Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 322
by1 second.
2 seconds.
3 seconds.
Time—
Up.
The little girl paused and looked around.
The fortress commander driving the aircraft was gone.
“Baxter.”
She called out.
“I’m here.” Shen Ye said.
“Where’s the bad guy?”
“He’s been eliminated by me. From now on, he can no longer do evil, nor can he bully your friends, or even you.”
Shen Ye continued without pause:
“We’ve temporarily escaped all pursuers. You should go live a normal life now. Do you remember? You’re going to find your parents, go to a real school, go ride a Ferris wheel.”
The little girl stood still.
For a long time.
“Yes.”
She murmured, “I still have a lot of things to do.”
At this moment.
A dark shadow descended from the sky.
—A parachute supporting a huge equipment box landed on the ground with a “thump”.
The box opened automatically.
Inside was a silver miniature off-road vehicle.
“Beep beep beep!”
“Current temperature is cold, not suitable for prolonged stay outside the vehicle. Please get in.”
The car door opened automatically.
The little girl involuntarily took a step back.
“Baxter, what is this?”
Shen Ye glanced at the void.
Lines of faint light characters had already appeared in the void:
“‘Hazard’ Real Person’s indoctrination complete.”
“After the flying fortress exploded, a brand new small SUV landed safely, becoming ‘valuable loot that must drop’.”
…This was dropping equipment.
“Get in. At least it’s warm inside.” Shen Ye said.
“Alright then.”
The little girl got into the car.
A pleasant electronic voice then sounded:
“Seatbelt will be fastened for you shortly.”
“Air conditioning has been automatically turned on and adjusted to a suitable temperature.”
“Navigating to the nearest town.”
“Total distance 136 kilometers, enter main road after 12 kilometers.”
“—Departing.”
The off-road vehicle slowly started moving, accelerating across the vast plains.
The little girl stared blankly out the window at the receding trees, snow, and occasional animals, a hint of curiosity gradually appearing in her eyes.
Heaven and earth were silent.
The clouds and light were like a sea, meeting the silvery-white horizon at the distant end.
“So beautiful.”
She whispered.
Shen Ye leaned silently in the passenger seat, eyes slightly closed.
In an instant.
His mind shifted into the Dharmakaya.
Within the Guanghan Palace—
A boisterous laugh rang out:
“Haha, a four-tier Dharmakaya, daring to challenge me!”
The commander shouted loudly.
Shen Ye silently observed him.
Faint light constantly appeared, converging into words, manifesting within the Dharmakaya:
“You used the future-type keyword ‘Will meet beneath the Jade Terrace Moon’, placing the enemy into your Dharmakaya.”
Only three seconds.
It wasn’t that simple to defeat a professional two realms higher than himself.
He had no information on the opponent.
In such a short time, the only thing he could do was to draw him in.
The battle had just begun!
The commander’s laughter gradually ceased, and he looked around with some surprise.
“Dharmakaya? Why… why did I actually enter your Dharmakaya?”
“Never heard of such a thing.”
The commander observed his surroundings warily.
This was not normal.
More precisely, it was—
He couldn’t comprehend it.
In the air.
The wind quietly rose.
A strong wind rose from the ground, soaring towards the blood moon in the sky.
Light.
Strands of light emerged from the ground, riding the wind upwards.
The commander raised his hand.
He saw a brilliant light also appearing on his arm.
—This was not normal.
All his attributes were materialized into light.
Light emanated from his body, forming a curved line that shot into the sky, merging into the continuously rotating blood moon.
Power was draining away.
The blood moon, however, became even more dazzling.
The opponent’s Dharmakaya seemed to be able to draw strength from him!
The commander clasped his hands together, immediately preparing to unleash his own Dharmakaya.
—He had never seen a battle fought within someone else’s Dharmakaya.
But he couldn’t wait any longer!
A sudden change occurred—
Before he could cast his spell, the ground suddenly cracked open, and a blurry figure shot out of the ground, lunging towards him.
Big Skeleton!
At this instant.
Shen Ye’s mind tightened slightly.
