Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 328

Ring, ring—

“Today is Friday, April 2nd.”

“It’s exactly seven o’clock in the morning.”

“The weather is sunny, 18-29 degrees Celsius, and the UV radiation is not strong, so feel free to go out.”

“Here’s the morning news.”

Nancy awoke from her slumber.

She found herself sitting on a large public bus.

The entire bus was filled with children her age.

Many were still asleep.

“How long have I been asleep?” she asked.

“Five hours,” Shen Ye said.

“But…”

The Little Girl looked around and saw all her familiar friends.

Sophie.

And several other Little Girls.

Shen Ye spoke:

“You saved them—but reality is logical, so there’s no way to resurrect them out of thin air.”

“So the incident where you were sent to the research center was delayed by two years, becoming this moment.”

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“Is time going backwards?” the Little Girl asked.

“No, time isn’t going backwards. It’s just that the fates of all the characters were delayed by two years, and the events of that year were also postponed until today, two years later, when they officially began,” Shen Ye said.

“So they’re all still alive now?” the Little Girl asked again.

“Yes, the human potential experiment project has just begun; you haven’t arrived at the research base yet,” Shen Ye said.

He added:

“—When Pe’a Suo told me just now, I thought I’d misheard.”

The Little Girl showed a nervous expression and said uneasily:

“Baxter, we must put an end to all this.”

“Indeed,” Shen Ye said.

He looked at the Little Girl, about to discuss the next steps, but saw her yawn, unable to suppress her sleepiness, and fall asleep again.

Shen Ye was stunned for a moment, then sighed.

—She was only five years old. After accomplishing so much and even using ‘One in Ten Thousand Lives’ once, her body was already exhausted to the extreme.

Let her sleep.

Shen Ye passed through the ceiling and gently landed on the roof of the bus.

The bus was speeding along an endless highway.

At this moment, nothing had happened yet.

This meant everything could be salvaged.

Shen Ye couldn’t help but sigh.

Limitless universe, billions of powerhouses.

Who could salvage everything from their past life?

No one could do it.

Perhaps only a supreme being above the Ninth Layer of the Dharma Realm could create such a miracle.

—Even so, the price was enormous.

Nine Aspects had to engage in a life-and-death struggle with herself.

If she lost, everything would be gone, and all the tragic past would proceed as usual.

She might even lose her true self.

If she won.

Only then would there be a future.

“Charlotte…”

Shen Ye muttered softly.

Tens of minutes later.

A highway service area appeared ahead.

The bus slowed down, signaled to change lanes, and slowly drove into the service area.

Under the guidance of several staff members, all the children entered the restaurant to eat.

The driver drove the bus to the side to refuel.

Nancy and Sophie sat at a table, eating breakfast together.

“I heard we were forcefully selected, Nancy, is that true?” Sophie whispered.

“Yes,” Nancy emphasized, “Our parents had no choice but to send us here to study.”

“I went to a summer camp once, and I don’t know what the difference is here,” Sophie said uneasily.

“It’s okay, don’t worry,” Nancy smiled at her, then got up to go to the restroom.

As she passed the counter, the radio on the counter suddenly blared with static.

Immediately after.

A voice came from the radio:

“The second door hides secrets unknown to others; it’s a treasure spot in the game.”

Nancy seemed not to hear, walking straight into the restroom.

Shen Ye suddenly said:

“Enter the second door.”

Nancy walked into the second cubicle.

Everything was as usual here.

Shen Ye, however, said: “That brick on the wall seems to have been moved.”

“If you don’t look closely, you wouldn’t notice it,” Nancy said.

She reached out her hand.

Shen Ye reached out his hand, synchronizing with hers, and gently pried at the wall.

The brick was pulled out.

Inside was a cute rabbit doll.

“Who did it? Why did they give us a rabbit doll?”

Nancy was confused.

“It should be called Kunlun—it’s the homeless man from that game, and maybe it wants to tell us something,” Shen Ye said.

Nancy then took out the rabbit doll.

The rabbit doll immediately made a sound:

“Thanks to you interfering with its communication with so many nuclear bombs, I had a chance to escape, and then I used many methods to finally meet you here.”

“Is there a way to deal with that AI?” Shen Ye asked.

This was very important.

In the current real world, if they couldn’t deal with that AI, everything would repeat itself.

