Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 503

Xiao Yurong went to bed.

Chihuahua had already been lying on the bed for a long time, snoring and sleeping sprawled out.

Shen Ye, however, couldn’t sleep.

Through the window, he looked at the brilliant galaxy outside the spaceship, his eyes filled with memories.

At this moment.

The spaceship was on its way back.

And he and Xiao Yurong were about to participate in the most popular variety show.

Shen Ye wasn’t too worried about the variety show.

Instead, he was thinking about something else.

Back then.

Song Yinchen had said that resonating with the universe would allow him to continuously grow stronger.

He didn’t understand it then.

But now, he understood that feeling.

Closing his eyes.

The entire universe resonated with him.

It was like his body, obeying his command, allowing him to know everything in the universe.

While everyone was asleep—

Shen Ye let his thoughts wander, extending continuously into the depths of the universe.

At this moment.

He seemed to understand that thought was a projection of high-dimensional power, and its speed was even faster than the speed of light.

For example, if he wanted to observe a meteor, his thoughts would immediately discover and observe all sorts of things floating in the vacuum.

It was marvelous.

If he wanted to observe Space Base 6577 from before—

In an instant.

His thoughts reached the base and began to observe everything within it.

Wait.

Shen Ye’s brow furrowed slightly.

Space Base 6577 was silent.

Except for the soldiers on duty, most people were already asleep.

A sentry stood guard.

He vigilantly surveyed his surroundings, unaware that a thought was carefully observing him.

No one—

No one could detect his thoughts.

This was a truly marvelous thing.

Shen Ye was about to leave when, in his mental observation, he suddenly saw a person.

It was a burly man in a general’s uniform.

He walked alone across the base’s plaza, passing by various busy professionals.

But no one noticed him.

—Strange, how could this person be like himself, able to go unnoticed by others?

Shen Ye was no longer in a hurry to leave.

He wrapped his thoughts around the ceiling, quietly watching the burly man.

The burly man waved his hand, smashing through an alloy wall, pulled out a chip from inside, and swallowed it.

The next second.

He transformed into another person.

—He turned into a younger man with weaker power fluctuations.

The young man leaped, broke open the base’s gate, and entered the vacuum of space.

He flew towards Earth.

Shen Ye was astonished.

What exactly did this person want to do?

A piercing alarm suddenly blared throughout the base.

People rushed out, looking around in a panic.

“What’s going on?”

“General—no, the traitor Xu Daojun has disappeared!”

“Disappeared? That’s an escape! Go find him!”

“Lock down the entire base, quick!”

People frantically issued various commands.

Shen Ye had originally been trying to use the power of the “Immortal Chip” and hadn’t expected such a discovery. For a moment, he stopped delving into the chip’s power and instead released his thoughts to follow the traitor.

The traitor’s strength was immense, and he flew rapidly through the vast universe.

Before long.

A spaceship appeared before him, traveling.

Shen Ye showed a strange expression.

—The traitor had actually caught up to the spaceship he and Xiao Yurong were on!

He couldn’t stop observing now.

The traitor, disguised as a young man, quietly attached himself to the bottom of the spaceship and waited for several breaths.

A gap opened in the bottom hatch of the spaceship.

The man flashed inside.

The hatch closed again.

Shen Ye slowly stood up.

What exactly did this guy want to do by coming onto the spaceship?

The gem of the Eternal Brain had already been sent by him to the other side of the gate.

With the two realms separated and the “barrier” in place, even if the other party wanted to pursue the gem, there was nothing they could do.

—He shouldn’t be able to sense the chain with the gem embedded in it.

So why did he come after them?

Could it be that he detected him using his eye technique to eliminate the demonic creature?

No.

He was hiding behind the curtains at the time, and the window wasn’t open.

He had only glanced at the sky.

Before using his eye technique, he had also carefully observed his surroundings, making sure that no one noticed his movements.

While pondering, Shen Ye silently observed the man.

The spaceship journeyed through the vast universe.

At this point, most people had stopped working and were resting or sleeping.

Only in the spaceship’s control center was a conversation still taking place.

The young man quickly walked to the command room and handed a sealed document to the professionals guarding the door.

“For the captain.”

He said.

The security captain took the envelope, glanced at the man a few times, and asked, “What is it?”

“Urgent orders,” the young man said concisely.

The security captain scrutinized him for a few more moments before opening the envelope and reading its contents.

His expression changed, and he entered the command room with the document.

Before long.

The young man was invited into the command room.

