Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 552

Eternal World.

Nangong Sirui stood deep in the flesh-and-blood tunnel.

There was a silver gate there.

He didn’t know where it led.

As he hesitated, a figure suddenly appeared behind him.

Shen Ye.

“Why are you here?”

Nangong Sirui asked.

“For a team-up, my Earth body is really weak, I need you to help me complete the mission,” Shen Ye said.

“Hmph, so you finally need my help, huh?” Nangong Sirui said proudly.

“Actually, I just came to cheer you on,” Shen Ye said.

Nangong Sirui was surprised, “Didn’t you say—”

“Just kidding,” Shen Ye waved his hand with a smile, “With the ‘Warm-Blooded Comrades’ ability connected to the door, if you improve, I’ll improve too.”

Nangong Sirui’s mouth opened, but no words came out.

When Shen Ye’s “main account” was killing enemies and leveling up before, he also benefited from “Warm-Blooded Comrades,” continuously increasing his realm several times.

—He hadn’t expected this perk to be so useful!

He said,

“Alright then, I’ll go in first. If something happens to me—”

“Bah, something happens? What could happen?” Shen Ye glared at him.

“I know this is unlucky to say—but if I’m no longer around, I hope you can tell my parents on the Death Planet,” Nangong Sirui said sincerely.

“I refuse,” Shen Ye said.

“Refuse? Why?” Nangong Sirui asked in surprise.

Shen Ye reached out and patted him.

Tiny glowing words immediately appeared:

“You have inherited Failun the Spirit Master’s ‘Resurrection Art’ and exchanged it with Nangong Sirui’s acting skills.”

“You have obtained Nangong Sirui’s ‘Oscar-winning Acting Skills,’ and Nangong Sirui has obtained your ‘Resurrection Art’.”

“—Everyone has a bright future.”

Shen Ye yawned, then waved at Nangong Sirui, saying:

“Death isn’t scary. What’s scary is being afraid of death.”

“You actually got the Resurrection Art?” Nangong Sirui was somewhat surprised.

“Enough talk, go quickly. If you die, just come here to revive,” Shen Ye said.

“Okay!”

Nangong Sirui went to push open the door.

The moment the door opened.

He was sucked in by a stream of light, disappearing instantly.

Shen Ye, the Earthling, sat silently by the door, waited for a few minutes, then reached out and pressed his hand into the void.

Lines of glowing small characters quietly appeared with the movement of his hand:

“You are the master of the Eternal Brain, and also the Eternal Brain, an Eternal survivor, and the Lord of the World.”

“You begin to issue quests.”

“…”

On the other side.

Inside the gate.

Nangong Sirui stood in a plaza, quickly observing his surroundings.

“This is…”

Before he could figure anything out, a sphere of light suddenly appeared before his eyes.

“Hello.”

The sphere of light spoke.

“He…llo…” Nangong Sirui replied.

“Now, a mission: go to the wilderness and cut down deer. Return and deliver the mission if successful,” the sphere of light said.

“Alright,” Nangong Sirui said.

He stretched his neck and looked out of the plaza.

Outside was indeed an endless wilderness.

There should be deer.

Nangong Sirui glided into the air, flying above the wilderness to get a look.

Hmm.

He could see many wild grasses as tall as a man, as well as deserts, oases, and dense forests.

There was even a winding path.

“BANG!”

A deafening sound exploded above Nangong Sirui’s head, almost making him fall from mid-air.

—What’s going on?

Nangong Sirui steadied himself and looked up.

He saw a small sphere of light floating above his head, emitting a cold, emotionless voice:

“Please return to the plaza, find the Main God, and deliver your completed mission.”

“The mission is completed?” Nangong Sirui asked, surprised.

—I haven’t even left the plaza yet!

He thought for a moment, then simply landed, returned to the center of the plaza, and looked at the large sphere of light.

“You’re quite fast, kid,”

the large sphere of light said in a booming voice.

“Did I complete the mission?” Nangong Sirui asked.

“Yes,” the large sphere of light said.

“But how did I complete the mission?” He held back and held back, but still couldn’t resist asking.

“What was your mission?” the large sphere of light countered.

“To go to the wilderness and cut down deer,” Nangong Sirui said.

“You completed it.”

“No, I didn’t.”

“No, you did—if I say you completed it, then you really completed it.”

“I didn’t cut down any deer.”

“What cutting down deer? I asked you, did you see the *path* in the wilderness?”

“See the path? Yes, I did see that.”

“Upgrade!”

A flash of eternal radiance descended from the sky, enveloping Nangong Sirui.

