Unknown Intrusion

Chapter 107 The Gate of Stories
"That's really arrogant."

"He's set me up with a trap. 300 gold sea dragons, three times the sailor's salary. The sailor's pension is only 100 gold sea dragons. If I take 300 gold sea dragons, how am I supposed to explain it to the sailors? I'm afraid rumors will immediately spread that my family betrayed the sailors and the guild, right?"

After Attorney Zhang left, Su Yu remained seated and quietly finished her coffee.

"However, the Song family is not a coward who will stand by and do nothing. The guild is a behemoth, and the other side will have to pay a heavy price!"

"This at least shows that he was hurt."

The lawyer's arrival, though unexpected, actually exposed the other party's weakness.

"Hmph, too bad you won't know that I'm not a real boy, and I won't be scared off by a few light words."

Su Yu, a transmigrator, has experienced two life-or-death situations and three lifetimes, so he still has this much awareness.

"Your Excellency?"

"Then at least a baron?" Recalling what Attorney Zhang had just said, he specifically mentioned the noble baron.

"No wonder they don't even respect the Song family."

The Song family is a baronial family, which means "quasi-baron", "not quite a baron", or "almost a baron".

Generally speaking, there is indeed a significant difference between barons.

But to say that the gap is as vast as the sky and the earth... Su Yu believes that this is also a kind of arrogance and prejudice.

The Song family's title has been held for four generations, and they have been deeply rooted in the county, not as nouveau riche or newly rich. Their power is not weak.

If they were truly weak, the people who came today would not have had this attitude.

Haven't you heard that ordinary people all participate "voluntarily"?

"Although no specific family was mentioned, the Song family should be aware of it."

"I'm already aware of the situation."

This formidable enemy is far stronger than initially anticipated.

Fortunately, the Song family is bearing the brunt of the pressure, so Su Yu doesn't have to face it directly yet.

After a few seconds of silence, a faint white light appeared before my eyes, and a new task notification appeared.

"【War or Peace】: Is the Carlton family's concession a true concession? Perhaps, you have no choice."

"Sure enough, the mission hints are very clear. The other party is just using this as a temporary measure. It also revealed a very important piece of information: the real enemy is the Earl of Carlton's family, not the Baron as I had guessed... What a formidable foe they are."

Now, the number of noble families has increased, but counts are still a very important part of the nobility.

The Earl of Carlton's family—it sounds like a prestigious and distinguished family!
"If I could, I would also like to avoid war, but I have no choice!"

Su Yu's thoughts transformed into a cursor, and he pressed the [Battle] button. The mission box dimmed, and soon new content reappeared.

[The Gate of Tales is being generated, countdown 120:59:59]

"The Gate of Stories! How is that possible?" Su Yu's smile froze, and he suddenly stood up, almost knocking over his coffee cup.

The fact that the dungeon function was actually enabled was a huge surprise to Su Yu.

You have to understand, the world isn't a game, so where do random dungeons come from?
I originally thought this feature would never be enabled.

But changes seem to have occurred quietly...

"Why?"

"Did the curse on New Island activate it last time?"

"Could there be some hidden secret realm there, which the system has identified as a dungeon?"

Having no clue what to do, Su Yu decided to go to school first.

"We'll ask Mr. Cheng later if he knows anything like a secret realm."

……

"Father isn't here!" Qiaoqiao looked up.

"Butterfly told me that he left about two hours ago, and judging from the direction he went, he should have gone to the museum."

"What do you want to ask? We can go together."

……

The white mist obscured the sunlight.

Rain streaks slanted down onto the transparent umbrella, spreading evenly and quietly across the earth.

The streets and houses, a mix of gray stone and wooden planks, were blurred by the silken threads of rain.

Strolling in the rain, a three-story horse-drawn carriage, pulled by four horses, moves at a speed of thirty kilometers per hour. "Three bronze sea serpents, a cup of hot apple tea."

Su Yu and Qiao Qiao sat on the back of the second floor, listening to the gentleman and lady complain about the day's unpredictable weather.

"The weather is terrible today."

Such phrases have almost become a common greeting when people meet.

On a street corner, a dim, steamy streetlight casts a pale, white light that reflects off the rain.

"Carriage, wait! Two people!" Two men carrying leather bags ran out of the shops along the street and rushed onto their horses in the rain.

"Go to the city hall office building."

After the sound of several metal pieces falling into the iron box, the two gentlemen sat down next to Su Yu.

"Is this the fifth one?"

"The city hall seems really busy today," Su Yu said to the lady beside him.

"It's because of the lawsuit, isn't it?"

"Lady" Qiaoqiao sat upright, meticulously maintaining her elegant manners.

"I heard there's a major incident that spans multiple counties, and the city hall is preparing a joint lawsuit. The next month will be very busy."

“Ms. Cheng is right. We are all lawyers present at this meeting. There are quite a few investors involved this time, with more than fifty companies filing a joint lawsuit. The last time something like this happened was ten years ago.”

Among the gentlemen in the carriage, some recognized Cheng Qiaoqiao, after all, she had a father who was a lecturer, so she was considered a respectable person.

In this era, the connections between respectable people were actually closer than later generations imagined.

"I heard the defendant is a nobleman?" Cheng Qiaoqiao asked curiously.

"Of course, he's a very important person," the civil servant replied casually.

"However, no one expected that a new island would appear. No wonder they were so envious that they tried to kill... cough cough, it's not appropriate to say any more. As everyone knows, we should still maintain the most basic respect for nobles."

"Unless they have already fallen."

Su Yu also spoke at the same time, joining the voices of the crowd, repeating the proverb, secretly delighted.

"Hey, the Song family really didn't back down. They've teamed up with the city hall; they're going to make things big." Su Yu had gained a better understanding of politics in this world.

"Just like in my previous life, there was no direct superior-subordinate relationship among nobles."

"The power of labor unions and academic societies is not small; in fact, it can be described as a behemoth."

"Offending them, even Earl Carlton, will come at a price."

"However, the Carlton family seems to have the surname Su, the same as mine." Su Yu took a deep breath when he thought of this.

"Bloodline? Could it be a civil war between members of the same clan?"

"Hiss, could it be like this?"

……

Despite being preoccupied with her own thoughts, Su Yu still managed to meet Mr. Cheng in the museum's exhibition hall.

"A secret realm?" Mr. Cheng was somewhat surprised.

"The concept you're asking about is something very rare. It's said that the divine realm is the world, but no one has ever seen it," Mr. Cheng calmly replied.
“A powerful saint may possess a demiplane, existing but not entirely in the world, which perfectly matches the secret realm you described.”

"What is a demiplane?"

"The mysteries of this matter are too profound for you to grasp right now."

Does the school library have any records of this?

"I remember there is, but don't rush. Have you been getting enough rest lately?" His eyes glanced at Su Yu.

"Is your mental strength stable?"

"Fortunately."

"Now we often see various colored particle fluctuations outside, like the aurora zone, and everything is bathed in them... I am no exception."

Su Yu extended his hand.

The light particles fell, passing straight through his arm with almost no pause.

Only a very few seem to have vanished in the palm of one's hand.

(End of this chapter)