Eternal Night

Chapter 901 Regret
Wu Pifu never understood what true freedom really was.

However, he also had his own guesses.

Buddhist philosophy emphasizes enlightenment and the awakened one. The so-called Buddha is actually the awakened one. Thought, non-thought, and neither thought nor non-thought are all definitions in Buddhist religious philosophy.

The state of neither thinking nor non-thinking is the Buddha's realm. If the Great Freedom, which even the Buddha cannot reach, is a higher realm, then Wu Pifu can roughly guess what the Great Freedom is.

These three nightmares are truly a treasure trove; there's always something to be found if you squeeze them.

Wu Pifu also became increasingly curious about the contents of the Buddhist secrets, especially the most important secrets of the Buddha Master. If the three nightmares were true, the first one to touch the void was the Buddha Master, and he must have obtained some incredible secret from this touch.

As for the two exceptions mentioned by the three nightmares, besides the First Buddha, the other should be the First Immortal.

That's truly impressive. According to Nightmare, countless heroes and great men have peered into the void throughout history, and even the Buddha Master has fallen into it. Yet, the First Buddha and the First Immortal have always stood firm, truly a unique existence.

Nothing happened during the day. Thanks to Wu Pifu's intimidation last night, all the ascended beings went into hiding. Moreover, besides Wu Pifu, there was also someone from the Heavenly Court hunting down these foreign ascended beings, so Wu Pifu wasn't too worried.

Anyway, this space is only so big. As he uses his mind to generate negative backflow, his strength is constantly increasing. And the other party wants to anchor him as non-human... What a joke! How could a pure-blooded human like him become non-human just because he is being controlled and anchored?
As for breaking through the supernatural barrier... don't these idiots and non-humans know that?

This rule is clearly protecting them, isn't it?

So time is on Wu Pifu's side. The longer it goes on, the stronger he becomes. The more thoroughly the rules of this space are destroyed, the stronger he becomes. As for that person from the Heavenly Court... they are enemies. Even if they have some similar ideas, an enemy is an enemy. If that person from the Heavenly Court becomes powerful enough to be the root of the problem, and the supernatural prohibitions here are broken...

He wouldn't mind using me, a mere commoner, to test its quality!

Therefore, Wu Pifu had planned all of this. The only thing that made him hesitate and unable to make up his mind was the three Nightmares that should have been his enemies...

As dusk fell, Wu Pifu was about to leave the school, but he was immediately pulled aside by Nightmare Number Three.

"You promised! We're going out for a big meal, and you're coming with us to protect us!" Nightmare Number Three said matter-of-factly.

Wu Pifu had a million complaints he wanted to vent, but he didn't know where to begin. Besides, the other party had already brought up the promise, so he opened his mouth but could only nod slightly.

The three nightmares cheered silently. Then, Nightmare Number One started humming a song to send off the children, Nightmare Number Two started cleaning while humming a song, and Nightmare Number Three grabbed Wu Pifu's clothes with one hand and started choosing dishes with his phone in the other.

In short, the three naive girls had no idea what the situation was like outside the kindergarten, and Wu Pifu had no choice but to protect them...

As dusk approached and the time came to around seven o'clock, the group of three adults and one child, with the child as the main member, set off, their destination being a low-key restaurant in the most bustling part of the town.

Because the journey was quite long, Nightmare Number Three drove. The three Nightmares caused a ruckus the whole way, playing music, chatting, and talking nonsense. They even wanted to stop and buy snacks when they saw them on the roadside, which angered Wu Pifu so much that he kept releasing his pressure to stop them.

However, Wu Pifu remained silent the entire way, only occasionally glancing out the car window as if admiring the scenery along the roadside.

Meanwhile, the spies had been following Wu Pifu ever since he left the kindergarten, constantly looking for an opportunity to strike. At the same time, they were studying the relationship between Wu Pifu and the three nightmares. In fact, the three nightmares were completely naive and knew nothing about this. The few times they stopped the car and stuck their heads out, it would have been enough to kill them dozens of times over.

However, whenever an observer couldn't help but unleash their murderous intent, even if they were thousands of meters away on the top of various high-rise buildings, Wu Pifu's gaze would inevitably turn towards them the instant the murderous intent was unleashed. Although he did nothing else but stare quietly, it was this distant gaze that immediately dispelled all the observer's wild thoughts.

The three nightmares arrived safely at the private kitchen location. When Wu Pifu got out of the car, he looked back again, gave a cold smile, and then watched the three nightmares register their names at the entrance of the private kitchen restaurant.

He said, "I've dropped you off. I'll come pick you up in an hour."

The person registering at the restaurant entrance looked at the three adults and a seven or eight-year-old child with a strange expression. Wait... how did it become a child picking up adults?

