Eternal Night

Chapter 693 The Mainframe Upgrades Again

Wu Pifu sat in the presidential office with Xu Shilan and Amadei. A bird was perched on Wu Pifu's head, pecking at his ears. A fist-sized fly hung from his waist, and a Samoyed was biting his trouser leg. Beside him was a plate of golden trees with outstretched claws.

They're back, they're all back. Chu Minghao and Liang Min almost burst into tears. What they initially thought was an eerie scene now looked beautiful no matter how they looked at it.

Amadeus and Xu Shilan, on the other hand, had twitching lips.

Chiu Chiu and the others recognized that Wu Pi Fu had brought the bird with him long ago, but it's one thing to keep a dog, but what the heck is that fist-sized fly?! And what the heck is that golden tree with branches waving like tentacles?

During the time they were dead, wasn't Wu Pifu acting a little too strangely?
Wu Pifu himself didn't think so. He just felt that the little animals and the golden tree bonsai were too happy. However, now was not the time to talk about these things. So he told Chu Minghao and Liang Min about his experiences during this period.

Although Amadeus and Xu Shilan had heard Wu Pifu mention it once before, Wu Pifu had never gone into such detail, so they listened patiently this time.

When Wu Pifu mentioned that he had killed four Roots in the center of the galaxy, he spoke very casually. Amadei and Xu Shilan did not know about the Sublimation Body and the Root, so they only knew that it was powerful, but did not know exactly how powerful it was. Only Chu Minghao and Liang Min's mouths twitched and their hands trembled.

No, buddy, you really killed four Roots?

You went to the banquet alone, and when everyone thought you were doomed, you single-handedly killed the Overlord, his generals, and three hundred axemen, and then came back to tell us the Feast at Hongmen wasn't good!?
No, no...

Chu Minghao and Liang Min both felt completely bewildered. They had been making plans and deliberations, even contemplating leading all of humanity to their deaths, only to have Wu Pifu return and tell them this?!
If neither of them had actually fought against the power of the Root, they would have really thought that the Root was nothing but a small fry!
That's going too far!
Then Wu Pifu talked about how his physical body collapsed during the battle, and his super brain backfired, forcing him to perform a time reversal. Chu Minghao's face started twitching.

"...No, buddy, are you really going through time travel?"

Chu Minghao said in a trembling voice, "I also tried time travel once, and I almost died in it. I barely escaped with my life. It was a trap, and there were no key items. Time travel isn't even a trap; it's an absolute dead end..."

Wu Pifu displayed his absolute spacetime anchoring protocol and said, "Hmm, I have a key item."

Chu Minghao was immediately speechless. He opened his mouth and stared wide-eyed, his expression no different from Gao Changgong's before, and he began to perform the same facial expression.

Liang Min laughed heartily beside her, tears streaming down her face.

Wu Pifu then continued his journey of time travel. When he mentioned entering several time nodes and various future timelines, such as Chu Minghao dying, Liang Min dying, and Xu Ruonan destroying humanity, Chu Minghao and Liang Min's expressions gradually became serious.

At this point, Liang Min glanced at Chu Minghao, who nodded slightly. Then, the next second, everything around them turned black and white, and Amadei, Xu Shilan, and the small animals all froze in place.

Chu Minghao then nodded to Wu Pifu at an extremely slow pace, and the information was then directly transmitted to Wu Pifu.

"...Brother Wu, this has been going on for a while. I've had some suspicions ever since you rescued me from the weekend, but I haven't told you because you just awakened your super brain. I might..." Chu Minghao carefully chose his words.

Wu Pifu said directly, "It was corrupted and contaminated by the Taotie... no, by the Progenitors, right?"

Chu Minghao looked surprised, while Liang Min said from the side, "What are you surprised about? It's obvious that he knew all of this in the time travel. He even saw our deaths, so is it so hard for him to know why you died?"

Chu Minghao nodded, but before he could speak, Wu Pifu continued, "I not only know that you have been corrupted by the End Producers, but I also participated in the battle that gave birth to the End Producers."

Chu Minghao and Liang Min immediately stared intently at Wu Pifu, who then looked around and said, "Let's resolve this first. There's no point in hiding these things."

Liang Min immediately said, "This is a lifetime contributor, the information alone is..."

"It's okay, trust me."

Chu Minghao truly trusted and had confidence in Wu Pifu, so he actually deactivated the Super Brain World.

Then Wu Pifu didn't hide anything and continued to tell his story. When he mentioned that he had obtained a title and showed it to everyone present, everyone's mouth twitched.

Amadeus and Xu Shilan simply found it absurd, while Chu Minghao and Liang Min almost blurted out "hilarious." Seriously, buddy?

Although they each have titles, and more than one, and they can understand the humor in some of the titles, this Deception Orb (Humor Special Edition) is ridiculous! It's literally written as funny, is it really meant to be funny?

And its effects are rather...unique, aren't they?

Wu Pifu continued talking about how he joined the Time and Space Spirit faction, learned about the Time and Space Spirit, the Time and Space Wheel, and the absolute and relative time and space concepts, etc. Then, under the serious expressions of Chu Minghao and Liang Min, he continued to talk about the faction missions he had done, especially the third faction mission, which was to prevent the birth of the Final Producer.

