Eternal Night

Chapter 852 Return
Wu Pifu didn't dwell on the matter of the divinely created restoration body.

Regardless of whether he is the final product of those so-called great gods and origins, he is Wu Pifu, he is just a human being, a pure-blooded human being.

As for talent, accumulated experience, or inherent qualities...

To be honest, no matter how much hype there is, it still depends on the individual.
How did he get to where he is now? He risked his life, every time it was a life-or-death struggle. If he had made even one mistake, he would have been finished. And yet he's talking about some incredibly powerful, divinely created regenerative body...

The super basic version, right?
The God of Beggars, right?

So he just listened and let it go; Beelzebub acted so seriously, but he didn't take it to heart at all.

To reiterate, he is first and foremost Wu Pifu, a human being, a pure-blooded human, and only then can we discuss anything else.

Wu Pifu then had no further troubles on Liushang Island.

Although the news of his serious injury seemed to cause undercurrents and turbulence in the human society in the lake, no truly brainless incidents occurred.

No matter how badly a dragon is injured, it is still a dragon. What's more, this is not a dragon, but a god who has slain the Cataclysm, the Cataclysm that destroyed the glorious ancient civilization!

Moreover, even if there are any setbacks, as long as these high-ranking officials and nobles have even a shred of rationality, they would not act like idiots and rush in when the situation is uncertain.

So Wu Pifu continued to live a carefree life on Liushang Island.

However, his carefree days are numbered...

"...The critical point of time flow?"

On the twenty-first day after Wu Pifu slew the Primordial Evil, the mainframe took the initiative to issue a judgment, the content of which was the critical point of time flow.

"Judging in progress...judging complete."

"The dream world where citizen Wu Pifu is located is experiencing a super-change in the spacetime flow of a closed system. According to the assessment, it will reach the critical point of time flow in sixty days. At that time, the time flow in the dream world will be super-accelerated. After sixty days, citizen Wu Pifu will be unable to leave the dream world until the super-change in time flow stops. Please evacuate in advance."

Beelzebub said from the side, "That's normal. The power of the Primordial Evil comes from 'Nature,' and the 'Nature' of the Primordial Fungus Elstero that you killed is time acceleration and evolution. Even for a world as ancient as the Ancient Insect Realm, the size of a Primordial Evil is extremely large. It's not enough to burst the entire Ancient Insect Realm, but the nature emitted by its death will cause the rules of the Ancient Insect Realm to become enriched. It seems that its manifestation should be time acceleration."

That makes sense, and Wu Pifu felt a little regretful about the scenery before him.

These days, he has no worries and spends his days eating, sleeping, playing, and playing eating in a three-cycle cycle, living a very happy life. Moreover, the climate of Liushang Island is pleasant and the environment is extremely comfortable. He lives well, eats well, and the games in this world are amazing. In particular, due to the existence of Nian, some of the Nian-based games are very fun and even more unique than virtual reality games.

To be honest... Wu Pifu really doesn't want to leave this place.

However, all good things must come to an end, and he was quite nonchalant about it. Since that was the case... he would leave this world in fifty-nine days.

With this in mind, Wu Pifu didn't delay and began to play even more wildly every day.

"...I'm really curious. If you are truly a divinely created restored being, then why are there no protectors of your path? Didn't they leave behind even the slightest contingency plan? A divinely created restored being isn't a true restoration. To put it bluntly, it's a kind of unorthodox method. If you don't grow up properly, you'll still die. And since I started following you, I've seen you narrowly escape death many times. What's the reason for that?"

"Furthermore, could the essence of the divinely created restored body actually be an otaku personality? Becoming an otaku? Or becoming inhuman?"

Beelzebub spent all her time researching everything about Wu Pifu; she was incredibly curious that the final result she had made had actually come true.

It's important to understand that, in her memory, the probability of that outcome was extremely low. To put it simply, it was about one in 100,000. Of course, this was still far greater than the probability of a real restoration; the two were not even on the same order of magnitude, differing by at least "countless".

"...My personal guess is that they sacrificed their entire source domain, thus forming a pulling force that stirs up the river of fate. That is, they do not apply the result to a specific target, but rather create an infinite number of 'coincidences' in a random form. As long as the quantity and time are sufficient, the probability of its birth will be infinitely close to one."

"This also explains why there are no protectors, because even they themselves don't know when they will be born or how they will be born. But isn't that too absurd? What if a divinely created restoration is born, only to be killed by a small monster as soon as it steps out the door? Wouldn't that be a waste of all their work?"

Beelzebub started buzzing and chattering around Wu Pifu again.

Wu Pifu waved his hand. He looked at the defeated, fallen man on the screen, with a small, boar-shaped monster urinating on him. He put down the slightly broken controller and said, "This game is a bit too difficult. Let's switch to another one."

“It’s because you’re too bad,” Beelzebub retorted.

Wu Pifu reached out and grabbed Beelzebub, who was about to fly away, and pulled her up in front of him, saying, "No, have you really turned into a fly? Be quiet! All you do is spout nonsense all day long, isn't it annoying? And what do you mean by not being human? I am human!" Beelzebub buzzed and tried to break free, but Wu Pifu held her head, preventing her from escaping.

