Eternal Night

Chapter 865 Pretending to be weak to deceive others and killing the tiger as a warning to the monkey

"...Wu Pifu, is it? The son of civilization of this true civilization, the son of the era. I know your renown and am quite astonished by your feats. I've come here today specifically to meet you, hoping you can entertain me to my heart's content, lest..."

"Snapped!"

Wu Pifu raised his hand and slapped it into the void. With that single strike, heaven and earth merged. The four-armed human before him trembled violently, yet he could still move. His four arms danced wildly, forming hand seals in pairs. His appearance was solemn and dignified, his body like crystal, and a great sun appeared from behind his head. But before he could finish this movement, he was slammed into the void by a giant hand as large as heaven and earth. His last sound was…

"Aaaaaaaaaa..."

Behind Wu Pifu, Zhang Xuer immediately praised, "Senior Brother's palm strike is very much in line with the true martial spirit. It seems that Senior Brother has begun to master the Way of Intent."

Dream World Level 0.9, A3 Entrance World.

Since the 110,000 people of the Zhenwu lineage's Chan Nian Temple moved to the Zero Point Nine Dream World and, with the support of the Gaia humans, the unified human government has passed a series of laws, including the Extraterrestrial Civilization Contact Act and the Extraterrestrial Race Individual Employment Act, which have made some changes to the current situation of the human world.

First, the unified human government confirmed several provisions in the constitution. The first provision is that the Gaia spaceship is currently an absolute restricted area. From now on, all non-Gaia humans are prohibited from entering or approaching it unless they obtain special permission from President Chu Minghao, Vice President Wu Pifu, or "civilian" Liang Min. Except for these three, no other situation can be violated. The most severe punishment is execution on the spot.

The Land of Redemption may allow limited entry into alien races and civilizations other than those of Gaia humans, but will be subject to extremely strict restrictions, including but not limited to the duration of contact with humans, binding contracts signed with the Mainframe, limits on the number and strength of individuals, whether they hold ambassadorial-level positions, whether they are permanent residents, whether they have been properly identified, and so on. The maximum number of aliens that can be permanently stationed is ten (ambassadorial level), five (ministerial level), or three (chargé d'affaires level), etc. Similarly, the President, Vice President, and certain civilians have special privileges.

Beyond the Gaia spaceship and the Land of Redemption, several humanitarian aid worlds will be established, providing temporary residence for alien civilizations and races willing to cooperate, ally with, or hire humanity. Ownership of these worlds will belong to humanity, and each civilization and race will only have the right to reside, not ownership.

At the same time, three contact window worlds, A1, A2, and A3, are opened, temporarily allowing foreign civilizations to enter and make contact with humans. However, humans have the right to identify individuals and races of foreign civilizations. Those who are harmful, malicious, hostile, or engage in dangerous behavior will be subject to punishments such as expulsion, corporal punishment, or even on-the-spot execution.

Humanity welcomes any civilization and race that comes with sincerity, friendliness, and cooperation...

"Martial arts competitions are an exception!"

Wu Pifu said coldly, "Damn, aren't these people bored? In just three days, more than twenty people have come to challenge me? They start by saying, 'Wu Pifu, right? In this era of XXXXX, I know your reputation...' Isn't that boring? If you have nothing better to do, you can perform a demonstration of biting a lighter!"

Zhang Xuer and Es both gave wry smiles.

Since humanity specially approved three 0.9 Dream Worlds as the entrance worlds for human civilization to contact, Chu Minghao, Liang Min, and Wu Pifu each guarded one. Of course, they couldn't stay there for long. When the Eternal Mother returned, the three of them would leave. However, for the remaining ten days, the three of them would stay here.

This is actually also driven by a desire for deterrence.

The Eternal Mother is the root cause. She resides in the land of human salvation. Naturally, apart from the closed information loop, her identity, status, and power represent everything, enough to deter these past civilizations of the dream world that have been the first to recover.

But that is the Eternal Mother, not Gaia humans. If we don't understand the ins and outs, those civilizations might think that humans have paid a huge price to gain the Eternal Mother's protection, or that they have become the Eternal Mother's dogs or something. How can we tolerate that?

Therefore, the three human pillars were stationed in three specially opened dream worlds, and the main brain directly released the shelter's concealment function, allowing foreign civilizations to detect the existence of these three dream worlds.

Civilizations that survive the end of their respective eras, no matter how weak they are, possess their own ability to detect and traverse the dream world. Civilizations that have lost even this ability cannot be called dream world civilizations.

And so, in just three days, aside from the initial few waves of alien civilization exploration teams, Wu Pifu faced challenges from over twenty so-called "prodigies." Moreover, every single one of these prodigies seemed to be cut from the same mold, always spouting the same few phrases, looking down at him with unbelievable arrogance, to the point that Wu Pifu wondered if they had all been infected with some kind of meme.

Es said from the side, "Senior brother, there's no need to doubt. The prodigies in the dream world are actually like this... In the words of your human library, this is the locust mentality, or the Onsa bandit mentality. As the era of real civilization, they have a lot of reality as a foundation, so they can naturally face things calmly. They also have the glory and morality of their civilization. But once they fall, the source of reality is greatly reduced. However, the extraordinary is still popular. Everyone yearns for it, and no one wants to be an ordinary person. Competition begins, both internally and externally."

Zhang Xuer also said, "To be honest, when you first met us in the Lost Lands, weren't we the same? It's just that you are from the True Martial lineage, so we are naturally close and will be from the same lineage in the future. Therefore, we didn't engage in such blatant provocation and competition. But the core hasn't changed. Have you forgotten, Senior Brother?"

