Eternal Night

Chapter 741 The Romance of the Dog Egg
"Level 8 airship, Dog Egg, owner Wu Pifu, not under contract."

"Attack, 850."

"Defense, two hundred."

"Speed, five hundred."

"Specialties: Level 3 Levitation, Level 3 Gale, Sub-Legendary, Son's Love."

"With its unique hull structure and materials, combined with cutting-edge technology, this ship has gained levitation power, allowing it to detach from the sea and ascend to high altitudes. It will be able to soar freely through the sky, reaching a maximum altitude of 250,000 meters, and will be able to break through the high-altitude layers of various planes that are inaccessible by conventional means."

"At level three gale, due to the combination of special hull structure and materials, coupled with advanced technology, this ship can move 300% faster than other ships of the same class and type under the same ocean current and wind speed."

"Sub-Legendary, due to its unique hull structure and materials, combined with cutting-edge technology and a renowned reputation across the seas, this ship is considered the second most powerful ship on the seas after the Legendary. The ship's attribute bonus area is increased by 100%, and as long as you do not leave the ship and do not exceed the area, you can still enjoy the ship's attribute bonus."

"The son's love is based on his love for his 'father,' and he meticulously created this masterpiece for him. Be careful, if it were the father, he would be very happy, right? But what if it weren't the father?"

When Wu Pifu was struck by a blue lightning bolt carrying a hint of purple and plunged into the sea, apart from his head and neck being unharmed, almost every part of his body was covered in wounds, and he was almost turned into a charred man. Suddenly, he saw this spaceship made of wood and metal... but why is it steam-powered?

Although he was completely bewildered, the information on the ship automatically appeared when he saw it. Wu Pifu was surprised that it was actually the Gou Dan.
But when he saw the last column, he immediately knew what was going on.

They've made their move.

When the mist that Jiuying had transformed into appeared, he subconsciously thought that Zhi had pulled a big stunt, and he shouted out loud. But he was clearly wrong to blame Zhi; the mist was not Zhi's doing.

Wu Pifu could even imagine how grief-stricken he would be after he left.

But Zhi was indeed a good kid. Even though he had been wronged, he still put in a lot of effort to transform the transport ship into the current Class 8 Sub-Legendary Airship.

Looking at these attributes, especially the "son's love" attribute in the last column, Wu Pifu felt a warmth in his heart.

"Alright! I will stand in front of all of you as always!"

"Son, I feel your love!"

Wu Pifu laughed heartily and jumped directly onto the unmanned Gou Dan ship. As soon as he jumped on, several voices rang out.

“Wu Pifu, this battlefield is too dangerous for us. We can’t get close. The temperature here is beyond our tolerance limit. This Dog Egg ship was rushed to completion. Be careful!” This was Xu Shilan’s voice.

"Mr. Wu, the fog has lifted, most of the personnel have been contacted and are on their way to Gaia Port. Chu Minghao is aware of the situation here, and everything is fine, so please don't worry." This was Chu Yuyan's voice.

"So... Dad, since you consider yourself to be the father of both me and Mi, you must know us very well, right? Winning your son's love isn't that simple. Now, let me test you. Which one do you think is me or Mi?"

This was Zhi's voice. Wu Pifu frowned when he heard this, because back on Europa, although he guessed that Zhi and Mi were among those children, he did not know which one Zhi or Mi was.

Then a 3D image appeared in front of him.

This is a very warm and cozy scene of daily life in a wealthy family. It is a still image, showing an elderly man who resembles his father, playing with several happy and healthy children. The location seems to be an entertainment room, which is luxuriously decorated with various expensive and gorgeous decorations. There is also a vase with what appears to be a flower in it, but at first glance, it seems to be the children who are handsome men and beautiful women, smiling brightly and adding to the warm scene.

"So, who do you think is me or Mi?" Zhi's voice said with a grin.

Wu Pifu lowered his head slightly at this moment. He didn't find it funny at all; instead, he felt sad.

The concepts of knowledge and delusion are a microcosm of the era of the end-of-life. There may be tens of thousands of children like them, who are ignorant and have only the cognition of a one- or two-year-old infant. They come into the world with aspirations for life, but become decorations for the powerful and wealthy to display their wealth and status.

Moreover, Wu Pifu could easily imagine that, given the circumstances on Europa at the time, even with the various contingency plans left by the Knowers, these children would have faced immense hardship after their healing process. He couldn't even fathom how one of these children, the Knower and the Mysterious, had emerged from among them...

However, the situation was urgent at this moment. The Nine-Headed Serpent inside the crystal wall was still trying to escape, and he really didn't have time to reminisce about everything. He immediately reached out and touched the flowers in the vase, saying, "You have suffered..." The next second, the scene disappeared, and a mechanical voice sounded: "Dog Egg's AI pays tribute to you. Would you like to activate Dog Egg's romance?"

