Eternal Night

Chapter 880 Questions Begin

(PS: Today is Saturday, so as usual, two updates a day, one at noon and one at 9 pm. This will give me some free time to spend with my child.)
"...No, this is not something like a dream world fantasy; this is something that has become a manifestation of pollution."

In the dormitory area, staff provided Wu Pifu and others with the base's standard meals. Everyone also freshened up. In any case, the safe environment here made everyone relax.

Upon learning that the core containment object of this base was something called the Omniscient Sphinx, everyone was pleasantly surprised.

They now need to find two things: one is the extraordinary path to the Zanpakuto, and the other is the Buddhist secrets within this Shattered Realm. They have no idea where to start. Although Wu Pifu also has the magical conch shell and the Whispering Skull, which can provide answers and solutions, in previous attempts, as long as they talked to the magical conch shell about anything related to the Shattered Realm, the magical conch shell would immediately show itself as if it were shattering.

Therefore, the plan to use the magical conch shell was immediately shelved, and they could only slowly search for world fragments and world ruins one by one.

Then I heard about the Omniscient Sphinx. Although I didn't know exactly what it was, the meaning of the word "omniscient" was very profound.

The last individual of the contained civilization didn't seem to mind Wu Pifu and his group using the contained object. Or rather, the contained civilization itself didn't mind using the contained object. It was its unique extraordinary path, and if they didn't use it, wouldn't it be the same as not having it at all?

However, it is clear that the last individual of the contained civilization was extremely cautious, even fearful, towards the omniscient Sphinx.

The last individual of the contained civilization addressed Wu Pifu and the others, who were washing up and eating: "The essence of the contained object is pollution, specifically the pollution at its source. It was materialized through a special extraordinary method of my civilization, but it is not a useful tool, ability, or rule. Rather, it is... the rampage of pollution."

Without thinking, Wu Pifu said directly, "Tell me about this all-knowing Sphinx."

The last individual of the contained civilization was clearly speechless, but he seemed to have studied Wu Pifu, or rather, deliberately collected information about Wu Pifu, so he also knew some of Wu Pifu's habits and characteristics. So he didn't mince words and said directly: "This thing is indeed omniscient, but not in the way you all think... This thing's omniscience is of the infinite indoctrination type."

Seemingly feeling that these words alone were insufficient to explain the terror of the Omniscient Sphinx, the last individual of the contained civilization pondered for a moment before beginning to recount the past history of the Omniscient Sphinx.

This containment object was something that appeared during the heyday of the Containment Civilization. At that time, the Containment Civilization was ambitious and wanted to completely eliminate the source of pollution. Although the manifestation of the Omniscient Sphinx caused some problems and killed thousands of people, its harm was far less than that of some top-level containment objects. Therefore, this containment object did not receive much attention and was simply contained according to the specifications of a high-powered containment object. Then, as usual, D-class personnel, maintenance personnel, and researchers were assigned to study its characteristics and abilities.

then……

Things are not going to be good.

"...Initially, many D-class personnel died while exploring the characteristics of the Omniscient Sphinx. These were things that looked like humans but were actually containment objects. However, this containment object called 'Refreshing D-class Personnel' had a characteristic: the more people died, the faster it refreshed. So this didn't attract much attention, because any containment object of danger level or above is usually investigated by accumulating human lives to find out its characteristics, so this was not surprising. Then... our civilization's censorship agency discovered something was wrong."

A brief introduction to the last individual of the contained civilization, along with the structural characteristics of the contained civilization, were presented to Wu Pifu and the others.

The Containment Civilization is an inclusive civilization with a relatively small population of its core. Therefore, after the Dream World opened, the Containment Civilization absorbed a large number of individuals from the derived Dream World. Individuals whose history and culture are closer to the Containment Civilization are more likely to join its system. Its structure is less like a civilization and more like a pyramid-shaped armed corporation, divided into many levels and departments. Its leaders are the core of the Containment Civilization, while the lower-level employees are mostly individuals from derived civilizations. However, they also have promotion channels and can eventually reach management or even leadership positions.

The review agency is an institution specifically used by the containment civilization to review the employees, management, and leadership of the derived civilization regarding their overall direction, social ethics, and whether they have committed treason, among other things.

"...According to the report from the reviewing authority, the leadership, management, and scientific researchers of the containment base appear to have formed a secret society. The core content of this society is unknown, but it outwardly reveals a love for life and a desire to benefit all living beings. Therefore, the report submitted by the reviewing authority was not given high priority and did not attract our attention until the incident..."

