Chapter 575

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Wu Pifu made a decision in his heart, though he did not speak of it for now; he simply buried his head and followed the team toward the volcano.

The journey was not far. If Wu Pifu were traveling alone, he could reach the edge of the volcanic area in at most a few dozen seconds. However, because it was a large group moving forward, and especially because Xu Ruonan's team held the method to lure out the Eight-Headed Serpent, Wu Pifu followed the team at a leisurely pace.

Ever since Yamadai and Xu Shilan died, Wu Pifu had almost always traveled the Dream World alone. Although he had gained a few new teammates later, because of the massive gap in strength, he had temporarily let them accumulate strength in the Song Dynasty Dream World.

He had not acted with a large group for a long time.

Walking with Xu Ruonan's hundred-person team from morning until noon, the volcano was already in sight. The group stopped briefly at this time. According to Xu Ruonan, they would now enter the volcanic ash accumulation zone, where multi-headed poisonous snakes would begin to appear. These snakes possessed extremely strong toxicity. Although they all carried multi-purpose antidotes made by carbon-based nano-units, some of the venom from these snakes was extraordinary toxin, so it was naturally better not to be bitten.

Once they reached the volcanic ash accumulation area, there would be no more time for rest, so every time before entering, they needed to rest outside, solve their personal needs, and then accelerate with full force once inside.

Wu Pifu was indifferent; he sat alone with Huang Rong, though he appeared somewhat burdened.

Huang Rong wanted to speak several times, but she stole glances at Xu Ruonan, and in the end, she said nothing.

Very quickly, the simple field rations carried by the team were heated up. Wu Pifu took three portions, and Huang Rong curiously took one.

There were meat, vegetables, and fruit, as well as a bagged fruit juice drink. In terms of taste, it was actually not bad. Even the picky Huang Rong ate some, while Wu Pifu swallowed everything into his mouth without distinguishing the taste.

Seeing Wu Pifu eat so much and so fast, Huang Rong said from the side: "Brother Pifu, in a few days, I will cook for you. The taste will definitely be much better than this."

Although Wu Pifu had things on his mind, he was not in the habit of involving others, so he smiled and nodded at Huang Rong.

Huang Rong said with a giggle: "And I can sing, too. I just don't know if it sounds good or not, but I'll sing for you when the time comes."

Wu Pifu just smiled noncommittally, while Huang Rong tilted her head slightly to look at the distant volcano.

There was no more talk for a while. After lunch, the team moved forward again. Very quickly, they entered the volcanic ash accumulation zone, and the surrounding temperature began to rise. The path here was not easy to walk, especially since some of the volcanic ash accumulation points hid ground fissures; once one fell in, they would drop directly into the magma layer, so the team's speed dropped significantly.

Wu Pifu remained silent, simply moving slowly with the team. When the time reached past four in the afternoon, with dusk approaching, the team had arrived at the foot of the largest active volcano.

Upon arriving here, Xu Ruonan smiled and said to Wu Pifu: "We can stop here. We will immediately set up to lure that snake demon extraordinary lifeform out. The rest will have to rely on Mr. Wu."

Wu Pifu nodded: "Mm, just lure it down."

Xu Ruonan's subordinates immediately began to set traps, which meant digging a deep pit and pouring some plasma-like liquid they had taken from their personal storage into it.

Xu Ruonan introduced it to Wu Pifu from the side: "This is the largest active volcano in this world, and it erupts from time to time. The villages around the volcano all rely on the heavens for their livelihood. They discovered this snake demon living inside the volcano and all assumed it was the mountain god, so they hold sacrifices every few years, and the offerings are usually living humans. This snake demon remembers the taste of humans. The plasma we brought is a specially manufactured synthetic plasma, and the special scent within it is very rich. As long as it is released, there is no worry that the extraordinary creature won't appear."

Sure enough, when the plasma filled the deep pit, Wu Pifu could already hear movement in a large cave halfway up the mountain. At this time, Xu Ruonan and the others retreated several thousand meters away, and Wu Pifu also retreated with Huang Rong. Not long after, a creature about seventy meters long and as thick as a blue whale appeared. In particular, it truly had eight snake heads, each larger than an African elephant. It moved down the mountain, knocking the rocks on the mountain into the cliff.

Although this creature was not as large as the true behemoths Wu Pifu had seen, in terms of the 0.7 Dream World, it was definitely a terrifying giant. From its size to its perceived strength, this Eight-Headed Serpent was much stronger than the wild boar giant demon with three hundred years of cultivation in the Song Dynasty.

It was no wonder the Xu family team had to ask Wu Pifu to be their reinforcements. Relying solely on them to fight this Eight-Headed Serpent, it would likely take hundreds or thousands of lives to wear it down.

Xu Ruonan said to Wu Pifu: "Mr. Wu, please be patient. This extraordinary lifeform possesses extraordinary fire-resistant characteristics and is extremely alert. It can dive into the magma to escape. This place is full of volcanic ash, and it is connected in all directions below. Let's wait for it to eat the bait first. We added something to the bait..."

Wu Pifu did not care. After letting go of Huang Rong, he stepped on the ground and rushed up. As he moved, the Eight-Headed Serpent, which was coming down from the mountainside, immediately stopped its movements. But watching Wu Pifu break the sound barrier and rush over at high speed, the eyes of the Eight-Headed Serpent's eight heads all revealed expressions of doubt.

If the meaning of its gaze could be expressed in language and text, it would be something like...

"Such a weak human is charging at me? Why? He is so weak, like an ant..."

"Huh? He wants to kill me? Him? Just him? Why? On what grounds?"

Just as the Eight-Headed Serpent fell into a kind of doubt and confusion, Wu Pifu flashed to its front. The eight snake heads were looking at Wu Pifu with the gaze of looking at an ant. From those eight heads, emotions like disdain and doubt were expressed, and then those eight heads hissed loudly at Wu Pifu at the same time.

