Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 689

D-block was very quiet.

When the battle broke out, everyone retreated to their rooms.

Outside, only Shen Ye, Zhao Ge, Granny Cai, and the Golden Armored Man remained.

The inner cabins had no windows.

So, no one knew the outcome of the battle.

—According to past situations, if no one notified them, they couldn’t go out.

So, up until now—

On the small plaza, there were only Shen Ye, Granny Cai, and two human heads.

Shen Ye looked at the heads, seemingly in a daze.

Granny Cai mumbled a long requiem.

Even after she finished, Shen Ye was still in a daze.

“What’s wrong?”

Granny Cai asked.

“These heads haven’t been ‘terminated’ yet,” Shen Ye said.

“C-block might have some secret method that allows souls to return, which is why Zhao Ge was attracted to it,” Granny Cai said.

Both of their expressions were somewhat solemn.

Generally speaking, in this era of entropy, after a person died, the phenomenon of “entropy” would quickly appear.

Everything would turn to nothingness.

But these two heads remained.

Perhaps their souls were still alive!

Shen Ye fell into thought.

If the ability of the Wanshen organization was related to the survival of souls—

—those who died would be terminated.

—those who died could return to their souls, not everything would be reduced to entropy.

Any fool would know how to choose.

But things weren’t that simple.

Shen Ye glanced at the void, at the faint, small words still floating in mid-air:

“You have learned the weakness of the Wanshen organization.”

“The Soul-Binding Orb cannot truly revive the dead; it only devours souls, mimics them to reconstruct a pseudo-person, and this pseudo-person possesses all the characteristics of the deceased.”

So that’s how it is.

The soul ultimately ceased to exist.

But it wasn’t entropy; it was devoured.

“Clang”!

With a soft sound, a crimson keyword appeared above Shen Ye’s head.

This was the first time Shen Ye had seen such an evil-looking keyword!

“The one pulled out.”

“Tag-type Keyword.”

“Description: The assassin will directly teleport to the location of the owner of this keyword.”

“—The Soul-Binding Orb placed a keyword seal on its secret. Once someone discovers its secret, this keyword is immediately generated.”

“—You can’t escape!”

Shen Ye looked up, examining the keyword.

Granny Cai also exclaimed in surprise:

“A crimson keyword? What is this?”

If Shen Ye didn’t display it, she could only see the keyword’s name, not its effect.

“It’s nothing, just a small setback,” Shen Ye said.

This keyword was like a sword hanging over his head.

It couldn’t be allowed to exist.

Shen Ye raised his hand and gently tapped the keyword.

In an instant.

Lines of faint, small words silently appeared:

“You used the keyword ‘Mandala Ouroboros’ to merge the keyword ‘The one pulled out’ with the keyword ‘Big Sabi’.”

“This fusion resulted in an extraordinary evolution.”

“Attention.”

“The moment the honorary keyword ‘Big Sabi’ disappeared, it was sensed by the race of natural guardians.”

“They can now make a choice:”

“To continue to retain your honor in your new keyword;”

“Or to remove you from the natural honor system.”

“Please wait.”

“—The natural guardians have made their decision.”

“They have decided to retain your natural honor!”

A warmth welled up in Shen Ye’s heart.

Shamans, Sabi, you truly are touching!

I’ll definitely visit you next time if I get the chance!

Then, new faint words appeared:

“Congratulations.”

“The new keyword will extract the ‘pulled out’ element from ‘The one pulled out’, and retain the natural honor ‘Sabi’ from ‘Big Sabi’, forming the new keyword:”

“Pull Sabi.”

“Taunt-type Keyword.”

“Description: Activate this keyword, and the opponent will involuntarily call you ‘father’, thus passively entering an enraged state, unable to stop chasing you.”

“—Pull Sabi, Pull Sabi, where are you hiding?”

Shen Ye’s mouth twitched.

What kind of keyword is this?!

But regardless, the threat brought by “The one pulled out” had been removed.

The other party couldn’t find his exact location.

The earring suddenly vibrated.

