Gatekeeper Of All Realms Chapter 35

Human Martial Arts Group Building.

Basement.

Shen Ye squatted beside the corpse, resting his chin on his hand, lost in thought.

Recalling Manager Qian’s strange tone on the phone when he asked to see the Corpse again, Shen Ye couldn’t help but feel that it was a bit unreasonable.

— As a teenager, he enjoyed spending time with the Corpse, claiming to be looking for clues.

It seemed a bit off, no matter how you looked at it.

But there was nothing he could do.

It was already evening.

He didn’t know how Xiao Mengyu was doing.

He had to ask.

“No one around.”

Big Skeleton whispered.

Shen Ye nodded, looking at the Assassin’s Corpse.

“Want to chat again?”

He asked.

The Corpse opened its eyes, took a moment to react, and said, “What do you want to talk about?”

Shen Ye asked:

“Luo family’s Xiao Mengyu is a swordsman. What are her chances against ‘The Skinner’?”

“Xiao Mengyu? I’ve heard of her. She’s a genius of the Luo family’s generation,” the Corpse mused, saying, “She’s very good at using various forces to create a winning situation, and she’s incredibly talented in combat.”

“So she can win?” Shen Ye asked.

“No, she will lose,” the Corpse said.

“You just said she was incredibly talented,” Shen Ye retorted, annoyed.

“‘The Skinner’ is a top Assassin. His identity is very mysterious, and no one knows his origins. Moreover, everyone who has seen him fight at full strength has died; not a single one survived,” the Corpse explained.

“Xiao Mengyu definitely can’t beat him?” Shen Ye pressed.

“When ‘The Skinner’ first emerged, he killed adult masters from noble families, causing a sensation across the land. Afterward, he survived various hunts for decades and is still fine today.”

“Xiao Mengyu, as you say, is just a teenage girl. Although exceptionally talented, she is too young and far from being his opponent.”

The Corpse explained earnestly.

“He killed people from noble families and still survived?” Shen Ye didn’t believe it.

The Corpse said: “To be precise, he was hired to kill for internal struggles within noble families.”

“In such cases, the noble families aren’t united, so they won’t go all out to hunt him down—”

“But that’s still quite impressive.”

“Indeed, impressive,” Shen Ye agreed.

“By the way, ‘The Skinner’ has never failed a mission,” the Corpse added.

“One last question,” Shen Ye said.

“Speak,” the Corpse replied.

“Do you have any other team members?”

“No, only ‘The Skinner’ is left. We originally thought it was just a simple mission… who could have predicted it would turn out like this?” the Corpse sighed.

Yes, indeed.

The original Shen Ye was dead.

Your mission should have been completed long ago, and you could have left this city and collected your commission.

But I came.

“If there’s nothing else, you can rest in peace,” Shen Ye said.

The Corpse closed its eyes.

Shen Ye slowly stood up and turned to leave.

Xiao Mengyu was in danger.

He had intended to rely on her strength to investigate the truth, but he hadn’t expected to put her in a dangerous situation instead.

Her brother died trying to help him.

Chen Haoyu died.

That eyewitness probably also died.

How many more people had to die?

She was the only one still working tirelessly on this matter.

…He couldn’t let her die.

But with his current strength, how could he participate in the battle?

No.

Maybe he didn’t need to fight.

He just needed to get her out.

First, he had the door.

Second, he still had that ghost fire motorcycle.

It seemed promising.

“Hey, it’s very dangerous. Don’t go to your death. What would I do if you died?”

Big Skeleton whispered persuasively.

“Shut up. Do you think you can hide?” Shen Ye said.

Back at the dormitory.

Shen Ye put the ghost fire motorcycle into his ring and tied the Nightfall Dagger behind him, everything ready.

His phone suddenly rang.

Qian Rushan’s voice came from the phone:

“Your floor is completely sealed tonight; no one is allowed to leave. We’ll leave first thing in the morning.”

“Ah? Completely sealed?” Shen Ye asked, surprised.

“That’s right, it’s for your safety. Get some good rest. See you tomorrow,” Qian Rushan said.

The call ended.

Shen Ye fell into deep thought.

Now that’s a problem; he couldn’t get out.

What to do?

Was he just going to watch Xiao Mengyu go to her death?

Suddenly.

His phone rang again.

It was an unknown number.

Shen Ye’s heart tightened, and he immediately answered the call.

A strange, childish female voice spoke:

“Excuse me, are you Shen Ye?”

“I am.”

“My mom said if I couldn’t reach her, I should come find you and report to the police together.”

“Who are you?”

“My mom is a nurse at City Hospital No. 1. She saw you encounter a ghost that day.”

It was the eyewitness!

This explained how she knew his phone number.

—When he went to see Chen Haoyu, he had registered his contact information at the nurse’s station.

“Where’s your mom?” Shen Ye immediately asked.

Sobs came from the phone: “She told me to go to Fenglin Hotel in the western suburbs of the city, and she would wait for me there, but—”

“I can’t reach her now.”

“Where are you?” Shen Ye asked immediately.

The other side hesitated, then said, “I’m at Star Fast Food on Changhong Street, across from Fenglin Hotel.”

“Okay, don’t move; wait for me—by the way, you need to call the police immediately,” Shen Ye said.

“Mm.”

The call ended.

“Not worth going. Watch out for traps,” Big Skeleton said.

“The Corpse said there’s only one ‘Skinner’ left—dead people don’t lie to me,” Shen Ye said.