"...All superbrains resonate with the Root Corpse suspended in the imaginary space of the Absolute Truth Layer. However, this is not the power of the Root Corpse itself, but rather the negative power that the Root Corpse, as the central hub and core, transforms and absorbs. Nevertheless, depending on the strength of the Root, ordinary superbrains and special superbrains will be generated, and special superbrains..."

"...The main brain is the resonance of multiple Root Corpses, which is also the source of the artifacts of civilization produced by many ancient civilizations in the past. The more Root Corpses that resonate, the stronger and more stable the civilization itself is. The more truth there is, the stronger the artifacts of civilization will be."

"...The End Producer is not only a special superbrain, but also the Root Corpse that the End Producer resonates with is not completely dead. Its corpse still carries the original true spirit consciousness. In other words, what caused the End Producer's dramatic change was actually this Root Corpse, Taotie!"

"...However, because it is in the Absolute Reality layer, this Taotie is still different from other sources. First, it can hardly erode human civilization, and can only indirectly affect it through the resonance channel of the superbrain. Second, although the final producers are affected and corrupted by it, the final producers themselves can also influence the Taotie's impact on reality."

"...What's corrupting you is the Taotie. The reason it's like a maggot clinging to your bone and impossible to get rid of is because it's the root cause. Unless you ascend to an Ascended Body, it's impossible to resolve this issue at the two major levels. But don't worry, I slashed that Taotie and banished it to the Imaginary Space. Unless it descends again, my relationship with it is a cause-and-effect banishment within a closed spacetime loop. As long as I'm here, the corruption on your body won't deepen. As long as you can achieve an Ascended Body in the future, this tiny bit of corruption won't matter."

"...Finally, I banished the Progenitor and the Glutton to the Imaginary Space. At the same time, I also confirmed that Mi and Zhi, two of the five leaders of the Human Revolutionary Alliance, are my sons, two of the children I saved. As for whether there are others, I don't know."

At this moment, Wu Pifu finally finished speaking. This series of journeys was truly thrilling. Apart from Amadei, who was not directly involved, Chu Minghao, Liang Min, and Xu Shilan were all involved and concerned. At this moment, they were all somewhat lost in thought.

"So this is the whole truth about time travel." Liang Min sighed, looking at Chu Minghao and saying, "Then you deserved to lose."

Chu Minghao was also still shaken: "I performed a time reversal once, but I only remember two of the time-space nodes. I don't remember the other time-space node at all. It was just like the most hazy dream. I vaguely felt that I had done something very wrong. Then I dreamed that Wan Fang came to save me, and I also dreamed that you came to beat me. Now that I think about it... could I have been controlled by Taotie at that time?"

Wu Pifu recalled what he knew from several time points: Chu Minghao seemed to have performed time travel more than once. In the timeline of his disappearance, it seemed that he had also performed time travel to save him. Therefore, he was not sure which time travel was controlled by Taotie. He thought for a moment and said, "Heavenly Sword?"

Chu Minghao's eyes lit up and he said, "Yes, yes, my current transcendent advancement system is the Heavenly Sword, so it must be it. As you know, my earliest transcendent system was just a simple sword with a gleam left on it. However, I have the Super Brain World and the Fantasy Sword Box that can retain sword gleam, so I can use many methods. Later, my transcendent system became stronger and advanced, and finally evolved into the Heavenly Sword. So it must be it."

Liang Min sighed from the side, "What a pity about Wan Fang. If he were still here, he would be much more capable than you as the President of Humanity."

Chu Minghao looked somewhat embarrassed, but he couldn't find the words to refute it. Anyone who had met Xu Wanfang knew that, setting aside his super brain ability, Xu Wanfang was truly the most suitable candidate for president. Then, he and Liang Min secretly looked at Xu Shilan.

Xu Shilan responded with a formulaic smile, saying, "I will definitely save my brother in the future. No matter how difficult time travel is, it can't stop me. If you want to help, great; if you don't want to help, don't cause trouble. Anyway, little brother Wu will definitely help his sister, right?"

Chu Minghao and Liang Min both looked embarrassed, while Wu Pifu had a different kind of embarrassment, but he still nodded affirmatively.

Xu Shilan then revealed a genuine smile and said, "Then we should deal with Xu Ruonan's matter first. She's really something else..."

But just then, before Xu Shilan could finish speaking, the voice of the main computer suddenly rang in everyone's minds.

"Information gathering complete, additional materials acquired, mainframe evolution initiated."

"Judgment in progress... Judgment complete. Citizen Wu Pifu, in view of your contribution to the mainframe upgrade, you may decide the next upgrade direction for the mainframe."

Without hesitation, Wu Pifu immediately replied, "Okay, okay, then let's upgrade it to include quest clues, a minimap, and the ability to actively seek out monsters..."

"don't want!!"

Besides Amadeus, Chu Minghao, Liang Min, and Xu Shilan all exclaimed in surprise. In the blink of an eye, Chu Minghao and Liang Min had already flashed in front of Wu Pifu and covered his mouth with both hands.

(End of this chapter)