Gatekeeper of Myriad Worlds Chapter 178

Underground Imperial Mausoleum.

This is a lounge.

Torches burned brightly on the walls, and stone guards stood on either side of the door.

Shen Ye appeared quietly.

Two voices sounded simultaneously.

“I guessed you’d come, but I didn’t expect you to come so quickly.” Nangong Sirui said, fanning himself.

“Which one did you choose as your mentor?” Xiao Mengyu asked.

Shen Ye looked around and saw that the lounge was empty, with only the two of them.

As expected, they were the top two ranked new students.

“I don’t even know his name yet, but I’ve already accepted the mission.”

Shen Ye scratched his head and said.

Rumble—

The stone door slowly opened.

A passage appeared before the three of them.

“At least three people must be gathered for the door to open. All right, I’m in a hurry, so I’ll go first.”

Nangong Sirui finished speaking, and with a flash of his figure, he swept out the door.

Various hidden weapons popped out from both sides of the road, striking directly at him.

The ground then sank further, turning the road into a cliff.

A swarm of bats clung to Nangong Sirui, spitting small fireballs at him.

Nangong Sirui dodged and weaved through the passage, struggling to overcome the various obstacles, and quickly disappeared at the end of the passage.

“Do you know his mission?” Shen Ye asked.

“He just said something earlier, it seems he needs to reach a certain tomb chamber within a specified time and retrieve a treasure from inside,” Xiao Mengyu said.

“What about you?” Shen Ye asked again.

Xiao Mengyu drew out her Remnant Snow Sword and said:

“Defeat 100 monsters—but don’t kill them.”

Shen Ye looked at her, then at the passage outside.

There weren’t any monsters.

“Based on the mission, different events will occur here—do you want to go first or should I?” Xiao Mengyu asked.

“You go first,” Shen Ye said.

“Oh, by the way, what’s your mission?”

“Just wander around.”

Xiao Mengyu’s beautiful eyes widened.

“Yes, I know it sounds ridiculous, but my mentor just told me to wander around.” Shen Ye shrugged.

Wander around…

Is this considered a test?

People are truly infuriating.

“Hmph… You look so annoying today. I’m going first, you can wander around by yourself.”

Xiao Mengyu turned her head and left.

As soon as she entered the passage, two human-faced snakes suddenly appeared in front of her.

“Hehe, little girl, we’ve eaten people before, you know.”

One human-faced snake giggled.

Xiao Mengyu completely ignored them, stepped forward, her sword split into two shadows, and directly sent the two human-faced snakes flying, pinning them to the wall.

“Only 98 more monsters!”

She mumbled as she walked forward, quickly disappearing at the end of the passage.

Now only Shen Ye was left.

Shen Ye stood with his arms crossed, deep in thought.

After seeing Nangong Sirui and Xiao Mengyu’s missions, he started to feel a bit unsure.

—Was it really just wandering around?

At this moment, he was the only one left in the lounge.

Waiting any longer was pointless.

He stepped out of the room and into the passage.

Xiao Mengyu said—

Different events would occur here depending on the mission.

He waited for a breath.

As expected, something happened.

A怪人 with eight legs emerged from the ground, holding a long piece of paper, five or six pages thick. He scanned the paper back and forth before speaking:

“Shen Ye?”

“That’s me,” Shen Ye said.

“Here to take the mentor’s test?”

“That’s right.”

The monster looked at the paper again and asked in an uncertain tone:

“What did your mentor tell you?”

“He told me to just wander around,” Shen Ye said truthfully.

The monster shifted its gaze from the paper and stared at Shen Ye.

“What’s wrong? Do I have something on my face?”

Shen Ye asked.

“No, but are you sure you want to take the test?”

“Yes.”

“…Alright, follow me.”

The monster walked away without looking back, and Shen Ye had no choice but to follow closely behind.

After crossing several intersections.

The monster stopped, looked at the paper in its hand, and said:

“Come on, for the first stage, you have to reach Tomb Chamber 57 within thirty minutes and retrieve a treasure from inside.”

“Charge ahead—start now!”

As the words fell.

All sorts of traps and monsters began to appear in the path ahead.

Shen Ye was slightly stunned.

What?

Isn’t this Nangong Sirui’s test mission?

I have it too?

“Hey, can I use spirit arts?” Shen Ye asked.

“Of course, as long as you have the strength, you can use any means,” the monster said.

“Good!”

Shen Ye’s body moved, and he flew directly forward, rushing at an unparalleled speed.

No need to gather strength to push off the ground, no need to pay attention to movement techniques, no need to choose a landing spot—

Just fly!

In the main world, only those with strength reaching the fourth or fifth stage of the Dharmic Realm could fly.

In other words—

In the current test, no new student could avoid all the traps on the ground by flying.

But Shen Ye was flying now!

A hole suddenly opened in the wall, shooting out several green arrows.

Shen Ye wiped his ring and directly put on a set of undead armor.

—This was a collection of Prince Norton!

He didn’t stop for the arrows, letting them hit his armor with a clanging sound.

Charge!

Charge forward with all your might!

Shen Ye’s flying speed became faster and faster.

Suddenly, two zombies appeared in front, grabbing at him.

Shen Ye wiped his ring.

Big Skeleton appeared, transforming into a skeleton giant, and punched the two zombies away.

All interference along the way was resolved by it.

