Eternal Night

Chapter 966 Killing
Wu Pifu didn't even have the strength to curse anymore.

He swore that the mainframe must have pulled him out like a flushing toilet, without considering whether he could handle it. He even suspected that anyone else would not have been torn to pieces, but would have simply vanished into particles.

Holy crap!
Wu Pifu instinctively reached for his knife, but before he could act, something soft, small, and fragrant bumped into him. He then saw Hao Cheng's face and instinctively flung him a hundred meters away. Only then did Wu Pifu see the surrounding crowd. Most of his acquaintances were there, which relieved him. When he saw Gao Changgong, his heart skipped a beat, but he didn't see any knife marks on him, which made him both worried and relieved.

"Everyone, I'm back."

Wu Pifu got up and solemnly clasped his hands in greeting to everyone.

Everyone was smiling; some saluted, some bowed, and some just smiled. However, there was a woman whose features were familiar to Wu Pifu, and she actually clasped her hands in greeting.

"Brother Ant, it's been a long time," said the goddess Daiyu with a charming smile.

Wu Pifu suddenly felt a toothache, not only from the words "Brother Pifu," but also from the beautiful woman in front of him... In terms of appearance, Daiyu and Huang Rong were equally matched, and she even had a charming and pitiful quality. However, Wu Pifu was really having a bit of a headache.

Unexpectedly, one link in the time-space closed loop mission has now actually caused Lin Daiyu to jump out, and even become an existence of the extreme realm, and even come to him... This only made the word "ill-fated relationship" come to mind in Wu Pifu's mind.

However, compared to the last time, this time when I saw Daiyu, I didn't have that strange feeling, nor did I feel that she had ulterior motives. Sure enough, there was something wrong with Daiyu's message last time.

Daiyu, being a supreme being with extremely keen senses, immediately said, "Yes, my last conversation with my brother was sabotaged by that Qingdi bastard, or rather... during the final battle of the True Martial Civilization, I was corrupted by him, but I was unaware of it. Moreover, I believed that as a supreme being, I had reached the pinnacle of skill and could not be corrupted, so I unknowingly became his puppet. There was something wrong with our conversation back then."

This guess was confirmed, and Wu Pifu felt even heavier.

green……

So it really isn't green anymore?

Wu Pifu composed himself and immediately asked, "What's the situation now? Has the Heavenly Court already attacked?"

The smiles on everyone's faces vanished instantly, replaced by expressions of solemnity and anxiety. Chu Yuyan immediately shouted, "Master computer, display the current battlefield situation."

Immediately, a three-dimensional image of alternating white and black appeared before everyone.

Chu Yuyan immediately said to Wu Pifu, "We arrived at the Kepler-186 system a month ago and finally confirmed that Kepler-186f has an atmosphere and liquid water, but due to radiation, it is actually in a state of high biodiversity extinction, so..."

"No, radiation?" Wu Pifu thought and pondered, roughly understanding that during the time he disappeared, humans had used faster-than-light methods, but what the hell was radiation?

Gao Changgong said from the side, "Before we arrived, there was an alien civilization on Kepler-186f. The exact time is unknown, but it is estimated to be about 10,000 years ago. However, when this civilization developed nuclear energy, a nuclear war broke out, and it destroyed itself because of this global nuclear war. Kepler-186f is in a post-nuclear apocalyptic state. Although 10,000 years have passed, the radiation level on it is still above the standard."

Ten thousand years have passed, and the aftereffects of nuclear war have not yet been completely cleared up?

Wu Pifu clicked his tongue in amazement, wondering just how big a fuss the civilization on this planet had made back then.

Wang Yihui chimed in, "This actually has a bit of an early science fiction feel to it. The main race of this civilization has been wiped out, but the artificial intelligence and automated mechanical engineering are still running. Meanwhile, the two opposing camps are still manufacturing nuclear weapons and various war vehicles, and are still bombing each other. According to the information restored by the main brain, this alien civilization continued to wage a war for hundreds, even thousands of years after the extinction of its main race, until all the automated mechanical engineering was almost completely destroyed and aged, and the hardware that carried the artificial intelligence also aged. Only then did this massive nuclear war come to an end."

Chu Yuyan continued, "But regardless, if it's just nuclear radiation, the problem isn't actually that big. We've probed this planet; although its resources are depleted, the Kepler-186 star system has plenty of resources. Also, there's a small amount of life remaining in the ocean depths of Kepler-186f, and the planet's self-purification is showing signs. Given time, we estimate we can completely purify it within ten years and revive the entire planet. However…"

"The Heavenly Court has arrived?" Wu Pifu asked gravely.

Everyone nodded.

Chu Yu said, "After we arrived at the Kepler 186 star system, while we were still probing 186f, a visible region of spatial distortion appeared about five million kilometers away from 186f. After the mainframe determined that it was a projection of the Heavenly Court's Thirty-Three Heavens entering the Absolute Reality Layer, we knew from then on that this war was unavoidable..."