Just then, there was a knock at the door. Wu Pifu then released Beelzebub, and after he told him to come in, Kurapika walked in from outside.

"Teacher, I'm back. This is a specialty of the Peking Duck Kingdom, a souvenir I brought back."

Wu Pifu's nose twitched slightly, and he said to Kura, "You killed a lot of people?"

Kurapika's expression stiffened, but he still honestly replied, "Yes... I killed a lot of people, no, non-human and non-human lackeys."

Wu Pifu accepted the gift, opened it, and sure enough, it was a roast duck... Wait, is this world for real? A kingdom of twice-cooked pork, a kingdom of roast duck... Is this for real?
Seeing that Wu Pifu didn't speak, Kurapika continued, "Although it's not one of the 5V countries, it's an important member of the 5V system. I've already investigated and found that this country is one of the main forces behind the recent undercurrents targeting the teacher. This is because its king is old and wants to obtain even a single Nitrogen, but the world's top billionaires are all living in seclusion and don't want to be involved. We Nen users are also trying our best to erase our traces and are starting to look for secret realms to hide and wait to become stronger. On the surface, the teacher is the easiest to find, so he has set his sights on the teacher."

"That's not it."

Wu Pifu shook his head and looked directly at Kura, saying, "I don't reject killing, but I don't deliberately seek out killing. Even if I know there are many inhuman beings in the world, unless it's necessary, such as if I want to use this world as my logistical world, or if they just happen to come into my hands and I learn about the inhuman things they've done, I'll pretend they don't exist. Do you know why?"

Kura lowered his head, and after a long while, he shook his head slightly.

Wu Pifu continued, “Because first of all, we are human beings. Even if we are good people, we are still human beings. As human beings, we have human nature. If we go to a place, find all the non-humans there and kill them all, and then set rules to prohibit others from being non-human, then we are not human beings. We are intelligent machines or so-called saints. Do you understand what I mean?”

Kura was very clever; he understood what Wu Pifu was trying to say in an instant.

First and foremost, one must be a human being. Humans experience joy and sorrow, have emotions and desires, and can be lazy or diligent. One can be a good person, dealing with inhumanity when one sees it and helping those injustices when one sees them. But one cannot be a program, forced to do something; that is no longer human.

Seeing Kurapika nod, Wu Pifu said with relief, "I hope you are first and foremost yourself, and not become a puppet of my thoughts. The future is long, hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of years. You cannot become a robot that only knows how to carry out the elimination of non-humans. Remember this, because when that time comes, you will also be non-human."

“I understand…” Kurapika kept his head down, and after a long silence, he finally said, “Is the teacher leaving?”

Wu Pifu looked out the window. Although it wasn't dusk yet, the sun was indeed beginning to set over the sea. He stood up and stretched.

By this time, he had been in the ancient insect world for nearly two months, during which time his injuries had been healing slowly but steadily.

As Beelzebub said, the kind of injury that damages the very essence of existence is something that no being can repair, and even the root of existence would be missing. Yet, he was actually slowly healing, or rather, the word "healing" is not appropriate. A more fitting adjective would be... filling in.

He is now only a hair's breadth away from being completely healed from his peak condition before fighting the Primordial Evil.

“Yes, I’m about to leave, or rather, I could leave at any time,” Wu Pifu said frankly to Kura.

Kurapika lowered his head, his eyes reddening: "Teacher... will you come back?"

Wu Pifu looked at Kura and shook his head, saying, "I don't think so. Firstly, it takes a lot of energy for me to enter this world each time. Secondly, things here are over. Unless there is a special need or a way to enter without consuming energy, I probably won't come back."

There was another reason Wu Pifu didn't mention: starting tomorrow, this world will enter a period of accelerated time. Perhaps a year here is only equivalent to a second in Gaia. In the blink of an eye, everything will have changed, and everything he knew here will be different. There would be no point in him coming back.

Kurapika nodded slightly, then suddenly looked up at Wu Pifu and said, "Teacher, if I become strong enough to leave this world in the future, will I be able to go to the outside world to find you? I also want to see your hometown!"

Wu Pifu was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Alright, if you can really escape this world by then, I welcome you to the Gaia human world, my homeland."

Kurapika nodded again, but his eyes were red and he remained silent.

Wu Pifu reached out and covered Kura's head, then picked up the roast duck from the ground, and with a wave of his hand, Chiu Chiu, Daphne, Beelzebub, the Golden Tree, and then the Thunder Pool placed in the living room all floated beside him.

"Well then... though the mountains are high and the rivers are far, if we meet again in the future, I will certainly share a drink and have a good time with you all."

"Farewell for today!"

Wu Pifu clasped his hands and laughed. With his laughter, the door swung open, and outside stood Peter Yang, Paris, King, Qiduo, Gon, Killua, Alluka...

Before their eyes, Wu Pifu suddenly turned into light and disappeared.

(End of this chapter)