The ultimate Valkyrie has fallen for me

Behind the village was a stone house that originally belonged to a family of three. The husband and wife were killed by monsters one after the other while hunting and gathering outside the village, leaving behind a five-year-old child who died of illness within two years.

"You'll stay here tonight, get some sleep, and don't wander off!"

Shi Kan brought Lu Yuan to the meeting place, gave him a sullen explanation, and then left.

Looking at the house, it was divided into two rooms, an outer room and an inner room. The outer room was empty, while the inner room contained only a bed. Actually, it was just a stone slab supported by a few stacks of stones, but let's call it a bed for now.

Lu Yuan couldn't help but purse his lips; the level of hospitality was rather poor.

Fortunately, he didn't plan to sleep tonight either.

Lu Yuan sat cross-legged on the stone bed, silently cultivating until after 1 a.m. before opening his eyes.

A slight smile appeared on his lips as Shi Kan, who had been hiding outside, finally went back inside.

Under the cover of space probes, the rest of the villagers had already gone to sleep. After all, there wasn't even electricity here, and apart from that one thing, there really wasn't much entertainment to do at night.

"Walk."

Without wasting any more time, Lu Yuan immediately got up and left the house, heading straight for the back mountain.

The house that Shi Kan arranged for him was indeed very basic, but it was conveniently located at the very back of the village.

Following the straight valley, Lu Yuan soon arrived at the cave.

According to spatial detection, the cave leads to the entrance to a secret realm, but the situation inside the realm cannot be detected.

Spatial exploration can only assess the situation within the same space, not across spaces. The secret realm and the world Lu Yuan inhabits actually belong to two independent spaces.

Of course, as Lu Yuan's mental strength improves, his perception and exploration abilities will also increase, perhaps even enabling him to conduct cross-space exploration.

But now, we can only rely on machines.

"Go."

He took a mining robot out of his spatial ring and threw it directly into the cave.

With automatic commands combined with manual operation, the machine quickly reached the bottom of the cave and then entered the entrance to the secret realm.

Sizzle!

At the same time, the screen of the controller in Lu Yuan's hand instantly filled with static, indicating that he had lost contact with the prospecting robot.

While high-intensity radio waves can penetrate mountains and forests, penetrating spatial barriers remains a distant dream.

Lu Yuan had anticipated this, holding the remote control in his hand while keeping his eyes fixed on the entrance to the secret realm at the bottom of the cave.

He was waiting for the prospecting robot to come out.

Following the input automatic instructions, the prospecting robot enters the area, records the scene before it, and then immediately exits.

But two minutes passed and there was still no movement at the entrance.

"Were they taken down?"

Lu Yuan frowned. The fact that he couldn't get out meant that the prospecting robot had been damaged.

Was it due to some special environment within the secret realm, or was it killed by a strange beast inside, such as the one with octopus-like tentacles?

After a moment's hesitation, Lu Yuan took out a second prospecting robot and put it back into the cave.

This time the instructions are simpler: enter and immediately return. Just take a photo or video of the moment you enter. Even if you can't return completely, you can just eject the memory chip.

"...Damn it."

Two more minutes passed, and still nothing happened.

The second prospecting robot also failed to complete its mission.

Could the secret realm be filled with volcanic lava, or perhaps it's covered in sulfuric acid, causing the prospecting robots to be completely destroyed as soon as they enter?

Or perhaps that strange beast is lying at the door, smashing every person who goes in.

"I don't believe it!"

Lu Yuan frowned and decided to take out the remaining three prospecting robots and send them all into the secret realm.

There are three units; surely one of them can escape.

"Damn it!"

Unfortunately, after several minutes, there was still no movement.

Clearly, all three prospecting robots were rendered unusable.

Lu Yuan cursed angrily, then couldn't help but sigh.

It now appears that the plan to explore the secret realm using prospecting robots has been scrapped.

If that's the case, what other options are there? Should we go in ourselves or send someone else in?

As for tying a video camera to a rope, throwing it in, and then pulling it out, that's just a child's fantasy.

The secret realm and the blue planet belong to different spaces. This so-called entrance may seem like it can be crossed in one step, but in reality, the two are separated by more than a million light-years.

What kind of rope can be so long?

"Luckily, I managed to sneak in."

After a moment, Lu Yuan did indeed let out a soft sigh.

He casually saved Sui Ling and was inexplicably taken into the village as a son-in-law. Now it seems that God was on his side.

The entrance to the secret realm is behind this village, and the villagers have been supporting the strange beasts inside, so they might know something about what's inside.

Whether it's Lu Yuan himself or sending his subordinates into the secret realm, the risks are enormous.

Perhaps we should first try to find out the situation from the people in this village.

As for who to ask, Lu Yuan couldn't help but smile again.

Sui Ling, that little girl, seems to care about him a lot. Mainly because she's young and naive, it shouldn't be difficult to get some information out of her.

With this in mind, Lu Yuan immediately returned to the village.

His original plan was to use the prospecting robot to explore the secret realm tonight and then leave.

But now, the plans have changed, and he has to stay in the village longer.

Fortunately, I made it clear to Xia Banzhu before leaving, so I didn't have to go back to report halfway.

"Thankfully, we weren't discovered."

Back in the stone house in the village, according to the spatial detection, apart from the guards on night duty, all the villagers were fast asleep, including Shi Kan, who was sleeping like a dead pig.

No one noticed his actions tonight, and Lu Yuan breathed a slight sigh of relief. He sat cross-legged on the stone bed, gathered his mind, and continued his cultivation.

This continued until dawn.

"Brother Yuan."

Around eight o'clock, with a clear call, a little girl came in carrying a large bowl of meat; it was Ye Ya.

"Have something to eat."

Actually, I'm not that hungry.

Looking at the rough chunks of meat that had been boiled in plain water and probably just had some salt added, Lu Yuan really didn't have much of an appetite.

Come to think of it, who would eat such a heavy meal so early in the morning?

"How can that be? You're going to have a match with Kan later. How can you fight if you're not full?"

Ye Ya looked serious and brought the stone basin close to Lu Yuan, then said with a grin.

"This was cooked by Sister Ling before dawn, especially for you."

"All right."

It was really hard to refuse such a kind offer, so Lu Yuan reached out and simply picked up the whole piece of meat. He didn't even have chopsticks or a knife to cut the meat, so he had to hold it with both hands.

Opening his mouth, he took a bite; the meat was tough and rubbery. While chewing vigorously, he casually asked a question.

"By the way, where's your sister Ling? Why did you bring me the meat she cooked?"

"She can't see you."

Ye Ya started to say something, then remembered that Lu Yuan was a city resident and didn't know their rules, so she quickly explained.

"She cannot meet with either side of the competition until the results are in."

"Ha, your village isn't big, but you have quite a lot of rules."

Lu Yuan smiled and, urged by Ye Ya, reluctantly ate a third of it, but really didn't want to eat the rest.

"Let's go then!"

Ye Ya placed the stone basin on the bed and pulled Lu Yuan up with a smile.

The time for the competition was approaching, so she took Lu Yuan there.

Lu Yuan picked at the bits of meat between his teeth and couldn't help but grimac. It's not healthy to start a fight right after eating.