Eternal Night

Chapter 728 Awakening

Wu Pifu held the half-sphere in his hand, completely bewildered.

Is the mastermind really that powerful?

Is this thing really a dream compass, or some organ from within a living organism? The crucial question is, how the hell does the main brain make this determination? Does it just rip out the heart and lungs, right?

Not only was Wu Pifu dumbfounded, but Xu Shilan and Amadeus were also completely stunned.

"...Does the mainframe often behave like this?"

Xu Shilan remained silent for a long time before suddenly asking a question.

Wu Pifu remained silent for a long time before nodding with difficulty and saying, "It wasn't like this at first. He was usually quiet and reserved, but somehow he turned into this arrogant person, and he seems to be getting more and more irritable..."

Xu Shilan remained silent for a long time before finally saying softly, "In fact, we didn't fully understand how the Main Brain was created, what its principles were, or the limits of its capabilities, even at the end of the Fourth World War. However, from our tests, we know that the Main Brain is still growing, and from its performance after the Dream World opened, we can see that this is indeed the case. The Main Brain not only allows us to pass through the Dream World, but it has also evolved twice..."

"Besides these, some scholars believe that the main brain is learning... learning from the elites, heroes, and various moments of brilliance among humans. In other words, the main brain identifies individuals among humanity who are capable of changing humanity's absolute predicament and learns from them in order to better protect the continuation of human civilization and the human species. So..."

Amade, who was standing nearby, suddenly realized and said, "You mean, the mainframe is learning from Brother Wu?"

Xu Shilan said, on the verge of tears, "This is exactly what I was most worried about..."

Wu Pifu felt a little ashamed, but then he thought about it and realized there was nothing wrong with it. He said confidently, "Isn't that a good thing? What's there to worry about?"

"No, what I mean is..." Xu Shilan's heart sank, but in the end she sighed helplessly and said, "Whatever makes you happy."

Regardless, Xu Shilan and Amadei obtained the Devil Fruit they had dreamed of, while Wu Pifu actually obtained half of the Dream Compass... which is quite a good thing.

As for the faint roar that appeared earlier, since there was a sound, it meant it wasn't the source. Since it wasn't the source, Wu Pifu wasn't worried at all. He could simply kill it if it really caught up with them.

That evening, Xu Shilan and Amadei returned to the Land of Redemption, while Wu Pifu remained on the island to oversee the situation. The two agreed to return within three days, and that even without anyone managing the island for three days, nothing major would happen.

Early the next morning, Wu Pifu appeared at the port construction site. In a place where everyone could see him, he found a high spot, lay down on a deck chair, and began to read.

Before reading the book, he took out the Dream Compass again and took a closer look. The Dream Compass was now clean, half a sphere, crystal clear, looking like an extremely transparent crystal, with only a hazy gold at the very center of the crystal.

"Dream Compass (Incomplete, 50%, in progress... Judgment complete, essence: Great Treasure)."

"...Want my treasure? You can have it if you want, go find it! I left everything there!"

"When possessing this item, a special judgment will be made based on the holder's race, civilization, and nature, resulting in a special effect. Currently, the special judgment result for citizen Wu Pifu is: after each perfect completion of a dream world, a perfect destiny value will be obtained. This value can be accumulated. When citizen Wu Pifu opens a new dream world, he can make a wish for a long-cherished thing, matter, or cause and effect. The accumulated perfect destiny value will be used for a second judgment. After the perfect value reaches the target, the next dream world will involve the relevant long-cherished thing, matter, or cause and effect."

"Judgment in progress... Judgment complete. Because the Dream Compass is incomplete, continuous possession of this item will trigger a backlash of fate. The longer it is held, the stronger the backlash of fate will be. Second judgment in progress... Judgment complete. This negative state is extremely dangerous. Citizen Wu Pifu is requested to complete the Dream Compass as soon as possible. Returning to the Land of Redemption before completion will consume five million points each time, and staying there for one day will consume five million points."

"Current Perfect Fate Value: Four Points."

These are the attributes of the Fate Compass that Wu Pifu obtained.

This thing is terrifyingly powerful!

Wu Pifu knew all too well just how powerful this thing was!
The journey through the dream world is completely random; no one knows what the next dream world will be like, what rewards they can gain, or so on.

Not only Wu Pifu, but the entire human race in Gaia is now limited by a crucial problem... There is no complete set of extraordinary cultivation techniques, and a unique path to transcendence has not yet been born.

While humans are unique due to their central brain, allowing them to learn various extraordinary techniques within the dream world, this has resulted in a diverse array of extraordinary individuals within Gaia. Most are at the early stages of their respective extraordinary systems and pathways, with only a very few exceptionally lucky individuals acquiring intermediate-stage extraordinary knowledge. Even Wu Pifu, Chu Minghao, and Liang Min don't yet possess a complete, end-to-end extraordinary pathway!
With this Dream Compass, Wu Pifu can easily collect all kinds of extraordinary knowledge he wants, supplement his existing extraordinary knowledge, and even do many other things, such as... Buddhist secrets!
Or perhaps something even more mysterious and unpredictable... the Free and Unfettered Battle Technique!?
In short, this Dream Compass is terrifyingly powerful. With it, Wu Pifu even dares to say that he truly has an endless future, truly limitless potential!

