Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 651

Chapter 634: Weird VS Weird!

The ruins gradually quieted down.

No sound.

Time passed by.

The entire dark ruins were immersed in silence.

Shen Ye was a little strange.

Logically, with such a big stir, the opponent’s sequence and the ogres commanded by the sequence should have been mobilized.

What would follow would be a fierce battle.

But—

Why was there no movement now?

He waited for a while longer.

“Hanging Shadow” had cooled down and could be used again.

Shen Ye then placed his hand on the void.

The door.

Opened quietly.

He walked out, stood in the deserted ruins, and looked around.

—There were indeed no enemies left.

Where were the ogres?

Shen Ye was surprised when he suddenly felt something vibrating in his storage ring.

He gently rubbed the ring.

The purple glowing coin appeared in his hand.

The whispers of the ogre sounded from the coin:

“The High Priest is dead.”

“Your counterattack severely wounded it.”

“Then…its guards took the opportunity to eat its heart.”

Shen Ye showed surprise.

Because streaks of light and shadow emerged from the purple coin, revealing the scene that had just occurred.

An ogre with shocking injuries stood in the altar, holding a bone staff, preparing to cast a spell.

The guard behind it suddenly jumped out, stabbed its hand into its chest, and grabbed its heart.

“Finally got to eat a magic heart—this is my dream!”

The guard chewed the still-beating heart and fled towards the outside of the altar.

The other guards hesitated.

Some guards chased a few steps and then retreated.

They joined the ranks of other guards—

Everyone shared the recently deceased High Priest.

Shen Ye was even more surprised.

—Ogres even eat their own kind?

The light and shadow disappeared.

The low voice sounded again:

“Go to the abandoned tall building with spires, on the ninth floor steps, retreat seven steps consecutively, then advance five steps, use this coin, and you can open the secret passage.”

“This is my reward for you.”

“—If there are more targets to kill later, I will contact you again.”

The light on the coin retracted, and the voice disappeared.

The call ended.

Shen Ye was filled with doubts.

—A secret passage is a reward?

Is it reliable or not!

The coin suddenly emitted a clear ringing sound.

Dense runes flew from the coin, dissolving into the void, as if a certain seal had been lifted.

Shen Ye looked at the coin again.

Three lines of faint text appeared next to the coin:

“You have obtained the ‘Nightclub’ access pass.”

“Use this pass at the designated location to enter that space-time.”

“—Appraisal from the ‘Exiled Emperor’ sequence.”

It’s real.

Shen Ye pondered for a moment and made a decision.

…

Twilight.

The afterglow illuminated the glass walls of the skyscraper with shimmering golden scales.

On the street.

Traffic was heavy.

People came and went in an endless stream.

Restaurants, cafes, clothing stores, and supermarkets on both sides of the street were bustling with business.

A scene of prosperity.

Shen Ye was led in from the hallway and walked all the way to the backstage of the nightclub, where he sat down on a wide, luxurious sofa.

“What would you like to drink?”

The plump man across from him, wearing a suit and holding a cigar, asked.

“Do you have Jin Jun Mei?” Shen Ye asked.

“Of course.” As the plump man spoke, the female manager standing by his side immediately went to prepare it.

Shen Ye sized up the other party.

“Ouroboros’ Eye” activated, and immediately he saw the line “Old Order” above the other’s head.

The familiar aura on the other party also confirmed his identity.

—The ogre who paid him to kill the High Priest.

“Is this your human form?”

Shen Ye asked.

“Yes,” the plump man took a puff of his cigar, crossed his legs, and said, “We ogres all have human appearances—who wouldn’t want to be a human? After all, human civilization was the last civilization before the weird.”

Shen Ye nodded in agreement.

The old high-dimensional lord hoped to bring everything to an end.

—That was the era of the weird.

Before everything ended, it was the era of humans.

This was a good choice—

In the era of the weird, all living beings would be wiped out.

Naturally, everyone would stand with the human era.

—But not necessarily fighting alongside humans.

“The battle between the Lord of the Apocalypse and the High-Dimensional Lord was too terrifying, even the aftermath shattered the main history.”

“Too many races were affected, all extinct, but we ogres survived.

“We ogres occupied this fragment of main history and named it ‘Nightclub’.”

Shen Ye knew that the other party still had more to say, so he remained silent.

His tea was served at this moment.

He picked up the teacup, took a light sip, waiting for the other party’s next words.

“Originally, everything was running well, and we got along quite well with the humans in this period of history.”

