Wu Pifu currently had no idea where all these monsters on Gaia came from.
Some of the monsters had penetrated through as Level Two Nightmares, such as the Pink Serpent that the seniors had repeatedly mentioned, which had caused the annihilation of several maintenance personnel in various regions, turning those areas into desolate wastelands.
However, the vast majority of the monsters were not like that, because even if all the initial maintenance personnel had their shelters penetrated by Nightmares, it would not be enough to completely seal off Gaia.
At least tens of millions of shelters would be required, and it was simply impossible to have that many shelters for the Nightmares to penetrate through.
Once a shelter was penetrated by a Nightmare, that shelter would be completely destroyed and vanish.
Unfortunately, the mainframe would not answer any questions regarding the changes in Gaia, leaving Wu Pifu with no way to speculate.
At this moment, as the isolation wall slowly rose, Wu Pifu did not think about anything else but focused all his attention on what lay beyond the isolation wall.
This was the second time the isolation wall had opened in this area!
According to the seniors, all areas only had the hibernation chambers open, with all surrounding passages and regions in a state of isolation.
Even their District 6123 initially only had hibernation chambers, and the maintenance base stations were only opened after the isolation wall was breached.
Every area would have awakened maintenance personnel, and only after all surviving maintenance personnel had died would the mainframe revive five maintenance personnel at the end of a weekend, continuing until all sleeping maintenance personnel in that area were dead.
That area would then be marked on the map to indicate that it had completely fallen into desolation.
Due to permission issues, Wu Pifu could only see the surrounding areas of Gaia, but now that his permissions had increased, the map had expanded more than twice, allowing him to see the sizes of over a dozen surrounding areas.
Among them, only his District 6123 and the distant District 6127 still had living people, while all other areas were marked in a pitch-black color indicating desolation.
Among these, Districts 6120 to 6122 had all been destroyed by the Level Two Nightmare known as the Pink Serpent, and that much was confirmed.
As the isolation wall fully opened, lights began to appear in the area beyond.
Wu Pifu did not hesitate and stepped into this area, while Qiuqiu hesitated for a moment but did not follow.
Although this area had been isolated for who knows how many hundreds or thousands of years, there was not a hint of an odd smell; the ground, walls, and so on were all clean and white.
However, Wu Pifu did not let down his guard, as he could vaguely sense a certain pressure emanating from ahead.
This was an instinctive feeling, especially since his Tiger Demon Technique had reached the peak stage, with only one last upgrade remaining to reach the ultimate manifestation.
This had also brought him some unique mental clarity.
While it certainly could not compare to the legendary awareness of the autumn wind in martial arts, he had developed a slight premonition of danger.
As Wu Pifu delved deeper into this passage, he noticed that the colors around him began to appear somewhat off.
The ground, walls, and ceiling all had hints of pink, but upon closer inspection, this pink would vanish, only visible from the corner of his eye.
This discovery made Wu Pifu even more cautious.
He had roughly guessed what kind of isolation monster was present in this medical base station, estimating it to be a derivative caused by the pollution source of the Pink Serpent.
As he walked, Wu Pifu felt a rising heat throughout his body, and naturally, his lower body hardened.
However, this was a simple matter; he merely needed to circulate his qi and blood to resolve it.
The real trouble was that various colorful thoughts began to emerge in his mind.
At that moment, his Unresting Spirit Sense shone brightly, suppressing these distracting thoughts in an instant.
What a joke! The Unresting Spirit Sense could even suppress negative mental backlash; at least at this stage, these trivial colorful thoughts were nothing.
Even without the Unresting Spirit Sense, Wu Pifu was battle-hardened; how could he possibly be affected?
As Wu Pifu pressed on, he heard a sound that resembled moaning, almost like a faint sound of pain.
Then he saw a mass of twisted, flayed flesh, consisting only of muscle, bones, and organs, writhing incessantly.
This mass of flesh had no discernible pattern; it was impossible to identify a head or feet, nor any specific organs—only the twisted and horrific flesh.
Yet, incredibly, upon seeing this mass of flesh, Wu Pifu felt an overwhelming desire swell within him.
This was truly an astonishing thing; clearly, it was a mass of flesh that looked disgusting and made one want to vomit, yet his body and consciousness were inexplicably exhilarated, even feeling an urge to recklessly pounce on it.
"This is a minor path; how dare you deceive me?"
Wu Pifu whispered a thought, circulating his Tiger Demon Technique's qi and blood, while the Green Python Shedding Skin Technique activated his blood energy.
His entire body crackled as his joints popped.
He extended his hand into a claw and was about to pounce forward.
However, at that moment, a pink snake head emerged from the mass of flesh, wearing a rather human-like smile that made his internal qi and blood tremble.
The pink snake head said, "Little brother, I told you, I remember you now, and now..."
Before it could finish speaking, Wu Pifu had already charged in front of the snake head.
The metal deck behind him was smoking, with shallow footprints imprinted on the ground, covering a distance of several meters in the blink of an eye.
As the pink snake head's gaze was still focused on the distance, Wu Pifu had already reached its front.
With one claw thrust down, his five fingers pierced into the flesh and bone of the snake head like steel nails, while his other hand extended with fingers straightened, raised high like a long whip, and slapped the pink snake head across the face.
Though the scene was somewhat comical, that slap directly shattered half of the pink snake head's face.
Python Tail Strike!
This was a move from the Green Python Shedding Skin Technique.