“Don’t worry, that’s just how Eternal power is—though it can’t defeat Destruction, it’s inexhaustible—perfect for enhancing your strength,” the large sphere of light explained.

The radiance gradually faded.

Nangong Sirui sensed it briefly and found that all his attributes had indeed increased significantly, and his domain strength had also risen by one level.

So “cutting deer” was actually “seeing the path”?

…That works?

“May I respectfully ask, are you the Main God?”

Nangong Sirui asked.

“Indeed, I am the Main God, and the Main God is me. Welcome, young man,” the large sphere of light said.

—No other way.

He still wouldn’t tell Nangong Sirui that he was the Lord of the World.

This was also a form of protection for him.

“Listen up, the second mission is to find ice wolves in the Coldwater Lake to the north. Go!”

said the large sphere of light.

“Understood!” Nangong Sirui moved, immediately flying towards the north.

He traversed hundreds of miles and indeed reached Coldwater Lake.

There wasn’t a single animal there.

But something was floating on the lake.

Nangong Sirui’s thoughts stirred, and he immediately flew to the surface of the lake, casually picked up the object, and examined it carefully in his hand.

It was a bag of betel nuts.

Wait!

Could it be…

Just then, with a “BANG” sound, the mission was completed again!

So it was to find “betel nuts” (槟榔, bīnláng, sounds like “ice wolf” 冰狼, bīngláng)!

Nangong Sirui’s mind suddenly cleared.

This mission was too simple.

Is this how Eternal civilization progressed?

No wonder it was destroyed.

A small sphere of light appeared above his head, and a voice accompanied it in mid-air:

“Mission complete, returning!”

Whoosh—

Nangong Sirui instantly returned to the plaza.

“You found the betel nuts!”

“Congratulations!”

“Mission complete, beginning to infuse Eternal Power!”

Glorious light immediately entered Nangong Sirui’s body.

“What’s the next mission?”

he asked.

“This mission is incredible!”

“To the northwest, there’s a gloomy and terrifying evil grotto. You need to find a monster called ‘Xiaobai’ in there, subdue two of them, and bring them back!”

“Go!”

“This is an S-rank mission.”

Nangong Sirui went.

To the northwest, there was indeed a hole in the ground.

In the hole, a white rabbit was lying, eating a carrot.

“Two ‘Xiaobai’s?”

He crossed his arms and muttered:

“It means ‘Xiaobai two’, right…”

So—

He squatted down, grabbed the rabbit’s ears, and picked it up.

Two lines of small text immediately popped up:

“Subjugation successful!”

“Congratulations, S-rank mission completed!”

—Enough.

How could there be such missions!

Nangong Sirui felt like he was going crazy.

But the feeling of rapid leveling was quite exhilarating.

“Request return.”

He said.

Whoosh—

He was gone.

At the same time.

Xu Xingke had just returned to the Death Planet.

“Everything went smoothly?”

Jian Ji asked.

“Pretty smoothly—did that insider confess?” Xu Xingke asked.

“No, he’s tight-lipped. No spell could make him talk,” Jian Ji said.

Xu Xingke was about to speak.

Suddenly.

A slight fluctuation emanated from him.

“You’ve broken through?”

Jian Ji asked, surprised.

Xu Xingke shook his head, “How could that be? My current strength, breaking through would be very—”

Before he finished speaking, another extremely slight power fluctuation surged from him.

“Hmm?”

Xu Xingke frowned, feeling a bit bewildered.

But soon.

He took out a card, communicated with Shen Ye for a while, and finally gradually understood.

“Since that’s the case, why not find more people and have them all guard your structures so everyone can improve?”

Xu Xingke suggested, interested.

Shen Ye said, “No, I must upgrade all three structures by one level before I can unlock the next one.”

“How do you upgrade structures?” Xu Xingke asked.

“Destruction elements,” Shen Ye said.

…

Earth.

Church.

Shen Ye was in his closed room, pondering the dual-saber technique he had just acquired.

Those glowing words hovered in mid-air.

However, he had his back to these prompts, as if he didn’t want to see them at all.

“Soft Meal, Hard Eat.”

“Destruction-type perk, passive perk, spontaneous perk.”

“Description: You can righteously say and do certain things, and no one will object. Everyone will take it for granted, except those with jealous hearts.”

“—Only capable people can eat soft meals.”

What’s the point of this perk!

I’m not eating soft meals!

For the love and peace on Earth, how much energy and brain cells have I sacrificed to create the current situation?

And this is called eating soft meals?

Can you believe it!

Shen Ye silently comprehended the saber technique, deciding never to pay attention to this perk again.

Knock knock knock—

Someone knocked on the door.

“What is it?” Shen Ye asked.

