Eternal Night.

Chapter 942 First Area Collapse
Wu Pifu sensed the change in the attitude of those around him, and from his emotional perception, the fifth generation, including Mazda, had very complex feelings towards him: longing, anticipation, fear, and a little bit of helplessness.

This emotion was so complex that Wu Pifu almost thought he was their father.
“…Um.” Wu Pifu pondered for a long time. As the five-person logistics team waited respectfully for him to board the vehicle, and as hundreds of fifth-generation warriors stood respectfully around him, he couldn’t help but ask, “Let me ask you this: were you… also decorations with your heads in vases before?”

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Hundreds of fifth-generation officers, their faces filled with anticipation, and many more officers and high-ranking officials who vaguely knew something but were unsure, stared blankly, completely unaware of what Wu Pifu was talking about.

Some kind of riddle?

Or is it some kind of conjunction?
Or perhaps it's some past event that happened to this venerable Primordial Being in the multidimensional universe?
“You…” Mazda forced himself to speak.

"Never mind." Wu Pifu sensed everything from his emotions, and rubbed his head in exasperation, saying, "Pretend I didn't say anything, otherwise my image in your minds would definitely become something inhuman..."

The complex emotions of this group even gave Wu Pifu a headache, forcing him to shut down his emotional perception.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they all knew that when the multidimensional universe created the Ark, it had first engaged in several earth-shattering battles, almost eliminating all disharmonious factors within the multidimensional universe. This elimination was not about making peace, coexistence, or similar actions, but a true and thorough elimination from the essence, from the source, and from all levels of the physical body, spirit, and spiritual particles. This battle even directly shattered more than ordinary dimensions.

But the circumstances at the time dictated that it had to be this way. The construction of the Ark, and even its voyage, required everyone to unite. If even one powerful individual caused trouble, everything would be in vain, and the Ark might even perish after breaking away.

Therefore, before the Ark was built, almost all disharmonious factors that contradicted the Ark were eliminated. Although it cannot be said that everyone who built the Ark and boarded it was a good person, these people at least knew the definition of unity, cooperation, and sacrifice.

Therefore, they were not worried that Wu Pifu, the original creator, was a so-called demonic or evil person, as these people had already vanished before the Ark was built.

However, even if it's not some kind of evil or demonic path, but just some quirks, like using human heads as vases... they still can't stand it, especially since Wu Pifu, the original creator, is required to become the strongest one to surround and protect them in his plan.

Fortunately, none of this happened; Wu Pifu simply walked toward the vehicle as usual.

At this moment, a serious-looking old man stepped forward, bowed slightly, and said, "Sir, how long will it take for you to fully recover?"

Wu Pifu was puzzled. He looked at the old man and the other fifth generation members. Seeing their expectant faces, he wanted to use his emotional perception, but then he thought of the complex emotions they had just exuded, as if they were looking at their ancestors and fathers, which made him feel disgusted.

After thinking for two seconds, Wu Pifu felt that perhaps it was the main control system's judgment or something else. In any case, they knew that he was a superhuman and that he was very powerful. Although he could not do anything to the source of the pollution, as long as he could recover, he could still suppress the collapse of the mere Thirteenth District, and even completely destroy the pollution there.

He believed in returning kindness for kindness, and that helping others was his nature.

So Wu Pifu thought for a moment and said, "It's still a long way off. At the current pace... I'm afraid there's no hope of a full recovery. But we can recover gradually. And not enough people have died. Never mind, forget I said that. And there's a crucial issue... Never mind, why am I telling you this? Just do what you need to do and don't bother me."

After speaking, Wu Pifu walked onto the vehicle on his own, while Qing followed closely behind him in a panic. The five logistics personnel saluted the numerous fifth-generation vehicles before also boarding the vehicle.

As the vehicle took off and disappeared into the distance, the many fifth-generation vehicles present all wore complex expressions.

Mazda spoke first: "Just as we suspected... not enough people died."

Many fifth-generation leaders nodded with sighs.

The old man sighed and said, "Those of us born in the Ark know that spiritual particles are conserved. Unless new life is born and reproduces, the amount of spiritual particles needed to return to the original state is enormous. If he doesn't intend to directly 'absorb' the spiritual particles of the living, then it can only be the spiritual particles of the dead and the dissipated spiritual particles..."

Another fifth-generation member standing nearby said indignantly, "Everyone knows there's a hidden organization among us, right? Their goal is to sacrifice 80% to 90% of the new generation to resurrect the fragment of the original being they're clutching. What's the subtext? It's to carry out a massacre, a mass sacrifice! So why don't they sacrifice themselves? Aren't they just being generous at the expense of others, shouting about righteousness while making others sacrifice themselves?"

