Eternal Night

Chapter 772 First Priority
"Right now, there is only one top priority for human civilization: the three of us must become sublimated beings in the shortest possible time!"

Half a month after the return of the Transcendent Great World of Mountains and Seas, Wu Pifu, Chu Minghao, and Liang Min finally had their first meeting.

It wasn't that Wu Pifu was delaying things, but rather that Chu Minghao and Liang Min took half a month to recover.

Although they were both extremely powerful, they were still mortals at heart. If the battles were only between mortals and those at the level of sublimation, they would have no problem. However, once the battles reached the level of origin, they would be instantly killed. At that time, under the influence of the Heavenly Dao of the Transcendent Great World, their essence was reduced to a lower dimension. It was only thanks to Wu Pifu's perfect characteristics of the Hero Clan that they were saved. This process actually caused them considerable damage.

Then, whether it was Chu Minghao's Red Wolf title piloting Wu Pifu, or Liang Min's past boundless super brain with millions of variations, or helping Wu Pifu share the burden of negative backlash... in fact, the latter almost cost both of them their lives.

To put it bluntly, they are still human beings, and they shouldn't be able to handle such a negative backlash.

"……Wait a moment!"

Wu Pifu slammed his fist on the table in dissatisfaction and said, "You fucking explain yourselves clearly! What do you mean by saying you're human and shouldn't, and can't, handle this negative backlash? What are you implying?"

Chu Minghao and Liang Min both whistled at a 45-degree angle, each looking like they didn't understand what the other was talking about.

Wu Pifu was immediately furious, but Chu Minghao didn't wait for him to figure it out and immediately changed the subject, saying, "Judging from this encounter with the Transcendent World, our previous estimates were too optimistic. We thought that with the Absolute Truth Layer behind us, and the Land of Redemption being higher than the Zero Point Nine Dream World, and with Liang Min and me in charge, we could rest easy. This kind of thinking is really too arrogant."

Wu Pifu's attention was indeed diverted, and he and Liang Min both nodded silently.

This is actually the grand strategic direction of the dream world that Chu Minghao designed for human civilization.

Because of the emergence of the Dream World, human civilization has shifted from a general strategy of interstellar wandering to a general strategy of development and survival in the Dream World. The Land of Redemption was established by Chu Minghao for this purpose. Based on human civilization's exploration of the Dream World and its knowledge of the origins and sources of pollution, this Land of Redemption, backed by the Absolute Reality Layer, was placed above the 0.9 Dream World Layer. To anyone at the time, this seemed foolproof.

The Root is trapped in the dream world below 0.3. Their only way to affect human civilization is to split their tentacles to pollute and erode it. However, their tentacles do not have the infinite cycle and self-closing of the Root. In other words, apart from the polluting properties, they are not the Root's own strength. This is a problem that Chu Minghao and Liang Min can easily solve.

Even before this transcendent world, human civilization believed that sublimated beings that fell into the middle or lower levels could not go back up. Once they fell, they fell. They could only drag the higher dream worlds down, but could not come up from the lower or middle levels to the upper levels.

However, this theory has been proven wrong. Not only do primal forces below the zero-third level roam the dream world, but they also have the ability to break through to the upper dream world. As a result, human civilization without a sublimated body to resist is extremely vulnerable.

If the Heavenly Dao of the Mountain and Sea Realm were to break through and arrive at the Land of Redemption, then apart from Wu Pifu who might escape with his life, the entire human civilization would be wiped out in a second!
Wu Pifu spread his hands and said, "I also want to become an Ascended Being, but you've all seen the steps to becoming an Ascended Being that I brought back. Do you think the three of us are qualified to become Ascended Beings right now? Even if we don't go hundreds of light-years away in the real universe, we can't even become Ascended Beings in the Zero Point Nine Dream World. Which of the three of us has achieved the first step, self-perfection?"

Chu Minghao and Liang Min both showed helpless expressions.

Liang Min said, "During the two weeks of recuperation after we returned, scientists used quantum computers to create a sublimation model based on the three steps of sublimation you described. According to the data, the completion rate of the first step for the three of us is very low. I am at about 10%, Chu Minghao is only about 15%, while you are at about 50%. Therefore, you are the most likely individual among us to be the first to sublimate."

Wu Pifu believed this.

The three steps of sublimation are not about the strength of one's own strength, but about the understanding and control of one's own essence, attributes, and extraordinary paths. Compared with Liang Min and Chu Minghao, Wu Pifu's super brain is the weakest, but he has the most extraordinary paths, and his understanding and control of extraordinary paths is also the strongest.

In fact, Wu Pifu's previous work of organizing his extraordinary abilities and determining his future combat style was also part of his self-perfection process.