Before Wu Pifu could leave, Nightmare Number One, Number Two, and Number Three grabbed him at the same time. Nightmare Number One said with a smile, "I reserved a spot for you. It's expensive. The minimum charge is 1,500 per person."

Wu Pifu opened his mouth to refuse, but Nightmare Number Three took out his phone and showed him the paid page, saying with a grin, "This can't be refunded."

Wu Pifu caught a glimpse of the more than 7,000 yuan in savings at the corner of his eye, and was speechless for a moment. He could only let the three nightmares lead him into the restaurant.

Meanwhile, on the rooftop of a tall building in the distance, a young man, carrying a trembling, wailing ball of flesh, looked at the distant restaurant and shook his head slightly, saying, "How can one attain enlightenment if one's resolve is not firm?"

The fleshy mass trembled even more violently, its flesh and blood disintegrating, and its cries became even more shrill. The boy frowned, reached out and slapped the mass, and all the sounds disappeared, but the speed of its trembling became even more terrifying. "Truly maggots. The Emperor is too kind-hearted; he shouldn't have left you scum behind. You're disgusting."

The boy tossed the meatball on the ground without even glancing at it, only glancing once more at the private kitchen restaurant before turning and disappearing.

On the other side, the voyeurs are retreating and disappearing rapidly, but their connections are deepening.

Regardless of their previous speculations and imaginations about Wu Pifu, seeing him in person from afar today filled all the outsiders with a heavy feeling.

They didn't know what Wu Pifu's strength, rank, or extraordinary methods were outside this space, but within this space, Wu Pifu was almost invincible!

Near-perfect energy and spirit, near-complete fighting will, near-perfect danger perception, near-perfect physical circulation...

They appear to be only seven or eight years old, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a body developed to its fullest potential, far surpassing the flesh and blood monsters they have transformed into, and they are not even in the same league!

Some outsiders even doubted that even if they continued to study this body and developed a combination of flesh and blood, or even a sublimated form of flesh and blood, it might still be far less perfect and powerful than Wu Pifu's body at this moment.

This doesn't even include the non-supernatural combat skills that Wu Pifu acquired through his martial arts training.

All of these factors combined make Wu Pifu an absolute boss that none of them can rival in this space!
"...Moreover, besides this space controller, there is another hidden killer. Since the controller returned to the kindergarten in the space core last night, three of us have still disappeared."

"...So far today, three more new comrades have entered the space, but they are still wary of us and have not yet witnessed the power of the space controller in this space, so they have not yet joined us."

"...We can no longer sit idly by and wait for our doom. Even if there is a space controller and another hidden hunter, we must take action. I still have fourteen disciples lurking in this space. Although they have lost all their supernatural powers and do not have perfect control over their physical bodies, making them like mortals in this space, they are enough to cause chaos and attract attention. I am willing to offer up all fourteen disciples. What about you all?"

“...I have six disciples I can offer.”

“...I have eleven disciples I can offer up.”

"...Twenty-eight people."

……

These ascendants each stated the number of ordinary superhumans who had followed them into this space, even those from their own civilization, who were now mercilessly offered up as pawns and sacrifices.

In the end, a total of more than 150 mortal disciples were gathered together by these ascended beings. They were then divided into nine waves and launched attacks and riots in various locations in the city. They also brought with them the mortal flesh puppets they had hastily created, which was enough to cause a major disturbance.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the remaining eight Ascension Realm members split into pairs and dispersed to quickly study the physical bodies and minds of mortals in this space. One task was to create flesh-and-blood hybrid puppets and explore the mysteries of flesh-and-blood ascension. The other task was to decipher the minds of these mortals in order to gain the ability to hypnotize and control them on a large scale.

"Our survival hinges on this moment. Everyone, prepare yourselves. We will launch the attack immediately tomorrow during the day!"

Meanwhile, Wu Pifu enjoyed a good meal with the three nightmares, but only ate a little, while the three nightmares happily ate and drank to their hearts' content.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the three nightmares walked along the road in high spirits, discussing their plans for tomorrow's spring outing. After a long silence, Wu Pifu suddenly asked, "If I were to turn you into humans, would you be willing?"

The three nightmares fell silent for a long time without answering.

A moment later, the three nightmares and Wu Pifu returned to the kindergarten. Wu Pifu walked around the kindergarten and, after confirming that there was nothing strange about it, he was about to leave.

At this moment, Nightmare Number One suddenly said to Wu Pifu, "Impossible. If we are not nightmares, not nihilistic synapses, and do not have the past memories of Great Freedom, then becoming human is not a problem."

Nightmare Number Two continued, "But we already know all of this, we know that everything that is real is actually wrong..."

Nightmare Number Three concluded, "So even if we briefly become human, become existential life forms, become something on the side of reality, we cannot last forever."

Wu Pifu walked out of the kindergarten.

He stood at the kindergarten gate for a long, long time, finally took a breath, and strode into the darkness.

(End of this chapter)