Eternal Night.

Chapter 928 The Night Watchman?
"In other words... we have to participate in this plan?"

His face was ashen, which truly matched his name.

Mazda stood in front of a group of people, hands on his hips, and said to Qing, "That's right, I said it before, when you know these things, you can't stay out of it. This is an emergency, it doesn't apply to civil law, it applies to military law, so you have no choice... and we have no choice either."

The Extraordinary Rebirth Plan is a joint decision made by the current high-level officials of the Multidimensional Integrated Government, that is, almost all the fifth generation.

Wu Pifu and Qing also need to participate in this plan.

"But your plan to recreate the extraordinary is to throw people out of Area Thirteen!" Qing shouted.

An elderly man dressed in a white research institute uniform stepped out from beside Mazda. He held a light panel in his hand and said while pressing the panel, "Because it is impossible to achieve extraordinary status in the thirteen regions. Due to the judgment of the thirteen main control systems and the continuous consumption of spiritual particles, the thirteen regions are completely magic-free and stable real worlds. You can also consider them as the absolute real world. It is impossible to achieve extraordinary status here, even if there is a truly powerful path to extraordinary status. After all, we inherited from the multidimensional universe. We have compiled more than 80 million paths to extraordinary status, but none of them can be achieved in these thirteen regions."

In the two days since Qing arrived at this Department of Extraordinary Reproduction, he had also crammed some secret information about the Multidimensional Cosmic Unified Government. He understood what the research team leader meant and immediately exclaimed, "If that's the case, why not select the safest ones and have the main control system create suitable environments for these extraordinary beings?"

The old man shook his head slightly and said, "All the more than 80 million extraordinary paths we've compiled actually involve only three areas: the physical body, the mind and consciousness, and spiritual particles. These also represent the three essences of life. To achieve transcendence, one must obtain controllable basic particles in these three areas. These controllable basic particles can be variations of existing low-level particles or newly created particles. However, all these controllable basic particles have one characteristic: they are idealistic. Even the most 'scientific' extraordinary path in the physical body realm is no exception, because without this, one cannot be considered extraordinary. You should have read the information about this, right?"

Qing had naturally read the relevant information.

The biggest difference between the extraordinary and science is not in their specific expressive power, nor in the strength of individual individuals. When technology develops to a high level, individual combat power can still be explosive. If we only talk about expressive power, then technology and the extraordinary are actually the same, even at the level of evolution. The self-evolution that the extraordinary can bring can also be brought by technology when it reaches a high level.

The real difference lies in idealism.

Every extraordinary path has its own individual idealism, and as the old researcher said, this idealism is the biggest difference between extraordinary paths and scientific paths.

Seeing Qing remain silent, the old man continued, "This is the biggest difference between technology and the extraordinary. Technology is based on the underlying structure of the environment, measuring, testing, integrating, and calculating to finally arrive at standards. It is a technological means developed according to the underlying structure of the world. When you reach a high level of technology, you can naturally change the underlying structure or even create a new one. However, the core of technology is materialism, an extension of verifiable mathematics."

"But the extraordinary is different. Any extraordinary being, even the most materialistic one, must have a core of idealism, because that is the core rule of the extraordinary: replacing the world with one's own body and mind. The current thirteen regions, controlled by thirteen main control systems, are based on the prohibition of all idealistic effects. Otherwise, the distorted nightmares outside the thirteen regions would pollute and distort everything. For example, in the thirteenth region, you have seen the catastrophic consequences caused by the partial collapse of the main control system Taiyi. And that is only part of the idealism. Those nightmares have already turned the thirteenth region into hell."

Qing fell silent again.

Although he and Wu Pifu escaped from District 13, information from District 13 was still transmitted to the other twelve districts, and he also saw information about the situation in District 13 in the past two days.

The main control system of District Thirteen has partially collapsed, causing a vulnerability in its judgment. Currently, District Thirteen is in a state of chaos, with various smaller areas transformed into bizarre, terrifying, and polluted scenes. Some areas are completely fleshed out, with the remaining humans twisted into deformed chunks of flesh, and even metal is beginning to turn to blood and flesh. Other areas have become fog-shrouded streets, devoid of human figures, with something grotesque appearing and disappearing within the fog. Moreover, these streets are much larger than their original structural size. In other areas, time has accelerated by hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times, and the humans within have either evolved into various subhuman forms, their civilization has degenerated into a primitive society, or they are the apocalyptic biker gang that previously pursued Qing and Wu Pifu...

In short, with the partial invalidation of the judgment in District 13, District 13 has now completely changed.

Mazda then chimed in, "Here, we must acknowledge one thing: we bear some responsibility for the disaster in District Thirteen..."

