Eternal Night

Chapter 681 Shift of Light and Darkness
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

This was Wu Pifu's only thought after hearing what these company members had to say.

Once upon a time, the Azure Organization was almost humanity's hope, a savior organization that saved everything during humanity's most desperate and difficult times. Even the organization's first generation of members envisioned countermeasures after Azure's fall. But in the end, the Azure Organization still completely fell, and once again reached a point where it was about to destroy the entire human civilization...

"...So what do you want to do?"

Wu Pifu thought for a long time before asking the question.

The young man and his companions looked at each other, and finally the bespectacled man with a stiff expression, who looked like a tech geek, spoke up: "We want the light and darkness to reverse!"

"Huh?" Wu Pifu asked, completely bewildered, "Speak like a human!"

The tech geek immediately blushed. The young man behind him covered his face and pulled him aside, saying, "Sir, please don't be offended. He's our company's chief technician. Our situation is special; technicians have the highest status, so he's our leader. But because he's a technician, you know... To put it simply, we want the company to rise to power, while the Blue Organization retains its integrity and power, with the hidden force remaining behind the scenes, acting as a sword of Damocles hanging over the company's head. This creates a change in the main body of power, maintaining its vitality rather than allowing long-term power to lead to decay!"

Wu Pifu was taken aback, then suddenly realized.

He said that when he learned that the Azure Government had collapsed because of the Producers, he found it strange that thirteen Singularity Companies had risen to power, and that in terms of government authority, the thirteen Singularity Companies had suppressed the ancient eleven families, which was logically impossible.

It's important to understand that the Blue Organization was able to establish the Blue Government because its legal basis was the suppression of the bio-beast frenzy. And the bio-beast frenzy was caused by the company. Even if the Blue Organization were to collapse because of the End Producer, how could the remaining eleven families have coexisted peacefully with the company for so many years?

So that's the truth!
Wu Pifu thought for a moment and said, "So what is it that you came to me with? Do you want me to endorse you? Or do you hope that I will resolve the Blue Sky government issue?"

The young man immediately said, "That's not it. To be honest, the Azure government is so corrupt that the current president is powerless to reverse it. His 'Perpetrator' program is nothing but wishful thinking. We came here today..."

"Wait a minute, do you know about the Lifetime Achievement Program?"

Wu Pifu frowned and said, "And then you think this plan is... wishful thinking?"

The young man also frowned. He sensed something unusual in Wu Pifu's attitude. He exchanged glances with the tech geek and the other members, then asked earnestly, "Sir, is there something wrong with our thinking?"

Wu Pifu looked at Zhi, who was grinning and looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, whistling with a pout while giving him a look that said, "Don't bother me."

All he could say was, "What kind of plan do you think the endowment program is?"

The tech geek immediately said, "It's a delusional plan. The so-called 'End Producer Plan' refers to the plan to unify the surface-level virtual reality government affairs of all mankind. It is also the fantasy of the current president of the Azure Government. He intends to save the Azure Government with his own strength."

"To put it simply, he plans to transform himself into a central hub for political integration, binding and merging with the mind amplifier currently under construction, making himself a super artificial intelligence. Simultaneously, he intends to incorporate the entire solar system and all of humanity into this information system, forming a so-called surface-level virtual reality. This isn't actually information dimensional reduction; our current technology simply cannot virtualize real matter and real life. Therefore, the ultimate goal of this plan is to establish a super-ruling intelligence that is absolutely incorruptible and absolutely incorruptible. The president alone will handle legislative, judicial, law enforcement, military, and political affairs, etc. This is..."

"wrong."

Upon hearing this, Wu Pifu no longer understood what these people meant by the Producer of Life program. He immediately shook his head and said, "No, what you're talking about isn't the Producer of Life program at all."

The tech geek looked completely bewildered. He exchanged a glance with the young man, who immediately asked, "So what exactly is the Producer Project that you know about, sir?"

Wu Pifu was about to mention the superbrain, but then he remembered that this was the timeline of the first battle between the End Producers, so he hesitated for a moment and looked over at Zhi.

Zhi laughed heartily, put his hands on his hips, and said, "Then I'll tell you the truth, it's true!"

“I… come from the real world as a human, while you are merely virtual, dimensionally reduced NPCs, so now I come…”

"Snapped!"

Wu Pifu slapped Zhi into the metal floor, so hard he couldn't be pried out. The company employees in front of him all looked terrified. Wu Pifu then said to them, "Don't listen to this lunatic's nonsense… The so-called 'Perfect Producer' project needs to clarify one concept beforehand: super-brain ability users…"

Wu Pifu then recounted what he knew about the End Producer and the End Producer Project. The company personnel present were immediately shocked; they couldn't believe what Wu Pifu was saying. It wasn't until Wu Pifu invited them to examine the Dragon Rider System that these company members stood there dumbfounded, their worldviews completely shattered.

