Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 687

“You guys eat this?”

Shen Ye couldn’t help but ask.

In his hand was a bag of cold, sticky nutrient solution.

Zhao Ge picked up the plastic bag, bit a hole in it, and sucked the entire bag dry in a few gulps. Only then did he smack his lips and retort:

“This is still a high-grade nutrient solution. It tastes a bit like orange juice, much better than ordinary nutrient solutions.”

Shen Ye looked at Granny Cai in disbelief.

Granny Cai slowly said:

“Yes, ordinary nutrient solutions have a strong smell of urine, which is disgusting to eat.”

Shen Ye’s gaze returned to the nutrient solution in his hand.

Taste it?

He actually took a sip.

Orange juice…

No, there was no orange juice taste at all, just a bit sour.

It was because it was past its expiration date.

Shen Ye spat out what was in his mouth.

At this moment.

He suddenly remembered Hera’s words.

Hera had said that the most important thing when entering historical fragments was to get food.

At that time, the first thing she did when she entered a historical fragment was to collect food, which had surprised him.

Now, it seemed to be true.

“Why don’t you go into the historical fragments and get some good food?”

Shen Ye asked.

“You probably don’t know, but our D-zone here is the ship’s inner cabin, with the worst conditions,” Zhao Ge said.

“Most of the D-zone consists of inner cabins, over forty of them; a small part is the power system, and there are no food stores there—most places on the ship don’t have food reserves.”

“Yet, the D-zone is one of the closest areas to the outside, and various disasters and anomalies love to land here.”

“It’s hard enough to survive, let alone look for things in the historical fragments.”

“Yes, the historical fragments gathered around here are controlled by very fierce monsters. Every one of them wants to board the ship.”

The two of them, in a casual tone, explained the difficulties of the D-zone.

Shen Ye listened carefully, then suddenly pulled out his phone and saw a new message.

“Sudden weather conditions!”

“Two B-class disasters are landing in D-zone, coordinates are the southeast corner of the inner cabin area, please deal with them!”

“…” Shen Ye.

He looked up and met Granny Cai and Zhao Ge’s eyes.

He finally understood.

So D-zone’s life was so difficult. No wonder these two only remaining experts barely resisted before agreeing to join the Slaughter Squad.

Now he was the leader.

He couldn’t just have become the leader and then throw away this responsibility.

Besides, he really wanted to build up the team.

“Two B-class disasters, southeast corner, Zhao Ge, you go deal with it.”

Shen Ye said.

Zhao Ge’s expression was complicated.

They were all A-class, clearly.

They had only said a few words, just met, and known each other for less than a day—

And now he had to obey his orders?

A hint of unwillingness appeared in Zhao Ge’s eyes. He opened his mouth and said:

“This alone isn’t enough. Disasters keep coming, and there’s no end to them.”

“That’s what I thought too, so we need to get our lives in order first,” Shen Ye said.

He casually threw a bottle.

Zhao Ge caught it and saw that it was a bottle of chilled fresh orange juice.

Shen Ye clearly saw Zhao Ge’s throat move.

—Although strong individuals can go without food for a long time, battles always consume energy.

Moreover.

Diet is actually very important; it’s also a placebo mentally.

Especially in this enclosed cabin.

—In human prisons, cigarettes and various foods are also hard currency.

So, Zhao Ge’s instinctive reaction further confirmed their predicament to Shen Ye.

Zhao Ge twisted open the cap, drank it all in one gulp, and his eyes cleared up.

This was real orange juice!

Damn it.

As an A-class expert, I’ve been eating crap here every day.

To survive, I had to fight disasters desperately.

Every day was spent barely clinging to life.

How many years had it been?

Finally, there was a glimmer of hope.

—The other party, alone, could get such fresh orange juice, and it was even chilled.

How strong was the Slaughter Squad’s overall power?

Zhao Ge smiled:

“The big team is really generous!”

“Alright, I’ll go do my work first. We can talk more when I get back.”

With that, his figure flashed and he was gone.

Shen Ye looked at Granny Cai again and said:

“Grandma, what would you like?”

—It’s not poverty that causes distress, but inequality.

“I… anything, as long as it’s not nutrient solution,” Granny Cai said.

Shen Ye smiled.

Divination-type ability users were rare already, let alone those who could wield curse-type powers.

“This is for you.”

A bottle of red wine was placed on the table.

Granny Cai glanced at it, then slowly got up and went to the inner room to get two glasses, placing them on the table.

