Wu Pifu brought Little Mute to the mountainside.
There was a wild peach forest here, but unfortunately, it was late autumn, and no peach blossoms were seen.
However, next year, this place will surely be filled with brilliant peach blossoms. If Little Mute is buried here, she will surely be very happy.
"I said I would take you away. I didn't do it when you were alive, but even if you are dead, I will definitely take you away."
Wu Pifu murmured, staggering. His physical strength was exhausted. At the same time, he had established an event-based Sanctuary, and he could leave this Dream World at any time, but he still had unfinished business.
Right by this peach forest, Wu Pifu tied a piece of wood to his arm and began digging a pit with his feet and hands.
Blood splattered all over the muddy ground. The little bird occasionally flew up, occasionally landed on his shoulder, and occasionally landed on the ground, snuggling beside Little Mute.
This little bird indeed had some spirituality, as if it knew about life and Death, and knew about sorrow.
Wu Pifu dug very slowly. His single arm didn't even have a wrist, and his body had multiple fractures and bruises, with extensive damage to his internal organs.
He dug from morning until afternoon. Many passersby saw him along the way, but he was covered in blood, and also possessed a certain aura of power due to his Tiger Demon Skill reaching the Peak of Perfection. These passersby did not dare to linger, and quickly left after seeing him.
When the large pit was dug, Wu Pifu carefully placed Little Mute into it and filled it with soil.
There was no coffin, no tombstone. In the end, he could only move a large stone to place on the grave.
"Little Mute, wait for me... This is too simple. There will definitely be a grand burial later, I just don't know if you will like it..."
Wu Pifu coughed up blood, speaking with a smile. At the same time, he looked at the little bird, which also tilted its head and looked at him.
"How about following me from now on?" Wu Pifu was silent for a moment before asking.
The little bird chirped twice, and Wu Pifu nodded, saying, "Then you need a name..."
"Qiū Qiū..." The little bird continued to call softly.
Wu Pifu thought for a long time, then seriously said to the little bird, "Then let's call you Gou Dan. Easy to raise."
"Qiū Qiū! Qiū Qiū!!" The little bird angrily bumped into Wu Pifu's face, pecking at his face incessantly.
Wu Pifu said helplessly, "Do you mean you don't want to be called Gou Dan, and only want to be called Qiū Qiū? But Gou Dan... or Wang Cai? Lai Fu?"
The little bird angrily chirped, "Qiū Qiū! Qiū Qiū!!"
"Qiū Qiū? That's not bad either..."
Wu Pifu named the little bird Qiū Qiū, and then he took the little bird up the mountainside. Some passersby who had been watching him from a distance saw this one-armed man with a little bird standing on his shoulder, slowly disappearing into the misty rain of the setting sun...
"You have established a Level Two Sanctuary."
"You can bring life (non-Human, non-Nightmare) between this Sanctuary and the reality World."
"You have received one full random draw (Level One Sanctuary) reward."
"You have received one personal attribute level increase (non-limit breaking) reward."
"You have received five slots to awaken dormant individuals (non-Citizen)."
"You must return to the World where this Sanctuary is located and stay for seven days every thirty days."
"You need to achieve A%#,*... before you can upgrade this Sanctuary to Level Three. The Level Three reward is a digitized personal information interface for this World and another designated World."
"Do you want to return? Do you want to bring the Kingfisher (Anomaly) back? Do you want to draw rewards, use the enhancement reward? Do you want to awaken dormant individuals immediately?"
"Confirm."
Wu Pifu closed and opened his eyes. When his vision returned, he was already back in the ship cabin with ultra-high future technology.
This was the reality World, this was the baseline reality 1.0. Unfortunately, due to ?, this place had long become a land filled with Nightmares, perhaps even more terrifying than the Dream World.
Gaia, Z Zone, Sector 6123.
Wu Pifu was a maintenance personnel awakened in the 117th shift of this sector. The personnel of the previous 116 shifts had all died, or fallen into a situation more terrifying than Death, such as becoming Nightmare derivatives, parasites, or "Anomaly" transformations, etc.
The entire Sector 6123 now had only one living person, him. The last two survivors of the previous shift, Wang Xiu Ting and Li An, his predecessors, had died at the hands of a Level Two Nightmare.
The entire Sector 6123 was very large. According to the blueprints, it included three street blocks, two maintenance Mainframes, six medical unit Systems, twelve internal security Systems, and eighteen recreation centers configured for maintenance personnel for recuperation, entertainment, health, and sleep.
But now, the only place Wu Pifu could go was a maintenance base station and the cryo-sleep cabin in front of him. All other areas were completely sealed off by the Mainframe because those areas were filled with Nightmares, Anomalies, terror, and strangeness. Once the seals were opened, Wu Pifu would completely rely on luck to gamble whether he would die in the next second, or be unable to survive or die.
Of course, he also couldn't open these areas because he didn't have enough authority. He was not a Citizen. To open them, multiple maintenance personnel had to simultaneously initiate the opening command... and the required authority level for each area was different. Some core areas, such as the passage leading to the Mainframe, required hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of Citizens to vote to decide before they could be opened.
Wu Pifu could now awaken five maintenance personnel, but he did not do so immediately. Instead, he walked from the cryo-sleep cabin towards the only open passage.