A voice sounded from the earring:

“Zhao Ge said you have two S-rank powerhouses, and I didn’t believe it.”

“You don’t have to believe it,” Shen Ye said.

—No matter which professional was speaking on the other side, they were just “pseudo-persons,” representing the will of that Soul-Binding Orb.

The voice continued:

“But you can actually eliminate the keywords I bestowed; this ability is unusual and impressive.”

“How about this—”

“Considering your team has two S-rank powerhouses, let’s make a deal.”

“What deal?” Shen Ye asked.

—Zhao Ge died to convey information to the other party.

What a pity.

The information he knew was false.

Now the other party truly believed there were two S-rank powerhouses here.

—The little trick backfired!

The voice on the other side rang out:

“Kill everyone in D-block, and my secret won’t be leaked.”

“Why should I do that?” Shen Ye asked.

“As long as you kill everyone in D-block, I will share information with you and we will jointly develop that cave.”

Shen Ye said without hesitation, “You are threatening me.”

“Who told you about my secret? You can only blame yourself,” the other side said.

A flicker of anger crossed Shen Ye’s eyes.

—A bit annoying.

I didn’t specifically go to spy on your secret.

You were the one who came to kill.

Now that your secret is exposed, you’re threatening me again.

How boring.

You always want to kill people; are you a sore loser?

Tsk.

Actually, constantly fighting monsters can get annoying.

Every monster wants to kill.

Why can’t they love peace?

Now.

He actually somewhat understood those superheroes.

For example—

How many monsters did Ultraman fight in total?

He had to deal with monsters every episode; he must have been fed up with it. The flashing on his chest wasn’t a low energy reminder, but rather his aversion to the “fighting monsters” job.

He was suffering from depression.

Is there any way to escape from this tedious battle?

…Yes.

Shen Ye instinctively looked up.

The anticipated event had not yet arrived.

Time.

I need time!

“Give me some time to consider,” Shen Ye said.

“Two hours, no waiting past that,” the voice in the earpiece said.

After saying this, the earpiece fell silent.

Two hours.

Is that enough?

Let’s wait and see.

Shen Ye grabbed a chair, sat down in the small plaza, took out a bottle of iced cola, opened it, and slowly drank.

“Will you kill everyone?” Granny Cai asked cautiously.

“No,” Shen Ye smiled at her, “I won’t kill humans for a monster.”

“Then you said two hours, is that—”

“To buy some time, I remember we haven’t had lunch yet today.”

Shen Ye casually set up a dining table and then brought out the hot pot prepared by Seventh Uncle.

“Let’s eat together, Granny.”

He called out.

Granny Cai was naturally happy to have a normal person’s lunch.

The two sat at the dining table, picked up their bowls and chopsticks, and began to blanch various ingredients and meat.

Granny Cai had not had so many fresh bean curd sticks, seaweed, mushrooms, toufu sheets, sausages, noodles, and other things in a long time, so she ate without lifting her head.

Until half an hour later.

She ate very satisfactorily, put down her bowl and chopsticks, took out her handkerchief to wipe the sweat from her forehead, and then said:

“Our team’s S-rank powerhouses won’t come to help, will they?”

“How do you know?” Shen Ye asked.

“I guess this is a task your team gave you, and a test for you. You have to face everything yourself,” Granny Cai said.

“That’s pretty much it,” Shen Ye vaguely confirmed.

Granny Cai showed a look of understanding and said:

“If it’s really not possible, let’s escape.”

“Where to?” Shen Ye asked.

Granny Cai glanced at the earring on the table.

Shen Ye understood and directly put the earring into his storage ring.

Only then did Granny Cai speak:

“Let’s hide in that cave.”

“Isn’t that cave terrifying?” Shen Ye asked.

He wiped his sweat while continuing to eat—that’s how it is with hot pot, you have to eat until you’re sweating profusely to truly enjoy it.

Granny Cai began:

“I’ve been observing that cave for years.”

Shen Ye didn’t interrupt, just lowered his head to eat the instant noodles he’d just fished out of the pot.

