Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 418

Chapter 401: Who is the Fisherman?

Dark Universe.

A planet completely transformed by machinery.

This is one of the three main bases of the Human Resistance Alliance.

At this moment.

Tantai Mingyue was on this planet.

As she walked out of the mission delivery center, she was immediately met by two squads of soldiers.

“Tantai Mingyue?”

The leading officer asked.

“It’s me,” Tantai Mingyue said.

“Come with me, the commanders want to see you!”

“Yes!”

Under the surveillance of two squads of soldiers, she was led into a room.

There was nothing else in the room but a table, a chair, and a pair of chained handcuffs on the chair.

The surrounding walls were gray, and occasionally a faint light would materialize into runes, then quickly disappear.

Tantai Mingyue’s heart sank.

An interrogation room?

Why was she being brought to an interrogation room?

Bang!

The door closed tightly.

“Sit down.”

Someone commanded.

Tantai Mingyue obeyed and sat down.

The interrogation room was empty, with only herself.

But how could she not know of the Human Resistance Army’s interrogation rooms?

There were thousands of tortures here, all transformed into energy runes and hidden behind the walls.

If the interrogation didn’t go well, a certain torture would be brought out.

But—

Why interrogate me?

Tantai Mingyue tried her best to calm down.

The next second.

A voice then resounded from the void:

“Tantai Mingyue, possesses excellent summoning abilities, is skilled in cultivation-type spells, and is a human from planet M-113.”

“After the destruction of planet M-113, in order to seek revenge, Tantai Mingyue joined the Human Resistance Alliance. Her current military rank is Colonel.”

“Is currently executing a mission: to investigate the 99th-layer Universal Grand Dao Palace and uncover the secret of the Immortal Kingdom’s destruction.”

“—Do you have anything to add to the above information?”

“No,” Tantai Mingyue said.

“Then, you were clearly executing a mission for the Grand Dao Palace, so why did you complete three S-rank missions in the 170th-layer universe?” the voice asked.

Tantai Mingyue suddenly realized, “During an accident, I was brought to the 170th-layer universe by a companion, and from an unknowable ruin, I found some natural bone runes of ancient cosmic giant beasts.”

“I knew this was very valuable, so I specially returned once.”

“I handed over these materials immediately.”

“That’s why everyone saw me complete three S-rank missions in the 170th-layer universe.”

Drip—

A long sound of a spell echoed in the room.

Tantai Mingyue’s brows slightly furrowed, and her face turned pale.

—She knew what spell this was.

To prevent the interrogated from lying, a high-level truth identification spell was specially installed in the interrogation room.

Against her, they actually activated this spell!

Tantai Mingyue felt as if her heart was being twisted.

Why use such a lie-detecting spell on me?

She took a deep breath, silently maintained her composure, and waited for the subsequent questions.

Another voice then sounded:

“You left your assigned mission without authorization, do you admit your guilt?”

Tantai Mingyue said, “During the mission in the Grand Dao Palace, I was at a critical moment of life and death. To save me, my friend forcefully took me to the 170th-layer universe.”

“According to secret mission work regulations, if one’s life is threatened without exposing or affecting the mission, one can find a way to escape danger.”

As her voice fell.

Drip—

A long spell sound echoed in the room.

“Can you guarantee that everything you said is true?”

Another voice asked.

Tantai Mingyue felt a bitter taste in her heart.

—Of course, it was true.

Asking this was just a formality, or rather, it was a preamble they used to ease the interrogation atmosphere, to avoid putting themselves in an embarrassing situation.

At this point, she only needed to say “I guarantee everything is true.”

But that young man suddenly flashed in her mind.

His words once again echoed in her ears:

“…Why are you involved in the Grand Dao Palace mission? This palace is a dead end.”

“So I suggest you don’t go back…”

Tantai Mingyue closed her eyes, slowly exhaling all the air from her chest.

No.

Calm down.

Back then, the experts of the Human Resistance Alliance saved her.

She studied, grew, and lived here.

Would she really be willing to leave?

Besides, how could life always be smooth sailing?

“Everything I said is true.”

Tantai Mingyue heard herself say.

Another voice asked:

“Who is the friend you spoke of?”

Tantai Mingyue suddenly became vigilant.

Could she say?

It concerned the safety of Panda Tieren, and Nangong Wantu was the only contact.

She had only intended to meet him, and then pull him along when escaping, hoping to escape the Grand Dao Palace together.

Who knew that she would be saved by him instead.

—Could she report his affairs to others?

Tantai Mingyue said:

“He’s an informant of mine. I can guarantee that everything about him can be discussed after I bring him to join the Resistance Army.”

“But now, he might still be in danger.”

“To protect him, I cannot reveal anything about him for now.”

A voice suddenly rang out, “Presumptuous! What right do you have to conceal information from the Resistance Army?”

