Eternal Night

Chapter 801 Can't it be killed?
Half a month has passed since Wu Pifu came to this world. Finally, he left the forest with three small animals and a golden tree bonsai.

It's enormous; the entire forest is far larger than the Earth's surface area, by countless times.

Wu Pifu's full-power burst speed exceeded 25,000 meters per second. If it were taken to Earth and flown, it could circle the Earth in about half an hour.

After he came to this world, he couldn't possibly be running at full speed every moment, but he still covered at least five or six times the circumference of the Earth in a day. It took him half a month to leave this forest, which gives you an idea of ​​how enormous the forest was. It was simply outrageous.

In the past two weeks, Wu Pifu has found several sites of civilization or suspected sites, but unfortunately he has not encountered anything as good as the Perfect Fruit again, and his harvest has been meager.

However, he did manage to collect some fragmented information about the past civilizations of this world.

"Master, assess this stone slab."

By the campfire, Wu Pifu absentmindedly roasted a cricket leg the size of an elephant while taking out his Dream Compass and pointing it at the stone slab.

Unlike the Realm of Mountains and Seas, the main brain can still be contacted in this Ancient Insect Realm. Of course, this may also be related to the fact that the Heavenly Dao of the Ancient Insect Realm belongs to the Pan-Heavenly Dao. However, the main brain can only be contacted through the Dream Compass. If it wants to make a judgment, it must take out the Dream Compass and point it at the thing to be judged. When it wants to speak, it must also take out the Dream Compass to communicate.

To put it simply, the omnipresent mastermind has become telephone communication.

"Judgment in progress... Judgment complete. World-specific inscription detected. Translation follows..."

"...The Zero Alliance has been wiped out. It is said that the enemy came from the northern mountains and was a kind of humanoid life. They were much taller and stronger than humans, and their bodies were covered with a layer of ice crystal elements with amazing hardness, which could withstand high-penetration bullets and high-explosive shells. Their vitality was very strong. High temperature, explosion, penetration, and tearing could not easily kill them. After dissecting them, scholars believed that they were a next-generation life. Just as scientists observed a hundred years ago, as the vitality of this world becomes more vigorous, a new era of evolutionary life will emerge rapidly, and we... may soon be eliminated."

Wu Pifu nodded and listened. He put the tough stone slab into his personal space, and then took out another stone slab of a different size and material and said, "Master, judge this stone slab."

"Judgment in progress... Judgment complete. World-specific inscription detected. Translation follows..."

"...The excavation of the eighth civilization in historical records continues, and today we discovered something interesting...The remains of the extinct Ice Ape were found in the eighth civilization's laboratory. Judging from the bullet holes and damage marks preserved in the remains, the eighth civilization seems to have been at war with the Ice Ape. This report has been submitted, and it helps us to understand the progressive relationship between hope, disaster, and catastrophe."

Wu Pifu pondered for a moment, then put the stone slab away again, and took out five or six other stone slabs in succession.

"...We have had to relocate. The government and the people are overwhelmed by the ongoing efforts to eliminate the Fungal Plains. The Fungal Plains gradually formed seven hundred years ago, and after scientists reported their dangers, the government had to spend enormous sums to restrict them and try every possible means to eliminate them. In the early days, fire, specially made bacterial weapons, and biological radiation weapons could limit the size of the Fungal Plains, but now..."

"...Standing atop the mountain, we are perhaps the most comfortable civilization in recorded history and mythology. We have evaded almost all natural enemies and distanced ourselves from the increasingly terrifying nature. Yet, some scholars actually believe that we have escaped the cycle of evolution we should have followed, causing us to stagnate. This comfort will ultimately lead to our complete destruction. How ridiculous! Why not let him go down to the foot of the mountain? A tiny insect there could tear him to pieces. It's easy for him to say, standing there without experiencing the consequences. It's just that it's not him who will die..."

"...The earth cracked, the mountains collapsed, and I led my people southward, trying to get as far away from this hell on earth as possible. No, don't make hasty judgments based on these remaining records. It wasn't those terrifying behemoths, nor was it ancient insects that had lived for tens or hundreds of thousands of years. What destroyed us was a seed... a seed of next-generation evolution. It grew into an unimaginable super-giant tree, its roots piercing straight into the earth's core, drawing energy from magma. Its branches and leaves easily shattered the largest mountains, and its trunk stood tall in the center of the mountain range. Its sheer weight was enough to destroy everything. When it grew to its full size, it blocked out the entire sky... My God, is this really the size that life can grow to?"

