Rover? Rover!

The Rover tilted his head slightly, his gaze sweeping over Lu Yan, who was wearing only thin pajamas and shivering in the snow.

Her brows furrowed slightly, and her clear, cold voice pierced through the wind and snow, reaching Lu Yan's ears distinctly:

"Who are you?"

Her gaze sharpened, and she placed her hand on her waist, her eyes filled with undisguised scrutiny and wariness.

"And how did you know my nickname is 'The Rover'?"

Lu Yan froze on the spot.

He stared blankly at the Rover before him, his mind momentarily blank.

Lu Yan's eyes widened in shock, his voice trembling as he exclaimed, "You can see me?!"

The Rover frowned even more deeply upon hearing the horrified question.

She looked at Lu Yan as if he were a fool, and slightly tightened her grip on her hands hanging at her waist.

"You're a grown person standing here in the snow, wearing pajamas, why can't I see you?"

Lu Yan opened his mouth, wanting to explain.

"I..."

He was thinking: I think I'm dreaming. The last time I had this kind of dream, no one could see me.

But when the words reached his lips, all that remained was a series of meaningless gurgling sounds.

What's going on? Why can't I explain it? Is it because I can't articulate it in a dream?

The Rover stood in the wind and snow, his short black hair slightly disheveled by the wind.

She didn't draw her weapon, but instead narrowed her eyes slightly, carefully examining the strange man in front of her who was frozen like a quail.

After a moment, she took a step forward, closing the distance between them.

As the distance closed, the Rover's gaze fell on Lu Yan's face, precisely capturing his golden eyes that still faintly shone in the wind and snow.

Your eyes...

The Rover raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

I feel like I've seen those eyes somewhere before, but I can't quite place them.

She released her senses, and an invisible Frequency fluctuation swept across Lu Yan's entire body from her center.

The next second, the Rover's previously tense shoulders relaxed slightly, and the wariness in his eyes also dissipated considerably.

"I see," she said calmly, withdrawing her gaze, a hint of understanding in her voice. "I thought they were from the Fractsidus."

"So you're just a body made up of pure Frequency."

Lu Yan stared blankly at his hands, which were red from the cold in the wind and snow.

He clenched his fist tightly, the sensation of his nails digging into his palm so real that he could clearly feel even the tiny goosebumps that the cold wind had stirred up on his skin.

"Pure Frequency body? "Lu Yan repeated the Rover's words in his mind.

"If it's Frequency body, why do I still feel so cold?" Lu Yan groaned inwardly, his teeth chattering uncontrollably.

The Rover seemed to see through his confusion, putting his hands back into the pockets of his black school uniform jacket. The wariness in his eyes had completely disappeared, replaced by helplessness.

"Frequency is the underlying logic of Solaris. It's normal to feel cold. The fact that you can sense temperature means you're not much different from a living person."

The Rover sighed, looking at the person in front of him, dressed in thin pajamas, barefoot and shivering in the snow.

Although it was unclear where this strange person had come from, the gentle aura emanating from him certainly indicated no malice.

The Frequency also carried a strange sense of familiarity to her. It was good to keep an eye on things while they were right under her nose. She'd have the Shorekeeper check it when she got back to her lodgings.

"Alright, stop standing there like an idiot."

The Rover tilted his head slightly, indicating a direction. "Although you have no physical form and can't be frozen to death, your consciousness will still be damaged if your Frequency is assimilated by the ice field environment for a long time."

"Come with me to where I live."

The Rover turned around and led the way through the thick snow.

Lu Yan silently followed behind the Rover.

On this vast Royan Frostlands, howling winds and swirling snowflakes filled the air.

Lu Yan stepped in the footprints left by the Rover, trying to sort out his current situation in his mind.

He tried to open his mouth, wanting to say, "I actually come from another world."

However, the moment that thought arose, an invisible force instantly gripped his throat.

His vocal cords seemed to have been completely sucked out of the air; no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't make a sound.

Even if he screamed wildly in his heart, all that came out of his mouth was the hoarse sound of the wind passing through his throat.

So... does that mean in this lucid dream, I can only be a mute, or an observer?

Lu Yan looked up at the tall, straight figure standing in the wind and snow.

After walking for about ten minutes, through the gray blizzard, an archway came into Lu Yan's view, inside which was a building entwined by a huge wisteria tree.

"We've arrived at Glimmering Lakeside Lodge." The Rover walked to the door and placed his hand on the verification panel on the door.

With a mechanical sound, the heavy windproof door opened, and a warm wave of heat mixed with dryness rushed in.

Lu Yan practically couldn't wait to rush into the house.

As the door behind him closed again, completely shutting out the deadly blizzard, Lu Yan finally felt a little better.

The cabin wasn't luxuriously furnished, but it was surprisingly clean and cozy.

