Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

Shen Ye looked at the card in his hand, somewhat baffled.

This was an ash-gray card, enveloped in mist.

The card was shrouded by a thin mist, obscuring whatever was on it.

A line of tiny glimmering characters filled with question marks hovered in mid-air:

"????"

——Indecipherable.

Beyond that.

There were no other clues.

Tsk.

This matter was quite strange.

The Truth Seventh Rank monster that had tossed him the card left in a hurry.

——It told him to do well on his own.

From its tone and attitude, the card should be considered a reward.

Reward...

Shen Ye thought back carefully.

That monster didn't even say a word to the middle-aged man who was supposed to inform him and just killed him on the spot.

Arrogance.

——It simply couldn't be bothered dealing with these slaves.

Slaves were its food.

With such an attitude, how could it easily hand out a reward?

But——

He couldn't make out the function of the card at all.

Right.

The man with the green hat!

Maybe he knows something.

Shen Ye quickly returned to the bottom level of the cabin, only to see the man with the green hat still sitting in his original spot.

"Do you know what this is?"

Shen Ye displayed the card in front of him and asked.

The man with the green hat was startled, his face revealing incredulity:

"Did you get an External Assignment Proof?"

"What is External Assignment Proof?" Shen Ye inquired.

"Only those who perform extremely well can use this card to enter the White Night Demon Cage for training, and then transform into a monster, breaking free from their slave status!" the man with the green hat said excitedly.

"..." Shen Ye.

A system that exploits slaves actually has such a pie-in-the-sky setting?

In the midst of endless despair, if there's a pie hanging in the sky, people will see hope and be willing to persevere.

But——

With such a system, even with a way out, it shouldn't be so easily achievable!

Success surely wouldn't come easily.

——Why would that monster take a fancy to him and directly offer him this pie?

It was too odd.

Being new here, he had no clue about the internal affairs, nor did he have any intelligence.

A flicker of Aurora suddenly crossed Shen Ye's mind.

That's it.

Why bother pondering here——

He opened his palm and murmured softly:

"Nice weather today, let's do a divination."

Fate Divination activated!

Before he finished speaking, a glowing curve quietly emerged on Shen Ye's left palm.

Shen Ye suddenly held his breath.

——There was something off about this line.

It was black.

Within the twisting, pulsing darkness, hints of a hidden, intensely bright golden luster appeared sporadically, mysteriously captivating.

What's going on?

He had to figure it out!

Shen Ye closed his eyes slightly, and immediately a vision appeared in his mind.

The Fate Divination began.

The vision continued to flicker.

Shen Ye saw himself use this unknown card and was instantly teleported away from the cabin.

He was transported into a realm of utter darkness.

Cold.

Darkness.

Desolation.

Where is this place?

While feeling puzzled, I suddenly realized that there was an overwhelming presence bearing down from not far away.

There was no time to react.

A pain so intense it penetrated the marrow surged over me.

Darkness.

Darkness.

Darkness.

In the eternal darkness—

Shen Ye abruptly opened his eyes, freeing himself from those images.

He looked down at his palm.

The deep black curve within it was still flickering continuously.

"Brother, can you see what's on my hand?" Shen Ye asked.

"What?" The man in the green hat looked at Shen Ye's hand blankly, "Your left hand? There's nothing there."

No!

This card is definitely not some reward certificate for further training!

It must have a problem!

"Just use the voucher now," the man in the green hat urged.

"Why?" Shen Ye asked.

"Once people get wind of it, they'll rush back here and try all means to take it from you!" said the man in the green hat.

Before his words were finished.

The void kept opening up.

One after another, human Professionals appeared in front of them.

"I'll buy it!"

Someone shouted loudly.

That person was punched and flew out, fainting on the ground.

"Buy what! What are your capabilities, yelling nonsense in front of me?" the person who threw the punch shouted loudly.

Shen Ye put the card away and stared at the people around him.

Who would have thought that the crowd merely surrounded him but none rushed forward.

The muscular man who threw the punch said with an apologetic smile:

"This young master, your friend didn't finish his sentence."

"The card of proof for further training cannot be snatched by anyone, unless you willingly give it up."

"So please let me buy it, you name the price."

"Trading for goods is also possible!"

The crowd chimed in with various comments:

"Right."

"Be fair, let's auction it."

"The highest bidder wins."

"It won't hurt the harmony."

Shen Ye surveyed the crowd.

If anything felt the slightest bit off, he was ready to unleash the powers of Truth Seventh Rank BGM.

But the crowd radiated a blend of greed and enthusiasm, yet no one really made a move against him.

They were just offering bids.

Bidding...

Do these people really think they can go for further training?

"How much can you offer?"

Shen Ye asked.

A Professional shouted loudly:

"I'll give you a piece of Truth Battle Armor, buddy, you look like a tough guy, too bad you don't have powerful battle armor."

"Pah! Your battle armor is just Truth First Rank, and it's nearly falling apart—hey, young fellow, I'll trade with you for five rare Truth materials."

"Don't listen to them, I have an unopened Truth Treasure Box!"

"And me..."

The cacophony of bids rose up incessantly.

Shen Ye's ears were buzzing from the noise, but he forced himself to be vigilant and carefully discerned the Professionals' bids.

"All of you, fuck off!"

A roar exploded.

The crowd turned back irritably to look.

They saw a pale-faced, slender man descending the stairs.