Eternal Night

Chapter 895 The Hunt Begins

Wu Pifu felt extremely frustrated.

The strong man he just killed would definitely be an extremely powerful Ascended Body in the outside world, whose strength would not be inferior to that of a second-tier Ascended Body in the Mountain and Sea Realm, and might even be slightly superior.

But that's not the point. He's killed second-tier ascended beings before, whether outside or here. Killing them is as easy as killing dogs for him.

What truly frustrated him was that this sublimated being, in both behavior and thought, was completely inhuman...

He gave them a chance, more than once, but the facts proved that non-humans are non-humans and cannot be saved by any means. It is an irreversible process, even though this space is so good, and it has re-anchored them into human bodies. The body is related to the senses, and coupled with the mandatory rule of this space that requires people to be human, what a wonderful opportunity it is to be human again.

But non-humans are different. Non-humans are non-humans. Even if they are not extraordinary, even if they are forcibly anchored as human, they can still peel off the human skin and desperately try to turn themselves back into non-humans.

The strong, muscular man eventually began to transform even his physical body into a monster, just like his mind.

So how can we save such inhuman beings?

No, there's no way to save them except by killing them!

Moreover, Wu Pifu was also worried about the physical changes of the previously strong and muscular man.

That's not supernatural power, but something that can be done even at the level of absolute reality. It's just a powerful control over the physical body. He could already do it when his mind was experiencing a negative backlash of 10%, so it's even easier now. With the physical control that makes him indestructible even when facing gods, if he were determined to change his physical body, he would definitely be a master of physical transformation. He could even create an alien on the spot without any problem.

But what kind of person is this?

Moreover, Wu Pifu's main concern is that since these non-humans can change their physical bodies, could they also change the physical bodies of ordinary people in this space? And even their mental consciousness?

If he could… given the inhuman nature of these non-human beings, Wu Pifu could imagine that the entire space would soon turn into a terrifying biohazard scene.

He has absolutely no qualms about imagining these inhuman behaviors with the most extreme speculations. The reason why inhumans are inhuman is because they really can't do anything human. As long as there is profit, they are capable of any extreme behavior.

"...It seems we can't tolerate them anymore."

Wu Pifu made a decision in his heart, and a murderous intent immediately surged from his entire body.

Next, Wu Pifu randomly found a few restaurants and ate a little something. He ate about the amount of food an adult would eat at each restaurant, and he only ate at five or six restaurants.

Then he started walking towards the kindergarten.

It was around 7:30 p.m., and it was getting completely dark.

Inside the kindergarten, Nightmare Number One and Nightmare Number Two were already trembling with fear. They pulled down all the curtains in the staff dormitory and carefully checked the doors and windows before locking them completely. Even so, the two nightmares were still not at ease and kept looking through the cabinets and corners in the dormitory. Judging from their actions and the frequency of their looking through the cabinets, they were like psychopaths.

"...What time is it?" Nightmare Number One asked neurotically.

Although Nightmare Number Two had calmed down slightly, the extent of its leg trembling clearly showed that it was not as calm as it appeared. It forced itself to remain calm and said, "The piano music didn't start until after nine o'clock yesterday, and the strange things didn't appear in the hallway until after ten o'clock... It's still early, still early."

Nightmare Number One nodded reluctantly.

Suddenly, at that moment, there was an unusually urgent knocking on the door of the staff dormitory. Nightmare Number One and Number Two began to tremble violently. Two seconds later, the knocking turned into pounding on the door, and Nightmare Number One and Number Two were so frightened they almost wet themselves. Then, a voice that sounded like crying and screaming came from behind the door: "Open the door! Please, open the door..."

Nightmare Number One and Number Two snapped out of their daze and rushed to open the door. Nightmare Number Three, crying and running, burst into the dormitory, collapsing to the ground as soon as she entered. A few seconds later, she suddenly wailed, pounding the ground between sobs, saying, "It was right next to my toilet stall, banging on the wall. At first, I didn't know what it was doing. It even talked to me. I thought it was a kindergarten teacher, so I kept chatting with it. I thought someone was there, so I wasn't afraid. But... the sound got clearer and clearer, closer and closer to me. Waaah! I looked up, and waaah... a long neck connected to a head full of rotting flesh was right above my head..."

Nightmare Number One and Number Two trembled uncontrollably as they listened, while Nightmare Number Three cried so miserably that Nightmare Number One and Number Two also had tears in their eyes. The three nightmares wept in the dormitory in utter desolation.

After an unknown amount of time, the crying gradually stopped, and the three nightmares became unusually silent. After a long while, the third nightmare said in a trembling voice, "It...saw me. Will it come looking for me when it gets dark?"