“It’s so safe hiding here, why look for trouble?” Big Skeleton tried to persuade him again.

“Stop talking,” Shen Ye said calmly, “Someone wants to kill me, do you understand?”

“—Am I going to be a coward my whole life? Not even daring to investigate who wants to kill me?”

Big Skeleton fell silent.

A determined glint flashed in Shen Ye’s eyes.

The Human Martial Arts Group had given him everything they could.

Until he showed more value, they wouldn’t go to great lengths for him, nor would they specifically chase after Assassin’s Guild killers.

After all, killers would rather die than reveal secrets.

If it weren’t for his necromancy talent from the nightmare world, he wouldn’t have been able to discover the truth.

In other words—

If he wanted to pursue the truth, he could only rely on himself!

—Of course, having help would be better.

Shen Ye softened his tone and said, “Help me check if anyone’s outside.”

“I sensed two life flames in the hallway, so there’s clearly someone patrolling. You’ll be discovered as soon as you step out.”

Big Skeleton said.

—He couldn’t go out through the hallway.

Whether for safety or danger, it was best that everyone thought he was in the Human Martial Arts building’s dormitory.

Shen Ye looked out the window.

This was over a hundred stories up in the Human Martial Arts Group Building.

Although Qian Rushan had taken a large group of people away, presumably for some mission, there were still many people left behind.

“There are no signs of life flames outside the window, but if you want to fly with the motorcycle, the noise will immediately be detected.”

Big Skeleton said.

“Looks like I can’t use the motorcycle,” Shen Ye mused.

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“Exactly, you can’t fly, so just stay in the room. That way, both you and I are safe,” Big Skeleton seized the opportunity to persuade him again.

Shen Ye paced the room several times, then suddenly muttered to himself:

“Runaway truck ramp…”

“What?” Big Skeleton asked.

Shen Ye ignored it and reached out, pressing an imaginary button in the air.

A door immediately appeared.

He opened the door.

Inside was still that secret passage from the battlefield.

“Dismiss.”

The door vanished.

Shen Ye extended his hand again, tilting his five fingers towards himself, and pressed an imaginary button in the air.

The door appeared again.

Only this time, there was an angle between the door and the ground.

Opening the door still revealed the secret passage.

But because the door and the ground were angled, the secret passage behind the door was like an uphill path.

“It worked,” Shen Ye said.

“Worked? What worked?” Big Skeleton was confused.

Shen Ye ignored it, directly jumped onto the windowsill, and looked at the sky outside.

It was getting dark.

It seemed like it would rain tonight. Even though the wind was already strong, it couldn’t disperse the surging dark clouds.

The sky covered in dark clouds was a good thing.

At least the building was shrouded in mist, and no one could see what might appear outside of it.

Shen Ye leaned down and looked.

The city was like a miniature model, very far away from him.

—To get from this height to the ground?

Shen Ye gritted his teeth and added all 7 attribute points to Agility.

Now his Agility reached 10.1.

Shen Ye felt as light as a swallow, as if he could float away on the wind at any moment, or like a swimming fish, able to roam freely in space.

He shook his head slightly.

This was an illusion caused by too much attribute increase at once.

However—

He could now even use the “Evasive Maneuver” from “Moonlit Deer Stride”!

“You’re not going to jump, are you?!”

The Big Skeleton quickly said:

“Let me tell you, at such a high distance, even if your agility reaches 30, it’s useless. You’ll still fall to your death!”

Shen Ye stared at the distant ground and said, “No time to explain, Skeleton Shrimp, let’s go!”

“You—damn it!” Big Skeleton cried out in alarm.

It was because Shen Ye had already leaped up and jumped out of the window.

The wind howled past his ears.

Shen Ye was plummeting from high in the sky, speeding up.

At a certain moment.

He suddenly stretched out his hand, keeping his five fingers slightly curled backward, and shouted:

“Door!”

The door appeared at an angle.

Shen Ye kicked open the door and frantically ran along the secret passage behind it, which was like an uphill slope.

Due to the buffer provided by the uphill slope, his speed decreased considerably.

At the end of the secret passage—

“Door!”

A door appeared again.

Shen Ye pushed through the door, and this action further slowed his descent.

He reappeared high in the sky, continuing to plummet.

But he immediately raised his hand and released a door.

So he charged up the slope again.

—This was like the runaway truck ramps specifically set up on highways in mountainous areas.

Out-of-control trucks use the steep slope of the runaway ramp to slow down and make an emergency stop, preventing major accidents.

After three consecutive charges, Shen Ye’s speed had completely decreased.

He continued to fall.

Whenever his speed was about to exceed a certain dangerous limit, he would open the door again and rush up the steep slope a few times.

The speed of his descent rapidly decreased.

He kept falling like this until—

Thud.

Shen Ye bent his knees slightly, absorbing the slight impact, and landed in the green belt on the side of the building.

He jumped out of the green belt and darted to hide under a large tree on the opposite street.

The cold wind howled.

A night rain was about to come.

—Thanks to the sky full of dark clouds and lightning.

No one noticed his actions just now.

“Madman! I almost thought I was going to die in your barren world!”

Big Skeleton shouted angrily.

“Stop talking nonsense, send out the motorcycle—we’re very busy tonight,” Shen Ye said while looking around.

A moment later.

The motorcycle deployed in front of him.

Shen Ye chanted:

“Killed a Man in ten paces, travelled a thousand li without leaving a trace.”

The motorcycle immediately let out a low roar.

A streak of flame swiftly streaked through the night, heading towards the western suburbs of the city.