Wu Pifu thought for a moment and asked, "Why not run? I mean, why not pilot Gaia away from Kepler 186? I've wanted to ask this question before. We used faster-than-light means to get here. Even though the environment here is very good, as soon as we discover the arrival of the Heavenly Court, we run away immediately. The Heavenly Court's Thirty-Three Heavens can't possibly penetrate the Absolute Reality Layer indefinitely, right? Each penetration requires a large amount of reality. So let's take them for a spin. Faster-than-light means aren't the only ones. The Dream World is so big, we can always find other faster-than-light means."

Everyone immediately gave a wry smile. Chu Yuyan also smiled wryly and said, "We did discuss this idea, but... the mainframe shows Gaia's current situation."

Suddenly, a three-dimensional cross-sectional image appeared before everyone.

Wu Pifu saw Gaia embedded in a piece of land... It wasn't an impact, because if it were an impact, Gaia would be gone. A huge explosion would be enough to destroy the Gaia spaceship, but this embedding... it was as if Gaia had appeared directly on the continental shelf.

“…That’s right.” Chu Yuyan seemed to know what Wu Pifu wanted to ask, and he spoke first: “After we used this faster-than-light method, Gaia did indeed appear directly between these continental shelves and embed itself there, with only a part of it protruding from the land. We are essentially trapped here, and this faster-than-light method…”

"There's a problem," Wu Pifu realized.

It's probably the Azure Emperor's doing. He foresaw all of this back then, no, even earlier, which is why he gave Wu Pifu the ability to travel faster than light, so that the Gaia humans couldn't escape.

Wu Pifu looked at the battlefield formed by the white light and asked, "What's going on with this battlefield?"

Chu Yuyan immediately explained, "The Heavenly Court's attack wasn't a genuine entry from the Thirty-Three Heavens into the Absolute Reality Layer, but rather an incorporation of spatial projection, similar to a projection of four-dimensional space into three-dimensional space, so..."

“Speak like a human,” Wu Pifu said bluntly.

Wang Yihui immediately chimed in, "To put it simply, the Heavenly Court is made up of insectoids, and they need to lay down a fungal carpet before they can place buildings."

"Oh, I got it."

Wu Pifu understood: "So this white light is the area without fungal carpet, and the Heavenly Court wants to cover it with fungal carpet, right?"

The crowd either smiled wryly or looked surprised, but they all nodded.

At this moment, the goddess Daiyu said from the side: "In the past, when the Heavenly Court went to war, it didn't have to go through so much trouble. As long as the army gathered, that would be enough. But this is the Absolute Reality Layer, which is one reason. Another reason is that we obtained a high-dimensional decomposition map sent by the containing civilization. We sent Gaia and the sublimation points of the two superbrains into the core area of ​​this array. The Heavenly Court cannot directly cross over. We must conquer each node one by one, and then use the Heavenly Court's transcendence to corrupt it. Only then can higher-level beings enter the vicinity of Gaia. And this is the battlefield."

Wu Pifu looked at the snow-white projection, the outermost edge of which had been stained black, and some black threads were seeping inward like silk threads.

Gao Changgong immediately said, "There are three layers in total. The outermost layer is where the Night Watchmen and the technological combat forces are defending against the Heavenly Court's delivery forces. The middle layer is the Gaia spaceship itself, which has a metal shell, various spaceship defensive vehicles, weapons, and so on. The third layer is the interior where we are. Once the first two layers are breached, we will have lost."

Daiyu Goddess immediately said, "No, if the first layer is breached, we've already lost. Because once the first layer is breached, its level of corruption will be enough for even Emperor-level beings to enter the battlefield. At that point, besides me, I estimate only Brother Ant will be able to fight. And if it continues to be eroded, the Azure Emperor can personally intervene, then we..."

Wu Pifu remained silent for a while before asking again, "What about Chu Minghao and Liang Min? Are they undergoing their sublimation? How much longer will it take for them to complete their sublimation?"

This time, no one answered; instead, the mainframe spoke: "Judging in progress...judging complete."

"According to preliminary estimates, Chu Minghao will need between 36 and 720 hours to complete his sublimation, while Liang Min will need between one minute and one year, ten years, one hundred years... to complete her sublimation."

Wu Pifu almost cursed again, but he managed to hold back and didn't utter a sound.

He sighed and continued, "Alright, the most important task now is to defend against and clean up the contaminated areas..."

"The mastermind will make a judgment and mark the areas with the most severe pollution, the areas with the highest risk, and the areas most likely to be breached."

Then Wu Pifu took out the extraordinary crystal and squeezed it. Instantly, several small animals, Amadei, Xu Shilan, and three bewildered sublimated beings appeared on the scene.

Wu Pifu said directly, "Daiyu, take these three sublimated beings with you. They can be used as firefighters. Everyone, let's get moving and not waste any more time here."

"Follow me, let's fight our way out!!"

(End of this chapter)