Eternal Night

Chapter 700 Strange and Bizarre
Wu Pifu uprooted a large tree with his bare hands, then casually tossed it onto the beach, and then another one.

On the beach, Xu Shilan was discussing the design of the boat with Amadeus.

The two had originally planned a small wooden boat that could only carry three people, but as Wu Pifu tossed them tree after tree, they immediately overturned the idea and decided to build at least a sailboat.

Amadeus had little knowledge of these classic sailing ships, but he was a wilderness survival expert. During the bio-beast frenzy of World War III, human civilization had long since collapsed. Humans not only had to endure the attacks of bio-beasts, but also had to survive in the ruins. Amadeus could find substitutes for many items with just a glance.

Xu Shilan was exceptionally knowledgeable, and with the help of a fly the size of a fist... Beelzebub helped her design the sailboat, and soon, when Wu Pifu emerged from the depths of the island, the sailboat design was complete.

The rest was simple: Amadeus went to find substitutes for sails, ropes, and adhesives, while Wu Pifu simply used his hands as knives to quickly cut out strips of wood.

Although it was all wet wood, which wasn't as suitable for shipbuilding as dry wood, the three of them weren't professional shipbuilders, so they just built whatever they could, as long as it could sail at sea without falling apart. They could manage that.

Just as Wu Pifu began building the sailboat under the direction of Xu Shilan and Beelzebub, Xu Shilan asked, "The scene we saw earlier where the clouds in the sky were all torn apart... is it really okay?"

“Of course, no problem,” Wu Pifu said without looking up.

At this moment, Beelzebub said, "Newbie, as a veteran who has been in the dream world for a long time, I can tell you clearly that this little situation is nothing. You have to get used to the fact that Wu Pifu is killing everything in the dream world!"

Xu Shilan actually found Beelzebub quite amusing. In their previous conversation, this big fly had been quite witty, and she had managed to elicit a lot of important information from him. She jokingly said, "That's true. I suppose Mr. Beelzebub and the other two have accompanied Brother Wu through many desperate situations?"

The big fly excitedly flew up and circled a few times, saying as it flew, "Of course, of course! We were running rampant in the dream world with Wu Pifu, you wouldn't believe it... Oh right, come on, Wu Pifu, come on!"

Wu Pifu ignored him and continued chopping wood. Beelzebub, impatient, flew to Wu Pifu's ear and kept buzzing. Annoyed, Wu Pifu looked up and glared at the sky before continuing to chop wood.

In that instant of glare, the giant fly paused its flight for a moment, Xu Shilan, not far away, felt a chill run down her spine, and even the chirping of insects on the island stopped for a second. Then, centered on the island, the clouds above it split open, and the sky itself cracked open.

Meanwhile, far away from this isolated island, a large number of shipwrecks floated on the sea, along with five or six broken wooden boats and a large five-masted warship still sailing on the surface.

"Damn, damn, damn!"

On the deck of a large warship, a tall man in a cloak roared angrily, "Why did they attack us?! Why is the legendary ship Sea Ghost in this area?! Why us?! How did they know our fleet was carrying that thing?!"

No one answered. All the officers wore expressions of anxiety and fear. One of them, a burly and imposing officer, exclaimed, “Admiral! We can’t fight! Our ships are at most Tier 5 battleships. How could they possibly be a match for a legendary ship? There’s a four-tier difference! This one legendary ship almost wiped out our entire fleet. We can’t fight!”

The admiral immediately glared fiercely at the officer and said, "I don't want to fight either. Can you tell the Sea Ghost not to attack us?"

The officer was immediately speechless, but his mouth moved as if he wanted to say something more.

Not only him, but all the other officers, the first mate, the second mate, and so on, had the same expression, their eyes lowered, their mouths slightly moving, but they didn't say a word.

Seeing their expressions, how could the admiral not know what they were thinking? He immediately roared, "How could you be so stupid? You think that by abandoning that thing, the Sea Ghosts will let us go?! Don't be ridiculous! They will kill us all, so that the outside world will have no idea who stole it, understand?"

The first mate glanced at the officers around him, then at the crew members on the distant deck who were beginning to take notice of them. He shook his head slightly and said, "Admiral, since we can't surrender and we can't fight, what can we do now?"

The admiral gazed at the surrounding sea and said, "Escape! The legendary ship Sea Ghost is actually only a near-legendary ship, only level eight, not even reaching the level nine of a legendary ship. However, this ship is special because it is a submarine, which is why it is so troublesome. It is the only one that can attack others, while others cannot attack it. In particular, powerful individuals who have eaten Devil Fruits are helpless against it. But precisely because of this, the Sea Ghost ship also has many drawbacks, namely that it cannot fight in close waters. Once it reaches the waters near the islands, it will be helpless. This is our only chance!"