This is true.

Wu Pifu recalled his first encounter with the Zhenwu lineage, their typical "prodigy" demeanor, which even made him lose his temper on the spot. It seems they really are the same.

But this also means that he will likely continue to be harassed by such a "prodigy".

"No, can't they tell the difference in strength?" Wu Pifu couldn't help but complain.

Zhang Xuer and Ace exchanged glances. After a moment's consideration, Zhang Xuer whispered, "Doesn't Senior Brother have any self-awareness? Unless he was truly beaten by you, otherwise..."

Es continued, "Otherwise, you really look weak, like a chicken."

Wu Pifu was speechless. He remembered the mocking effect of his "commoner" title. In fact, if the opponent was large enough, it would be a double mocking effect... And the most ridiculous thing was that as his "commoner" title leveled up, the judgment level of its mocking effect became more advanced. No matter how strong he appeared or how fierce his aura was, he had everything that other extraordinary powerhouses should have, and he also had things that other extraordinary powerhouses with only one extraordinary path did not have, but in everyone's eyes he was just a weakling who was easy to bully, especially those who came with hostility.

Wu Pifu was sitting on the hillside. This dream world was a specially selected ancient dream world, without humans, belonging to the prehistoric era, but the dinosaurs had already become extinct. It was precisely such a world that was chosen to prepare for possible battles without causing casualties.

Wu Pifu originally thought that this world had a unique and beautiful landscape, which was perfect for him to cultivate the acupoints of a human immortal. At the same time, once the situation stabilized, Xu Shilan and the others could also come here for a vacation and relaxation.

But who knew that a whole bunch of stuff would keep coming up, and to be honest... he was sick of it.

"Is there any way to deal with these so-called prodigies?"

Wu Pifu asked with great distress, "We can't just kill them all outright. Although these things clearly have no good intentions towards the Gaia humans, since we've decided to make slow contact with the various civilizations in the Dream World, we can't just wipe them all out at once, unless they're ready to attack right away. This is a deterrent, not a massacre... Or, killing one or two shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Zhang Xuer and Es dared not speak.

The three pillars of humanity, Chu Minghao, Liang Min, and Wu Pifu, all demonstrated their strength in the lost lands. Chu Minghao swept through the lands unchallenged, Liang Min scared away the Origin Avatar, and as for Wu Pifu... although not as strong as the other two, he was still unchallenged. Since the three big shots have decided to use this as a deterrent, how could they dare to say anything else?
At this moment, Zhang Xuer rolled her eyes and said cautiously, "How about Senior Brother pick the strongest one and give him a good beating? This will not only show Senior Brother's power, but also deter those with ill intentions. Moreover, in this way, the newly arrived geniuses will naturally have a comparison. This is exactly the idiom from the Gaia Human Library, called 'killing the chicken to scare the monkey,' what do you think?"

Wu Pifu was intrigued. After thinking it over carefully, he took out the Death-Seeking Blade from his personal space. Then, after another thought, he put the Death-Seeking Blade back into his personal space, ultimately deciding that it was better to go empty-handed to avoid accidentally killing someone.

Then Wu Pifu said to the main brain: "Main brain, identify as many alien civilizations as possible around this dream world and find the strongest one among them."

Most of this dream world has been established as shelters, and all shelters have nodes of the main brain, which increases the main brain's judgment range. Upon hearing Wu Pifu say this, the main brain immediately began to make judgments.

"Judging...judging...judging..."

Wu Pifu was immediately surprised, and a fighting spirit appeared on his face.

"Is it that powerful? It can't be the source, right? No, that's unlikely. The source can't reach such a high level of the dream world. A peerless genius? If we kill it... no, defeat it, that should be enough to deter others, right?"

Wu Pifu was immediately intrigued and awaited the mainframe's judgment.

"...Judgment in progress...Judgment complete, target confirmed."

Wu Pifu immediately said, "Lock onto the target and teleport me there!"

The next second, Wu Pifu disappeared from the spot.

Meanwhile, in a hidden space not far from the three entrance planes, on the mothership of the extraterrestrial demons, dozens of ascended beings from various races, along with their direct descendants or the most talented geniuses, were gathering to discuss matters concerning the Gaia humans.

"...That Wu Pifu is indeed powerful, but it's very likely related to the world he comes from!"

The four-armed prodigy, who had just been slapped out of the dream world by Wu Pifu, muttered, "I can clearly feel that he is very weak, extremely weak. Of course, he might be pretending to be weak while actually being strong. We prodigies all know this, but his strength can't really be that great, otherwise why would he be like this? It must be related to the world he is in. The Demon King's mothership should have also investigated, right? Those three worlds vaguely have the feel of barriers and formations."

Dozens of ascended beings seemed lost in thought. The Heavenly Demon King, seated at the head of the group, appeared as a phantom and silently nodded, saying, "Yes, similar things exist in all three worlds. The mothership's spirit is still analyzing... a spirit? A spirit!?"

The Demon King suddenly stood up, and then sparks began to burst from the mothership everywhere.

At the same time, Wu Pifu appeared on the spot with a beam of light. He was surprised by the number of foreign civilizations here, but this suited him just fine. He looked around and then focused his gaze on the strongest black figure at the head of the group.

"You must be the strongest prodigy here!?"

The Demon King felt a sudden pang of fear. He didn't even bother with his confusion over the ship spirit's sudden disappearance, and immediately said, "No, I am..."

"Alright! Come on, let's fight to our hearts' content!!"

Wu Pifu didn't care; he just wanted to attack the strongest one. With a loud shout, he decided to attack.

They pounced on it.

(End of this chapter)