The Creatures That We Are

Chapter 1039: Sister

Chapter 1039: Sister

Thirty seconds ago.

[Enough Luck points have accumulated. Comprehending Time-Space Spirit.]

[Comprehending...]

[Comprehending...]

[Comprehended.]

[Congratulations! Comprehended Time-Space Spirit, serial number 3, the top Time-Space Talent.]

[Congratulations! Time-Space Spirit jumps to level 3.]

[Congratulations! Time-Space Spirit breaks through to level 4.]

[Congratulations! Time-Space Spirit jumps to level 7.]

[Stats bonuses of level 7 Time-Space Spirit: Constitution + 500, Endurance + 500, Strength + 500, Agility + 1000, Willpower + 2000, Charisma + 1500.]

[Acquired skills included:

Spirit Domain: Create a domain where time passage may be adjusted for targets and their vicinity. Spatial Jump: Teleport to any location regardless of distance (Cooldown: 3 hours) Spatial Migration: Teleport multiple targets to any location (Cooldown: 72 hours) Time-Space Gap: Trap targets temporarily with risk of permanent loss in Time-Space gap]

[The Talent user may set up traps to stop time or distort space in advance.]

[The Talent user may travel through time and space with the possibility of returning to the same location but not the same period (not within 12 hours). Cooldown: 365 days. Note: leveling up does not reset the uses. Additional note: the skill is extremely unstable and is likely to lead to accidents in the beginning.]

[Status Screen updated.]

[Constitution: 3939 Endurance: 3791]

[Strength: 2901 Agility: 3675]

[Willpower: 4583 Charisma: 5162]

[Luck: 2020]

—Good.

[Based on the current factors, your chance of winning is 31.4%.]

—Really?

[What is real and what is false, Mr. Liu Li?]

—Have you not had enough of that?

[Miss Bo does not hold a grudge, but the system does. Do remember that.]

—Noted, system.

—Put all the Luck points generated from the fight into my Luck until the end of the battle.

[Will do.]

Time passed differently inside and outside the system. When Gao Yang pulled out of the system, Qilin spoke.

“Farewell, Gao Yang.”

“Fresh Snow.” Gao Yang tried his best to seem friendly and approachable, but his smile was stiff and his voice trembling. A single tear fell down his cheek. “I’m...not a bad person.”

Fresh Snow eyed him for a while before finally relaxing her guard.

She hesitated for a long while. Then she opened her mouth and said with unclear pronunciation like a child would. “Who are you?”

Her eyes darted around. “Who is...Fresh Snow?”

Gao Yang paused. Right, she’s not Fresh Snow yet. She and White Dew must have escaped Rogue Cape not long ago, all on their own. They haven’t met Spring.

“I’m Gao Yang,” he said gently. “Fresh Snow’s your name.”

“Fresh Snow.” She considered the words and shook her head. “I’m not Fresh Snow, but Sister!”

Gao Yang chuckled. “Sister’s not a name, but a role in a family.”

“A role in a family?”

“Just like grandpa, granny, father, and mother.”

Fresh Snow nodded with understanding.

“So only your older sister would call you sister, not anyone else.”

“Oh!” Fresh Snow looked at him with wonder, dropping her guard fully. “How did you know I have an older sister?”

“Because...” Gao Yang decided to go for the truth. “Because I’m from the future.”

“Future?” Fresh Snow became even more amazed. “Tomorrow?”

“Well, many tomorrows,” Gao Yang said. “I’m from a long long time after.”

Fresh Snow blinked with some confusion.

“In the future, you and I...” Gao Yang broke into a smile. “Will be good friends.”

“Good friends,” Fresh Snow repeated. Then her head jerked up as she shouted, “No!”

She leaped onto the child’s bed and grabbed a patchwork of a red cloth doll, holding it close. “Little Red is my good friend!”

“Yeah, Little Red is your good friend now.” Gao Yang pointed at the doll before pointing at himself. “I’m your future good friend. You can have many good friends.”

Fresh Snow thought about it. It made some sense.

She wasn’t fully happy with her good friend now. Little Red couldn’t speak. When Sister wasn’t home, she felt all alone and really lonely.

This man was strange, but he smelled good, and he knew a lot. Having him as a good friend would surely make her not lonely.

Thinking it through, Fresh Snow sat crosslegged on her bed and hugged her arms, imitating her sister, “Hmph, I’ll consider it!”

“Yeah, do consider...” Gao Yang was going to say something when he noticed his energy stirring again, slowly forming a vortex. His smile slid off his face like melted butter.

Can level 7 Time-Space Spirit only sustain such a short travel? It seems that the period I can stay is random when the skill activates for the first time.

Just as well. If I use up my energy here, I’ll stand an even lower chance against Qilin.

“What’s wrong?” Fresh Snow sensed Gao Yang’s disappointment.

“Fresh Snow,” he said. “I...may have to go now.”