At Six, I Patrol the Mountains on a Panda While a Phoenix Circles My Head

Six years old? A forest ranger? A livestream meant to showcase rural education unexpectedly turns its camera on Lu An’an, alone and dressed in a tiny forest ranger uniform. The entire internet falls silent. Tens of thousands of bewildered viewers stare at their screens. “Isn’t this staged way too obviously?” “What can a six-year-old do to patrol a mountain? Her parents are way too careless!” “Poor kid. This has to be a publicity stunt…” Doubt and mockery instantly flood the livestream. Then, the next second… Deep in the forest, the little girl everyone had written off as a “prop” emerges at a leisurely pace, riding a giant adult panda far bigger than any ordinary one. Her posture is steady and sure. Even more astonishing, a dazzling golden bird, radiant and majestic, circles above her little head, topped with a pair of tiny pigtails. Could it be… the legendary phoenix in its earliest form? The livestream chat falls silent. This isn’t staged. This is the real life of Lu An’an, a girl whose parents vanished under mysterious circumstances, who lives with her grandmother, a forest ranger, and who awakened the 【Affinity with All Things】 talent at just six years old. She is the Qingyun Mountains’ most deeply hidden secret. She can whisper with beasts, plants, and trees, and make new buds sprout from dead branches. The panda is her mount, and the phoenix is her companion. When the spotlight of modern technology pierces the dimensional barrier around an ancient forest… When the purest act of protection is placed under the scrutiny of hundreds of millions… A wondrous tale of healing and protection begins,