Eternal Night

Chapter 735 This is the reason

Looking at the rolling fog on the horizon, Wu Pifu felt absolutely terrible.

Everything was going well, everything was progressing smoothly, Gaia Port was completed, cross-world trade had begun for the first time, the mainframe had upgraded to include the function of buying and selling extraordinary items with points, and he had also seen the future direction of the Ascended Body...

In short, this period of leisure greatly relieved his long-suppressed mental state. Even though he initially thought he had no problem, this period of leisure has made him realize that he does have some mental issues.

This was good. Leisurely time, being with his companions, running the port, just like the other Night's Watchmen, made him feel that he was no different from them. We were all human, even though he was a pure-blooded human.

Then, only at this moment did Wu Pifu suddenly wake up. He wanted to live like an ordinary person, to be as leisurely as others, to face the dream world with the most stable attitude, to leave when there was danger, to take advantage of any opportunity, and to develop and grow like a management game... But that was impossible for him.

It wasn't that he didn't want to; everyone loves leisure and hates work, and he was no exception. It's just that he was more straightforward than the average person. He would rest when he needed to, eat and drink when he needed to, and fight when he needed to. He wouldn't get frustrated or overthink things because of this or that. But deep down, he was indeed very satisfied with this leisurely time.

But that's impossible for him, because it's a simple principle... if the sky falls, the tallest people will hold it up, and he's just one of those three tallest. If he settles down, what will happen to the people standing behind him?

The Dream World is not a true place for leisure and vacation. What seems like a peaceful and wonderful management game might suddenly turn into a terrifying monster that could overturn the game. It's not just a simple matter of a monster suddenly appearing. As the real civilization of this era, it will inevitably fall into the deeper layers of the Dream World over time. And at the very edge of the Dream World, countless origins are waiting, and countless ancient civilizations are lurking in the abyss like crocodiles, waiting for human civilization to fall, carrying with them the rich reality brought down from the absolute reality layer, to devour it without leaving a trace.

Countless dangers, both imaginable and unimaginable, exist in the dream world. Ordinary humans can live peacefully in the Land of Redemption, without worrying about various strange and dangerous things, because they have the Night Watch above them. Ordinary Night Watchmen can pick and choose in the dream world, taking advantage of any benefits and retreating when danger arises. They will never go to the dream world below 0.7, because they have the Three Pillars of Humanity above them.

Could Wu Pifu be like that?

Is he capable of retreating when faced with danger, allowing Chu Minghao or Liang Min to take his place?
"...Only one-third of the people can quickly return to Gaia Port. The remaining two-thirds have begun exploring the ocean dream world, and it will take them at least ten days to return by riding the ocean currents."

After the Dog Egg returned to Gaia Port, Chu Yuyan and Xu Shilan immediately retrieved the port records. Only about one-third of the Night Watchmen around Gaia Port were still there. They could quickly return to Gaia Port, but the other two-thirds had already begun exploring the world. Judging from the plans they left behind, the furthest ones even planned to explore the Elsa Empire, which would probably take several months to return.

Most importantly, these Night Watchers from the Land of Redemption have established architectural shelters. That is, they obtained ownership of a building in Gaia Harbor through Wu Pifu's team and established a Level 1 shelter. The advantage of this is that they can directly obtain the coordinates of this world, so they don't need someone to guide them to enter. However, there are also disadvantages... Unless they can establish an event-type shelter in this world at the same time, they will have to return to this port if they want to return to Gaia!
Wu Pifu immediately asked, "What about the calculations for the fog spreading from the horizon? At the current rate of spread, how long will it take to reach Gaia Port?"

Hao Cheng's gentle voice immediately rang out: "I've calculated it. It will cover the sea area where Gaia Port is located within a maximum of twenty hours."

Wu Pifu thought for a moment and said, "Mainframe, determine the approaching fog."

"In the process of determining... Determination complete. No subjective contact between individuals, unable to determine."

"Subjective individual contact? That means you have to touch it, or even delve into the fog, to make a judgment?" Wu Pifu murmured.

He then looked at Chu Yu and said, "What if the mist is a kind of living thing? When the mist covers Gaia Port, can we go directly to Gaia through Gaia Port?"

After pondering for a few seconds, Chu Yuyan said, "If the mist is truly a kind of life, then it's like the ghosts and monsters that penetrate the shelter. While destroying the shelter, its main body can also penetrate Gaia. But isn't the size of this mist a bit too large?"

“That’s exactly what I was worried about…”

Wu Pifu looked towards the horizon, where a thick, billowing fog was spreading in, its claws outstretched. He said, "If such a massive fog truly exists, it must be either an extremely powerful sublimation or a part of the Root. Either way, when it descends, the shelters here will be destroyed. Furthermore, its true form can penetrate Gaia. The shelters that Xu Shilan, Amadei, and I have established are Level 4 hybrid shelters, covering the entire island. When the fog envelops this area, all shelters will be destroyed, and those who haven't returned will be trapped and die in this dream world. Even if we return to Gaia or the Land of Redemption, this ocean dream world will be completely lost!"

