Secret Realm Gate

Jiang Yang sprinted at full speed, his body five times stronger than an ordinary person making him move like the wind. Common zombies couldn't even get close before he was long gone.

According to the original story, the Inherited Profession Ye Fan obtained was on the bridge over Taiji Lake behind the school mountain.

He was also from Linjiang University, so naturally he knew where Taiji Lake was.

Thinking of Taiji Lake, Jiang Yang had done some research beforehand. Linjiang University's Taiji Lake wasn't built when the school was founded.

It existed before the school was established—a small lake with many years of history.

Things that have existed for a long time, things with stories and age, can turn into legendary items or weapons.

The same goes for historic scenic spots; they can even form blessed caves and celestial realms.

Existing before the school meant at least a hundred or two hundred years of history. What happened during that time, Jiang Yang didn't know and couldn't dig up, but knowing where the opportunity lay was enough.

Jiang Yang didn't bother hiding his trail. The zombies were slow to react anyway; by the time they noticed, he was already far ahead, impossible to catch.

But Linjiang University wasn't just full of zombies—there were also students who hadn't turned. The commotion Jiang Yang caused naturally drew their attention.

"Look, there's a Superman outside!"

"What Superman? Running that fast, that's the Flash!"

"This guy must've been training for marathons since the womb!"

On a teaching building, a crowd squeezed by the window, staring in shock as Jiang Yang tore across campus. That inhuman speed made their eyes go wide.

Two edgy young guys shouted in admiration.

"Bro, save us!"

"We wanna follow you!"

They stuck their heads out and yelled with all their might, but their classmates quickly clamped their mouths shut.

"You two got a death wish?"

"You'll lure the zombies over!"

"What's there to fear? Isn't there a Flash down there?"

"Shit, you see him wearing a suit? He's not the real Flash. Think he'll save us? He'd be lucky not to get you killed."

Several companions pinned the two down, and just then, the classroom door started thudding from impacts.

"It's your fault—now the zombies are coming!"

"Dammit!"

The furious crowd pressed the two who'd been shouting for help into the floor.

Similar scenes played out everywhere. Many survivors in Linjiang University hid in classrooms and caught sight of Jiang Yang.

From initial shock to excitement, and finally to cursing.

Jiang Yang raced toward the school's back mountain. He heard their cries for help, but what did that have to do with him?

Aside from being the same species, there was zero connection. Strictly speaking, Jiang Yang wasn't even from this world.

Not a shred of relation—why should he save them?

Finding the opportunity was the most important thing.

Saving people was the protagonist's job.

Jiang Yang was only here to snatch the protagonist's opportunities, then play with the protagonist's girls and other girls too.

That was Jiang Yang's ultimate goal!

Linjiang University was huge, but with his fivefold physical stats, Jiang Yang moved like the wind and soon reached the back mountain.

The back mountain of Linjiang University was really just a small artificial hill—a scenic spot on campus and a popular place for late-night rendezvous.

Arriving here, a familiar memory surged up.

Jiang Yang couldn't help but feel helpless.

The original owner really didn't do anything human.

He'd actually taken several girls right here on this hill in the middle of the night.

Same spot, different times.

It was like those girls lined up for it.

The original owner was a freak—six kidneys couldn't hold up to that abuse.

If it weren't for a mountain of supplements, he'd probably have croaked by now.

But now, without relying on drugs, just his physical stats alone might let him surpass the original owner's record.

Taiji Lake was right next to the back mountain, but Jiang Yang stopped in his tracks.

Someone seemed to be at Taiji Lake!

In the original story, when Ye Fan came for the opportunity, no one was there.

No!

In the original story, Ye Fan came seeking his opportunity one day after the apocalypse began—not at this point in time.

If the timing was off, would the Inherited Profession even appear?

Jiang Yang recalled the scene from the original: Ye Fan arriving at the bridge over Taiji Lake and opening a Secret Realm there.

He entered a trial-like instance, cleared it all the way through, and claimed the Inherited Profession—the Dragon Totem!

If he came too early, would this Secret Realm even show up?

Jiang Yang's face darkened at the thought. Just then, a scream suddenly erupted from Taiji Lake.

"You bitch!"

"How dare you fight back!"

A trendy young man was kicking and punching a girl.

It was none other than Gu Tao—the same guy who had given Jiang Yang a pillow when he was showing Ye Qingwei around campus earlier!

"An old acquaintance, huh."

Jiang Yang crouched behind a rockery, lying low and watching.

On the rockery lay some dead zombies, their heads and bodies smashed to pieces.

No doubt this group had done it.

After finishing with the girl, Gu Tao put on a fawning smile and shuffled over to a scar-faced man.

"Brother Yong, how about we let her go in first?"

The man called Brother Yong patted Gu Tao's head and asked coldly, "You're no good, you know. She was your woman, and you just toss her aside like that?"

"Hey, what's the big deal?"

Gu Tao lit a cigarette for Scar, his face dripping with flattery, "I've been with plenty of women. She's just a gold-digging slut. Besides, it might not even be dangerous in there, right?"

"Haha, fine then—let her go!"

As soon as Brother Yong finished, Gu Tao grabbed the woman by the hair and dragged her onto the bridge over Taiji Lake.

"No, Gu Tao, let me go. I can do so much more—I'll be your slave..."

The woman begged for mercy, but Gu Tao didn't care at all.

The bridge over Taiji Lake was curved, split into black and white halves. At the junction stood a small pavilion, and inside that pavilion was a doorway.

Golden light shimmered within the doorway—this was the Secret Realm Gate!

Jiang Yang lay behind the rockery, carefully observing the Secret Realm Entrance while recalling the plot from the original.

Ye Fan had come here one day after the apocalypse started, but now this Secret Realm had already been discovered.

No doubt these people would all die inside.

Secret Realms came with danger. In the apocalypse, everything had a price tag hidden beneath the surface. To claim an Inherited Profession, you had to risk death.

There were nearly twenty people gathered around Taiji Lake. Eight or nine of them were Spirited Youths—the kind in Tight Suits and Bean Shoes.

The rest were students from Linjiang University: five guys and six girls. Now it was five girls, because the one Gu Tao had been dragging around had already been thrown into the Secret Realm Entrance.

"Brother Yong, when do you think she'll come out?"

Gu Tao clapped his hands and walked up to the leader of the Spirited Youths. Just as he was about to flash a smile, he heard a sharp slap.

Brother Yong's sudden slap left him stunned.