"What!?" Wu Pifu was dumbfounded. Then, in his eyes, the Dog Egg's attribute list changed to "Attributes: Level 3 Levitation, Level 3 Gale, Sub-Legendary, Dog Egg's Romance."

"The romance of the Dog Egg, it really is you, Father... Such an unfamiliar word. So your disappearance back then must have had a very exciting ending, right? If you don't mind, please tell us after the war. Finally, welcome back, Father... The extraordinary power system, which uses the first-generation hybrid spells and condensed hydrogen fusion reactor, allows the ship to operate at overload for a short period of time. Its ship attributes will increase fivefold for thirty seconds, but this will cause irreversible damage to the ship's core structure. Use with caution."

"what!?"

Wu Pifu was truly stunned.

Is that "extraordinary power system made from the first generation of hybrid spells and condensed hydrogen fusion reactor" real?
It is important to know that the human scientists who have awakened in the Land of Redemption have been researching the adaptation of technology to the dream world, hoping to improve the technology of the Gaia humans and apply it to deeper levels of the dream world. However, the results have been very few. So far, only the 0.8 and 0.9 dream worlds have yielded some progress. But once they reach the 0.7 dream world, the power is either greatly reduced or it becomes unusable.

The Zero Point Seven Dream World simply couldn't create something like a hydrogen fusion reactor, but now Zhi has directly created a superhuman power system made of a first-generation hybrid talisman and a hydrogen fusion reactor... No, did he cheat?
Wu Pifu then thought of a question: what if he didn't know the origins of Zhi and Mi, and thus made the wrong choice? Would the romance of the Gou Dan ship then turn into... the romance of robots?
Thinking of this, Wu Pifu broke out in a cold sweat, because he didn't know how powerful the mixed reactor was, or whether it was natural or hostile damage. In short, he felt as if he had... escaped a calamity.

Wu Pifu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Dog Egg, activate Dog Egg's romantic form!"

"Respected Captain... Activate the Dog Egg Romantic Mode."

As the voice spoke, the steam billowing from the Dog Egg suddenly transformed into a crimson torrent, and numerous runes and lights appeared on its surface. In an instant, the Dog Egg soared into the sky, its speed even slightly faster than Wu Pifu's physical flight.

Meanwhile, on a distant island, everyone was looking at the sky with remote devices. When they saw the Dog Egg change shape, Chu Yuyan showed a knowing expression, while Zhi laughed heartily, and only Mi looked completely bewildered.

"...Time travel?" Mi murmured in a very soft voice.

Zhi just smiled and didn't speak to Mi.

Then a bolt of lightning struck from the sky, and a figure on the Dog Egg jumped up to catch it. His head was glowing, and although his head and neck were unharmed, his entire body was once again charred.

Wu Pifu ignored everything else, his eyes fixed on the crystal layer that he had smashed into a large crater. As he watched the Nine-Headed Serpent slowly escaping within it, a ferocious smile appeared on his face.

"Dog Egg, are you afraid of dying?" Wu Pifu asked.

"Captain, please define death clearly," the AI ​​of the Dog Egg asked.

"...Never mind, that's all. Unleash your full power! Charge into the depths of that crystal layer!" Wu Pifu roared.

"Yes, sir. Initiate overload burst mode. Reactor overload self-destruct countdown: ten, nine, eight..."

Dog Egg's speed increased dramatically again. At the same time, Wu Pifu felt that his strength, speed, defense, and other abilities underwent another small qualitative change. Although he did not transform into a hero, he gained another extraordinary ability on his body.

Then, in the next instant, he leaped into the air, his forehead glowing from the blue lightning, grinning savagely as he aimed at the three snake heads of the Nine-Headed Serpent and rammed into them with all his might...

"Don't come any closer...!"

The three snake heads roared and howled simultaneously. Then, Wu Pifu crashed headfirst into the broken crystal layer, which crackled and popped. At that moment, a pale purple lightning bolt, no bigger than a hair, shot from the very end of the crystal layer. It struck Wu Pifu on the forehead, creating a bloody gash. At the same time, Wu Pifu's body below the neck began to crumble and disintegrate.

Just like in a horror movie, a head with a neck smashed through the crystal layer, chasing after three snake heads and three snake necks. Amidst the three snake heads' panicked roars, the head and neck pierced through the crystal layer, smashing the three snake heads to pieces, obliterating them completely, leaving nothing but ashes...

Then the head crashed directly into the end of the crystal layer and fell into that endless vastness...

The people far away stared wide-eyed, right before their eyes.

The Dog Egg exploded and shattered in the sky.

(End of this chapter)