Eternal Night

Chapter 783 The root of the problem was cut off, four of them!

Egyptian civilization?
We're old acquaintances!
After watching Adam's rapid-fire speech disappear, Wu Pifu stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.

The Egyptian civilization is a familiar one; even his current bio-armor comes from the Egyptian civilization.

He first learned about the Egyptian civilization in the android world, on his way to find the civilization that had been contained in the previous era, entrusted by Chu Minghao and Liang Min. However, he did not actually encounter any intelligent individuals from the Egyptian civilization, but he learned some information about the Egyptian civilization and obtained a creation of the Egyptian civilization, which is his current bio-armor.

Based on the currently known information about the Egyptian civilization, it is a semi-lost civilization with powerful technology. It is also searching for Buddhist secrets throughout the dream world. Its technological creations have a style that is a mixture of metal and flesh. It is good at creating various technologies and life forms of artificial intelligence. It also has the ability to travel at the speed of light or faster than light on a cosmic scale. After all, in the artificial human dream world, it came to Earth from the universe of that dream world.

Besides the information about the Egyptian civilization he obtained in the android dream world, Wu Pifu also vaguely obtained some information about the Egyptian civilization in several other dream worlds. For example, when fighting Jiuying in the Mountain and Sea Realm, Jiuying uttered the words "Egyptian civilization".

Clearly, this Egyptian civilization is no ordinary civilization. It has even appeared in this crippled world controlled by the scattered Heavenly Dao. Moreover, judging from Adam's words, the invasion of the Egyptian civilization seems to be helpless against even the two major suppressive forces that have emerged from the scattered Heavenly Dao.

"...This scattered Heavenly Dao is truly a piece of trash."

Wu Pifu spoke rather impolitely, and there seemed to be a flash of lightning in the sky, but the current was so small that there was no thunder at all.

Although it may not sound pleasant, the two major suppressive forces derived from the scattered Heavenly Dao are practically useless compared to the true Heavenly Dao. For example, the Heavenly Dao of the Mountain and Sea Realm can easily control everything within its world, and externally it can resist the pollution and erosion of the Root. It has hundreds, or even more, sublimated bodies under its command, and can easily launch devouring and war against other dream worlds... To put it conservatively, the Heavenly Dao of a transcendental dream world can be completely compared to a powerful and complete Root, and it is a Root that can ignore the different levels of dream worlds and move freely within them!

In comparison, the Alaya consciousness and Gaia consciousness are really useless, how could they be invaded by a civilization that has already been partially lost?

And they were beaten so badly?
"...However, faster-than-light travel?"

Wu Pifu seemed to have discovered the key point.

The Egyptian civilization possesses formidable technological capabilities and seems to be able to apply them across different rules of the dream world. This is precisely what human civilization urgently needs, and perhaps even what he himself urgently needs. If he truly intends to achieve sublimation within the absolute reality layer of the universe, then faster-than-light travel is essential.

Wu Pifu even thought about it a little more.

Human civilization is currently still within the Absolute Reality Layer and hasn't fallen out of it. This means that if humanity truly masters faster-than-light travel, it's not impossible to simultaneously develop the Dream World and the Absolute Reality Layer of space, perhaps even establishing interstellar colonies within star systems of the Absolute Reality Layer...

Wu Pifu thought of many things in a moment, but no matter what, since he had accepted Adam's favor, and Adam had so thoughtfully told him the whole story, including the cause and effect and the enemy to be eliminated, which was completely in line with his logic and values, then he would take care of this parasitic weapon of the Egyptian civilization.

And isn't this just something that happens incidentally?
If he wants to win the Holy Grail War, then eliminating this parasitic weapon is a logical next step. After all, there is only one Holy Grail, and if it becomes the Heaven's Cup, wishes cannot be made, so it's impossible for that to happen.

"...Then, let's talk."

Wu Pifu understood all this, and he spoke again. At the same time, with a wave of his hand, Chuchu, Daphne, and Golden Tree Bonsai, who had been in Pokémon battle mode, all returned to their small animal forms. He also relaxed the invisible pressure brought about by cultivating the Immortal Martial Arts.

Gradually, the Servants around them who were engaged in battle stopped their actions, the mages who were casting blessing spells on these Servants also stopped, and even the Dead Apostles who were participating in the battle silently retreated, not daring to make a sound.

The Mage Commander Einzbern was utterly horrified. He struggled to his feet, his body nearly falling apart. The Servants and Mages around him quickly supported him, and he shouted in a hoarse voice, "Stop! Stop everything!"

