Eternal Night

Chapter 893 is too... lively, isn't it?
"...The fifth question is that this space combines your unique reality with the nothingness of our nightmares, so its essence is a brand new, similar to the extraordinary, but completely different kind of thing. Both you and I have partial control over this space, but we can't truly control it. Therefore, we can only partially perceive the characteristics of this space. When outsiders enter, we can sense them."

Nightmare Number Two said.

Wu Pifu nodded thoughtfully, then asked again after a moment’s thought: “Something similar to the extraordinary, but completely different?”
Nightmare Number One immediately said excitedly, "The sixth question is that the extraordinary is a product of the mixture of reality and nothingness of existential life in a certain proportion. According to your existential life, the extraordinary is pollution, and that's where it comes from."

Wu Pifu nodded, then suddenly asked, "According to you, the extraordinary is the result of mixing the reality and nothingness of existential life in a certain proportion. Does that mean that nothingness can also be mixed with other things to form something else?"

Nightmare Number One and Nightmare Number Two looked at each other. Nightmare Number Two said, "We've answered all six of your questions. Now we should..."

Nightmare Number One immediately interjected, "No, I can answer, but this is considered a loan. Is it okay if I allow you to pay on credit for the rest of the time?"

Wu Pifu nodded in agreement, and Nightmare Number One immediately said, "The seventh question: the combination of nothingness and the existence of non-living reality in proportion is the dream world. From the upper level to the lower level, the proportions are different. Then, the combination of nothingness and the non-existence of non-living reality in proportion is..."

Nightmare Number Two coughed loudly, Nightmare Number One immediately stopped talking, and Nightmare Number Two then said, "This question is very important. It's the eighth and ninth question we've answered so far. We've answered three more questions for you, is that alright?"

Wu Pifu didn't speak, but looked at Nightmare Number Two. Nightmare Number Two was quite confident: "If you think it's not worth it after you hear this, then pretend I didn't say anything."

Seeing Wu Pifu nod, Nightmare Number One breathed a sigh of relief and said, "When nothingness and non-existent reality combine in proportion, that's what you call... 'weekend'."

Wu Pifu was shocked. He didn't react for a moment, but after a few seconds, he fell into deep thought.

The weekend wasn't the source of pollution?

That giant eyeball wasn't the source of the pollution?!

This information alone is enough to make the ticket worthwhile!
Nightmare Number One continued, "The combination of nothingness and non-existent life in proportion is what you call the primordial existence, that's about it."

The amount of information was overwhelming, and Wu Pifu was struggling to remember and think it through. He said, "According to you, nothingness has only one form, right?"

Nightmare Number One and Nightmare Number Two both nodded at the same time.

Wu Pifu continued, "And reality is divided into four types: existential life reality, existential non-life reality, non-existent life reality, and non-existent non-life reality? Is that correct?"

Nightmare Number Two immediately said, "The tenth question, yes, there are actually four kinds of existence in total."

Wu Pifu thought for a moment before asking, "What are the differences between them? I mean, what are they specifically referring to? If you answer this question, I'll consider all six questions for today as answered, and I'll also be responsible for helping you investigate the strange events at the kindergarten at night."

Nightmare Number One and Nightmare Number Two's faces immediately lit up with ecstatic joy. They both breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, a strange thought arose in their minds that Wu Pifu was a good person... This was truly too bizarre; two nightmares, thinking that a human was a good person...

Nightmare Number Two replied, "First, let's talk about existential life. In your view, all sentient life belongs to existential life. You, a human, are one, as are other animals and plants, even though their intelligence is very, very weak, only considered instinct. They still belong to existential life."

Nightmare Number One continued, "Existent non-life, the matter, energy, even time and space, all particles, etc., in what you call the absolute reality layer all belong to existent non-life. As for non-existent life... it's a bit complicated to give examples. To be precise, those people in this space belong to non-existent life, or, uh..."

While Nightmare Number One was deep in thought, Nightmare Number Two said, "Imaginary life, or life born out of thin air from the convergence of faith, these belong to non-existent life. The ancestor of a certain group of concepts, or the beginning of the imagination of a certain group of life, this belongs to... Right, according to your memory, Pangu belongs to non-existent life."

Wu Pifu had a vague understanding of what non-existent life was, but when it came to a serious discussion, he still didn't quite grasp it.

Nightmare Number One continued, "Non-existent non-life refers to everything other than non-existent life, which is formed by the convergence of existent life and existent non-life fantasies, beliefs, or nightmares, fears, projections, etc. ... It's a bit convoluted, try to understand it yourself."

Wu Pifu nodded silently, completely stunned.