He had no choice but to draw the opponent into his Dharmakaya.
Otherwise, if he couldn’t kill the enemy with just those 3 seconds of engagement, he would have to detach from Charlotte’s body.
In that case, Charlotte would be at his mercy.
—Only by entering the Dharmakaya could he continue the fight!
But the problem here was—
Could the Big Skeleton, the Four Kings, and his new Dharmakaya defeat the opponent?
After much thought.
He couldn’t gamble.
Shen Ye took a deep breath, focusing his attention back on his Dharmakaya, and muttered softly:
“Are you sick?”
The perilous real person began to educate all living beings again!
—This was his only mythical keyword, and he had to use it now!
As soon as he spoke.
Big Skeleton had already exchanged blows with the commander several times.
As a Spirit-master at the fourth realm of the Dharma world, it was truly no match for the commander. It was hit repeatedly, emitting a series of “clanging” sounds.
—The Four Kings’ four consecutive blocks had already been used up!
“Stall for time!”
Shen Ye shouted.
Big Skeleton saw the bright red “Hazard” character suddenly appearing above the opponent’s head, and then looked at the wildly spinning red moon in the sky, immediately understanding.
He had seen Shen Ye’s battles.
Both the big “Hazard” and the blood-eyed moon of “Destiny’s End” could effectively deal with enemies.
And what he had to do was—
Big Skeleton suddenly retreated several steps, a series of “squeak-clack” sounds coming from its body, and instantly fell to the ground.
Undead human, transform—
Undead King—!
“Come on! I am known as the unyielding King of Skeletons in hell, dare to try me!”
It stretched out its skull, challenging the commander facing it loudly.
The commander attacked several times, but was indeed blocked by the Undead King’s—shell.
Thud!
The Undead King—was kicked flying.
But the Undead King—was not discouraged at all, and sneered:
“Do you think this is a simple shell? This is the confluence of the Four Kings’ power, its defense is unmatched in the world!”
The commander was practically amused to anger.
“A mere turtle-like spiritual entity… daring to fight me, what face would I have left to see anyone!”
He said through gritted teeth, while secretly suspecting this was the opponent’s strategy.
The professional on the other side deliberately released a turtle-like spiritual entity to humiliate him, trying to make him reveal an opening in his anger and humiliation.
How could he fall for it?
But—
This was too hateful!
The commander made a hand seal, and shouted: “Dharmakaya unfolding—”
In an instant.
A huge human head appeared behind him.
However, his emotions were too furious, causing his fingers to exert too much force. As his two fingers formed the seal, they suddenly crossed.
It was this moment.
The Dharmakaya swayed, becoming blurry and indistinct.
Opportunity!
A fist flashed through the void.
Dong.
The commander’s face was disfigured, his nasal bone twisted and broken, his eye sockets bleeding, and he flew out.
He crashed to the ground, rolling over and over, then—
A powerful kick mercilessly struck his stomach.
Boom!
This powerful kick sent him flying back.
The commander was still in mid-air, enduring the pain on his body, and once again performed a spell seal—
A flash of ice shot towards him, hitting both his hands.
It was an ice arrow!
With his hands frozen, he couldn’t cast spells.
Shen Ye’s voice spoke:
“I heard that every trouble Nancy encounters is caused by a trash personality, so you don’t have to pretend anymore.”
As the commander was about to respond, a hand reached out from the void and slapped him hard.
Boom—
Another kick sent him flying high.
Without a moment’s hesitation.
A sliver of blade light quietly arrived in mid-air, meeting the commander.
This blade was as gentle as a spring breeze.
Blade.
From shoulder to ribs, then to waist and hips, it lightly brushed past his body, then scattered into fragmented and disordered sharp points of light, like fine drizzle.
Thinking of you.
Spring breeze cuts rain, pear blossoms fall.
Swish—
The commander’s body was cut in half, and a frantic, sharp cry erupted from his mouth: “I’ll kill you!”
“—No matter who you are, next time you will surely die, I swear!”
Shen Ye quietly appeared on the ground, not even looking at him, just casually snapped his fingers and said:
“Clean up.”
