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Charlotte no longer paid attention to those people.

She closed her eyes, regulated her breathing to a steady rhythm, and simply lay there to rest.

Twenty minutes later.

The aircraft returned to the Flying Fortress.

This time.

Charlotte was treated completely differently.

A series of strictly programmed tests began on her.

Shen Ye did not intervene but stood silently to the side, observing.

Not until she was pushed onto the operating table.

Twelve chips were placed on the equipment tray.

——These were all the latest model chips to be implanted into the girl's body.

Shen Ye had been waiting for this moment.

If they started implanting the new chips first, he would take action immediately.

But if they were to remove the old ones first——

He could wait a bit longer.

Under his watch, a man known as "the doctor" personally picked up the scalpel and began to remove the chip implanted in the girl's arm.

"Remember, to avoid interference from the old model chips, the old ones must be removed first," the man said while adeptly extracting the chip, explaining to the people around him.

Clang!

The old chip was removed and thrown into a metal dish.

To stop the bleeding, apply medicine, bandage up.

Everything was progressing smoothly.

The girl seemed to still be in deep slumber.

The doctor waved his hand, signaling for the dish to be taken away and the one with the twelve chips to be brought over.

It was time to start implanting the new chips.

The doctor lifted the scalpel.

At the same time.

Shen Ye made his move.

He flew forward, merging into the little girl's body.

2.9 seconds.

There was too little time.

He couldn't use any killer moves.

Otherwise, if the Flying Fortress were to explode, both Lancy and Charlotte would die.

There was only one way.

On the operating table.

The little girl's eyes flew open suddenly.

Almost at the same moment.

A mirror made entirely of ice crystals appeared before her.

The little girl's body shuddered slightly and she leaped up, flying into the mirror.

Crash!

The ice crystal mirror fell, smashing onto the operating table and shattering into icy fragments.

——The little girl was gone!

2 seconds had passed.

Only 0.9 seconds left!

Inside the Mirror World, the little girl opened a door and stepped through in an instant.

——She was back in the Ice Snow Forest.

This was the teleportation coordinate she had set mere centimeters from the ground when she had last fallen from the sky.

Plop.

The little girl landed on the thick snow, making a soft noise.

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The original plan was to stay in the Mirror World, but when entering the mirror, Shen Ye suddenly realized a problem.

——Neither Lancy nor Charlotte had yet become the "Soulless Master."

They could not control the Mirror World.

Therefore.

Staying in the mirror as a normal person would definitely cause serious problems.

So in the last moment, he still opened the door and directly teleported away, returning to this Ice Snow Forest.

By this time, the chip on her body had been removed, and the new chip had not been installed.

It couldn't be said to be absolutely safe——

But it was true and credible that the enemy could not immediately track them down.

Shen Ye surveyed his surroundings.

"Baxter, are we free?" Charlotte said hesitantly.

"Yes," he responded.

As his voice fell, the world became eerily silent.

Shen Ye only felt a blur before his eyes.

All the scenery around him began to dissipate and fade away.

Ice, nightfall, forest, and the little girl all vanished without a trace.

Around him were endless fragments of light and shadow.

Various events from the girl's life connected into countless images, flashing rapidly.

Violence, conspiracies, heartbreak, slaughter, madness, rage...

Endless experiences emerged one after another.

Shen Ye watched those fleeting images and gradually realized that besides where he stood, all else turned into darkness.

In this darkness with no ceiling or floor, a deafening voice rang out:

"You're Baxter, right?"

"Give her up, and I'll spare you."

Within this voice, the five-year-old Charlotte quietly appeared.

She hid behind Shen Ye, her gaze cast towards the endless darkness ahead, her expression somewhat bewildered.

Shen Ye turned to glance back at her.

——Only near his body was there a faint glow; the surrounding was all-consuming darkness.

"Who are you?" Shen Ye asked.

The voice replied, "You don't have the right to know, but you have one last chance to give her up in exchange for your life."

"My life has always been my own," Shen Ye said.

"Baxter," the voice in the darkness became significant, "you've received many gifts from fate, yet I happen to be skilled in the Law of Fate. I can see everything about you and also take everything back."

"For example?" Shen Ye asked.

"You, you're used to navigating among the powerful, adept at finding advantages amidst great perils."

"You think reality is chaotic. When you're weak, you seek out those much stronger than you."

"You always manage to find strong backers, gaining rewards far beyond your own abilities."

"—— I can strip you of this fate."

"Sorry, I didn't understand," Shen Ye said.

"I have a Technique that can change your fate — those who stand by you, the strong ones, will due to various coincidences, be unable to offer you any more help."

"—— You'll only be able to rely on your pitiful strength."

"Conversely, the enemies you encounter will be extremely formidable beings."

"You'll have to face them with just your fourth level of the Law Realm abilities."

"You will die in despair."

Shen Ye turned to look at the little girl Charlotte.

To his surprise, Charlotte nodded, "It indeed has that ability. It made me continuously encounter memories of the past and relive all the terrible events, nearly causing me to disintegrate."

"—— Thankfully, you caught me."

"What's next."

"Baxter, it's up to you to decide now."