Eternal Night

Chapter 726 A Little Bit of Gaia Shocks Humanity
"He really is a businessman; he's got a brilliant idea."

That evening, Wu Pifu told Xu Shilan what had happened that day.

Xu Shilan just kept sneering after hearing this.

Seeing Wu Pifu and Amadei's confusion, Xu Shilan explained, "I have a general understanding of the situation in this Ocean Dream World. Generally speaking, it is divided into two major camps and four forces. The Order camp is far stronger than the Pirate camp, but the Order camp has three forces, and none of them are as strong as the Pirate camp. The four forces are the Pirate camp, the Elsa Empire, the Starry Sea Merchant Alliance, and the Republic of Lance."

"Among them, the Elsa Empire occupies the largest territory and is the oldest national power, with a giant island of nearly 15,000 square kilometers. Then there is the Republic of Lance, which is actually a force united by many powerful island lords. Although it is not as powerful as the Elsa Empire, it is still very strong. In comparison, the Starry Sea Merchant Alliance is actually the most recently established force, a member force united by many sea merchants. If it weren't for the existence of Gordi, its power would be far inferior to that of the Elsa Empire and the Republic of Lance."

"The current situation is simple. Regardless of whether it is a trap or not, the two major camps and four major forces have begun to mobilize. The most likely outcome is that a world war will break out before the exploration team sets off. Even if we don't eliminate the other parties, we must at least make sure that the exploration team's rear will not be attacked after it sets off. The one most likely to suffer heavy losses is the Starry Sea Merchant Alliance. In fact, it is the one among the three Celestial Phenomenon level powerhouses who least wants this to happen, because it is the youngest among the three Celestial Phenomenon beings and is most likely to outlive the other three."

As Amadeus ate the meat, she said, "So he actually came to deceive me?"

"Do not."

Xu Shilan shook her head and said, "It's not exactly deception. It's just a businessman's instinct. He's just a businessman, and his instincts drive him to both invest and want to stay behind the scenes. Unfortunately, this doesn't fit our plans, so we don't need to pay attention to him. We can just do our own thing."

Wu Pifu nodded naturally and asked, "What about your side? How's the situation now?"

Xu Shilan smiled and said, "It's mostly resolved. We're just waiting for the purchased ships to arrive. Like I said, with you in charge, there's no need to worry about any difficulties or anyone defaulting on their debts. You also have enough influence and credibility. With these, we can be ready in three to five days at most. Then we'll immediately set off for the target island, start construction, and acquire the territory-type shelter!"

This was naturally their initial plan, and upon hearing this, Wu Pifu was truly filled with admiration.

He couldn't help but say, "...I've never had anything go so smoothly before."

Xu Shilan and Amadeus were both full of questions and looked at him.

Wu Pifu said seriously, "Every time I was in the dream world before, I was always fighting to the death. Although there was nothing wrong with that, I have never been as smooth as this time. I earned so many points almost by sitting and lying down... I can hardly believe it."

Xu Shilan and Amadei looked at each other. Amadei burst into laughter, while Xu Shilan kept shaking her head: "You were completely abnormal before, okay? Do you know how strong you really are? To be honest, I've never seen someone as strong as you live such a miserable life before."

"What? I'm miserable??"

Wu Pifu couldn't help but glance at the corner of his eye, and sure enough, he saw that his "confusion index" had dropped by more than a thousand points, which made his eye twitch.

"Literally."

Xu Shilan was puzzled: "Just from your description, I can tell what you went through. For example, you went to a dream world and were pulled down. You were supposed to be able to leave after completing the task, right? But somehow you suddenly encountered the strongest BOSS in that world, and you even attracted the Eternal Mother and sent golden Arhats to come one after another. In the end, although you killed the enemy, you were probably almost turned into a muddy mess. Am I wrong?"

"No, that's right... right?" Wu Pifu began to doubt himself.

Xu Shilan counted on her fingers: "Then it was another world. Originally, I went there thinking of setting up a shelter, having a stable food source, or improving my strength. But I unknowingly offended one of the strongest organizations in that world, was slandered, and had to draw my sword to fight. Then I found the secrets of that world, which triggered some kind of primordial god. In the end, I fought to my heart's content, and was almost on the verge of death, right?"

"Yes, right...?"

Xu Shilan continued, "Then you enter another world, and after all sorts of messy things, you drive that world and slash your enemies to pieces. You probably end up on the verge of death again, right?"

"..."

"Then you entered another world, fought your way to becoming a savior, briefly returned, and then entered it again. Not only did you shred the so-called four peddlers of that world, but you also killed the four origins, forcing you to perform time travel, right?"

Wu Pifu began to doubt himself, asking, "So what?"

