Wu Pifu felt completely numb.
What baseline reality 0.1, what baseline reality 0.2, to him, these were simply tales from the Arabian Nights, things he didn't even dare to imagine.
Not to mention, starting from baseline reality 0.8, supernatural powers began to manifest; the further down one went, the greater the deviation from reality, and thus the more terrifying it became.
He didn't even dare to easily step into the baseline reality 0.7 world where historical event sanctuaries were established, because such places inevitably contained various curses, true shamanistic practices, witchcraft, or monsters.
This was not a battle between human martial arts, but a terrifying world where one misstep could lead to rotting away and dying in the next second.
A world similar to baseline reality 0.7, where curses and Sadako were merely normal horrors of that realm.
And this was just baseline reality 0.7; he couldn't even begin to imagine what kind of great terror baseline reality 0.1 and 0.2 entailed!
"Mainframe, what is the rate of increase for the imprint?" Wu Pifu asked in a deep voice.
The mainframe was silent for a few seconds before replying, "Currently unknown. It requires experiencing at least three dream worlds to derive the average value of imprint growth."
Wu Pifu's expression fluctuated for a long time before he finally let out a heavy sigh, temporarily setting aside the matter of the imprint.
As the saying goes, debts are not to be feared; he was currently entangled in various matters.
Besides the imprint pulling him into the worlds of baseline reality 0.1 and 0.2, his personal information panel also displayed the words "virtual personality," along with negative backlash, and time was only a little over a hundred days, not exceeding one hundred seventy days.
As for the threat of the imprint, it was far down the list of concerns.
The immediate threat was... the "Week"!
Every sixty-six days, six hours, six minutes, and six seconds constituted a week, and once the time arrived, the "Week" would commence.
Wu Pifu collected his thoughts and said, "Mainframe, how long until the 'Week'?"
A virtual screen appeared before Wu Pifu, displaying the countdown to the "Week."
"Twenty-one hours, sixteen minutes, fifty-one seconds."
As Wu Pifu looked at the countdown, his heart grew heavier; there was less than a day left.
"Mainframe, repeat the current information regarding the 'Week,'" Wu Pifu said.
"Information extraction... extraction complete, 'Week.'"
"Source of distortion in the dream network, starting point of the Gaia's lockdown status."
"…Cannot be described, can only be summarized."
"1. No death; any injuries or deaths during the 'Week' will be restored after the 'Week' concludes."
"2. Lost; deaths during the 'Week' will accumulate loss. If the loss exceeds a certain limit and you forget who you are, you will disappear in the 'Week' and can never return."
"3. Corrosion; during the 'Week,' you will accumulate corrosion from facing certain extreme matters, entities, life, and non-life. Once the corrosion reaches a certain level, irreversible distortion will occur. If you become neither human nor life, you will disappear in the 'Week' and can never return."
"4. Some undocumented special circumstances will lead to disappearance in the 'Week' and can never return."
"5. Certain bizarre items can be obtained during the 'Week' and will materialize as useful items when brought back."
Wu Pifu listened silently to this information, comparing it with his experiences from the two previous "Weeks," and then he let out a breath.
In the two previous "Weeks," he had almost not returned, and among the seniors from the initial time, four had disappeared during these two "Weeks."
His survival through both "Weeks" was due to luck, and the seniors who survived also relied on luck.
"However, my strength is now at least ten times greater than before, much stronger than those previous seniors. The strongest among them only grasped the surface of Divine Strike; thinking back, it was probably comparable to just entering the Dark Strength stage. So... my survival rate should be even higher."
Wu Pifu silently contemplated this, then took out the Huanglian Fragment and said, "Mainframe, display the information on this fragment."
"Huanglian Fragment."
"…After the sound detaches from %#$*, it transforms into five lotuses, simulating the five foundational structures of the Heavenly Dao, Buddhist Realm, Sin Realm, Void, and Human Realm, ultimately forming a vacuum homeland, with Huanglian as the control center of the Human Realm, possessing the great ability to project the world of living beings."
"The holder will unilaterally pierce through illusions beyond the limits of baseline reality 0.8; it is ineffective against illusions below the 0.8 limit. When held in multiples, the effect will be enhanced."
Wu Pifu was taken aback for a moment, then began to carefully consider the mainframe's information word by word.
"Unilaterally piercing through... does that mean it won't trigger situations like I see something, and something sees me?" Wu Pifu asked.
"Correct."
After receiving the answer, Wu Pifu felt very barbaric and immediately found a thread to wrap around the Huanglian Fragment, which resembled transparent yellow crystal, and then wore it around his neck.
In some respects, this was simply a divine artifact! Even if it could only be used in the worlds of baseline reality 0.9 and 0.8, it was still an absolutely good item!
After completing all this, Wu Pifu looked at his personal interface and then opened the expandable items for Physical Stage Two, Soul Stage One, and Inspiration Stage Two.
The expandable items for Physical Stage Two had five major data points: Muscle Strength, Genetic Strength, Neural Reaction Speed, Hematopoietic Immune Function, and Self-Healing Ability.
Each of these could be further expanded; for example, Muscle Strength was divided into Toughness, Explosive Power, Muscle Type Ratio, Endurance, and so on.
The five attributes showed Muscle Strength at 1.4, Genetic Strength at 1.0, Neural Reaction Speed at 1.6, Hematopoietic Immune Function at 1.8, and Self-Healing Ability at 1.2. The evaluation standard was 1.0 for ordinary human levels; every increase of 0.2 indicated a doubling of strength.
