Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

A person over two meters tall.

Calling him a person, however, he was covered with barbs that pierced through his steel armor, gleaming with a sharp cold light.

His skin was grey, and his eyes glimmered with a ferocity akin to that of wild beasts; his entire body lay prone on the ground, and instead of human hands and feet, he bore bony claws.

The little girl watched from a distance, hesitating for a moment.

She was now at the fifth level of the Law Realm.

She could certainly defeat him.

But—

"All surveillance equipment is ready."

The whole world was watching.

If she displayed too extraordinary a performance, and the others mobilized experts from around the world to capture her for slicing and dicing, she wouldn't be able to withstand it.

Charlotte had family and friends in this world.

One couldn't always just leave through the door.

She had to think of some other way...

The test subject let out a roar and began to run towards the crowd.

No good!

She couldn't wait any longer!

The little girl hid in the restroom, her mind racing.

Outside on the plaza.

The void suddenly opened.

A giant steel foot descended from the sky with a "clang," landing on the ground.

Immortal Leader!

It was over ten meters tall, but Shen Ye craftily hid it within his Dharma Aspect.

Only one giant steel foot was revealed.

Stomping down!

"Oops, this step feels so soft, did I step on something?"

The big skeleton scratched its head in the cockpit.

It lifted its foot, and then—

Clang, clang, clang!

Several consecutive stomps.

The ground shook uncontrollably.

With each stomp of the Immortal Leader, it carried a strong impact of raging flames.

It had already detected the virus harbored by the other and promptly initiated targeted flame destruction.

Until there was nothing left but bony residue—

"Hmm, that feels about right."

The big skeleton remarked as it slowly lifted its foot, allowing the steel foot to retreat back into the Dharma Aspect, disappearing from sight.

On the service area plaza, only a pile of charred ash remained.

Utter silence.

The little girl revealed a mischievous smile, still staying in the restroom without stepping out.

Not until screams of terror rang out outside.

People scrambled in every direction.

The service area descended into chaos.

The Professionals had to step in to maintain order.

The little girl continued to hide in the restroom, waiting for everything to settle down.

Suddenly.

A voice arose from the depths of the restroom:

"Is this really okay?"

The little girl turned her head and saw another version of herself passing through the wall, gently landing inside the restroom.

She wore a black skirt and her expression was filled with resentment.

"Be careful, this is one of my negative personalities, and her personal appearance surely means she wants to kill me,"

Pei A'suo said.

As soon as his voice faded, control of the body was handed back to Shen Ye.

"Don't you want to stop everything from happening? Are you willing to watch your friends die in the experiment?" Shen Ye asked.

At that moment, he was the little girl in the red dress, one of the Nine Aspects' multiple personalities.

"I hate those people."

The girl in the black dress emanated a mist-like Dharma Aspect, her tone calm as if suppressing her urge to kill:

"Even if the event is changed by you, their hearts and actions will remain the same. If they don't kill us today, they will kill others in the future—"

"Can you really save everyone they've killed?"

"What if I can?" Shen Ye asked.

"Evil people going unpunished means everything is meaningless," the girl in the black dress said.

Layers of Dharma Aspect unfolded behind her.

One could vaguely see that, in those shadowy depths, the king species was still fiercely battling with the Dharma Aspect.

But the girl in the black dress couldn't be bothered anymore.

Her anger towards the whole matter could no longer be contained.

Shen Ye smiled.

"Charlotte," he called out.

Charlotte immediately switched to the personality controlling the body, and Shen Ye left it.

"Is it me who should fight her?"

Charlotte looked at the girl in the black dress across from her and asked.

Shen Ye said:

"Not a fight—I think you have to clear things up on your own. Only when you are at peace with yourself can you convince her."

"Remember, she is actually you, and you are also her."

Charlotte looked at the girl in the black dress across from her.

The girl in the black dress stared at her as if she was about to strike at any moment.

Charlotte, uncertain, began to speak:

"Baxter—"

"No need to ask me," Shen Ye interrupted her, "You are Charlotte, destined to be a powerful being that will shake countless worlds."

"—You need to ask yourself what you really think deep down, give her an answer, and don't lie to yourself, nor to her."

After pondering for a while, Charlotte took steps toward the girl in the black dress.

"Have you finally made up your mind? Are you going to fight me to the death and kill me?"

The girl in the black dress sneered.

Her Dharma Aspect completely unfolded behind her, encircling Charlotte, ready to devour her anytime.

Charlotte stepped forward and gently embraced the other.

"I feel very sorry for you."

She whispered in the other's ear: "You saw so clearly at such a young age how humans treat their own kind; you watched your friends die in the experiments, your heart must live in hell every day."

"I stopped caring about myself a long time ago," the girl in the black dress said.

Charlotte smiled, gazing earnestly at the other's cold and heartless face, her voice growing softer:

"What a coincidence, I feel the same."

"If it hadn't been for Baxter's inspiration, I might now be desperate to annihilate you."

"But I've come to understand, if I treasure myself, I should treasure you."

Facing the other's bewildered look, Charlotte spoke the words:

"Those vile people, I won't forgive a single one."

The girl in the black dress's eyes suddenly sparkled with life.

"What will you do?" she asked.
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Charlotte said, "Wipe them out—"

"Those who have no regard for other people's lives, I'll use their corpses to commemorate you, and the past me."