Eternal Night

Chapter 795 Premonition and a New Beginning

After returning from the false parallel universe, Wu Pifu slept in Gaia for three days and three nights.

Without the scattered Heavenly Dao paying the price for him, his mortal body alone was almost drained dry, even just for a moment during the state of oneness with Heaven and Man.

That was indeed a power that he couldn't handle at his current level.

However, he also confirmed through that momentary sensory experience that his previous guess was correct.

The so-called dualistic universe of reality and illusion is not merely an adjective, or a synonym for the extraordinary, bizarre, or absolutely real universe, but rather a description of its essential nature.

From the absolute reality layer downwards, the deeper the dream world goes, the more illusory it becomes. Just as he saw, it presented itself as a kind of hasty color, a simple line drawing, or even just a black dot.

Its essence is actually an illusion or hallucination, or like a dream.

Although Wu Pifu didn't know how the essence of illusion evolved into the manifest world, and he was completely unaware of the process and the deepest core of it, he finally understood the essence of illusion and reality, and roughly understood why the real share (points) could make the illusion real.

It's nothing more than filling illusions with reality, like filling a paper model with cement and steel bars to make it feel real.

The share used is still the real share from the absolute truth layer!
"……I see."

After listening to Wu Pifu's description, Chu Minghao thought about it for a moment and understood the sense of illusion Wu Pifu described. Then he frowned and said, "If you describe it like this, you can understand why monsters like the Ascended Body, the Root, and Nightmares become weaker the closer they get to the upper levels of the Dream World."

That's right, that's also something Wu Pifu thought of.

Because of the increased realism of the world, it is more difficult for something illusory to influence reality. This is why there is the so-called upper limit of power in the dream world. For example, the sublimated body cannot exert its full strength in the 0.6 dream world. When Wu Pifu first fought the sublimated body, it was in the 0.6 dream world, and the sublimated body he fought was the Golden Arhat.

At that time, his strength was actually far inferior to that of the Golden Arhat, but it was precisely because his sublimated body could not exert its full strength in the 0.6 level dream world that he was able to defeat and kill him. If it had been in the 0.5 level dream world, he would have been the one who died.

Reality and illusion are exactly what they mean literally!
Chu Minghao sensed something from Wu Pifu's emotions, and he frowned, saying, "Are we leaving immediately? Is that too rushed? Aren't we waiting for Xu Shilan and the others to return?"

"No."

Wu Pifu shook his head. He thought for a moment and said, "I have a bad feeling. There's a sense of calm before the storm. If we don't prepare for the storm, I will die when this crisis comes. You might even die, and human civilization will be completely destroyed."

Wu Pifu did not explain in detail the issue of the Heavenly Court that Beelzebub mentioned, because according to Beelzebub, the Heavenly Court has three super monitoring artifacts. These three artifacts have the ability to monitor the entire dream world. If any one of them awakens and mentions the Heavenly Court, then the Heavenly Court will know.

However, since they are both supercomputers, even if they cannot express themselves verbally, Chu Minghao can still understand each other through emotional communication.

As expected, Chu Minghao sensed these emotions from Wu Pifu's shared feelings, and his smiling expression slowly turned serious.

"...Sublimation, right?" Chu Minghao asked.

Wu Pifu nodded affirmatively: "That's right. Now we all know that without becoming an Ascended Body, we are nothing but ants in this dream world. Don't be fooled by how successful the three of us are now. Take me for example, I act like I've become some kind of devil king. In the mission I was rented out before, the people in that world knew my reputation. But we all know how lucky we are. I can't possibly recreate the miracle of a mortal severing the root. Neither can you. Without an Ascended Body, if any true form of the root appears, or if the Heavenly Dao of a transcendent world appears, we will immediately become ants."

Chu Minghao was aware of all this, and he said with a wry smile, "But it's too difficult... Although with your help, Liang Min and I have gained some vague ideas and insights into the path of the Ascension Body, it's a slow and painstaking process. From the information we've gathered in the dream world, even the most talented geniuses or prodigies in other civilizations take thousands of years to accumulate the time required to become an Ascension Body from a mortal. How long have we been using our supernatural powers? Even if we accelerate the process, it would be a stroke of luck if we could take the first step towards the Ascension Body within ten years."

That's true, but Wu Pifu's thinking was simple and straightforward. He said decisively, "But if you do nothing and just lament how difficult it is, you'll end up accomplishing nothing... I gained a lot from the previous rental mission and have many ideas about the path to sublimation, so I must hurry up and complete my perfect path."

Chu Minghao's smile became even more bitter. He shook his head slightly and said, "You can come and go as you please, and you can run away for a few years without any problem, but Liang Min and I can't leave."

Wu Pifu also fell silent.

That's exactly the case.

Chu Minghao and Liang Min appeared to be sitting motionless in the safe zone, with only Wu Pifu among the three human pillars venturing out to fight for his life. However, their presence was actually essential.

In short, the Gaia human civilization is not a monolithic entity. Before the appearance of the Dream World, humanity was already ravaged by civil war, which even destroyed the solar system. Now that the Dream World has appeared, although there has been a turning point, with some companies and the Human Revolutionary Alliance beginning to align themselves with the human government, all of this is due to the powerful suppression by Chu Minghao and Liang Min.

The two of them suppressed all the villains within humanity, making neither the company nor the Human Revolutionary Alliance dare to act recklessly. Otherwise, if the two of them left, humanity would face another World War V. If even the foundation is destroyed, what future crisis can we talk about?

