It had been three days since the spaceship arrived at the planet where Haris had gone missing, but they still hadn't found anything.
However, this didn't make the atmosphere more tense.
Lawson leisurely brought Gou Liang on a tour of the city, just like the most ordinary tourist looking for delicacies along the streets. Even Gou Liang, who was initially restless, slowly regained his composure.
Haris' importance to Star-link wasn't because he was the former principal of the Top Military Academy, had access to many secrets, and had an immeasurably valuable brain. Before he had this title and ability, he had received more attention because of his family name.
Haris was one of the three great families of Star-link, second only to the imperial family. The old principal's position in the family was pivotal.
There were too many people who had the motive to make a move against him. Correspondingly, he received the same amount of protection, if not more. His current calm proved that the possibility of him falling into the hands of the enemy was very small. It was more likely that the old principal had sensed danger and was biding his time, waiting for help, or that he couldn't appear rashly due to some kind of apprehension.
What they needed to do was to ferret out the third party that threatened Haris and eliminate his apprehension.
Rosen was confident that Haris's life was safe, so he was naturally calm.
Gou Liang was comforted by him, and with the mentality that no news was sometimes good news, he gradually calmed down.
In fact, he was very curious about Haris's current situation.
The moment he received the news, Gou Liang had the system investigate Haris's whereabouts, but unexpectedly, it was unable to lock onto the other party's coordinates for some unknown reason. Then, he unsurprisingly failed to extract Haris's soul.
Gou Liang hadn't heard this sentence pattern in a long time, and for a moment, he found it very refreshing, but at the same time, he was puzzled.
Based on his experience, the only reason that could affect the system's detection was related to the target. The planet where Haris had gone missing was close to where Rosen's accident occurred, so it was suspicious no matter how he looked at it. But at the same time, he was very sure that Rosen's soul was intact. There was no possibility that the fragments had been lost.
In that case, there was only one possibility left: What allowed Haris to successfully shield himself from the system's detection was the power of a Chief God's laws.
So, what special relationship did Haris and Rosen have that triggered the Law of the Main God to give him special treatment?
This was yet another unsolvable mystery.
Gou Liang was now eager to find Haris and see what was going on.
The aroma of food pulled him back from his thoughts. Gou Liang paused and keenly looked at the source of the aroma. It was an inconspicuous stall with not many customers, but Gou Liang could not help but swallow his saliva. This was the smell of stir-fried mutton giblets, and it was very spicy. He had not eaten it for many years because of his strict diet.
Rosen, who was holding his hand, followed his gaze. He could smell the slightly pungent spiciness from so far away, and he did not dare to have any expectations of its taste. But seeing Gou Liang's gluttonous look, he still showed ten thousand points of consideration. "Do you want to eat?"
"Yes, yes!"
Gou Liang nodded.
"Then let's go."
Rosen held his hand and took the lead. When he was about to sit down, his head was still looking in the direction of the light table. Only when Rosen blocked his view did he see that he was using a handkerchief to carefully wipe the stool and table. After that, he let him sit down. As for himself, he casually took a seat.
After waiting for a while and seeing that no one came to serve him, Rosen imitated the casual customers here and took the initiative to order food in front of the stall.
Gou Liang didn't help him. Instead, he watched with interest as he busied himself.
"Boss, please give me two of your signature dishes."
The young voice made the busy owner and chef pause. He looked down and saw the little one. He could not help but look around. When he saw Gou Liang, he smiled and said, "Signature dishes, right? Uncle knows. Child, go back and sit down. When it's ready, just ask your father to come and get it. "
As he spoke, he introduced it to Gou Liang in a loud voice, "I've applied for a patent for this Meat Vegetable Rice. Only my family can eat it on planet Freud. Sir, this must be your first time here. I found this recipe in a very old cookbook passed down from my ancestors. It's spicy and chewy, and it will make you sweat. The taste is very special, and it's worth a try. "
When he talked about the Meat Vegetable Rice, his tone was very proud. It was obvious that this was also a rare thing on planet Freud.
Freud was famous for its delicacies, and Star-link was practically a foodie's paradise. At the same time, the planet's laws placed great importance on the inheritance of recipes and patent rights. Otherwise, a simple recipe like this shop owner's would have long been copied.
At this point, the owner, who had been urging a customer to wait, turned back to look at Gou Liang. He continued in a loud voice, "But children have weak stomachs. Just a taste is enough. Don't let him eat too much. Otherwise, we won't be responsible if he gets a stomachache."
The latter part of his speech was specifically to remind Gou Liang. A parent who could order such a young child to go near a dangerous open fire couldn't possibly be a meticulous parent.
Afraid that the child would be greedy, the owner specially made a portion for one person. He did not expect that Rosen would be the one who came to fetch the food.
