Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 321

The sound of wind and snow did not diminish.

Occasionally, the sound of trees collapsing could be heard outside.

—This had already become a disaster-level snowstorm.

However, according to “Starlight-Guided Crossroads,” the enemy would still come to besiege them.

Unexpected.

Shen Ye looked at the little girl, who was in a deep sleep, and thoughts raced through his mind.

Frankly.

Fortune-telling and prediction-related things are the most difficult to deal with.

The enemy usually has no clue.

For example, Mogahou’s prophetic poem, or his own Sect Master’s treasured strategy.

If he hadn’t known about Mogahou’s predictive ability, he would have been seen through by him a long time ago.

This was the most difficult thing to defend against.

But.

There was a problem here.

“Starlight-Guided Crossroads” came from one of the Nine Aspects’ personalities, the astromancer Peaso.

Did any other personalities know about this skill?

…Someone should know.

The personality named “Demon of Fear” was able to drive out the “Violent Eater,” “Cunning Traitor,” and “Snake Woman” personalities from the body.

This proved one thing—

The Demon of Fear knew all about the other personalities.

In other words.

It should also understand “Astromancer Peaso.”

It knew the skills of Peaso’s personality.

Shen Ye’s gaze deepened.

—Playing like this, wouldn’t he always be under the opponent’s control?

He could deceive Mogahou beforehand.

The Demon of Fear, above the nine layers of the Dharma Realm, must have more ways.

No…

He must find a way.

Think fast, what way is there to change this situation?

…There is one he could try.

Let’s try.

“Sect Master’s Treasured Strategy and Starlight-Guided Crossroads, merge the two.”

Shen Ye said softly.

Two lines of shimmering small text appeared:

“You attempted to activate the golden term ‘Vampire Babe,’ but failed.”

“Because these two are not items of the same type.”

Shen Ye “tsk”-ed, thought it over for a moment, and said:

“This time is not to merge items of the same type, but to merge skills—”

“Whether it’s the Sect Master’s Treasured Strategy or Starlight-Guided Crossroads, both are predictive skills.”

The shimmer continued to appear:

“Although the Sect Master’s Treasured Strategy possesses predictive skills, it also possesses various other abilities of the Hun Tian Gate.”

“As an item, it’s too miscellaneous to be merged.”

“If you want to merge it as a skill, you will lose the other abilities of the Sect Master’s Treasured Strategy. Do you agree?”

Shen Ye was slightly startled.

Upon careful thought, even with this treasured strategy, the Hun Tian Gate failed to defeat the Emperor Species.

Now he was facing an existence stronger than the Emperor Species.

He must concentrate all his power!

Make one mistake, and everything would be destroyed by the Demon of Fear.

At this moment, what should be discarded must be discarded!

—For survival.

“Agree to merge!”

Shen Ye said.

Shimmering light continuously appeared, gathering into small text:

“You activated the golden term ‘Vampire Babe’.”

“The Sect Master’s Treasured Strategy and Starlight-Guided Crossroads are merging, producing a super-evolution effect during the merge.”

“The prediction skill within the Sect Master’s Treasured Strategy was too low in level, dragging down this super-evolution.”

“This super-evolution consumed all your mental power.”

Shen Ye felt dizzy and disoriented.

After resting, his mental power had recovered to its full 90 points.

—Did it really use up everything?

Helpless, he had to invest 10 free attribute points into mental power, just to slightly cushion the blow, so he wouldn’t feel too uncomfortable.

Small shimmering text kept popping up:

“After super-evolution, the two have merged into a new skill:”

“The Hanged Man’s Prophecy.”

“Prediction skill, blue level (Excellent).”

“Description: Every day, you can activate this skill once to learn about an event that could lead to your death.”

“—The fires of purgatory burn in your heart; either turn to ashes, or live on and burn your enemies.”

What else was there to say?

“Activate!” Shen Ye whispered.

A page silently appeared in the void—

This resembled the Sect Master’s Treasured Strategy, but unlike it, the information that rapidly appeared on it was very specific:

“Two hours later, the search is declared a failure.”

“Twelve consecutive nuclear weapons break through the air, turning everything into a ravenous sea of fire.”

Only the sound of wind and snow surrounded him.

The page floated silently in the darkness, the small text emitting a faint glow.

Shen Ye quickly read it, almost cursing.