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Tantai Mingyue was stunned.

A surge of unprecedented anger spread in her heart.

“If my informant is exposed, my plan and mission will completely fail. Do you want my mission to be directly ruined? Is that it?”

Tantai Mingyue said in a calm tone.

That voice said, “That’s your business. Now you must provide the information the organization needs, otherwise—”

Tantai Mingyue interrupted him, saying, “Let me ask first, is this a formal interrogation? For a Major who has just completed three S-rank missions?”

The interrogation room suddenly fell silent.

If—

If they admitted it was an interrogation, who would still be willing to serve the organization in the future?

The 170th-layer universe, almost no human dared to go.

Tantai Mingyue alone completed three S-rank missions related to it!

As soon as she returned, your first action was an interrogation?

But if it wasn’t an interrogation—

Why would she answer your questions!

“If there’s nothing else, I’m leaving.”

Tantai Mingyue stood up and walked towards the door.

The door wouldn’t open.

She stood by the door, waited for a moment, and tried to push the door again.

The door still wouldn’t open.

Tantai Mingyue thought for a moment, took off a bracelet from her wrist, and placed it back on the table.

“All missions abandoned, defaulted as failed.”

“All identification, organizational emblems submitted.”

“The merit points for the three S-rank missions will all be used to offset the penalty points for the Grand Dao Palace mission failure.”

“I officially withdraw from the Resistance Army.”

“From now on, I am just a civilian in the base.”

“According to the fundamental law of human activity in the base, civilians cannot be imprisoned without conclusive criminal evidence.”

“—Are you satisfied?”

After she finished speaking, she felt a sense of relief throughout her body.

However, an angry male voice suddenly rang out:

“You possess that kind of curse on humanity’s gate ability, yet you still think you are qualified to be a civilian?”

“What do you want me to do?” Tantai Mingyue asked.

A voice said, “Hand over your informant—from this moment on, the person responsible for contacting him will be replaced by a more excellent Resistance Army master. If all goes well, that can prove your loyalty to the organization.”

Another voice responded, “Then we can talk about your civilian status.”

Tantai Mingyue held her breath, staring at the handcuffs in a trance.

At this moment.

Something she had long cherished and been reluctant to let go of suddenly broke off.

“I never betray friends.”

Tantai Mingyue said coldly.

“Even if it means betraying the Resistance Army?” a voice asked.

“Don’t accuse me, I have never betrayed the Resistance Army!” Tantai Mingyue said angrily.

Drip—

The sound of the spell once again proved her loyalty.

Suddenly.

A hand emerged from the void and grabbed her neck.

This hand seemed to possess magical power; as soon as Tantai Mingyue was grabbed, she immediately became unable to move.

A feminine voice sounded:

“Don’t resist. In fact, we only need a little spell to know everything about that person.”

Tantai Mingyue gradually lost consciousness.

She slowly closed her eyes and spoke in an emotionless tone:

“His name is Nangong Wantu, and he’s the only one who can contact Panda.”

“Nangong Wantu is also a disciple of the Grand Dao Palace.”

“He is also on good terms with the Emperor Species.”

“In fact, he saved me and directly brought me to the 170th-layer universe.”

As her voice fell.

The interrogation room fell silent.

After a moment.

A voice then sounded, “Did you hear that? The informant is called Song Jiang.”

“I heard it. He’s from the Great Tang in the East, and he seems to be a member of the imperial family,” another voice said.

“He was able to reach the 170th layer because he was on good terms with Baoyu.”

“Baoyu has an altar in Wuzhangyuan that can directly lead to the 170th-layer universe!”

The voices were filled with joy.

However, they were unaware that as malicious thoughts arose in their hearts, the intelligence they received had already deviated.

But some things would not go wrong.

For example—

“She has a contract… it’s probably her connection with that person,” a voice said.

Another voice immediately followed:

“That’s easy. I just happen to have a secret technique, like fishing—we can directly obtain secret intelligence from the 170th-layer universe!”

…

On the other side.

Cosmic Council.

—Inside that giant inverted pyramid structure.

Shen Ye held a gray tentacle and pressed it to his head.

Countless missions from the Cosmic Council, and treasures that could be exchanged with various levels of merit points, instantly flashed through his mind, dense and overwhelming.

It was dazzling to behold!

But wait—

Shen Ye suddenly discovered a card.

“Merit Reward Treasure: Tarot Six.”

“Card, part of a deck.”

“Possesses incredible power. You must have enough merit to view the front of the card. And even further to view its function.”

Hiss—

Without merit, you couldn’t even get a glimpse!

This card was face down!

“Master Battle Instructor, are you there?”

Shen Ye drew a card and asked.

On the card, the Master Battle Instructor was dancing with a beautiful and elegant lady.

His hand was on the lady’s waist, and the lady chuckled delicately.

