Eternal Night

Chapter 867 Information about the Heroes Who Went to Their Death

"...Male, 862 years old, uh, can we leave out race and civilization?"

A human being, well, according to these alien civilizations, in the last hundred epochs, apart from one or two very special real civilizations that are not human, all other civilizations are human civilizations. So just looking at the human appearance is actually meaningless. However, if you come to the entrance world and want to make contact with the Gaia human civilization, this basic information must be filled in.

However, so far, very few foreign civilizations have been willing to enter the entrance world and make contact with humanity in a peaceful manner. No, it should be said that there are none. They are either spying, or they are challenging us, or they want to infiltrate the Gaia human civilization. There is not a single foreign civilization that is truly sincere and intends to make peaceful contact. They are not even organized civilizations, not even a single individual.

The human in front of them, completely wrapped in a burlap cloak, was probably the first sincere and peaceful contact.

The A3 entrance world, the one guarded by Wu Pifu, saw a human appear five days after Wu Pifu beat up the "Strongest Prodigy," which was also the eighth day of his guarding of this world. The human was completely wrapped in a burlap cloak and was about the same height as an ordinary adult male. Whether it was due to the cloak's effect or the human's extraordinary abilities, Wu Pifu's senses could not penetrate the cloak, and his super brain's emotional perception could not detect the human's emotions.

From his voice and physique, it was clear that he was a man, around thirty or forty years old according to Gaia's counting system. His voice sounded slightly tired, and Wu Pifu could also tell from his voice that he seemed to be injured, and not just slightly.

The staff at the registration desk were somewhat hesitant, because the work manual clearly stated that this basic information had to be filled out. This was one of the methods used by the Gaia humans to collect information about the dream world. However, this was the first peace contact to arrive at the three major entrances. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Please wait a moment, I'll ask my superiors."

The cloaked man nodded slightly and continued to sit in the chair, looking around.

The registration office is a simply decorated building, without any strong technological elements or a strong sense of Gaia civilization. It is a simple three-story square building with very simple interior decoration, white paint, wooden furniture, and so on.

Soon, Wu Pifu, who was cultivating the Immortal Martial Arts in the A3 Entrance World, answered the phone.

"Don't you want to reveal your background and identity?"

Wu Pifu pondered for a moment and said, "Then let's make it clear to him that the Gaia humans also need to guard against various potential problems. If he does not intend to disclose his identity, then his security level will be set at a level only higher than that of unknown visitors, which means he cannot enter any Gaia human civilization's dream world, and he can only stay in this entrance world for forty-eight hours."

The staff member immediately took note and asked, "Vice President, what if he provides intelligence, or wants a job?"

Wu Pifu thought about his previous conversation with Chu Minghao: "Then let's evaluate the intelligence according to the classification in the work manual that was issued before, or let the main brain judge it and buy it according to the existing price. As for hiring and working... let's forget about that. After all, the other party is unwilling to reveal their true identity, and they have many concerns even if they want it. I saw him when he came. He has a shielding effect on my super brain's emotional perception. He obviously came prepared. Better safe than sorry. Let's handle it like this."

The staff members were immediately filled with trepidation.

The fact that the superbrain's emotional perception could be blocked suggests that the other party was likely prepared. Moreover, the Gaia humans have an almost blind worship of the superbrain, and the staff members are no exception. When he heard that even Wu Pifu's superbrain's emotional perception could be blocked, he immediately knew what to do.

When he returned to his post, the cloaked man was still sitting quietly in his chair. The staff member greeted him with a professional smile and said, "Sir, please fill in these forms as completely as possible. If there are any forms you do not wish to fill in or are unable to fill in, please leave them blank. However, due to entry rules and security regulations, we will also assess the completeness of the identity information you provide. If the completeness is too low, you may only be able to make contact with our Gaia civilization at a low security level."

The cloaked man remained motionless and silent, carefully considering the staff member's words. After a long pause, he finally said, "So you're saying you see me as a potential threat?"

The staff member bowed slightly and said, "Please understand, sir... because behind me are thousands of ordinary people, some of whom are my friends and some of whom are my relatives. I'm sorry."

The cloaked man's previously stiff movements slowed slightly, and after a long while, he said in a hoarse voice, "That makes sense... So, if I want to obtain the real share, based on the information I've provided, what kind of work will you offer me? Or can I cooperate or trade with you?"

Seeing that the cloaked man didn't intend to fill in any more information, the staff member took the form and began entering it, while silently reciting the mainframe's judgment to confirm the man's security level.

Upon hearing this, the staff member paused slightly and said, "We can provide you with 48 hours of accommodation and food, as well as safe shelter here. If you are interested, you can describe the information about the Dream World that you wish to provide, either verbally or in writing. We will determine the value of the information based on what you provide, and in return, we will provide you with the truth."

