Chapter 149

Su Ci looked at Zhou Yan.

The illusion that appeared before his eyes from time to time has now become reality. The hand he is holding is no longer tender like when he was a cub, but warm and thick.

He still had a childish look to him, but because of this childishness, the passionate affection in his platinum eyes seemed even more sincere.

Su Ci didn't dare to look directly into such a pair of eyes.

He pursed his lips slightly, then finally let go of his hand silently, turned around and continued walking onto the hover bus.

Facing Su Ci's silent turning away, A Yan looked at his released hand, and the smile in his eyes slowly dimmed.

He lowered his head slightly, like an abandoned big dog.

In fact, A Yan could also sense that after he regained his memory and grew up, a gap suddenly appeared between him and Su Su.

Their relationship is not as harmonious as before.

This made A Yan feel a little frustrated and distressed.

He could grasp all the rules of the world with just one glance. Whether it was cooking or planting, whether it was learning divine texts or formations, he could quickly see the key points and tricks and master them quickly.

Only emotion is so elusive.

How can he make Su Su like him too?

At this time, Su Ci, who had already boarded the bus, turned around and looked at him. He quickly smiled and stepped onto the floating bus.

As usual, A Yan sat by the window, while Su Ci sat on the outside.

Su Ci supported his chin with one hand. In the past, he would close his eyes and take a light nap as soon as he sat down, but now he was not sleepy at all. The memories of tens of thousands of years were replaying in his mind, and he gradually became a little dazed.

The hover bus started and moved slowly forward in the red mist.

This was the floating bus that Su Ci had the intelligent computer dispatch. It didn't have a fixed route and didn't stop at any stations. It just carried them aimlessly around the base.

The bus was completely silent.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Ci heard A Yan's voice: "Su Su."

The sound made by the machine does not convey any emotional fluctuations.

After changing back to his original appearance, Zhou Yan's voice did not fully recover - or rather, as the spirit of rules, he was not suitable for talking too much.

So, he still used the communicator to speak, but the voice he synthesized was very similar to his natural voice.

Su Ci turned his head lazily, but when he saw A Yan's appearance at the moment, he couldn't help but pause.

The young man, who had recovered and was taller than him, had now turned back into the cub appearance he was most familiar with.

The little boy with black hair, red eyes and a pair of furry ears gave him a cute smile when he looked over.

"What are you doing?" Su Ci was puzzled.

A Yan moved closer to him, gently pulled Su Ci's hand and placed it on his head, he rubbed Su Ci's palm lovingly, and the synthesized sound was soft and gentle.

"If you like me like this, I can stay like this forever."

Su Ci felt the soft fur in his palm, and his expression became complicated. Who wouldn't like a cute and well-behaved animal-eared cub? But...

"Ayan, you should know that if you keep on like this, I may never be able to respond to your feelings."

Su Ci has lived for tens of millions of years, and he knows very well that his love for the cub is absolutely different from the feelings Zhou Yan has for him.

Hearing his words, A Yan couldn't help but clench his fists.

Of course he knew this, but...

"It doesn't matter." He lowered his eyes slightly. "As long as you are happy, as long as... I can always stay by your side, can hear you talk to me, can... touch you, then I will be satisfied."

Having said that, he raised his eyes and looked at Su Ci with bright and shining eyes.

The intense and focused emotion in those eyes once again made Su Ci want to escape.

Why do you want to escape?

Maybe... he's worried that he won't be able to respond with the same feelings.

The separations in the past did not bring him heart-wrenching pain, but a faint melancholy and sadness that lingered on, making him feel meaningless every time he thought of it.

So he resisted building too deep a bond, and chose to use sleep to escape this eternal loneliness, but...

Ayan is different.

They are the same kind, and with A Yan, the biggest problem for him is no longer a problem.

"Susu, whether it's a lover, a friend or a family member, it doesn't matter to me as long as I can be with you." A Yan said with a smile.

Although he looks like a child, his eyes are filled with the tenderness and affection of an adult.

Su Ci looked at him and finally sighed.

"Change back." He said softly.

A Yan blinked and looked at him in surprise, as if he didn't understand why he suddenly said that.

Su Ci rubbed his head, then withdrew his hand, leaned back on the chair, looked away, and said awkwardly: "I will... try it."

A Yan looked at his profile and slowly curved a triumphant smile, but when Su Ci turned around to look at him again, there was only pure surprise in his eyes.

Under Su Ci's gaze, he returned to his original appearance. A smile of pure happiness was on his handsome face, and his cheeks were still a little flushed, like a little puppy who had got a bone.

"Susu, the attempt you just mentioned... is it true?"

Su Ci hummed, and finally couldn't help but reached out and pinched his cheek.

It was soft and had a scalding heat that made his fingertips tingle slightly.

He couldn't help but let go of him and retracted his hand.

A Yan didn't resist from beginning to end, just smiled at him foolishly.

Perhaps because he had talked it out, Su Ci suddenly felt that the tension he had when facing Zhou Yan had relaxed a little, and he returned to his lazy and tired appearance.

"So, when did you become conscious?"