"Roar!"

"Howl!"

Wu Pifu opened his mouth and roared at the Eight-Headed Serpent, using the Tiger Roar method of the Tiger Demon Art. The roar was like a tiger's howl and even more like thunder; the sound was ten times louder than the Eight-Headed Serpent's hiss, directly stunning all eight snake heads.

Then, in the next instant, all eight snake heads saw the world spinning. In their eyes, the whole world was rotating. Occasionally, they could see that impossibly weak human, occasionally a huge headless snake body, and the sky and earth kept spinning, spinning...

Wu Pifu shook the Spirit-Breaking Blade, scattering the pitch-black poisonous blood onto the ground, stepped on the ground, and rushed back into Xu Ruonan's team.

Xu Ruonan's mouth was still open, and not just her—all the personnel she brought were the same.

They had already hunted this Eight-Headed Serpent twice. The first time could be described as being underprepared, but the second time, they had gathered over a hundred people, more than twenty extraordinary beings, and a large number of weakened-power technological weapons that could be used in the 0.7 Dream World.

This was enough to launch a secular war of national annihilation in the 0.7 Dream World, yet they still hadn't killed the Eight-Headed Serpent; they had only killed three of its heads, and in the end, they let it escape into the magma, while they lost over ninety people.

Unexpectedly, the behemoth that was a peerless fierce beast to them was finished off by Wu Pifu with just one strike.

"The matter here is finished, so I will leave now," Wu Pifu said to Xu Ruonan while supporting Huang Rong's waist.

Xu Ruonan finally closed her mouth and immediately replied with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Wu, thank you, Mr. Wu. Don't worry, I will definitely keep the matter of the Super-Brain auxiliary device in mind. Or perhaps Mr. Wu could stay for a few more days and leave after finding the Ninjutsu extraordinary path?"

As soon as the words fell, Wu Pifu and Huang Rong disappeared in a flash, leaving only Xu Ruonan standing in place.

The smile on her face remained, but she turned to her subordinates and said: "Clean up the battlefield, collect the extraordinary creature's body tissues, and the extraordinary creature's eggs in its nest."

The subordinates all agreed, and Xu Ruonan's mood was incredibly good; the smile on her face never stopped.

On the other side, Wu Pifu took Huang Rong back to Gaia. He did not leave the hibernation pod, simply saying: "Main Brain, penetrate to the Legend of the Condor Heroes Dream World."

"Judging... Judgment complete. Do you wish to consume one million points to penetrate to the Legend of the Condor Heroes Dream World?"

"Yes, penetrate."

Huang Rong wanted to speak upon hearing this, but Wu Pifu did not pause at all and immediately activated the command to go to the Legend of the Condor Heroes Dream World. In the next instant, he and Huang Rong disappeared from the hibernation pod simultaneously.

When the two regained their senses, they had already appeared on a grassy plain, with plains and grasslands all around, and mountains occasionally visible in the distance.

Huang Rong looked left and right and immediately recognized the specific location: it was the place where she had left this realm, the border area outside the pass.

Wu Pifu supported Huang Rong's waist and was about to step into the air, but in the next instant, Huang Rong pulled hard on Wu Pifu's sash and shouted: "Don't fly up! Brother Pifu, do you want to leave Rong'er in this world and not care about her anymore?"

Wu Pifu was silent for a moment and said: "I will send you home. I keep my word."

"I don't want that!"

Huang Rong's eyes were slightly red. She shouted: "That woman was likely saying those things to provoke you! Do you really think those words were unintentional? She said them on purpose. Can't you perceive the human heart? Why don't you perceive it? There must be someone behind her who instructed her to do this!"

Wu Pifu looked into the distance and said: "Whether she was instructed or she was sincere, at least she was right. On the issue of ordinary extraordinary beings participating in the war, she told the truth... They are just participating in the war using their flesh and blood as sacrifices, not because of their strength. I am not willing to do that!"

"This is my private matter, and I have my own plans."

Huang Rong pulled at Wu Pifu, but how could she move him? Seeing that Wu Pifu was about to step into the air, she suddenly shouted: "Fine! You send me home, but I won't allow you to fly back. This is my home; don't let any immortals or monsters appear. You... you take me and walk home! Isn't there still a month or two before the war starts? You... you walk and send me home..."

"Is that okay?"

Wu Pifu looked at Huang Rong's teary eyes. His heart softened. He looked up at the sky and, after a long while, said: "Fine, let's walk home."

At the same time, Xu Ruonan left the Ninjutsu Dream World a step after the others. She did not return to Gaia but instead arrived in a void. In this void, a young man in white was sitting cross-legged, playing a jade flute.

"... How did you know he wouldn't have a Super-Brain to perceive my emotions?" Xu Ruonan asked.

The young man in white did not answer, continuing to play the jade flute. After a long while, he put down the flute and looked at the void, sighing: "Humanity has lost another Super-Brain..."

Xu Ruonan said with a cold face: "I did not betray humanity, it's just... is what you said before really true? The avatar of the Final Producer is actually..."

The young man in white smiled and nodded, still not looking back, leaving only his back to Xu Ruonan. He said: "Whether it is true or not, haven't you already confirmed it? Otherwise, why would you agree to this?"

Xu Ruonan lowered her head in silence. The young man stood up and walked toward the void. As he walked, he said: "Humanity's things should belong to us humans. Super-Brains... are not human at all; they are just some kind of monster wearing human skin, parasitizing human flesh!"

"I have shown you the truth of the Super-Brain. The choice remains in your hands. The matter here is finished; next time..."

"It will be the time to completely eliminate all Super-Brains!"

(End of Chapter)