The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 111 - 88: Surging Emotions

Chapter 111: Chapter 88: Surging Emotions

Zhou Yuan took out the item pouch and skill scroll.

Because they were of perfect quality, the item pouch and skill scroll glowed with a golden light, looking exceptionally luxurious.

"What quality is this?" Raven asked.

"Perfect."

Zhou Yuan added, "There are seven grades of quality: common, good, rare, perfect, epic, legendary, and mythic.

This is the highest quality box I’ve ever gotten. Goddess, you must get me something good."

"Leave it to me."

Raven confidently flapped her wings and opened the item pouch.

—— Golden Legend! Golden Legend!

A flash of light.

Inside the item pouch appeared a small red plastic lighter, the most common type found in stores everywhere.

[Name: Lively Lighter]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Special Effect: Resurrection. Insert the lighter into the mouth of the corpse you wish to resurrect, make them bite down and explode the lighter, and the dead will be revived.]

[Remark 1: "I’m sorry I couldn’t save his life," the doctor said, flipping backward, "but it’s okay, I’ve revived him."]

[Remark 2: Need life? Bite the lighter.]

"Looks pretty good," Zhou Yuan introduced. "It’s called ’Lively Lighter,’ a resurrection item."

"Just average."

Raven rubbed her wings like she was rubbing her hands, took a deep breath, and opened the skill scroll.

—— Golden Legend! Golden Legend!

A flash of light.

A piece of parchment appeared, with a blue pattern in the middle: a large bow with four blue energy arrows ready to shoot.

[Skill Name: Loreta’s Ultimate]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Special Effect: Form a magic bow in your hand, simultaneously shoot four large arrows, can be charged to enhance power, dealing higher damage.]

[Cost: 1400 Spiritual Points]

[Remark 1: This skill can also be called ’Loreta’s Signature Move.’]

[Remark 2: Sacred Tree Grand Stage, if you dare, come here.]

"Hmm... this is a skill from ’Elden Ring,’ called ’Loreta’s Signature Move,’" Zhou Yuan introduced.

"Feels pretty average," Raven immediately lost interest. "Garbage lottery."

"It’s fine for me, though. I have another skill that can deal explosive damage, and the resurrection item might come in handy someday. I can resurrect, but the people around me can’t."

Zhou Yuan was content, but there was still a bit of disappointment from the letdown. He thought the goddess’s luck would be amazing and get something even more incredible, but it seemed like her luck was just so-so.

She might even be worse at it than he was.

"Resurrection? You clearly don’t understand,"

Raven preened her feathers and said slowly, "I possess the authority over death. As my chosen one, why would you need an item to resurrect the dead?"

"Huh?" Zhou Yuan was taken aback, then suddenly sat up from the bed: "You mean I can perform resurrection spells directly?"

Raven jumped back, standing on the bed: "Look at your system panel. There should be a lot of skills now."

Zhou Yuan quickly checked and found that there were indeed a bunch of new skills in the skill column.

Dark Erosion, Stealth Skill, Dark Skill, Sleep Skill, Dark Blessing, Spirit World Roaming, Resurrection of the Dead...

And there was a new title.

[Title: God’s Chosen One]

[Condition: Gain the favor of a god and become their chosen one.]

[Special Effect: Charm +10.

You have become the god’s spokesperson in the mortal world. Your every action is imbued with divinity, making it easier for you to gain others’ trust.]

Zhou Yuan’s throat rolled: "I’m invincible."

"Invincible?"

Raven scoffed. "God’s chosen ones are never invincible. There’s always someone stronger. When Yan Sheng became a chosen one, he also thought he was invincible. And what happened? You killed him."

"Don’t get arrogant, Zhou Yuan. This era is full of geniuses. Who knows, one day you might be killed by some newcomer."

"I was just saying," Zhou Yuan chuckled. "I know my limits."

Having worked at the bottom for so many years, he was very aware of his own strengths and weaknesses.

"Someone’s coming. I’m leaving." Raven burst into a puff of black smoke and vanished.

Zhou Yuan quickly put away the lighter and the skill scroll from the bed.

A moment later, a nurse pushed the door open, seeing Zhou Yuan awake, shouted outside, "The patient in bed 42 is awake!"

Then she asked, "Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

"No," Zhou Yuan shook his head. "How long have I been asleep?"

"Seven days."

"That long?" Zhou Yuan was surprised; he hadn’t expected to sleep for a whole week.

"Your condition was a double exhaustion of potential and mental strength. Sleeping for a week is pretty good. Some people have slept for two months, and some woke up twenty years older, turning middle-aged... Some even became elderly, with a head full of white hair, and died within a couple of years."

Because Zhou Yuan had a charm value of 12, the nurse was willing to chat with him more. Just looking at him was pleasant.

Zhou Yuan took out his phone and sent a message to Chen Guangxi, telling her he was awake.

A few minutes later, Chen Guangxi arrived at the ward.

"What happened at that time?" Chen Guangxi asked directly. Zhou Yuan’s life signs had disappeared back then, which really scared her. But later, he was completely unscathed. She wanted to know what had happened in between.

Zhou Yuan thought for a moment and then recounted the battle with Yan Sheng.

"That’s all?"

Chen Guangxi crossed her arms and stared at him. "You’re not telling the truth."

Too many details were left out.

She sat in a nearby chair and spoke directly, "These days, I had some time to investigate and piece together a story. Listen."

"March 24, 101. This date is surely familiar to you, the date of your parents’ death.

This date is actually very special because the Spirit World experienced an unknown disturbance on this day, triggering a global 5-level abnormal event—Spiritual Surge.

This anomaly would explode the negative emotions in people’s hearts, causing them to engage in various extreme behaviors. Hence, on that day, millions of bloody incidents erupted worldwide, with an uncountable number of deaths.

Your parents died that day. It must not have been an accident but rather a consequence of this abnormal event..."

Chen Guangxi hadn’t finished speaking when Zhou Yuan raised his hand to interrupt her.

"I remember all this."

After recovering his memory, he remembered those events—after joining the Holy Crow Church, he had soon learned about this from some church members.

Now that he thought about it, even his action of killing people then probably resulted from the influence of the abnormal phenomenon.

"You remember?" Chen Guangxi raised an eyebrow.

"Guangxi, we’ve been through life-and-death situations, so I won’t hide it from you..." Zhou Yuan then revealed everything—Chen Guangxi already knew too much crucial information. With careful verification and bold speculation, it wouldn’t be hard to uncover the truth. It was better to just tell her everything directly.

But he still kept the Player System a secret.

"... So that’s it, huh. The Holy Crow Church really loves to watch dramas."

After listening to the whole story, Chen Guangxi scratched her chin, reaffirming her stereotype of the Holy Crow Church. "So, in the Holy Crow Church now, you’re like a demigod among the masses?"

"Not quite that exalted, I think?"

"Fine..." Chen Guangxi then reminded him, "But you’d better not mention you’re the Raven’s chosen one outside."

"Why?" Zhou Yuan asked, puzzled.

Chen Guangxi replied blandly, "You’ll get beaten up."