—Very well, your life seems quite comfortable.

Taking a break from dancing, the Master Battle Instructor lazily responded:

“Don’t rush, that Dao scripture of yours is troublesome to interpret, and I’ve been quite busy recently—give me more time.”

Shen Ye rolled his eyes.

The All-Encompassing Art has personally empowered me; I no longer need you to interpret it.

—You’d better just keep dancing.

“It’s not about the Dao scripture, I just have a small question—do you know about Tarot Card Six?” Shen Ye asked.

“I know, ah, the previous owner of the Card Book lost it, you know—Xu Xingke searched for a long time, infiltrating many organizations, but couldn’t find it, right?” the Master Battle Instructor said.

“Of course it couldn’t be found, this card is in the hands of a cosmic monster,” Shen Ye said with emotion.

The Battle Instructor’s voice suddenly rose:

“—You actually have information about that card? Wait, what’s going on now?”

He strode towards the card face, wanting to see what was happening outside.

Shen Ye directly put the card into his ring.

—Judging by the Master Battle Instructor’s reaction, that card must still be very important.

He needed to find a way to get that card.

It could be a gift for his teacher.

But he needed merit points—

Wait!

Shen Ye suddenly jumped up, vigilantly sensing the changes in the void.

Two lines of faint text quickly appeared:

“The contract has been observed.”

“Please note, the contract is being deciphered!”

The contract?

Shen Ye instantly reacted.

—Tantai Mingyue!

Regardless of what happened to her, if someone was moving her contract—

Were they trying to find him through her?

Shen Ye sneered and uttered a low growl:

“Summon!”

The void immediately generated ripples.

—This was a contract signed with the “door” ability, just like the contract signed with Failun before.

Based on the door ability, it was enough to ensure the contract took effect immediately!

The void immediately produced ripples.

The next second.

Two figures appeared simultaneously.

A man radiating light grabbed Tantai Mingyue’s neck with his hand, hiding behind her, vigilantly looking at Shen Ye.

“A piece of trash with only Law Realm eightfold combat power… Are you Tantai Mingyue’s accomplice?”

The man sized up Shen Ye.

“That’s right. I remember Tantai Mingyue didn’t commit any serious crime. You and she are both humans, so why are you controlling her like this?” Shen Ye asked.

Tantai Mingyue seemed to have lost consciousness.

As for the person behind her, he was observing his surroundings.

—This was a sealed safe space.

“She left the Grand Dao Palace without permission,” the man said casually.

“I saved her—she was just escaping for her life. Why, does your organization not allow your subordinates to escape?” Shen Ye said.

A hint of unnaturalness flashed across the man’s face, but his tone became even stricter:

“We need to know the secrets of the 170th-layer universe, and she seems to have channels and methods for that.”

Now Shen Ye was truly perplexed.

“She’s your person. As long as she’s alive and continues to serve the organization, isn’t that a natural progression of things?”

Shen Ye asked, confused.

The man stared at Shen Ye and said, “Her strength is too low. It’s too unsafe for such a critical secret, one that could affect the fate of human development, to be held in her hands.”

Shen Ye snapped his fingers, “Understood. You’re just jealous and want to seize her information and resources—”

“If that’s the case, why put on such a righteous facade?”

At this moment, a voice came from the void behind the man:

“Contract decryption complete!”

“—Tantai Mingyue is this person’s servant. The contract is a standard master-servant contract.”

The man couldn’t help but laugh.

“You’re both so weak, yet you possess the secret intelligence of the 170th-layer universe?”

“So, you’re very strong?” Shen Ye asked.

“We are the strong ones of the Resistance Army’s Third Army. We discovered that Tantai Mingyue was acting suspiciously long ago—well, hand over all your information. Perhaps if I’m in a good mood, I’ll leave you whole corpses.”

The man said arrogantly.

Pfft!

A dull thud.

The man froze, slowly looking down.

He saw a long tail piercing through his chest, pinning him in place.

All his strength disappeared in an instant.

Completely unable to move.

Me?

Ambushed?

—I am a Major General of the Resistance Army, a Law Realm twenty-first layer!

Who could do this?

Another voice suddenly sounded:

“This world is too crazy. Such trash actually dares to sneak into our Cosmic Council’s lounge?”

The void flickered.

Wanshen appeared quietly.

Shen Ye said:

“Someone moved my subordinate, and then transmitted with my subordinate—like a fish on a hook.”

Wanshen’s power was immense; with just one glance, it understood the current situation.

It immediately let out a low growl:

“Three-Eyed Clan, anyone, quickly!”

Before the words faded.

A tentacled monster with a triangular head and three eyes appeared in the void.

“Wanshen?”

The three-eyed tentacled monster emitted profound and majestic telepathic waves.

It floated silently in mid-air like a jellyfish, emanating invisible ripples that caused the void to twist continuously.

