Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

"I'm very hungry, please bring me something to eat, I will come to thank you specially later,"

Lancy waved at the brown bear.

The brown bear sat in the snow, looked up at her for a while, then got up slowly and ran off in another direction.

"It understands?"

Shen Ye asked in surprise.

"I've been able to communicate with animals since I was very young. On my fourth birthday, my family discovered this,"

Lancy said with a reminiscent look, "They excitedly made it public."

"And then?"

"Then I was brought here to study," she replied.

Shen Ye silently shifted the topic of conversation:

"But your Talent hasn't been developed, it's been put into a project like this, I don't quite understand."

"I heard them say I was still young, that there were more possibilities," Lancy said softly.

Dark shadows emerged behind her.

"—but now we've escaped, we won't be tortured again and we can live well from now on," Shen Ye quickly interjected.

The black shadows that had just formed thinned a little.

"Is that all? I feel bad inside, Baxter," Lancy said, hanging her head.

"We will go back to find your parents together," Shen Ye said in a gentle voice.

Lancy was stunned.

Parents...

"It has been so long since I've seen them, I miss my mom, and I miss dad—Baxter, you will take me back, right?"

"Yes, I've arranged it with Charlotte, I'm in charge of such big matters."

"That's wonderful."

The dark shadows behind Lancy gradually disappeared.

A row of faint small letters appeared:

"Synchronization rate increased to 1.5%, influenced by this, synchronization time improved to: 2.1 seconds."

Time had improved.

This gave him even more chances to intervene with the Nine Aspects.

However—

A question arose in Shen Ye's heart:

—what happens when the synchronization rate reaches 100%?

A deep growl broke Shen Ye's train of thought.

There was the brown bear, returning.

It opened its mouth, placed several frozen red gui fish on the ground, then began to climb a tree.

It kept climbing until it reached the branch where Lancy was.

"Thank you,"

Lancy moved over and hugged the brown bear's neck with both hands.

The bear then gently made its way back down to the ground.

"Have it fetch some wood, I will need it shortly," Shen Ye said.

"But it has already done so much for us, and I haven't repaid it yet, this could be a problem," Lancy said with difficulty.

"Tell it that it will get to eat even more delicious food in a while," Shen Ye said.

Lancy conveyed this to the brown bear.

The bear became excited, let out a low growl, shook its fur, and then ran off again, disappearing into the distance.

After about fifteen minutes.

Wood was piled up in front of Lancy.

These were branches broken off by strong winds in the forest.

After being exposed to the harsh sun and frost, they had become excellent firewood, the outer bark could even be directly burned after shaking off the snow.

The brown bear sat squatting on one side, watching Lancy expectantly.

Lancy looked toward Shen Ye.

Shen Ye silently calculated.

2.1 seconds.

It could almost be completed.

"Stand by that pile of firewood," he said to Lancy.

"Okay."

Lancy walked over and stood still.

Shen Ye went over it in his mind once more, and finally synchronized with Lancy.

Synchronization!

The first second.

The little girl emitted a strong burst of Cold Ice Mist from her body, ascending to mid-air and forming a vast semi-circle.

The second second—

The little girl's hands shot out lightning towards the pile of firewood with a flick!

Time was up.

Boom!

The firewood was struck by lightning and instantly burst into roaring flames.

The bone-chilling cold wind in the forest was gone.

The Guanghan Ice Ridge, formed by circles of frost, enveloped tens of square meters, creating a giant frost "tent."

Although the firewood had caught fire, it couldn't easily melt the frost imbued with the Power of Taiyin.

The entire frost tent warmed up immediately.

"Let's start grilling fish, take care of hunger first, then prepare something for the bear as well," Shen Ye said.

He glanced at the brown bear.

The bear was startled by the previous lightning and fire.

But food was hard to find in winter, and although the bear was scared, it couldn't bring itself to leave.

"This I can do!"

Lancy said happily.

She processed the fish, threw it into the fire to grill, then used a stick to pick it out and tossed one to the brown bear, keeping one for herself.

The fish was very delicious, grilled crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

The little girl was full after eating half of the fish.

She grilled the rest of the fish and tossed them to the brown bear, then found a stick by the fire that wasn't burning, sat on it, and started to rest.

The firelight reflected on the little girl's face, quickly warming her up and bringing a flush to her cheeks.

"Baxter."

"What?"

"You haven't eaten anything, have you?"

"I don't need to."

"Really? I've never seen someone who doesn't eat..."

Her voice gradually weakened.

She was sitting by the fire, slowly falling asleep.

Shen Ye kept a vigilant eye on the brown bear.

The bear was somewhat afraid of the flames but was lured by the warmth of the place, lying down in a corner of the "tent" far away, enjoying those delicious sweetfish.

Shen Ye withdrew his gaze and looked at the girl in front of him.

She was too tired. Read new chapters at My Virtual Library Empire

Let her have a short sleep.

The faint glow reappeared:

"Synchronization rate improved to 1.9%, as a result, synchronization time extended to: 2.9 seconds."

Hum—

A sound suddenly resonated in the sky.

What followed,

was a small aerial vehicle emerging from the snowstorm, flying towards the direction of the Cold Ice "tent."

The brown bear sensed something was amiss and ran off quickly with the fish in its mouth.

Lancy was still asleep.

Shen Ye stood by her side, somewhat surprised.

—Could it be pursuers?