Chapter 201 Little Chick

Hearing Raven 12345's words, Hao Ren didn't understand for a moment, until the other party seriously explained, "Now that Little Chick is in this state, it's unlikely that she can be recovered through normal channels. Why don't you wait patiently? She's constantly changing as she comes into contact with you. Although I don't know what kind of 'personality' will be shaped in the end, I guess one day she will reach a level where she can communicate. At that time, you can let her open her mind. And even if she doesn't reach this level, letting Vivian interact with her more is also a way. There is an inextricable connection between them. Through this connection, perhaps Vivian can also retrieve her lost memories from Little Chick. Of course, this is just a suggestion; it's up to you whether or not you listen."

After listening to the goddess's analysis, Hao Ren thought for a moment and felt that it made a lot of sense.

"I agree too," Vivian nodded, looking at the little evil entity huddled on the stove, shivering with her head in her hands. "And she is, in a way, an independent life with emotions… Although not complete, she has the right to live, right?"

"I agree with that too," Hao Ren echoed. "Anyway, she's not much of a threat."

Raven 12345 waved her hand, her figure gradually fading. "That's settled then. You guys figure it out yourselves. I still have some big things about world peace to deal with..."

After the goddess's figure disappeared, Hao Ren couldn't help but mutter, "Why do I always feel like what she was busy with just now was a little suspicious?"

Vivian smiled. "She's a goddess. How could we possibly imagine what her work entails? If you have nothing else to do, why don't you stay here and help me cook? I haven't been in the kitchen for so long that I've almost forgotten where the oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar are. Cooking a meal feels like a lifetime ago."

Hao Ren gave an "oh" and first found a large basin, filled it with half a basin of water, and put Doudou in it to let the little guy swim around by herself. Then, he started helping to pick vegetables, and while he was busy, he said, "Those guys outside just know how to lie around and wait for food—they were already living a life of eating and waiting to die in the 'God Realm' for more than half a year. Now that they're back, it's actually the two of us who almost had a life-or-death experience to cook for them…"

"It's as if you weren't lying outside waiting for food just now. And with this bunch of people at home, who can you expect to help in the kitchen? Only Nangong Wuyue can help wash the vegetables, and she's taking a bath right now."

"Speaking of which, why does a water elemental like her still like taking baths so much? She's just a ball of water herself. Wouldn't it be enough to eat some activated carbon to clean herself up normally?"

"Listen to what you're saying. Izhaks is still a Flame Demon. Are you going to provide him with twenty-four-hour lava?"

Hao Ren's mouth twitched. "The demographic composition of our family is a bit complicated…"

Vivian smiled slightly. "Yes, our family."

The two chatted idly, picking vegetables and cooking while talking about everyday things, just like an old married couple who had been together for many years and were used to each other. Hao Ren enjoyed this pace very much. At first, he felt that it lacked a bit of excitement, but he soon realized that for two people who had just finished a ten-thousand-year journey through time and space and had finally returned home to settle down, the peace and quiet of this moment was the most comfortable.

And on the stove next to them, Little Chick felt that the terrifying pressure had finally left, so she carefully raised her head. She blinked and looked around, raising her hands and shouting in Hao Ren's direction, "Boo!!"

…But no one paid any attention to her.

After shouting a few more times, Little Chick seemed to suddenly forget about it and turned around to wander around on the stove. She scaled mountains and crossed ridges among a pile of stacked plates and bowls, and crawled back and forth under the stainless steel rack hanging with spatulas and slotted spoons. Occasionally, when she remembered, she would throw a corrosion energy arrow with no power in a certain direction. The "adventure trip" was quite carefree. Compared to when she first came to this house, her aggressiveness had indeed decreased to an incredible degree, especially since Hao Ren and Vivian hadn't seen this guy for several months (real-world time), and this contrast was even more obvious at this time.

Hao Ren and Vivian deliberately ignored the little evil entity, but they were secretly paying attention to what she was doing, so the more they watched, the more interesting they found it. Before, they had never paid so much attention to this guy with a brain full of mush because it was unrealistic to deal with a chaotic creature with no logic or thought, but at this time, after Raven 12345 reminded them, Little Chick's various changes seemed particularly obvious.

In less than ten minutes, the little guy fell twice on the countertop, threw twelve weak corrosion energy arrows, two of which exploded in her own hands before they could even fly out, bumped her head twice when crawling under the hanging rack, and even knocked over a pepper bottle—the most incredible thing was the last time, after being stunned for a moment, she actually tried hard to put the pepper bottle back up!

Although she only tried for a moment before giving up because Doudou was squirting water at her, which completely diverted Little Chick's attention.

"This is definitely not something she would have done before," Hao Ren pointed at Little Chick with his chin, muttering softly.

"Yeah, she used to do nothing but cause trouble… Now she even knows to put things back where they belong."