She polished the crystal glasses again and again until they sparkled, then uncorked the bottle, poured two glasses, and handed one to Shen Ye.

“I haven’t had wine in many, many years.”

Granny Cai raised her glass.

“I didn’t expect you all here to be so distressed.”

Shen Ye raised his glass.

—Hera’s eyes went green at the sight of food, so she must have had a hard time too.

Perhaps in this era, everyone was struggling a bit.

Granny Cai, with an elegant posture, gently sipped the red wine, her eyes becoming hazy. She stared at the blank cabin wall across the table, as if lost in thought.

A moment later.

She drank the wine in her glass all at once and said slowly:

“D-zone is not in a good location; it’s always surrounded by those malicious historical fragments. It’s extremely difficult to breakout and find other fragments to acquire food and information.”

Shen Ye calculated a bit, then asked:

“I noticed many rooms here are very old. Can they be repaired?”

Granny Cai said, “Repairing equipment here requires money, meaning gold—it’s the same principle as food. We can’t even get food, let alone gold.”

Gold.

This was indeed a characteristic of the divine side.

“How many places are most in need of repair?” Shen Ye asked.

“The public area lighting, multiple water pipe channels, the engine room, and the nutrient solution circulation generator all have problems; they’re barely functioning,” Granny Cai said.

Shen Ye frowned slightly.

Nutrient solution?

Circulation?

Given God’s stingy nature, who knew how it was circulated.

He took out four heavy, glistening gold ingots, placed them on the table, and said:

“Have someone repair them.”

“Alright,” Granny Cai clapped her hands.

Several professionals walked into the room, first attracted by the half-bottle of wine on the table, then they saw the gold, and finally their gaze landed on Shen Ye.

“Take the gold and divide up. Go repair the electrical system, the water supply and drainage system, the engine room, and the nutrient solution circulation generator.”

Granny Cai commanded.

“Yes!” The several men responded respectfully, each taking a gold ingot, then turned and quickly left.

Granny Cai refilled her wine glass, her expression relaxed, and she said softly:

“Your Slaughter Squad must have an S-class ability.”

“Of course,” Shen Ye said openly.

“And more than one S-class ability,” a faint glow of magic appeared in Granny Cai’s eyes.

“That’s true,” Shen Ye admitted again.

The temporary two-stage increase in saber technique, “Town Prison,” is one, and the door ability, “Exile’s Haven,” is another.

That’s two, isn’t it?

He hadn’t lied.

Granny Cai withdrew her gaze, her expression now filled with a sense of calm and satisfaction.

—The other party had not lied.

The team has two S-class experts.

Such a force, no matter which area, no one would dare to provoke.

Leaning on this powerful figure, life would be much better from now on.

“If I could have such treatment every day, even if I were ‘terminated,’ it would be worth it.”

Granny Cai leaned back in her chair, slowly sipping her wine.

Shen Ye, however, did not respond.

“What are you doing?” Granny Cai asked in surprise.

—Shen Ye raised his hands, forming a spell seal.

Granny Cai did not immediately begin to defend.

The other party had negotiated with her, even recruited her into the Slaughter Squad, and provided so many supplies—

And then intended to kill her.

Wouldn’t that be ridiculous?

“My abilities aren’t entirely for combat. In fact, in a place like the other shore, I think we should focus more on living conditions.”

Shen Ye said.

The spell seal on his hand was complete.

—Gatekeeper’s Cage ‧ Devouring Heart Puppet!

In an instant.

A dazzling figure appeared behind Shen Ye, embracing him, intertwining her fingers with his.

It was Su Su!

After her complete awakening, this avatar finally unfolded!

“Gatekeeper’s Cage ‧ Devouring Heart Puppet”

“Sequence-type avatar, an unprecedented surge of Dao shadows, an unknown originating power.”

“Description: 1. A kindly target will reveal all its information to you.”

“2. You can control the target, even directly seize its elements.”

“—Why must we fight? I love you deeply; please dedicate everything to me.”

Shen Ye stood up, gently pressed his hand on the wall, and asked:

“My target is the entire D-zone. Can that be achieved?”

“Don’t worry, no problem,” Su Su whispered, clinging to his back.

Shen Ye had a thought and activated the power of his avatar.

In an instant.

All the information of the entire D-zone appeared before his eyes.

“You showed kindness to the target ‘D-zone’ and repaired various facilities within it.”

“Under the influence of the avatar ‘Gatekeeper’s Cage ‧ Devouring Heart Puppet,’ you can now know, control, and even seize all of it.”

Shen Ye silently observed the lines of information appearing before him.