Originally, the battlefield had fallen silent after being intimidated by Wu Pifu, with no one daring to cause any more trouble. At this moment, Einzbernbehn spoke up, confirming the cessation of the battle from the perspective of a commander, and most people breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu Pifu looked at Einzbern and said, "Let's talk, magicians. This time, you won't refuse to communicate with words, will you?"

How could I dare to refuse?
Even without Einzbern's words, all the magicians in the Clock Tower had this idea.

As one of the most rational yet most eccentric groups of people in the world, magicians are essentially "realistic." Regardless of whether their choices are based on dreams, pursuits, or madness, they are all expressions of their most realistic side.

And now, without a doubt, Wu Pifu is a "stronger" than they have ever seen before. This kind of strongman has surpassed their definition. Even Adam, the ancestor of mankind that they summoned, cannot match him. Moreover, they watched the entire battle. This gap in strength has become so huge that it is almost overwhelming.

Adam!
That was Adam!

From a mystical perspective, Adam has reached the limit of Heroic Spirits, and some of his concepts even surpass the limits of Heroic Spirits, placing him at the level of an ancestor and a god.

This is the ultimate weapon that the Clock Tower summoned with all its might, the core of its plan to achieve complete victory in this Holy Grail War. Even he failed... How could they possibly dare to oppose Wu Pifu?

While all the magicians dared not speak or move, Einzbern, as the commander of magic, still possessed the courage and responsibility. He spoke again and asked, "Great being... what do you wish to discuss with us?"

"How can I save the Clock Tower, the Holy Church, or anyone who has seen my background and origins?" Wu Pifu pointed into the distance.

That was the original location of the Clock Tower, shrouded by a massive illusionary bounded field, unknown and invisible to ordinary mortals, and even unobservable by electronic devices and satellites. But at this moment, that illusionary bounded field had long since vanished, leaving behind... a blank space identical to that in the Holy City of the Holy Church...

The earth revealed a mirror-like depression, resembling a giant bowl presented before everyone's eyes.

The clock tower has disappeared—meaning it truly and completely ceased to exist on a material level.

The third hour after the battle.

Einzbernbehn, Anya, Mawsleyton, Van Ankowski...

The existing Clock Tower, the Holy Church, and representatives of the major human factions in this world, including even the leader of the Silent Organization hiding in South America, the old man whose physical body has mostly disappeared, have all come here.

Wu Pifu completely failed to grasp the significance of his battle with Adam.

To those unfamiliar with the subject, it might seem that he didn't smash a city with a single punch, throw an island into space, or destroy the moon or push it toward the sun. The battle only broke out on a small area of ​​the earth's surface, and the fighting style was nothing more than hand-to-hand combat. It appeared to be of a very low level and quite inferior.

However, the extraordinary beings in this world happen to be knowledgeable. Because the two major suppressive forces that were divided from the scattered Heavenly Dao almost directly manage the worlds under their jurisdiction, the extraordinary beings in this world communicate very frequently with the two suppressive forces. They have extracted countless pieces of information from these two naive suppressive forces.

Compared to power, they value mystery more. Wu Pifu now knows that the mystery that the superhumans in this world talk about is actually a combination of attributes, priorities, and levels.

For example, in the description of his title "Commoner", he can ignore 50% of the defense of all enemies within five steps (this is the limit-breaking attribute, the highest priority, the root level). The limit-breaking attribute, the highest priority, and the root level are actually three judgment criteria. The first is the attribute, the second is the priority, and the third is the level. These three factors combined are the mystery level judged by the superhumans in this world.

Of course, Wu Pifu doesn't fully understand what the three criteria of attribute, priority, and level actually represent. He only roughly knows that these three should involve the third level of the Ascended Body and above, as well as the strength standards of the Roots.

Based on his experience fighting the Ascended Bodies, Roots, Heavenly Dao, and so on, when an Ascended Bodies reach the peak of the second rank, the magnitude of the numbers no longer holds much significance. Similarly, for Roots, the numbers don't matter much to them—one that has devoured the true essence of one world versus the one that has devoured the true essence of ten worlds; they're just a matter of one being larger and the other smaller.

Wu Pifu guessed that the three things—attribute, priority, and level—were probably used to determine the relationship between the strength of the roots and those at the third rank and above.

Therefore, compared to the many extraordinary beings in the dream world outside, the extraordinary beings in this world who have extracted a lot of information from the two major restraint forces may have a higher degree of mystery in their perception than the deeper reality of the dream world.

According to them, high mystery always overwhelms and encompasses low mystery, which is the ultimate pursuit of all extraordinary beings in this world, namely, to reach the source of the extraordinary mystery they control.