It seemed—

The opponent didn’t just want to stimulate Shah Telai, making this personality collapse and fall.

Directly killing Shah Telai.

This was a simpler, more direct, and brutal option.

What to do?

His gaze fell upon the little girl.

The little girl was still asleep.

—Cannot wait in place, will be surrounded.

—Cannot escape immediately, will freeze to death.

What to do?

Shen Ye lowered his eyes slightly, waiting silently.

Time slowly passed.

Ten minutes arrived.

Now, he could once again use the body like a personality, thanks to the Nine Aspects’ Tooth.

He crouched in front of the little girl, about to call her name to wake her up.

After a moment of hesitation.

He slowly closed his mouth, saying nothing.

The little girl had fallen several times in the snow earlier, and her feet had cuts from sharp stones; the bleeding had just stopped.

Her shoulders were covered in bruises, and there were traces of blood in her nose, from hitting it at some unknown time.

She looked utterly exhausted.

Shen Ye sighed, gently rose, passed through the big tree, and patrolled in the wind and snow.

Let her sleep a little longer.

After all, a refreshed mind makes for a better mood.

Seven or eight minutes later.

The sound of wind and snow was augmented by the roar of large machinery.

Shen Ye stood atop the tree, gazing into the distance.

Not far away, on a hillside, several steel mechs, seven to eight meters tall, appeared.

—They had started searching the mountain!

Only then did Shen Ye fly back to the tree hollow and whispered into the little girl’s ear:

“Wake up, Shah Telai.”

The little girl mumbled, her eyes still closed.

Helpless, Shen Ye continued to call:

“Nancy, Peaso, Shah Telai, whoever it is, you must get up now!”

Only then did the little girl open her eyes.

“Are we running away? Baxter?” she asked.

“To be precise, we’re going back,” Shen Ye said.

“Back?” the little girl asked in surprise.

Her eyes had returned to their emerald green color.

—It seemed it wasn’t Peaso, but one of Nancy and Shah Telai.

“Shah Telai?”

“No, I’m Nancy now.”

“Nancy, listen to me, don’t you find them very annoying?”

“Of course they’re annoying, I haven’t seen my parents in a long time, and I miss them very much.”

“And now they’re still chasing you.”

“Baxter, you are the fighter among us—tell me, what should we do?”

Shen Ye lowered his voice and said:

“My time to appear is limited, listen to me, now I need to get rid of their pursuit and then give them a hard blow.”

“I support you!” Nancy said, clenching her small fists.

Shimmering light quickly formed small text:

“Credential: Tooth.”

“Synchronization rate: 2.7%.”

“No rejection phenomenon detected.”

“Synchronization time increased to: 3.3 seconds.”

In the wind and snow.

The deafening sound of machinery grew closer.

Shen Ye spoke slowly, quietly:

“To escape this desperate situation, we must return to that flying fortress.”

“I will try my best to create a safe environment for you later.”

“You must find a way to survive.”

“Hold on for ten minutes.”

“Remember, you must hold on for ten minutes, even if you have to surrender.”

The little girl’s face turned pale, and she nodded vigorously.

The sound of the steel mechs moving grew increasingly close.

Shen Ye said no more, descended, and merged with the little girl.

Synchronize!

The little girl’s face broke into a mischievous smile.

—Originally, he had a furious murderous intent and wanted to shout, “Kill them all,” but considering it would affect the little girl’s personalities, he temporarily deleted all his lines, replacing them with silence, just a mischievous smile.

A certain title above his head suddenly glowed, spun in mid-air, and silently disappeared into the void.

“You activated the purple term (one in a million):”

“Scourge.”

“Description: Designate a place where you have been, causing it to suffer a catastrophic disaster.”

“You have designated an area within a hundred li radius of this place.”

The moment the term was activated, the little girl pulled open a door and instantly left the tree hollow.

Not long after.

The entire tree was suddenly pulled out by a pair of mechanical giant hands.

A cold machine voice subsequently sounded:

“Human blood remnants found, initiating comparison!”

“Comparison successful.”

“—She’s nearby!”

“Everyone follow, initiate a full-scale search in this area!”

More than a dozen mechs scattered around the large tree, beginning a full-force search for the little girl’s trace.

A sudden change occurred—

A burning meteor fell from the sky, hitting this area precisely without deviation.

Boom!

The violent impact instantly turned the earth into a bottomless pit.

All mechs were destroyed.