According to the two nightmares, the fusion of the reality and nothingness of life (existence) gave birth to the extraordinary. The fusion of real matter and energy with nothingness created an endless, layered dream world. Simultaneously, the fantasies and beliefs of life converged to form illusory, yet real, non-existent life forms. Their combination with nothingness constituted Primordial X and such things. Everything else besides Primordial X became that large eyeball, which is the weekend…

In other words, existence means having a concrete entity, while non-existence means not having a concrete entity.

"What exactly is that nothingness?" Wu Pifu couldn't help but ask.

"The essence," Nightmare Number One and Nightmare Number Two answered without hesitation.

Then Nightmare Number One said, "The essence of everything." Nightmare Number Two said, "Absolute everything."

Wu Pifu covered his face.

Ironically, this most crucial information remained unknown... But at least he now knew the origin of that giant eyeball. No wonder it was in such a chaotic state. But if that wasn't the source of the pollution, then just how powerful and terrifying was the true source?

Wu Pifu wanted to ask more questions, but considering that he had already postponed today's questions, he shut up and turned around to say, "Alright, after school tonight, I will go back to the kindergarten and help you get rid of the strange things here."

After saying that, Wu Pifu left directly.

Nightmare Number One and Nightmare Number Two looked at each other, neither of them expecting things to be resolved so easily. They breathed a sigh of relief, but their expressions were somewhat strange.

Nightmare Number One said softly, "I'm telling you... what are we now?"

Nightmare Number Two didn't answer; it simply looked out onto the street.

With the explosion of that giant human-shaped balloon, chaos erupted in the streets. People in this world still reacted and sensed like ordinary people. While there were strange things, the explosion of a human-shaped balloon in full view of everyone was terrifying. Not only did the police surround half a block, but other personnel in protective suits also arrived, and even the military sent personnel.

Nightmare Number Two looked at it for a long time before saying, "So it's true that the existence of life forms is really terrifying. You and I have only been contaminated for a short time, and we're already like this... No wonder they've caused so much trouble. Anyway, let's wait for the other nightmares to arrive. The more that come, the more control we can gain over this space. When we kill Wu Pifu, we can naturally return to our original state, get rid of these uncomfortable emotions, and be free again."

Nightmare Number One nodded slightly, though his expression seemed hesitant and melancholy.

Meanwhile, Wu Pifu returned to the kindergarten's junior class and began to "intimidate" the other children without saying a word.

His mind was still racing with the information he had acquired.

It can be said that this information completely overturned many of his previous beliefs, and situations he never imagined were presented to him.

Reality and illusion...

If we really follow what the two nightmares say, reality and illusion are not comparable at all. Illusion is overwhelmingly powerful, while reality... probably accounts for less than one percent of the total.

"Forget it, I'll stop thinking about it now. Let them worry about it when the external brain comes back..."

After thinking for a long time, Wu Pifu remained as decisive as ever, not thinking about it at all. Rather than worrying about it himself, he thought it was better to throw the problem out to others. He then thought of the outsider who had accidentally wandered in here.

According to the two nightmares, this space is a product of the proportional fusion of nothingness and the special characteristics of Wu Pifu. It does not belong to any of the four categories: extraordinary, dream world, primordial, or weekend. Rather, it belongs to the fifth category of existence. As for the special type of Wu Pifu...

"Could it be something negative? I was just about to ask them tomorrow, what exactly is 'negative'?"

Wu Pifu muttered this to himself, then continued to think about the outsider's situation.

Once outsiders enter this place, they will be anchored and lose all their supernatural abilities, because this place belongs to the fifth category of beings. They must also abide by the rules here, which is that they cannot be identified as non-human by others. Once identified, something bad will happen. The outsider who turned into a human-shaped balloon and burst was one such example of something bad happening.

"...It's perfectly normal for outsiders to come. The Broken Domain holds many secrets and treasures from the past, and there have always been extraterrestrial beings exploring it. This fifth type of space that we have merged with is an incredible miracle to them, a sign of the birth of treasures. As soon as they discover this place, these outsiders will inevitably flock here."

These are Nightmare Number Two's original words.

Wu Pifu was quite troubled. The situation was already complicated enough, and he also had to deal with more nightmares and all sorts of strange occurrences. He hadn't yet decided when to kill the nightmare horde. If too many outsiders came, who knew what kind of trouble they would cause here...

Just as Wu Pifu was thinking this, two large pillars of flame, each over ten meters tall, suddenly rose into the air in the distance. They appeared out of nowhere, and before the flames had even died down, a huge pillar of flesh and blood rose from the ground. Next to this pillar of flesh and blood, a pointed bone tower appeared...

One strange phenomenon after another appeared, leaving everyone around stunned. Then, screams and chaos erupted from the street.

Wu Pifu covered his face, feeling utterly exhausted. He thought he might as well just destroy everything.

(End of this chapter)