Eternal Night.

Chapter 939 Death Will
Wu Pifu had already roughly guessed what Gao Changgong and his group wanted.

If the so-called opening message is indeed the line "The day the broken sword is reforged, the day the common man returns!", then the meaning behind it is far too profound.

The broadsword used to carry him to his death has almost become his trademark.

To be honest, this greatsword wasn't originally a powerful weapon, a divine artifact, or a magical treasure. It was just the tusk of a wild boar demon that was only a few hundred years old. While it was a good weapon for him when he was still weak, as his strength increased, the greatsword couldn't keep up with the pace of his growth and even broke and shattered along the way.

Fortunately, he had enough experience to trigger the refinement of the Death-Seeking Blade... By the way, it wasn't called "Death-Seeking" back then. It started as the Wild Boar Tusk Blade, then became the Broken Tusk Blade, but it triggered the first refinement. That was in the Buddha's Dream World, which was also Wu Pifu's saddest and happiest dream world.

For the sake of final victory, all of humanity in the dream world was willing to endure the terrifying torment comparable to the eighteen levels of hell. In the end, they turned the tide by having countless heroic spirits fight back. That was the first refinement of this great sword of death, and it was an extremely rare refinement by heroic spirits.

Afterwards, Wu Pifu had many experiences until the crucial battle against the four Roots. At that time, the Greatsword of Suicide was finally named "Suicide" and became the weapon most suited to him. From then on, this weapon was almost his symbol. Most of the Gaia humans knew about it, and its name even began to circulate in the dream world.

In particular, after Wu Pifu transformed his Zanpakuto, the Greatsword of Death became his exclusive weapon, an external manifestation connected to his essence, which no one could take away.

Whatever happens to him in the future, it could be that he died in this battle against the Heavenly Court, was lost, or was isolated, or something else happened that caused his death sword to shatter and him to disappear.

But the future humans of Gaia still need him and want to bring him back, and the clue lies in the broken sword...

This is understandable and explainable, because the death-defying sword is connected to him by cause and effect, and even by his very essence. It can indeed be contacted, or even traced back to, him through certain rituals or mysterious means involving cause and effect and destiny.

but……

Wu Pifu held the broadsword, facing certain death, and remained silent for a long time before asking those around him, "If you escape from this polluted environment, do you have a way to take the things from here back with you?"

The people around were stunned for a moment, and then most of them shook their heads.

The old calculus expert said directly, "Impossible. Everything we have here, including our physical bodies, is a re-manifestation of pollution. Let alone taking anything back, we can't even take our physical bodies back. The only thing that can probably return is our essence."

Indeed, Wu Pifu knew this, but he still held onto a glimmer of hope.

Only after confirming it completely did he lower his head and remain silent for a long time.

Gao Changgong and the other three became extremely anxious and tried to speak several times, but Wu Pifu pointed repeatedly, directly cutting off their possibility of speaking.

After doing all this, he shook his head and said, "I know, I already know..."

“You are those who are going to their deaths. You have already disregarded life and death. I will not act like that woman, ruining this important matter with a small act of impatience. I will not insult the consciousness of those who sacrificed themselves. Whether it is the four of you, or those who died to tell me the information, or even the many more sacrifices in your timeline, I understand.”

Wu Pifu looked up at the sky, his expression melancholy. After a moment, he took a step and walked towards the building in front of him. He said, "Friend, please accompany me on this last journey."

Gao Changgong's face immediately lit up with a smile, and the other three were even more excited. They followed closely behind Wu Pifu, followed by the other thousands of superhumans, and even Ultraman transformed into his human form to follow along.

Wu Pifu remained silent until they reached the massive gate of the building, at which point he addressed Gao Changgong and the other three: “Gao Changgong, ever since I met you, I’ve known you’re a reliable person, much more reliable than me. You may see me as one of the three pillars of humanity, but I know I’m not cut out for it. It was just a matter of chance and good fortune. I can only do what I can. I’m not as good as someone like you, who knows it’s difficult but still insists on doing it… I truly admire you and people like you.”

"And you three, I am truly ashamed. I still do not know, and cannot know, your names. This is the greatest tragedy. I do not even know your past, your names, who you are, or what you did all this for. I only know that there are some nameless people who went to their deaths, who were willing to die for the wishes in their hearts and carried out this act of sacrifice."