The blood moon shone brightly!
An eye appeared on the moon’s surface, gazing at the commander.
The mutated version of “Nest Banner”!
Because it had lost the power boost of the Imperial species, it no longer possessed the immense power of the eighth or ninth realm of the Dharma World.
But it was already enough to deal with an enemy whose body had been severed!
The commander was illuminated by the eye, and his entire body instantly dispersed into a brilliant light, which then scattered into countless faint light points, drifting upwards and being completely absorbed by the blood moon in the sky, vanishing without a trace.
Only a ring fell down, which Shen Ye caught in his hand.
“Impossible!”
Behind him, Big Skeleton’s incredulous voice came.
“What?” Shen Ye asked casually, observing the loot.
“How can you enter your own Dharmakaya? The Dharmakaya is the manifestation of the power of the Dharma Realm in you!” Big Skeleton cried out.
“Has no one ever done this?” Shen Ye asked.
He noticed a long series of numbers on the ring, and it seemed to be a cutting-edge technological artifact.
“Nonsense! Only Spirit Masters and gods can enter the Dharmakaya—wait, Shen Ye, are you also a Spirit Master?” Big Skeleton asked.
“I am not a Spirit-master, I was just forced by circumstances and suddenly understood this.” Shen Ye said.
“Understood what?”
“This is the only way to play, nothing else works.”
“But how is it possible? From ancient times to the present, the endless books of the undead have never recorded such a thing.” The Big Skeleton pressed.
“I have a future-type keyword that allows the Four Kings to take other people’s things, you know that, right?”
“I know.”
“With this keyword, I can put anything into the Dharmakaya, you know that, right?”
“En, I know.”
“Since I can put enemies in, why can’t I put myself in?” Shen Ye asked.
Big Skeleton was stunned.
This—
Is there no justice left in the world?
You moved yourself into your own Dharmakaya, randomly appearing in the enemy’s blind spot, and then slashed.
—Isn’t this an instantaneous slash?
He remembered…
His “Thinking of You” slash seemed to also be able to freeze time.
So it’s a “teleporting time-stopping slash,” right?
Too brutal.
Too twisted.
But perhaps only this way could he earn a chance to survive in the Nine Aspects’ memories.
Big Skeleton let out a long sigh of relief, and whispered:
“Buddy, you’re making me feel a bit confident now too.”
“So you didn’t have confidence in me before?” Shen Ye glared at it.
“Nonsense, that was the strongest being of the previous era. By the way, if you could be a little more shameless, I’d feel even safer.” The Big Skeleton said.
Shen Ye ignored the fellow and said casually:
“Alright, Charlotte is still outside, I need to get out quickly, talk later.”
He flashed, leaving the Dharmakaya.
The outside world.
Shen Ye appeared in the car and placed the ring in front of the little girl.
“Baxter, what is this?”
The little girl asked curiously.
“I’m not sure, but it should be harmless.” Shen Ye said.
Mythical keyword “Hazard Real Person”—
The skill description clearly stated “loot.”
Something harmful wouldn’t be “loot,” right?
The little girl picked up the ring.
The ring suddenly lit up, emitting a soft voice:
“Anonymous credit ring activated.”
“Binding initiating.”
“Current credit limit is 10 million credit points.”
—It’s money!
“Charlotte, we have money now.” Shen Ye said with a smile.
“Money seems important.” The little girl said.
“Yes,” Shen Ye looked at the somewhat tattered test uniform she was wearing, “when we get to town, I’ll get you a new set of clothes.”
“I’m too young, won’t I attract attention?” the little girl asked.
“That is a possibility… but it’s okay, we’ll figure something out.”
“Okay, I’ll listen to you, Baxter.”
A faint glow appeared, forming small characters:
“Certification: Teeth.”
“Synchronization rate: 3.79%.”
“Synchronization time: 6.3 seconds.”
The synchronization time had increased again.
Shen Ye felt a slight sigh of emotion, thinking that if he had experienced all this as a child, he would have gone crazy long ago.
