Chapter 32: The Test of Blood
Not only did Irene have a knack for hurling the most colorful insults, but her high-pitched screams could make anyone’s head buzz.
Yu Sheng wondered how she managed to create such a ruckus through an oil painting—was the entire canvas acting like an amplifier?
“Don’t ask me about the mechanics; I don’t know how it works myself,” Yu Sheng said, rubbing his ear as he spread his hands helplessly at Irene. “All I know for sure is that I can open ‘doors,’ and these doors can lead to all sorts of places. They could be Otherworlds, or, like you just saw… some distant location. Of course, we can’t be certain whether it’s another world, another planet, or a parallel universe.”
He paused for a moment before continuing, “Maybe we should ask the people on the other side about it? But that elf girl didn’t seem too pleased just now…”
Irene stood there, half-dazed. It took her a moment after Yu Sheng’s rambling to react. After some thought, she finally spoke up, “So… what about activation conditions? Like, under what circumstances can you open a door?”
“Not entirely sure yet. I feel like I can open one pretty much anytime,” Yu Sheng mused, explaining honestly based on his current understanding. “As for the methods, there seem to be two. One is by directly opening an existing, ordinary door in reality. This kind is effortless; sometimes I don’t even realize I’ve done anything, and when I open the door, it leads straight to ‘somewhere else.’ The second is what you just saw—”
As he spoke, Yu Sheng raised his hand and mimed the action of pulling open a door in mid-air.
“Creating a door out of thin air. It’s more taxing and requires concentration to sense and imagine it. Plus, the door might suddenly vanish if I lose focus during the process. But the upside is that I won’t accidentally walk into an Otherworld just by opening any random door.”