Shen Ye was able to continuously accelerate, flying all the way to the end of the road in one breath.

Only to see that this place was piled high with corpses.

Deep within the innumerable corpses, there were five doors buried.

Each door only revealed a faint outline, making it impossible to see clearly.

Before, it was about testing the new students’ adaptability, but here, it was about testing their observational skills.

Shen Ye was in a hurry, so how could he take his time searching?

“Hey!”

He shouted loudly: “Which one is Tomb Chamber 57?”

“Whisper of Darkness” activated!

All the corpses stretched out their hands, pointing to the leftmost door.

“Thanks.”

Shen Ye said.

Big Skeleton turned into a skeleton giant to clear the way, and Shen Ye followed behind, quickly arriving at Tomb Chamber 57.

However, the floor was covered with broken weapons and armor. To identify a treasure from among them—

Shen Ye looked around, then stood still and waited.

One breath.

Two breaths.

A faint light gathered from the darkness, appearing as small characters on a helmet:

“Rod’s Helmet.”

“Treasure.”

“Description: Several perfectly preserved gemstones are hidden in the helmet’s lining.”

“—For a rainy day.”

This is it!

Shen Ye picked up the helmet.

Bang.

The void opened, and the eight-legged monster exclaimed:

“Damn it, how did you know the treasure was this helmet?”

“I guessed,” Shen Ye said.

The eight-legged monster pulled out the long strip of paper: “Alright, the next test is…”

“Defeat one hundred monsters.”

“Isn’t this someone else’s test? The test just now was also someone else’s, why do I have to do it?” Shen Ye couldn’t help but ask.

“Your mentor told you to just wander around?” the eight-legged monster said.

“That’s right,” Shen Ye said.

“Here, the word ‘wander’ means to go around in a circle—you have to pass everyone’s tests to be considered ‘wandering’,” the eight-legged monster explained.

Shen Ye was stunned.

The eight-legged monster looked down at the paper and muttered softly:

“The requirements are high. Just wandering isn’t enough; it also has to be ‘casually’ wandering, meaning it must be done with great ease and grace, without a single failure.”

“…That’s ridiculous,” Shen Ye said.

“Do you want to give up? Actually, even I think this test of yours is too abnormal,” the eight-legged monster said.

“No, I won’t give up—let’s start,” Shen Ye said.

“Then, let’s begin immediately.”

The eight-legged monster vanished.

The wall behind the tomb chamber opened, revealing a spacious plaza.

On the plaza.

Many monsters, armed with weapons, looked up at Shen Ye.

One hundred.

Tsk.

Deathly troublesome.

Shen Ye’s body vibrated, he flew forward, hovering above the plaza, estimated the distance slightly, and began to sing:

“Are you happy?”

The prankster activated!

The Prankster’s Bunny Dance was instantly activated.

The monsters had no choice but to stack on top of each other, forming a line, and swaying unsteadily towards the mid-air.

One hundred monsters, stacked like a train, finally approached Shen Ye in mid-air.

Shen Ye squatted in mid-air, propping his chin with his hand, and casually drew out his Dark Night Dagger.

“Sorry, I have many levels to pass, so—”

He let go.

The dagger fell, instantly piercing through a hundred monsters.

Bang!

The eight-legged monster appeared again.

“Damn it, you’re actually the mentor, aren’t you? Here to check on our work?”

It eyed Shen Ye suspiciously.

Shen Ye reluctantly showed his Tarot cards to the other party.

“Hey, kid, who exactly is your mentor?”

The eight-legged monster asked curiously.

“I don’t even know his name,” Shen Ye said.

“…Forget it, let’s look at the third trial: defeat the ghost spider tribe on the cliff and retrieve the fire lotus from the deep abyss.”

As soon as the eight-legged monster finished speaking, it immediately cursed, “Damn it! You can fly, so isn’t this trial practically free?”

“Flying is exhausting, you know,” Shen Ye said.

He moved his body, flying across the plaza, and then along the steep cliff, continuing to fly downwards.

He soon reached the abyss.

Many ghost spiders were entrenched there, each five or six meters long, emitting terrifying screeches.

Shen Ye glanced around, feeling that these creatures were just a dish waiting to be served.

“Eat them?”

He asked.

“Eat them,” the Big Skeleton appeared and said.

“Stop!!!” The eight-legged monster followed, shouting exasperatedly.

Shen Ye and the Big Skeleton stopped together, looking at it.

“…Here.”

The monster tossed over a pearl.

Shen Ye: “…Is that okay?”

“It’s not easy for us to raise giant clams, so don’t cause trouble! Understand?”

“Alright, but why are you being so nice to me?” Shen Ye

weighed the pearl in his hand.

“Because these missions aren’t suitable for you!”

Shen Ye was slightly stunned.

What it said seemed to make some sense.

…The missions here were a bit too childish.

They weren’t inspiring.

“Hey, how do you design missions? Can’t you hire some decent game designers? Doing missions like this is really boring,” Shen Ye said.

The eight-legged monster glared at him, grinding its teeth. “Don’t complain about us—we actually designed them very well, it’s just that this is for new student assessments.”

“I am a new student,” Shen Ye said, spreading his hands.

“Can a new student fly? Can they summon spirit arts? And can they make a hundred monsters dance? With a king—sorry, don’t glare at me, I mean with spirit arts go into the water.”

“You’ve completely exceeded the assessment standards, what am I supposed to assess you on?”