“But—”

“The High Priest colluded with a weird life form.”

The corners of Shen Ye’s mouth curled up slightly.

He roughly knew what the other party wanted to say.

“I hired you because I knew that with our strength, we couldn’t possibly defeat a weird life form.”

“Only weird can deal with weird.”

The plump man pointed at the purple coin in Shen Ye’s hand and continued:

“This coin possesses one-tenth of the total resources and power of the entire ‘Nightclub’.”

“As long as you kill the weird life form that controls our ogre clan—”

“I am willing to pay another such coin.”

Shen Ye did not answer immediately.

He looked out the window.

The afterglow had not yet faded.

The human metropolis showed its most pleasant moment of the day.

—This was actually a fragment of history.

But he didn’t understand at all—

Since it was a fragment, how would it operate?

What would happen if he lived until the end of the fragment?

Would the world be destroyed?

Would he die?

Along with his doubts, the sequence emitted lines of faint text:

“Small fragments will directly jump to the beginning, continuing to operate from the beginning of the fragment until the end.”

“Large fragments will be accompanied by ‘civilization extinction events,’ such as floods, meteorites, major earthquakes, or life mutations.”

“After civilization ends, everything restarts, evolving into another trend of civilization.”

“That’s all for the explanation.”

Shen Ye retracted his gaze, picked up his tea, and took another sip.

“I’m not interested in the resources and wealth of this world.”

He said.

“What do you want to obtain?” the plump man asked.

“That depends on what you have—if you can impress me, I’ll act.” Shen Ye said.

The plump man said:

“Low interest loan.”

He placed a contract on the table.

“Sign the loan agreement, and your strength will immediately increase threefold, and you only need to pay very low interest.”

“How much is the interest?” Shen Ye asked.

“Within three years, you only need to pay nine slaves of comparable strength, and both the interest and principal will be settled.” the plump man said.

It must be said, this was very attractive.

Three times the strength!

But—

“This goes against my principles; I never enslave others.” Shen Ye refused.

Nine beings of comparable strength!

And it’s enslavement!

In contrast, killing the other party was much simpler. Moreover, he didn’t like this kind of thing.

“Indeed,” the plump man said, “you weird beings don’t like this human civilization stuff; you are the purest and most direct.”

He put away the contract and placed a green gem on the table.

“The ‘Ghost Eye Green Phantom Gem,’ a pass for the ‘Ghost God Society’ historical fragment.”

“That period of history is grander and more prosperous than our ‘Nightclub’. If you want to go, you’ll need this gem.”

“—After all, the void is filled with the power of the High-Dimensional Lord and the Apocalypse. Without a pass, if you travel through the void alone, just brushing against either power will scatter your soul.”

The plump man patiently explained.

“Prepare your gem.” Shen Ye stood up and walked out.

“No problem.” The plump man smiled.

He watched as Shen Ye disappeared at the end of the hallway.

Several subordinates quietly gathered around and said, “Sir, he actually agreed.”

“Isn’t that good?” the plump man asked.

“It’s good, but what if he loses…”

“Weird life forms will attack each other as soon as they meet; that’s their normal state, what does it have to do with us?”

“What if…”

“What if he dies? That’s simple—we’ll just pretend nothing happened and continue to serve that powerful weird life form.”

“Understood.”

…

Shen Ye strolled down the street.

—Actually, no matter what the other party offered, he would choose to deal.

This way, the other party wouldn’t, at least temporarily, lean towards other powerful ogres.

Ogres cannot unite!

He needed this situation.

Suddenly, a violent crashing sound came from not far away.

Shen Ye regained his senses and turned to look.

He saw a public bus crash into a speeding dump truck.

Several people died on the spot.

Screams came from the bus, and blood splattered on the glass windows.

Shen Ye watched for a few seconds and asked:

“Sequence, are these people historical samples, or real living people?”

The sequence immediately responded:

“They are all living people—the battle between the High-Dimensional Lord and the Apocalypse shattered the main history, but all beings still live in those histories.”

“Each reset of a historical fragment will produce new humans and new histories.”

All living people.

Shen Ye walked towards the accident scene, wanting to help.

But a little girl’s voice sounded in his ear:

“Don’t show yourself.”

It was Cassandra of the Spirit Catching Net!

Shen Ye kept walking, then turned into an alley.

“Why won’t you let me save people?”

He asked silently.

Cassandra responded:

“I sensed that all those people’s souls were ‘preyed upon’; it should be some kind of magic mechanism of this world—”

“This is somewhat similar to my ability.”