The real Charlotte had gone to another parallel world.

Now, a five-year-old Charlotte had to contend with the entire world and countless negative personalities.

—It would be difficult even to survive!

“There’s a smart chip hidden in this rabbit doll. You need to take it into the research base, then find a way to connect it to the internet, and I’ll slowly explore the rest,”

Kunlun said.

“But if we enter the research base, the enemy will definitely check our luggage,” Nancy said.

“It’s fine, I’m here,” Shen Ye said.

He directly activated the idiom “Hui Xiang Yao Tai Yue Xia Feng” (Meeting under the moon at the Jade Terrace), stored the rabbit doll in his Dharma Idol, and placed it on the city wall.

Nancy breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Ye continued, “Besides this, we need a little more time and shouldn’t go to the institute too early.”

“According to my memory, we’ll arrive at the institute tonight. Everyone will be separated, then various physical data will be collected, and a lot of blood will be drawn,” Nancy said.

“Then lend me your body,” Shen Ye said.

“Come on!” Nancy said cheerfully.

Shen Ye took a step forward and merged with Nancy.

He reached out a hand, grabbed the Guanghan Bow from the void, and shot a Taiyin Divine Arrow upwards.

Swish—

A soft sound.

The arrow disappeared into the void, gone without a trace.

“That’s enough.”

Shen Ye detached from her body.

Nancy walked out of the restroom, returned to the restaurant, grabbed a bread, and began to eat.

Sophie saw her eating so heartily and handed her a carton of milk.

Nancy accepted it without hesitation.

When breakfast was almost over, there was a commotion outside.

“What happened?”

Sophie opened the window and looked out.

Someone was shouting loudly:

“The road ahead is blocked! A giant ice crystal fell from the sky, smashing onto the highway and destroying the overpass!”

Everyone was curious and looked in the direction the person was pointing.

Not far away, on the highway, a massive wall of ice crystals shimmered with colorful light under the sunshine.

The light it refracted was even more dazzling than diamonds, visible from a great distance.

Cars stopped one after another.

“Baxter, did you do that?” Nancy whispered.

“Just a trivial ice spell,” Shen Ye said.

“Did you deliberately make it so conspicuous so everyone would see it early?” Nancy asked.

“There are thousands of roads, safety first,” Shen Ye said.

Nancy giggled, looking very happy.

There was a problem with the highway.

They wouldn’t be able to reach the institute today.

To transport a group of children who currently had no discernible value, would they mobilize nearly a hundred helicopters?

Completely uneconomical.

It would be better to repair the road quickly.

One day wouldn’t make much difference.

After repeated communication with superiors, the队长 of the professionals responsible for transporting this group of children issued an order.

No one was allowed to cause trouble; they were to rest on the spot.

Food and drinks were arranged properly.

If they were sleepy, they could go to the bus to sleep.

They were to wait in place for the road to open.

Nancy happily played with her friends.

Shen Ye stood by the side, watching for a while, then became lost in thought about his next steps.

Soon, by about one in the afternoon, Twilight Star would leave the abyss area of the “Endless” Star.

Should he try to fish for it?

As he was hesitating, Nancy came bouncing up to him.

“Your arrow can pierce the void.”

Nancy’s voice was a little cold.

It wasn’t Nancy!

The personality had now shifted to a five-year-old Charlotte.

“Yes, it’s cross-world archery.”

Shen Ye said.

Charlotte, pretending to look at the parked cars outside the window, whispered:

“Have you ever thought that you could also traverse the void?”

“Me?”

Shen Ye was startled, then immediately realized.

Right.

Song Yinchen had this skill.

She could summon a koi to swim in the Dharma Realm.

He actually possessed this method too!

He could have the Four Kings paddle a small boat, moving within the Dharma Realm.

If that’s the case…

“Do you know the location of the institute?” Shen Ye asked.

“I couldn’t be more familiar with it,” Charlotte’s face showed deep-seated hatred.

“What’s the exact direction?”

“Southeast.”

“Okay, find a hidden spot. We’ll cross over and take a look.”

“Hold on.”

Charlotte walked out of the restaurant and quickly headed towards the end of this cluster of buildings.

—In this highway service area, there were restaurants, restrooms, shops, and gas stations, everything imaginable.

