of thousands of kilometers away from the fleet.

Its speed of 10,000 meters per second is indeed very fast on the surface of a planet, but once it is placed on a cosmic scale, this speed is just a drop in the ocean. That is why even when the fleet officers and soldiers saw Wu Pifu arrive in space, they were still not panicked. The distance of tens of thousands of kilometers was enough for them to make any reaction. Even when traveling in space, Wu Pifu's speed was simply no match for the space fleet.

They are...safe!!
then……

The gunboat that fired first broke in half, and the explosion began from the gun barrel and weapon firing port. All the crew members inside perished in the flames without even having a chance to react.

Wu Pifu, who should have been tens of thousands of kilometers away, arrived at the gunboat in an instant. His ancient broadsword flashed and cut the gunboat in two.

"Varied……"

"impossible!"

"Space..." The explosion of the gunboats happened so suddenly that no one had time to react. Many quick-reacting people only had time to utter a few single sounds before a series of gunboats would fire their weapons at Star City. Wu Pifu remained standing still with his knife in hand. Only when any ship was about to launch an attack did he teleport to its side.

Whoever fires the cannon dies!
As if to confirm this silent warning, all eight gunboats exploded in succession. At this moment, even the most obtuse person understood Wu Pifu's attack rules. In an instant, all the captains on the ships roared orders to stop all attacks.

In fact, they didn't even need to give the order; the soldiers who had come to their senses all stopped moving. They dared not gamble their lives on an order, especially with eight examples already set.

"...No! It's not about supernatural forces involving space, it's..."

Until this moment, the entire fleet, who thought they were in a safe place and could regard tens of millions of people as numbers, began to break out in a cold sweat. Their hands and feet went weak, and they dared not move.

The facts have proven that their proud spaceships were no match for the monster's attacks. Their self-assured cosmic distances were rendered a joke by the enemy's unknown teleportation ability. At this moment, they all lost their composure, as if they were all in living coffins awaiting their death sentence. No one dared to move, and no one dared to utter a word.

It wasn't until... the ship's onboard computer continued to capture and analyze information about Wu Pifu, and the results were projected onto the screen in front of the fleet's high command, that someone exclaimed in disbelief.

Wu Pifu traversed tens of thousands of kilometers in an instant; did he actually fly across space in his physical body?!

Under the control of the shipboard computer and the high-precision capture and analysis equipment of the space warship, Wu Pifu's movement trajectory was actually captured. It was a picture captured by ultra-high-speed camera equipment. At the nanosecond level, which is completely imperceptible to human reaction speed, Wu Pifu began to move on this time scale. On what seemed to be a cosmic scale of tens of thousands of kilometers, Wu Pifu arrived next to the fleet in the blink of an eye.

What the hell is this, a speed of 10,000 meters per second?!

The speed that Wu Pifu has demonstrated is exaggerated to the point of exceeding one-tenth the speed of light!

Carbon-based life forms could reach one-tenth the speed of light using their physical bodies?

At this moment, everyone on the ship truly understood that Wu Pifu could indeed traverse the solar system in his physical body and reach Earth without the aid of any shuttle. Their actions and thoughts seemed utterly ridiculous at this moment.

"Sail the spaceship back to the spaceport."

A voice appeared in everyone's ears, but no one moved or spoke. Once they returned to the spaceport, they would have no chance at all. What if Wu Pifu gave them a five-draw-one-kill?
"Five draws for one kill? That's some kind of treatment between human and non-human. You're dreaming. Go back and give us a two-draw-one-kill round first, or we'll really be letting you down for your determination to kill tens of millions of people without hesitation."

Wu Pifu's voice appeared again, and everyone's hearts sank to the bottom.

The silence continued, and then thirty seconds later, Wu Pifu, no longer tolerating them, raised his death-defying sword and flew towards the only battleship in the fleet, which was also the flagship.

All the ships witnessed this scene. Everyone on the flagship was stunned for a moment, then they all shouted in unison. The fleet commander shouted even louder, "I am the fleet commander, this is the flagship, what...?"