Everyone around was silent.

This ocean dream world is a very special dream world. To enter this dream world, you need a quota. Unlike other dream worlds where you can freely enter and exit as long as you have the coordinates, Wu Pifu and the other two established a level four territory-type shelter before they had enough quotas for the Night Watchers and ordinary people to enter. Even so, Chu Minghao tried and couldn't enter this dream world at all. The quota he alone needed was enough for tens of thousands of people to enter.

Therefore, among the people Xu Shilan gathered this time, there were only about a hundred Night Watchmen. The strongest among them were Chu Yuyan and Hao Cheng. Even the rest of Chu Yuyan's team were not brought because of the quota.

Although those currently in this port could return to Gaia at any time, returning would mean passively accepting the monsters' invasion, inevitably destroying their sanctuary, preventing those who hadn't returned from doing so, and causing them to lose this ocean dream world. Most importantly, they couldn't return to the Land of Redemption for reinforcements; due to quota restrictions, even Chu Minghao couldn't come here. They had two choices: either eliminate the mist monsters, or abandon the incredibly valuable lower realm of this transcendent-level world, the newly formed extraordinary resource trade chain, and the approximately sixty or seventy Night Watchmen… Even if the Night Watchmen weren't the strongest, their other abilities were elite, making them the only ones chosen to be explorers in this special dream world. To abandon them all… a heavy weight settled in everyone's hearts.

They all looked at Wu Pifu.

What is a pillar of humanity? It is someone who can hold up the sky with their own strength when it collapses. In ancient times, they were called the "purple-gold beam that spans the sea" or the "white jade pillar that supports the sky." In modern times, they are called "turning the tide when it is about to fall" or "supporting the building when it is about to collapse."

Facing the gazes of the crowd, Wu Pifu did not hesitate at all and said directly, "I need ten volunteers."

"I!"

"I come!"

"Pick me..."

……

The surrounding watchmen, including ordinary people who had no supernatural abilities or shelters, were suddenly filled with righteous indignation, and more than half of them stood up.

Wu Pifu lowered his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice, "The volunteers' task is to patrol and protect Gaia Port after everyone else returns to the Land of Redemption. Before the mist reaches Gaia Port, protect all the shelters and prevent any non-Gaia humans from getting close. At the same time, when the other Night Watchers return, meet them and bring them back to Gaia. Finally... if the mist reaches Gaia Port, you must immediately return to Gaia and then go to the Land of Redemption to inform Chu Minghao about the situation here, so that he can kill all the monsters that entered Gaia through this shelter. That is your mission."

After saying that, Wu Pifu didn't wait for anyone to reply. He immediately started to select the ten volunteers. Chu Yuyan, Haocheng, Xu Shilan, and Amadei, the four people he was most familiar with, were selected first. Then, he chose the six strongest Night Watchmen from the remaining six.

Once all ten volunteers had been called, he slowly floated up and said, "I will confront this fog. Everyone except the ten volunteers, return to Gaia immediately."

Having said that, he was already ten meters in the air, but he didn't rush out immediately. Instead, he stood at a distance, deep in thought. Then he said to the crowd below, "Zhi, Mi, I don't know if you're inside, and I don't know if you're the ones who caused this. I just want to say... My father once told me that he would treat me like a human being, so I want to be a human being too. Now I'm telling you that as well. I hope you didn't do this..."

After saying that, he turned his back to everyone and suddenly flew high into the distance, leaving behind only a shockwave that broke the sound barrier.

While everyone else was still in a daze, Chu Yuyan immediately said, "Now, carry out Mr. Wu Pifu's orders immediately. Everyone else, immediately..."

"Wait a moment!"

A smiling young man suddenly spoke, his smile vanished, and everyone around him looked at him in bewilderment. He was an ordinary person from the Land of Salvation without any extraordinary abilities, who had come here as a technician. What was he saying at this moment?
The young man said to Chu Yu, "We can't let Mr. Wu Pifu fight alone; we must help him!"

Chu Yuyan's eyes were filled with inquiry as he stared intently at the young man. After a few seconds, he shook his head and said, "The difference in our levels is too great. Even I, the strongest here, cannot participate in this battle. We can't..."

"No, there's a way!"

The young man smiled again. He looked towards a certain spot in the harbor, and everyone looked in that direction. Then they saw a lone ship sitting there.

Dog Egg Number!
“We now have the technology, the materials, and the qualified workers, and we happen to be in this ocean dream world, so why…”

"Should we not add another layer of extraordinary realm to Mr. Wu Pifu's list?"

(End of this chapter)