She walked alongside the wall until she reached the corner of the building complex.

“Hey! Little Girl, wait a moment, don’t wander off!”

A professional escort shouted from a distance.

“It’s fine, watch me,” Charlotte said.

She twisted her body, walked into the corner, and disappeared from the other person’s sight.

Taking advantage of the moment.

She pressed her hand into the void.

A person appeared out of thin air.

It was herself!

“This is the power of the ‘One in Ten Thousand Lives’ technique. Now she’ll take my place. We can go.”

Charlotte’s voice was a little tired.

Shen Ye didn’t say a word, directly synchronized with her, and then walked into the Dharma Idol.

Only the Little Girl created by the “One in Ten Thousand Lives” technique remained in place.

The professional arrived in an instant.

“What are you doing here?” he questioned.

“I want to pick some flowers,” the Little Girl pointed to the flowers and grass beyond the distant fence.

“No! You can’t leave this vicinity, quickly go back to the restaurant!” the professional reprimanded.

The Little Girl, looking utterly wronged, could only turn and walk towards the restaurant.

The professional observed the spot for a while longer.

Everything was safe and sound.

Only then did he stride back, continuing to monitor the children in the restaurant.

On the other side.

Within the Dharma Realm.

“Is that Little Girl you created a living person?” Shen Ye asked curiously.

“It’s me, and yes, it’s a living person—but if I dispel this spell, she will disappear immediately,” Charlotte said.

The two rode in a small wooden boat, with the Four Kings paddling on either side.

The wooden boat sped forward in the blank world.

“After the last incident, my power seems to have increased quite a bit, so I can now use the Dharma Idol relatively easily,” Charlotte added.

Shen Ye nodded slightly.

—The power of that Dharma Idol had been completely absorbed by her.

He wondered what the Dharma Idols of the other negative personalities were like, and how strong they were.

If she could absorb a few more and increase Charlotte’s strength—

He wouldn’t have to live in constant fear.

As he was thinking, the small wooden boat suddenly shook violently.

“What’s happening?”

Shen Ye asked in surprise.

Charlotte narrowed her eyes, then her pupils suddenly turned deep blue, and she said:

“They’ve allied.”

“Who?” Shen Ye asked.

“The other negative personalities—they’ve all allied and are monitoring the entire real world. Look!” Pe’a Suo cried loudly.

Around the two, in the blank space, buildings rose from the ground.

Countless ruined, destroyed debris, various grotesque Dharma Realm creatures, and objects emanating strange auras.

These things continuously emerged from the void, rapidly forming a Dharma Idol of unknown vastness.

“This is their combined Dharma Idol—they won’t let us fight them one-on-one anymore—flee! We must escape quickly!”

Pe’a Suo tightly clutched Shen Ye’s arm, shrinking back.

Shen Ye said nothing, directly opened a door, and walked in with the Little Girl.

The Four Kings followed closely.

The door closed.

The entire Dharma Realm trembled.

A colossal Dharma Idol, covering the entire planet, slowly emerged from nothingness and solidified completely.

On the other side.

Panda Office.

Shen Ye and the Little Girl appeared together.

“Their reaction was too fast. The Demon of Fear must have given them instructions,” Pe’a Suo said.

“But—they can’t possibly occupy the entire Dharma Realm,” Shen Ye said.

“Their combined Dharma Idol covers the entire real world. Once we appear, we’ll be immediately discovered,” Pe’a Suo said.

“We’re not going back,” Shen Ye said.

“That’s not possible. If we don’t return within 7 hours, they’ll replace us and become the primary personalities in that world,” Pe’a Suo said.

“Is that so… It seems we need invisible equipment,” Shen Ye said.

“Hahahahahahaha!”

A burst of wild laughter suddenly erupted.

The Big Skeleton jumped out of the Dharma Idol, catwalked back and forth in front of Shen Ye and the Little Girl, its massive skull held high, its expression overflowing with pride.

“What are you going crazy about?” Shen Ye asked, annoyed.

“Here, watch.”

The Big Skeleton stood still, and its whole body let out a series of “jijika-ka” sounds.

It transformed into a grotesque entity.

—It had no face, its muscles were rigid, and it wore a theme park attendant’s uniform.

“I remember—you ate the monster’s flesh, and you can transform into that eerie monster.”

