Eternal Night

Chapter 825 Whose Dream?

There are a total of thirty-one Nitrogens.

Each Nitrogen rice grain is about the size of a thumb. It does look like rice, but it is crystal clear and contains a life force that can be seen with the naked eye.

Moreover, this is an absorbable life force.

Wu Pifu had previously suggested that he hunt a mega-beast measuring a million meters in size to replace Nitromi, but no one agreed.

Because life has its limits, including the limits of digestion, the limits of transforming life force, and the limits of extending one's lifespan, the efficiency of absorption per unit of time is limited.

In terms of vitality, a thousand-year-old wild ginseng of the "treasure of nature" type is definitely not as good as ten tons of rice, but you've never seen anyone eat ten tons of rice to replace a treasure of nature, right?
The active ingredients within them simply have different limits in terms of breaking through and transforming vitality.

These thirty-one Nitrogens are like that; anyone who sees them can clearly feel the weight of their "life".

But no one dared to eat it.

On the one hand, this thing has not yet been allocated, and on the other hand, the way Nitromi was obtained is too bizarre. Its birth process was witnessed by everyone, and once it is picked, the fluid living thing immediately withers and turns to ash. This thing looks evil no matter how you look at it, so no one dares to eat it.

"There's nothing wrong with the rice itself."

After examining it, Wu Pifu bluntly told the others, "This is the purest form of life force, and it's incredibly active. There's absolutely no negative aspect to it. Don't worry, I'm an expert among experts when it comes to negative aspects; I definitely won't be wrong about this. However..."

However, that was the main point, and everyone else listened intently to what Wu Pifu was about to say.

Wu Pifu picked up a Nitrogen and carefully sensed it. Without further ado, he put another Nitrogen in his mouth and chewed it thoroughly, sensing the changes in his body. Then he said to the others, "This Nitrogen is practically tailor-made for the human body. Its life force isn't just a material component; it also contains a free energy. Once it enters the body, it's like a living thing. But don't worry, this 'living thing' analogy is more like it compensates for some deficiency in the body, or rather, it forces the body to absorb it. A Nitrogen entered my stomach, and before I could even digest it, it disappeared within three seconds. Then, within ten seconds, it was absorbed by all the cells in my body. After that, the activity of my cells increased. That's already quite remarkable."

To avoid misunderstanding from others, Wu Pifu continued, "This is for me. For ordinary people, it's no less than the regeneration of their own cells. Its vitality and activity are extremely high, but it's not like cancer that goes berserk. Instead, it acts on the gene level at the deepest level of the cell. This can indeed increase a person's lifespan, and it's a harmless and significant increase. Conservatively speaking, one nitroglycerin pill can make an ordinary person live more than a hundred years longer. Moreover, if you eat more, the degree of decline in lifespan increase is not high. You would only consider a significant decline after eating more than a hundred pills. As long as the quantity is sufficient, it is possible for a person to live for thousands of years."

Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and their eyes lit up as they looked at Nitromo.

This is a true lifespan limit increase, and it's a lifespan limit increase that has already been certified by a high-level being as harmless and without any side effects!
Death is the most difficult thing in the world. Other accidental deaths can be avoided, escaped, or forced to pass through, but lifespan is something that is truly beyond our control.

At this moment, Peter Young nodded and said, "Is that so... Actually, my father, who is also your former chairman, ate Nitromethorphan when he was young."

Everyone around was shocked; they had never heard of such a secret before.

The former president of the Hunter Guild was a legend who dominated the Nen world for nearly a century. He was known as the strongest Nen user in the world, and his Hundred Styles of Guanyin was virtually invincible. He truly became the strongest of his era.

Peter Young continued, "When he was young, he entered the Dark Continent and trained there with his teammates. I don't know the specifics because he was very wary of it. But what I do know is that the appearance you see has remained unchanged for nearly a hundred years. Even at such an advanced age, his body still possesses powerful vitality, which cannot be explained by mere talent. Moreover, based on my investigations during the years I was sealed away by him, only two of his teammates who entered the Dark Continent with him survived. One of them was the former head of the Zoldyck family. But there were more than just those two who entered the Dark Continent with him."

The dog-eared woman, Kido, immediately asked, "You mean the guild master came to this swamp, was attacked by the Hellbell, and many of his companions died, turning into this Nitromo?"

Qiduo was a fervent admirer of the old chairman, and now Peter Yang's words implied that the old chairman had consumed the lives of his companions, so she naturally reacted fiercely.

Peter Young spread his hands and said, "I didn't say that. I was just stating a fact. In fact, who among you has seen what he looked like when he was younger?"