Nightmare Number Two checked the time and said, "Sorry, it's already dark."

Nightmare Number Three burst into tears again. Nightmare Number One kicked Nightmare Number Two hard and quickly comforted him, "Don't worry, don't worry, Wu the Ant is coming soon. Once he's here, we won't be afraid of these monsters anymore." Nightmare Number Three's crying subsided, but then Nightmare Number Two said leisurely, "But he is still a living being. Sooner or later, he'll kill us all. He'll either burst our internal organs, twist our heads off, or crush all our joints and bones bit by bit... Living beings are incredibly skilled at torturing people..."

Nightmare Number Three suddenly burst into tears again, and the cries grew increasingly shrill.

The three nightmares either cried, wept silently, or remained silent. Then, suddenly, the window they had locked from the inside made a sound of opening. The three nightmares immediately fell silent, straining their ears to listen for any movement. They heard a cracking sound slowly emerge. The three nightmares looked at each other, each letting out a piercing scream at the same time, and then they all rushed towards the door, pulling and tugging at each other.

When Wu Pifu climbed in through the window, he saw the three nightmares tangled together, crying and pulling at each other while trying to pry open the locked door. Rather than being in a panic, it was more like they were trying to outrun their teammates...

What are you guys doing?

Wu Pifu immediately questioned him in dissatisfaction. Upon hearing Wu Pifu's voice, the three nightmares' cries and movements immediately ceased. Then, they let out even louder and more aggrieved cries and hugged Wu Pifu, recounting the strange events in the toilet while crying and questioning Wu Pifu why he had arrived so late.

"...No, you three are... never mind..."

Wu Pifu felt that compared to those outsiders, these nightmares that had become human were more like human beings.

Is it true that human nature is inherently good at birth?

"All right."

Wu Pifu, somewhat agitated and impatient, shouted, "I'm going to clear out the strange things in this kindergarten right now. You all stay in your rooms... Also, those outsiders are dangerous. Although they're not as powerful as me, they're not people you can fight. They have a way of determining whether we're core members, so behave yourselves. Otherwise, if they target you while I'm gone, you're all doomed."

After saying that, Wu Pifu ignored the reactions of the three nightmares and went straight into the kindergarten at night.

To ensure the safety of the kindergarten, Wu Pifu cleaned it up three times. When beating the strange creatures in the kindergarten, he beat them inch by inch until they were completely destroyed, ensuring that the strange creatures were truly killed and eliminated, rather than leaving any remnants.

After cleaning up, Wu Pifu didn't say a word to Nightmare. He just stood on the roof of the kindergarten and looked around at the city in the dark night. Then he jumped into the night with great speed and disappeared in a moment.

And in the darkness of this city...

A young man with a blank expression held a hamburger in one hand and a bag in the other. He finished the hamburger in a few bites, then took out a beef roll from the bag and ate it in big bites as well.

This expressionless young man wandered between the city's crowded and sparsely populated streets, neither making much contact with people to be seen, nor leaving the area within the reach of streetlights and crowds.

"...This is really troublesome. The places with fewer people are mostly strange and bizarre, some impossible to kill, and some even untouchable. Are they things governed by rules? This space is really..."

After finishing his beef roll, the young man reached into his pocket, only to find it empty. He frowned, then quickly relaxed, and began browsing through the crowd. A moment later, he watched as several young men said goodbye to each other, and one of them walked towards a residential area.

The expressionless young man followed the young man on his way home from a distance. But as they walked, just as they passed through a quiet alley, a sudden, tremendous force pulled them, dragging the expressionless young man directly into the deserted alleyway beside them.

The blank-faced young man felt a sudden tightness in his chest and was about to explode, but the immense force vanished, and a childish voice reached his ears.

"...For money, you could just steal some along the way, why kill someone?"

The expressionless young man rolled to his feet and saw a toddler with dead fish eyes standing five meters away. He quickly looked around to make sure there was nothing strange, then relaxed and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist, why pretend? The life here is incredibly realistic. When we kill them, their cries, their emotions, their struggles are so lifelike, far surpassing the mortals we encounter daily. These emotions have value too. Killing and torturing them can relax our minds, so..."

"so!?"

Wu Pifu gave a low shout, twisted his foot, and appeared behind the expressionless young man. The young man's head was still staring directly at Wu Pifu, but it was turned 180 degrees.

"...As expected, only killing is the solution!"

Wu Pifu left those words behind and walked away without looking back. The blank-faced young man twitched a few times and finally collapsed silently in the alley.

Just like the people he killed, once they're dead, they're dead.

(End of this chapter)