Chapter 47

After Chu Minghao finished all this, he acted as if nothing had happened. Without explaining, he remained full of smiles, led the three to a restaurant, and after throwing out two strings of copper coins, they were led to a private room by the waiter.

Xu Shilan observed all this silently. She sat down and said, "Very skilled. What level of shelter have you set up in this Dream World?"

"None."

Chu Minghao smiled and poured tea for the three, while ordering the waiter to serve dishes. Only then did he say, "I came to find you. I arrived only one day before you, just yesterday."

The three were all puzzled. Xu Shilan had an old acquaintance with Chu Minghao, so naturally, she asked, "What do you mean? Long time no see, when did you become such a charlatan?"

"No, no, I just haven't started explaining yet."

Chu Minghao took a mirror from his bosom and said, "I used this to find the three of you. This is a magic mirror, a fantasy object with incredible power. And the power of this magic mirror has three functions: prediction, searching, and positioning."

Wu Pifu's heart stirred, thinking of his magic conch...

People really are meant to be compared, and goods are meant to be thrown away. Look at his brilliant sword light, look at his awesome sunglasses, and then think about his farming skills and that long-winded magic conch...

Chu Minghao placed the magic mirror on the table and said, "Miss Xu, I didn't come specifically for you. I didn't even know you had woken up. I was just looking for all the maintenance staff who are still alive, in every major district and every sub-district."

Xu Shilan immediately said, "Cut it out. You are a Level 7 citizen with authority second only to the presidential level. You even have a share of the main brain. Since you have woken up, you can activate the internal defense system of Gaia at any time, or open any isolation wall. Can't you just find them in reality? Or if you are worried about the grotesqueries outside the isolation walls, posting a communication announcement shouldn't be difficult, right?"

"I can't do it." Chu Minghao smiled bitterly. He deliberated and said, "The main brain rejected my permission application. It's not that it doesn't recognize me as a Level 7 citizen, but... the main brain has a problem."

Wu Pifu, Amada, and Xu Shilan were all confused. They looked at each other, and Xu Shilan asked, "What problem does the main brain have? Don't tell me about intelligent awakening or a machine crisis. You and I both know the situation of the main brain. This kind of thing is impossible! And if it really happened, we would have died long ago. How could the main brain still lead us through the Dream World?"

"It's not that." Chu Minghao seemed very conflicted. He deliberated for a long time and shook his head, "No, I really can't tell you... Let's put it this way: with the upheaval of the dream network caused by the 'Weekend', and the birth of the Dream World, in this situation, knowledge, information, and secrets all possess pollution. Although the information about the main brain's problem is just my speculation, I'm afraid you can't bear it with your strength."

Xu Shilan's expression changed immediately. She said hurriedly, "Memes!? Did the Ninth Company do it!?"

"No, no, no, it's not a meme."

Chu Minghao's expression was extremely conflicted. He sighed and said, "It's pollution, pollution caused by the 'Weekend'."

Xu Shilan didn't ask about this again, because she was very familiar with Chu Minghao. This person was sincere, but his principles were extremely strong. If it worked, it worked; if it didn't, it didn't. Since he wouldn't say it, he definitely wouldn't.

Xu Shilan asked something else, "So, are you also trapped on Gaia?"

Chu Minghao shook his head, "Not really, but for some reason, I can't stay on Gaia, that is, the baseline reality 1.0 world, for a long time. So I can't contribute to liberating the isolated areas of Gaia. This depends on you, on all the maintenance staff."

At this time, the waiter started serving dishes, and Chu Minghao stopped talking. When the waiters left, Chu Minghao said directly, "Aside from some taboo information, I can say the rest... for example, the remnants of the Thirteen Singularity Group and the remnants of the Human Revolutionary Alliance are hunting me down."

Xu Shilan was full of disbelief and said, "Impossible! The core of the Human Revolutionary Alliance and the Thirteen Singularity Group perished together! I witnessed all that with my own eyes!"

"I also witnessed it, and I also thought they were gone, but..."

Chu Minghao patted the sword box behind him again. A ball of white light emerged from the sword box and formed a spherical object above the dining table. As the object zoomed in, everyone saw what it was... Gaia, the Gaia ship carrying humans for interstellar migration.

Chu Minghao pointed at the white light, and the picture changed again, moving to a small area beside the Gaia ship. As the view zoomed in, there were actually several spheres in space following Gaia.

"According to my investigation, the remnants of the Singularity Group built a miniature version of Gaia and hid it in the quantum overlap zone of Gaia, following it all the way. I haven't found the whereabouts of the remnants of the Human Revolutionary Alliance, but they are either hidden in the Dream World or hidden in the core area of the main brain."