Afraid that he would be scalded, the boss personally brought over a full plate of mutton giblets with rice and clear soup. Glaring at Gou Liang, he said, "The child is still so young, you must watch him closely. We have a lot of customers coming and going here. Who knows where he came from? If we lose him, we won't be able to find him. "
If it weren't for the fact that he was too busy, the owner would have stayed to chat with Gou Liang, who didn't know how to take care of children.
Gou Liang chuckled as he looked at the aloof Highness Rosen. He said in a low voice, "Did you hear what Uncle said? Don't be cheated out of your lollipop just because someone gave it to you."
Rosen unwrapped the wooden chopsticks for him and said without turning his head, "I only eat your lollipop."
Gou Liang immediately got the wrong idea and laughed out loud. Rosen looked at him in confusion. That pure and clear expression made Strange Uncle Gou Liang laugh.
Rosen first tasted the unfamiliar food and felt that the taste was too strong. He didn't forget to remind him as he passed the chopsticks to him, "You only need to eat a little. With your constitution, you can't eat anything too spicy."
"Who said that? People call me a black hole stomach. Haven't you heard?"
Gou Liang didn't take his advice to heart at all.
"Then this humble one is ignorant." Rosen replied and insisted, "You're only allowed to eat three mouthfuls."
The ancient humans who left behind the recipe must have liked spicy food. The spicy taste of this stir-fried lamb giblets could make one's tongue numb. Gou Liang's nose was soon covered in sweat. He stuck out his tongue, but the more it was like this, the happier he ate.
Unexpectedly, Rosen did as he said. After he ate three mouthfuls, he immediately took the plate away.
Gou Liang stared at him fiercely, "It's not too late for you to put it down now."
Rosen raised his hand to wipe his sweat and said with a heart of stone, "You can't eat anymore. It's okay to be greedy, but don't joke about your body."
Gou Liang snorted and looked at the barely touched Gaifan. He raised his eyebrows, "Then what about this? You didn't forget that wasting food on Planet Ferde is a serious crime. I don't want to take it away. "
"I'll finish it."
Rosen grabbed the chopsticks and ate slowly.
Gou Liang looked at the disapproving diners around him and looked at him with his chin propped up, "The boss said that children can't eat too much."
Rosen said, "Some things have nothing to do with age and body size." He had an S-class physique. He could survive even if he swallowed concentrated sulfuric acid, so digesting this kind of food was a piece of cake.
Gou Liang looked at him meaningfully, "Is that so? But some things have a lot to do with it."
Rosen stopped eating. This time, he understood the old driver's unspoken words.
He put down his chopsticks and looked at Gou Liang with a serious expression, "As long as you abide by the agreement and don't secretly tamper with it, I'm confident that my original size can satisfy you."
Gou Liang couldn't help but laugh.
Even if he tampered with something, he wouldn't tamper with it in that place. That was related to his lifelong food problem.
By the time Lawson finished the entire plate of heavy food without batting an eyelid, Gou Liang had already been shredded to the bone by the boss and the customers' gazes. After carrying Rosen away, Gou Liang rubbed his belly in amusement, "Doesn't it feel good to eat alone?"
His tone was full of jealousy — if this was not his family, who dared to steal food from him would have sunk into a river long ago.
Rosen saw that he was still thinking about the dark cuisine just now, so he coldly poured cold water on him, "The taste is very ordinary. I don't want to eat with you a second time."
Gou Liang heard the sound of his heart breaking at this moment.
He looked back and saw the bearded boss, who was holding the digestive medicine in his hand, frozen in place. The two of them looked at each other silently for three seconds. Before the boss pieced together his glass heart to take revenge on society, Gou Liang held the baby and ran away!
Behind him, the boss roared in doubt.
After running all the way out of the street, Gou Liang put Rosen down.
His face was very pale. With his current physique, running this distance had already pushed him to the limit, and his breathing was uneven. But even so, he still laughed very loudly, fondly pinching Rosen's baby fat, teasing him intermittently, "Boss, tonight, I'll definitely dream of you. Hahahaha, then, I'll stir-fry you into rice and eat you alive! "
Rosen stroked his chest to help him calm down. Seeing him laughing so happily, he couldn't help but kiss his dimple.
Once Gou Liang stopped laughing and his breathing stabilized, he bit down on Gou Liang's tender cheek.
"I can only say, baby, well done."
Rosen's face was also full of smiles. He held his hand again and said, "Let's go back first, I'll take you to eat something else tomorrow."
Gou Liang was very obedient, but Rosen didn't let him carry him this time, holding his hand all the way back to the hotel where they were staying.
Back in the room, Gou Liang leaned back against the door, crossed his arms, and asked Rosen, who was holding his shoes for him, "How is it? Does it feel boring to take care of someone?"
When he left the house today, Rosen made him a rule that he would be responsible for everything for the next twenty-four hours, as if he was applying for a boyfriend probation period.
