Chapter 496: Human!?

Wu Pifu had had enough of this world!

Although the "bafflement index" kept rising—from the moment he stepped into this world until now, it had already climbed by over 100,000—which was certainly gratifying...

But...

But!

Every ordinary thing he said, every ordinary action he took, even his very ordinary combat, would trigger a massive, sea-like surge in the bafflement index.

To put it simply, in the eyes of the people of this world, everything he did made him look like a mental patient!?

He wasn't happy about this at all!

At this moment, Wu Pifu carefully recalled every word he had spoken and every action he had taken since meeting the people of this world... There was nothing wrong with them, right!?

When he first arrived at the camp, he said he was a traveler. What was wrong with that? Who the hell decreed that there couldn't be travelers in an apocalypse? Besides, that was clearly just a polite social nicety, right? How could it be that one wasn't even allowed to use polite phrases to mask one's true thoughts?

And then the conversation with the bartender in the tavern—there was nothing wrong with that either. He just wanted to see some books or anything to confirm the era and situation of this world, yet it directly triggered a surge in the bafflement index...

"I get it!"

Wu Pifu looked at the dozen or so people staring at him blankly and clapped his hands. "It's not me who has the problem; it's you lot!"

"Huh?"

The dozen people looked at Wu Pifu, completely baffled.

Wu Pifu shook his head and said to the red-haired mature woman who was clearly the leader, "It's come to this, and you still don't intend to release A1? You've seen it yourselves—those elite troops who arrived are planning to kill you all along with her. Why are you still being so blindly loyal at a time like this?"

The red-haired woman's expression flickered, but finally, she sighed and told the people beside her, "Release A1. Tell everyone to prepare to evacuate; this place has been discovered by the mechanical lifeforms."

The people beside her immediately ran toward the building. The red-haired woman looked at Wu Pifu and hesitated for a long while before asking, "What... did you just do?"

Wu Pifu just smiled at her. He couldn't very well say he had used Conqueror's Haki, could he?

Just as A1 was being released, the ground across the entire camp began to tremble violently. The already ruined buildings began to collapse one after another. Sensing the fluctuations beneath the ground, Wu Pifu turned to the red-haired woman and said, "Get out of here, fast! Something big is coming!"

The red-haired woman's face turned stern. Not daring to delay, she immediately began ordering everyone in the camp to gather and retreat outside. Meanwhile, A1 also walked out of the prison with the few people who had released her. The moment she stepped out, she saw the six members of the Yeha Unit lying not far away. Her pupils seemed to constrict, and she immediately ran toward them.

Wu Pifu didn't stop her, just silently watching A1's actions. She didn't go up and kill them outright; instead, she carefully picked up the six people, checked them over, and upon finding they were still alive, she breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at the six people she had gathered on the ground and asked, "Can I take them with me?"

Wu Pifu didn't answer, only asking, "They came here to kill you. Even so, you still want to protect them?"

A1 wore a bitter expression and shook her head slightly. "They were deceived; they don't know the truth. My existence is what causes this truth to leak, so I don't blame them..."

Wu Pifu was silent for a few seconds, then waved his hand. "Go, go, go. Staying here is just an eyesore. Get the hell out of here!"

A1 looked grateful. She bowed deeply to Wu Pifu and then, while carrying two members of the Yeha Unit on her shoulders, looked awkwardly at the remaining four on the ground.

It had to be said that the six elite soldiers who had come were all handsome men and beautiful women, each one so striking they could have been movie stars. Moreover, the three women all had incredible figures—long legs, fair skin, and each one wore a miniskirt and stockings; just looking at them was a feast for the eyes.

Furthermore, it wasn't just these six; the proportion of handsome men and beautiful women in the camp was also exceptionally high, including the red-haired mature woman.

At this moment, the red-haired woman also brought a few people forward. They silently picked up the remaining four, showing no resentment toward the six who had just been bombarding their camp from the air, and then they all nodded at Wu Pifu and ran out of the camp following the red-haired woman.

Wu Pifu remained where he was, watching A1 and the others run away, and shook his head slightly, exhaling a breath.