Another fifth-generation member said, "And I think they've gone mad! Many of us have heard of that fragment of the original being's essence, and even the fourth and third generations have mentioned it... But it's not really an essence fragment anymore; it's just a distorted fragment formed from some kind of obsession. The original original beings have mostly died of old age, and the owner of that fragment, the supreme being of the original multidimensional universe's immortal race, has also died of old age. It's just a node that exists after his obsession became distorted. Even if he were to be resurrected, he wouldn't be that supreme being of the immortal race at all. They're just a bunch of insects trying to control his power! They're all fucking parasites!"

Most of the fifth generation members remained expressionless. The old man shook his head and said, "Alright, no need to say more. Their organization is illegal, and we have been cracking down on them. Moreover, they have no chance to revive that fragment of obsession. Now that we have a true Primal Being, they should abandon that delusion. What we need to do now is maintain the situation and hope that this Primal Being can be fully revived before the ten-year time limit."

On the other side, Wu Pifu silently trained his physical body in the vehicle, while watching Qing toss around some pieces of paper that he had cut out.

Seeing Wu Pifu's gaze, Qing smiled and said, "My Great Destiny Technique also needs to be cultivated. Judging from the content of the cultivation method I obtained, participating in cause and effect can improve one's destiny. The greater the cause and effect and destiny, the greater the improvement for me. However, this is too far away from me. Right now, I can basically only participate in 'probability'." He tossed the paper, which was participating in the so-called probability.

Wu Pifu nodded slightly, then ignored the other five logistics personnel who were looking at him expectantly, disregarding their embarrassment, and continued to train his body on his own.

As the vehicle arrived at the thirteenth district, his control over his physical body, or rather, the anchoring of the fish and the butterfly, began to accelerate and improve as soon as he entered the thirteenth district. This made Wu Pifu breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time he also felt sorrow.

This proves that people are still dying in District 13, and in large numbers...

He couldn't save these people.

"Are we going to enter that pollution scenario today?" Wu Pifu asked the five logistics personnel.

A1 immediately stood up respectfully and said, "According to the planned objective, we are to enter this contaminated scenario today..."

Immediately, a 3D image appeared: a misty forest where strange, non-human creatures occasionally appeared.

"The edge of the forest, that's the name we've given this scene. The likely content of this scene is..."

As A1 continued speaking, a strange wave suddenly spread rapidly from afar. A1, A5, and Qing all turned pale instinctively and looked in the direction from which the wave originated. However, there was no sound or anything unusual; they simply felt a sense of terror.

Wu Pifu looked in that direction with surprise, and after a few seconds, he immediately said, "Contact your headquarters, command center, or your superiors to find out what happened to the other twelve main control systems! Quickly!!"

A1 to A5 suddenly realized what was happening and immediately began to anxiously inquire about their superiors.

Meanwhile, in Zone 1, the main control system's judgment, which covered the entire area, began to malfunction and develop vulnerabilities. As a result, various indescribable auras began to emerge. Within seconds, more than 30% of the population disappeared, followed by millions more who were instantly mutated, corrupted, demonized, and cursed...

All of this happened too fast. In less than ten minutes, of the more than 500 million people in the entire First District, only less than 50 million remained alive, mentally intact, conscious, and intellectually aware. At the same time, pollution scenarios similar to those in the Thirteenth District began to appear throughout the entire First District, and more than half of the 50 million survivors were affected by these pollution scenarios, their fate unknown.

Meanwhile, deep within a still-intact region, in a highly secret laboratory, dozens of fifth-generation individuals watched intently as a faint, rhomboid fragment, barely perceptible, gradually glowed and expanded, transforming from a thin sheet into several pieces, which then began to combine into peculiar geometric shapes.

"...Filling!"

"Spiritual Particle Absorption!"

"Growing!"

"Good! As expected, this fragment of the Primal Being's essence is still active. It's not some obsession they were talking about at all. Ha, ha, ha..."

The fifth generation members present were overjoyed, but two of the most knowledgeable among them had frosty expressions.

"...The amount of spiritual particles absorbed is incorrect; it's less than half, no, to be precise, less than a third!"

“But how could that be! In terms of rank, He must be the strongest, unless…”

"That should be correct..."

"That Wu Pifu is actually a Primal Being, and he's even stronger in rank or magnitude than the fragment we have, with a higher degree of restoration!"

A moment later, the data came out, and all the fifth-generation members of this secret organization turned pale, because it meant that Wu Pifu would inevitably recover faster than this original being, unless…

"Tonight, Honkai Impact 2nd Zone!"

(End of this chapter)