“Once you show your face, your identity will immediately be exposed.”

Shen Ye was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly realized.

That’s right.

This was a fragment of humanity’s main history.

How did the ogres treat humans after occupying this period of history?

“I want to go see.”

Shen Ye said.

“That’s easy to do, but you need to be careful. This world is full of ‘webs of destiny’ that prey on souls.” Cassandra said.

“What is a ‘web of destiny’?” Shen Ye asked.

“It uses a kind of destiny to end all living beings, taking their flesh and souls—actually, I can do this too.” Cassandra said.

“Let me see.”

“Get ready, I’ll show you the truth immediately.”

The void opened.

A little girl fell from the dharma image, clinging to Shen Ye’s shoulder, and formed a hand seal with one hand.

In an instant.

Shen Ye felt as if he was enveloped by a spell.

Faint characters quietly appeared:

“Your ‘True Eye’ has been strengthened by the soul magic of the truth creation ‘Spirit Catching Net’.”

“Now you can see ‘webs of destiny’ and similar abilities.”

Shen Ye subconsciously looked up at the sky.

In the sky.

Dozens of glowing long strands bound souls, flying towards the depths of the sky.

—Judging from their direction, they should be from the car accident scene just now.

Shen Ye’s gaze swept across the sky.

He saw thin, long strands hanging down from behind the clouds, falling into the city, tied around the necks of every human.

Like cultivation.

Like a wheat field ready to be harvested at any time.

“This is boring…”

Shen Ye murmured.

He gently raised his hand and pressed it on the Youhuang Blade at his waist.

The blade—

Began to emit an invisible killing intent.

“I don’t recommend you do that, because there’s no benefit.”

A voice sounded from the other end of the alley.

Shen Ye’s heart skipped a beat.

He hadn’t even noticed!

He slowly turned his head and looked at the other side of the alley.

He saw a man standing there, wearing a black trench coat, black round glasses, and holding a black umbrella.

The man was emitting tiny, fragmented black light points all over his body.

“I didn’t notice either. Logically speaking, just looking at it shouldn’t be detected by this kind of ‘web of destiny’.” Cassandra whispered on Shen Ye’s back.

She suddenly realized something, retreated, and disappeared into her dharma image.

“The other party is a weird life form!”

Chatterley’s voice carried a hint of tension.

Shen Ye also reacted.

—Because he had already felt a very strong oppressive force.

This oppressive force even made him feel uncomfortable all over, almost unable to launch any attacks.

Suppression.

Naturally came from the attribute of truth.

“It’s interesting that you use the shadow of the weird to store things.”

The man leaned on his black umbrella and said.

“Can’t you do it?” Shen Ye asked with a smile.

He began to mobilize all the power of destruction in his body, causing his truth rank to rapidly ascend.

Level 22.

Level 23.

…

Level 26!

Shen Ye’s hand rested on the long blade.

The long blade made no sound.

That move “Instant Slash” couldn’t be used!

This meant that his sword technique couldn’t find the one slash that could kill the opponent.

Causality could not be activated!

“I am a fighting type, completely different from your boring ability.” The man with the umbrella said.

“Why are you stopping me?” Shen Ye looked up at the sky and asked.

“The ogres are working for me now—in the long course of time, I need to constantly devour souls and increase my strength—since we both belong to the weird, I’ll give you a piece of advice.”

The man grinned:

“Get lost, this piece of history is mine.”

“—If you dare to touch even an inch of it, I’ll kill you.”

Shen Ye stared at the other party, his five fingers clenching the hilt of the long blade.

There was no retreat.

Although the other party said so, his aura kept rising.

The purpose of speaking was just to test his strength.

A battle was inevitable.

Shen Ye sighed and pressed on the hilt.

“Sacred Aria Songstress” activated.

—All skills, including “Instant Slash,” increased by two ranks.

“I also have something to tell you.”

He spoke.

“What?” the other party asked.

The moment the other party spoke, Shen Ye moved.

The Youhuang Blade suddenly leaped out of its sheath, instantly cutting Shen Ye from head to toe.

—”Hanging Shadow” activated!

The two combatants swapped physical states, and the “Divine Taking” ability of the Youhuang Blade also activated simultaneously.

At this instant.

Shen Ye didn’t even look at the outcome of the battle, his figure retreated.

He retreated into the forbidden gate.

—He disappeared from this world.

(End of this chapter)