Wu Pifu's mysteriousness in the previous battle was off the charts. He easily crushed one of the Thirteen Ancestors of the Dead Apostles, as easily as if he had crushed an insect. At the same time, in a head-on battle with Adam, he shattered Adam's Noble Phantasm, God's Hollow Vision, and then killed Adam. For the superhumans of this world, the significance of this battle was no less than Wu Pifu throwing an island into space right in front of them.

In short, Wu Pifu was an existence that even they combined could not match, almost equivalent to the magicians in their minds. Now that the Clock Tower, the Holy Church, and other well-known forces in this world had suddenly "disappeared," they had to listen carefully and humbly to whatever Wu Pifu said, whether they wanted to or not.

"Alright, alright."

Wu Pifu listened to their explanations and felt a headache coming on, but he was used to being everyone's pillar of support... so he didn't stand on ceremony and sat down in the seat of honor in this simple hall. Then he said to the extraordinary figures who were sitting down, "Then I will explain the reasons in detail."

The many extraordinary individuals looked at Wu Pifu with serious expressions and remained silent.

Wu Pifu said, "First, I need to confirm if you know anything about the Catalogue of Forbidden Books?"

The many extraordinary individuals present all nodded in agreement. Those who could sit here were at least figures like magic commanders, vice-judges of the Holy Church's Inquisition, or high-ranking druids of the druid gathering.

They certainly knew about the Holy Church's famous Index of Forbidden Books, which was also a Grand Order item among the Holy Church's designated sealed artifacts, the Sequence Zero among all sealed artifacts... The Holy Church denied that they possessed this forbidden item, but in reality, everyone knew they possessed it, and they also knew that everyone knew they possessed it. However, both they and everyone outside maintained a tacit understanding that the Index of Forbidden Books "did not exist."

However, it is now clear that the disappearance of the headquarters and leaders of the various major forces that Wu Pifu mentioned is related to this first sealed artifact, and they can no longer deny its existence.

"I have a guess that is very likely true."

Wu Pifu stated bluntly: "Because of my actions in South America—well, I don't know much about this world, so it seems I went a bit too far—everyone seems to be very nervous because of this behavior, eager to know my origins, identity, strength, and so on. However, for some reason, you probably can't know of my existence through your mysticism. It is precisely because of this situation that the higher-ups of the Holy Church and your leaders and heads have conspired to use the Catalogue of Forbidden Books."

At this point, Wu Pifu gave these extraordinary individuals enough time to ponder his words.

The many extraordinary beings pondered silently. One of them, dressed like an Orthodox priest or someone of some other rank, suddenly looked up and asked, "Great being, do you mean that because they saw your past through the Index to Forbidden Books, they... disappeared? Because the complete you attacked them from the past? You once wielded the Fifth Law?"

The Fifth Law is one of the five great magics of this world. Wu Pifu now roughly understands that the so-called magic should be the five great powers that were separated when the scattered Heavenly Dao divided into two major suppressive forces. They are similar to the rules of the world and a part of the power of the Heavenly Dao. The Fifth Law is the power over time, which only takes effect in the world controlled by the scattered Heavenly Dao. Moreover, it is a pseudo-time reversal, so it will not disturb the Wheel of Time and Space.

Wu Pifu shook his head and said, "It wasn't that I attacked them, but that they saw something they shouldn't have seen. That thing... I can't describe it. It's something that transcends the concept of the world, and may even transcend the spacetime of the universe you are in now. It's indescribable, ineffable, and beyond description. Just knowing about it will lead to your death, distortion, or complete disappearance."

Everyone was startled and horrified.

Because this thing sounds even more terrifying than the two major suppressive forces!

Wu Pifu continued, "Fortunately, what they saw was probably the battle in which I killed four of these things. I can assure you with certainty that those four terrifying things are indeed gone, dead, and completely annihilated. However, these things are so terrifying in nature that even though they have completely disappeared in the past, in the future, through some means, such as the Index of Forbidden Books, looking back at them might still affect us. I'm not sure if that's the case, after all, I'm just a pure-blooded human, not one of those terrifying things. All of this is just my speculation."

After being shocked, everyone now found Wu Pifu's words utterly absurd.

Regardless of why such a terrifying being, whose mere existence would lead to automatic death, would "kill four of them," Wu Pifu's conjecture is highly unreliable.

What does it mean that the past has been killed, completely annihilated and disappeared, but will still be affected if the future learns about them?
Einzbernbehn forced a smile and said, "Great being, it's not that we don't believe you, it's just that you said it's your guess... There must be some evidence, or something you know, before you can make such a guess, right?"