Those people didn’t even have time to let out a scream.

Flames surged into the sky.

On the other side.

The flying fortress.

“Report! The mech search team has found traces of the target, but—”

“But what? Did you let them escape? Useless.”

“No, Captain, a meteor fell down and destroyed everyone along with the mechs!”

“How is that possible!”

“It’s true, there’s also the search video transmitted from the scene, you can see a meteor falling from the sky, destroying everything within a hundred-li radius!”

“…This is insane.”

“Attention all! The target may possess powerful psychic abilities and has become an uncontrollable monster. Immediately activate the sixth specimen destruction protocol!”

“Nuclear bomb activated!”

“Countdown five seconds, prepare to fire—”

On the flying fortress, everyone was bustling.

As for the instigator of all this—

The little girl opened a door in the tree hollow and entered a blank world.

—The Mirror World.

Strangely, this time, she had entered the Mirror World without summoning any mirrors!

A faint light appeared as a line of small text:

“You have reached the previous coordinate.”

Yes.

Not long ago.

On the flying fortress.

The little girl lay on the operating table, her tracking chip removed.

At that moment, Shen Ye opened an ice mirror, arrived in the mirror world, and opened a door in the mirror to reach the ice and snow forest.

At this moment.

He had merely opened a door and returned to this Mirror World.

This Mirror World came from—

That shattered ice mirror on the operating table!

All the ice shard pieces should still be on the flying fortress.

So now the little girl only needed to do one thing to completely leave the ice and snow forest.

That was—

She stepped forward, leaving the Mirror World.

Darkness surrounded her.

This was still the operating room.

Everyone had left.

In the corner.

A sliver of ice, the size of a fingernail, was hidden in the dust, unnoticed.

This was a fragment of the shattered ice mirror from back then.

—Most of the fragments had been cleaned up, but there was still this one piece that hadn’t been thrown into the trash.

Perhaps they would collect some ice shards for specialized research.

But the result was obvious.

—Those were just ordinary ice cubes.

Except for the only one—

The ice shard in the corner shimmered faintly, and the little girl suddenly appeared.

—She had emerged from the ice crystal!

It was the “Door” ability combined with the power of “My Reflection in the Mirror” that achieved this level of space transfer.

Opening the door to enter the Mirror World, and then traveling from the Mirror World to the flying fortress, took less than two seconds in total.

1.6 seconds left!

The little girl inhaled, then looked up and softly said:

“You’re crazy.”

—The term “Danger” was activated by a real person!

The target was—

The entire flying fortress!

Time’s up.

Shen Ye sprang out from the little girl, floating in mid-air.

A faint light still appeared:

“‘Danger’ has begun to enlighten the masses.”

“If you’re sick, you need to be cured—”

“Once the opponent resists, the ‘Danger’ above their head explodes, and the ‘Tribulation’ state is officially activated.”

“Current target: The central control AI of the flying fortress has not accepted enlightenment.”

“The flying fortress has entered ‘Tribulation’ state!”

“There will inevitably be continuous accidents, its vital weaknesses will be destroyed, and valuable items will inevitably be scattered.”

All the small text receded.

It seemed something was about to happen.

Shen Ye’s expression was calm.

—At this moment, he had understood an important matter.

Terms and Doors.

This was the power of the future.

Although he was only at the fourth layer of the Dharma Realm, he controlled the power of the future!

If he wanted to contend with the Nine Aspects, he had to make full use of them!

The little girl looked around and softly said:

“Baxter, what now?”

“This room is closed, I just took a look, it’s locked from the outside—just stay here peacefully for a while,” Shen Ye said.

“Alright, but I can’t always depend on you, I need to join the battle too!” the little girl said.

“Are you Nancy or Shah Telai?”

“It’s me, Shah Telai.”

“I’ll perform all the Frost Moon Heaven Shock techniques; they’re quite effective for general combat.”

“Thank you, Baxter.”

Shen Ye performed all the techniques on the spot, explaining them in detail.

They were calmly teaching moves here.

But outside, chaos reigned.

A panicked voice echoed in the fortress command room:

“Reporting, sir!”

“Sudden malfunction, laboratory doors unable to close, containment equipment faulty and inoperative.”

“The experimental specimens are escaping!”

Silence.

Everyone looked at the sky fortress commander.

The commander was silent for only one second.

