Eternal Night

Chapter 873 One Year Period

The Eternal Mother... has now reverted to her true name, Guanyin. She has finally returned from her homeland of emptiness, and upon her return, she immediately began to roar loudly, without any intention of restraining herself. At the same time, she also offered up two lotus flowers, one yellow, the Yellow Lotus of Thick Earth, and the other red, the Red Lotus of Purgatory, which were the foundation she laid for her homeland of emptiness.

"...This is also a tool of civilization."

Guanyin's consciousness manifested as a beautiful woman with long, flowing hair, exuding both compassion and holiness, as well as a fresh and refined air. For a moment, everyone around her was mesmerized, except for Wu Pifu, Chu Minghao, and Liang Min.

They did see a long-haired beauty, but in the super brain's perception, she was just a fluid, formless, and shapeless thing, so the three of them naturally couldn't become obsessed.

When the three inquired about the two lotus flowers, Guanyin made no attempt to conceal anything: "The so-called artifacts of civilization have three basic functions. As long as these three basic functions are fulfilled, even if they have no other functions, they are still artifacts of civilization. The first function is to suppress destiny. You can only perceive this after you become sublimated beings. Once an artifact of civilization suppresses destiny, then the destiny of the race, the destiny of civilization, and the destiny of the individual will not be easily altered or eroded by fate-based extraordinary beings. This is extremely important."

"The second function is to collect, store, and apply reality. In this process, the artifacts of civilization can effectively ensure that reality does not naturally evaporate over time. At the same time, its efficiency in collecting, storing, and applying reality far exceeds that of the most powerful source. The same reality, whether or not it is applied and managed by the artifacts of civilization, will produce two completely different effects, with a difference of at least five times, or even ten times!"

Having made it this far, Wu Pifu and the other two exchanged glances, each with a thoughtful look in their eyes.

These days, Wu Pifu made a deal with an outsider, and Chu Minghao and Liang Min also rewarded those outsiders who had infiltrated the Gaia humans with points... Regardless of whether they had infiltrated or were planning to cause trouble, at least they hadn't taken any action yet, and they were currently following Chu Minghao and Liang Min's orders to develop the dream world. So, it was reasonable to reward them with points for their contributions. This was Chu Minghao and Liang Min's idea.

Judging from the outsiders' reaction to the rewards given by the three, the amount of points awarded far exceeded their expectations. This suggests that the points issued by the mainframe were of high value and perfectly matched the function of the artifact of civilization described by Guanyin.

Guanyin continued, "The third function is to resist pollution. Pollution is invisible and intangible, but it is ever-present. The legal foundation of the Dream World comes from pollution. The so-called transcendence is pollution, which is the same principle. You are currently backed by the Absolute Reality Layer, so you do not have a deep understanding of this. But once you fall into the Dream World, the deeper you go, the deeper you will feel it. At that time, you can only rely on reality to gradually resist it, but you will still be slowly eroded by pollution. With the artifact of civilization, wherever the artifact of civilization is protected, the erosion of pollution will be reduced by more than 90%. The more powerful the artifact of civilization, the stronger its effect in isolating pollution."

"The above three are the abilities that every artifact of civilization must possess. As long as it has these three abilities, it is an artifact of civilization. As for other derivative abilities, they depend on the materials of the artifact, the forging techniques, the strength when it is endowed with civilization characteristics, and so on. Generally speaking, an artifact of civilization with one additional derivative ability is already of superior quality, and one with two derivative abilities is of top quality. So far, only the Sumeru Tuo, the core artifact of our Buddhist civilization, and the Hongmeng Qi, the core artifact of the Heavenly Court, have three derivative abilities."

Guanyin said this with considerable pride.

Wu Pifu and the other two did not change their expressions at all, because they were afraid that Guanyin would see something.

The mainframe... has more than just three derivative abilities.

Guanyin seemed to see through their thoughts and smiled gently, saying, "I know your concerns. Your mainframe is also a civilization artifact. Although it is incredible that your civilization has developed a civilization artifact at the absolute truth level, Beelzebub and the others... can be understood. Currently, they have two derived abilities, right? One is judgment, and the other is penetrating the dream world. This is already very powerful."

Wu Pifu asked without changing his expression, "Then what abilities do your two lotus flowers possess?"

Guanyin said regretfully, "It's not two lotus flowers, but two-fifths of my Creation Five Lotus Civilization Artifact. With your massive help of truth this time, I have finally stabilized my existence and even eroded back one-fifth of the total amount during the confrontation. Now I occupy two-fifths, and the essence of Dao occupies three-fifths. For the time being, neither can do anything to the other. We still need to work hard... Currently, these two-fifths of the Creation Five Lotus only have the three basic functions. If it were the original Creation Five Lotus, it would also have the derivative function of creating things from nothingness. As long as there is enough truth, it would be enough to create heaven and earth in the dream world system."