Wu Pifu slashed across the sky with a flashing blade, the slash cutting through the void and striking the middle of the vessel. It wasn't a horizontal sever, but a vertical cut through the center. After the slash, the entire vessel fell silent for two seconds, then began to explode from the tip. The nuclear fusion reactor inside was overloaded and shrank inward...

After the dazzling light, Wu Pifu flicked his blade, looked at the other ships, and continued to count down silently in his mind.

Do these people really think he's making a request?

If you don't want to go back to the spaceport for a two-draw-one-kill, then you might as well die in space.

So what if he's the fleet commander? So what if he's the flagship? Does he expect me to warn him bit by bit, starting with the gunboats?
In just a few seconds, all the ship's engines started up, and then the ships began to turn around and head towards the spaceport, obediently without the slightest hesitation or protest.

Wu Pifu ignored it and followed the fleet toward the spaceport. He didn't pay much attention to these space warships, since they were no match for him. He was just carefully sensing the interior of Europa.

Just now, the instant he used the Super Brain World, the same Super Brain World sensation appeared underground inside the Star City. However, this sensation was very weak and was not the complete Super Brain World. It could only be described as a tiny ripple.

However, in the black and white world of Superbrain, this tiny ripple was so conspicuous that Wu Pifu could not possibly be mistaken... There was a superbrain in Europa's secret laboratory!
"...Is the past of the first generation unchanged?"

This is also one of Wu Pifu's main tasks in coming here: to awaken the unchanging past that has not yet been born in this era.

Meanwhile, in a secret laboratory beneath Europa, a star city.

This secret laboratory was established by the Azure Government, not by a private group or force. Almost all of the experiments it conducts are truly taboo, including the current Azure Government's plan to eliminate the lower classes, the aberration experiments on cryogenically frozen personnel before World War III, the human replantation experiments on biochemical beast cells, and various other taboo experiments.

It can be said that every experiment here involves taboo human experimentation and mutation, and its cruelty is enough to terrify ordinary people.

At this moment, everyone in the laboratory was filled with despair.

They already knew what was happening outside. Wu Pifu's sudden rise, the chaos in the entire Europa colony, the destruction of the garrison fleet, and other information were all seen by the employees and security personnel inside. They had also heard Wu Pifu's theory about humans and non-humans clearly. According to this theory, no matter how they tried to defend them, they were all non-humans, and the kind of non-humans that were undeniable.

In other words, if it were them, it would definitely not be a matter of killing one out of ten; Wu Pifu would kill them all without saying a word.

"What do we do? Are we just supposed to wait to die?"

"Not necessarily. We are located deep underground on Europa, and our exit to the outside world is top secret. That thing may not be able to find us."

"Remain silent! Turn off all devices that emit information!"

"...What about the secret escape route? We can go to the secret shelter outside Star City."

"What's the use? This monster can destroy even spaceships, and its cosmic movement speed exceeds one-tenth the speed of light. Even if we escape to the shelter, we can't escape Europa! And with so many people, how big is the shelter? We can't even hold out for 24 hours. We'll all die there!"

Immediately, everyone in the laboratory began to discuss the matter, feeling anxious, fearful, and desperate.

"What do we do? Are we just supposed to wait to die?"

"Not necessarily. We are located deep underground on Europa, and our exit to the outside world is top secret. That thing may not be able to find us."

"Remain silent! Turn off all devices that emit information!"

"How about activating the aberration weapon? Although it's still in the experimental stage, this thing completely defies the basic framework of physics. Who knows, it might be able to kill this monster?"

"How do we start? Forcibly wake up those few sleeping individuals who are about to thaw, and then slap them a few times? Don't be ridiculous. Unless we directly use virtual reality to forcibly stimulate their personality breakdown, but then we'll have to experience the distortion first. You mean we commit suicide before the enemy kills us, and then the enemy can't do anything about it, right?"

Immediately, everyone in the laboratory began to discuss the matter, feeling anxious, fearful, and desperate.

"What do we do? Are we just supposed to wait to die?"

"Not necessarily. We are located deep underground on Europa, and our exit to the outside world is top secret. That thing may not be able to find us."

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(End of this chapter)