Fortunately, Nancy’s personalities were still holding up for now.
Half an hour later.
In a small town.
The children’s clothing store door opened.
“Welcome!”
The shop assistant looked towards the door, only to see a little girl standing there, her body leaning out the door, shouting towards the corner of the street outside:
“Dad, I’ll just look for a bit, you go order food first, I’ll be right there.”
After the little girl finished speaking, she turned and walked into the store, starting to look at clothes.
What a cute little girl.
But the uniform she was wearing was too plain and a bit tattered.
“Little friend, what kind of clothes do you like?”
The shop assistant asked.
“This one, this one, and this one, I want them all.” The little girl said quickly.
“Do you really want them all?”
“Yes, my clothes got torn when I was playing outside, I have to change them immediately, or my mom will see—”
The little girl stuck out her tongue.
The shop assistant smiled, first took a set of clothes for her and asked her to try them on in the fitting room.
The little girl shook her head and said:
“Just pay, no need to try.”
—Baxter said it’s fine, so it must be the right size.
She casually grabbed a jacket, put it on to cover her uniform, then carried a pile of clothes to the counter.
“Check out.”
The little girl said.
“You—check out? Where’s your dad?” the shop assistant asked uncertainly.
“Since I was four, I’ve been paying for my own clothes. Mom says it’s to train me.” The little girl said.
“How old are you now?”
“Eight years old.”
Eight years old…
Perhaps the parents were hiding somewhere, watching.
The shop assistant calculated the bill for her, then sensed the ring on the checkout machine.
Beep!
Payment successful!
“Welcome again.”
The little girl walked out of the store, quickly turned the corner, and got into the car.
The car started.
Soon, she arrived in a secluded alley.
First, she changed her clothes.
Then—
“Let me.” Shen Ye said.
“What for?” Charlotte asked curiously.
“For safety, I need to do something.”
“…Okay.”
Personality instantly swapped.
Shen Ye casually patted the car, then walked out of the alley.
After a few steps.
The little girl transformed into Charlotte’s personality, and Shen Ye continued to walk alongside her.
“What did you do?”
“Nothing, but sometimes I’m a menace.”
“Strange way of putting it…”
Amidst the swirling snow, the two walked out of the alley, one in front of the other.
After a while.
The power lines in the alley suddenly broke, fell, hit the car, and then went under the car.
A series of crackling sounds.
The car gradually emitted thick smoke.
It caught fire.
On the street outside.
Shen Ye and the little girl had already walked far away.
A faint light appeared before his eyes:
“Keyword ‘Menace’ activated.”
“In addition.”
“In the previous battle, your ‘Destiny’s End’ absorbed the enemy’s power.”
“Your attributes have begun to rise.”
“All attributes increased by 5 points.”
Shen Ye fell into deep thought.
In fact, after coming here, he had also been constantly growing.
For example, integrating “Destiny’s End” into “Guanghan Palace阙”;
And also—
Discovered new uses for the future-type keyword “Will meet beneath the Jade Terrace Moon”.
“Baxter.” The little girl said.
“Hmm?” Shen Ye snapped back to attention.
“I miss my mom and dad,” the little girl said, feeling down.
“—We’ll go find them. Do you remember which city they’re in?” Shen Ye asked.
As the little girl was about to speak, her stomach let out a long “grumble.”
Shen Ye glanced at the embarrassed little girl, then looked up at the sky.
The sun had already set.
The leaden clouds in the sky grew thicker and thicker, making the town in the blizzard appear even darker.
A cold wind blew.
Although the little girl was wearing thick winter clothes, she was still shivering from the cold.
“Let’s eat first, then find a place to sleep. We’ll set off first thing tomorrow morning.”
Shen Ye decided.
“Okay, but if I go to a restaurant alone, won’t I attract too much attention?” The little girl asked.
“Go to the convenience store, buy and leave.” Shen Ye said.
“Okay.”
The little girl walked along the street for a while and soon found a convenience store.
There was a lot of food here.
Under Shen Ye’s guidance, she picked out some suitable food, lined up to pay, and then quickly left.
