Shen Le did his best to chat with A-Zi, trying to ask about the source of its abilities and their limits. After asking back and forth, all he got was a pile of bewildered answers:
[I don't know!] [I really don't know!] [I just feel like I can do it!] [Anyway, I can just do it!] [How far can I cover? I don't know, I need to try more...] [What targets can I guide? Probably anything I can sense, as long as it's willing to come, will come... Wait! It seems I can't guide those who aren't of my kind!] [Can this ability be bestowed upon other similar spirit artifacts? Probably not...]
Shen Le felt that talking to it was honestly rather exhausting...
But thinking about it, if he himself, as a human, were caught and asked, "What is the physiological mechanism that lets you see things and speak?" he probably would not be able to answer either...
Well, even if he could answer, it would be the result of later education and the hard work of scientific researchers—not something he could figure out merely through introspection.
In that case, it was perfectly normal for an Artifact Spirit that had only just been enlightened and gained self-awareness not to know the answer, wasn't it?
Shen Le could only carry A-Zi over to speak with the staff of the Shanghai Special Affairs Bureau and report back to them:
"It says it doesn't know why it has this ability. I think each Artifact Spirit's unique abilities are related to the expectations placed upon it when it took form."
"As for the range of its ability, we need more tests. No problem—I can accompany it during testing!"