Su Ci remembered that Zhou Yan said that he had been watching him for a long time, so before he truly became a spirit, he must have been awakened for a long time.

As for being watched by him...

Rules are everywhere, and there is nothing that can be done about it, so Su Ci is not angry.

"I don't remember clearly."

A Yan shook his head. Before he truly became a spirit, although he had already developed consciousness, he was still in a chaotic state overall.

However, he clearly remembered the first scene he "saw" -

It was a snowy night. The young man sat alone in a forest of withered peach blossoms, playing a flute tune full of sadness and loneliness.

In front of the young man was a tombstone covered in snow...

He was confused at the time and just stared at the scene and the figure for a long time, until a thought emerged in his consciousness - he wanted to give that person happiness and soothe his sorrow.

This was the first thought that came to the ignorant boy.

However, A Yan didn't want to tell Su Ci. He didn't want him to think about the things that made him sad again.

Life in this nursery is very good now.

Su Ci did not ask any further questions. He looked at the red mist outside the car window and asked, "What are the rules you set before?"

As the spirit of rules, A Yan possesses a skill that belongs to him, that is - the theory of rules.

What he said could become rules, of course, provided that equivalent power was paid, just like he had previously rewritten the rule that the spirit of the earth could not leave the earth.

After Su Ci left Earth, he also fell into a deep sleep. Because all civilizations on the planet were destroyed, his strength recovered very slowly.

Until interstellar humans discovered the planet again and built a base on it.

Because of the active life and the establishment of new rules, his power grew faster and he gradually woke up from his slumber, but at the same time, interstellar humans also brought other problems.

For example, they built prisons on the planet to house criminals who committed serious crimes.

The evil thoughts and resentment generated by these prisoners are the best nutrients for the spirit of resentment. It grows rapidly and eventually loosens the seal left by Su Ci.

And the spirit of resentment finally became aware of his presence.

It controlled the resentment and the monsters born from it to chase and intercept him, and humans were also greatly affected, and continued to provide new power to the spirit of resentment.

It is true that vengeful spirits can generate resentment, but the negative emotions generated by each of them are actually very limited. After all, they are dead and have long lost the ability to think.

But humans are different. They have seven emotions and six desires. The negative emotions caused by the erosion of resentment are much more harmful than resentful spirits.

Even he was inevitably eroded.

If this continues for a long time, when he is completely polluted, the rules of this planet will also be controlled by evil thoughts.

In order to protect this land and to protect himself, A Yan once again sacrificed all the power of rules and expelled all the red fog from the human base.

And, it was written in the rules: He was cub number one in the brooding house, and no living being could doubt that.

So even though the spirit of resentment knew that he was in the human base, it never discovered his existence.

As for amnesia becoming smaller...

Since "no living creature would doubt it", that naturally included himself, so when he woke up again, he really became number one in the nursery.

Until he became increasingly weak and the power of rules gradually collapsed, the spirit of resentment distorted the rules and could invade the human base again in extreme weather, but it could not attack human buildings.

Later, Su Ci's arrival saved him from the brink of disappearance, and gradually awakened his memory, revealing the final straw that broke the camel's back...

"So Xiaozhi is considered a living being now?" Su Ci touched his chin.

"That's right according to the rules." A Yan nodded.

Su Ci called out the base's intelligent computer and asked a few questions, but he didn't find it much different from before. At most, it was a little more emotional.

He shrugged and stopped teasing it, continuing to patrol the base.

The red fog filled the entire base. Fortunately, except for the nursery, other buildings were not attacked by monsters. Moreover, almost everyone in the base was equipped with a bottle of garlic perfume, which was enough to protect themselves.

A Yan looked at the vengeful spirits outside the car window that were invisible to humans, and his face couldn't help but look solemn.

Although he was not a real cub and did not belong here, he had lived here for a full ten years, and after Su Ci's arrival, this base had become the most beautiful memory of his life.

A Yan doesn't want the base to be destroyed.

He couldn't help but say, "I will recover from my injuries as soon as possible, establish new rules, and restore the base to its former tranquility!"

Then, he felt a palm landing on the top of his head and pressing hard. A Yan couldn't help but turn around and met Su Ci's disapproving gaze.

"I've told you many times not to be so stubborn." Su Ci said with a frown.

"But……"

"No buts." Su Ci looked at the cultivation garden not far away, "Don't underestimate humans. They are much smarter than you think."

At least at Base 24, order should be restored soon.

A Yan looked at Su Ci steadily. After a while, he suddenly laughed and said, "Su Su, thank you for caring about me so much. I will become stronger as soon as possible."

“…”

Su Ci looked at his smile, and although he wanted to refute, but... well, he did care about A Yan.

Zhou Yan and A Yan were actually the same person.

"I'm glad you know." Su Ci curled her lips and wanted to withdraw her hand, but the young man grabbed her wrist.

He looked at Su Ci with a smile, pressed Su Ci's palm on the furry ears on his head, and said softly: "Touch me for a while longer, I like being touched by you."

Although he was touching his ears, Su Ci felt his ears getting hot for some reason.