Just as he was gazing at them both, Lucan's eyes stared at him with a wide grin.
He mocked Cosmos, trying to provoke it! Cosmos rushed at him with a death stare.
It held Lucan by his collar and said, "You! Do you know who I am? Hahaha, if you knew, you wouldn't even be alive by then—"
Suddenly, a slap hit its face. It saw Lana standing beside it, frowning.
"Stay away from us! You creep... I will call the police!"
Cosmos let go of Lucan and said, "It's not like what you think... Lan—"
She interrupted, "Please! I don't wanna hit you again... don't force me to."
Its heart ached. The person it hoped would shower it with love was actually hating and despising it...
Lucan coughed. "Let me take care of this. Don't call the police! He is actually... mentally ill... Lana, he is not a sane person.
Let me take care of this!"
She gasped. "What! Oh no, then... but... I hit him in blind rage! Uhmm... Sir... sorry!"
Before it could respond, Lucan brought Cosmos along with him to his research room.
He locked the door and sighed. "Hehe, you are actually part of my past life or my true life! But I figured out that you weren't on my crew..."
Cosmos replied, "I... I... actually was! Hehe, listen to my—"
Lucan's face turned serious. "You were actually the person who was responsible for my memories being erased!
Hehe, and you also have a liking towards Lana! Tell me everything without hiding anything..."
Cosmos opened its mouth to say something but closed it.
It then started to laugh, laugh crazily, so madly that even Lucan got chills.
With a snap, it returned to its original form. Lucan saw a cosmic entity standing before him.
His surroundings didn't change. His eyes scaled the colossal figure from top to bottom.
The figure held Lucan by his hands and brought him closer to its face.
He tried to resist, but he wasn't even able to think about anything at all... He stood motionless within the grasp of the cosmic figure.
It laughed heartily. Its voice made him shiver. He wanted to scream in fear and run away!
To distance himself from this cosmic horror!
But he wasn't even able to move.
It finally broke the silence. "Lucan Vale... you passed the test! You were true to yourself and your goals...
Hahaha, let me show you what your true life was!"
With that, a tiny drop of cosmic energy flew through its eyes...
It gushed through Lucan's mind as if it were a river flowing through.
His mind turned completely blank and was rapidly transforming.
Cosmos left him floating as the memories of his past life moved through his mind.
He screamed, "Ahhh!" loudly. Blood oozed out of his seven orifices! His own eardrums shattered, and his own vocal cords blasted.
He was still screaming in pain and agony.
Cosmos smirked. "Even getting them back won't be easy...
This is your real final test! If you want them, you gotta endure all of them... hahaha!"
Lucan suddenly stopped screaming and fell down, his whole body lifeless.
Cosmos panicked. "Hey! Lucan... Don't tell me you died..."
It was stunned to see this scene.
It tried to wake him up, but he lay there, making no sound and showing no movement...
It sighed. "I'm not afraid or mad... just disappointed. In fact, I expected much more from you.
Lucan Vale.
Looks like you weren't as capable as the rumors say... huh?"
Just as it was about to clear his corpse, his fingers shook a little.
He tried to stand up, but his legs had already given up.
Cosmos smirked. "If only you were able to stand up!"
Lucan's face was covered in his own blood, and his hair was dishevelled.
His clothes were torn open, revealing his pale and weak body.
He bit his own thumb. Blood dripped down his thumb.
He bit it harder and tore it off.
The pain shook his entire body and made him tremble.
He used that force all the way down to his toes. His bones broke, and his tendons tore open.
But he was now standing up. With his other hand, he cleared the blood and messy hair from his face and gazed at Cosmos...
On his face was his trademark!
Cosmos subconsciously retreated a few steps. "You... are you... really human?"
On his face was a bloody grin! He was grinning at his success.
He had not only regained his memories, but he had also regained everything!
He tried to use cosmic energy. After almost three lifetimes of resets, he wasn't sure if he could use it. He was still doubting himself.
But suddenly... energy flowed through his body. It wrapped itself around his entire body.
His wounds healed instantly, in the blink of an eye.
He was back to normal.
Cosmos was watching all this. "Congratulations! Now what? Gonna curse me? Go ahead, hehe... In fact, anybody in your place would do so."
Lucan spoke. "Curse you? Hehe, nope! I wanna thank you, Cosmos! For all of this."
Cosmos smirked. "Ohh... you are thanking me? For what?"
He grinned. "I had one weakness... I wasn't able to understand and feel human emotions and feelings...
It was itching at the back of my mind back then, and I was a coward too! I didn't take the initiative to solve it back then.
But you did it! You reset me three different times and made me live like a normal human.
Now, it is because of you that I have overcome my weakness! Hehe, moreover, because of you, I had witnessed my determination and perseverance towards my goal.
Even I, an imperfect human, had doubts...
But you made me face them all! Hahaha, now I'm damn sure that I, Lucan Vale, am living for only one reason.
It's finding the truth that lies beyond everything! Answering the unanswered question, finding the end of space, and walking through it..."
Cosmos said, "Mind if I ask you a question?"
Lucan grinned. "Sure! What's that?"
It asked, "You have witnessed me! How aren't you afraid that I would reset you again? What if I kill you before you can reach your goal?"
He tied his hands behind his back and gazed above. "Because not just three resets! Even after a million of them,
I will definitely find a way to bypass the reset and regain myself!
To answer your second question...
Even if I die! Hahaha, my face would still be grinning the same way.
Because I am dying with no regrets. Why should I fear dying while pursuing my goal?
Hehe, in fact, it's the greatest feeling! Dying with no regrets is far better than living with regrets..."
His blue eyes shone with brilliance as he finished speaking.
Cosmos smirked. "What if there wasn't an end? What will you do then?"
He smirked back. "I would still walk the same path as now! Even if it doesn't exist, I will stay the same.
Hehe, I'm doing this not just to find the end of space. I'm doing it because I want to do it!
Hahahaha!"
Cosmos felt goosebumps, hearing every single word of his...
Lucan asked, "You are Cosmos, right? You know everything and anything! With your powers, try seeing my future.
What would happen to me and my goal? Don't tell it to me, hehe. I don't want anybody poking their nose into my matters.
After all, you are doing all this just for the sake of your entertainment!"
Cosmos smirked. "But it would be a spoiler..."
He grinned. "You can erase your own memories, man! What type of god are you? Huh?"
Cosmos replied, "Wait! Oh my God, yes! That's possible... hahaha, just stay there! Lemme watch and come back in no time!"
Lucan smiled bitterly. "As if I can escape from you! Hahaha, your sarcasm is so surreal!"
The next instant, Cosmos disabled its restrictions on all its powers.
Then, with a single thought, it saw Lucan's future.
Its eyes widened, and its mouth twitched! It smirked. "Oh, so... this is how it ends? Absolute cinema! Hehe..."
The next instant, it erased its own memories and disabled its powers once again.
Lucan grinned as he saw Cosmos staring at him.
"Kid! I want a favour from you... uhm... I want to join your crew!"