"You already knew why we came?" the young man asked, his face filled with shock and bewilderment.

Wu Pifu pointed to his head and said, "Just like I said, I am also a super brain ability user. Although it's not memory reading, your emotions have already expressed too much of your meaning. Your purpose is very simple: you hope that I can join the new government formed by the Thirteen Singularity Companies and serve as the first president of the government. The reason is that I may have mastered the next-generation perfect dragon rider system, right?"

The young man and several company members fell silent. The tech geek, however, was honest: "Yes, for our Light-Dark Conversion Plan to proceed, besides defeating the Azure Government Army in a short time, the most crucial thing is obtaining your consent... Respect for power is the first condition. We believe you possess a revolutionary new type of Dragon Rider system, which is a human mind amplifier that can be used in actual combat. That's our purpose, but who knew..."

The tech geek looked on incredulously: "Your Dragoon system, while having a more sophisticated internal structure, is essentially no different from the Dragoon systems we know. A Dragoon system this small simply can't activate nanometer-sized floating devices for wide-area attacks, unless..."

The young man then picked up the conversation, saying, "Unless your mental power is billions of times greater than that of an ordinary person! And this also explains why you directly crushed the Europa garrison fleet when you weren't using the Dragon Rider system... Is this what a superbrain is?"

Wu Pifu wanted to explain that ordinary superbrains don't have this kind of strength, but after thinking about it, he figured the End Producer wasn't an ordinary superbrain either, so he simply said, "That's right, this is a superbrain, and the End Producer, who is the current president you're talking about, is a superbrain even more powerful than me. At the same time, there is a super superbrain that has broken through the limits of numbers next to the End Producer, which we call... now invincible!"

The shock on the company members' faces deepened. They fell silent, exchanging glances, and after a long pause, the tech geek suddenly asked, "So, what will be the outcome if the Producer of the Last Man is successfully implemented?"

"...All of humanity has been demoted! Human civilization has been demoted!"

Wu Pifu affirmed, "Just like the impossible outcome you all believe, all of humanity, the entire human civilization, will be completely digitized, datafied, and reduced in dimensionality, becoming a single thought in the mind of the End Producer, a real virtual reality. From then on, there will be no more human civilization. We will all be just a set of data that the End Producer can create or destroy at will. We won't even be able to detect whether the End Producer exists. He can freely modify our memories, consciousness, and perception, and He will become the true End Producer. He is humanity, and humanity is Him."

The most terrifying ending is one that is countless times more horrifying than the complete annihilation of human civilization...

The company members could no longer hold back, and the young man immediately said, "Please forgive us for taking our leave first. Although it is impolite, please allow us to verify this, as it concerns the survival of all human civilization!"

Wu Pifu nodded. After thinking for a moment, he still reminded him, "Be careful. The Ultimate Producer's super brain auxiliary device, which is the platform currently under construction, that you thought was a toy, will be completed in about fifty hours. I, and others who also know all this, will launch a full-scale attack on it before then. If you need to verify anything, please do so within fifty hours, and then..."

Before Wu Pifu could speak, the young man immediately said, "If all of this is true, then we will definitely fight with all our might. We also have some miraculous power in our hands... Now, please allow us to take our leave."

After speaking, the young man bowed slightly, as did the others, and then they hurried away, leaving the hospital a moment later.

At this moment, Wu Pifu finally pulled Zhi off the floor. Holding Zhi, he frowned and said, "So why did you pretend to be crazy? Do you think I can't tell you're saying this on purpose?"

Zhi didn't say anything, just chuckled foolishly. Wu Pifu shook his head, put him down, and said, "Get ready, we're going back to Xu Wanfang's place."

Zhi immediately pointed to the children in the container and said, "What about them? Are you just going to abandon them?"

Wu Pifu, without turning his head, said, "Are you doing this on purpose? You can block my emotional perception, but the members of the Newborn Revolutionary Alliance you founded can't. Even if we leave, these children will still receive good care from them, won't they?"

Zhi started chuckling again. He followed Wu Pifu outside, but as they walked, Wu Pifu suddenly spoke up: "So... you're one of them?"

"What?" Zhi asked, looking completely bewildered.

Wu Pifu didn't turn his head back, but he didn't say anything and just continued walking forward.

Zhi walked behind Wu Pifu, hands in his pockets, humming a song.

After a long while, Wu Pifu seemed to hear a faint sound, but upon closer listening, it was completely silent. The emotions of Zhi beside him remained unknown, as if the sound had been an illusion.

He shook his head slightly, stopped thinking about it, and simply walked towards the spaceport.

"Thanks……"

(End of this chapter)