Eternal Night

Chapter 699 Dream World of the Sea

"...So, this might not be Earth?"

Wu Pifu looked at the boundless sea before him with a headache, then at Xu Shilan and Amadei, who had obtained a clear answer through observing the stars and calculating data, and knew that this world was definitely not Earth.

Wu Pifu, along with two other people, three small animals, and a golden tree bonsai, used the Dream Compass obtained as a reward from the quest in Gaia.

He largely followed the advice of the knowledgeable, which was to wish for the Dream Compass.

However, Xu Shilan also offered other suggestions.

This Dream Compass is clearly a very powerful fantasy object. What if its physical form falls into a deeper dream world, or even a lower dream world?
That's why clues were added to the words used for making wishes, and the dream world was limited to 0.7 dream worlds, which left room for interpretation.

For Wu Pifu, even in the worst and most exaggerated Zero Point Seven Dream World, he could still protect the two people and the small animals.

But who knew that when they entered this dream world, they landed directly on a deserted island. The island was very small, with no medium-sized animals, only plants and some snakes and insects, and not even any visible fresh water.

It was a complete dead end.

The key point is that this isn't even Earth.

Wu Pifu flew tens of thousands of meters into the sky and looked down. The entire ocean was flat and without any curve. This alone meant that this was not Earth.

Xu Shilan was knowledgeable. Since it happened to be nighttime when she landed, she observed the stars and constellations. She also used tree branches to make some instruments for stargazing and ocean observation to make comparisons and calculations, and concluded that this place was definitely not Earth.

This situation is extremely rare. The deviation between the 0.7 dream world and the real world is about 30%. Basically, it is a reenactment of various stories in the history of human civilization to form the dream world. Not to mention that the whole earth has changed, according to common sense, the historical figures in the 0.7 dream world should not have changed much.

But they did indeed encounter this extremely rare and special situation.

However, there are indeed similar cases in the dream world information database collected in the Land of Redemption. In extremely rare cases, the Night Watch team will encounter non-Earth scenes, such as a flat earth or a building or room that is half the size of the earth, like an enormous haunted hospital or a midnight amusement park.

After Wu Pifu realized that this was not Earth, he tried to fly in a straight line to find the mainland. However, when he flew outward from the island, he inexplicably changed direction with the ocean current, which was very strange.

Wu Pifu flew back to the deserted island and sat by the campfire with Xu Shilan and Amadeus, saying, "No, I tried several times. As soon as I flew more than ten kilometers away from the island, I would immediately enter the ocean current. Even if I was flying in the sky, flying in a straight line, I would naturally fly with the ocean current... There is something strange about the space in this world."

Amade pondered, "The ocean currents around the island are very chaotic. No matter how fast you fly, if you're not familiar with these currents, you probably won't be able to find land quickly, right?"

Wu Pifu said with a troubled expression, "Yes, that's exactly right. No matter how fast I fly, if a large-scale circumpolar current comes along, won't I just keep spinning in place?"

Xu Shilan, standing nearby, looked at the campfire and smiled gently, "Why the rush?"

The two looked at her, and Xu Shilan said while poking at the firewood, "We have enough time, don't we? It's not the same as before. With the Land of Redemption, even if we stay in the Zero Point Seven Dream World for more than five days, or even longer, we won't encounter nightmare attacks. And with Brother Wu, do you think we'll worry about food and drink? Do you think we'll worry about encountering natural disasters or powerful enemies?"

Wu Pifu and Amadei both seemed thoughtful upon hearing this. Amadei said, "Indeed, this is the ocean, with plenty of food. Fresh water is a bit more difficult to obtain, but we can get it. If we carefully record the direction of the ocean currents around the island, and build a small boat, we can indeed leave this island and go to the outside world..."

Xu Shilan smiled and nodded, then looked at Wu Pifu and asked, "Where is Brother Wu?"

Wu Pifu thought for a moment and said, "Ten months. I can only stay in this dream world for a maximum of ten months because I have a one-year agreement with someone. If I can't conquer this dream world in ten months, then I will give up looking for the Dream Compass and leave here. Then I will go to the Dream World around 0.5 to explore and do tasks. I must get enough points in a short time and then fulfill my previous promise and agreement."

Amadeus rolled over and lay down to sleep: "Then let's sleep. We'll divide the work again tomorrow morning. Ten months is enough!"

Xu Shilan also lay down, and at the same time she joked, "Was this a promise made with a beautiful woman?"

Wu Pifu didn't hide anything and nodded, saying, "Yes, she's quite a beauty..."

Xu Shilan didn't seem to mind at all, and still said gently, "Could you tell us about it?"

