Adventure Sonata

“Phew… finally out of that hellhole…”

Patting the dust off his clothes, Ye Yousheng stepped out of the cave and let out a long breath.

The air inside had been unbearable.

Rotten stench everywhere.

Endless branching paths.

He genuinely couldn’t understand why monsters loved building nests in places like that.

Didn’t they feel suffocated?

By the time he left the Dark Spider nest—

Night had fully taken over the sky.

Countless stars glittered across the heavens, like scattered gold dust on a jade plate.

In his original world, such a sky was rare.

Seeing even a few stars was already a luxury.

But what truly caught his attention—

Was something else.

Two moons.

One large, one small.

One red, one blue.

The blue moon looked similar to the one on Earth—

If he squinted, he could even make out its uneven surface.

Only—

Its color was a soft, pale blue.

The red moon, however—

Hung massive in the sky, covering nearly half of it.

Its surface was impossibly smooth.

And strangely—

Familiar.

It was the same moon he had seen when he first arrived—

In the palace of the Goddess of Life.

The moonlight was so bright that the night didn’t feel dark at all.

This world’s night—

Was oddly comforting.

“There are… two moons…”

Yiwu chuckled softly.

“Hehe, you said the same thing before too~”

“You were like, ‘as expected of another world, even the moon comes in pairs.’”

“Yeah… I mean, it really does feel like another world…”

Before he could continue, Yiwu cut in—

“But those aren’t actually two moons.”

“The red one used to be where the gods lived.”

“After the gods fell, nothing remained there.”

“So people just started calling it the ‘Immovable Moon.’”

“See how it never moves, day or night?”

“That’s because it’s floating directly above the continent.”

“Back then, the gods looked down on the world from there.”

“The gods’ residence…?”

“They fell…?”

Ye Yousheng hadn’t expected a simple moon to carry that much history.

Living on a moon—

That was on a completely different scale than Olympus or the Heavenly Court.

“Yeah, Athena told me all this.”

“…Athena?”

That name hit way too close to home.

“Yep, the Goddess of Wisdom.”

“I haven’t seen her in a long time…”

“She taught me so much.”

“She’s like my mentor.”

“I respect her a lot.”

“Wait… if the gods fell…”

“Then why are you still here?”

Ye Yousheng frowned.

If the gods were gone—

Then what were Yiwu, Pandora, Athena…?

Wasn’t this supposed to be some kind of “end of gods, rise of humanity” situation?

Yiwu lowered her head slightly.

“…Do you not want me to exist?”

“Hey—no, that’s not what I meant.”

“I just think it’s… contradictory.”

Her expression instantly brightened.

“That’s because I was born after that~”

“Eve too.”

“It’s only been about seven or eight hundred years for us.”

“…Born after?”

What exactly were gods in this world?

And how were they born?

“Athena and Pandora, though—”

“They’re survivors from that catastrophe.”

“How many gods are there even?”

“Umm… I’m not sure.”

“I only know Eve, Pandora, Athena…”

“Oh! And Loki!”

“She comes to play with me sometimes.”

“…What kind of chaotic mythology is this…”

Greek gods.

Norse gods.

Unknown gods.

This world’s system was a complete mess.

Ye Yousheng gave up trying to make sense of it.

Gods were too far above him anyway—

He might as well ignore it.

“Yousheng, where are we going next?”

…Yeah, ignoring it wasn’t happening.

There was literally a goddess floating next to him.

“Back to Xinyou Village.”

“Lulu and the others are probably looking for me.”

“The hobbit girl?”

“I saw her while I was inside your phone!”

“You can see outside from inside the phone?”

“What’s it like in there?”

“It’s just a white room with no doors.”

“There’s only one round window to look outside.”

“I kept shouting at you through it… but you ignored me…”

Yiwu puffed her cheeks, clearly unhappy.

“…Sorry.”

Seeing her like that, he apologized immediately.

It was weird.

His first impression of her had been cold, distant—

Almost untouchable.

But now?

She was emotional.

Expressive.

Chatty.

Like a normal girl next door.

And somehow—

He felt like the passive one.

“First priority… find out about the Five Sacred Relics.”

“For that, I need to find other Travelers.”

“Preferably ones I can trust.”

Out of a thousand Travelers—

They weren’t allies.

They were competitors.

Only one would survive.

Which meant—

Everyone else had to die.

Still—

Ye Yousheng had no intention of harming others first.

His rule was simple:

If you don’t touch me, I won’t touch you.

If you do—

I’ll return it a hundredfold.

If he found trustworthy people, great.

If not—

He’d figure it out alone.

“…Someone’s coming.”

Rustling from the bushes ahead.

“Yiwu, can you go back into the phone?”

“Better if no one sees you.”

“Mm, okay!”

“Just call my name like before if you need me~”

Her figure faded—

Returning to the phone.

Ye Yousheng crouched behind a tree, gripping his dagger.

Blending into the surroundings.

Rustle—

The moment the figure approached—

He struck.

Left hand pushing forward—

Right hand drawing the dagger toward the throat—

“Uwah!”

…That voice.

He froze.

Under him—

Was Lulu.

“…What the hell are you doing?!”

“I thought you were an enemy—”

“No, your HAND!”

“Your HAND!!”

“…Huh?”

He looked down.

Moonlight illuminated—

Lulu’s flushed face.

And—

His hand.

On her chest.

“…Oh. Sorry. Didn’t notice. It’s just kinda fl—”

“You—DIE!!!”

Boom.

A fireball exploded point-blank.

Ye Yousheng collapsed, hair smoking.

HP: barely alive.

Of all things—

The most dangerous hit today—

Came from Lulu.

“…Yeah… I really need to fix this zero luck problem…”

…

“What?”

“You want to find other Travelers?”

“Did that fireball fry your brain?”

Inside Lulu’s potion shop in Xinyou Village—

She stared at him like he’d lost it.

“I’m serious.”

“I need info about the Five Sacred Relics.”

“I already told you—without magic—”

“Look at me.”

He cut her off and removed his bandages.

“Hey! Your wounds aren’t—”

“…Huh?”

No wounds.

No scars.

Nothing.

“…Impossible…”

“You literally took a fireball earlier…”

She reached out, touching him—

Then quickly pulled back.

“As you can see—this is my ability.”

“No matter the injury, I recover instantly.”

“…An immortal body…”

“Hm?”

“Nothing.”

“I see… so that’s your trump card.”

“Exactly.”

“Even if I can’t win, I can survive.”

Infinite sustain.

Hit-and-run.

Worst-case—

Retreat.

“With your skills… yeah.”

“You’re qualified to be an adventurer.”

“Then—!”

Lulu stared at him for a moment.

Then nodded.

“Alright.”

“I’ll allow it.”

“YES!”

That was way easier than expected.

“Then go to a dungeon.”

“That’s where most adventurers—and Travelers—gather.”

“A dungeon?”

“Yeah.”

“A place full of monsters.”

“A place everyone’s drawn to.”

“And also—”

“The place with the highest death rate.”

Dangerous.

Deadly.

Irresistible.

The dungeon—

Would be Ye Yousheng’s first real destination as a Traveler.