Eternal Night

Chapter 965 The Pulling Back
The Wu ants flew and roamed everywhere in this vast and desolate outer heaven.

His physical flight speed wasn't actually that fast. Even with the enhancements from the Free and Easy Ultimate Technique and other improvements, his physical body only maintained a speed of around 50,000 to 60,000 meters per second.

It seems that there is an upper limit to improving speed by relying solely on physical means, and the closer you get to this limit, the less you can improve, and the more strength you need to increase.

However, he is not only capable of traversing the void with his physical body. Since condensing the Death-Seeking Zanpakuto, he has also acquired spatial abilities. He can use the Death-Seeking Zanpakuto to increase the "weight" of the blade itself without limit, thereby creating a black hole-like effect. A single slash can create a shrinking area. This is not only a large-scale killing skill, but also a convenient travel skill.

Unfortunately, even if Wu Pifu traveled thousands of miles away, in this spiraling, cyclical world formed by the merging of multiple outer realms, pure space could no longer escape it.

"...Are you afraid to face me, so you've trapped me here?"

Wu Pifu wasn't stupid either. He roamed freely in this open space for a long time, sensing the changes within it, and quickly came to this conclusion.

But the key point is that he cannot escape this space on his own.

His "I Am an Ant" skill requires a specific target; it can be anything—objects, non-objects, living beings, or non-living beings—but it needs a target, or what is called anchoring. However, in this cyclical world that has been blended together, he cannot anchor or target anything at all, so this skill is ineffective against it.

As for the actual damage he inflicts within five steps, that's also ineffective because it requires the presence of hostility. This desolate space itself is not hostile to him; it's a natural environment. Therefore, the actual damage he inflicts within five steps is also ineffective.

This is very troublesome. If Wu Pifu relies on himself, he will probably be trapped here to death, or he will have to undergo sublimation in this space and become a sublimated body before he can think of a way out.

But it’s okay…

"Mastermind, your signal is terrible! I told you before to get a Mastermind-branded phone, but you wouldn't listen. Look at this trouble now!" Wu Pifu stopped flying and hovered in the void, cursing the Mastermind loudly.

"...Judgment... not..."

"What are you downloading over there?" Wu Pifu was still grumbling, but after a while, he sighed and said, "But since you're still here, everything's fine. Take your time, honestly..."

As he spoke, Wu Pifu ignored the mainframe and took out the extraordinary crystal, which was now only the size of a grain of rice. However, it still formed its own space, a space in which life could survive. However, this extraordinary crystal did not belong to the dream world's own structure, but to the fifth category. Therefore, its essence was evaporating every moment, and it was estimated that it would completely evaporate and dissipate before long.

His friends and small animals were all spared, remaining unscathed even when attacked by fish and butterflies. Oh, and there were also three sublimated creatures that he brought back along, so they can be put to good use...

"Hopefully, it won't evaporate completely before I get out." Wu Pifu put the extraordinary crystal away again, then stood there in a daze.

Meanwhile, at the core of the Gaia spaceship, which is also the very center where the main brain is located, the goddess Daiyu arrived, separated from the main brain only by a metal wall.

In the past, she could never get this close to the main brain. Even though she had accepted the main brain's judgment and made a contract with it, she was not a Gaia human and Wu Pifu, who could vouch for her, was not around. So she still could not get too close to the main brain.

Apart from the goddess Daiyu, almost everyone in the entire Gaia human race who had a karmic relationship with Wu Pifu came: Gao Changgong, Wang Yihui, Chu Yuyan, Haocheng, Yaomeng, Granny Emma...

Whether they were close friends, met only once, or were comrades in battle, everyone who had ever had contact with Wu Pifu was gathered here by the main brain. And it wasn't just these people; there was also a thin piece of material spinning in the air. Others wouldn't recognize it, but the goddess Daiyu knew at a glance what it was... a void product, or rather, a false world.

In the dream world, similar false worlds are constantly being created. These worlds are worthless and usually only exist for a few seconds, or even a few microseconds. They have their own cause and effect, but because they are false, they will disappear in an instant. No matter what you gain from them, even if it is a world-shaking technique, a world-creating artifact, or something else, it is all false. The more powerful something is, the more reality it needs to fill in. But the value of so much reality far exceeds that of these objects or lives. Such filling is worthless.

However, the main brain then unearthed this false fragment of the world, which puzzled Daiyu Goddess.

Everyone waited patiently, while the mainframe's voice kept ringing out: "Judging, judging, judging..."

This was the first time many people had heard the mainframe make so many judgments, because in their past experience, no matter what they encountered, the mainframe always made a judgment in one go, and there had never been a judgment loop like this before.

On the contrary, Gao Changgong and others had indeed encountered situations where the main brain needed to make secondary or tertiary judgments. However, they had never encountered a situation like the one before, where the judgments exceeded one hundred. At this moment, Chu Yuyan asked hesitantly, "Are the points... enough?"