They walked for a while.
Two men were following behind.
The little girl walked past a street light and suddenly disappeared.
The two men caught up, looked left and right, but couldn’t see her at all.
“Escaped?”
“Hmph, she was a good piece of goods, why did we let her—”
Charlotte stood in the shadow of the street lamp, silently listening to the two men’s conversation.
She had just activated “Heavenly Shadow,” one of the four techniques of Frost Moon Shaking Heaven.
“Baxter, what does ‘piece of goods’ mean?”
She asked softly.
“It’s an insulting term, disrespectful. You shouldn’t learn it.” Shen Ye said.
Charlotte nodded, and lightning sparked from her hands, pressing against the men’s knees.
Two shattering sounds rang out simultaneously.
Followed by pig-like, high-pitched screams.
The two grown men writhed in pain on the ground, unable to stand up again.
The little girl looked back at Shen Ye.
Meeting her anxious gaze, Shen Ye gently gave a thumbs up.
The little girl immediately broke into a brilliant smile.
“I didn’t provoke them, but they spoke of me like that. They deserved it.”
“Let’s go. The snow is getting heavier again. We need to find a safe place to eat and rest now,” Shen Ye said.
“Okay, let’s go, Baxter!”
The little girl followed Shen Ye, crossing the zebra crossing and taking a new route, heading towards another direction in the town.
Along the way, everyone was simply hurrying along with their heads down. Occasionally, one or two people noticed Charlotte walking alone and, after a brief surprise, paid no more attention.
The weather was simply too cold, and the snow too heavy.
The two walked for a while.
Shen Ye looked up at his surroundings and said:
“To that hotel.”
“Hotel?”
“That bigger building, but don’t go through the main entrance. Let me see… hmm, we’ll go around to the back.”
“Okay!”
A few minutes later.
The two stood on a street behind the hotel.
It was already very late.
The cold wind, mixed with large flakes of snow, piled up on the ground in a layer seven or eight centimeters thick.
The street was pitch black.
There were almost no pedestrians.
“Find a place to hide, don’t let anyone see you, wait for me a little while.” Shen Ye instructed.
“Okay, Baxter.” The little girl huddled in the corner of the wall, activated “Heavenly Shadow,” and squatted motionlessly.
She was shivering from the cold.
Shen Ye seized the time, quickly flew up, passed through the hotel wall, and flew a circle through the floors.
A few minutes later.
He flew back and landed in front of the little girl.
By this time, the little girl was covered in snow, and she rubbed her hands vigorously, saying:
“Do we have a place to rest? Or are we staying here? I’m not afraid of the cold, Baxter.”
This was Charlotte’s voice.
Whenever Nancy encountered pain and torment, Charlotte’s personality would emerge to endure it all.
Shen Ye quickly said:
“Charlotte, look up at that building, count down from the top, the second floor, the fifth window on the left—do you see it?”
“The fifth window… I see it, it’s dark, no light.” Charlotte said.
“No one lives next to that room, so even if we make some noise, we won’t be easily discovered.” Shen Ye said.
“Are we going to stay there? Do we have enough money?”
“We’re not spending money—it’s not that we’re stingy, but you’re too young and alone. Staying in a hotel by yourself like this would cause problems.”
“Then how can we stay?”
“Climb up.”
“…Okay.”
At this time, there was no one on the street, and even most of the lights in the various rooms of the hotel were extinguished.
Everyone had fallen peacefully into sleep.
Charlotte stood up, shook the snow from her body, and activated “Deer’s Walk Under the Moon” to continuously walk and sprint on the wall.
Before long.
She climbed up to the window on the sixth floor.
“The window is closed.”
She said.
“The latch isn’t tight, just flick it gently like this.” Shen Ye made a flicking motion.
Charlotte imitated him, then flicked the edge of the window.
The latch inside the window immediately sprang up.
“Push.” Shen Ye said.
Charlotte pushed it obediently.
—The window immediately opened.
“Wow.”
She exclaimed.
Not for anything else, but because there was no biting cold wind or ice and snow in the room, only a reassuring warmth.
