Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

Shen Ye finally flew back into the tree hollow and whispered in the little girl's ear:

"Wake up, Charlotte."

The little girl mumbled something but kept her eyes closed.

Shen Ye, unable to help it, continued to call out:

"Lancy, Pei A'suo, Charlotte, whoever it is, you must get up now!"

Only then did the little girl open her eyes.

"Are we escaping, Baxter?" she asked.

"To be precise, we're going back," Shen Ye said.

"Going back?" the little girl asked in surprise.

Her eyes regained their emerald green color.

——It seemed not to be Pei A'suo, but either Lancy or Charlotte.

"Charlotte?"

"No, I'm Lancy now."

"Lancy, listen to me, don't you think they're really annoying?"

"Of course, I find them annoying. I haven't seen my parents in so long, and I miss them a lot."

"Now they're still after you."

"Baxter, you're our fighter among us—you tell me, what exactly should we do?"

Shen Ye lowered his voice and said:

"I can only appear for a limited time, listen to me, now I'm going to shake them off our trail and then hit them hard."

"I support you!" Lancy said, clenching her small fists.

A faint light quickly formed into small characters:

"Authenticating object: tooth."

"Synchronization rate: 2.7%."

"No rejection detected."

"Synchronization time increased to: 3.3 seconds."

In the midst of snow and wind.

The deafening mechanical sound was getting closer.

Shen Ye spoke slowly, softly:

"To break free from this desperate situation, we must return to that Flying Fortress."

"I will do my best to create a safe environment for you."

"You must find a way to survive."

"Hold on for ten minutes."

"Remember, you must hold on for ten minutes, even if it means surrendering."
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The little girl's face turned pale, but she nodded vigorously.

The sound of the mechas moving was getting closer.

Shen Ye spoke no more; his physique descended and merged with the little girl.

Synchronize!

The little girl's face broke into a mischievous smile.

——Originally filled with angry murderous intent, wanting to yell "Kill them all," but considering it might affect the young girl's personas, he hastily deleted all his lines, opting for a silent, mischievous smile instead.

A certain title above his head suddenly glowed, spinning in mid-air, and quietly slipped into the void.

"You have activated the Purple Entry (One in Ten Thousand):"

"Disaster."

"Description: Designate a place you have been and bring upon it a catastrophic disaster."

"You have specified this place for a hundred li around."

The moment the entry activated, the little girl opened a door and vanished from the tree hollow instantly.

Not long afterward.

The entire tree was suddenly uprooted by a pair of mechanical giant hands.

A cold mechanical voice followed:

"Detected residual human blood. Beginning comparison!"

"Comparison successful."

"——She's nearby!"

"Everyone follow, begin a comprehensive search of this area!"

About a dozen mechas scattered around the big tree, starting to search for the little girl's traces with all their might.

A sudden change occurred——

A burning meteorite fell from the sky, precisely hitting this area.

Boom!

The intense impact turned the ground into a bottomless pit.

All mecha destroyed.

Those people didn't even have time to let out a scream.

Fierce flames rose to the skies.

On the other side.

Flying Fortress.

"Report! The mecha search team has found the enemy's trail, but——"

"But what? They let the enemy escape? Useless."

"No, Captain, a meteorite fell, everyone along with the mecha was completely annihilated!"

"How is that possible!"

"It's true, there's also search footage from the scene, you can see a meteorite falling from the sky, destroying everything within a hundred miles!"

"...It must be a joke."

"Attention all! The enemy may have gained a powerful special ability and become an uncontrollable monster, initiate the sixth specimen destruction program immediately!"

"Nuclear bomb is fully activated!"

"Counting down five seconds, prepare to launch——"

Aboard the Flying Fortress, everyone busied themselves.

As for the instigator of these events——

The little girl opened a door within a tree hollow, entering a blank world.

——Mirror World.

Strangely, this time she entered the Mirror World without summoning any mirror!

A gleam of light emerged as a line of small text:

"You have arrived at the previous coordinate point."

Yes.

Just a short while ago.

Aboard the Flying Fortress.

The little girl was lying on the operating table, having her tracking chip removed.

In that instant, Shen Ye opened an ice mirror, arrived at the Mirror World, and from within the world, opened a door to the snowy forest.

At this moment.

He simply opened a door and returned to this Mirror World.

This Mirror World originated from——

The ice mirror that had shattered on the operating table!

All the pieces of ice should still be on the Flying Fortress.

So now, the little girl only needed to do one thing to completely leave the snowy forest.

That was——

She took a step forward, leaving the Mirror World.

Darkness surrounded her.

This place was still the operating room.

Everyone had already left.

In the corner.

A piece of ice fragment the size of a fingernail lay hidden in the dust, unnoticed.

This was a fragment from the ice mirror that had shattered.

——Most of the pieces had been cleaned up, but this one had not been thrown into the trash bin.

Perhaps they would collect some of the ice for specialized research.

But the outcome was clear.

——They were just ordinary ice blocks.

Except for the unique one——

The ice fragment in the corner flashed slightly, and the little girl suddenly appeared.

——She came out from the ice crystal!

It was the "door" ability combined with the "Existence in Mirror" strength that enabled this level of spatial transfer.

Enter the Mirror World through a door, then arrive at the Flying Fortress from the Mirror World, all in less than two seconds.