Eternal Night

Chapter 695 Special Dream World

"We all know that the dangers in the dream world actually come from only two sources: one is the strange, nightmare, and supernatural things born from the source of pollution, and the other is the pollution and pollution derivatives brought about by the spread of the root of the lower dream world upwards."

Chu Minghao took the red wine and poured himself a small glass. He swirled the glass and said, "We've encountered both of these. Although they come in all sorts of forms, the dangers in the dream world are basically these two. The dangers arising from the source of pollution are unavoidable. According to the information Brother Wu brought back, after the sublimated body is perfected, it can greatly reduce the impact of being eroded by the source of pollution, but only within itself. Only the root can cover a world and an entire race through infinite cycles and self-closing, greatly reducing the danger from the source of pollution, right?"

Amadeus and Xu Shilan were naturally unaware of the situation, so they simply listened with one ear to it, while Wu Pifu and Liang Min both nodded.

Chu Minghao sighed and said, "The reason I was able to find the source of the Land of Redemption and launch the War of Redemption was because of the main brain's judgment and reminder. I stumbled upon it by chance, not because I truly knew what the Land of Redemption was. Only now do I finally understand what the Land of Redemption is and why it is special."

"The root lies in the lower dream world, constantly yearning to escape. However, they require an immense amount of reality to leap upwards, and this reality is their sustenance and the fundamental antidote to sustaining themselves. Therefore, even if these roots have fallen into slumber, they will still instinctively spread upwards into the dream world. This is their tentacle, used to erode countless worlds, and it is virtually invincible. Worlds erode by them will be gradually dragged towards the lower dream world region and transformed into their sustenance."

"However, some dream worlds have successfully resisted. These dream worlds will first produce 'antibodies' within themselves. Usually, special individuals are born as chosen ones, and then they launch a counterattack with these individuals as the core. If they succeed, they will sever the tentacles that are being eroded by the root. Under normal circumstances, the root will not awaken because it would be a losing proposition. These severed tentacles often become the eternal and bizarre source of the world. Under long-term erosion, unless the world has a great opportunity, it may still be destroyed. For example, the Castlevania dream world that Brother Wu experienced should belong to this category."

After thinking about it carefully, Wu Pifu nodded in agreement.

According to Chu Minghao, the Castlevania Dream World actually gave birth to two Chosen Ones, but they were enemies of each other. In particular, the former intended to devour the entire Castlevania Dream World and become a transcendent being similar to the Root.

Chu Minghao continued, "If we consider the dream world as a living being, it possesses defensive capabilities. It has an outer shell that acts as a defense against various strange and polluting elements. However, once this shell is breached, other pollutants can more easily invade the dream world. Therefore, under certain circumstances, multiple sources may simultaneously invade a dream world. Generally, such dream worlds are very vast, very large, very rich in resources, and very real. In short, they are like blessed lands."

"Then, in extremely rare circumstances, the native inhabitants of this dream world, invaded by multiple roots, actually defeated the tentacles of these multiple roots, severing them. These multiple roots either intertwined and fought each other to reach a balance under extremely accidental circumstances, or they reached a balance under the mediation of the extraordinary power of the dream world's native inhabitants. In short, in the end, these multiple roots intertwined and reached a balance, neither corroding nor affecting the dream world, but maintaining the self-closing characteristics of the roots. In this way..."

Liang Min interjected, "This dream world can develop resistance to pollution sources?"

Chu Minghao nodded and then shook his head: "Calling it resistance isn't entirely accurate, because pollution is extraordinary, and unless you're in the absolute reality layer, the dream world simply can't completely resist the erosion of the pollution source. A more suitable description is a mechanism. Multiple sources have reached a balance, and their self-closing loop is still in effect. This can greatly reduce the strange changes caused by the pollution source, merely absorbing its pollution characteristics and then transforming them into extraordinary resources for the dream world. In other words, it only benefits from it and doesn't harm it. Of course, there are definitely limits to this, but compared to other dream worlds, these limits are many times higher."

"In this way, it became a very special treasure land in the dream world, with many extraordinary paths, high extraordinary levels, and abundant extraordinary resources. At the same time, it was minimally affected by the source of pollution and would hardly be dragged down to the lower dream world. In fact, due to the intertwined balance of root pollution, it would also have a great deterrent effect on other roots, making them dare not easily invade such a dream world. This is the predecessor of the Land of Redemption."

