Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 567
byChapter 550: Unknown Territory!
For a split second.
Shen Ye felt things were about to go south.
But having come this far, and with the truth seemingly within reach, should he back down?
Should he continue to pretend he knew nothing?
No.
If so, he couldn’t accept it.
He had to see the truth!
His gaze met the glowing micro-characters in the void:
“Body Hair Collector.”
“A term recognized by the combined universal laws of multiple worlds, a clue to the destruction of all realms, the root cause of all disasters.”
He waited for a breath.
Then new prompts slowly appeared:
“Description: You intercepted this body hair, stripped it of its will, and absorbed its power, thus gaining permission to enter the depths of the Catastrophe of Destruction, but one thing must be remembered—”
“Never go.”
Shen Ye slowly let out a sigh of relief.
Enter the Catastrophe of Destruction?
He’d have to be crazy to go.
The current information was enough for him to ponder many things.
The conjecture that “there’s something in the Catastrophe of Destruction” also became a little more plausible.
Even if he were to enter the depths of the Catastrophe of Destruction, he would have to wait until he was fully prepared and his strength was sufficiently high.
As for now—
“Go.”
Shen Ye uttered a single word.
—Having discovered the enemy’s secret, why dally? Run!
He reached out to open the door, only to find that all his strength had suddenly vanished.
No.
It wasn’t gone.
Rather—
An endless, immense power wrapped around him, like a giant hand, pulling him in one direction.
In the face of this power, everything about him became incredibly small.
It was precisely because he was under its influence that he couldn’t even exert his strength, only waiting for the completion of this spell.
—This was a spell that transcended worlds!
Shen Ye gritted his teeth and suddenly took out the “complete set of armor of the Lord of the Multi-verse,” putting it on.
He couldn’t see anything around him.
Only blurry lines continuously flew past, as if breaking through countless layers of law.
At one point.
Shen Ye saw the boundless sea of laws.
But at such speed, the sea of laws was but a fleeting moment.
Later, he could only see boundless darkness.
The darkness carried an eternal aura, which constantly changed, transforming into a scorching sensation of destructive flames.
Genius!
A thought involuntarily arose in Shen Ye’s mind.
There were barriers between worlds, but some laws were always the same across different worlds.
Through the resonance of these identical laws, a cross-world transformation was formed.
And the power that could resonate with him was—
That body hair.
Without the power of that body hair, he would never have been taken away.
So—
Where would he be teleported to?
Shen Ye took a deep breath, trying to suppress the shock and fear in his heart.
If this method were used to travel between worlds, the “barrier” would lose its defensive effectiveness.
Its only drawback was the necessity of having “body hair.”
Splash!
As he was thinking, he suddenly fell into water.
The water was chillingly cold.
Shen Ye instantly held his breath, struggled to surface, and found himself in a murky, misty body of water.
A frenzied voice rang out from nearby:
“That’s it!”
“My mission is finally accomplished—”
“Baxter, you have a few minutes to say your last words, then you’ll completely become part of this world, with no chance of ever turning the tables.”
Who?
That voice was—
“Augustus!” Shen Ye exclaimed.
He was about to draw his saber when he suddenly felt his body emitting faint sounds.
Looking down.
He saw the armor on him soaking in the water, its etched runes gradually dissolving.
This water was problematic!
Shen Ye immediately tried to leap up, but found his body bound by invisible chains, unable to move.
“It’s no use, Baxter.”
A tentacle covered with vertical pupils emerged from the mist and hovered in front of Shen Ye.
A large bulge moved within the long tentacle, finally emerging from its end.
It was a human head.
Augustus’s head!
He looked down at Shen Ye, his voice filled with bitter hatred:
“I’ve been watching you, and the moment you cut off that tentacle, I knew my chance had come.”
“—Enjoy your last moments.”
Shen Ye laughed a few times and replied, “But I’m not afraid at all, after all, I don’t even know where this place is.”