An old man with white hair and beard, smoking a pipe, sat at the control console, his voice booming:

“Everyone on this ship has been strictly vetted and has return documents approved by the committee.”

“And now you’re telling me there’s a traitor on board?”

The young man bowed respectfully and said, “It’s just suspicion of a traitor. After all, even a general betrayed humanity. According to the instructions from above, it’s better to be cautious.”

“What do you intend to do?” the old man asked.

“Based on the energy detection reactions scattered throughout the base, we’ve obtained a small clue.”

“What kind of clue?”

The young man lowered his voice and said, “Last night, there were slight energy fluctuations in Major General Shen Ye’s room.”

The old man’s eyes widened, and he snapped, “Nonsense! As a powerful professional, if one’s emotions are agitated and cause a power reaction in the body that exceeds a certain limit, it naturally creates overflowing energy fluctuations. Is that something to investigate?”

The young man lowered his head, but his tone showed no sign of backing down:

“It’s just suspicion for now—I need to speak with him to rule out this risk.”

“Maybe he had a breakthrough in his strength?” the old man sneered.

“That’s possible, but why breakthrough at that specific moment, not earlier or later? What did he do?” the young man insisted.

The old man shook his head, tossing out the document: “You can’t torture him, can you? He’s a major general, after all.”

“I am very good at capturing sudden energy fluctuations in a person,” the young man said, spreading his hands. “Don’t worry, if he’s not a traitor, there’s no problem—but if he is, then he must be arrested.”

As he spoke, the young man’s expression suddenly changed.

“What is it?” the old man asked.

“Slight overflowing energy fluctuations—it’s him again—this time I’ll definitely catch the evidence! Quickly, take the men and come with me!” The young man said and turned to sprint out.

The old man, being the commander of the entire spaceship, reacted quickly and immediately made a gesture.

Five powerful professionals immediately appeared behind him.

“Go! See what’s going on. If the evidence is conclusive, we’ll also have credit for the arrest.”

The old man said quickly.

“Yes!”

Several professionals immediately followed.

Their speed was not slow, and they caught up with the young man in an instant.

The group arrived together in front of Shen Ye’s lounge.

The young man didn’t hesitate to kick open the door—

Thump!

The door opened.

Shen Ye was sitting in front of a computer, video chatting with a beautiful woman on the screen.

When the door was kicked open, he stood up, bewildered, and shouted:

“What are you doing!”

The young man attacked him like lightning.

Shen Ye had to parry while retreating.

Taking advantage of this, the young man snatched the computer and looked at the beautiful woman on the screen.

“Online Dating?”

He muttered unconsciously.

The beautiful woman on the video call was also surprised, and whispered, “Although we’re having a good chat, I can’t accept a criminal—”

“Male contestant number 5, have you been arrested by the police? Or something else?”

The beautiful woman’s voice echoed in the room.

Everyone froze in place.

Shen Ye silently walked forward, snatched the computer, and a smile appeared on his face:

“These are my colleagues. They originally wanted to play a prank on me, but they didn’t expect me to be on a video call—”

“Come on, everyone, apologize.”

The camera was aimed at the professionals.

But the beautiful woman on the screen had already ended the video call.

The screen was completely black.

Everyone was speechless.

Shen Ye looked at the screen, threw the computer aside, and glared at everyone with a grim expression:

“What are you doing?”

The young man, however, stared at him, thoughtfully saying, “Is it the emotional agitation caused by courtship, leading to subconscious power fluctuations?”

“What are you looking at? You messed up my plan, and you’re still staring at me? Looking for a fight?” Shen Ye said.

The young man said coldly:

“What’s wrong with looking at you? I now suspect you—”

Before he finished speaking, Shen Ye lunged forward with a punch.

Northern Divine Punch!

The young man gripped his fist, flipped his hand, and simultaneously soared into the air, kicking Shen Ye with both feet.

Shen Ye guarded his chest with his other hand.

Thump.

He parried the attack but was sent flying, crashing through the wall and tumbling into another equipment room.

The machinery in the equipment room was knocked askew.

A piercing alarm blared through the spaceship.

“Bastard,” Shen Ye gritted his teeth, “you actually got serious! Fine, let’s see who dies here.”

A strong wave of power surged through him as he charged directly at the young man.

The young man frowned almost imperceptibly.

This was a spaceship!

If they fought at full power, he wasn’t afraid of him, but—

“Stop!”

All the professionals rushed up, forcibly separating the two.

