Master of Kaidan
Chapter 34 Gatekeeper and Door Pusher

Chapter 34: Chapter 34 Gatekeeper and Door Pusher

"Chase me? Why?" The girl listened to the roaring motorcycle engines, her expression slightly strange—it was not fear or worry, but rather the confusion of a drama enthusiast faced with an inexplicable plot.

It was fortunate that it was the Cross Sword Union; had it been the previous landfill area, the girl would probably have seen a bizarre scene of bulky men riding bicycles.

"Because you are a transmigrator," Feng Xue said, even as she had already pulled out her work badge, swiftly logged out of her dorm, and then opened her personal information to change her account name from "Little Feng" to "Assassin."

Although she didn’t know if that would be helpful, it was still better than doing nothing.

"Eh? How did they find out?" The girl exclaimed in surprise, but immediately covered her mouth, muttering in a very low voice. Feng Xue ignored her, saw that the badge indicated the logout was complete, picked up the girl again, and ran towards the distance.

Truthfully, he had no particular destination in mind at this moment, but he knew that if they were caught, the outcome would not be favorable.

Just like the Doctor from the landfill area before, considering common sense, it was impossible for him to confront an entire gang, yet he still died—why?

As he ran, Feng Xue, absorbing knowledge, understood the reason—

It was because of memory.

Although it was somewhat sad to say, the source of power for so-called Kaidan was human fantasy, faith, desires, and memories.

Ordinary Kaidan were formed by the condensation of human thoughts, slowly accumulating through oral transmission until they solidified into a real entity, and in ancient times, such beings were called "Gods."

But the "Infinite" within Infinite City was somewhat different. To be exact, the real Kaidan was Infinite City itself, and the residents of Infinite City were merely its accessories.

They were "Infinite," owning nothing because they did not possess their own legends, related thoughts, corresponding faith, or fantasies. Therefore, if they wanted to become Kaidan, they needed something that could anchor their existence.

But that was not enough, for the power of labels always depended on Infinite City, and using the labels, the "Infinite" were always just accessories to Infinite City.

And the way to break this relationship and take the first step towards becoming Kaidan was to "be recognized."

This person referred to someone from the Real World.

However, venturing to the Real World was extremely difficult. Not to mention the tremendous daily energy consumption of the hundreds of thousands of towers, finding a door that could lead to the outside world was a challenging task.

The door was merely an accidental overlap of coordinates. When the person who opened the door returned to their own world, the door would immediately close. Even if the person who went through the door to the Real World left behind coordinates of their original world, this was at most a return ticket, and return tickets cannot take others with them.

Thus, theoretically, each door could only accommodate the person who opened it once. However, conversely, if one could capture the person who opened the door, making her continuously open and close it without leaving, one could control the door semi-permanently.

But this was not actually the reason why the Doctor was silenced. The real reason was that ordinary "Infinite" venturing into the Real World was extremely dangerous.

Since the presence of "Infinite" was very low, even with the help of labels, many could not quickly establish enough "memory" in the Real World, leading to them being quickly forgotten. According to the records of the "Gatekeeper" label, there was even a time when they used a strategy of mass killing as soon as they arrived in the Real World, because death, bloodshed, and horror were the easiest things to be imprinted in people’s minds.

But this behavior also provoked backlash. It was precisely because of the reckless killing by those predecessors that the Real World developed specialized organizations to counter "Infinite."

In the Real World, "Infinite" could not use the power of Infinite City, and before gaining true recognition, they were at a disadvantage, even against armed soldiers or police officers wielding batons.

So later on, some people thought of a more wicked approach—

Let people remember them before heading to the other side of the door!

This seems like a paradox—after all, how can someone in reality remember them if they don’t go there?

But don’t forget, the door opener is also a person from reality.

In other words, as long as they leave an indelible memory in the door opener, they can obtain some recognition when the door opener returns to the Real World.

And what, then, could be more present than the first sight of a person from Otherworld right after opening the door?

So, for those who attempt to gain the recognition of the door opener, the Gatekeeper must die!

As a Manager himself, Feng Xue didn’t think the Cross Sword Union’s Manager was much stronger than the previous landfill area’s Manager, and he couldn’t bet his life on the other’s mercy.

However, he wasn’t exactly lying when he said they came to chase the girl.

After all, for the door opener, being imprisoned to continuously open and close doors was already torturous enough, yet this was the best treatment one could hope for after being captured by a powerful faction—

Becoming a Kaidan required being remembered, and once forgotten, one would fall from the Kaidan realm.

If recognition was directly obtained from reality, it wouldn’t be a problem, as there were many people; if one person forgot you, others still remembered. But now, the problem was, the only person who remembered was the door opener...

So the question was, how to make a door opener remember an "Infinite" with such a low presence?

Initially, everyone was relatively gentle, but as time passed, various brutal methods started emerging, and those that gradually became mainstream were naturally not mild approaches.

After all, compared to comedy, tragedy is always more memorable.

Torture, interrogation, imprisonment...

Through various indescribable, cruel ways, they left a deep-rooted memory in the door opener and then entered the Real World with him. This was currently the safest route for becoming a Kaidan in Infinite City.

And this safety was predicated on a lifelong psychological shadow on the door opener.

However, for most "Infinite," this price was hardly anything to worry about; as long as one person suffers, they could become a Kaidan, and there was no more cost-effective deal than this!

To be fair, if Feng Xue were the Manager, perhaps she would have acted similarly, but now, the reason she harbored goodwill towards this girl was that she simply lacked the means.

Even if he truly left this girl with a lifelong psychological shadow, it was impossible to send her back to her original world—

He could be certain that if the Cross Sword Union’s Manager wasn’t a fool, then the door in his original dormitory, or rather, the door of the original dormitory, was definitely being treasured by the Cross Sword Union.

Accessing that door was not an easy task.