After the three returned to Small Town, gathered for a meal to celebrate the mission's completion, and went home to rest up and prepare for their second mission.
The moment Su Hao opened the door, Big Dog pounced on him, tail wagging furiously. Su Hao planted a foot against its forehead, stopping it from advancing even an inch.
Yet judging by how its tail whirled like a fan, Big Dog was delighted by this. At least its master was interacting with it using the sole of his foot~ Su Hao sat down in a chair, casually took out the seven Source Pearls, and placed them before him for careful rubbing and inspection.
"Source Pearls—the most extraordinary things in this world. They can change in a myriad ways and seem capable of anything. I've already grasped their basic uses, yet I still don't understand what they truly are...
Whether one could use something and whether one understood it were indeed worlds apart.
The question now was, where should I begin researching 'Source'?
Did the Source in this world arise from the uniqueness of this planet, or from the uniqueness of this region of the universe?"
Su Hao had set himself a hundred years for this research.
Once that hundred-year limit was exceeded, the risks ahead would increase without limit. If he still failed to unravel the mysteries of Source within that time, he likely would never have such an opportunity again.
As he thought, a sense of urgency welled up within Su Hao.
It would have been one thing if he had never come, but since he was here, he had to take this world's knowledge with him. How could he possibly be content otherwise? Su Hao slowly rubbed the seven Source Pearls between his fingers. His mind was a tangled