"I crossed over here because of you, didn't I?"
Chen Shu once again asked a crucial question, concerning his own origins.
"Crossed over? What crossing over?"
Xing Shen was taken aback.
"It means from another world to this world..."
Chen Shu explained to Xing Shen, hoping to unravel the mystery of his background.
After a while,
Xing Shen remained silent. Although there were no changes in its expression, it gave people the feeling that
it was smiling without smiling...
"Why do you think you crossed over?"
Xing Shen spoke slowly, "Perhaps you were always from this world?"
"Impossible..."
Chen Shu immediately denied,
"I'm from Earth, in that world..."
Xing Shen directly interrupted him, saying,
"But what if that was just a memory? A memory that appeared out of nowhere..."
"Huh?"
Chen Shu was stunned, his eyes filled with disbelief...
He had never considered this possibility...
"You mean, I'm actually from this world?!"
"Of course..."
Xing Shen smiled slightly and said, "I just added a new memory to you."
"..."
Chen Shu's lips twitched, and he said, "But that world was too real, it was impossible to see any falsehood."
He still couldn't quite accept it...
"Of course it's real..."
Xing Shen couldn't help but chuckle, saying,
"Because... that was the world the Human Emperor once lived in!"
"???"
Chen Shu's mouth slightly agape, instinctively asked, "No way..."
"It's just a new memory woven from the Human Emperor's era and your personal experiences..."
"..."
Chen Shu's expression froze again, feeling as if his worldview had been shattered...
No wonder his world only changed its background, but his memories of teachers and parents remained unchanged.
"No! No!"
Chen Shu shook his head, instinctively refuting,
"The old man told me that the Human Emperor's ancestral land is Blue Star, not Earth!"
"That's true, but is there a possibility..."
Xing Shen said calmly,
"That Earth is actually Blue Star!"
"Impossible! The scale of the two is completely..."
"There are countless years between them!"
Xing Shen seemed to anticipate Chen Shu's words and explained in advance, "After the baptism of time, planets also change... Besides, with the Human Emperor's success, he simply made some improvements to his hometown, which naturally led to changes on Earth."
"..."
Chen Shu took a deep breath, truly bewildered...
So he had been deceived all along? His identity as a Transmigrator was an oolong?
"I didn't expect this memory to cause such a big misunderstanding,"
Xing Shen said slowly,
"But speaking of which, why did you have such a bizarre idea of crossing over?"
"Novels are all like that..."
"..."
Xing Shen was also stunned...
After a while,
Chen Shu managed to calm down and accept this fact.
"Then what was the purpose of fabricating this memory?"
He frowned slightly and asked,
"Was it the Human Emperor's twisted sense of humor? Just to make me question my life?"
"Of course not."
Xing Shen shook his head and said, "But there's also a possibility, the Human Emperor wanted to reminisce about his hometown..."
"..."
Chen Shu's lips twitched. You can reminisce, but why force the memory onto me...
"I suspect now that it was because of this memory that my personality was influenced..."
"No, no, no!"
Xing Shen shook his head and explained, "It had no influence at all. Although it's based on the Human Emperor's era, it's all your personal experience."
"In other words, your perversion has nothing to do with that memory."
"..."
Chen Shu's head was full of black lines; he couldn't find a retort for a moment.
"Alright, let's talk about the true purpose of the memory."
Seeing Chen Shu like this, Xing Shen explained again,
"Its essence is actually another key!"
"Huh?"
"If Star Grass is the key to open my main door, then that memory is the key to open my... side door."
"Huh? Side door key?"
"That's right. It can release a small portion of my power. Otherwise, you wouldn't see any system options."
Xing Shen said slowly, "This was also specially set up by the Human Emperor to prevent the host from perishing too early, and also to allow you to grow better."
"..."
Chen Shu slowly nodded. Without the system's rewards, he truly wouldn't have reached such a level...
He couldn't help but recall the classroom back then.