Granny Cai sat there motionless, looking at him with a surprised expression, not understanding what he was doing.

After a moment.

Shen Ye suddenly said:

“The third room on the second floor hasn’t been opened?”

“Yes,” Granny Cai replied, “It’s always been closed. We’ve tried various methods, but nothing worked.”

“You know, the ship’s hull can’t be damaged, so we can’t open it.”

“Let’s go take a look,” Shen Ye said.

“Alright.” Granny Cai put away the remaining half bottle of wine before responding.

The two came to the door of the room. They saw various attack marks on the door, but it was still tightly closed.

“Elemental magic, various weapons, curses, control spells, and even causality were used once, but it just wouldn’t open.”

Granny Cai said.

Shen Ye’s gaze fell on the door, and immediately, he saw lines of information:

“Divine Seal Door.”

“Forbidden Zone.”

“Cannot be opened by S-class abilities or below.”

“S-class power attacking this door will be bounced back.”

“These two pieces of information are secret intelligence, not to be disseminated due to the influence of the divine seal.”

Shen Ye pondered for a moment, then placed his hand on the doorknob and gently twisted it.

The door opened.

S-class power attacks would bounce back, but an S-class door ability could just communicate with it!

Perhaps God intentionally left some things here.

God is omniscient.

Praise him.

Now—

Let’s go in and see!

“Why were you able to open it?” Granny Cai was incredulous.

“Secret—I’ll go in and take a look, we can talk later.”

Shen Ye said.

He stepped through the door and disappeared from Granny Cai’s sight.

Granny Cai was about to follow him in, but found the door was closed.

—So what door did he open just now?

“No… he really opened this door just now, so this door is still playing favorites…”

Granny Cai murmured in a low voice.

It was somewhat unexpected.

—This person was too mysterious and powerful.

She originally thought he was just strong in blade techniques and had a powerful backing, but now it seemed that he himself might not be just a low-tier A-class as he appeared.

What to do?

Granny Cai was stunned for a few breaths, then took a few steps back and jumped onto the railing outside the corridor.

She took out the bottle of wine, uncorked it, and slowly began to drink it.

It is said that when Shen Ye entered the room, he saw a white long table with several rings on it.

A card stood in front of each ring, respectively stating:

“Terrestrial species.”

“Marine species.”

“Aerial species.”

“Minerals and soil.”

“Sun, Moon, and Stars.”

“Rivers, lakes, and oceans.”

“…”

Shen Ye casually picked up a ring and probed it with his spiritual power.

“Earth… species…”

The ring contained various plant seeds and numerous dormant animals, which overwhelmed Shen Ye, making him dizzy.

He couldn’t help but sigh a little.

A grand gesture.

As expected of the omnipotent one.

It turns out God hadn’t acted all this time to conceal his “omnipotent” skill information.

He would always hold back until after the decisive battle, and only then would he reveal it to save all beings.

“Okay… I’ll figure something out…”

Shen Ye fell into thought.

It was unrealistic to raise these species on the other side.

D-zone only had a few dozen rooms.

Who knew how big the other zones were.

Then.

Shen Ye suddenly activated the phrase “Meet under the moon at Yao Terrace” and placed several rings into the Exile’s Haven.

—Currently, Exile’s Haven was a blank world.

“Failun, how about I leave this to you?”

Shen Ye asked.

“Leave it to me. Our undead race has a deeper understanding of the world than ordinary beings,” the big skeleton patted its ribcage.

Shen Ye believed this.

In the past, if he didn’t understand something, he could just ask the big skeleton and get the answer.

If this continued…

Would the Exile’s Haven become a new world for all living beings?

But no one knew what the situation would be like after the Entropy Extinction Era.

The most important point was.

He couldn’t die.

If he died, the “Exile’s Haven” ability would disappear.

All species would also be wiped out with him.

Shen Ye thought distractedly.

Clusters of black flames emanated from him, burning everything to ashes.

—This way, no one would know what happened in the room.

He pushed open the door and walked out, seeing Granny Cai standing on the railing, having just finished the bottle of wine.

“Care for some brandy?” Shen Ye asked.

“I love it,” Granny Cai said.

Shen Ye handed her a bottle and said, “Members of the Slaughter Squad have endless good wine to drink.”

Granny Cai’s face showed a look of longing for the first time: “I haven’t seen a real flower in many years—in fact, I love all kinds of flowers more than alcohol.”

“Flowers are also an excellent material for curses.”