“Sister Ning is calling you for breakfast. It’s combat rations, already prepared,” a female voice sounded from outside.

—It seemed to be a female professional from the guard team.

Breakfast?

It was around five or six in the morning now.

It was indeed time for breakfast.

Shen Ye pondered for a moment, then said, “I’ll be right there!”

“Okay.”

The sound of footsteps gradually receded.

—Not even going to eat breakfast would seem a bit strange.

He didn’t have a guilty conscience.

So—

Shen Ye stood up, tidied himself, and then pushed the door open and went out.

He saw two tables set in the hall.

The food was already prepared, steaming hot.

Ning Yunyu waved to him:

“Over here!”

Under everyone’s gaze.

Shen Ye strode over and sat beside Ning Yunyu.

“Everyone’s here?” he asked.

Ning Yunyu replied:

“The artisan corps worked all night to repair several destruction traps.”

“Now they’re resting and made breakfast for everyone.”

“Patrols and guards are arranged. Someone will relieve them later so they can eat.”

As she spoke, she casually served Shen Ye a bowl of vegetable soup.

“That’s well-arranged.”

Shen Ye praised, took the soup, picked up a steamed bun, took a few bites of the bun, and a sip of soup, eating heartily.

Seeing him devour his food, everyone else also started eating.

When they were almost finished eating.

A female professional, blushing, came over and poured Shen Ye a cup of rice wine, saying respectfully:

“I am Xiaoxiao from the combat team. Thank you for your help earlier, otherwise I would have died.”

Shen Ye was somewhat bewildered and turned to look at Ning Yunyu.

Ning Yunyu explained:

“The Multi-tailed Scorpion drove them back. If you hadn’t stepped up, she would have died.”

Shen Ye recalled carefully; it seemed there was such an incident.

He took the cup of rice wine and said with a smile:

“We’re comrades, so helping each other is only natural.”

After speaking, he drained the rice wine in one gulp.

While he was drinking, Ning Yunyu glared at the female professional and ordered:

“Alright, go back to your duties. It’s your turn to patrol next.”

“Yes.”

The female professional reluctantly walked out of the hall.

Shen Ye didn’t pay it any mind, put down the cup, and took a napkin to wipe his mouth.

“What are you doing next?”

Ning Yunyu asked.

“Me… The patrols are sufficient. If there’s no emergency, I’ll continue to comprehend the saber technique,” Shen Ye said.

“Okay,” Ning Yunyu said.

Shen Ye smiled at her, stood up to leave, when a voice from across the dining table suddenly broke the silence:

“This doesn’t seem fair.”

“What?” Ning Yunyu asked.

“Queen of Destruction is responsible for arranging various combat tasks, and every one of us is busy, yet he gets to rest. Why is that?” a male professional across the table asked.

“This area is under my command, and my words are military orders,” Ning Yunyu said.

“Your words are military orders, that’s true, but you’re not fair—why does he get to rest!” the male professional asked again.

Shen Ye smiled, reaching out to press Ning Yunyu’s hand, and said:

“I’m pondering a saber technique. If I master it, my strength will greatly increase immediately. If enemies attack again, I can be the main force.”

His words were reasonable and well-articulated, and everyone around nodded.

—His combat power is the strongest here!

He should conserve his strength to deal with real threats!

However, the male professional remained unconvinced, muttering softly on the side:

“It’s just because he has a good relationship with the Queen of Destruction, and she shows him special favor; otherwise, how could he have gotten to where he is today?”

Shen Ye couldn’t be bothered with such a person, so he stood up and walked towards a room at the other end of the hall.

—After all, Ning Yunyu hadn’t said anything.

He walked leisurely, his mind already pondering the essentials of the dual-saber technique.

A sudden change occurred—

“Watch out!”

Ning Yunyu cried out.

A fireball, emanating turbulent truth power, fell from the sky, crashed through the ceiling, and slammed heavily onto the ground.

BOOM!!!

The hall shook violently, but Ning Yunyu quickly calmed it down with a spell.

Thanks to her warning, “Watch out.”

Everyone almost immediately went into defense mode, using various protective gear to block.

Almost everyone was fine.

“No, someone is missing!” a craftsman yelled loudly.

Everyone quickly checked.

A large splash of blood was seen by the dining table.

That fireball was truly terrifying; the person hit by it had been completely incinerated.

“Who was it?”

Shen Ye asked.

Ning Yunyu gave him a strange look, but her tone remained calm:

“That was an accident. I need the artisan corps to immediately build an anti-air network. All patrols go on patrol, and the rest guard the destruction cannons.”

“Yes!” Everyone complied.