Charlotte deftly slipped in like a kitten, then gently closed the window.
The wind and snow were shut outside.
“You must be starving, eat first.” Shen Ye said.
Charlotte undid her clothes and placed a large bag of food and drinks on the table.
“Baxter, what is this called?”
“Cake.”
“And this one?”
“Chocolate.”
“What about this one?”
“Braised chicken drumstick.”
“…”
Charlotte had a very small appetite, and was full after eating only one chocolate and one cake.
She hung her wet jacket on the hanger, and, dressed only in her intimate apparel, burrowed into the comforter.
“So warm…”
Before she could finish her sentence, she had already fallen asleep.
Shen Ye flew out and looked around.
Everything was normal.
At this time, apart from the front desk still being manned, everyone else had already fallen asleep peacefully.
Shen Ye returned to the room and silently watched the sleeping Charlotte.
All was peaceful.
But—
Since Charlotte had successfully escaped, this battle of personalities should count as another round she won.
He should be able to go back.
But it didn’t send him back to reality directly like last time.
Could something else be happening?
Shen Ye’s heart tightened.
He simply sat on the sofa in the room, waiting quietly.
One breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
…Time slowly passed.
Just as Shen Ye was feeling a little overly cautious, something unexpected happened.
The void flickered.
A completely black figure floated past outside the window.
“Who?”
Shen Ye shouted.
No response.
Looking out through the window, he could only see the swirling goose-feather heavy snow under the streetlights.
Did he see it wrong?
No…
He was a professional, how could he be mistaken about something like this?
Shen Ye stood up, walked to the bed, and shielded the sleeping Charlotte behind him.
“Who are you, dare to show yourself.”
He said in a deep voice.
Suddenly, a being appeared outside the window.
It was a woman with dishevelled hair and a pale face.
She was wearing a red dress, her eyes were sunken, leaving only hollow sockets, staring intensely at Shen Ye.
Shen Ye felt a chill in his heart.
—The other party had no facial features, only cavities where they should be, which looked somewhat eerie.
Moreover, outside the window was the sixth floor.
Could this fellow be the ghost of the hotel?
“Baxter.”
The woman in red finally spoke:
“I have already caused setbacks to your destiny, yet you still stubbornly help Charlotte?”
Shen Ye immediately realized.
—Demon of Fear!
This was the little girl’s main personality, the Demon of Fear!
But.
Nancy was the little girl’s original personality.
“If you have even an ounce of respect for me, please call me Boss Ba. That’s how we refer to respected individuals where I come from.” Shen Ye casually interjected.
This guy was really creepy.
—Even if it meant being unreasonable, he had to break the atmosphere the opponent was trying to create.
“Abandon Charlotte, and not only will I call you Boss Ba, but I’ll also leave everything on Death Planet to you.” The Demon of Fear said.
Thousands of black humanoid shadows emerged behind it, as if ready to strike at any moment.
“What if I say no?” Shen Ye asked.
“You seem to have a special talent that allows you to constantly gain recognition from the Dharma Realm, thereby acquiring ‘Fame’.” The Demon of Fear said.
“…You know that too?” Shen Ye was surprised.
“Listen, Baxter, if I act seriously, the Dharma World will also despise you, and you will no longer be able to acquire powerful ‘Fame’.”
The Demon of Fear’s tone carried an added, invisible pressure: “Look, I’m about to overturn another one of your trump cards.”
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“—How much longer can you keep hopping around?”
“Make your decision now. Will you be my enemy and be slowly tormented by me; or will you leave this war and flee as far as possible, so at least you can save your life.”
“Oh, I forgot.”
“I can call you, Boss Ba.”
Shen Ye listened quietly, a smile gradually appearing on his face, and shook his head, saying:
“You’re threatening my destiny one moment, then trying to abolish my power to gain ‘Fame’ the next. You’re making everything so chaotic, and you still expect me to listen to you?”
“—How about I just call you Boss Mess?”
“That name sounds quite good.”
“Boss Mess, listen up, I will always stand by Charlotte until I completely defeat you, understand?”
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