In other words, his Muscle Strength was four times stronger than an ordinary person, his Neural Reaction Speed was eight times stronger, his Hematopoietic Immune Function was sixteen times stronger, and his Self-Healing was twice as strong, with an overall evaluation at the level of Physical Stage Two.
However, this was merely the performance strength, not the data strength.
For instance, his Muscle Toughness and Resistance could not possibly reach four times that of an ordinary person.
Wu Pifu was somewhat satisfied with the strength of Physical Stage Two, but when he looked at the expandable items for Soul Stage One, he was stunned, as it was filled with ??? items.
"Mainframe, what does this mean?" Wu Pifu asked in confusion.
"Judging... judgment complete. You have not activated the data for the various soul items, so they will not be displayed."
Wu Pifu was immediately taken aback; he thought he was strong, but it turned out he hadn't even reached the level to activate the data for the soul.
Then he expanded the Inspiration item, which also had large sections of question marks, with only two items displaying data.
Bizarre Perception 2.2, Barrier Perception 1.4.
These were consistent with Wu Pifu's own feelings, while the other options were question marks, likely because he had not activated them yet.
Then the real highlight came!
"National Martial Arts: Dark Strength Great Completion, cultivation degree 42.6%, detailed information can be expanded."
"Tiger Demon Technique: Transcendent, cultivation degree 93.1%, detailed information can be expanded."
This was the greatest utility of personal information dataization, specifically targeting the cultivation system and techniques for detailed dataization.
Especially seeing the cultivation completion degree, he could adjust every time he transported qi and blood, sensed Dark Strength, comprehended the physical body, and practiced the Tiger Demon Technique according to the improvement in cultivation degree.
Just this point alone was a great opportunity for him!
Wu Pifu silently checked the cultivation progress of National Martial Arts and Tiger Demon Technique.
He originally thought he was just a step away from transforming into Strength, but unexpectedly, his Dark Strength Great Completion was only at 42.6%, with more than half of the cultivation yet to be achieved.
On the other hand, the Tiger Demon Technique indeed required strengthening and breakthroughs between life and death; he was less than 7% away from reaching the peak.
After reviewing all this, Wu Pifu fell into deep thought.
He still had one reward left to use, which was to elevate any attribute by one stage.
This included his status at the mainframe, as a Level One Maintenance Personnel, with an evaluation of consumable grade...
If he upgraded to Level Two Maintenance Personnel, he could independently command the mainframe to activate some unimportant isolation alloy walls.
This also included the three basic attributes of Physical, Soul, and Inspiration.
Of course, Dark Strength could be directly upgraded to Transforming Strength, and the Tiger Demon Technique could be directly upgraded to Peak Mastery.
Wu Pifu hesitated.
His original plan was naturally to enhance the Tiger Demon Technique, as it related to his life, to quickly elevate the Tiger Demon Technique to its limit to suppress the negative backlash that could erupt at any moment; this was the way to ensure his survival.
However, now that his Tiger Demon Technique was only less than 7% away from Peak Mastery, it would indeed be a waste to elevate it at this moment.
At the same time, there was another extremely important situation: the carbon-based nano units were gone!
Only 0.2 carbon-based nano units remained, enough to heal a minor injury, but in the dream world, countless dangers lurked.
He had to fight desperately, exchanging injuries for injuries, lives for lives; this was the most urgent matter.
Moreover, Yamada and Xu Shilan also urgently needed this to save their lives.
However, to activate an isolation wall, at least ten Level One Maintenance Personnel were required, so... unless he elevated his own status?
Wu Pifu thought carefully for half a day but couldn't make up his mind.
He set this matter aside for now, practiced a set of punches, adjusted for a moment, and then practiced for several hours, raising the progress of Dark Strength Great Completion to 42.8%, an increase of 0.2, while the Tiger Demon Technique rose to 93.2%, an increase of 0.1.
Afterward, Wu Pifu ate a steamed bun and fell asleep.
Time passed second by second until only one hour remained until the "Week."
Wu Pifu woke up and without hesitation elevated his status; he had now become a Level Two Maintenance Personnel, with the mainframe evaluating him as a low-level employee, finally no longer a consumable.
"After the 'Week,' I will activate the isolation wall and open the path to the medical station!"
Wu Pifu ate a steamed bun, drank some plain water, relieved himself, and even took a shower.
Then he sat cross-legged in the center of the sleep pod, closed his eyes, and silently focused his mind.
Finally, the countdown on the virtual screen reached zero days, zero hours, zero minutes, and zero seconds.
In that instant, the lights in the entire sleep pod turned crimson.
"Warning, detected un..."
"Warning..."
The mainframe's booming voice gradually faded away, and everything around began to disappear: the metal floor vanished, the metal walls vanished, the metal ceiling vanished, and even Wu Pifu's own body disappeared, leaving only his senses to perceive everything around him.
Although he could not see his own body, he could see the surrounding dark void...
An endless expanse of darkness, yet within that darkness, countless stars twinkled, and not too far away, a star emitted light.
Then his vision continued to stretch, looking behind that star...
A gigantic, unmatched eye, almost occupying half of the visible universe, existed in the cosmos!
Its pupil rotated, gazing towards the area where the Gaia was located!!
And sixty-six days, six hours, six minutes, and six seconds... was precisely the rotation speed of the Gaia due to some reason!
The side where Wu Pifu was located began to be observed by the Eye of the Universe!
In the next moment, Wu Pifu completely vanished.
(End of Chapter)