“That will have to wait a bit. I will arrange for someone to specially prepare a batch of fresh flowers for you,” Shen Ye said.

“Really?” Granny Cai asked.

“Of course,” Shen Ye said confidently.

—But only after the big skeleton cultivated all sorts of plants.

Granny Cai could naturally tell that he wasn’t lying.

“What are the working style and goals of our Slaughter Squad?” she asked.

“…” Shen Ye.

Goals?

Even the name was hard to come up with, and now you want me to come up with an organizational goal on the spot?

But she was an A-class senior curse diviner, who could kill someone without a trace just by moving her lips.

This was a very reliable helper on the battlefield.

He had to answer seriously.

This was really—

The team was hard to lead!

“Steady progress, grow bigger and stronger.”

Shen Ye bluffed with a serious face.

“So that’s how it is,” Granny Cai nodded, “The great ship to the other shore is extremely dangerous, and for survival, steady progress is completely understandable—”

“But what is the purpose of growing bigger and stronger?”

Shen Ye could barely answer.

But the previous incident gave him an idea.

“For the continuation of species and civilization.”

He answered.

Granny Cai was stunned.

As an organization, with such a vulgar name as Slaughter Squad.

—Yet, the ideal of this organization was “for the continuation of species and civilization”?

It was too grand.

But looking at the young man in front of her, speaking so naturally, as if he was talking about definitely pursuing a certain girl, or definitely wanting to eat some delicious food—

He was stating something that he absolutely had to do.

“Of course, we must first survive. Only by surviving can we have everything.”

Shen Ye said.

He took out a chilled can of Coke, opened it with a “snap,” and guzzled it down.

—He’d spoken so much and so quickly, his throat was a bit dry.

Granny Cai replied:

“Now that I’m also a member of the Slaughter Squad, why don’t you tell me what you came to D-zone to investigate?”

“—Perhaps I can help you.”

Shen Ye had a bit of a headache.

Back then, he had pretended to be investigating an incident in D-zone to conceal his identity.

The boomerang had flown back.

Investigate what?

He had fallen out of history, and he was completely ignorant about the matters of the Otherworld Ship.

But he had to answer.

He quickly used Su Su’s power to sense all the information in D-zone.

Hard work pays off.

Finally, he found a trivial problem.

“I’m here to investigate that hole.”

He said casually, trying to gloss over it.

“What hole?” Granny Cai’s expression was serious, and the hairs on her arms stood on end.

“The hull itself is extremely difficult to damage, but I heard there’s a wall in D-zone with a hole in it, and there seems to be something mysterious beyond that hole.”

Shen Ye said.

—Beyond the hole, it actually had nothing to do with D-zone, so he couldn’t sense anything.

But the hull could be damaged to the point of a hole.

This itself was something worth noting.

If someone used this method to destroy the Otherworld Ship, everyone would be doomed.

“There’s a terrifying creature sealed in that hole. Anyway, it can’t get out. I advise you not to stir up trouble, or we’ll all die.”

Granny Cai advised.

“Alright,” Shen Ye replied straightforwardly.

He wasn’t bothered by such things.

—Just survive first, then slowly talk about other things.

Granny Cai was stunned.

“You agreed?” she asked with some disbelief.

“Of course,” Shen Ye replied, “What is our motto?”

“Steady and sure, grow bigger and stronger,” Granny Cai said.

“Exactly! Since that place is so terrifying, let’s just ignore it—”

“There are plenty of terrifying things. We’re not collecting ghost stories, so there’s no need to bother with it,” Shen Ye declared.

“Whew—that’s great.” Granny Cai breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment.

She developed a genuine sense of belonging to the organization she had joined.

The two were talking when a blurry figure suddenly flew over, slammed into the corridor, and rolled a few times.

Zhao Ge!

“What happened to you?” Shen Ye asked in surprise.

Zhao Ge, bruised and swollen, got up and said, “A guy from C-zone came over. I told him our Slaughter Squad’s name, but he didn’t even know it.”

“Why did he hit you? What does he want?” Granny Cai asked.

A voice suddenly rang out from mid-air:

“I am here under orders to investigate the incident in D-zone. I advise you to answer my questions honestly from now on.”

Shen Ye turned his head and looked.

He saw a golden armored man floating in mid-air, asking:

“I heard there’s a hole in the ship’s hull here.”

“—As the strongest ones in D-zone, you should know something, right?”

Zhao Ge and Granny Cai looked at Shen Ye together.

Shen Ye smiled and said:

“We don’t know anything.”

“—Also, you hit our people, which is not a good thing.”