Such strength was in no way inferior to Wanshen.

“Fishing—quick! The void passage behind this fellow is still open, reel in a few more!” Wanshen shouted.

The three-eyed tentacled monster understood immediately and released its tentacles, wrapping them around the man.

The man’s eyes glowed faintly, and his expression became dull.

“I… found… many treasures…”

He opened his mouth, his voice changing from stiff and dry to smooth and fluent:

“It was indeed the right choice to come this time. You all come quickly, let’s move all the treasures here!”

The void behind the man stirred slightly.

Shen Ye immediately sensed that his contract was being used again.

“Someone wants to use my contract and power to directly transmit over!”

Shen Ye reminded.

Wanshen and the three-eyed tentacled monster said in unison:

“Let them come!”

Wanshen touched the emblem on its chest.

In the room, one terrifying cosmic monster after another appeared.

As soon as they appeared, they were swept by the invisible ripples emanating from the three-eyed demon monster, immediately understanding the current situation.

The monsters showed excitement, all holding their breath motionless.

A short while later.

The distant void fluctuations gradually took shape.

Another imposing man appeared directly in this room of the Cosmic Council through Shen Ye’s master-servant contract.

“Damn it—”

Before the man could finish speaking, he was immediately struck by dozens of mind control techniques.

“There are so many treasures, it’s truly unexpected.”

The man’s tone immediately became pleasant and joyful.

He waved at the void behind him:

“Come quickly, this is a void collection point, they’ve hidden a lot of good things!”

A voice came from the other side of the void:

“Is it really that good?”

The man said, “This is—”

All the cosmic monsters looked at Shen Ye.

Only Shen Ye knew the situation best!

Shen Ye felt as if he was enveloped by an invisible mental link.

Whatever he said could be instantly received by the cosmic beings!

“This is Tantai Mingyue and her master’s secret lair. They indeed relied on plundering the secrets of the dead to acquire vast wealth—so much that it’s difficult to even share.”

Shen Ye spoke a paragraph with his mental power.

The three-eyed demon immediately controlled the man to repeat the words.

These words were too captivating.

And they perfectly hit Tantai Mingyue’s gate ability!

Even Tantai Mingyue herself had never thought of reviving the dead through summoning to explore the wealth hidden by the deceased.

—So this made it even more believable.

The void stirred.

Three to five powerful human professionals appeared consecutively.

As soon as they landed, they were immediately brought under control.

The fluctuations in the void subsided.

In Shen Ye’s perception—

—All individuals who had activated the contract had already been transported.

“Just these people.”

Shen Ye said.

The cosmic monsters all showed excitement.

“Baxter has been dealing with humans, even transforming into human form and taking servants, just to uncover the secret of humans activating the ‘door’ ability.”

Wanshen explained.

“Then,” the three-eyed demon beast looked at Shen Ye, “Baxter, what’s your opinion on these humans?”

Silence fell.

All the demonic beasts looked at Shen Ye.

“Please extract their memories and let me see how they treated my subordinate,” Shen Ye said.

“That’s really too simple, you wait,” the three-eyed demon monster said.

A tentacle gently touched Shen Ye’s forehead.

Everything that had happened at the Human Resistance Army base appeared in Shen Ye’s mind.

“I am very relieved—my human subordinate did not betray me. As for these people, you can deal with them as you wish.”

Shen Ye said.

He picked up the unconscious Tantai Mingyue, preparing to leave the room.

“We will kill these humans—Baxter, you wouldn’t sympathize with humans, would you?”

The three-eyed demon monster said.

“Humans? No, they are not. They are scum,” Shen Ye said without looking back.

The three-eyed demon monster pressed on, “So if there were someone among us who treated you like that—”

“The Saintly Venerable of the 99th-layer Grand Dao Palace, I will kill it sooner or later,” Shen Ye said.

Shen Ye walked out of the room.

The monsters immediately laughed.

“Not bad, this little bug.”

“Very spirited!”

“Wanshen, your Emperor Species are truly fierce.”

“That old fellow, Saintly Venerable, is in trouble.”

Wanshen casually waved its hand, signaling everyone to pause for a moment.

“These human military commanders are all rich soul feasts. I’ll just say one thing—”

“Baxter’s merit points must be sufficient, right?”

Its sharp eyes swept across the room.

All the monsters were silent.

“What’s there to say about this?”

The three-eyed demon monster swayed its tentacles a few times and then naturally responded:

“To be able to eat so well without leaving home, of course, it’s Baxter’s credit. I’m not that stingy.”

On the other side.

Outside the door.

Several lines of faint text suddenly reappeared before Shen Ye’s eyes:

“Your reputation echoes loudly throughout the universe.”

“The ‘Blood-sucking Child’ has once again gained unparalleled fame.”

“It has the potential to evolve again!”

“Please continue to work hard!”