Wu Pifu scratched his head: "Indeed, mere words are not enough to convince you, but I don't know how to describe those four terrifying creatures to you, because they are essentially a secret."

The many extraordinary individuals looked at each other, and each saw confusion in the other's eyes.

"secret?"

Wu Pifu scratched himself so hard his hair was about to fall out. He was really bad at talking, so he simply grabbed the big fly from his waist and threw it away.

"Wait……"

Beelzebub was shocked. She didn't know what had gotten into Wu Pifu that made him want her to reveal her true nature at this moment.
However, Wu Pifu clearly had a deep grasp of the Pokémon system. With a flick of his wrist, he controlled the power, turning the fist-sized fly into the size of a basketball, which landed on the long table in this simple hall.

Beelzebub shook her head blankly for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief when she realized that she hadn't been transformed out of her original form.

This was her instinctive feeling.

Since returning from those lost lands, she has regained many memories, but at the same time she also senses an omnipresent danger, as if as long as she continues to regain her memories, power, and essence, a catastrophe will immediately descend upon her. Not only will her last bit of essence disappear in an instant, but Wu Pifu and even human civilization will suffer.

So since then, she has been very well-behaved. According to her feeling, at least Wu Pifu needs to become an elevated body before she can conceal more of her memories and essence.

Fortunately, she didn't reveal her true nature at this moment. She couldn't help but roar at Wu Pifu, "What's wrong with you?! I thought you were going to make me fight!"

Not only was Beelzebub startled, but the many extraordinary beings around him were also greatly surprised.

From a mystical perspective, the imagery of flies is terrifying.

Wu Pifu pointed to the people around him and said, "Explain to them the four origins, and also explain why their headquarters and leaders disappeared."

Beelzebub took several deep breaths before addressing the extraordinary beings around him: "Alright, don't you understand the meaning of the word 'root'? That's right, the root you all yearn for, although slightly different, in a sense, those four things belong to the root."

The superhumans no longer wanted to speak.

All the extraordinary beings in this world dream of reaching the Root, not of controlling it, but of understanding, getting close to, and touching the Root, because that's how the five great magics came about.

Let's hear what Wu Pifu has to say next.
He killed four Roots?

Is this what they understand as the origin from which all things are born?

However, judging from the four terrifying things described by Wu Pifu, which are a secret, "unable to be described or depicted, something that transcends the concept of the world, and may even transcend the spacetime of the universe you are in now, indescribable, ineffable, and beyond description," it is indeed almost exactly the same as the origin they know.

Heaven's way is ruthless, and the Great Way is formless.

If the Tao is the root, then these descriptions and portrayals are indeed correct.

At this moment, a burly man wearing a bear skin said in a deep voice, "Great being, it's not that we don't believe in you, it's just... you killed four Roots? How did you do that?"

Beelzebub innocently rubbed her little feet, unable to speak to Wu Pifu, who in turn started scratching her head again.

After a long pause, Wu Pifu finally said, "Would you believe me if I said I killed him with a knife?"

All the superhumans shook their heads, giving him a look that said, "Are you kidding us?"

Wu Pifu stood up helplessly. He closed his eyes, then stretched out his hands, making a gesture as if he were gripping the hilt of a knife and raising it.

Indeed, his death-defying sword was stopped by two major restraining forces, right next to the throne where his true body sat.

However, this kind of mysterious connection cannot be suppressed by the two major suppressive forces that are merely scattered across the Heavenly Dao!
As Wu Pifu sensed something, an inexplicable aura suddenly appeared, growing stronger and stronger until everyone involuntarily turned to look. Then, they were filled with trepidation, shock, and indescribable emotions...

If in the outside world, in other dream worlds, the Death-Seeking Blade is a divine weapon with its brilliance concealed, then in this dream world where mystery can be manifested, the Death-Seeking Blade, which once slew four Origin Gods, begins to reveal its true nature at this moment.

The whole world……

At the center where Wu Pifu stood, the entire world seemed to be about to crack open. Matter and illusion began to intertwine, and then began to be torn apart. A dividing line seemed to appear on both sides of Wu Pifu's hands, and heaven and earth appeared to be in a distorted and chaotic state. Even the two major restraining forces were about to make their move, and Wu Pifu's spiritual body was about to be driven out of this world by the restraining forces...

He released his hands, and the aura he had just gathered began to dissipate rapidly, with only a wisp of aura vaguely shaped like a knife briefly remaining.

"I used this knife to kill four of the Roots."

"By the way, this knife has another name in your world..."

"Noble Phantasm, Blade that Severs the Galaxy!"

(End of this chapter)