So this was indeed Wu Pifu's good fortune, and also the reason why Chu Minghao and Liang Min made such slow progress on the path of sublimation.

Wu Pifu was also helpless in this regard.

Despite his renowned reputation and success in the Dream World, if he were to replace the two of them and take charge of the headquarters, sending them to the Dream World to seek opportunities, not to mention whether the remnants of the company and the People's Revolutionary Alliance would be afraid of him, his personality and political skills alone would be insufficient to accomplish this. He would probably start the Fifth World War by the time the two of them return.

The two remained silent for a moment, when Liang Min's voice rang out from the office doorway.

"It's not as hopeless as you think."

Liang Min pushed open the door and entered, saying to himself, "We may not be able to become sublimated beings in the short term, but it's not like there's no solution."

Chu Minghao and Wu Pifu looked at him at the same time. Sensing his emotions, they were both taken aback. Wu Pifu immediately took out the Nodos Crystal from his personal space.

“That’s right, that’s it.” Liang Min chuckled and sat down on the sofa. “I’ve already dispatched the elites of the Human Revolutionary Alliance to explore dream worlds of 0.6 and below. Their goal is something like this Nodos Crystal or some extraordinary path. We can’t become Ascended in a short time, but that doesn’t mean we’re weak. What we need is a rank. If there’s something similar that can help us obtain a rank, then we might be able to temporarily make up for the risk of not having an Ascended.”

Chu Minghao nodded repeatedly and said, "Indeed, this is indeed a solution."

Wu Pifu nodded as well.

Just as Liang Min said, what the two of them lacked was a status, a way to maintain their individuality in an infinite cycle. If they could also transform into heroes, they would have directly overthrown the Heavenly Dao in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

but……

Wu Pifu thought for a moment and said, "I won't say anything else. Just sense it. This crisis is no small matter. The position supported by external forces is a weakness. It would be best to find a way to ascend to a higher level."

Liang Min immediately slapped the sofa in dissatisfaction and said, "Then you do all this? It's easy for you to say. Do you know how many things I have to deal with every day?"

Wu Pifu immediately fell silent.

Politics, internal affairs, all sorts of miscellaneous matters... these things pose a far greater threat to him than the root cause!

Chu Minghao comforted him, "Don't say that. Brother Wu has risked his life more times than you and I combined... Brother Wu, do you have a feeling that this time you're going out to find your path to advancement will take a long time?"

After a long silence, Wu Pifu nodded and said, "Yes, I have a feeling that this search is extremely important to me, as it concerns my path to perfection and will take a very long time. I have no choice but to go."

Chu Minghao laughed heartily: "Then go ahead. We'll take care of things at home, so don't worry. As for the crisis you mentioned, don't be afraid. Like I said, we'll handle everything. As long as you can truly become an ascended being, you can overcome any death ordeal. Then you can take charge of everything, and Liang Min and I can go out and seek opportunities."

Wu Pifu was deeply moved.

He trusted Chu Minghao and Liang Min; they were both good people, just as they trusted him.

Wu Pifu clasped his hands in greeting and said loudly, "Then I will go. Please take care of my teammates. If Xu Shilan and the others return, please tell them the truth about my trip. If I have time along the way, I will come back to find them and take them with me."

Chu Minghao laughed and followed Wu Pifu's example by clasping his hands in greeting. Liang Min, on the other hand, looked displeased but still waved at Wu Pifu.

Without further ado, Wu Pifu took out the Dream Compass, looked at the wildly spinning pointer, and immediately said to the main brain: "Main brain, use the Dream Compass, target: pursue the oath and constraints of thought!"

"Judging in progress...judging complete."

"One Perfect Fate Point has been consumed, leaving three Perfect Fate Points."

"Dream Compass is starting up... Coordinates have been anchored, Dream Compass super-penetrating effect activated."

"penetrate……"

The main AI's voice suddenly became extremely long, and Wu Pifu even felt himself being stretched to an extreme length. Space and time were disrupted. He wasn't being penetrated into the dream world by the main AI, but rather he, along with the three small animals and the golden tree bonsai, were sucked into the Dream Compass...

When he came to his senses, he was standing under a towering tree.

Wu Pifu was completely dumbfounded. This time, the process of penetrating was too bizarre. Compared with the penetrating of the main brain, it was more like traveling to another world.

"What a huge tree... Holy crap!"

Wu Pifu looked at the giant tree beside him. He roughly measured it and found that the tree was at least two or three thousand meters tall and several hundred meters in diameter. It didn't look like a tree at all, but rather like a small mountain. It was unbelievably big.

He was just about to express his admiration when, in the next instant, a string of profanities burst out.

Because behind this towering giant tree, several incredibly large, truly "giant trees" appeared before his eyes.

He couldn't even immediately determine the size of these colossal trees, but if he had to make a comparison, the towering tree beside him was like a blade of grass compared to the other truly giant trees.

That was no longer a small hill, but a massive mountain range!
Then, a snake's head, at least a thousand meters in diameter, extended down from the real giant tree, its vertical pupils looking at Wu Pifu.

"...Sublimated form!?"

Wu Pifu remained calm. Skilled and daring, he immediately drew his dagger and faced the giant snake.

Unexpectedly, Beelzebub, who shouldn't have been speaking outside, suddenly shouted in a trembling voice, "I know where this is, I know..."

"This is one of the three oldest transcendental worlds, or rather, one of the earliest transcendental worlds, and a world as ancient as the Thirty-Three Heavens..."

"Ancient Insect World!"

(End of this chapter)