Gou Liang also indulged him. Seeing him go from being in a hurry to being in an orderly manner, he had to admit that this guy was inexperienced as a boyfriend, but at least he was talented.
Rosen didn't answer, but asked him back, "What about you? Do you feel safe being taken care of by me?"
The strategy said that if you loved someone, you had to give them a sense of security. The mature and reliable Crown Prince believed that there was no other person in the entire Star-link who met this standard better than him.
"Sense of security?"
Gou Liang's raised tone revealed his disbelief, and he laughed until he bent over.
"Baby, what made you have such an illusion? Didn't you see? Along the way today, people looked at me as if I was disabled. In other words, what kind of father are you? Bad review! Haha, I'm so happy. "
In his wild laughter, Rosen's face stiffened, and he slowly lowered his head to hide his depression.
Gou Liang hurriedly picked him up and kissed him heavily. He held back his laughter and praised him, "What I mean is that you really did a good job today. Those people are jealous that I have a very obedient, sensible, and filial baby."
This sentence was simply adding fuel to the fire.
However, Lawson couldn't get angry at his smiling face. He raised his hand to wipe away the tears at the corner of his eyes. When he saw that Lawson couldn't help but laugh again, Lawson immediately messed up Lawson's expression.
"Good baby, did I tell you that you were really cute today?"
Whether you were clumsy or serious, even if you were shackled in a weak body, your charm was still unstoppable.
Rosen didn't hear his implicit praise, he only thought that he was making fun of him. However, looking at his sparkling eyes as he smiled, her heart started to beat faster for no reason. Rosen stopped rubbing his face. He held his red cheeks and looked at him for a while. Suddenly, he lowered his head and kissed him on the lips. He arrogantly barged into his mouth that was still laughing.
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The sweet taste of dates entered his mouth. Gou Liang subconsciously wanted to take the initiative to wrap himself around him, but when his hand touched his back that was still very tender, he suddenly came back to his senses.
His tongue was hooked, and Gou Liang vaguely called out nineteen.
Rosen clasped his face and didn't allow him to turn away. However, after kissing for a while, Gou Liang suddenly closed his eyes tightly.
Although he acquiesced with an attitude of indulgence, Rosen felt a stab in his heart and took the initiative to retreat.
"Little nineteen …"
Gou Liang opened his eyes and looked at him.
Rosen didn't care about the way he called him and stared at him coldly. After a while, he asked softly, "Didn't you say that you like me the most and that I can do anything? Why are you showing such a reluctant expression? Are you going back on your words now? "
Reluctant?
He was about to get hard!
Gou Liang looked at his red lips and pure baby fat. He covered his heart and said, "Baby, you are still a child. Things like kissing should wait until you grow up. Dad's heart is not strong enough. It's too damn … criminal. "
Rosen was put on the ground. Seeing him walk back into the house without looking back, he stood alone for a while before he gritted his teeth and said coldly, "You wait."
That night, Rosen's personal guards finally found traces of the old principal, Haris.
Surprisingly, Haris was not hiding in a hidden place. On the contrary, he was in a high-end hotel suite in a bustling neighborhood. He was sleeping peacefully on the bed. His expression was calm and his expression was normal.
It seemed that he was just sleeping.
Similarly, there was no external threat.
The only thing worth noting was that he was holding something in his hand — even though he was in a deep sleep, he was still holding it tightly.
That thing looked like an ordinary stone. It was completely black with a few golden spots. There was no luster to speak of. However, it was enough to prove that it contained the power of the law and was not an ordinary stone.
"Teacher, please wake up."
Gou Liang called out twice. As expected, Haris did not respond.
Seeing this, he reached out to take the stone away. Rosen quickly stopped him.
Haris's abnormality must be directly related to this stone. Rosen did not dare to let Gou Liang touch it rashly. Relying on his double S Constitution, he went forward to take the black stone. However, the moment Rosen's fingertips touched the stone, something unforeseen happened.
Time and space stopped without warning!
The black stone seemed to come alive. The golden spots emitted a dazzling light. A stream of black and gold light overflowed from the stone and circled Rosen's fingers. It gradually wrapped around his arm and body.
Rosen suddenly felt immense pain. His young features twisted violently as he fell to his knees. When he opened his eyes again, he had already returned to his adult size. His ink-black eyes were suffused with a faint golden luster. The clothes on his body had also changed into a golden robe of the law.
The main system crawled out of Gou Liang's sea of consciousness. When it saw Rosen's right hand was soaked in the power of the law, it suddenly fell to the ground in shock.
"Master!"
This, this was the Law of Darkness!
No wonder after coming to this world, it could not sense the awakened 1% of the Main God's consciousness from Rosen. It now understood that its master had separated from the host Rosen the moment he came to this world.