—He had a vague premonition that he was about to witness something.

He heard Granny Cai continue:

“In the final moments of destruction, all beings and all things displayed an instinct for survival beyond their limits.”

“The dharmas gave birth to personalities.”

“All true creations from the mystical side could take human form.”

“Even fragments of history began to develop consciousness.”

“—That cave was created by a fragment of history, and it wanted to get on the ship.”

Shen Ye felt a chill run down his spine for some reason.

If heaven and earth developed consciousness and wanted to escape entropy, what would they do?

“Are you saying there’s a smuggling historical fragment hidden in our D-block?”

Shen Ye asked.

“That’s pretty much it. As long as you don’t provoke it, it will quietly stay on the ship,” Granny Cai said.

“But you said we should escape to it,” Shen Ye said.

“If you want to fight it, it’s naturally an incredibly terrifying existence—just ask yourself how many heroes and powerful and evil monsters are contained within a single piece of history—they will unite, just to deal with you.”

Granny Cai said.

Shen Ye imagined the scene and couldn’t help but shake his head.

“But if you go there for help, that’s different,” Granny Cai said.

“How is it different?” Shen Ye asked.

“Smugglers also have dealings with each other—as long as you can help it, it would be willing to help you.”

“But how can I help it?”

“Its needs differ each time; you have to ask it.”

“I see.” Shen Ye picked up a strand of noodles with his chopsticks and slurped it down.

Damn it.

He finally recruited two new members.

One turned out to be an insider from C-block, and the other was an envoy dispatched by a “historical fragment that had gained consciousness.”

“You need to make a decision quickly, otherwise, if that monster from C-block comes to kill you, no one can help you.”

Granny Cai urged.

“Alright, let me think about it carefully—also, I need to prepare some supplies. What if that historical fragment wants something, and I don’t have it? Wouldn’t that be the end of it?” Shen Ye said.

“That’s true,” Granny Cai nodded.

Shen Ye put down his bowl and chopsticks, picked up the iced cola, and took a few more sips.

—Is it not ready yet?

In this perilous ship to the other shore, all sorts of terrifying beings want to survive.

So—

He had to wait for that matter to be resolved before dealing with everything here.

Once that matter was resolved—

He might have more confidence.

Shen Ye added another bowl of rice, fished out some spicy beef from the pot, mixed it with the rice, and devoured it.

Granny Cai’s attitude began to show subtle changes.

Her voice was ethereal, her face grew grim, and a faint, hard-to-detect black glint appeared in her eyes.

“So, have you made up your mind? Shall I take you there?”

She asked.

“Just a moment—”

Shen Ye was about to speak when he suddenly put down his bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and said:

“Never mind, eating can be done anytime. Let’s go see it.”

The ominous aura around Granny Cai dissipated immediately, and she smiled, saying, “Young man, you are decisive. You won’t regret it.”

The two stood up and walked together towards a certain inner cabin.

As Shen Ye walked, he finished the can of cola, then casually made a basketball shot, tossing the can towards the trash can.

Clang!

The can missed the trash can!

Shen Ye walked over sheepishly, picked up the can, and threw it into the trash can.

Granny Cai smiled and said,

“I truly don’t understand why, even though you’re still a child, the killing squad lets you act alone instead of sending more people to help you.”

“No choice,” Shen Ye said with a smile, “I’m the type of genius that everyone can’t keep up with; instead, they need my help.”

“Don’t brag, lest you provoke those two S-rank presences in your team to strike you,” Granny Cai said.

“That’s true,” Shen Ye said.

He glanced at the void.

Lines of faint, small words had already appeared:

“‘Most Sacred’ and ‘Victory’ fusion complete.”

“You have obtained the complete, brand new future keyword:”

“Future Walker.”

“Future Professional Level 1, Future Keyword, Entropy Power.”

“Description: You can designate an ability or item, temporarily boosting it to Super S-rank for 30 seconds.”

“—Breaking free from the cage, the future has arrived.”