“All out, arm yourselves, destroy all experimental specimens, quickly!”

He roared loudly.

People scrambled around frantically.

Most ran to the weaponry.

A few remained seated, but retrieved various security devices within the flying fortress and began attacking the monsters that had appeared throughout the fortress.

Meanwhile.

The fortress commander turned and left, quickly walking into a small room inside and closing the door.

He opened his computer, rapidly typed a password, then entered a long string of characters.

Ding!

Three lines of small text appeared on the computer screen:

“In five minutes, the fortress will complete the self-destruct sequence.”

“Please immediately enter the small escape pod.”

“The escape pod is about to detach from the fortress!”

The floor of the small room opened, revealing a long tunnel.

The commander jumped down.

The floor immediately closed.

Everything was as if nothing had ever happened.

On the other side.

In the operating room.

Shen Ye checked the time.

Eight minutes had passed since his last synchronization.

As long as no one came—

Thump!

With a muffled thud, the room’s door flew off, hitting the wall with a dull crash.

Immediately after.

A werewolf covered in grayish-white fur appeared in the operating room.

“…” Shen Ye.

The werewolf immediately spotted the little girl huddled in the corner.

It opened its mouth, filled with sharp teeth, saliva constantly dripping, and its violent eyes swept towards the human girl in the corner.

“Hold on, make good use of the Moonlight Deer Walk and Flowing Moon Movement I taught you.”

Shen Ye nervously encouraged Shah Telai.

But the little girl was stunned in place, motionless.

“Shah Telai!”

Shen Ye roared.

The little girl waved her hand, and softly said:

“It’s okay, Baxter, she—I think I know her.”

The werewolf suddenly let out a roar.

Its sharp claws scratched several inches deep marks on the metal bed, radiating murderous intent.

But the little girl walked straight towards it, arms outstretched, and shouted:

“Sophie! Don’t you recognize me?”

The werewolf paused.

The room was too dark.

The little girl walked out of the dark corner, into the light, allowing the other to clearly see her appearance.

The murderous intent on the werewolf’s body swept away clean.

It opened its mouth, laboriously mimicking a human voice:

“Nancy… is that you?”

“It’s me!”

The little girl cheered, rushed forward, and hugged the werewolf.

The werewolf let her hug it, and after a good while, extended its claws and embraced her, making a whimpering human sound:

“Nancy, how did you—recognize—me?”

“My hair clip, a pink one, it’s especially cute, I’ve envied it for a long time,” Nancy said.

Shen Ye looked towards the werewolf and saw a tiny pink hair clip behind its ear.

So, this was also a human girl?

“I thought all of you小伙伴 went home after testing, Sophie, why didn’t you leave?”

the little girl asked.

The werewolf’s eyes revealed deep-seated hatred.

Shen Ye quickly checked the time—

Time was up.

If he were to synchronize, at this moment he could synchronize with the little girl, control the body, and avoid the werewolf.

This way, the little girl wouldn’t see how cruel the whole situation was.

Perhaps—

Without such a major stimulus, she wouldn’t develop that kind of personality.

But.

Should he really avoid the werewolf?

Perhaps this werewolf was her last friend.

By what right could he separate them?

“Nancy, let me tell you, actually our companions from the same period—”

the werewolf said, gnashing its teeth.

Quick.

Make a decision.

What should he do?

Shen Ye flew to the little girl’s back.

Just one step forward and he could merge with her, synchronize, move away from the werewolf, and avoid all truth.

He stood rooted to the spot, watching the little girl and the werewolf embrace, watching the tears streaming from the werewolf’s eyes, watching the werewolf’s pink hair clip.

Facing the light, the little girl’s eyes glowed like a pair of emerald jewels, radiating anticipation.

She was waiting for the other’s words.

Waiting for that answer.

For a moment.

Shen Ye sighed silently.

At this moment.

Was it right to conceal everything?

Could deceiving her be considered kindness?

This act of concealing the truth, for her, was perhaps the true malice.

Shen Ye’s feet were rooted to the spot, unable to move.

But the werewolf also seemed to be stuck.

She looked at the little girl in front of her, not saying the rest of her words.

“Tell me, Sophie, what do you want to tell me? What happened to our friends?”

Nancy asked.

The werewolf was silent for a moment, then finally said:

“Run away, Nancy, there are no good people here, and this isn’t a school.”

“Not a school?” Nancy was stunned.