The Interstellar Beasts in this world were formed from the Law of Darkness. When the Main God's consciousness of this world, Rosen, was attacked by the Interstellar Beasts, the main system realized that this was definitely not a coincidence.
When it noticed that the Main God's consciousness was not attached to Prince Rosen, it began to look for the Main God all over the world. It finally found Haris not long ago and used some means to lure Gou Liang and Rosen to meet up with the Main God.
However, it never expected that its master was sealed in the Law of Darkness that had condensed into a stone form in order to obtain the Power of Darkness!
It was only then that it realized that the Main God had planned all of this a long time ago.
Otherwise, why would only the Main God's consciousness of the transitional world be separated? There were countless Boundless Worlds, but only the Main God of the transitional world wore a black robe of law. He was also the only one who could withstand or accept the Power of Darkness!
However, this was only for a certain period of time.
If it was not separated within this period of time, even the Main God's consciousness would be swallowed by the Law of Darkness!
Compared to the few mottled golden patterns on the stone of darkness, it was easy to imagine how badly the Main God had been eroded and how severely injured he was.
If Rosen had come a little later, perhaps this 1% of the Main God's consciousness would have been eliminated by the Law of Darkness …
The main system was terrified. It looked at the Main God anxiously. "Master, quickly dispel the Law of Darkness. If this continues, you will —"
"Freeze time and space. Don't mess up the order."
The Main God calmly interrupted it. He endured the pain and stood up steadily.
Then, he gently carried Gou Liang's slumbering Origin Soul out of its host body.
The main system was frightened. As the director of the Space Administration and the first creation of the Main God, it could feel that the Law of Darkness that had gone out of control began to weaken when the Law of Darkness wrapped around the Main God. In an instant, it was to the point where it needed to borrow its power to stabilize the frozen time and space.
However, when it saw what the Main God was doing, it gasped in shock.
The Main God was repairing Gou Liang's soul body.
He was using the Law of Darkness to repair Gou Liang's soul body!
What, what was going on?
The last time it saw the Main God extract the Law of Darkness from Gou Liang's body, it was already shocked to the point of disbelief. This time, it was even more speechless. The Power of Darkness turned into thin threads and shuttled through the Main God's mark on Gou Liang's chest. It fused into Gou Liang's soul body without any resistance.
At the same time, the main system could feel that Gou Liang's Soul Power was stronger than before.
The Law of Darkness that could destroy everything, including the consciousness of the Main God, could actually repair an incomplete soul body? No, no, looking at the Main God's actions, he was not repairing anything. He was really mending it. He was really piecing together Gou Liang's seemingly perfect but actually broken soul body.
The main system gulped.
What exactly was Gou Liang? Could it be that … he was not the Main God's creation as it thought?
But a creation of the Law of Darkness?!
This was too crazy.
Impossible!
The main system tried to deny the thought that flashed through its mind, but its heart was in a panic for no reason.
If Gou Liang really originated from the Law of Darkness, and he was together with the Main God, wouldn't that mean … sooner or later, Gou Liang would swallow the Main God, or be swallowed by the Main God?
They were born unable to coexist.
After Gou Liang completely absorbed the Law of Darkness around his right hand, revealing the Main God's right hand, the main system came back to its senses. Only then did it realize that its master's hand had been corroded to the point where only white bones were left.
Seeing that he still wanted to use the Sovereign's Might from the transitional world to repair his injured hand, the main system rushed forward and knelt down with tears in its eyes. "Master, please allow this subordinate to serve you."
The Main God glanced at it, then looked at Gou Liang, who had safely returned to his host body. After thinking for a while, he nodded.
In order to preserve the Law of Darkness, he had already used up more than half of his Sovereign's Might. If he used it again, his consciousness would really dissipate.
Although to him, the tip of the iceberg was insignificant, he still retained all of his memories with Gou Liang.
If it disappeared … he would have fewer surprises.
Seeing that he had agreed, the main system hurriedly went forward to heal him. It almost used up all of the Sovereign's Might stored in its body to restore the Main God's right hand to its original state.
"Go and rest. Leave Xiao Si here to accompany him."
"Yes, Master."
With great effort, the main system's soul was pulled out of Xiao Si's body. It was sent back to the Space Administration by the Main God, and then it fell into a deep sleep.
The Main God went forward and stroked Gou Liang's hair. He lowered his head and gently kissed his forehead.
"Xiao Kener, I miss you very much."
As soon as he said this, Spacetime Freeze was broken.
Gou Liang only felt his mind go blank for a moment, as if he heard someone whisper something into his ear. His body suddenly bore the weight, and the completely defenseless body technique cripple was pushed down, falling to the ground.
"Hiss."
Gou Liang cried out in pain. When he looked over, he saw that the person lying on top of him was actually Rosen.
— Rosen Douglas Dunn, who had recovered to become a twenty-five year old adult man.