Yu Sheng and the doll on his shoulder stared at each other, eyes wide.
After two or three seconds, he frowned in confusion. "When did I call you?"
Eileen was even more confused than he was. "Huh? You didn't call me? I heard you greeting me in your mind just now..."
Yu Sheng was stunned for a moment. Then, the strange scene he had witnessed at the instant he had "established contact" with the Ominous Wandering Star surfaced in his mind—
A chaotic space surrounded by endless hazy veils, a massive shadow flashing behind the layers of veils, and limbs that seemed to belong to some kind of arthropod, churning the chaos.
He had reached toward the shadow behind the veils, while Eileen in the real world had heard a "call" from the mental realm.
Yu Sheng raised his head and glanced at the Ominous Wandering Star, which was still in a state of "slumber." Then he turned to look at Eileen on his shoulder. She had also turned her little face toward him, a pair of crimson eyes staring straight at him.
Clear, bright, and as saintly as ever.
She looked as though she possessed the kind of wisdom that would let someone casually trick her out of her allowance, con her into taking out a loan to buy eight boxes of health supplements, and even have them shipped cash on delivery.
Eileen frowned sharply. "Why are you looking at me? Are you thinking something rude?"
Yu Sheng quickly shook his head. Then, with a few associations even he found hard to believe, he raised a hand and pointed at the stone sphere beside them. "Eileen, do you... recognize this thing?"
"Huh? I recognize it?" The little doll immediately widened her eyes and planted her hands on her hips,