Many of the Nen users present were members of the Hunter's Guild, and the old guild master was a restless person who often mentored young people. Therefore, most people had met the old guild master before, or even communicated with him. Several people were even familiar with him. However, when Peter Yang asked the question, everyone fell silent because... none of them had actually seen what the old guild master looked like when he was younger.

Whether it was ten years ago, twenty years ago, or even the person who had been a member of the guild the longest, who had seen the old guild leader forty years ago, he had always looked the same, neither younger nor older, as if his age had been frozen at that moment.

Seeing their silence, Peter Young continued, "That's what I mean. It's a reasonable guess. If he was able to preserve his physical body at that moment because his Nen ability was extremely powerful, then just how powerful would that Nen ability have to be? It would have to be much more powerful than the Nen ability he displayed, right? Otherwise, he wouldn't have died at the hands of the Chimera Ants."

Hearing this, Qiduo's teeth were grinding with hatred. She said coldly, "Isn't it all because of your conspiracy?! If you hadn't instructed Paris to plot against the old chairman behind his back, he wouldn't have gone to attack the Chimera Ants without the support of our twelve tribes. How dare you say that?" Peter Young burst into laughter: "It seems you don't understand that old man at all. He's actually tired of living. His so-called invincibility in the human world is nothing but a frog in a well. That trip to the Dark Continent terrified him. Since then, he hasn't dared to come to the Dark Continent, and he's tried to stop me from coming too, even using constraints and oaths to hinder me. But as my father, how could the fire and ambition in his heart be extinguished? He's unwilling to accept it. So you think I secretly plotted to isolate him, making him fight the Chimera Ants alone and die. But isn't that also his unwillingness to accept it, yet his fear, so he can only seek excitement in this well of the human world? Even with the support of your twelve zodiacs, he would definitely abandon you and challenge the Ant King alone. Believe it or not? Him..."

"They channeled all their resentment towards the Dark Continent onto the Chimera Ants!"

(That's right...)
Everyone in the Hunter's Guild, including Kido, agreed with Peter Young's statement.

Qi Duo forced herself to calm down and asked again, "So you mean the old guild master was so terrified by the sound of the Hell Bell that he never dared to set foot on the Dark Continent again?"

Peter Young shook his head again, saying, "I didn't say that. Perhaps some other disaster has terrified them? But you must understand one thing: ...with hope comes the need to confront disaster. So far, 5V has conducted many explorations of the Dark Continent. Although some have survived and returned, they are basically all crippled, especially those who brought back hope. Every time they bring back hope, they inevitably bring back disaster. In fact, the dust lifeforms and nurturers existed in the human world precisely because of the related hope that was brought back..."

Seeing everyone deep in thought, Peter Young dropped another bombshell: "Furthermore, after learning that the Hellbell and the Dark Sonata might be related, I had Paris synthesize all the information we currently know about the Dark Sonata. Then I discovered a very interesting phenomenon... The earliest recorded date of the Dark Sonata is about ten years after my father returned from the Dark Continent. It was only after that that the legend of the Dark Sonata began in the human world. Also, let me tell you a secret that you might not know..."

When Peter Young got to this point, he surprisingly fell silent for a moment.

“My father substituted meditation for sleep.”

Everyone was shocked, and Qi Duo immediately exclaimed, "As the most powerful instructor of the Heart Source School, what's wrong with the president replacing sleep with meditation?!"

"nothing."

Peter Young replied calmly, "I originally thought the same thing as you. I even admired him for it. He hasn't truly slept for over a hundred years, using meditation to replace sleep. I thought that was the secret to his strength, but now I wonder, could it be..."

"My father, is he afraid of sleep?"

Past secrets, the questions surrounding the ringing of the bells of hell, Nitromote's terrifying appearance...

All this information was so shocking that it shook everyone to their core. Many people couldn't sleep that night, but they forced themselves to sleep for the sake of the next day's itinerary.

then……

Peter Young looked at the dilapidated area of ​​high-rise buildings before him and murmured, "Was I dreaming? Is it because I think about it during the day and dream about it at night? Or was I attacked by the bells of hell while I was sleeping?"

"No, it was just a dream."

A voice rang out behind Peter Young; it was Wu Pifu's voice.

Peter Young was overjoyed and immediately turned around, but in the next instant he retreated dozens of meters away.

Because behind him, a giant who was ten thousand meters tall was sitting on the ground.

"It's strange, I'm having the same dream."

Wu Pifu stroked his chin and said something very strange.

At the same time, Peter Young wasn't the only person on his radar.

He saw visual areas resembling the compound eyes of a fly, and each small area contained a Nen user.

He actually had a collective dream, or rather... he dreamed of everyone, while everyone only dreamed of themselves and him.

(End of this chapter)