"...In that instant, pillars of flesh and blood rose from the ground, countless mechanical souls roared across the world, and countless indescribable and bizarre things were born and annihilated. Just receiving intelligence and observing this world resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of the main members of my civilization, and at least ten dream worlds were left empty. More than fifty ultra-high threat containment objects broke the containment protocol. Although it did not lead to the destruction of the civilization, it was still a serious blow."

"Afterwards, we found the Omniscient Sphinx unharmed. This time we took it very seriously and mobilized the most elite combat personnel and scientists of our tribe to study it. Combined with the research documents uploaded by the original base before the incident, we finally learned the true face of the Omniscient Sphinx."

"This is a dream world information extractor with unlimited power..."

Wu Pifu subconsciously glanced at Beelzebub. Beelzebub immediately roared, spewing profanities, "What the hell are you looking at! I'm just regaining my memories, what information extractor! Believe me or not, I'll smash your dog eyes open!!"

Wu Pifu wasn't angry; he just found it amusing and flicked the big fly.

The last individual of the contained civilization paused for a moment before continuing, "Omniscient Sphinx, once activated, will begin with three riddles. These three riddles do not have specific solutions; they will instill a specific range of information in you based on your tendency to answer them… Please note that this specific range of information refers to all information within that range, including but not limited to the information you desire, derivative information, related information, and the thoughts and research of other intelligent life forms, civilizations, origins, or unspeakable entities… Do you know what this means?"

Wu Pifu thought for a moment and said, "Knows a lot of knowledge?"

"No! You may very well become some unknown thing during a transmission of information. And this is not simply what Mr. Wu described as a non-human in human skin. It is a complete transformation from matter to spirit and consciousness, even to the soul and true spirit, becoming something we cannot understand or describe. And this is only one of them. There are many more that are indescribable, including but not limited to becoming non-object, becoming a concept, becoming a disaster, becoming a nightmare, or disappearing, becoming a narration... and so on."

The last remaining individual of the contained civilization spoke with lingering fear: "This is not intimidation. The Omniscient Sphinx is not a tool, but a manifestation of corruption. Don't think you can use it well. After the truth about this thing was discovered, even my people dared not use it. You must understand that as the main body of the contained civilization, we have a special resistance to contained objects. Even we dare not try to use this Omniscient Sphinx, because in the limited tests, we even suspect that this information extractor is linked to more than just the dream world..."

The group looked at each other, their hearts heavy with a mixture of unease and curiosity.

Huang Rong was the first to ask: "If it's not just the dream world, is it also connected to the absolute reality layer?"

"...It's not just about spatial distance, but also temporal span. On several occasions, the information we obtained may have even included some events from the pre-Buddha era, as well as some events from the infinite future. Of course, these are just fragments, and we dare not be certain or delve into them. Besides space and time, there are also differences at the conceptual level. For example, on several occasions, the information we extracted clearly included the words of the dead, not those from the source of death, but the words of real, annihilated, and deceased individuals. In addition, there were even mentions of dimensions and dimensions. Didn't I just mention the narration?"

At this point, the last individual of the contained civilization stopped talking, and when it came to narration, Wu Pifu suddenly thought of those good monsters he had met once before, and wondered if they belonged to the narration.

"understood."

Xu Shilan calmly said, "We won't risk using this containment device. We'll leave tomorrow."

The last remaining member of the contained civilization clearly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Wu Pifu suddenly asked, "By the way, you still haven't said why you want to set up this shelter here? Isn't it very inconvenient here?"

"It is quite inconvenient, in terms of supplies, personnel, etc., but only here can the Omniscient Sphinx be contained. This is because it is a containment object, and its containment protocol describes that it will generate intermittent random questions based on the amount of information present in the surrounding area. In other words, the more life forms there are around, the greater the probability that it will randomly break containment. Moreover, this concept of 'surrounding area' is based on the size and distance of a world. In the dream world, it can even affect the distance of more than a dozen worlds, so only the Shattered Domain is the safest." The last individual of the contained civilization answered honestly.

"...Wait a minute, information level?"

Xu Shilan, Huang Rong, and Beelzebub exclaimed in unison, then they all looked at Wu Pifu.

Wu Pifu asked, puzzled, "What?"

Then, in the next second, three "people" appeared in front of Wu Pifu: one asking a question, one providing an answer, and another...

"Question one..."

What is the source of the pollution?

(End of this chapter)