Wu Pifu and Liang Min both seemed to be deep in thought, but Wu Pifu still asked, "But the world in the Battle of Redemption wasn't that powerful or special. That world had almost no supernatural powers, and its martial arts weren't strong either, except for that martial arts patriarch."

Chu Minghao shook his head and said, "Because the world that launched the War of Redemption was just a fragment of this special dream world. Of course, this is just my guess. Our Land of Redemption is just a fragment of that special dream world. But even so, the Land of Redemption is still special. For example... it disappears on weekends."

When the weekend was mentioned, Wu Pifu and Liang Min's expressions immediately turned serious.

Chu Minghao said, "We still don't know the origin and truth of the weekend, but we all know that it must be closely related to the source of pollution. The information brought back by Brother Wu also indicates that the last message left by the corpse of Nuwa's Root, 'The sky is broken,' may be the key. However, this is not the point I want to make now. As you all know, after the Land of Redemption reached its current location, the weekend stopped. Although you can still see the giant eye from the Gaia mothership, the weekend is indeed gone. This is actually the function of the Land of Redemption. The current location of the Land of Redemption is between the 0.9 and Absolute Truth layers. This location was actually chosen by the main brain. It seems that this location can stop the weekend from running. To maintain this location, points are needed. A large part of the points are given directly by the main brain, but the unified human government also needs to subsidize the main brain." "Currently, the government levies taxes on Night Watchers who enter the Dream World. The tax rate is not high, only five percent. After all, this is a trial operation. Apart from maintaining the operation of the government, the rest of this tax rate is basically used to maintain the survival of the Land of Redemption. Of course, as more humans awaken, the number of Night Watchers expands, and their extraordinary strength increases, the future points will definitely be more. At that time, there will be surplus tax points to give back to the Night Watchers and most ordinary people."

These are all part of Chu Minghao's management of human civilization and the unified human government. However, five percent tax is indeed not much. It is even less than most taxes that Wu Pifu knows. Of course, this is also because the Night Watchmen risk their lives to earn points. This is not an ordinary job, so the tax is naturally low. In fact, to be precise, the Night Watchmen should not only not pay taxes, but should also receive public subsidies.

Wu Pifu only wanted to know, and he didn't care about these issues. He then thought about it seriously for a moment and said, "It's impossible to lock down weekends for a long time, right?"

"Correct."

Chu Minghao nodded in agreement: "Currently, blocking weekends is already very difficult, mainly because our human civilization is still considered to be at the level of absolute reality. Gaia is still traveling in the universe at the level of absolute reality, so reality, which means points, is inexhaustible. In the future, our human civilization will inevitably gradually descend into the dream world. At that time, weekends will be unstoppable, unless..."

"More and greater places of salvation?"

Wu Pifu and Liang Min both said in unison, seemingly lost in thought.

Chu Minghao affirmed, "Yes, that's exactly right. It was only through the information that Brother Wu brought back this time that I suddenly realized this point, which is the importance of the Land of Redemption to our human civilization. Otherwise, the weekend would have been a terrifying catastrophe for our human civilization."

The dangers of the weekend are self-evident. Even if powerful superhumans can survive and return, it is a deadly situation for ordinary people. The key is that the weekend is a widespread disaster for all individuals in the entire civilization. No one can avoid it. Even if you enter by holding hands and teaming up with superhumans, large-scale casualties among ordinary people are inevitable.

Moreover, the weekend is not a one-off event, but a periodic process of constant selection and death, happening again and again, every so often. No matter how many humans there are, there won't be enough to kill them all.

The absence of weekends now means that this is the best time since humanity entered the dream world. Whether it's exploring the dream world, procreation, or gradually reviving dormant humans, this is humanity's window of opportunity.

Chu Minghao raised his glass and clinked it with Wu Pifu's, saying, "Liang Min and I are too involved and have too deep a relationship. Whether it's the Human Revolutionary Alliance or the current Human Unification Government, both of us need to be in charge and mediate. We're both too busy to be available for the time being. The others can't go deep into the Dream World to explore everywhere. The Dream World is still too dangerous for them. So we can only rely on you, Brother Wu."

"Aren't you going to take Miss Xu and Brother Ya to get stronger and level up next? And I know you're still looking for a supernatural system that allows the animals to share your power. There's nothing urgent going on for a while, so you can take shape as you wish, but you're not without missions."

"...Explore more dream worlds, and search for the whereabouts and news of special dream worlds. Our human civilization needs more places of redemption, both in terms of quality and quantity!"

(End of this chapter)