Are high school girls this calm nowadays?

In less than a second, the new tag had condensed. By the time he realized the existence of this tag called [Gatekeeper], a voice—or rather, a consciousness, a thought—appeared in his mind out of nowhere.

"You witnessed a Gate open before you. Whether you claim it for yourself, make it public, or leave it be, the choice is yours."

"Gate?" Feng Xue looked at the unremarkable room door, momentarily bewildered. But having already condensed two tags, with just a thought, an infinite amount of information surged forth. For instance, everyone who passed through a Gate needed a one-day cooldown before they could pass through again. For instance, the dire consequences if the girl before him died in the Infinite City...

Directly calling upon a tag allowed access to internal knowledge. However, compared to reading it with the Work Card's built-in Browser, this method was crude and direct, making it difficult to grasp the main points. But Feng Xue currently had a girl restrained, so he naturally had no time to leisurely take out his Work Card to view the details.

Still, it didn't really matter, because Feng Xue had already captured the most crucial issue the moment it appeared.

The girl, controlled by Feng Xue in a standard chokehold, didn't know how his expression had changed, but she could clearly feel the arms restraining her body trembling slightly.

"If you don't want to die, shut your mouth and listen to me!"

A language she had never heard before sounded in her ears, yet the girl clearly understood its meaning. This incredible event alone made the girl immediately think of protagonists in novels who inexplicably learned magical languages after transmigrating.

"Could it be... I transmigrated?"

Seeing that the girl in his arms stopped struggling, Feng Xue slightly loosened his grip, but he had no intention of letting go completely. If she made any wrong move, he would immediately knock her unconscious.

As for why he didn't kill her...

It wasn't because she had soft black hair, nor because of her oval face that fit Feng Xue's classical aesthetic. It was because, in this world, people like her couldn't be killed!

According to the knowledge transmitted by the [Gatekeeper] tag, he vaguely understood what the so-called Gate was—

It was the passage to the real world that he had been curious about!

The Supernatural Tale known as the Infinite City existed in the real world yet floated outside of it. It was like an imaginary number, able to be plotted on a coordinate plane but never found on the axes.

But unlike imaginary numbers, the Infinite City occasionally overlapped with the real world. At such times, if someone happened to open something with the [Gate] Element, a temporary passage connecting the two worlds would be constructed. The person who pushed open the Gate would be the anchor that fixed the two coordinates together.

In other words, this girl was a real person!

Not a "real person" in the Daoist cultivation sense, but a true, flesh-and-blood human in the biological sense, who needed to eat, sleep, and use the restroom!

And Humans were not only the source of [Knowledge] but also carriers of a large amount of [Knowledge]. Because they had a connection to their original world, the [Knowledge] on their bodies was solidified while they were alive, appearing no different from False Things. However, once they died, the massive amount of [Knowledge] would immediately riot, inevitably transforming into an Omen, and the most terrifying top-tier Omen at that.

Feng Xue didn't know the strength of a "top-tier Omen," but he knew for sure that it was absolutely not something he could deal with.

Fortunately, the girl in his arms didn't scream again after regaining her freedom, which made Feng Xue breathe a slight sigh of relief. He took two steps back, packed everything he could fit into his Storage bag, and put the rest into his backpack, which he slung over his shoulders. As he did so, he said:

"I'll explain more later. There are two things you need to understand now—first, you transmigrated. Second, you are highly valuable to people here."

"Got it. We need to escape, right? No problem, shall we leave now?"

The girl's reaction was far more practiced than Feng Xue had imagined. Judging by her expression, she even seemed a bit excited.

"Is this what young people in the real world are like?" Feng Xue felt a bit out of touch with the times. But regardless, her cooperation was a good thing.

After neatly packing all his belongings, Feng Xue didn't let the girl touch the Gate. Instead, he pushed it open himself, then grabbed the girl by the waist and slung her over his shoulder like a sack.

At this moment, he couldn't help but be glad about his past choice. If he had settled his home closer to the Cross Sword Guild, he might have ended up like that Doctor who had turned into a Stitched Monster!

That's right, Feng Xue now fully understood. The woman who was taken away back then was undoubtedly a real person from the real world!

As for why the Manager wanted to capture people from the real world, Feng Xue hadn't had time to find the answer from the Gatekeeper's chaotic data. But he did see one thing—

People from the real world, or rather, the passage to the real world, were a necessary condition for becoming a Supernatural Tale!

This point alone was enough to drive the Managers mad, let alone her connection to a Gate that could lead to the real world?

Even if the [Knowledge] consumed to survive on the other side of the Gate was a thousand times that of the Infinite City, the desire to become a true existence was the most fundamental wish engraved in the hearts of all [Nothingness].

They had nothing, so they could disappear at any moment. Even with enough [Knowledge], that unsettling feeling could drive them mad.

Living was about peace of mind, and the [Nothingness] within the Infinite City were precisely the most unsettled group of "people."

"I can walk myself!" the girl, slung over Feng Xue's shoulder like a sack, suggested softly.

Feng Xue was quite satisfied that she wasn't making a fuss even in this situation. He suddenly grabbed onto a nearby wall with one hand, used it for leverage, and leaped, carrying both himself and the girl on his shoulder onto the rooftop.

As for why he chose to walk on the rooftop instead of the road...

It was naturally because the houses in the Landfill Area were built very irregularly, uneven and of varying heights. This structure allowed him to hide at any time, and if necessary, he could even jump into a house with a leaky roof.

Watching Feng Xue leap across the rooftops almost silently, the girl immediately swallowed her previous question. Unexpectedly, just as she stopped asking, Feng Xue suddenly explained softly:

"Look to the north."

"North? Which way is north?" The girl displayed the characteristic poor sense of direction of a student who lived a simple, linear life. Feng Xue merely adjusted their direction slightly, aligning her head towards the north. At the same time, the girl saw lights approaching from the north of the city.

"Are those coming to hunt us?"

"To be precise, they're coming to hunt you..."

In a normal combat situation, drawing a weapon would be the immediate action. But since the protagonist was an Assassin, the basic procedure upon discovering a target about to shout was to cover their mouth (to prevent noise from spreading) - drag them along to sneak (hide behind a Gate or in a bush) - slit their throat or perform a piercing attack under the arm (to end their life quickly). It was just that the protagonist had a change of heart before slitting the throat.