Ning Yunyu gave Shen Ye a look.

Shen Ye immediately followed her, walking through the long corridor into a small room.

The door closed.

“Did you see it?” Ning Yunyu asked.

“I saw it—the one who died was that Destruction follower who questioned me—actually, you didn’t need to kill him,” Shen Ye said.

Ning Yunyu stared at him.

“What’s wrong?” Shen Ye was puzzled.

Although he had obtained Nangong Sirui (Xie Lan)’s Oscar-winning acting skills, there was no need to act here.

He truly didn’t know what had happened.

“I didn’t kill him,” Ning Yunyu said.

“What? It couldn’t be a coincidence, could it?” Shen Ye said hesitantly.

“Just now I felt a subtle power of destruction… Did you really not make a move?” Ning Yunyu asked.

Me?

Make a move?

Shen Ye was covered in question marks, spreading his hands to show the saber at his waist:

“You saw it, I was so far away, and my saber was always in its sheath. I really didn’t make a move.”

“That’s not what I mean. Wait a moment, I want to know if you have any Destruction-aligned perks,” Ning Yunyu tilted her head and looked at him.

Destruction-aligned… perk…

Shen Ye felt veins throbbing in his forehead, about to say something impulsive, when he suddenly remembered the battle power of 9,000,000 above the woman’s head—

He calmed down.

“Yes,” Shen Ye said.

“How much do you know about Destruction-aligned perks? Or rather, do you often use such perks?” Ning Yunyu tilted her head, looking at him.

“No way, are you trying to trick information out of me?” Shen Ye carefully controlled his words, his tone a bit resentful.

Seeing his reaction, Ning Yunyu became even calmer.

She took Shen Ye’s hand, rested her head on his shoulder, and her voice softened:

“I’m not trying to trick you; I just feel we need to be honest with each other.”

She must know something!

Shen Ye decided not to hide anything anymore and started speaking:

“I do have a Destruction-aligned perk, but I swear I didn’t use it.”

He gestured for Ning Yunyu to look up.

Ning Yunyu looked up and saw the perk quietly appearing above his head.

“Soft Meal, Hard Eat?”

She read it aloud.

Shen Ye said in an exasperated tone:

“Yeah, there’s nothing to boast about, so I didn’t really want you to know it existed.”

The deep darkness in Ning Yunyu’s eyes vanished silently.

“This perk… when did you get it?”

She asked.

Shen Ye turned his face away, looking as if he didn’t want to answer.

“Alright, tell me!”

Ning Yunyu hugged him tightly, speaking in a coquettish tone.

Only then did Shen Ye put on a helpless expression, saying grudgingly:

“Just now, when you taught me the saber technique.”

—This was true!

Even if Ning Yunyu’s strength was ten thousand times greater, this fact was still true!

If he didn’t fake it, no matter how terrifying her strength, there was nothing to fear!

In fact, this might even deepen their trust.

Ning Yunyu looked at the perk a few more times, the gloom between her brows completely disappeared, and she chuckled heartily:

“Oh, you, this isn’t your fault.”

“My fault? Of course it’s not my fault. That person’s death has nothing to do with me,” Shen Ye said.

“Actually, you did kill him, but unintentionally,” Ning Yunyu said.

“Huh? How could that be!” Shen Ye cried out.

“Baxter, you lack understanding of Destruction-aligned perks.”

Ning Yunyu patiently explained:

“Destruction-aligned perks are harder to obtain than perks from other worlds, and they also have more combat power than perks from other worlds.”

“But Destruction perks are extremely rare; many people have never even seen one.”

“So you wouldn’t know—”

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Shen Ye was a bit bewildered.

—What don’t I know?

Ning Yunyu continued:

“The power of your perk is—”

“You can righteously say and do certain things, and no one will object. Everyone will take it for granted, except those with jealous hearts.”

“Yeah, what’s wrong with that?” Shen Ye asked.

“So that person died,” Ning Yunyu said.

“Huh?”

“Yes, this perk has two abilities. The first is ‘everyone will take it for granted, and no one will object’;”

“As for the second ability—”

“It is ‘except those with jealous hearts’.”

“Wait!” Shen Ye cried out, losing his voice, “Are you saying—”

“Yes, every Destruction-aligned perk is related to destruction, like this one.”

Ning Yunyu continued in a playful tone:

“‘Except’ is a verb.”

“The entire perk first makes everyone take things for granted, and then it also eliminates those who harbor jealousy.”

“This is the power of Destruction-aligned perks.”

“Countless people yearn for them, yet fail to obtain any Destruction-aligned perks in their lifetime.”

“Congratulations.”

“Your Destruction perk is very powerful.”