Chapter 1
Li Ang pushed the wheelchair, tugging on the reins, and arrived in front of the palace step by step.

His feet trod on the crystal-clear ice stairs. Looking up, the already magnificent palace presented a mesmerizing, brilliant purplish-red hue under the setting sun.

Surprisingly, the inside of the palace wasn't frigid and desolate at all. The temperature was even higher than outside. Standing on the thirty-odd steps, he could even feel a slightly warm breeze blowing from the depths of the palace.

He wondered about the internal design of this building.

Li Ang stood on the steps and glanced backward.

The distant convoy was clearly visible. The female physician, Carly, saw him and waved as a greeting.

Li Ang waved back, but a crazy thought flashed through his mind.

What if, at this moment, he kicked Princess Anna's wheelchair, sat in it himself, and, under the name of the Red Bull Daredevil Team, accelerated to 140 mph, sliding down the snowy mountain in a flash? Wouldn't that be a beautiful sight?

(The Red Bull beverage brand often sponsors extreme sports that look suicidal, so some extreme athletes are also known as the Red Bull Daredevil Team.)

Fortunately, this thought only lingered in his brain for a moment before being dispelled by the shrill howl of a magical beast in the distance.

The Ice Queen was right inside the palace, and this entire mountain was full of magical beasts and monsters loyal to Her Majesty.

If he really made a move, he would probably die miserably.

Li Ang glanced at Princess Anna in the wheelchair. She was still in a semi-conscious state, her small face, wrapped in a coat, frozen red. Sitting in the wheelchair, she looked perfectly at ease, completely oblivious to respecting the old and caring for the young, or giving him a seat.

Li Ang even thought about inventing a pedal-powered wheelchair when he was a child, to provide a new mode of transportation and repay society.

"These young people nowadays..."

Li Ang muttered to himself, pushing the wheelchair up the smooth ramp beside the stairs.

After climbing the stairs, what came into view were two towering doors carved with ice crystal patterns.

The door panels were towering, and the ring handle was suspended three meters in the air—unless the Ice Queen was over six meters tall, this handle was purely decorative.

According to the female physician Carly and the others, they themselves had never seen the Ice Queen in all these years.

Each time Princess Anna visited, this gate would automatically open, welcoming the princess inside.

But right now, it was closed.

Fortunately, the gate wasn't completely sealed, and there was still an imperceptible gap in the middle. He could vaguely hear warm air whistling out of the gap.

Li Ang pulled the wheelchair to his side and didn't rashly enter. He stood outside the door and knocked heavily on the ice crystal door panel.

Dong, dong, dong.

He put a bit of strength into these three knocks, enough to smash the alloy roof of a car to pieces.

But the ice gate remained unmoved, without even a crack.

Li Ang waited outside the door for a moment. Seeing no response, he pulled the wheelchair over and waved the semi-conscious Princess Anna back and forth in front of the crack in the door, completely disregarding the patient.

Still no response.

Good, it wasn't facial or retinal recognition.

Li Ang rubbed his palms together, bent down, and peered into the crack in the door.

Behind the door seemed to be an ice screen wall, carved with two little girls laughing and chasing each other on a grassy hillside—judging from the shape of the girls' faces, one of them was clearly Princess Anna.

And the other, with her jade-like features, should be Aisha, the great demon king who ruled the world.

The screen wall blocked the view, preventing him from seeing the hall inside.

Li Ang straightened up and began shouting at the top of his lungs outside the door.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you there? It's me, Little Knife!"

"Your Majesty, why are you ignoring me?"

"Open the door, don't hide inside and not make a sound."

"Bold ice gate, how dare you stop me from seeing the Emperor? Do you know that three generations of my ancestors have been the palace's royal crane-top red connoisseurs? Believe it or not, I'll report to His Majesty and have her dismantle you and assemble you into six sliding doors at IKEA?"

After a burst of shouting, there was no movement.

However, the sound of Li Ang's dry howling did disturb the semi-conscious Princess Anna a bit, causing her to open her eyes slightly and "hmm" once, before quickly falling unconscious again.

"Tsk."

Li Ang clicked his tongue and sighed helplessly. He stood in front of the door with his feet, propped his hands against the door panel, and pushed hard.

His attributes far exceeded those of players of the same level. His small body contained more weight than a lion or tiger, as well as terrifying pure strength.

With the double blessing of Ripple Breathing and adrenaline, brute force pushed the door.

The bolt of the ice crystal door slowly emitted a teeth-aching creak, and countless tiny ice crystals burst from the edges of the door frame—the bolt was completely frozen.

The door opened little by little. Some of the exploding ice crystals even splashed out, lightly cutting across Princess Anna's cheek, leaving a barely noticeable scar that healed in the blink of an eye.

"Ka—"

Li Ang's action of pushing the door seemed to trigger some mechanism. The bolt suddenly became smooth, and the two doors automatically retreated, completely revealing the screen wall.

The doors opened wide, and warm air whistled out of the hall, blowing Li Ang's eyelashes.

Apart from the sound of the wind, the entire palace was silent.

Quiet, tranquil, without a sound.

Li Ang silently pushed Princess Anna's wheelchair past the screen wall.

The latter seemed to be stung by the wound left by the ice crystals, and tried her best to open her eyes. Her eyes were still cloudy and hazy, but under the caress of the warm wind, the clear color in her eyes gradually became brighter.

Going around the screen wall, Li Ang saw a spacious and bright hall.

In the middle of the hall, there was a fountain.

A fountain with a woman frozen inside, stained with blood.