"...This is so interesting! The High Priest is unusually free today. After we finished training with the Warrior Chief, we can finally listen to him tell those mythical stories. Alas, only our tribe is so lucky to have such a knowledgeable High Priest. I heard that in the tribe on the other side of the jungle, the High Priest is fond of bloodletting and voodoo healing. Those who die are said to be disrespectful to the gods, while those who survive are said to be benevolent... But never mind that. The High Priest told us some fantastical stories today. It is said that a long, long, long time ago, trees were only a few hundred meters tall, wild animals were only a few dozen meters tall, and insects were only a few meters in size. Is that possible? Moreover, the High Priest told us that humans at that time used a weapon called 'technology,' which supposedly allowed them to fly and hover effortlessly in the sky without using any mental energy. Oh, and the High Priest also told us that mental energy didn't exist at that time; it was our ancestors who acquired this power by imitating the most powerful magical beasts or phantom beasts..."

Wu Pifu excitedly picked up the last stone slab.

These stone tablets were obtained from various ruins in the forest. This vast forest buried the past history, and only these stone tablets, which seem to contain written records, contain information. Fortunately, the main brain is truly omnipotent, and it can even decipher the information from these stone tablets.

The last stone slab mentions Nian, which is precisely Wu Pifu's core purpose in coming to this world: to use this extraordinary power called Nian to obtain so-called oaths and constraints. After searching for so long, he finally found clues about Nian in ancient ruins.

Wu Pifu asked Beelzebub, "Come, analyze this."

Beelzebub immediately retorted angrily, "Who are you anyway? Is my name 'Come'? Every time you don't use your brain at all, you just push everything onto me. What does that mean?" Wu Pifu seriously reflected for a moment, then nodded vigorously and said, "Hmm, it was my fault... Hey, let's analyze this."

"I, you..."

Beelzebub roared for a long time before weakly saying, "What's there to analyze? Isn't it obvious? The records on these stone tablets are from a very, very long time ago. Although the timeline of these stone tablets is not very clear, there is no doubt that there must be a clear timeline among them. In the beginning, the vitality of the ancient insect world was not so vigorous. The human civilization here developed technology and was thriving. As for whether there are other extraordinary abilities, it is not clear for the time being."

"Then, as time went on, the ancient insect realm continued to accumulate, and its vitality began to flourish. The first thing that appeared was a significant increase in the speed and frequency of evolution of various life forms. Human civilization, which possessed technology, suffered a severe blow from the next generation of life. Then came migration, hiding, and escape. The ancient insect realm was so vast that humans branched out and found various places far from danger to develop civilization..."

"But this is only a temporary solution. You heard it too, the stone tablets mention so many civilizations, right? And that mountaintop civilization too. Obviously, these civilizations were all destroyed. In the end, human civilization was even completely cut off, and we went back to the tribal era. There were priests and such again. But by then, humans had the means to fight against these giant beasts and against nature... Recite this extraordinary power, and that's all the information on these stone tablets."

Wu Pifu frowned and said, "But these are all ruins now. What happened after humans mastered Nen abilities? Did they become extinct? Or did they continue to migrate? Or did they evolve into something else?"

Beelzebub rubbed his feet and said, "I don't know about that. You'll have to find it yourself. Just like before, search for ruins, search for information within them, and if there's any 'hope,' take it and then slay the 'calamity.' It's that simple."

Wu Pifu could only nod.

This should be the only way.

After searching through so many ruins, Wu Pifu also discovered some characteristics of this world.

Where there is hope, disaster is sure to follow.

For example, in the Mirror Land, the perfect fruit is hope, while the mirror clone is disaster. The two are interdependent, and this hope and disaster seem to come from the so-called Nen.

"See, disaster has struck."

Beelzebub said.

In the distant forest, a humanoid being, about ten meters tall with multiple heads and arms, emerged amidst a dark, life-force-filled light. It roared silently at Wu Pifu, then charged forward with its many arms wielding spears and stone axes.

This is where Wu Pifu obtained the last stone tablet, and he also gained hope from this ruin. However, this also brought about the disaster that accompanied this ruin: an energy puppet that cannot be killed and can only be destroyed in a short period of time.

"...That's really strange."

Wu Pifu drew his suicidal broadsword and pointed it at the monster, muttering, "Why can't my true damage kill you?"

As Wu Pifu spoke, he took out a stone bowl from his personal space. Upon seeing the stone bowl, the monster that had been charging forward suddenly stopped and roared loudly at Wu Pifu.

Wu Pifu shook his head slightly, put the stone bowl away, and continued to do his best despite the monster's rage.

He swung his sword forward, clashing with the monster's stone axe.

(End of this chapter)