On the other side, Little Chick was splashed with water by Doudou and immediately bared her teeth and claws and rushed up, only to be pressed into the water by the little mermaid and beaten up.

"Alright, alright, alright, the two little ones are fighting again," seeing the two palm-sized little guys fighting in the basin, Hao Ren finally couldn't continue to watch and quickly stepped forward to separate them. "You clearly don't have much fighting power, but you have plenty of momentum when you fight. Doudou, you too, you know this guy's brain isn't normal, so why are you provoking her… Come help wash this bunch of green vegetables."

Doudou took a bunch of green vegetables that Hao Ren threw into the basin, splashing around while giggling. "She looks so silly!"

Little Chick: "Hissha—biubiubiu…"

Hao Ren: "…"

After finally pacifying the two troublemakers, Vivian suddenly said, "By the way, are you free these next few days?"

"Yeah, what's up?"

"I'm planning to try summoning the Red Moon in a couple of days," Vivian said calmly, as if she were just chatting about everyday things.

Hao Ren was surprised when he heard that. "Ah? You're suddenly going to summon the Red Moon?"

"It's not sudden at all. We were originally prepared to study it, weren't we? I even prepared a lot of potions, but who knew there would suddenly be a big incident of space-time distortion," Vivian sighed. "It's really been quite a roller coaster. Oh right, I have to check those potions I prepared earlier. I wonder if they've gone bad…"

As soon as Hao Ren heard the words "potions," he couldn't help but think of the potion knowledge he had heard before, and then looked at the refrigerator not far away. "Don't worry, they definitely haven't gone bad. Have you forgotten that time is still on Earth? That pile of vegetables and fruits are still fresh… But are you sure you can prepare for the Red Moon summoning ceremony now? We've just gone through ten thousand years of tossing and turning, and you must be tired, right?"

"I am a little tired, but I can recover after resting for two days at most. And after discovering that 'crystal' in the depths of my consciousness, this matter has always been hanging in my mind. If I don't figure out the relationship between the Red Moon and that crystal, I'm afraid I won't even be able to sleep well," Vivian smiled, with a confident expression on her face. "Don't worry, for me now, summoning the Red Moon is probably no longer a difficult task."

Hao Ren took the green vegetables that Doudou handed over and asked curiously, "Are you talking about the power that those evil entities brought back to you?"

"Well… Although I still need some time to adapt, I can clearly feel the improvement in my strength… With ample magic power as a backing, and so many years of training experience, plus the fact that the dark side of my soul is no longer jumping out to make trouble all the time, I think 'summoning the Red Moon' has become a completely controllable routine magic for me. Well, it's a little more powerful than routine magic, so let's call it a super kill~"

Vivian tried her best to say it casually, but the pride in her words couldn't help but show through. It seemed that after throwing away the two big burdens of evil entities and soul pollution, her whole personality had become a little more lively than before—to say nothing else, she had learned to show off implicitly.

Hao Ren could see this, but he didn't directly point it out. Instead, he smiled and said, "Since you've said so, I'll go arrange it. We'll still set up the test site on Erem, as we discussed before?"

"I have no objections."

A matter was decided just like that.

"Dinner's ready!"

Hao Ren came out of the kitchen carrying a large pot full of rice. As soon as he shouted, he immediately heard clanging sounds from various rooms. A bunch of hungry people were sitting at the long dining table in the blink of an eye. Lily even jumped off the sofa directly, leaping in a parabola to the side of the table—this dangerous move immediately earned Nangong Wuyue's exclamation.

"Dinner, dinner, dinner~~" Lily slapped the table, her eyes shining, her tail wagging hard behind her. Next to her was Gungnir, also slapping the table. The difference was that Gungnir had already scurried onto the table and was being dragged down by Nangong Wuyue by the tail.

Vivian followed behind Hao Ren, directing a large group of fluttering little bats to carry various cups, plates, and bowls to the table. She rolled her eyes at Lily. "Have you got any dignity? Aren't you ashamed of being so noisy?"

"There's no way. I haven't had your cooking for so long," Lily said matter-of-factly. "I ate noodles at the goddess's place for more than half a year, and they were so salty. Don't even mention me; even Wuyue is about to turn into a salted fish."

Hao Ren twitched the corners of his mouth. "…Raven 12345 doesn't have anything else there."

After the food was brought to the table, Little Chick also curiously climbed up. She wandered among a pile of steaming dishes and finally came to a plate of garlic sprouts fried with meat, leaning her head and curiously looking into the plate.

Hao Ren and Vivian couldn't help but pay attention to the little guy's movements—could her changes be so great that even her diet had changed?

Little Chick reached out and grabbed a large piece of meat, dragged it over, took a bite, and then spat it all out with a "呸呸呸".

Then, she started rolling around and going crazy while wailing.

Hao Ren: "…"

Well, it seems her changes still have a long way to go.