51: I wanted be a salted fish

After contracting with the Tussilago vine, Song Yu's mood soared as if she were suddenly flying into the clouds.

She was both happy and eager to quickly have another game with the Tussilago vine!

A mental connection is established after forming a contract between an exotic beast and a human. Sometimes, there's no need for words; both parties can understand what the other wants to express.

It's as if they were a pair of twins who had lived together for decades, not needing language or gestures, only needing a glance to become the most perfect partners.

So, when Song Yu grabbed her phone and started the game with the Tussilago vine, it took less than 5 minutes for her to confirm that what the books said was indeed true!

When she was with Qiuqiu before, she had never directed Qiuqiu in battle or played games with Qiuqiu as a partner, so she didn't feel much.

But after contracting with the Tussilago vine, with the spiritual power boost and the comparison before and after, Song Yu could clearly see the difference!

Before the contract, when the two played games together, she often needed verbal commands. Sometimes she had to speak to direct the Tussilago vine to help besiege the aliens, and by then, the aliens had already killed her character.

But after the contract, she often didn't need to speak or even glance. Yet, the Tussilago vine could accurately cooperate with her on another phone, sniping all the aliens on the map!

Clearly, as the game levels got harder, Song Yu felt more and more comfortable playing. Even the game score kept increasing, and the number of times her game character died decreased over time.

For more than three months since the crossover, Song Yu had never had a game that felt so smooth!

This exhilarating feeling made Song Yu ecstatic, even feeling a bit reluctant to cook dinner...

"Just one more game, just this one, I'll cook after this game!"

"Ah, I won again, how about we play another round before cooking?"

"Tutu, how about we just eat something random later? We won't bother making the fish soup?"

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Watching the girl by the river opposite, her hands engaged in game after game without any sign of stopping.

In pursuit of gaming, the standard for dinner kept dropping until eventually considering just biting into a piece of bread to suffice for the evening meal.

The perpetually serious expression on Bai Yuhan's face finally softened and became unusually complex.

"So, when someone has a split personality... the difference in personality can really be this significant."

"In the past, when I saw Song Yu, she was either discussing how to become a Beast Tamer, or talking about... what she would do after becoming a Beast Tamer. Where she would go to Beast Tamer university after the college entrance exam, and where she would move after graduating from Beast Tamer university to a level one city."

"But now... it seems like she not only doesn't care about becoming a Beast Tamer, but also doesn't care about high-aptitude contracted beasts that others hope for, or prestigious Beast Tamer universities. Instead, she has contracted low-level bloodline exotic beasts twice."

She was thinking back to when she contracted the low-level bloodline Snow Civet Cat despite not having the eye of regulation and remembering the scene where she was directly knocked out of the arena by Zhou Wenchang last time.

Bai Yuhan paused, fearing that these were all genuine effects, not just acting weak to catch others off guard.

There were emotions hidden in Bai Yuhan's eyes that were difficult to understand, swirling back and forth...

After a while, until all the complex emotions in his eyes completely disappeared, Bai Yuhan turned around and prepared to leave.

Since the death of his parents and relatives, he has been living alone for these years.

Although he knew he had a fiancée since the engagement and had met her a couple of times when he was young, he had spent very little time with Song Yu.

But he had spent very little time with Song Yu.

This short amount of time was even less than with his classmates.

To say that he had any feelings for his former fiancée was unrealistic.

Compared to this fiancée, it was more important for him to take some time for work and earn money, to study diligently, and to train his physique.

In other words, for him, nothing was more important than seeking revenge for the blood feud.

He had once thought that if she was willing to wait for him...

Then, after avenging the blood feud, he would marry her according to his parents' wishes and hers.

But before he could start seeking revenge, she took the initiative to go to other people and cancel the engagement.

Although he was somewhat surprised, he did not oppose it or feel any resentment. He felt a slight sense of relief deep down.

Because over the years, he had been worried that before he became strong, his enemies would find their way to him by any means necessary.

If the enemies came knocking, even if they hadn't married yet, the Song family would likely suffer.

But after the cancellation of the engagement, he would no longer have such worries.

However, as his former fiancée, even though Song Yu and he had broken off the engagement, he couldn't help but occasionally glance at her in school.

Especially when he learned that the ssss-level Beast Tamer Space mentioned in the books was not the highest level of Beast Tamer Space in the world, he couldn't help but be wary and focus his gaze on Song Yu, who had the ssssss-level Beast Tamer Space.

"But now... even though Song Yu has awakened the ssssss-level Beast Tamer Space and her Beast Tamer Space level is higher than mine."

"Judging from her current behavior, if she continues like this, she'll probably just end up slightly better than an average Beast Tamer in the future."