That's right—his own nature was to repay kindness with kindness and treat grievances with directness. If someone showed him kindness, he would repay it like a gushing spring; if someone attacked, harmed, or wronged him, well, he would have to kill them.

But since this was A1's choice, he wouldn't stop them again. It was the path they had chosen, so they would have to walk it even if they were crying or crawling. When those six woke up and started slaughtering them again, Wu Pifu wouldn't intervene no matter what this time. Not only would he not intervene, he would watch the entire process of them being slaughtered!

On the other side, the ground tremors grew more intense. Then, the center of the camp exploded, and a giant mechanical lifeform, like a snake or a dragon, rose from the ground.

It was about thirty or forty meters in diameter and probably over a thousand meters long. Its body was covered in countless limbs, and its entire form was a mixture of flesh and machinery. The moment it rose from the ground, its ferocious monster head looked down, and then a brilliant light flashed, and the entire camp was instantly engulfed in fierce flames.

At this point, the main force of the resistance had already escaped the camp, the intense explosion and fire behind them still leaving everyone looking horrified.

A1, carrying two members of the Yeha Unit, said coldly, "This is a special individual among the biological mechanical lifeforms. It possesses extremely high-level permissions within the mechanical network and is incredibly powerful. It belongs to a multi-evolved individual. Run!"

At this moment, the red-haired woman ran to A1's side and whispered, "What exactly is the secret you know? Why is it that not only does the Yeha Unit want to dispose of you, but even a leader-level existence among the mechanical lifeforms has come to capture you?"

A1 shook her head with a bitter expression. The red-haired woman couldn't press her further, so she could only lead the personnel to follow closely behind A1.

At this moment, the giant mechanical lifeform monster destroyed the entire camp with a single attack. Its massive body turned in all directions, immediately discovering A1 and the others fleeing outside. Then, its giant body lunged directly toward A1's position with astonishing speed. A1 immediately dropped the two Yeha Unit members she was carrying, pressed her hand into the void, and a high-tech longsword appeared in her hand.

But before she could attack or defend, the giant mechanical monster lunged toward her and suddenly stopped in its tracks. Its snake-like body tensed and straightened, but it couldn't move forward even a half-step. Its head was less than a hundred meters away from A1.

"... Come back!"

With a roar, Wu Pifu, who should have been buried in the explosion and fire, was completely unscathed. He was tugging at the rear of this giant mechanical lifeform—a dead-eyed little boy about 1.2 or 1.3 meters tall, actually pulling a thousand-meter-long mechanical giant, and the giant was being pulled to a standstill.

As Wu Pifu exerted force, the giant mechanical lifeform was actually forced to start retreating. This scene stunned everyone, because no matter how much of a "newest-model new-age machine" or "next-generation model" it was, the sheer mass difference was obvious. How could a 1.2-meter-tall child-type machine pull a thousand-meter-long, thirty-meter-thick mechanical lifeform?

But the fact was, Wu Pifu had truly done it, and had even pulled this giant mechanical lifeform back into the camp area.

"... What the hell are you!?"

A voice actually came from the mechanical lifeform. At the same time, countless lasers shot out from its body. These lasers were as thin as hair and lost their power after shooting ten meters, but their power within those ten meters was terrifying; steel and concrete were easily pierced.

Caught off guard, Wu Pifu only had time to wrap his head in Haki. His body was pierced by countless laser threads, forcing him to use his negative spiritual backlash to heal his flesh, but large amounts of flesh were still torn away by the lasers, leaving his body riddled with holes, his beating internal organs visible from the outside.

"Fine, fine, fine." Wu Pifu let out a roar, exerted force with his hands, and flung the mechanical lifeform into the air. He followed up with a slash from his Broken Hero Blade; everything it touched, whether mechanical or flesh, turned to dust.

But he didn't notice that when his body was pierced by the lasers and flesh splattered everywhere, revealing his internal organs, the mechanical lifeform stopped struggling.

On the other side, A1 and all the other resistance members stopped in their tracks, looking at Wu Pifu with a gaze of fanaticism that was beyond imagination.

This included the six members of the Yeha Unit who had already woken up but were pretending to be unconscious.

"... Hu... Human..."

"Human!?"

(End of chapter)