“No need to pry, you dying scum, you and I are now both in the depths of the Catastrophe of Destruction,” Augustus said, a mocking expression suddenly appearing on his face:
“Of course, you have two choices.”
“Either be completely devoured; or accept the thought I’m sending you—that thought can keep you alive.”
Before he finished speaking.
A thought suddenly flashed in Shen Ye’s mind:
“I am Augustus’s dog.”
This thought, like a seed, quietly appeared in his heart.
And Shen Ye immediately understood how to use this thought seed.
—As long as he kept repeating this phrase, the thought would eventually be activated.
He would forever become Augustus’s slave.
Accept nothing!
Becoming a slave wouldn’t mean he wouldn’t die?
What a joke!
Shen Ye wanted to draw his saber, but his entire body seemed to have lost all its strength, making it difficult even to lift his arm.
Damn it.
What on earth was this place!
“Sizz, sizz, sizz”—
The armor was continuously thinning, seemingly about to fragment at any moment.
Augustus watched this scene with malicious glee.
Everything seemed to be heading towards an end.
Shen Ye suddenly spoke:
“Ship of Destruction, come out.”
“Are you sure?” The Ship of Destruction’s voice rang out, carrying a hint of fear.
“Trust me.” Shen Ye said.
The void immediately opened.
A small wooden boat appeared in the water, supporting Shen Ye and fully surfacing with a strong upward surge.
Splash—
Shen Ye and the small wooden boat surfaced!
The Ship of Destruction now possessed pure destructive power.
As seen in the battle just now—
Destructive power was effective!
Shen Ye breathed a sigh of relief, stood up from the boat, and looked down.
The “sizzing” sound from the armor had disappeared.
Its defensive power was still there!
“How did it turn into such a small wooden boat?” Shen Ye communicated via voice message.
“I don’t know, I instinctively didn’t want to make a big show of it—better safe than sorry,” the Ship of Destruction said.
“Can you move? We need to leave this river.”
“Not really—it’s too strange here, my power is rapidly draining, I probably can’t even last five minutes.”
The Ship of Destruction’s voice echoed in Shen Ye’s mind.
Shen Ye, however, remained calm and said to Augustus in mid-air, “See? You miscalculated if you thought I’d die here.”
Augustus said mockingly:
“You’ve always been somewhat clever.”
“But with your level of power, you won’t last long. I just need to wait a few minutes, and your death will—”
Its voice ceased abruptly.
Shen Ye was somewhat surprised, but then saw Augustus glance into the depths of the mist, a twisted look of fear appearing on its face.
“Farewell, Baxter, and that foolish boat—”
“May you perish here.”
With those words, the tentacle, carrying Augustus’s head, quickly retracted into the mist and swiftly moved away.
Soon.
Shen Ye could no longer feel their presence.
“It’s safe.”
He said.
The Ship of Destruction’s voice was quick and urgent, carrying an unprecedented hint of panic:
“Damn it, it’s not safe at all—didn’t you see them run away?”
“There must be something here that even Augustus and its master fear.”
“How much longer can you hold out?” Shen Ye asked.
“Three minutes—look, what’s that!” the Ship of Destruction said.
Shen Ye looked into the black water.
Just now, the mist was too thick to see clearly, but now that the tentacles had retracted and the mist had thinned a bit, he could clearly see what was in the river.
They were brains.
One brain after another.
These brains floated along the current, drifting past both sides of the small wooden boat.
Shen Ye stood on the wooden boat watching this scene, feeling a chill run down his spine.
“Quick, think of a way, we need to save ourselves—I have a feeling something is coming.”
The Ship of Destruction said.
“That’s right.” Shen Ye agreed.
He pressed his hand into the void and uttered “door.”
No door appeared.
Instead, several lines of micro-characters emerged:
“You are too far from the worlds of Eternity and Truth to use the door abilities of both realms.”