“Listen to me, a real school has a blackboard, with tables and chairs, everyone sits together and listens to the teacher explain things, and you can rest every few dozen minutes, unlike how we are.”

After the werewolf finished speaking, it flashed and left the room.

In a short few breaths.

It returned again, holding a bulging backpack.

“There are many lovely places in the world, like night markets, cinemas, amusement parks. My dream used to be to ride a Ferris wheel once.”

The werewolf knelt on the ground, helping the little girl fasten her backpack.

“Sophie, let’s escape together, then we can go together!” the little girl said excitedly, gripping its thick arms.

“I’m sick, Nancy.”

The werewolf said distractedly, using its sharp and nimble claws to fasten the last safety buckle on the backpack, without harming the little girl at all.

It stood up, suddenly rushed towards the wall, and slashed

with its claws.

A large hole instantly broke open in the wall.

Wind whistled in.

The werewolf turned back, picked up Nancy, and carried her to the broken opening in the wall. It let out a whimpering roar:

“—You go for me, go ride a Ferris wheel, promise me.”

“I will!” the little girl said.

The werewolf seemed to smile, leaned in, and loudly whispered in her ear:

“Count to twenty, pull this rope, remember, you must pull it.”

“Goodbye, Nancy.”

With a release of its hands.

The little girl flew away with the wind.

Shen Ye immediately followed.

The two flew for a distance, falling below the sea of clouds, and soon the flying fortress was out of sight.

At a certain moment.

Nancy pulled the rope hard.

Pop.

The parachute opened.

They were now quite far from the wilderness and mountains.

In the sky.

The wind was not strong, nor was it too cold.

From the distant sky came rumbles like muffled thunder.

However, the sound was already too far away.

The little girl quietly listened to the sound of destruction echoing in the sky, her expression bewildered and innocent.

She seemed unwilling to speculate.

And—

She tightly gripped the parachute, and loudly said:

“Baxter, what is that?”

Shen Ye had already seen it.

Not far away.

A small aircraft hovered to and fro, always following behind Nancy.

Who was it?

The flying fortress had already exploded.

Yet this small aircraft was still following closely.

Shen Ye went to take a look, then flew back, and loudly said:

“It’s a bad guy!”

“The kind of bad guy Sophie talked about?” Nancy’s voice turned into Shah Telai’s.

“Yes,” Shen Ye said.

As the aircraft approached once more, she suddenly pushed out a palm towards it.

Thunder Shock Palm!

A small ball of lightning flew out, struck the aircraft, and quickly dissipated.

The power was too weak.

She was only five years old, with low overall attributes.

To learn the Frost Moon Heaven Shock so quickly was exceptional, but it wasn’t enough to destroy an aircraft.

At this point, they were very close to the ground.

The parachute descended rapidly.

The aircraft also followed, landing steadily.

A tall human male jumped out of the aircraft.

“To be able to teleport back from the snowy plains, an incredible child, you are our most successful experimental subject.”

The human male said.

“Who are you?” Shah Telai asked.

“Nancy—is that your name? All the experiments you’ve undergone were managed by me,” the human male said.

Shah Telai gently wiped her cheek, surprised to find her face covered in tears.

Buzz—

Countless black heads appeared behind her, connecting heaven and earth, like a giant wall.

The heads surged frantically, their blurred features gradually becoming clear.

“I.”

“I’m coming.”

“It’s my turn to be born.”

“Get lost, it should be my turn now.”

They screamed frantically.

“I’m going to kill you,” the little girl’s voice fluctuated, “you hurt my friend.”

Shen Ye looked at the man.

The man also seemed to understand her words and couldn’t help but laugh:

“Child, I am a sixth-level master of the Dharma Realm—”

Before he finished speaking.

The overwhelming wall of black heads instantly collapsed, all the heads surging like a tide, simultaneously pouring into the little girl’s back.

The dark personality was about to form!

At this moment.

Shen Ye suddenly vanished.

The little girl stood still, forming a mudra with her hands.

The Dharma manifestation unfolded.

“Killing is best left to me.”

Shen Ye’s voice overlapped with the little girl’s.

Behind him, towering jade palaces, emanating icy coldness, emerged one after another, rising to the firmament.

Above the magnificent architectural complex, a perpetually rotating blood-red moon released power that annihilated everything, illuminating the entire world.

Everything illuminated began to decay.