Shen Ye said.

“That’s right! So I can safely walk through their Dharma Realm,” the Big Skeleton said.

Shen Ye and the Little Girl both nodded.

When it appeared, the seven or eight-meter tall monster in the amusement park didn’t attack it.

This proved that the Big Skeleton’s transformation was effective!

However—

“You can enter that world, but Pe’a Suo and I can’t go to the Dharma Realm corresponding to the real world, nor can we return to the real world,” Shen Ye said.

“You don’t understand this, do you?” the Big Skeleton said proudly.

It forcefully threw open its clothes, revealing nothing inside but a skeleton.

“This monster’s body is about two meters tall, and now—”

The skeleton parted to both sides, like a double-door refrigerator.

The space inside was completely capable of accommodating a person.

“Pe’a Suo, go in.”

Shen Ye said.

“Okay!” The Little Girl jumped in.

Shen Ye then went in, merging with the Little Girl, completing a synchronization.

The skeleton closed.

Then it put its clothes back on.

Done!

One monster’s body now carried both Shen Ye and the Little Girl!

“Isn’t that awesome!”

The Big Skeleton said proudly.

“Awesome,” the Little Girl (Shen Ye) uttered a single word.

“Open the door. We’ll go again and see if it’s safe,” the Big Skeleton said.

A door immediately opened in front of it.

The Big Skeleton stepped in and returned to the Dharma Realm.

The place had completely changed.

The once blank Dharma Realm had turned into a gigantic world of ruins!

In the sky.

Dull thunder rumbled.

Heavy rain poured down.

The concrete road surface was broken into layers of varying heights, like staggered steps, or terraced fields of steel forests.

The Big Skeleton—

Or rather, the “salesperson” among the monsters, stood by the roadside, momentarily unsure where to go.

“Go left.”

The Little Girl’s voice came into its ears.

The salesperson immediately turned and walked to the left.

Ahead of it was a large area of buildings sealed with iron sheets.

There were no gaps between the buildings, stretching as far as the eye could see, for an unknown distance.

“We must get to the institute, forward!”

The Little Girl said.

Upon hearing this, the salesperson kicked open the iron sheet in front of it.

The wooden door behind the iron sheet also shattered.

Thus, the first floor of the entire building was revealed to the salesperson.

This seemed to be a residential building.

On the sofa in the room sat a shriveled monster corpse, holding a TV remote control.

The television was on, but there were no channels, only static and noise.

There was a black silhouette on the wall.

When the door was kicked open, the black silhouette immediately flew off the wall and landed in front of the salesperson.

It stared at the salesperson.

Salesperson: “?”

But now it couldn’t leave.

Behind it, various black shadows had gathered.

Boom—

Thunder boomed in the sky.

The rain fell more fiercely, more unrestrained!

All the black shadows surrounded the salesperson, standing motionless in the rain.

Eerie.

Too eerie.

The salesperson nearly peed itself from fright.

But—

What should it do?

The Little Girl sent a telepathic message again:

“Here, give it a try—”

The salesperson suddenly felt something extra in its hand.

It picked it up to look.

It was a piece of gold.

“What time is it, and you still want to clear the way with money? That’s impossible!” the salesperson couldn’t help but complain.

Who knew that when the black shadow in front saw the gold, it immediately turned around, went back into the room, and carried out the corpse on the sofa, throwing it on the ground.

It then re-entered the room and placed the television, photo album, table, and sofa outside.

Then the black shadow stopped moving.

The salesperson now understood something and hesitantly reached out, pointing at the corpse.

The black shadow nodded.

The piece of gold immediately flew up and landed in the black shadow’s hand.

The television, photo album, table, and sofa instantly disappeared, returning to the room.

Only the corpse remained in front of the salesperson.

“It’s trading with you, see? Through trade, we obtained this corpse.”

The Little Girl said.

The salesperson looked around.

The black shadows had dispersed.

The black shadows flew into various houses and instantly disappeared.

The street became empty again.

But—

What use could this corpse be?

It wasn’t a true living corpse, but a monster’s corpse.

—A monster in the Dharma Idol!

It couldn’t possibly eat another one right in front of those monsters!

“A Dharma Idol is a manifestation of the Dharma Realm after your profession is acknowledged by it. This corpse in the Dharma Idol must have some use, so take a closer look,” the Little Girl said.