"Find the island, land on it, and then let the kingdom know about our plight through a sacrifice. Then we'll have a glimmer of hope!"

The officers around them exchanged glances, each seeing a hint of admiration in the other's eyes, but this was quickly followed by a bitter expression.

The first mate continued, "Admiral, that's true, but we specifically chose this open sea area in order to transport this thing secretly. How could there possibly be any islands here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the admiral, the first mate, and several other officers looked up at the distant horizon. They saw that the clouds in the sky there suddenly split open, as if cleaved by a giant sword.

"Admiral!? Sea King!? Island Lord!?"

Everyone was stunned and muttering to themselves.

These three terms actually refer to the same thing, no, they should be called levels or ranks.

A general is the strongest person in a nation, a sea king is a maritime organization like the Sea Ghost, and an island lord is a lord with a fixed territory who exists between a nation and an organization.

Its hallmark is its domineering aura, enough to tear the sky apart!

The reason their fleet was so easily annihilated was not only because the Sea Ghost was a legendary ship, but also because its captain was Poseidon.

In the initial engagement, the legendary Sea Ghost broke through the enemy lines, and its captain unleashed his power, destroying three main warships in succession. The entire fleet immediately crumbled, unable to muster any fighting strength. Everyone turned to the admiral, whose face was flushed red with excitement as he roared, "Whatever it is, it's our savior! Immediately change course! Navigators, check the compass, confirm the ocean currents and course, and sail in that direction!!"

Immediately, the flagship and the remaining ships turned their masts around, adjusted their direction, and began to sail towards the crack in the sky.

Meanwhile, under the command of Xu Shilan and Beelzebub, Wu Pifu's hands moved swiftly, and logs were rapidly assembled. His strength was immense; he could lift even the thickest log on the island with one hand, trimming it to serve as the keel. Then, logs and planks were pieced together one by one. Amadei found a crustacean that produced a gel that could be used as ship glue. At the same time, she wove banana-like leaves from the island to make sails, and then twisted vines to make ropes...

In short, in just over two hours, the basic shape of a wooden sailboat was almost complete.

Wu Pifu lifted the wooden boat onto the sea, tied it with a rope to a rock on the shore, and launched the rudimentary boat into the sea.

Strangely, the moment the ship was placed on the sea, a data information frame appeared on the retinas of Wu Pifu, Xu Shilan, and Amadei.

"Level 0 ship (incomplete, will become a Level 1 ship upon completion), unnamed, unclaimed, and uncontracted."

"Attack, zero."

"Defense, level 10."

"Speed, one."

"Characteristics: None."

Wu Pifu, Xu Shilan, and Amadei were all stunned.

Wu Pifu asked directly, "Mainframe, have you completed the upgrade?"

Mastermind: “…”

Amade asked Wu Pifu curiously, "Dude, weren't you supposed to be the one upgrading? Did you upgrade the mainframe before?"

Wu Pifu looked completely bewildered and said, "No, Chu Minghao hasn't given any suggestions yet, so the upgrade has been put on hold for now... I thought the mainframe had automatically upgraded and gained the ability to make active judgments, but isn't that a useless ability?"

Xu Shilan suddenly shook her head and said, "No, this is not the main brain's judgment. None of us have used the main brain's judgment, and the main brain has never shown any subjective initiative. This is... a characteristic of this dream world!"

Wu Pifu and Amadei both frowned.

Xu Shilan said, "Didn't we already test and find that the ocean in this world is special? Brother Wu, you even confirmed that it's related to the root, which is why the ocean currents can mislead your sense of direction, right? Could it be that this entire ocean is problematic? Could the ships floating on it form information data entities similar to the main brain's judgment?"

Wu Pifu thought for a moment and said, "I don't know, but I'll give it a try..."

After saying that, he jumped ashore, casually picked up a tree, and quickly turned the wood into sawdust with both hands, thus forming a simple canoe. He then threw the canoe into the sea, and sure enough, a data frame appeared on their retinas in an instant.

"Class zero vessel, unnamed, unclaimed, and uncontracted."

"Attack, zero."

"Defense, zero."

"Speed, zero."

"Characteristics: None."

The three looked at each other, their eyes filled with both certainty and astonishment.

really!

It's a problem for the world!

Suddenly, Beelzebub said, "Wu Pifu, you said this ship digitization... could it be related to the extraordinary pathways you saw in the game before?"

Wu Pifu was taken aback, then his eyebrows twitched violently.

"A contract...?!"

(End of this chapter)