Chapter 1 A Series of Discoveries at the Gate of Sulun

The series of discoveries at the Gate of Sulun were of great significance to Hao Ren. He personally witnessed the battlefield where the rebellious son attacked the God Kingdom, saw the rebel army, and witnessed the various phenomena that occurred after the explosion of the Founding Star. More importantly, he also witnessed the miraculous birth of Vivian. He needed to go back and sort out all of these things, so after dealing with the prisoner, he went to bid farewell to the three guardian giants and Zhumu.

Liemen Dusa had just learned about the general situation of this place from Zhumu, and he still seemed a little confused. When he heard the news that Hao Ren was leaving, he didn't react for a moment: "Go back? Go back where? Isn't this your home?"

"I told you I came from another universe," Hao Ren looked up at Liemen Dusa's chin. It was always so difficult to talk to giants. "It's time to go back and report the progress here to the organization. By the way, how do you and Sifu feel now? Can you still adapt to this place?"

"I'm afraid it will take some time to adapt," Liemen Dusa said truthfully. "I just heard from Zhumu and Mulu about the changes in the universe over the past ten thousand years. This world is completely different... But no matter what, it's at least better than on the battlefield."

For the first time, the giant warrior's tone was a little shaken. He felt at a loss when facing this world that had escaped his understanding. Hao Ren could understand Liemen Dusa's situation. The guardian had missed a full ten thousand years in those ten hours on the battlefield, and now this universe was filled with the chaos he once couldn't imagine: the divine power of the Creator Goddess had faded, the guardians had been consumed by hatred and become monsters who only knew how to destroy, and almost all the kingdoms in the starry sky had been extinguished. This was truly waking up to find that the outside world was already apocalyptic—not a figure of speech, but a statement of fact.

Mulu had spent ten thousand years thinking about and accepting these facts, but Liemen Dusa and Sifu didn't have that time.

Speaking of Sifu, the less talkative female giant was standing next to Liemen Dusa. She had been looking at the local plants grown by Mulu. Every guardian warrior was also a gardener, and she had decided to help Mulu take care of some areas in the southern hemisphere of Tanagus. Sifu's fingers brushed over the canopy of a broad-leaved tree, her eyes soft: "It will get better. Mother said that the power of life lies in its endless cycle. As long as there is still a spark, it can always flourish again. This universe will always recover from the chaos, and I believe that Mother, as the beginning of life, will one day return. Before that, I will welcome her with a beautiful garden."

"Sifu is always more optimistic than me." Liemen Dusa forced a smile, while Sifu responded unceremoniously: "That's because you are always more stubborn than me."

Hao Ren smiled and looked at the two guardian giants: "Okay, I'll leave this place to you. Mulu will tell you about the open areas of the space station and what you can use. If you have any questions, come to Crystal Tip Mountain. The space station's host can contact me."

A few minutes later, they had jumped back to their home on Earth through several teleportation gates.

A spatial crack opened out of thin air in the living room, and Lily was the first to jump out happily, followed by Elizabeth and Doudou. Hao Ren and Izhaks walked in the back. Seeing the scene at home as usual, Hao Ren subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good to be back. It's really peaceful on Earth."

After saying that, he habitually slumped on the sofa, not bothering to change his clothes or take off his shoes, just stretching himself first. Lily, on the other hand, was particularly restless as soon as she entered the house, looking around everywhere. After searching for a while, she began to shout at the top of her voice: "Bat! Bat, come out! I have something important to tell you!"

Before Lily could finish her sentence, a series of clanging sounds came from the direction of the kitchen, followed by the kitchen door being slammed open. "Gun" darted out of it on all fours like its tail was on fire. After running around the living room, the cat girl saw Hao Ren on the sofa and jumped on him without thinking: "Big cat, help! Someone is abusing cats!!"

Hao Ren had just wanted to enjoy the sofa at home when he saw this inexplicable scene. Before he could react to what was happening, he was directly knocked off the sofa by the silly cat. When he finally managed to get up, he happened to see Vivian running out of the kitchen with a rolling pin in anger: "Stop right there! If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll really think you have nine lives, won't you!?"

"Gun" meowed and began to run around wildly, jumping up and down around the entire living room like a black light. Vivian chased after her with the rolling pin, intermittently taking the time to greet Hao Ren: "You're back... wait until I teach this scoundrel a lesson... then we'll have dinner!"