The old man also appeared on the scene immediately, holding a specially made short gun and pointing it at the young man. “We’ve already checked the network. It’s a legitimate online dating website, legal and protected.”

The old man said.

The young man stared at Shen Ye, disdainfully saying, “So what? Getting emotional so easily over a relationship, how can he be called a major general professional?”

“—He’s using dating to deliberately conceal his energy fluctuations!”

You’re right.

But no one would believe it.

—Who secretly uses an online dating site in the middle of the night to prove that their energy fluctuations are fine?

Shen Ye angrily said, “Who are you? What exactly do you want?”

Everyone was somewhat speechless.

Look.

Shen Ye didn’t even know what was going on, or why they broke into his room.

—And you think he’s a traitor?

“You cannot fight on the spaceship, unless you want everyone to die in space,” the old man warned the two solemnly.

“Who exactly is this guy, and why did he barge into my room? I’m going to report this!” Shen Ye said.

“You can report it as much as you want. I am ordered to investigate traitors, and all procedures are legal and compliant,” the young man said.

Shen Ye gave him a cold glance.

—You are the general named Xu Daojun, and you came to this spaceship specifically to track down the whereabouts of the gems!

You’re the traitor!

But only his own thoughts could observe everything in the universe, so he knew this truth, while others were completely unaware.

There must be other traitors among the high-ranking officials.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have come so easily, ordered to capture traitors.

“I insist on reporting it,” Shen Ye said.

“Alright, I will report this incident exactly as it happened. Now you two can’t fight anymore—”

The old man emphasized:

“Shen Ye, I’ll give you another room. As for you, Investigator, you stay in the command room obediently. We’ll talk when we get back to Earth.”

“Any objections?”

No one spoke.

Shen Ye stared at the young man, and the young man also stared at him.

But in the end, the young man was taken away by the other professionals.

As expected, the old man gave Shen Ye a better room.

Shen Ye entered with Chihuahua.

The door closed.

He sat on the sofa, lost in thought.

Rather than being lost in thought, it was more like he was once again letting his thoughts wander.

Endless thoughts spread through the void, like the universe itself, observing all living beings.

Spaceship.

Command center.

The old man spoke, “Bring up the monitoring screen.”

“Yes!”

A professional said.

On the large screen in the center of the command room, two side-by-side images appeared.

One image showed Shen Ye.

Shen Ye sat on the sofa, as if lost in thought.

The other image was of the investigator.

Perhaps because he didn’t trust the spaceship commander, he logged into his account and password on the computer, checking the backend data of the dating website with extremely high authority.

“Hmph, it’s a lie after all. He didn’t log into the dating website last night, but there were energy fluctuations last night.”

The investigator muttered to himself.

The old man watched the scenes in the two images, his attention slowly concentrating on Shen Ye’s image.

After all, the investigator was working.

What about Shen Ye?

He sat motionless, appearing somewhat strange.

Shen Ye himself realized this and began to try to move his body.

—Could he maintain his thoughts spreading out while also moving himself?

He took off his shoes, threw them on the ground with a “clunk,” and then lay down on the sofa.

In his mind.

The observational feedback from his thoughts continued uninterrupted.

It works!

So.

What should he do next that would be suitable for his current situation?

Sleep!

It’s so late. If there’s nothing else to do, and he’s not feeling guilty about being investigated, the most appropriate thing for him to do is sleep.

So, sleep it was.

But before sleeping, there was one more thing to do.

Along with his thought, a line of faint glowing text quietly appeared:

“Your temporary title ‘Top-Tier Celebrity’ will remain active and will influence the world with power far exceeding ‘Popular Idol’.”

—Even when sleeping, the power of a title could be used.

Also, Shen Ye noticed.

In the real world, he had only seen titles like “Supervisor.”

Other than that.

No one else ever had any titles above their heads.

—Perhaps he should use the power of the titles to deal with his enemies!

He closed his eyes and began to sleep.

In the command room, the old man withdrew his gaze.

—One was investigating, the other was sleeping.

Very normal.

There was nothing else to see.

So, they waited.

When they returned to Earth, they could do whatever they wanted, it was no longer his concern.

In the meantime, may God bless these two people not to cause any more trouble.

“Keep an eye on them. Call me if anything happens.”

The old man instructed.

“Yes,” his subordinate replied.

Time passed.

Morning.

The spaceship entered Earth’s atmosphere and slowly descended.

Shen Ye, holding Chihuahua, walked out of the spaceship with Xiao Yurong.

“I heard someone was bothering you last night.”