If the Tiger Demon Technique focused on claw-shaped attacks, then the Green Python Shedding Skin Technique centered on palm strikes, simulating the attack methods of a giant python's body and tail, often involving slapping, crushing, and coiling strikes.
But outsiders did not know that this slap not only smashed half of the pink snake head's face but also shattered its calm demeanor.
The pink snake head let out a shrill scream, "You insolent brat..."
Wu Pifu was about to unleash a series of attacks when he heard this, and his hands and feet paused.
He immediately erupted with nearly all his qi and blood, his skin turning crimson, and his muscles bulging.
He struck mercilessly, one claw piercing into the snake's flesh, slicing upward like five small daggers, tearing through the flesh.
His other hand transformed into a palm, continuously striking at the pink snake head.
Each palm strike unleashed hidden strength; while it appeared that the flesh was intact on the surface, internally, it had already turned to mush.
At the same time, Wu Pifu, both shocked and furious, roared, "How do you know who I am!? Speak! How do you know!?"
Wu Pifu was certain he had not been corroded; neither his physical senses nor his mental Unresting Spirit Sense showed any signs of disturbance.
Since he had not been corroded, how could this Level Two Nightmare know his name!?
In just two seconds, the pink snake head was beaten to a pulp, and another snake head emerged from the mass of flesh.
This snake head spat out a breath of pink mist at Wu Pifu, who immediately ducked to evade, but his feet did not stop.
He shrank his legs and darted to the side of the snake head, once again gripping its forehead with one claw.
"You insolent brat! You insolent brat!" The snake head was even more furious, shaking its head as several snake bodies and tails extended from the massive flesh behind it.
Just as Wu Pifu continued to slap its head, several snake bodies and tails lashed out at Wu Pifu's body.
Each strike carried a tremendous force, creating a booming sound as they struck, causing blood to seep from Wu Pifu's mouth, nose, eyes, and ears.
However, thanks to his training in the Skin Refinement stage of the Human Immortal Martial Path, his flesh had become at least thirty percent tougher than before.
He endured this round of attacks, sustaining injuries but not death.
He transformed his hands into claws, piercing into the snake head, and before the next wave of snake bodies and tails could strike, he let out a furious roar, lifting the snake head along with half of the flesh block, and swung it round, smashing it against the nearby wall.
With a loud thud, the snake head was forcibly torn off.
Just as a new snake head was about to emerge from the mass of flesh, Wu Pifu's ferocity surged, especially with the faint pink mist permeating the air, causing his blood to boil.
At this moment, he held nothing back, roaring as he drove his claws and palms forward, crashing into the mass of flesh, pushing the yet-to-emerge snake head back inside.
"You..."
The snake head's mouth opened wide, speaking in stutters as Wu Pifu tore and pulled at it, slapping and striking.
Even as it opened its mouth, he bit down on its extended tongue, twisting his neck to snap it off.
At this point, all words were futile, as the various snake-like organs extending from the mass of flesh began to retaliate wildly, striking Wu Pifu's back and sides, each blow carrying tons of weight.
However, gradually, the attacks from these organs grew weaker.
By the time Wu Pifu tore a path through the mass of flesh, he had almost completely shredded it into pieces, and the pink mist began to weaken, along with the dissipating derivative organs.
Just as Wu Pifu stood firm, he immediately turned around and seized the last half of the snake head that had emerged, squeezing it in his hand.
The snake head glared at Wu Pifu with a venomous gaze and said, "Insolent brat, I remember you now, I remember you..."
"Answer me! How did you know who I am!?" Wu Pifu asked coldly.
But the Pink Serpent offered no further response; both the mass of flesh and the snake head in his hand began to dissipate.
In just a moment, the pink mist completely vanished, and the mass of flesh was entirely gone, leaving the passage devoid of any abnormalities.
Wu Pifu stood in place with a dark expression, and after a few seconds, he spat out a mouthful of congealed blood.
After several more minutes, a chirping sound was heard, and a small green bird flew in, landing on Wu Pifu's shoulder while continuously chirping.
"It's nothing, just some internal injuries; a few of my vertebrae and ribs are broken..."
Wu Pifu said expressionlessly.
Qiuqiu flew around him in a circle, chirping.
Wu Pifu shook his head and said, "That Pink Serpent has extremely strong pollution capabilities. I don't know what kind of monster is in this isolation chamber, but it has been contaminated by it from afar. Moreover, its strength is very formidable; this is merely a trivial pollution body, yet it has injured me internally. If the main body were to appear... once that pollution source is unleashed, I might be turned into a monster."
"I'm nowhere near a match for it right now..."
Meanwhile, just outside this passage, in a plaza separated by a wall, a ten-meter-long pink giant serpent coiled there.
This pink giant serpent suddenly spewed out several streams of pink blood, which vanished upon contact with the air.
At the same time, bizarre creatures that inexplicably evoked certain desires and thoughts began to appear around it, all making grotesque sounds directed at the pink giant serpent.
The pink giant serpent flicked its tongue and surprisingly spoke human words, "No worries, although that was my strongest avatar, nurtured for over six hundred years, just waiting to breach this passage to battle that birdman. In terms of physical strength, this avatar is even stronger than my main body... what a pity."
"That human, the last time I saw him, was still quite weak. In just a few days, he has grown this strong in body? If it were just about physical strength, that would be one thing, but why does the domain of desire granted to me by my master have no effect on him? That is my strongest power, even apostle-level beings do not dare to touch it lightly!"
Wu Pifu and the pink giant serpent simultaneously exclaimed, "So powerful!"
"The future will surely be my great enemy!"
(End of Chapter)