Wu Pifu turned around, stood still, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and looked extremely solemn.

"Wu Pifu greets the four of you here!"

Gao Changgong laughed heartily, while the other three were flattered and waved their hands repeatedly.

Wu Pifu remained silent, not lowering his fist, but turned to Ultraman and the others, saying, "It is fate that brings us together. Today we are about to perform this great feat. I do not know if we will succeed, but a true man has things he will do and things he will not do. If I do not eliminate this polluted scene today, I will be unhappy. If my actions can give your civilization a glimmer of hope, I will be gratified. My civilization is the Gaia Human Civilization. If your civilization can meet my civilization in the future, perhaps we can continue this friendship that began with a nod and a meeting."

"Wu Pifu greets you all here!"

The numerous extraordinary beings responded with their civilized manners. Wu Pifu smiled freely, turned to face the building's entrance, but did not enter. Instead, he stretched out his hand, his mental energy coalescing, his entire being—spirit, energy, and even his very essence—merging into one. "I am but a commoner!"

The next instant, Wu Pifu appeared in my space. Directly in front of him, a dark, amorphous mist was wandering aimlessly, sometimes screaming, sometimes ferocious, and sometimes crashing into the edge of my space.

On the surface of this space, there is an image of an ancient evil creature. In addition to this, there seem to be other hazy images, but none of them are as clear as the ancient evil creature.

"I've been thinking about it."

Wu Pifu carried the Death-Seeking Blade and walked forward. As he walked, the Death-Seeking Blade actually changed within this space of "I am a commoner," transforming into the initial form of the Zanpakuto.

"If there were no pollution, how wonderful this world would be..."

"So many joys and sorrows, so many life-and-death partings, so many helpless choices, so many sacrifices, so many tragic songs of heroes, all because of you, the source of pollution..."

"You shouldn't exist!"

Wu Pifu stepped forward, his newly shattered suicidal broadsword slashing wildly at the dark mist...

Time within my own space seems to be unequal to time outside my own space. To outsiders, Wu Pifu simply reached out and clenched his fist, and in the next instant, the entire building began to crumble and weather away inch by inch. It didn't turn into specks of light, but directly into ashes, completely vanishing into nothingness.

Moreover, it wasn't just the buildings; the surrounding mist, the land itself, and everything in the entire strange arena began to crumble and annihilate.

The extraordinary individuals seemed to have a sudden realization, and each of them revealed wild joy. There seemed to be a light flashing on their bodies, but it was not clear. And in this light, some extraordinary individuals gradually disappeared.

Ultraman was transforming into light. He bowed to Wu Pifu and said, "If there is any hope left for the Kingdom of Light, my people and I will repay you and your civilization."

The old calculus professor also bowed and said, "The same is true of the civilization of advanced mathematics."

The magical girl blew Wu Pifu a kiss and said, "If fate allows, 'sister,' we will meet again."

Wu Pifu ignored him and instead looked at Gao Changgong and the other three, who in turn looked at him in return.

"...Salute to those who went to their deaths!"

With a low shout, Wu Pifu raised his death-defying broadsword and slashed directly at Gao Changgong and the other three. After one strike, each of the four had a deep, bone-revealing gash on their chests. Moreover, this strike was not only a cut to the flesh, but Wu Pifu also used all his abilities to imprint it on their spiritual rituals, and even their true souls...

The slash that penetrated to the core left an indelible mark on the four men's very being—the mark of a suicidal sword, information, a blade scar, and their own personal cause and effect, destiny, and essence!

This is the only thing that can be brought back, and it's also the thing that allows the broken sword to be reforged on the day it's rebuilt!
Gao Changgong smiled and waved, while the other three saluted, bowed, and laughed happily...

Then the four of them disappeared in the light.

Wu Pifu stood still in his sword-wielding stance. A moment later, he, Qing, and the five-person logistics team appeared on a street. The street was empty; apart from them, there were no monsters, no strange creatures, and no outsiders.

Qing cautiously approached Wu Pifu and tentatively said, "Dude, it's over..."

"Well, it's over."

Wu Pifu smiled at Qing, then looked at the five logistics personnel and said, "Let's go back to base. As for me..."

"I can't wait to end all of this."

(End of this chapter)