“Your current ability ‘Spirit Gate’ is restrained.”
“Cannot be used.”
Cannot be used!
Shen Ye’s heart sank, and he suddenly said:
“Do you have any other ideas?”
“I don’t! You don’t have any ideas either, do you?!” The Ship of Destruction was getting flustered.
“There’s one more way.” Shen Ye said.
Augustus’s earlier statement, “with your level of power, you won’t last long,” actually contained a basic piece of information.
“Won’t last long.”
This statement, interpreted in reverse—
Although it wouldn’t last long, it could actually endure.
What was sustaining it?
The Ship of Destruction’s destructive power!
Its premise of “won’t last long” was based on “this level of power.”
So.
Destructive power that was higher and stronger than “this level of power” might be able to “last a long time.”
Generally speaking.
We say that what is higher than basic power are terms.
Shen Ye looked up.
That term immediately appeared, still suspended above his head.
—”Duck Down Dropped Duck.”
The term of the primeval spirit of destruction!
Using this term would allow him to sacrifice all his hair for one chance to escape danger.
Shen Ye hesitated.
Did he really have to go bald?
Bald… what would Charlotte think?
Stop!
This was not the time to think about this!
Suddenly.
A flash of inspiration struck Shen Ye’s brain, which was stored in the escape pod.
…That’s right.
I remember I had something else, something that transcended basic power levels.
It also contained powerful destructive original energy!
“Door.”
Shen Ye exclaimed.
In an instant.
A door filled with destructive aura quietly appeared, suspended above the river.
Throne of Endless Destruction!
It worked.
This door could be used!
Boom, boom, boom—
The door opened.
Shen Ye jumped through the door, casually retrieving the wooden boat from the water.
By now, he was far from the world of truth.
There were only three buildings inside the door.
They were the Digging Factory, the Destruction Truth Cannon, and the Tribunal.
The mechs in the factory were no longer mining, but lined up in a row.
The Truth Cannon was ready.
The Tribunal’s lights were brightly lit, and faint, holy singing could be heard.
“Take a break.”
Shen Ye said.
The wooden boat made a sound: “The door hasn’t been put away yet.”
“Wait a moment.”
Shen Ye stretched his body.
After leaving the rushing, icy water, the strength in his body gradually recovered.
But this was not the time to hide.
Because this place was far from the two great worlds of Eternity and Truth, he didn’t know where he was.
—He couldn’t hide forever!
He had to go out and investigate the situation.
He pushed open the door, flashed out, flew along the river for a while, and landed on a moss-covered rock by the riverbank.
Only then did he dismiss the door.
But the next moment.
Suddenly, a voice echoed from the river:
“Why did you leave?”
Shen Ye felt his foot slip and nearly fell off the rock.
Looking back—
He saw a shifting vortex appear in the river.
In the depths of that vortex, there seemed to be a dark, indistinct mass, he didn’t know what it was.
As he gazed at the vortex, all his strength instantly vanished.
“What’s going on…”
He couldn’t help but murmur.
Yes.
Just looking at the other party, he immediately lost his strength again.
At this moment, he could only be considered an ordinary human.
—What kind of monster was this!
The vortex continued to emit a voice:
“Human, give me a name. If the name you give me is pleasing, I will protect you.”
“If the name you give me is not to my liking—”
“Then you shall become the sediment in the depths of the river.”
A name?
Shen Ye composed himself and asked, “May I ask what your true form is, exalted one?”
As he asked, he looked at the glowing micro-characters flashing in the void:
“The other party has cast a naming spell.”
“You must give the other party a name. If it is appropriate, the other party will establish a connection with you.”
“If it is not appropriate—”
“You know.”
Damn it.
What now?
Shen Ye silently chanted “door” in his heart.
No door appeared.
Only a line of text:
“You are under ‘surveillance’ and cannot use the ‘door’ ability.”
At this moment.