Chu Minghao coughed, and when Wu Pifu looked at him, he said seriously, "The next course of action for the unified human government will be to fully assist the three of us in our ascension. Among them, you are the first in line for ascension. All dream world strategies, collection of extraordinary methods, and information gathering will prioritize your needs, followed by my and Liang Min's needs, and thirdly the needs of human civilization. I will issue this order in my capacity as the President."

Wu Pifu asked, puzzled, "Sublimation is the perfection of the individual self. How can they help with that?"

Liang Min patted Wu Pifu on the shoulder and said, "You've underestimated the power of the collective, haven't you? Even if their combat strength isn't as good as ours, you surely understand the principle that there's strength in numbers, right? They can help collect rare and precious treasures, various related extraordinary cultivation techniques, and all sorts of hidden information derived from the lower and middle levels. To give you a simple example... faster-than-light travel. If you really want to ascend in the real universe of the Absolute Reality layer, then faster-than-light travel is something you absolutely must obtain."

Chu Minghao also said, "Currently, the technology of our human civilization is simply incapable of achieving faster-than-light speeds. Let alone faster-than-light speeds, we can't even approach them. However, the derivatives within the Dream World system have allowed many Dream Worlds to possess technologies that surpass ours, including faster-than-light capabilities." Wu Pifu asked doubtfully, "Can it be used in the Absolute Truth Layer? Isn't it true that the greater the difference in levels, the less universal the technology becomes?"

After the early Redemption Lands were established, humanity began to systematically and on a large scale explore the dream world. At that time, the Night Watchers loved to explore the high-tech dream world the most, and they especially liked to collect all kinds of high-tech knowledge in it.

However, after extensive verification by scientists, it was found that the technological knowledge in each dream world was established based on the fundamental rules of that dream world, and deviated from the absolute reality layer by 0.1%. Just as the high-tech weapons they obtained from Gaia would be weakened when they entered these worlds, the technology in these worlds would also have a deviation value when applied to the real universe. Many precision instruments simply could not be used, even if the technology had a deviation of only 0.1%.

So far, among the technologies in the dream worlds from 0.9 to 0.7, only mathematics is common. However, some scholars believe that in the lower dream worlds, even mathematics may not be common.

In response to Wu Pifu's question, Chu Minghao replied, "Therefore, a large amount of scientific information needs to be collected for integration. The high technology of two different 0.7 dream worlds will have different degrees of deviation when brought into the real world. Only through the integration and comparison of a large amount of high technology from different dream worlds, and mutual supplementation, can it be applied to the real universe. However, this requires an enormous amount of data, and the higher the degree of deviation of a dream world, the higher its level of high technology. For example, it is basically impossible for a derivative dream world with a technological level exceeding ours to appear in a 0.9 dream world."

Liang Min added, "Moreover, it's not just about high technology; extraordinary power can also be collected by the masses. We have discovered that there are many extraordinary powers that can be used collectively, usually manifested in the form of formations, runes, etc. If we can master and organize a whole set of similar extraordinary methods, we may be able to achieve faster-than-light speed in the real universe using extraordinary power."

Wu Pifu nodded knowingly. After thinking for a moment, he took out the Dream Compass and showed its attributes to Chu Minghao and Liang Min.

The two of them immediately became interested upon seeing it.

"Dream Compass (in essence: the 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."

"Current Perfect Fate Value: Four Points."

Since killing the Nine-Headed Serpent, Wu Pifu's Dream Compass is now complete, and he can use it.

"This is great stuff! I'll give it a try."

After obtaining Wu Pifu's consent, Chu Minghao picked up the Dream Compass and determined that his perfect destiny value was two points. Liang Min also tested it, and her perfect destiny value was only one point.

Wu Pifu took the Dream Compass from Liang Min and said, "I don't know how to obtain this Perfect Destiny Value either, but it's good to use it where it counts. No matter how many points I have, I will use them through the Dream Compass to obtain extraordinary methods or items that can help me achieve self-perfection. As you said, we do need to sublimate as soon as possible, otherwise the dream world is too dangerous."

Chu Minghao and Liang Min both nodded seriously.

The more one experiences the dream world, the more one understands the role of the strongest individuals of a race or civilization; having them or not makes a world of difference.

Liang Min asked curiously, "So what was the first thing you wished for?"

Without hesitation, Wu Pifu said, "I do have some ideas about integrating my combat style with my extraordinary methods to achieve my own combat perfection, but..."

Just as Wu Pifu was about to tell the two his thoughts and plans, a light suddenly appeared on the back of his hand.

It was a bribe from a native lieutenant general in the Mountain and Sea Realm who begged for mercy. The lieutenant general called it a talisman. At this moment, it was automatically transferred from Wu Pifu's personal space to the back of his hand and emitted light.

(End of this chapter)