Wu Pifu, true to his straightforward nature, spoke under the night sky about how he met and fell in love with Huang Rong, and even recounted their promise. Xu Shilan and Amadeus listened intently, occasionally asking Wu Pifu about his experiences since their deaths, the battles…

Nothing happened that night. Early the next morning, Amadeus got up, twisted her body, and then jumped directly into the sea.

As he made his noise, Xu Shilan naturally woke up as well. She looked around but didn't see Wu Pifu, so she went to the beach on her own and started picking up some crabs and seashells on the sand.

A short while later, Amadeus emerged from the sea, carrying a large fish about the length of his arm. As soon as he came out, he said, "Brother Wu is really amazing! Guess what I saw when I went fishing in the sea? He actually dug a trench several meters deep in the seabed and is walking along the trench towards the island."

Xu Shilan was also taken aback.

Although she had tried her best to imagine Wu Pifu's strength to be high, the combination of words like "undersea," "digging trenches," and "going out from the seabed" still left Xu Shilan stunned.

Then she gave a wry smile: "It seems it really is a case of the experienced guiding the newbie, and it really is about leveling up by fighting monsters and running dungeons..."

Amade said nonchalantly, "That's good, isn't it? What kind of relationship do we have with Brother Wu? It's too formal to say such things."

Xu Shilan was just saying that casually. She naturally knew that the relationship between the two of them and Wu Pifu was different. It was a true friendship that had been through thick and thin. Compared to when she was the eldest daughter of the Xu family, she could only trust her younger brother and did not even dare to fully trust her parents. She cherished this relationship with Wu Pifu very much.

So she nodded in agreement.

Wu Pifu led them to become stronger, not seeing their weakness as a burden. Once they became stronger, they would naturally become Wu Pifu's strength, forming a whole, a team, and none of them would betray each other. This kind of life-or-death camaraderie is truly precious.

Not long after, just as Amadeus finished processing the large fish and Xu Shilan was washing the shells and crabs, the two saw Wu Pifu fly straight out of the sea. He shook in mid-air, and his body immediately became clean and dry before landing beside them.

"No problem, you won't be misled by ocean currents when walking underwater."

Wu Pifu first shared the good news, saying earnestly, "I tried several methods, walking on the sea surface, in the sky, in the seawater, and even on the seabed. I had to dig a deep pit, and then walk along the pit without any problem, ignoring the ocean currents."

Xu Shilan said thoughtfully, "Even you can be misled by the ocean currents of this world? Is it a supernatural force?"

"Yes, that's right!"

Wu Pifu affirmed, "It's not just a matter of supernatural power. My current strength is extremely high, and I can basically ignore most mental and conscious misguidance or hypnosis. However, the ocean currents of this world can still captivate me. This must be possible because of the power of the source of pollution!"

Xu Shilan and Amadei were both startled. They looked at each other, and Amadei immediately asked, "Something like the Eternal Mother?!"

"No, don't worry."

Wu Pifu shook his head and said, "The Eternal Mother herself is terrifying; she's a powerful figure even at the source level. Moreover, it was the Eternal Mother who noticed us back then. The power in this ocean is different; it's wide-ranging and instinctive, like the spread of primordial power..."

Wu Pifu explained the ocean conditions of this world in detail.

From what he confirmed, the ocean in this world is somewhat similar to the subspace, but its "concentration" is far inferior to that of the subspace. If the subspace is a metal derived from the primordial power, the concentration of primordial power in the ocean of this world is not even gaseous; it is almost equivalent to the pseudo-vacuum state in outer space.

"...It will not cause you any harm, but it can have a wide-ranging influence on a certain rule of an entire world. Even I cannot avoid being affected by it unless I become an ascended being."

Both of them were somewhat horrified, and only then did they gain a tiny bit of understanding of the power and terror of the Root.

As the three were talking, Amadei had already placed the large fish on the campfire. Wu Pifu immediately took out fresh water and cooking utensils from his personal space. Amadei and Xu Shilan each drank a bottle of fresh water with a smile. Then, Xu Shilan hummed a song and picked up the cooking utensils to prepare to cook the shellfish and crabs.

But at that moment, Wu Pifu suddenly turned his head and looked towards the distant horizon. A few seconds later, Xu Shilan and Amadei also looked in the same direction. It wasn't just because of Wu Pifu's action, but because both of them felt a sense of unease, as if a terrifying and ferocious prehistoric beast had appeared in that direction.

In the sky on the horizon, the clouds suddenly moved rapidly, and then...

The sky has cracked open!
(End of this chapter)