Another voice came from the vortex:
“I am the river—of course, I wasn’t before, but from when… anyway, now I am this river.”
“Give me a name.”
It wanted a name!
If he didn’t name it well, he’d be finished!
Shen Ye took a deep breath and said:
“Alright, I need to think.”
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“You have ten seconds.” The other side immediately replied.
Shen Ye fell into deep thought.
In fact.
He had a more advanced destructive ability.
But it was not yet a moment of despair.
If—
If the name he came up with could be recognized by the other party—
Shen Ye stood on the rock, surveying the rushing river.
“Time’s up!”
The river made a sound.
Shen Ye looked at the brains bobbing in the turbulent current and suddenly spoke:
“If I must pick a beautiful name, then let’s use this.”
“Danube.”
“You shall be called the Danube!”
The vortex fell silent for a breath, then asked, “Why the Danube?”
Shen Ye said, “Because this name represents a river as beautiful as a jewel, and within this river are hidden many brilliant and dazzling brains—”
“No one is as romantic and wise as you.”
Another silence.
Shen Ye began to make his final preparations.
He swayed, and suddenly transformed into a duck covered in black feathers.
Lines of micro-characters appeared:
“You have used a destruction-type term, a rare transformation-type term:”
“Original Spirit of Destruction.”
“From now on, others will be unable to discern your past identity, and you will learn the various demands of the will of destruction, thus gaining destructive talents, terms, weapons, etc., that help you grow after completing tasks for the will of destruction.”
“—Amazing duck!”
This time.
A sudden realization dawned upon the duck’s mind.
It turned out that the “amazing duck” at the end had a subtle hint—
—It hinted that the duck was very powerful and could continuously change “duck” type terms!
Shen Ye completed his transformation.
This time, his inner strength did not completely vanish.
Although it was still draining—
It drained very slowly.
The duck sneered, muttering to itself.
As the primeval spirit of destruction, and possessing exclusive terms, his power level was very high!
If it really came to a fight—
Bring it on!
At the same time.
In the duck’s phase.
The escape pod was suddenly enveloped by a spell.
—Heaven-Reaching Spell.
“The current escape pod is in an energy infusion state, infusing the Eternal Brain with the eternal source energy it has stored.”
“You have used the Heaven-Reaching Spell.”
“This process directly jumps to three days later.”
“Infusion complete.”
“Congratulations.”
“You can retrieve your brain.”
“Congratulations!”
“You have retrieved your brain in the form of a duck!”
“You have currently obtained the new ‘Amazing Duck’ series of terms—”
“If you want to play, play a big one, duck!”
All the micro-characters vanished.
The duck held its breath, looking out at the river, a new hope welling up in its heart.
With the Eternal Brain, its power would be endless!
It would not be easily drained!
It watched the brains bobbing in the river and spoke again:
“What do you think of the name I gave?”
The river finally responded:
“Good, the name you gave is excellent, I am willing to accept this name.”
Before the words finished.
Only a “clunk” sound was heard.
A brand new term appeared above the river:
“Danube.”
“Description: This is a river full of brains, possessing the highest wisdom, as can be seen from its name.”
As the duck watched, the river spoke again:
“Remember, the power of destruction is unwelcome here; it is the mortal enemy of all.”
“Since you named me, I’ll give you something else.”
A small, thin dead branch “plunked” onto the rock in front of the duck.
“Use it to conceal your aura.”
“You won’t live long here, and I hope you can have a reasonably enjoyable time in your last moments.”
“We are even.”
After these words, the whirlpool on the river disappeared.
The river returned to its calm state.
Only the duck silently lowered its head, looking at the dead branch at its feet.
From the prompts, it could be seen—
This dead branch could conceal the aura of destruction, preventing other monsters from discovering it.
But.
Where was it to go?
If this place was full of monstrous beings like the river—
How could it find its way back?
A flicker of bewilderment passed through the duck’s eyes.
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