After coming to this World, Qiū Qiū was very curious about everything, flying east and pecking west, but never leaving Wu Pifu's side by more than three meters. When Wu Pifu walked towards this only passage, Qiū Qiū once again stood on his shoulder.
Wu Pifu's steps became increasingly faltering as he walked, and he kept coughing up blood streaks.
He was too severely injured, so much so that even using National Arts to circulate his Qi and blood could not suppress the injury. He was heading towards Death. In a 21st century environment, his best outcome would be to stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), with a certain possibility of survival, or to survive as a vegetative state.
However, fortunately, it was already after 2877. Humanity had gone through the Fourth World War, and technology had developed to the point of spanning five hundred light-years. In terms of medical means, as long as only a head remained, and the brain damage did not exceed thirty percent, and the time of Death did not exceed half an hour, the technology of this era could rescue them.
Wu Pifu walked through the passage. The passage was not long, only about twenty meters. At the end of the passage was a room filled with miscellaneous items and a small amount of machinery... the maintenance base station, also the place most frequently used by maintenance personnel, if the Dream World distortion had not occurred.
In the center of this maintenance base station was a transparent cabin with multiple robotic arms. This was Wu Pifu's destination for this trip, the universal medical cabin.
"Wu Pifu, Level One Maintenance Personnel, work ID number... Confirmed, can be used."
A synthesized voice sounded, and the medical cabin opened. Wu Pifu said to Qiū Qiū, "Don't come in, wait for me outside."
Qiū Qiū flew to a nearby shelf and tilted her head to look.
Wu Pifu then walked into the medical cabin. After a light scan, a series of injury reports and repair suggestions immediately appeared.
Wu Pifu did not care about these data. He just immediately looked at the numbers at the very end.
"Mainframe, how many carbon-based nanounits are there currently?" Wu Pifu asked.
The information appeared directly in Wu Pifu's mind: "Currently, this base station has 2.6 carbon-based nanounits."
Wu Pifu frowned and looked at the last number on the treatment table, which showed 2.1.
This 2.1 was for his complete treatment, including his severed arm, the hand of his other severed arm, internal injuries, superficial injuries, and numerous nerve damage, and even including the hidden injuries accumulated from practicing National Arts.
After the treatment, there would be 0.5 units of carbon-based nanounits left...
Wu Pifu looked at some of the options, and then with a thought, those options began to be canceled, and the remaining numbers also kept changing.
He found that the most consumed item was an arm, which consumed a full 0.8 carbon-based nanounits, while a hand only required 0.2 carbon-based nanounits.
For a moment, Wu Pifu fell into contemplation. He suddenly said again, "Mainframe, display the black ball's attributes."
"buddha mud."
"Legend has it that in the World where the Buddha resided, there was a miraculous mud called Merit Eight Treasures Mud, which could be shaped into all living beings in the World. This mud is a lower imitation of the Merit Eight Treasures Mud, possessing the ability to enhance life potential, transform fantasy organs and limbs, and bestow 'Supernatural' power upon life."
"The drawback is that it will significantly increase life inspiration."
Wu Pifu carefully examined the buddha mud's attributes, especially its negative effect.
Significantly increase life inspiration...
This inspiration was not the inspiration for research, art, or learning, nor was it the so-called spiritual sense or sixth sense.
This inspiration was actually a very terrifying negative state.
Among the terror and Nightmares in the Dream World, some possess information-level pollution capabilities. According to what Wu Pifu knew from his predecessors, some terrifying existences could cause life to become twisted and polluted simply by knowing or chanting their names. The inspiration described here is the perception ability targeting these higher-level terrors. The higher the inspiration, the faster one dies!
"But it enhances life potential, transforms fantasy organs and limbs, and bestows 'Supernatural' power upon life... If I integrate this buddha mud, I can reshape my arm and significantly enhance my strength. As for the negative effect brought by the increase in inspiration, my Tiger Demon Skill can happen to counteract it. Perhaps this negative effect is even a positive effect for me?"
Wu Pifu pondered for a moment in his heart, and finally made up his mind.
His Tiger Demon Skill had surprisingly advanced to the Peak of Perfection during this life-and-Death struggle. At the same time, he had established a Level Two Sanctuary, and he still had one attribute enhancement opportunity, which could completely upgrade his Tiger Demon Skill from the Peak of Perfection to the next stage, Supreme Manifestation.
Entering the Threshold, Peak of Perfection, Supreme Manifestation, Peak, Supreme Manifestation. With the five stages of the Tiger Demon Skill, he could immediately reach Supreme Manifestation, which would greatly enhance his resistance to demonic thoughts, Random Thoughts , or external Different ideas .
Moreover, the Tiger Demon Skill itself was a unique path. The heavier and more numerous the demonic thoughts and Random Thoughts , and the thicker the negative consciousness, the more feedback and stronger it would be after suppression.
Immediately, Wu Pifu initiated a deep full-body treatment for himself. Except for the severed arm, he would undergo a full-body repair, consuming a total of 1.3 carbon-based nanounits, leaving 1.3 carbon-based nanounits. This would be his life-saving medicine in the future. Unless he could open a passage later to go to other maintenance base stations, or even maintenance Mainframes, or medical units, once he used it up, he would completely lose this divine healing technique.
After the repair was completed, Wu Pifu finally had time to sort out the gains from the Level Two Sanctuary!
One full random draw from that Dream World, one non-limit breaking attribute enhancement, and...
The awakening of five new individuals!!