Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

Night.

One fifty-four.

Gaia City.

The suburban highway was covered with snow and ice.

The little girl walked briskly, seemingly forgetting everything around her as she focused solely on heading in the direction from her memory.

"I remember there's a traffic light up ahead," she said. "Dad said it's the most convenient way out of the city because we don't have to turn left or right."

"Just go straight!"

In the sky.

The goosefeather-like snow fell quietly, brushing past dim streetlights, turning the little girl's hair white.

Her face was red from the cold, but she kept her eyes on the road.

Exhale.

Inhale.

Then exhale again.

The city was silent; in the darkness, only the girl's panting could be heard.

She kept running without stopping for a moment.

"Baxter!" she suddenly cried out with joy.

"What?" Shen Ye asked.

"That flower bed—do you see it? One time when I couldn't walk anymore, I rested there, and Mom even admired the flowers with me."

The little girl became more and more excited.

Countless black figures danced madly behind her, sometimes morphing into skeletons, sometimes into a girl's form.

They seemed impatient.

Shen Ye looked across the street.

A long-haired woman in a red robe quietly looked over.

Demon of Fear!

It appeared very patient, simply watching silently from the side.

When Shen Ye looked at it, it no longer made any threatening gestures, nor did it speak.

It was as if—

The outcome was already destined.

Shen Ye's vigilance had peaked.

The enemy didn't attack!

That meant the enemy believed the situation Lancy, Charlotte, and Pei A'suo were about to face was advantageous to it, and overwhelmingly so.

Perhaps the enemy would even be willing to protect what was about to happen, allowing the events to unfold naturally.

Damn it!

Shen Ye flew out and randomly picked a car parked by the side of the road to peer through its window.

"Hanged Man's Gate."

Small glowing words quickly appeared on the glass.

All were the enemy's routine.

—No changes!

The events would still follow their original path.

So.

The problem wasn't on the enemy's side.

Shen Ye's gaze shifted back to the little girl.

—When she reached home, something that would have a huge impact on her was bound to happen.

She couldn't go home then!

But that was her strongest obsession, her only wish.

If he were to stop her—

The synchronization rate would plummet, wouldn't it?

Without his variable, Charlotte's life would return to its original trajectory.

There would be no turning back.

Shen Ye couldn't help but let out a sigh, then quickly took another breath.

He remembered someone saying not to sigh lightly.

It's been too long; the memory was blurred.

Quickly.

Hurry up.

Think carefully—

What else could he still do?

He soared into the air, following the little girl as they both raced towards the end of the road.

"Lancy, how much further?"

he asked.

"That red house!" The little girl's voice trembled slightly.

The next traffic light.

Across the street stood a red skyscraper.

—Lancy's parents were there!

"Which building number, do you remember the doorplate number?" Shen Ye asked.

"1701."

"Seventeenth floor, first apartment?"

"Right!"

"I'll go check things out. You wait for me downstairs."

Shen Ye shot up into the sky, quickly covering a great distance, passed through the walls, and entered the seventeenth floor.

In the corridor.

There stood a woman in a red robe with features as dark as black holes, motionless.

The Demon of Fear.

It had already arrived and appeared very quiet, as if waiting for something.

—Even its expression resembled that of a pilgrim.

"It's no use."

It spoke.

"Will you stop me?" Shen Ye asked.

"No, I will simply watch quietly. After all, this is only the beginning, a day that each one of me will remember," the Demon of Fear said.

Shen Ye ignored it, focusing on finding apartment 1701.

He found it.

He passed through the wall, into the room.

After a few moments.

Shen Ye silently moved through the wall, quickly descending toward the ground floor.

Outside the building.

The little girl, gasping for breath, stopped in her tracks and jumped up as soon as she saw him, urgently asking:

"How is it?"
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"No danger," Shen Ye said.

"Then let's go up right away!" the little girl said joyfully.

"No," Shen Ye said.

The little girl looked at him with surprise.

A line of light emerged from the void, forming into words:

"The synchronization rate can change at any time, and the odds of winning depend on it."

"Please be cautious with your words and actions."

Shen Ye's expression unchanged, knelt down, and whispered into the little girl's ear:

"Remember that vagrant from the game?"

"I do, but what does that have to do with seeing my dad and mom?" the little girl asked.

"The enemy can monitor everything from outer space..."

After saying this half-sentence, he changed his decision.

His voice became gentle and low:

"Listen, I will never stop you from seeing your dad and mom. I just want to create an undisturbed environment for you, to temporarily prevent the enemy from interfering."

"It's for your safety, okay?"

"Undisturbed... then you have to be quick, I can't wait any longer," the little girl said.

"It will only take a few seconds," Shen Ye said.

The little girl finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, I trust you, Baxter."

Shen Ye smiled faintly, overlapping with her physique.

Synchronization began—

7.9 seconds!

The little girl's eyes blazed with astonishing murderous intent, her body exuding a tangible aura of frost.

She gestured with her hand, and immediately grasped the Guanghan Bow.

With a single pull.

The Taiyin Divine Arrow, emitting a cold frost-like mist, quietly appeared on the bowstring.

The little girl, however, did not rush to shoot, but took out a ring, extracted a small timer from it, turned on the power, slightly adjusted the time, and swiftly put it back into the ring.