The salesperson reluctantly squatted down and carefully examined the corpse.

Upon inspection, it did indeed notice something.

On the chest of the corpse’s clothing was a faintly glowing identification tag:

“0705.”

Aside from this tag—

The salesperson gently touched the corpse, and the corpse immediately shrunk rapidly, entirely contracting into that tag.

Only the tag remained on the ground.

“Pick it up, put it in your怀, and show it to me.”

The Little Girl said.

The salesperson complied, tucking the tag into its怀.

The Little Girl stared at the tag for a few moments, and then lines of faint glowing text appeared beside the tag:

“Dharma Realm Spirit Specimen Storage Jar.”

“Marvelous Object.”

“Description: What wasn’t seen of you wasn’t discovered.”

“Evaluation: This is a true treasure of the Guanghan Palace. The Dharma Realm re-materialized it for you in exchange for the corpse of a Dharma Realm spirit.”

“—Treasure of the Immortal Kingdom.”

The Little Girl hesitated a bit.

She vaguely realized that this was an extremely important matter.

“Let’s retreat first,” the Little Girl said.

“Ah, okay,” the salesperson said.

“No—there are monsters everywhere. If you retreat, you’ll give us away. I mean, Pe’a Suo and I retreat first,” the Little Girl said.

“What about me then?” the salesperson asked anxiously.

“You just act like a madman—anyway, the monsters among the negative personalities of the Nine Aspects aren’t entirely normal, so just blend in for now,” the Little Girl said.

“Then how will you find me?”

“I’ve set up a teleportation point by your ribs. Once you teleport over, you’ll be inside your body.”

“…Alright.”

At a certain moment.

The salesperson only felt a lightness in its body.

Something had left.

Only itself remained in this terrifying Dharma Idol.

What to do?

…Just act like a madman.

The salesperson staggered down the street.

Before long, a protruding, broken layer of earth blocked its path.

It then stood there imbecilically, motionless, occasionally showing a grotesque smile.

—Indeed, no one came to bother it.

On the other side.

Panda Office.

—This was the place hidden behind the nightmare world back then.

It was already far from the death planet, in outer space.

Therefore, this place was not monitored by the combined Dharma Idol of the multiple negative personalities, nor was it affected by them.

The Little Girl took out that ID tag.

“What do you plan to do?” Pe’a Suo asked.

“If I return it to the Dharma Realm, what kind of gift will I receive?” Shen Ye asked.

“Just as Charlotte told you, you need to make the Dharma Realm understand your intentions; you need to communicate, not say nothing at all,” Pe’a Suo said.

“Understood.”

Shen Ye made a decision.

“Then let’s go—”

He expanded his Dharma Idol, walked in, and held the ID tag in his hand.

“I return the corpse of the Dharma Realm spirit to you.”

He imitated Charlotte’s actions from back then, speaking to the void.

“They arbitrarily kill the spirits of the Dharma Realm, which is actually wrong. I guess you are also very angry.”

“Please give me something to protect myself in that evil Dharma Idol.”

“I will deal with them!”

As the words fell.

The tag burned up, turning to ashes in an instant.

A ball of light rose from Shen Ye’s palm, soared into the blank sky, and vanished in a flash.

“The spirits of the Dharma Realm are the crystallized power of the Dharma Realm. You returned it to the Dharma Realm, so now you can await some kind of gift.”

Pe’a Suo said.

Her words had not yet faded when Shen Ye suddenly had a feeling.

He abruptly turned around, jumped onto the city wall, climbed over, and in the vast and majestic jade palaces and towers, found an inconspicuous side hall.

The door of the side hall was open, and a faint light radiated from within.

“Is there something in your Dharma Idol?” the Little Girl asked.

“I never knew…”

Shen Ye walked in and saw a jade pendant floating unsettled on the table in the center of the side hall, surrounded by colorful clouds.

“Glazed Moon.”

“Jade Pendant (purple).”

“Description: You didn’t see what was yours, so you didn’t find it.”

“Evaluation: This is a genuine treasure of the Guanghan Palace. The Dharma Realm re-materialized it for you in exchange for the corpse of a Dharma Realm spirit.”

“—Treasure of the Immortal Kingdom.”