After a few seconds of silence, the cloaked man said, "It makes sense. You... are even friendlier than I expected. It seems the ancient texts didn't deceive me. As a contemporary civilization still in the Absolute Truth Layer, our morality is guaranteed. So, I choose to trade information. Uh, shall we just talk about it here?"

The staff member, still wearing a formulaic smile, said, "Yes, please just tell me what you mean, sir."

The cloaked man fell silent once again. To be honest, this kind of intelligence exchange was a one-sided valuation. Simply put, he had no guarantees. Even if the other party didn't give any feedback, he could only suffer in silence, since the Chosen One of the Era of this true civilization was guarding this place.

He had already heard before he arrived that the chosen one of the true civilization had gone deep into the "enemy's camp," ignoring the challenges from those so-called prodigies, and giving all the arriving civilizations a great show of force. He had even brought the old ancestor of the extraterrestrial demons, the second-tier Ascended Demon King, to the brink of death, and had also directly blown up the extraterrestrial demons' infamous Shadow Mothership, so that even its most precious and rarest ship spirit did not have time to escape.

This action, performed in front of dozens of advanced civilizations, and even while they were acting, they kept proclaiming that the Heavenly Demon King was a prodigy, was a pure slap in the face. After slapping him in the face, they still mocked him mercilessly, yet he still escaped unscathed, and the whole process took no more than five minutes.

This severely deterred all arriving civilizations, immediately updating all assessments of the true civilizations of this era, and all hostility lay dormant. Therefore, he dared not act recklessly here. If the staff listened to his information but did not provide any truth, he could only leave in disappointment.

Therefore, the only thing he could believe in was the morality of the real civilization described in ancient books.

"...There are two pieces of intelligence that I hope your civilization will carefully consider."

The cloaked man said in a hoarse voice, "The first piece of information is that individuals or small teams from the Gaia human civilization may have traveled through time and space. This is incredibly incredible... By the way, did you know this? The dream world's view of time and space is absolute, so one cannot travel through time and space at will, otherwise one will be punished..."

“We know,” the staff member said with a smile. “Absolute spacetime concept, the Wheel of Time, we know these, sir.”

The cloaked man sighed regretfully and continued, "By chance, I discovered a large fragment of a ruin in the Shattered Realm. I ventured deep into it to explore, and after overcoming countless hardships, I found a batch of ancient books, the remains and writings of several civilizations. At some point in the past, a time-space spiral corridor inexplicably formed there, and those who strayed into that time were gathered in that ruin. The people of these civilizations all left behind their respective civilizations and information. Among them, I discovered information left by individuals from the Gaia human civilization, dating back approximately 80 million years. The ancient books are from two eras ago..."

"Wait, please wait a moment!"

The amount of information was substantial enough that the staff immediately focused their attention, silently reciting the mainframe's judgment in their minds, and entered the information into the computer: "Please continue, sir."

The cloaked man, having already spoken, naturally didn't hesitate. He continued, "This civilization has undergone extraordinary changes and revealed its information. This person claims to be a Gaia human, but much of the writing is damaged, so it's unclear who he is. However, he described some aspects of the Gaia civilization... To put it simply, he is one of the people searching for the fragments, or a team, and it doesn't seem like he entered the time travel unintentionally, but rather intentionally. In short... this is all the text I recorded."

As they spoke, the cloaked man took out a piece of jade and placed it on the counter.

This was actually a test, a test of the capabilities of the Gaia human civilization.

The staff member carefully picked up the jade piece, pretended to insert it into a computer USB drive, and then silently recited the main brain's judgment in his mind.

Then… his entire body froze, he abruptly stood up, and ignoring the cloaked man's presence, immediately pulled out his phone and shouted, “Vice President, this is…”

"Yes, I'm here."

Unbeknownst to him, Wu Pifu was already standing in the reception hall. He walked over to a staff member and took the jade piece, while the voice of the main computer echoed in his mind.

"Judging in progress...judging complete."

"A remnant of writing from three eras ago, it has survived the spacetime isolation effect. The original owner of this writing was the Gaia humans. The content is as follows..."

"...Six hundred and seventy-two years after the split, we still haven't given up...Although the five && have all become independent, the First Company has provided us with the necessary conditions for time travel, and I've decided to join. After all...it's the only way. They all say the Three Pillars are dead, but as far as we know...we hope that's true. At least we need to find even a single fragment and rearrange its position on the timeline. That way, even if we're trapped on a time-space island, our comrades can still...Broken Blade..."

"This information is worth 10,000 points."

Wu Pifu remained silent. He sat down on the chair next to the cloaked man, ignoring the man's stiff posture, and said directly, "I'll give you 100,000 points—no, really, to thank you for bringing back the regretful relics of the heroes of my Gaia civilization who died for their cause. Thank you. So, what's the second piece of information?"

(End of this chapter)