Creation of the void?

This feature is really awesome!

Wu Pifu and the other two were all startled.

After a long pause, Liang Min finally asked, "Since it only has basic functions, why did you expand on it? Aren't you afraid of getting destroyed?"

Guanyin, however, was quite surprised and said, "Didn't I just say? One of the three basic functions is to resist pollution. This resistance to pollution isn't just a subtle, gradual process; it also includes resistance to the extraordinary. Simply put, all pollution falls within the defense capabilities of civilized artifacts, and the same applies to the extraordinary. The extraordinary is pollution; this is an unchanging truth." Wu Pifu and the other two were completely stunned. They truly hadn't expected this answer. Then they immediately thought of the mainframe's core... uh, it seems the mainframe can't resist external attacks. It's something that resembles an enlarged human brain and a semi-mechanical structure... it should, perhaps, possibly, be quite fragile, right?
Guanyin continued, "Moreover, by releasing two-fifths of this five-colored lotus, I represent my return and awakening. It also signifies that Buddhism stands on the side of you Gaia humans. Regardless of whether Buddhist disciples will come or whether the Heavenly Court will have any concerns that might delay the attack, this is all good for you, isn't it?"

After pondering silently, Wu Pifu and the other two nodded first, followed by Liang Min, and finally Wu Pifu.

That's right, what the Gaia humans lack now is time. They have the Absolute Truth Layer behind them, so even if the time of each generation is shortened now, they still have at least several thousand years to develop in the Absolute Truth Layer. As long as these three people can ascend, then they will no longer be afraid of attacks from the Heavenly Court in the Absolute Truth Layer, or rather, they will no longer be afraid of any civilization, any force, or any individual posing a threat to them in the Absolute Truth Layer.

Because the original entity cannot leave the lower layer of the dream world by its own power. The only exception is to go to the absolute truth layer by relying on the transcendent world. However, this behavior requires a lot of reality, just like a rocket on Earth transporting supplies to outer space. It is not impossible, but it is very troublesome and not worth the effort.

Meanwhile, for a transcendent world to remain in the Absolute Truth layer, it must continuously consume truth according to the strength of its existence. In other words, if the Heavenly Court wants to destroy the Gaia human headquarters in the Absolute Truth layer, it must take swift and overwhelming action to defeat the Gaia human. This is actually the geographical advantage that the Gaia human brings by being backed by the Absolute Truth layer.

If Wu Pifu, Chu Minghao, and Liang Min are all transformed into sublimated beings, then Gaia humans will be invincible at least at the level of absolute truth.

The three special superbrains could kill sublimated beings like dogs when they were mortals, but they were unable to resist due to the special nature of their origins. Once they sublimate, they can kill the origins like dogs, but at least in a short defensive battle, they cannot be easily defeated. At that time, if the Heavenly Court invades again, they will not be afraid at all.

So... all they lack is time!

"...How do you plan to oversee the Gaia humans?" Chu Minghao asked first. "Once the three of us leave, we will inevitably be unable to return in a short period of time. The dream world is ever-changing, and we may even be ambushed. In this situation, we will be unable to help the Gaia humans if anything happens. So how do you plan to oversee them?"

Guanyin smiled and said, "Don't underestimate the methods of the Root. Although I am not the physical body, but only a consciousness, I also have some of the ability to infinitely cycle and self-close. Covering up the coordinate entrance of this Land of Redemption and the Absolute Truth Layer is an ordinary method. Moreover, even if there are any loopholes or attacks, I have my own ways to deal with them. With two-fifths of the Five-Colored Lotus in hand, I am not afraid of defense unless the Four Emperors of Heaven come in person."

"You must know... I am Guanyin!"

That was a very assertive statement.

But it's only right that it's so domineering!
Needless to say, Wu Pifu, even with incomplete memories of his past, could still recall Guanyin's renowned reputation that had been passed down for thousands of years. This was only a derivative of information from the absolute truth level. Even in the past human history information that Chu Minghao and Liang Min had seen, the three words Guanyin appeared countless times. The weight represented by these three words was substantial and of great value.

One of the two strongest ancient civilizations, and one of the seven Bodhisattvas destined to become Buddhas in their next life—this is far more impressive than that almost comical cyberpunk Buddha.

“If that’s the case,” Wu Pifu clasped his hands in response, his eyes filled with seriousness. “Then I entrust the Gaia humans to you. I hope you can fulfill your responsibilities as an ally, otherwise…”

Wu Pifu didn't speak, but stared intently at Guanyin, who clasped her hands together and said, "That's how it should be, that's how it must be. You three, go ahead."

Wu Pifu stared intently for a long time before lowering his clasped hands and looking at Chu Minghao and Liang Min. The three of them smiled simultaneously, and then all three said to Guanyin, "Then..."

"A one-year period!"

"Wait for our return!"

(End of this chapter)