Xu Shilan retorted without any politeness, "So you're the one with the problem! You're always talking about killing other people's whole families..."

“That wasn’t human!” Wu Pifu immediately declared firmly, “I only killed the entire family of the non-human!”

Xu Shilan sighed and said, "Yes, yes, you killed the entire family of the non-human, right? But you played it wrong! It was supposed to be a management game, but you turned it into... yes, that old game you used to play called Dark Souls!"

"..."

Wu Pifu fell silent, filled with self-doubt, while Xu Shilan continued her barrage: "Take those old games you played that made the computer rewrite itself, like that one called Warcraft. It's supposed to let you use peasants to chop down trees, mine, and build structures, then launch a massive attack after you get more big buildings. But instead, you controlled your peasants to rush in and kill seven or eight enemy heroes, a dozen elite units, a whole bunch of small and big monsters, and even destroyed their base. Then you went back to the pool with a sliver of health, constantly complaining that the game was too damn hard... Are you out of your mind?"

Wu Pifu lowered his head guiltily: "I... I didn't mean to..."

"Yes, you didn't think about it! But that's exactly what you did! Did your mother ever imagine you were so awesome and capable?" Xu Shilan became more and more agitated as she spoke, standing up with her hands on her hips, looking heartbroken.

"Yes, I'm sorry..."

Wu Pifu lowered his head and admitted his mistake.

Seeing that Wu Pifu's attitude in admitting his mistake was quite good, Xu Shilan sat down with a few grumbles.

Wu Pifu felt that something was amiss, but before he could think about it, Xu Shilan said, "You don't have much to do these next two days, so help me with something. Once everything is ready in the next couple of days, I plan to set off. But before that, I want to give these partners a little shock to the Gaia humans."

“They’re pure-blooded humans,” Wu Pifu corrected, then stood up and twisted his arms, saying, “Alright, we’ve had a peaceful few days, and I’m getting a bit tired of it. So, tell me, who to kill, how many, where, and do you want to bring back their heads?”

"No, what do you want to do?"

Xu Shilan's expression changed, and she hurriedly grabbed Wu Pifu and said, "I meant to give them a little shock. What I meant was, could you help me prepare some ingredients? I want to entertain them."

"no!"

Wu Pifu's expression changed, and even his eyes flashed with a dangerous light. He said solemnly, "Killing is not cruelty. Killing is fine, but I would never eat a person! That's the behavior of a beast!"

"Who the hell wants to eat people?!"

Xu Shilan's voice rose eight octaves, almost cracking slightly: "I asked you to get me some ingredients. For example, this world seems to have a special kind of sea king creature that exists in the deep sea, a super-giant fish. Get me one or two, preferably the ones that look fierce, understand?"

Wu Pifu breathed a sigh of relief and immediately agreed.

The next day, Wu Pifu took off into the sea early in the morning. Because he could change the ocean currents, he was not afraid of losing his sense of direction and flew directly to the deep sea.

Xu Shilan and Amadei have more and more faith in Wu Pifu's strength. Even though they still can't see the limit of Wu Pifu's strength, he is no match for even the strongest man in the world. They figure that a mere fish would be no problem for him.

As dusk fell, the entire Tianxing Port, which had been bathed in the afterglow of the sunset, suddenly darkened rapidly. Everyone instinctively looked up and saw a ferocious dog, almost half the size of the island, flying in the sky. Instinctively, everyone who saw it roared and howled.

With a thud, the ferocious dog landed right next to the island, and the entire island seemed to tremble.

"what have you done?"

When Xu Shilan saw Wu Pifu flying down from the sky, she couldn't help but shout.

"The fish you wanted," Wu Pifu said expressionlessly.

"Don't take advantage of my poor eyesight! This is clearly a dog!!" Xu Shilan shouted, pointing at the enormous dog with all four limbs intact.

"...But it's a giant creature that lives underwater, the biggest creature I've ever seen, I estimate..."

Wu Pifu turned to look at the unconscious, ferocious dog for a long time before hesitatingly saying, "Perhaps this is what fish in this world look like? Like this fish, no, this fish is called a puppy fish?"

"Your puppy looks like a fish?!" Xu Shilan roared again.

Regardless, the next day, under Xu Shilan's strong persuasion, she indeed began her hospitality plan, and it was indeed shocking: a sea king dog meat feast the size of half an island.

"It's a fish!!"

Wu Pifu, Xu Shilan, and Amadei all emphasized this point.

Everyone present wore a cautious, ingratiating expression, and sure enough, no one argued about whether the dog was the first fish.

Only Qiuqiu kept whispering in Wu Pifu's ear.

This is not a fish, it's a demon.

A giant dog demon!

(End of this chapter)