In the center of the room was a fireplace, the type of fuel used to power it unknown.

Lu Yan sat down on the sofa in front of the TV without any hesitation.

The warm air quickly enveloped his entire body, gradually dispelling the invading chill.

He slumped down, letting out a satisfied sigh, "Ah~ that feels so good~"

This sentence was uttered perfectly smoothly, without any hindrance.

It seems that as long as you don't say anything strange, normal communication is perfectly fine.

The Rover walked to the table, took off his snow-covered school uniform jacket, and casually hung it on the coat rack.

She turned around and looked at Lu Yan lying on the sofa like a lazy bum, and couldn't help but shake her head slightly, a barely perceptible auntie smile appearing on her lips.

She went to the kitchen, skillfully brewed two cups of hot tea, and pushed one of them onto the small tea table in front of Lu Yan.

"Have something hot to warm yourself up."

"Thank you." Lu Yan held the teacup with both hands, feeling the scalding heat emanating from the cup, and took a small sip.

The tea, carrying a faint, refreshing herbal fragrance, flowed down his throat, warming his entire body.

Lu Yan regained his strength, and his golden eyes returned to their clarity.

He looked up and glanced at the Rover sitting beside him, who was silently watching him with one hand on his cheek.

At this moment, the Rover's eyes lost the sharpness they held in the snow and gained a touch of humanity.

Recalling the scrutiny she had shown him in the snow earlier, Lu Yan couldn't help but ask:

"You just brought me back to your safe house like that? Don't you find it suspicious that I suddenly appeared on the ice field, wearing pajamas, and still alone?"

"Suspicious?"

The Rover heard this word as if he had heard a funny joke.

She placed the teacup on the table, and then extended her fair hand, making a slow and casual grasping motion in front of Lu Yan.

With her seemingly gentle movement, the air around Lu Yan seemed to freeze instantly.

A terrifying pressure enveloped Lu Yan's entire body in milliseconds!

Lu Yan could sense that as soon as the Rover's hand completely gripped him, his body, composed of Frequency, would instantly collapse and dissipate.

"Did you feel it?"

Seeing Lu Yan's slightly stiff expression, the Rover's smile deepened, radiating absolute confidence:

Why would I suspect someone I can easily control? Even if you have bad intentions, you can't cause any trouble in front of me.

That terrifying pressure came and went quickly.

The Rover casually dissipated her power, picked up her teacup again, and took a sip, as if the person who had just exuded a terrifying aura was not her at all.

Lu Yan took a deep breath to calm his racing heart.

"Indeed, in front of you, I'm just a nobody, completely insignificant." Lu Yan relaxed his body, leaned back on the sofa, and his tone became more relaxed.

The Rover put down his teacup, his gaze calmly fixed on him. "So, this pathetic nobody, now that you can speak, answer my initial question."

"Oh right, I haven't asked you your name yet."

Lu Yan looked into the Rover's golden eyes.

He can't say most things here.

But at least he can keep his name.

"My name is Lu Yan," he said frankly, meeting the gaze of the Rover.

"Lu Yan..." The Rover murmured the name to himself.

"I understand." The Rover nodded.

Lu Yan looked at her and asked in return, "By the way, what about you? What's your name?"

The Rover looked at him calmly, his lips slightly parted, uttering a short syllable. "■■■."

Lu Yan was stunned.

What reached his ears was not any word or sound that humans could understand, but a sharp sound like an electronic signal being forcibly cut off.

"What?"

Lu Yan rubbed his ears, wondering if his hearing had been damaged by the cold. "What did you just say?"

Seeing his bewildered reaction, the Rover didn't repeat himself, but slowly explained, "Your current level is too low to understand my true name."

Looking at her serious, pretentious demeanor, Lu Yan suddenly felt a surge of wicked amusement.

He looked at the Rover and tentatively began, "Since I can't understand names, then from now on..."

Can I call you Rover?

"Rover?" The Rover paused for a moment, his hand holding the teacup slightly still.

For the first time ever, a hint of surprise flashed in her usually calm eyes.

In Solaris, she is called either the Rover or by some other name.

No one had ever called her by such an affectionate name before.

The most outrageous thing is that this guy, whom she had just intimidated with force, could still make such a request with a sincere expression.

"You..." The Rover frowned, seemingly seriously considering whether to throw this disrespectful person out and let him sober up in the snow.

As he looked at the Rover's conflicted expression, his smile deepened.

Lu Yan suddenly felt that this inexplicable dream wasn't so bad after all.

At least in this snowstorm, he dreamt of the Rover of the past, and could still flirt with her.

Meanwhile, a stronger sense of anticipation began to rise in Lu Yan's heart.

Since this is the former Royan Frostlands.

So, will we be able to see Aemeath as a child?