Xiao Yurong said.

“It’s nothing, small stuff—probably just jealous that I’m too handsome,” Shen Ye said.

Xiao Yurong gave him an exasperated look, about to scold him, but then suddenly felt that his words weren’t wrong after all.

This guy was really handsome.

“Hmph.” Xiao Yurong discontentedly hit his shoulder and walked ahead.

“Hey, do you remember, I became popular yesterday?”

“I remember, what about it?”

“Today, I’ll make you popular too.”

“Really!”

“Trust me, it’s true.”

“…Good, if I also become popular, I’ll treat you to dinner.” Xiao Yurong became excited.

“It’s a deal.”

Shen Ye looked up.

The “Top-Tier Celebrity” title above his head was even brighter.

—Let’s go.

Either way, he had to complete the third mission today.

Only then could his hidden profession “Guiding Daoist” level up.

He and Xiao Yurong walked to the space center plaza.

A nanny van was already waiting for them there.

“Is this the car to the variety show production crew?”

Shen Ye asked.

“Yes, please get in, both of you,” the driver said.

Shen Ye and Xiao Yurong got in the car together.

But the car didn’t move.

“What’s wrong?” Shen Ye asked.

“We received a notice that an additional participant has been temporarily added to your group—we’ll wait for him and then go,” the driver said.

A temporary participant added?

Shen Ye suddenly felt an ominous premonition.

A young military-clad man walked over from a distance, hopped into the nanny van, and greeted Shen Ye.

“Hello, Shen Ye, I’ll be joining you on the show today.”

—It was that investigator.

Or rather—

He was the traitor to humanity, General Xu Daojun!

“It’s not that serious, is it? I’ll cooperate with any investigation. Do you really have to join the show?”

Shen Ye chuckled.

“I originally wanted to investigate you in secret,” the young man said openly, “but I was afraid you’d run away.”

The two looked at each other, neither speaking.

Xiao Yurong waved her hand inexplicably: “Excuse me, what’s going on?”

“Nothing,” Shen Ye said.

He shook his head, looking somewhat disheartened, opened his phone screen, handed it to Xiao Yurong, and then said to the young man:

“I’m not afraid of your investigation, but I hope you’re prepared.”

“Prepared for what? Are you going to fight me again?” The young man looked at him with anticipation.

“No, you might not know much about the entertainment industry—”

Shen Ye leaned back against the seat, sighing contentedly, then said:

“This is the most popular variety show in the world.”

“If you’re going to be an entertainer with me, you better be prepared for your entire ancestry to be dug up.”

“—After all, my exposure rate is quite terrifying.”

The young man’s eyes gleamed sharply.

Dig up my identity?

I’m no longer Xu Daojun, what can you dig up?

Shen Ye, however, no longer paid him any attention.

The young man slowly realized something and turned his head to look at Xiao Yurong’s phone.

On the screen, the battle scene from last night was playing.

Dense barrages of comments filled the phone screen:

“My darling brother is too innocent. He secretly went on a dating site late at night, only to have a violent man break into his room.”

“Exactly! That person was so rude!”

“I want to ask, is this how the military operates?”

“Can soldiers just break into someone’s room without knocking?”

“How dare he speak to my darling brother like that, truly so ordinary and self-confident!”

“Look! He even tried to hit him!”

Towards the end, all the bullet comments became the same line of text:

“Sisters, let’s do a nationwide manhunt for this scoundrel!”

The young man was stunned.

—This was an angle I had never considered!

Will it really be exposed?

No way.

He looked at Shen Ye, who happened to take the phone from Xiao Yurong’s hand.

Xiao Yurong took the opportunity to reach out, gently massaging Shen Ye’s neck, and asked caringly:

“You didn’t sleep well after being disturbed last night, did you?”

He had to be popular today, and he needed his help!

“…That massage felt great, thank you—don’t worry, I won’t mess things up,” Shen Ye said.

Xiao Yurong gave the young man a cold glance, withdrew her gaze, and continued to massage Shen Ye’s neck:

“That’s good. I can’t stand those petty people who do nothing and constantly question others.”

The young man uncomfortably looked away and leaned back in his seat.

“Participating in such a show, being an idol for those brainless girls, you must not feel good either.”

He probed.

This comment again earned him a glare from Xiao Yurong.

Shen Ye was extremely comfortable from the massage, and upon hearing the question, he couldn’t help but chuckle:

“Are you scared? Don’t worry, this time I guarantee something will happen to you—”

“You chose it, right? Idol!”