In Bai Yuhan's mind flashed the image of the girl sitting by the river, holding her phone in both hands, with a lollipop in her mouth, excitedly playing games with sparkling eyes. Then, he fell silent for two seconds and shook his head silently.

For thousands of years, no high-level Beast Tamer has ever become skilled by playing games!

They all worked hard to cultivate the contracted beasts one by one and trained them with punches and kicks!

Only through training, fighting, more training, and more fighting can one become an excellent high-level Beast Tamer!

Bai Yuhan took a deep breath...

He continued to move forward with heavy steps.

He had bled too much last night, and even after running a long distance, he could not get timely treatment. If he hadn't found an opportunity to rest soon and return to Jianghuai City to find a healing-type contracted beast, he might not have made it out of this wilderness on his first visit.

However...

Bai Yuhan had only just taken a step with his left foot.

"Roar! Roar! Roar~!"

"Awoo~ Roar~ Roar~!"

Ear-piercing roars echoed from afar, rapidly approaching in anger! A sudden change in the atmosphere!

Bai Yuhan's expression subconsciously turned serious as he turned his head towards the direction of the sound.

Song Yu also stopped what she was doing, her brows furrowing, and quickly summoned Qiuqiu from within her space.

"Meow!"

Qiuqiu dashed out from the space, immediately becoming alert.

Suddenly, an invisible energy wave erupted from the central area of the wilderness, deeper within the forest of the Qingshan Wilderness Area, and spread rapidly!

This invisible energy wave even brought gusts of wind, and in just a few seconds, the grass blades rustled, the dense woods swayed with the wind, and the river splashed.

Song Yu was shocked for two seconds, then immediately reacted. She quickly reeled in her fishing rod, picked up the blanket, hurriedly returned to her backpack, stuffed everything inside, didn't even bother with the tent, and with luggage on her back, she climbed onto Qiuqiu's back and urged him to run back quickly!

"Go, go, go! Hurry! Hurry!"

"Quickly! Let's go fast!"

Song Yu's voice was urgent, her movements smooth and efficient, not taking more than a minute.

However,

In just this short minute!

The lush green vegetation on the ground seemed to crack and sink like a mirror shattering.

The surging energy rushed forward like an insatiable beast, suddenly pulling Song Yu and Qiuqiu down!

Their bodies fell strangely downward, dragging the vegetation and river of the Qingshan Wilderness Area along with them as if they were being devoured!

Where there had been solid ground covered in grass and mud, now there was nothing but a black hole.

Song Yu, Qiuqiu, the stream, the plants...

Without exception, they were all swallowed by that black hole, plunging into the abyss!

Song Yu was enveloped in darkness, the huge energy shock causing fluctuations that made it hard to keep her eyes open.

In the darkness, Song Yu could only hold onto Qiuqiu's neck tightly and hunker down as low as possible, hoping that the tremendous energy shock wouldn't scatter them.

The roar of beasts, birds chirping, and insects buzzing all disappeared in that moment.

Only the sound of intense wind remained, continuously blasting into Song Yu's ears and body, nearly blowing her to pieces!

Occasionally, debris and dirt that had been sucked into the abyss would hit her face, making her dizzy.

She didn't know how long had passed.

Long enough for Song Yu to feel the surging energy around her gradually dissipating.

Gradually, she began to hear the sound of things falling around her. After slowly opening her eyes, she felt dazed.

Large snowflakes were falling from the sky, covering everything in a blanket of white!

White was the dominant color!

It was a world of ice!

Countless snowflakes, like moths to a flame, seemed to engulf everything in an instant. In the vast expanse of snow, Song Yu couldn't see ahead at all.

The cold snowflakes hitting Song Yu's cheeks made her shiver.

As she looked down at the branches and twigs that had inexplicably fallen with her into this snowy realm and were gradually freezing, her heart sank in an instant!

No way?! This couldn't be happening?!

She was obediently playing games by the river, so why wouldn't the heavens leave her alone?

Song Yu's eyes were unfocused, feeling suffocated.

Even though she still didn't understand many things these days, Song Yu knew that she had fallen into a secret realm!

And it was pretty obvious...

This was a sudden occurrence, appearing within the range of the Qingshan Wilderness Area—a newly formed rift secret realm!

Looking up at the space crack that had completely disappeared from the sky, Song Yu almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

When ordinary space rifts appear, the city military stationed around the space rifts can often use various instruments and equipment to detect the energy fluctuations of the birth of the rift secret realm half a month in advance, take precise precautions, evacuate the crowd, and prevent sudden disasters.

But every year, there are still one or two unexpected occurrences among the dozens of newly born secret realms worldwide.

These new secret realms appear at any time and place.

And because the initial secret realm is unstable, the entrance may open and close from time to time.

