Chapter 7: and

Yun Yi tried hard to calm herself down, taking several deep breaths until she finally managed to steady her emotions.

The space before her had shrunk significantly. The two-courtyard residence and the three-story medicine building that had been inside were gone, leaving only the modular villa she had purchased back in the modern world. She had no idea why this was the case.

Even the spiritual spring well that had originally been in the two-courtyard residence was gone. Yun Yi looked at the empty fields in the distance, standing there for a moment, unsure of what the space had gone through.

Everything that had originally come with the space—except for the stream, which had shrunk by two-thirds, and the sparse patches of green on the distant mountains—was gone. Everywhere she looked, there was only desolation.

Yun Yi had wanted to teleport around to take a look, but unfortunately, this body lacked that ability, which seemed to be related to the lack of spiritual energy in the space.

After walking a circle around the space, she realized that all the larger trees on the mountains were gone, leaving only small saplings. Aside from those, she couldn't see a single living thing. Yun Yi’s mind was a blur of confusion.

She sighed and returned to the villa, the only thing that had been preserved. She pushed the door open and entered, only to freeze in place.

She stood there, dumbfounded, for a long time before she could react. Looking at the furnishings, which were exactly as they had been, her mind felt dazed. Why was everything outside gone, yet this place remained exactly as it was when she had left it?

The spiritual spring was gone, the two-courtyard residence was gone, the three-story medicine building was gone, the livestock raised on the grassland across the river were gone, the medicinal herbs in the fields and the crops in the paddies were gone, and even the precious, towering trees on the mountains were gone. The hot springs had left behind only two empty pools.

Yet, this villa remained perfectly intact. Most importantly, the interior was exactly the same as before. What kind of divine operation was this?

Yun Yi walked inside and sat down on the sofa in a daze. Looking at everything familiar in the villa and thinking of the happy times her family had spent there, her heart ached intensely.

After she recovered a bit, she heard a sound coming from a room on the first floor. She slowly stood up and walked over.

Pushing the door open, she discovered the little snow fox, which was on the verge of death.

Yun Yi’s tears fell instantly, and she hugged the little snow fox, sobbing uncontrollably.

Just then, the little snow fox used its last bit of strength to bite Yun Yi’s finger. Yun Yi felt a sharp pain in her finger, and a child’s voice echoed in her mind: "Master, Fox is about to starve to death."

Hearing the voice, Yun Yi looked sharply at the little snow fox in her arms. Forgetting to cry, she looked at it in disbelief: "Little Snow Fox, was that you talking just now?"

The little snow fox replied weakly, "Is there any other living creature here besides you and me, Master?"

Hearing this, Yun Yi was both crying and laughing.

The little snow fox weakly let out a single sound to remind her: "Hungry."

Yun Yi realized what was happening and hurriedly got up to find food in the kitchen. However, aside from some seasonings, there was only a small jar of rice. She then remembered that all the food she had prepared before going to the island to save her son in her previous life had been left on the ship, intended for the people she rescued so they would have enough to eat as soon as they boarded.

She had no choice but to say to the little snow fox, "Cooking porridge takes time. I’ll leave the space first and find you something to eat to save your life."

After saying this, she stood up and hurried out of the space. Seeing her master disappear, the little snow fox thought to itself, "Finally, Fox's life is saved. This was too hard for me."

When Yun Yi appeared in the space again, she was holding a large bowl of meat porridge: "Little Snow Fox, wake up."

But after a long time with no movement, she placed her finger under the little snow fox’s nose and muttered to herself, "I was only gone for a little while; it couldn't have starved to death in that short time, could it?"