Hao Ren had no idea what was going on, and just watched Vivian chasing the cat around the house. This was a real rolling around on the ground in every sense of the word—"Gun" was running very fast on all fours, and deliberately drilling into various nooks and crannies, making it impossible to hit her. It wasn't until a few seconds later that he finally couldn't help but roar: "Stop!!"

Vivian slammed on the brakes in front of the coffee table, and Gun slammed on the brakes trying to stop in the trash can—of course she couldn't stop in it, so she directly knocked the trash can over. Suddenly, the living room was like a scene of celestial maidens scattering flowers, and half a piece of orange peel directly landed on Izhaks' face.

Hao Ren also had a plastic bag on his head. He looked at Vivian in confusion: "What's going on? Why are you suddenly chasing Gun?"

He didn't ask the cat, because he knew that with that cat's thought process, she might give an odd answer.

Vivian was a little dazed when she heard Hao Ren's words: "I'm not chasing Gun."

"Um, cough cough... what I meant by chasing 'Gun' might not be the same meaning as what you understand..." Hao Ren coughed twice and pointed to the cat girl who was squatting on the ground picking up trash. "What did she do to offend the heavens again?"

Vivian's anger rose again when she heard this, and the rolling pin creaked as she squeezed it: "She was messing around and actually went to the kitchen to stew soup herself! Said she was going to make you a nutritious meal!"

Hao Ren was stunned, and then looked at the cat girl with surprise: "Isn't that a good thing? She's making progress."

Vivian chuckled coldly while gripping the rolling pin: "She stewed it with mice, cat food, and fish bones she picked up from the trash can. Want to try some?"

Hao Ren: "..."

"That was a new pot!" Vivian finally revealed the truth that pained her the most. As a thrifty poor person, what she felt the most distressed about at this time was the soup pot that she had just bought and hadn't used a few times. "You decide, can that pot still be used?"

Hao Ren gritted his teeth and glared in Gun's direction, but the silly cat was nowhere to be seen: This guy was only quick-witted when it came to escaping. After noticing that the atmosphere was not right, she turned around and ran away, leaving behind only the trash can that was half cleaned up.

"Forget it, that pot will be... let's have a vote?" Hao Ren really couldn't make a decision, so he had to turn around and ask Lily and Izhaks.

Lily didn't have any feelings: "I have no opinion. I've eaten mice before. They're pretty good. Many places even treat them as a dish."

Vivian glared at her: "A dog catching a mouse is meddling in other people's business."

"Cough cough, let's not discuss these details first," Hao Ren interrupted immediately when he saw that Vivian and Lily were about to quarrel again. He thought to himself that he still had a lot of important things to say, how could he let the affairs of cats and dogs stir things up as soon as he got home. "Vivian, put down the rolling pin first, I have something to tell you."

Vivian saw that Hao Ren's expression was serious, and realized that the other party had probably encountered something on this business trip, so she immediately put down the weapon in her hand and wiped her hands on her apron: "What's wrong?"

"We went to a place called the Gate of Sulun this time. It was originally the border part of the Creator Goddess's God Kingdom, but somehow it ran out of the Dark Realm," Hao Ren said slowly. "We made some very big discoveries there. Not only did we find surviving guardians, but we also found... something related to you."

Vivian knew that her origins were inextricably linked to the Creator Goddess, so she immediately became nervous: "What did you see?"

Before Hao Ren could say anything, Lily poked her head up from behind: "Bat, let me tell you, we saw what happened back then with our own eyes. You were still a liquid at that time!"

Vivian thought for a while, then silently picked up the rolling pin again: "Big dog, are you really out of your mind? Have I provoked you?"

Hao Ren quickly stood between the two rivals: "Calm down, calm down, Lily, you're putting it too simply. Vivian, you too, actually Lily is right, you were indeed a liquid back then, I saw it with my own eyes..."

"What the hell did I just say," Hao Ren slapped his forehead and quickly moved away from Lily, "Lily, don't get too close to me, you're messing with my head!"

Vivian looked at the last reliable person in confusion: "Old Wang, did they get traumatized outside?"

Izhaks smiled: "Actually, you really were a liquid at the beginning."

Vivian: "..."