But there are two key issues now. One is that the compass of fate is incomplete, which has led to the backlash effect of fate. The longer it is held, the stronger the effect becomes. Moreover, the main brain has determined it to be extremely dangerous and has even forbidden it from returning to the Land of Redemption. This is terrifying and is the first time the main brain has been so alarmed.

Therefore, he must complete the Compass of Fate as soon as possible. The method to complete it is actually quite simple. Either he can find it in the unknown creature that obtained the Compass of Fate, or he can use this half to find the other half during the next dream world crossing. The only thing to be careful about is that it may trigger a backlash of fate during this period. Although he does not know what the so-called backlash of fate is, it is extremely dangerous and needs to be guarded against.

Another key lies in the so-called perfect fate value.

He had four Perfect Fate Points right after acquiring the Fate Compass, and he had no idea how he got them. The mainframe didn't seem to have any judgment on this either. He also didn't know how these Perfect Fate Points were counted, whether four points were considered high or low. If it was like a points system, where a Perfect Dream World could be worth millions or tens of millions, then four Perfect Fate Points would be meaningless. But if each Perfect Dream World only yielded one or two points, or at most three or four, then these four Perfect Fate Points would be of great significance.

However, everything is still just speculation. This thing is indeed a treasure, but how to use it is a big question.

He felt like he was about to grow a brain... but he should leave it to the professionals. For example, Xu Shilan decided to take the information from the Dream Compass back to Chu Minghao, and then the Xu family's think tank and the human government's think tank would advise him. Moreover, if he was right... Zhi was probably coming, and he didn't know if Mi would follow. In any case, he wouldn't lack an external brain!

Meanwhile, in the deepest part of the Misty Sea, outside a temple filled with proliferating flesh, Xu Ruonan and the pale snake shadow were both filled with fear, trembling with terror.

"...Is this the sacrificial procedure?" Xu Ruonan asked in a trembling voice.

The pale snake shadow immediately snapped, "Are you kidding me? Have you ever seen a sacrificial process that aims to awaken someone by directly distorting the awakened master? Damn it, what the hell are you doing?!"

Xu Ruonan roared, "We're in the same boat now! What do you think I'd do? Try to escape a possible death by committing suicide first, right??"

The pale snake shadow didn't speak, but stared intently at the pile of churning flesh deep inside the temple.

Deep within this ancient temple lies a great ancient demon king, the renowned Nine-Headed Serpent, the ancestor of all multi-headed serpent monsters in the world. For example, the Eight-Headed Serpent that Xu Ruonan took Wu Pifu to hunt was a descendant of the Nine-Headed Serpent, but the difference between the two is like heaven and earth.

According to the Pale Serpent Shadow, the Nine-Headed Serpent is the most supreme sublimation body, a famous great demon from the ancient demon race era. Even though it is not as powerful as the legendary ultimate sublimation body, its strength is enough to rival the weaker Origin. Unfortunately, in the distant past, the Nine-Headed Serpent obtained a great treasure, so it wanted to seize the laws of another transcendent world. After fusing the laws of the two transcendent worlds, it wanted to surpass its own realm. However, it failed and suffered the backlash from the two worlds. In the end, only a small part of its essence escaped and was buried in this plane.

The so-called level ten mythical ship in this world is actually a manifestation of the essence of the Nine-Headed Serpent. It appears once every thousand years, carrying the world's top heroes to the Primordial Realm, causing them to be annihilated by the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial Realm. The Serpent then takes the opportunity to obtain the luck and destiny of these heroes and, incidentally, seeks the forgiveness of the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial Realm.

“But we are different. We are not sinners of this world. We have no sins in the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World. In particular, you are a being who is still in the Absolute Reality Layer in this era. You also have some destiny on your body. By following the manifestation of the Nine-Headed Serpent, you can smoothly enter the Primordial World and will not be annihilated by the Heavenly Dao.”

These were the original words of the Pale Serpent Shadow at the time, and the location of the mythical ship that was sent to this world was actually intended to attract more people to serve as nourishment for awakening the Nine-Headed Serpent...

The so-called awakening is not actually about awakening the Nine-Headed Serpent's true form, but rather about awakening its mythical warship.

But right now, this situation...

Xu Ruonan kept retreating, the rocks beneath her feet were rapidly turning into flesh and blood, then rotting into pus.

She also asked, "What will happen to me if Jiuying awakens?"

Without a second thought, the pale snake shadow said, "You're definitely dead. Do you really think you can escape from the hands of a being like the Nine-Headed Serpent?"

"An ancient demon king who controls water and fire disasters! He is only unable to achieve the Origin because his essence is too strong. Otherwise, once he sublimates, he would almost immediately become the super strong Origin of the 0.2 level that you mentioned, a top powerhouse who has invaded the water and fire domains!"

"Pray, pray that He won't wake up, otherwise..."

"Don't even mention you, this whole world is doomed!!"

(End of this chapter)