Hao Cheng immediately said in a coquettish voice, "We can earn more points. If Brother Ant returns, it will be worth it no matter how many points we spend."

Those around Chu Yuyan looked at him reproachfully, and Chu Yuyan immediately said, "Of course I know how important Brother Wu is... Also, why the hell are you calling him 'brother' now? Putting that aside, what I mean is that the mainframe needs to reserve enough points to assess the Heavenly Court and the battlefield, and it also needs points to assess its own defenses. What I'm worried about is the total amount..."

As if in response to Chu Yuyan's words, a beam of light appeared out of thin air. Everyone looked over and saw a goblet made of light, with an ancient design and filled with liquid light.

"...Can the inertia points of the Holy Grail also be used at this time?" The high-ranking members of the Gaia humans all knew about the Holy Grail, and among those present, at least Gao Changgong, Chu Yuyan, and Wang Yihui knew about it. They also knew that although the Holy Grail could actively store and absorb reality, its reality was inert reality, which could only be used for things like healing injuries and dispelling curses, and could not be used at will like points.

I never imagined that the inertia here could actually be used in the main brain's judgment?
The three of them immediately smiled.

This Holy Grail is actually a very good fantasy object. It can automatically absorb inert reality in space. In the absolute reality layer, inert reality is endless. Any stone can be transformed into a massive amount of reality. Even just air can give the Holy Grail almost infinite inert reality. If you have this, you won't have to worry about the main brain's points.

Sure enough, as the Holy Grail was removed by the mainframe, the liquid of light contained within it began to rapidly descend, but particles of light continued to be absorbed into it from the surrounding air, and the mainframe's judgment voice seemed to grow louder and louder...

No, not as if.

Daiyu was stronger than everyone else present, and her perception far surpassed theirs. She could clearly sense that the main brain's judgment sounded like a giant drumstick, almost overwhelming her spatial and temporal perception.

In her perception, a massive shockwave emanated from this tiny space, spreading across the entire planet within a fraction of a second, and then continuing to propagate throughout the universe until it struck the spatial node where the Thirty-Three Heavens of the Heavenly Court had entered. This shockwave transformed into a massive spatial tremor that she could not comprehend, causing the Thirty-Three Heavens that were entering the Absolute Reality layer to appear illusory and abstract.

However, the Heavenly Court is the Heavenly Court after all. Daiyu Divine Venerable immediately sensed that a mirror, a pearl, and a scepter emerged from the outer heavens of the Thirty-Three Heavens, each emitting fluctuations similar to those of the main brain. At the same time, a patch of azure sky was faintly visible above this mirror, pearl, and scepter.

The tools of civilization!

The artifacts of civilization from the Heavenly Court!

Moreover, they are multiple artifacts of civilization...

Daiyu remained silent, but the next moment she was shocked to realize that the mirror, the bead, and the tablet were actually encompassed by the shockwave emitted by the main brain. Just as the main brain was about to determine that the mirror, the bead, and the tablet were about to be completed, the azure sky flashed and hid them away.

"...What exactly is the mastermind?" Daiyu Goddess opened her mouth wide, utterly incredulous.

Then, suddenly, she sensed something that seemed both dreamlike and real, like a butterfly emerging from nothingness. With just a glance, the Goddess Daiyu immediately severed her senses and shouted, "Main Brain, determine my identity!!"

Just as the Divine Empress Daiyu severed her senses, the illusory figure shook its head slightly, ignoring the Divine Empress Daiyu, and said to the main brain: "Main brain, your origin is the supreme artifact of my multidimensional universe civilization. Although the cause and effect have been settled, do you really intend to obstruct me at this time? I can swear by my essence, the essence of the Heavenly Court, and even the essence of the Primordial Immortal that as long as Wu Pifu is handed over, the Heavenly Court will immediately retreat without hesitation, otherwise..."

The mainframe's reaction was very direct...

"...Judgment in progress...Judgment complete."

At the same time, in the sixteenth layer of the spiral corridor, the voice of the main brain in Wu Pifu's ear suddenly became clear and coherent.

"Judging in progress...judging complete."

"Should we return to Gaia?"

Wu Pifu sighed and muttered, "Your old cassette player really needs an upgrade. I sincerely suggest it, otherwise, if it gets stuck like this at a crucial moment, it'll be really..."

The next instant, without even giving Wu Pifu a chance to confirm, he was pulled into a spiral tunnel and then yanked out in a manner similar to the rotation inside a washing machine.

"Ah ah ah ah ah……"

Wu Pifu shouted loudly, then rolled on the ground. Before he could even see his surroundings clearly, he started vomiting.

Then, he touched the ground, and barely managed to lift his head before he felt relieved.

Gaia spaceship...

He is back!

(End of this chapter)