"..."
The Star Spirit remained silent, harboring doubts.
Especially after getting close to Chen Shu, it felt even more that the person before it was not someone benevolent...
However, the surrounding starlight surged and continued to converge towards Chen Shu.
Seeing this scene, it had no choice but to believe.
According to the rules set by its master back then, to gain the recognition of the stars, one must possess a pure heart.
Otherwise, if the ruins fell into the hands of villains, it would be a great misfortune.
The person before it had been recognized, but it still felt something was odd...
"..."
"..."
They looked at each other, and the atmosphere seemed to turn a bit awkward.
"Huh?"
Chen Shu's heart suddenly jolted as he recalled the system's options from back then.
He had helped the Starry Sky Ruins fend off the Forbidden Mist, and the reward seemed to be 'Perfect Disguise'...
"Could it be because of this buff..."
He stroked his chin, and suddenly understood.
Since it was the system's intervention, everything made sense.
He cleared his throat and said, "Big Brother, since that's the case, let's hurry up!"
"..."
The Star Spirit doubted itself again, but its fragmented consciousness could not process any more questions.
After a long while, it could only say, "The relic inheritance is about to begin. Please choose a contracted spirit as the carrier!"
"Hmm? Can't it be me?"
"Human bodies are frail and cannot bear the power of the relic!"
"Is that so..."
Chen Shu stroked his chin, thought for a moment, and then summoned three contracted spirits.
"Which of you has management skills and can act as the relic inheritor?"
"Hoo hoo hoo~~"
Little Huang's eyes were tightly closed, still fast asleep, completely ignoring Chen Shu.
"Awooo awooo!"
Erha kept yelping, its paws and head beginning to pull at itself again...
Only the Space Rabbit wore a smirking face, appearing slightly more normal.
"..."
Chen Shu looked at the three contracted spirits and scratched his head, ultimately choosing the Space Rabbit.
It was already his smartest contracted spirit, a case of picking the tallest among the short.
"Inheritance commencing..."
After Chen Shu made his choice, the Star Spirit spoke again.
Buzz buzz buzz——
Instantly, the entire night sky trembled, and countless starlight descended, becoming the only light in the world.
The Space Rabbit, still a bit bewildered, was suddenly enveloped by starlight.
"Woo woo woo~~"
It instinctively pulled out its giant carrot but couldn't hit the incoming starlight.
"..."
Chen Shu rubbed his head and quickly told the Space Rabbit to stop attacking.
It did look a bit silly like this...
"Xiao Lan, can we chat for a bit..."
Chen Shu sat down and looked at the Star Spirit beside him.
"..."
The Star Spirit was slightly taken aback and said, "Please call me Star Spirit!"
Was this truly a person recognized by the stars?
It had already given it a nickname the moment they met! And such an unpleasant one at that...
"Okay! Little Lan Star Spirit."
Chen Shu nodded and said, "Can you tell me now?"
"..."
The Star Spirit's body moved, and it finally spoke slowly, "What do you want... to know? My memory is fragmented..."
Chen Shu quickly asked, "For instance, about the Space Forbidden Mist, about the ruins, and the benefits for the inheritor..."
He was extremely curious and directly asked the great question that troubled all of humanity.
As far as he knew, no one on Blue Star had ever opened a relic inheritance, so there was no opportunity to understand the situation.
Of course, it was possible that someone was an inheritor but had not made it public.
"You know it's called the Space Forbidden Mist?"
The Star Spirit's tone seemed to have a slight fluctuation; it was clearly somewhat disbelieving.
Chen Shu said, "Uh... everyone on Blue Star knows, right?"
"..."
The Star Spirit didn't dwell on it further. With its intellect, it was too difficult to figure things out...
It said slowly, "The Forbidden Mist is used to contain them..."
"And then?"
"That's it."
"???"
Chen Shu's mouth twitched. Was it serious? This wasn't a short-answer question...
"What about the ruins?"
"The ruins were set up by the master."
"..."
Chen Shu rubbed his head, a bit dumbfounded.
He forced a smile and said, "The benefits of becoming an inheritor, you mean you can control the Starry Sky Ruins..."
"You already know, why are you asking me?"
"..."
Chen Shu's mouth twitched, and he suddenly stood up, muttering, "Where the heck are my urea bags?!"
"..."
The Star Spirit instinctively took a step back, feeling a sense of pressure from the human before it...
At this moment, it asked the question it wanted to ask the most:
"Did you deceive the stars? You're not a good person at all... I want to cancel the inheritance..."
"..."
Chen Shu's movements froze. What kind of joke was this?! A cooked duck trying to escape?
His face instantly filled with a kind smile, and he said gently,
"I was just joking with you. You think I'm not a good person?"
As he spoke, he opened his arms, and various starlights once again gathered, as if wanting to draw close to him.
The Star Spirit asked, "You were carrying a bag when you came in, wanting to stuff me into it. Why?"
"Uh..."
Chen Shu was slightly stunned, then calmly said,
"You don't understand, this is called a blessing bag. On our Blue Star, it represents good wishes..."
"Really?"
The Star Spirit felt like it was being fooled, but seeing Chen Shu's sincere expression again, it couldn't react for a moment.
"Of course!"
Chen Shu said with certainty, opening his combat pack and taking out various colored urea bags.
"I have the most blessing bags on Blue Star, and you still say I'm not a good person!"
"I... I'm sorry... I misunderstood..."
The Star Spirit immediately felt apologetic. Seeing urea bags scattered everywhere, it had already believed Chen Shu.
"As expected, not very intelligent..."
Chen Shu's expression was composed; he didn't feel any sense of accomplishment.
"Little Lan..."
He moved closer to the Star Spirit and said again,
"You said earlier that the Forbidden Mist was used by the master to contain them. You have a master, so does that mean you are a contracted spirit?"
"I... am not."
The Star Spirit tried its best to recall and said, "I am just... a wisp of remnant soul from the Undying Star Spirit. It is the contracted spirit."
"The most powerful contracted spirit!"
"A wisp of remnant soul..."
Chen Shu was slightly taken aback. No wonder he always felt the Star Spirit was a bit strange.
However, even as a remnant soul, it hadn't forgotten to brag about itself. He didn't believe in the "most powerful contracted spirit."
A moment later, Chen Shu coaxed it further and asked,
"Little Lan, can you tell me more details? For example, what era was your master from? Was he from Huaguo, the Free Alliance, or from the Snow Country?"
He decided to change his questions. Given the Star Spirit's intelligence, the previous questions were indeed too difficult.
"Master..."
The Star Spirit's heart was filled with longing, and it said slowly, "I have forgotten the passage of time, but I remember that people of the world called him the Star King..."
"Wait a minute! Wait a minute!"
Chen Shu's mouth twitched. Star King?! What kind of chuunibyo nickname was that?!
Are you sure you're not kidding me...