Chapter 259: Detailed Discussion and Departure

"There might not be three days."

The Chairman sat at one table, Wu Pifu and Qiuqiu sat at another, Yaomeng and several team members sat at a third, while Ren Ping sat awkwardly with a few Untouchables at the last.

This was the dining hall inside the palace.

Since they had already come, they certainly had to have a meal.

Most importantly, since he had already decided to let these company personnel go in this Dream World, Wu Pifu didn't mind obtaining more intelligence from them. After all, his main brain mission was to obtain intelligence on the First Company Chairman and these cadres; 100,000 points—this was a huge harvest.

The Chairman looked at the sky with deep concern for a long time before saying, "Because the distance is too great, I cannot guess the specific location, only make a rough estimate. So, you had better be prepared: two to three days. Forty-eight hours is the safe time, while seventy-two hours is the limit."

Before Wu Pifu could speak, Yaomeng said first, "Why are you being so kind to tell us this? I don't think you company people are good people!"

The Chairman chuckled. He glanced at Wu Pifu, confirmed a few things, and then said to Yaomeng, "That depends on how you define good and bad."

A team member beside Yaomeng immediately said angrily, "Your company people are even worthy of talking about good and bad!?"

The Chairman laughed happily, "Why not? When our thirteen Singularity Companies held the power of humanity, it was also the time when human technology progressed the fastest. Come to think of it, whether it is the human miracle Main Brain or the current Gaia, if it weren't for our thirteen Singularity Companies, I'm afraid humanity wouldn't have been able to leave the terrifying Solar System at all, right?"

This team member was speechless. Yaomeng sneered, "If not for your thirteen Singularity Companies, there wouldn't have been the Fourth War, and even less would there have been our escape from the Solar System!"

The Chairman was still smiling. He shook his head slightly and said, "Look at what you're saying. Don't you know about Blue? If not for our thirteen Singularity Companies, the Final Producer of Blue would have been born long ago. That would have been ten thousand times more terrifying than the power-sharing of the thirteen company groups, right? At least we, even if we engage in human oaths, secretly manipulate public opinion, or play with political power, still want some face and don't dare to do it openly. You are also an old employee of the Human Unified Government; don't tell me you don't know about the Final Producer almost appearing at the end of Blue."

Yaomeng was suddenly speechless.

Because this was an iron-clad fact.

Blue rose from the Third War, led humanity to win the biochemical beast frenzy in the mid-to-late Third War, led human civilization to recover, and reshaped the entire Earth's natural environment which was on the verge of destruction, making the Earth's natural environment recover. It could be said that its merit was that of a savior.

However, as the older generation of Blue personnel died of old age, in just about two hundred years, Blue had become extremely degenerate and corrupt. The real reason that led to Blue being overthrown by the resistance of all the people lay in the fact that Blue was secretly plotting the appearance of the Final Producer at that time.

The so-called Final Producer refers to someone who, with the power of one person, overrides all of humanity, turning the entire human civilization, the Earth, and the Solar System into this one person's private property. This was no longer an Emperor, but a God among humans!

Therefore, at that time, except for the Final Producer himself, almost all forces rebelled. Among them, the thirteen Singularity Companies made great contributions. If not for the thirteen Singularity Companies, it would have been impossible to defeat the Blue government at that time. So after this war, the thirteen Singularity Companies were able to slowly seize human political power in the years that followed.

In this debate, the Chairman actually won completely. And he was not satisfied, continuing, "That's why I said how to judge good and bad. Is Blue good or bad? Are the thirteen Singularity Companies good or bad? Even... are those twisted horrors in the lower-layer Dream Worlds good or bad?"

Wu Pifu narrowed his eyes and said, "I can't speak on other things you say, but I have something to say about this. Human affairs can still be discussed; even if they are extremely vicious, I will at most kill them and be done with it. But if someone is unwilling to be human, or is something that is not human to begin with, then it's a matter of life and death. Don't tell me you want to tell me that those lumps of meat and monsters can feel pain?"

The Chairman clearly wanted to say something, but after being countered by Wu Pifu's words, he was suddenly choked and couldn't say anything. He paused for several seconds before sighing, "No way, now is indeed not the time to discuss these things, because just talking about it might bring pollution. Not only will you be polluted, but I will also be polluted... but the truth is actually much more cruel than you imagine, and perhaps we are not your enemies, who knows... So, do you have anything else you want to ask?"

Wu Pifu asked straightforwardly, "What are you doing coming to this Dream World? What do you plan to do afterwards?"

The Chairman was silent for a moment, and the four cadres behind him had expressions of anxiety. The Chairman exhaled at this time and still opened his mouth, "My life is in your hands. Although you have made a promise, I have to be afraid, so I will answer honestly. After all, you are a person with the potential of a Super Brain; it's impossible to lie in front of you, right?"

The cadres behind the Chairman all revealed expressions of astonishment and blankness, yet the Chairman, without needing to look back, seemed to know their reaction and directly scolded: "Fools, Yao Meng is a pursuer, she is merely an enhanced human. Who was it that used a super-brain to know and lock onto us before? Furthermore, Mr. Wu was nominated as a presidential candidate by Chu Minghao. Just thinking about it, as a maintenance staff member being nominated as a presidential candidate, on what grounds?"

After saying this, the Chairman said to Wu Pifu: "Our purpose in coming here is to catch our breath. In the battle to ambush Chu Minghao, we suffered too heavy a blow, and our accumulated strength was almost completely wiped out. It could almost be said that we were at the end of our rope with no way out. Besides, you surely don't think that we, the various forces that cooperated to ambush Chu Minghao, are living in peace, do you? No, we would rather kill each other off completely. So, our purpose in coming here is merely to catch our breath."