"If I accidentally fall into a new secret realm, if the entrance to the space crack isn't closed... I could still find a way out by myself or wait for rescue at the entrance... But now the space crack has closed, it's a waste of time to wait here until the secret realm stabilizes..."

Song Yu's mentality was unstable at the moment. Unlike the wilderness area, where beasts and humans can enter and exit anytime, each secret realm usually has only one entrance.

And because the new secret realm space is unstable, there are often several space entrances when it is just born, but as time goes by, only one fixed entrance will remain in the end.

Therefore, once someone accidentally falls into a new secret realm, they are often trapped for ten days, half a month, or even longer.

Unless they are lucky enough to fall into the crack entrance, which happens to be the fixed entrance of the secret realm, those trapped in the secret realm will need to search for the entrance everywhere.

Not knowing what level this snowfield secret realm is and what level of beasts are inside, just thinking about this new secret realm—perhaps it is a six-star realm with eighth or ninth-order beasts, or maybe it is a five-star realm with sixth or seventh-order beasts—Song Yu felt her scalp go numb and almost depressed on the spot.

"Sigh~ The energy fluctuations earlier were so strong; I'm afraid this new secret realm is not low in level..." Song Yu muttered, feeling like a dreamless, dried fish.

She clearly remembered that she had always been vigilant in the past three months.

She tried to minimize contact with the male lead, Bai Yuhan, and avoid conflicts with people as much as possible. She even gave up on the high-quality blood-toothed piglet, which followed the original host and became the last straw that broke the camel's back...

But why did she still get inexplicably involved in the secret realm?

"Clearly, this situation was not written in the novel before..." Song Yu wore a mask of agony, feeling utterly hopeless.

She vividly remembered that in the book, the male lead, Bai Yuhan, was in the wilderness area for his first map, from beginning to end.

And the male lead even found several spiritual fruits in the wilderness area...

"How did it turn out like this?" Song Yu muttered, unable to understand why she was so unlucky.

"Whoosh~~~"

"Hoo hoo hoo hoo~~~"

However...

The cold wind mixed with snowflakes blew again, and the icy snowflakes hit her neck. Song Yu shrank her neck, shivering and rubbing her arms. She couldn't help but sneeze loudly.

Even though Qiuqiu's fur was thick and warm, Song Yu couldn't resist the snowflakes and cold wind blowing all around.

She looked down at her thin green outdoor combat suit and quickly unpacked her backpack to take out the clothes one by one.

Once again, she felt fortunate that she had packed her luggage before leaving. Otherwise, she might have frozen to death in this heavy snow. She put on the jackets she took out of her backpack one by one and stuffed a high-calorie chocolate bar into her mouth.

Song Yu then hugged Qiuqiu's neck and glanced at the thick snow, ready to leave.

But to her surprise, with just one glance, Song Yu saw a young man not far away, crawling out of the snow, holding his head.

The young man was tall, with slanting eyebrows, and even though his face was pale from the cold and slightly bluish, he still pursed his thin lips stubbornly.

With his handsome features and perfect contours, even though the young man's body and hair were covered in snow and blood stains, and his clothes were messy...

But his cold, stern aura and extremely handsome facial features still made him stand out.

Still, he could instantly attract everyone's attention.

Look at this appearance.

Song Yu instinctively thought of those times in the entertainment industry when the internet was constantly praising battle-damaged beauties.

If it weren't for the thin clothes and the clenched fists turning slightly blue from the cold, just from his expression, Song Yu would hardly notice any change in Bai Yuhan's demeanor.

There is no greater sorrow than a heart that is dead.

Looking at Bai Yuhan, who was expressionless and showed no trace of emotion, Song Yu finally understood why she was so unlucky today.

So, she had encountered the protagonist again!

Why did she mysteriously fall into the crack of the freshman secret realm?

It turned out the protagonist was right next to her.

Oh, well, that explains it...

“Explains nothing! Although I always knew Bai Yuhan was the tragic yet strong beauty in the novel, this is too much!”

“It’s still a male-centric power fantasy novel, right? How has the plot started and the protagonist is still in such a miserable state?”

“Orphaned by enemies, working to pay for his education, fighting for spiritual plants and minerals in the wilderness and secret realms, getting injured and bleeding... Even if the protagonist ends up contracting a bunch of dragon-type beasts and becomes a powerful beast master, it’s still incredibly frustrating!”

“Most importantly, I don’t want to get involved with the protagonist and be drawn into all sorts of incidents!”

Song Yu looked at Bai Yuhan, feeling a headache and internally screaming her refusal.

But seeing him standing alone in the snow, dressed so thinly, with the cold wind howling around, the words she wanted to say turned into: “Um... are you cold? Do you need an extra coat?”

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