The system and the Transmigrator's memory indeed appeared almost simultaneously.
"Even a small portion of your power is so terrifying..."
Chen Shu murmured, marveling,
"You even managed to create the Candle Dragon bloodline."
"Oh, that's not it."
Xing Shen shook his head and said, "That's the blood of the third one."
"Ah?"
"The Human Emperor's third contracted spirit."
"..."
Chen Shu's lips twitched and he asked, "What about those divine skills?"
"Most of the physical manifestations like divine skills were left behind by the Human Emperor."
"..."
Chen Shu continued, "What about the miraculous potions?"
"Just some small things the Human Emperor researched out of boredom back then."
"..."
The system said calmly,
"However, the attributes and skill levels of the contracted spirits were transformed by my power."
"..."
Chen Shu nodded, his doubts gradually cleared.
No wonder he felt the system was like a living being, yet not a living being. It turned out the system had been dormant all along, only issuing options by instinct...
He then asked again,
"Since contracted spirits can be inherited by others, why didn't the legendary powerhouses who were about to fall do so back then?"
Although it wouldn't create someone as monstrous as Chen Shu,
if they could have produced more geniuses like Ling Chen, humanity wouldn't have suffered so much over a thousand years.
"Do you think this kind of inheritance is simple..."
Xing Shen shook his head and said,
"This was researched by the Human Emperor over countless years, and the required conditions are extremely harsh. Perhaps only the Human Emperor in this world could have done it."
"Is that so... Wait..."
Chen Shu seemed to have thought of something and asked,
"What's the situation with that Heavenly Mandate Ancient Emperor?!"
Now it seemed that the so-called Heavenly Mandate Ancient Emperor was not a big figure, to be able to pass on his contracted spirit to Ling Chen?
"His inheritance looks the same as the Human Emperor's, but it's completely different..."
Xing Shen said slowly, "Although he is human, he has merged with the essence blood of the Beast Ancestor, and is a special existence of half-human, half-fierce beast."
"Fierce beasts have always had bloodline inheritance, you know that, right?"
Chen Shu naturally knew; this was also a unique advantage of fierce beasts.
"That Ancient Emperor, through the existing Beast Ancestor bloodline, passed his contracted spirit to Ling Chen."
"Is that so..."
Chen Shu's eyes lit up with understanding.
However, such a thing could only be done by a special existence like the Heavenly Mandate Ancient Emperor.
Xing Shen nodded and said,
"Although the difficulty is worlds apart, I have to admit, that guy does have a bit of cunning."
"Then what about the Human Emperor? How did he pass it on?"
"Soul! I've actually been residing within your soul all along."
Xing Shen said slowly,
"In the Human Emperor's view, since fierce beasts could pass on power through bloodlines, perhaps humans also had a similar talent."
"Ultimately, he discovered that human spirit and will are passed down like rekindled embers!"
"In other words, humans have souls!"
Chen Shu nodded, he now deeply felt it.
Fierce beasts, though powerful, were like scattered sand, while humans could unite as one in times of crisis.
"However, spirit and will are too ethereal..."
Xing Shen continued, "Therefore, the Human Emperor deduced that their carriers might be the soul, which is our mind!"
The fierce beast's inheritance relies on the body's bloodline, while humans rely on the soul in their minds. It makes some sense...
"In order to research this..."
Xing Shen said slowly, "He specifically conducted live experiments."
"Live?!"
Chen Shu's eyes widened, "Is that the Human Emperor or the King of Hell..."
"Of course not human,"
Xing Shen replied, "Just catching some little trash and dissecting their souls."
"Little trash?"
"That is what you call Great Fierce Beasts."
"..."
Chen Shu's lips twitched. Were the ancient Great Fierce Beasts so undignified in the Human Emperor's eyes...
However, judging from the residual power left by the Human Emperor and the Beast Ancestor, legendary creatures seemed to be mere playthings...