"As for what we plan to do afterward... we are likely trying to find a way to climb upward in the Dream World and return to the satellites."

"Satellites?" Wu Pifu asked, confused. Yao Meng, who was right beside him, explained: "The thirteen Singularity Companies each secretly manufactured one or two attached-type spaceships, using Gaia's gravitational flow to attach themselves and shuttle through the universe. On average, one spaceship is about the size of five small Gaia sectors. They have life-sustaining environments on board, and also possess sub-brains belonging to the thirteen Singularity Companies. They are the ones who entered the Dream World relying on these sub-brains. This time, by besieging Mr. Chu Minghao, they exposed their tracks. The Human Unified Government has already submitted an application to the Main Brain for an attack using Gaia ship-borne weapons, but for unknown reasons, the Main Brain rejected our application, so these ships have come to be called satellites."

The Chairman chuckled and said: "That is not some unknown reason... I said it before, we are not necessarily humanity's enemies."

Yao Meng said furiously: "Stop with the flowery words! If you are not humanity's enemies, then why did you besiege Mr. Chu Minghao!? Do you not know how many gazes from Source-level existences are being blocked by Mr. Chu Minghao!?"

The Chairman smiled and shook his head, but did not explain.

Wu Pifu listened in silence, also sensing all of this. Only after confirming the authenticity did he ask curiously: "You have a connection with Source-level pollution horrors; why is it upward back to the real world, rather than downward back to your source?"

Upon being asked this, Yao Meng and her teammates also pricked up their ears, because this was indeed intelligence that the Human Unified Government did not know.

The Chairman actually smiled bitterly without the slightest hesitation and said: "Could it be that Mr. Wu thinks 0.3 and lower Dream Worlds are some kind of paradise? No, paradise is also below... Although I cannot answer you due to the pollution issue, let's put it this way: They, all of them... those omnipotent existences in myths and legends, the ancestors, Gods, Venerables in every religious myth, or any other Creator God of everything, with boundless and limitless power, claiming to be the First, the Self-Existent, the Eternal—they all crave to climb up. And this is but one-billionth of a billionth of the insignificant 0.3 to 0.1. There are more, endless, deeper-level residues that have long since been annihilated to the point where not even a trace of information remains; they don't even have the thought of climbing up anymore..."

"If we can go up, we will absolutely never go back, never, ever. Even if we die, even if we are destroyed... it must be in this reality to be considered real..."

Yao Meng could not help but say: "Then why do you link up with those horrors? Why provide convenience for them? And why even betray humanity!?"

A very strange expression suddenly appeared on the Chairman's face—not crying, not laughing, not angry—making it impossible for people to understand.

!

After a long while, he suddenly said with a smile: "Because even if we are monsters... we still have our own feelings and bonds."

This answer truly exceeded the expectations of Wu Pifu, Yao Meng, and the others, and after saying these words, the Chairman did not speak again.

Wu Pifu suddenly thought of the brand he had obtained, named the coordinate of the Sixth Layer of the Primal Demon Prison, which was the 0.3 Dream World, and this brand was named the Lost Brand... Could it be what the Chairman called the residue?

Both sides were silent for a moment. Wu Pifu then asked again: "Next, we are going to head outside the continent to explore the truth of this world, especially the truth about those humans who are like cyborgs or robots. What are your plans?"

The Chairman said without thinking: "Hunting down the monks of the Wusheng Laomu faction; they are excellent material, far superior to these Sinners and Purified Ones. Absorbing them can allow us to quickly restore our gene-sublimated bodies. This is the most important part of our accumulation of strength. Then we will hide, and while you are fighting the incoming Jin Shenluohan, we will find a way to break away from this world and then fly far away."

Wu Pifu looked at the dense crowd of Sinners and Purified Ones in the distance. One city had at least a million people, and eight cities combined had over eight million, a number approaching ten million...

The Chairman immediately said sensibly: "Rest assured, I will not seek death. This is your taboo, so I will be very careful to avoid harming them, and I will also avoid directly using them as material. Moreover, you can be completely assured of their safety. They are incredibly precious resources to the Wusheng Laomu lineage. In fact, if it weren't for them, Wusheng Laomu would not have dispatched Jin Shenluohan-level combat power even while suffering from vast negative mental pollution. Believe me, very soon, the Luo Han Temple located in the center of the continent will dispatch personnel to begin gathering them, protecting them, and even taking them to the Luo Han Temple."

Wu Pifu did not fully believe him, nor did he fully deny it. He just silently looked at the sky, then stood up and said to Yao Meng and Ren Ping: "Then there is no need to wait any longer. Time is urgent; we will set off now. Take all the Tang Ka we have searched for, and we will go outside the continent now!"

After saying this, Wu Pifu led the way out of the palace, and Ren Ping and the others immediately followed. Only Yao Meng remained standing in place, staring fixedly at the Chairman, saying: "This doesn't look like your style, nor does it look like your style. What kind of ghost idea are you playing at? Why would you say so much information? And even give us advice?"

The Chairman laughed happily. He looked at Wu Pifu's back and said: "I still say the same thing: we are not necessarily enemies in the future. Although it is true that we ambushed and besieged Chu Minghao, that was because he was too strong. However, we also do not wish for humanity to become too weak. A potential super-brain user, neither Liang Min nor Chu Minghao—an ordinary super-brain user is just right..."

Yao Meng stared fixedly at the Chairman for a long time before turning to chase after Wu Pifu.

And until Wu Pifu and the others had been gone for over an hour, the Chairman and the others remained seated in place, motionless.

After a long while, the Chairman said happily: "... a reckless fellow."

"A potential super-brain user is a reckless fellow; that is truly great."

(End of chapter)