Qing immediately looked up at Mazda, and exclaimed in shock, "You're the ones who shut down Taiyi!?"

"of course not."

Mazda calmly said, "If Taiyi were truly shut down, what you would see wouldn't be these contaminations and distortions, but an absolute nightmare that you can't comprehend at all. Have you ever had a nightmare? In those dreams, everything is incomprehensible, inexplicable by logic, utter chaos, confusion, and inexplicable terror. At least in the Thirteenth District, you can still understand and see things. Currently, Taiyi is only partially malfunctioning. Our responsibility lies with... The main experimental field for the Extraordinary Reproduction Experiment is located in the Thirteenth District. In order to conduct the experiment, we partially shut down the judgment effect of the experimental field, and we suspect that this partial shutdown caused the dramatic change in the Thirteenth District, spreading from a single point to the entire area, causing the overall collapse."

Qing stared in disbelief, then his expression grew increasingly grim, and he lowered his head as if enduring something. Mazda said, "No need to hold back, just say it if you want to."

Qing immediately roared, his eyes bloodshot, "Do you know how many people live in District Thirteen? You're massacring them! You've killed them all!!"

But neither Mazda nor the others behind him showed any change in expression. Mazda even said directly, "Of course we know. I can even tell you the total population of District 13, down to the single digit. But we also know that District 13 currently has the smallest population, the smallest area, and is the outermost district... Otherwise, what? Do you want us to set up the experimental field in District 1? At the same time, I can tell you definitively that the thirteen main control systems have calculated the total time we can sustain this..."

Qing asked in shock, "Wait a minute, what do you mean by 'maintain'?!"

"literal meaning!"

Mazda waved his hand and said, "Do you think the current magic-free, absolutely realistic environment can be maintained forever? No! You haven't seen what lies beyond the thirteen districts, and you don't know what we're facing right now. The thirteen main control systems have jointly confirmed that we can only maintain the current state for a maximum of less than ten years! Ten years!! Do you understand what this means? If we do nothing, in ten years, all thirteen districts will become like the current scene of the thirteenth district, or even more terrifying. We will fall directly into a true nightmare. At that time, you won't even be able to die, an endless nightmare!!"

Qing's face turned deathly pale; he couldn't believe it.

Mazda then continued, "Therefore, the Extraordinary Reproduction Project must be carried out. There is no room for discussion. We are not discussing this with you. This is a decision, a government decision, a decision made by everyone. We must reproduce the extraordinary beings belonging to our multidimensional universe, and we must do so as soon as possible. You and Wu Pifu will be part of the Extraordinary Reproduction Project. Together with the other selected personnel, you will leave the Thirteenth District under the protection of the main control system and enter the Nightmare to study the idealistic changes in the Nightmare environment, preparing data for the birth of true extraordinary beings."

Qing nodded silently.

As Mazda said, he had no choice, because this was not a matter for discussion, it was an order.

Or to put it more bluntly, it's either die or complete the plan.

Mazda then relaxed and said, "Of course, the real main force of your team is your partner Wu Pifu, not you. Your task is to lead Wu Pifu into the nightmare and control him. We've tried, but the main control system can't fix his dementia; his essence is flawed. But perhaps the nightmare can complete his essence? And currently, only you can pull him and lead him, so you are essential..."

"Wait a moment."

Qing suddenly asked curiously, "This extraordinary reappearance... isn't it about me and my buddy becoming extraordinary beings?"

"How can it be."

Mazda chuckled and shook his head, saying, "Being extraordinary also requires accumulation, okay? It's not like writing a novel. No, even if you were writing a novel, you would need some kind of opportunity or cheat code to become stronger. Even if you and Wu Pifu become extraordinary, at most you can only protect yourselves with this idealism. How could you possibly protect District Thirteen after becoming idealistic? Your mission is to obtain basic data and understand the changes in the extraordinary path in the nightmare. The real extraordinary beings are not you."

Qing asked again, "If it wasn't us, then could it be you?"

"Correct."

Mazda actually admitted it, saying, "It's not just me, but all the members of the fifth generation. Our accumulated power is far beyond what you new generation can imagine. Once we transcend, our idealistic range will be enough to cover the Thirteenth District, or even a larger area, stabilizing this completely chaotic, idealistic, and nightmarish region. This is the only way for our multidimensional civilization to survive!"

"Tomorrow, you, Wu Pifu, and your logistics team will leave the detection zone and enter the Nightmare to record the first data. After that, you'll be tested every week. Don't worry, it's not just your team; the government has set up tens of thousands of similar teams. Your team is just special because of Wu Pifu's presence, and your codename is..."

"Night Watch!"

(End of this chapter)