Chapter 1 : Returning to Familiar Ground
Under the night sky.
A group of people stood on an empty high-rise, shrouded in mysterious colors, looking impressively imposing.
"Hmm..."
The silver-haired loli at the front murmured, crimson eyes flickering with contemplative light as she stared intently at the location information on her phone.
"Shanghe City?"
Such a familiar city name.
"Isn't this Lian Hua's hometown?"
Shanghe City.
This was the city where a Supernova Star Eclipse incident had once erupted.
The Star Eclipse event was called "Puppet City," which had caused enormous impact, but with Ye Xinglan's intervention, the incident's effects were minimized to the lowest level, and everything had long since returned to normal.
The last time Ye Lan came here was through a wish granted by the Wish Machine, about a year ago.
Here, she had met Lian Hua, Aipal, and other Night Watcher friends.
Now landing in this city, memories quickly surfaced in Ye Xing's mind.
She still remembered when she first came to this city, she was just a small novice, feeling lost about the situation, not knowing how to handle it, unlike now when she was so experienced.
So she had accepted the help of two young Night Watchers from Shanghe City.
One was the young man Mo Yu, and the other was the beautiful girl Lanfeng Suyu.
Without their help, Ye Lan would have had difficulty settling down.
"And there's Star Spire."
Ye Xing looked in another direction.
There stood an incomparable tall tower called Star Spire, the place where the Radiant Sun Night Watcher and Lian Hua had their final battle, and also where she had redeemed Lian Hua.
Seeing that tower, Ye Xing felt as if it were just yesterday, her memories incredibly clear.
"I miss those days~"
Ye Xing looked at Lian Hua beside her and smiled: "Puppeteer, this is Shanghe City, the place where we first met."
First meeting.
Chronologically speaking, the encounter in Shanghe City was indeed their first meeting.
The Lian Hua in the troupe back then was incomplete, in a weakened state.
The reason was the damage to Little Lian, the puppet.
It was based on Lian Hua's wish to repair the puppet that Ye Xinglan descended to Shanghe City before the incident occurred.
After arriving in Shanghe City, Ye Lan truly met Lian Hua and became friends with her.
"Mm~ I certainly remember. With the Spectator's presence, my memories of this city are deeply imprinted, and I'll never forget. I never expected we would perform here this time, which is quite surprising."
Lian Hua's emotions were also very high.
After all, this was her hometown.
But what mattered to her wasn't the home that had brought her sorrow, but the place where she had met Ye Xinglan, which felt very meaningful.
As for her home...
Her detestable stepmother had already received appropriate punishment, and her father had realized his mistake.
Thinking about her father, Lian Hua suddenly felt complex emotions.
Although her father had brought home a hateful stepmother, guilt toward her still predominated in his heart.
Only at the end did he realize how malicious that wicked woman's heart was.
Despite thinking this, Lian Hua had no intention of returning to reconcile.
She was no longer an ordinary person but a Star Eclipse incarnation and a troupe member.
The human Lian Hua had long since died.
Now she was Star Eclipse Lian Hua of the Rising Sun Troupe, completely severed from the life of ordinary people.
So when the time came, she would just go near the mansion to check the situation...
Mo Tutu didn't have such a strong reaction.
Although the experiences in this city also held significant meaning for him, that was all there was to it.
"I'm going back to rest."
Mo Tutu turned and left.
Ye Xing also returned to the Rising Sun Theater, with no plans to seek out acquaintances for now.
After all, she was Ye Xing, not Ye Lan.
If she suddenly appeared in this city, her identity would certainly be suspected.
Ye Xing didn't want to expose the Spectator's identity so quickly.
Speaking of Ye Xing's existence, she had also appeared before Lanfeng Suyu and others as Ye Lan's sister.
At that time, she had come up with this excuse in the heat of the moment. Looking back, there were so many holes in that story that Ye Xing wanted to dig a three-bedroom apartment with her toes out of embarrassment.
She hoped no abnormalities would be detected.
Ye Xing shook her head, casting these complicated matters to the back of her mind.
Anyway, it was night now. Whatever needed to be addressed could wait until tomorrow.
After returning from a rooftop in Shanghe City, Ye Xing turned and headed to the Star Eclipse Domain.
The grand performance in Pinghai City was complete, so she could spare some time to do something productive.
Like clearing some Star Eclipse contamination defects.
But before taking action, Ye Xing fell into contemplation, another approach forming in her mind.
As is widely known.
[Existence Interference] could conceal the presence of certain things, and at Supernova grade, it could even permanently hide them, equivalent to erasing them from the world.
Although Ye Xing's [Existence Interference] was only one-third of its full capacity, if enhanced by a wish, could she achieve the clearance of those contamination defects without needing to make a wish?
She thought it was worth trying.
"Wish Princess, enhance [Existence Interference]."
"Permission granted."
Under the wish's enhancement, [Existence Interference] was quickly completed to full capacity, reaching the level of a complete Supernova.
Then Ye Xing sensed everything here, a distribution map of all Hero's Grave Star Eclipses appearing in her mind.
"Let's give it a try then. Permanent concealment!"
The power of [Existence Interference] quickly locked onto its target—the mental contamination known as Star Eclipse incarnations.
The next second.
The Star Eclipse contamination in the Star Eclipse Domain quickly faded away, no longer a deadly forbidden zone for life upon entry.
Feeling the obvious effect, Ye Xing exhaled, revealing a happy smile.
"Mmm~ As expected of me, so clever!"
At the same time, the Hero's Grave Star Eclipses also sensed the change in themselves—had the Star Eclipse contamination disappeared?
At this moment, Ye Xing appeared before the Hero's Grave Star Eclipses and greeted them.
"I've cleared all your Star Eclipse contamination. From now on, you don't have to worry about harming ordinary people when you go out."
Ye Xing's announcement was undoubtedly a huge surprise to these Hero's Grave Star Eclipses.
They had thought this process would take a very, very long time, but they never expected this day would come so quickly!
"Thank you."
"You truly are our light."
"We will follow you until the very end. Feel free to use our powers."
……
The voices of gratitude from the Hero's Grave Star Eclipses reached Ye Xing's ears, making her a bit embarrassed.
Although her socially anxious personality had improved significantly compared to before, being stared at by so many people with such intense gratitude was still quite embarrassing.
She had merely done something trivial.
Though it was also something only she could accomplish.
"Oh~ If you want to show gratitude, support the other me in securing important decision-making power in the Night Watchers organization. Only you can do this."
After saying this, Ye Xing shyly slipped away.
All the Star Eclipse incarnations present were strangers to her.
Ye Xing often had difficulty dealing with strangers, so she could only say what she needed to say quickly and then flee.
So where should she go now?
Without a doubt.
Of course, to find Lotisana who needed training!