Xu Shilan looked at the picture formed by the white light and clicked her tongue, "They didn't fight?"

Chu Minghao laughed, "How could they not fight? Both sides fought until their brains were out. On my way to investigate the remnants of the two major forces, I found at least a dozen corpses of core figures from both sides."

Xu Shilan hesitated, "Then... what about 'his' corpse?" Chu Minghao's expression turned gloomy. He shook his head, "Not found. The personnel of the Singularity Group are also desperately hunting for 'him', but you also know that 'he' couldn't be killed so easily."

Xu Shilan just gritted her teeth, and pain and hatred appeared on her face.

Chu Minghao was silent.

At this time, Wu Pifu suddenly stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of meat. He chewed it a few times and swallowed it before saying, "So, Chu Minghao, do you have anything important to do by coming to find us maintenance staff?"

Chu Minghao laughed brightly, "I'm here to help you. All maintenance staff are the objects I help. If you haven't set up a shelter, I will lead you to set up the first shelter in a relatively safe baseline reality 0.8 or 0.7 world. If you have already set up the first shelter, I will provide you with important intelligence support, or help you eliminate danger within my power when I arrive."

"The reason?"

Wu Pifu continued to question, "Pie in the sky? Helping us without any benefit? I don't believe it."

Chu Minghao was frank. He admitted directly, "It's definitely not completely free. I need you to stay alive. Or to put it more bluntly, I need enough living people on Gaia!"

Amada, like Wu Pifu, started eating and drinking without any scruples. He also spoke without any scruples, "I don't believe it either. To put it bluntly, we are maintenance staff. To the main brain and to you citizens, we are consumables. Don't tell me about your selfless love. Maybe you are a good person and an idealistic fool, but these are still not reasons."

Chu Minghao didn't get angry or embarrassed. On the contrary, he looked at Wu Pifu and Amada with appreciative eyes.

"Because this is also saving myself. If you have viewed the Gaia map through the main brain, then you should have discovered that some areas are already uninhabited. The maintenance staff there have been wiped out. According to my investigation, as the Gaia of the real world is gradually cleared, we humans will be doomed." Chu Minghao said sternly.

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The three of Wu Pifu looked at each other, and Xu Shilan asked, "Specifically? What kind of doom?"

Chu Minghao deliberated and said, "The 'Weekend's', as well as human civilization's, and all individual humans'."

Xu Shilan immediately said, "I haven't experienced the 'Weekend' or anything, so I don't know what that is. But human civilization's... Chu Minghao, haven't you given up on your unrealistic dream yet? Talking about correcting all humans, stopping all disputes in the world, and healing the pain and hatred in everyone's hearts. What was the result?"

"So I gave up."

Chu Minghao laughed brightly, his white teeth even reflecting light. He even gave a thumbs up.

Seeing this scene, Wu Pifu and Amada's favor for Chu Minghao rose linearly. But Xu Shilan seemed to be stimulated. She slammed the table, and the food on the table trembled a few times. She roared from her throat, "It's like this again, like this again, like this again... You are like this, and 'he' is like this. Why can you two be so carefree and obsessed with your own dreams and pursuits, completely ignoring those ordinary people who are attracted by your light when they see you, just like moths to a flame, ending up burning themselves to death? You, you, you... go to hell!"

Xu Shilan became more and more excited. She grabbed the plate on the table and threw it at Chu Minghao, and the soup and water splashed onto him.

The three saw Chu Minghao reach out and tap on these plates, and then a shocking scene appeared: these plates, food, and soup and water actually seemed to flow backward and bounce back to their original places, without spilling a drop of oil.

After doing all this, Chu Minghao bowed slightly to Xu Shilan and said, "I am very sorry about your brother's matter."

Xu Shilan just roared hysterically, "What's the use of being sorry!? My brother is already dead! Harboring the most beautiful expectations for the future of humanity, he was first deceived by 'him' and then abandoned by you. Do you know how desperate he was when he died!?"

Chu Minghao sighed, "He came back to find you? I can't defend this. I really didn't save your brother at the time... but there might still be hope."

"What hope!?" Xu Shilan's eyes were full of bloodshot veins, staring at Chu Minghao, "People are dead, what hope can there be?"

Chu Minghao's expression remained unchanged, "The afterlife world. It's not just the afterlife world; all kinds of indescribable chaos, pure emotions and thoughts, distorted concepts and definitions, everything is down there..."

"This is why I started searching for all surviving humans and helping you. As long as the number of living people on Gaia falls below a critical point, then we humans..."

"Will be lost in the unknown!"

(End of chapter)