In the starry sky, Nalan Wushuang and the other two looked at the suddenly appearing Lin Chen, all letting out a sigh of relief.

"Are you okay?"

Lin Chen said with a laugh, "I’m fine, just went for a spin to the Earth’s Core."

Gu Yuexi asked curiously, "Did you find that guy?"

Lin Chen chuckled, "Found him."

The three women all brightened up, and Gu Yuexi couldn’t wait to ask, "What is that guy?"

Lin Chen summoned the Linglong Tower, "You guys can go in and see for yourselves."

The three women were all bewildered, go in and see?

Is this life form inside the Linglong Tower?

When the four entered the Linglong Tower, looking at the peculiar stone and feeling the intense energy fluctuations emanating from it, the three were somewhat confused.

"A stone?" 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

"Is it a life form?"

"What’s going on here? Is it the source of all the slaughter?"

Lin Chen said with a laugh, "Yes, it’s this, but it’s not deliberately killing, only instinctively protecting itself..."

Lin Chen recounted his previous experience, and the three women were left speechless.

The will of a planet?

That’s really mysterious!

How did this even come to be?

Although they didn’t understand, the facts were already in front of them, so what else could be said?

Lin Chen released his divine sense and greeted the life form inside the stone. Instantly, a pure energy body floated out of the stone, like a cluster of starlight, without a physical form, but everyone could feel its intense soul fluctuations.

Gu Yuexi and the others were dumbfounded.

"Brother, you’re amazing, you actually convinced it to come out directly?"

Lin Chen said with a laugh, "Don’t forget, I’m the Earth God, in certain aspects, I’m somewhat similar to it. It’s because of our common language that it recognized I’m not an enemy, but a friend."

"It has spiritual wisdom, but its wisdom level isn’t very high. If it stayed here all the time, because there are no other life forms, it would remain lonely, so I brought it out."

"It agreed to come out with me also because it hopes to make more friends. After all, who in wise life would want to be the only one on an entire planet?"

The three women all looked at Lin Chen admiringly.

Their man was truly extraordinary, always succeeding in things others couldn’t.

Nalan Wushuang asked, "How do you plan to tell Dr. Ning about this?"

Lin Chen thought for a moment, "Just tell him directly, but we can’t give it to him. Regardless, at least his exploration goal is achieved, as for how to report to the Federation, that’s another matter."

Zhuang Susu hesitated, "Will he tell the Federation about this?"

Lin Chen said with a laugh, "He’s a pure researcher, he seeks science, seeks truth. He’ll consider interests, but he’s not someone who would do anything for them."

"Actually, I could tell him nothing, but because of our relationship, I told him about it. Would he do anything to harm our interests?"

"Besides, even according to Federation law, discoveries on an unknown planet belong to the individual. So no need to hand it over."

The people listened as Lin Chen made the decision, and said nothing more.

"How do you plan to settle it?"

Lin Chen said with a laugh, "For now, just let it stay in the Linglong Tower. Xi Jie is the Artifact Spirit, in some ways similar to it. Letting them be friends should be nice too."

"Although Linglong Tower doesn’t have many people, it’s certainly not just alone, and the scenery is varied, with many demonic beasts living there. Compared to the monotonous landscapes on this planet, isn’t it much more interesting?"

Gu Yuexi said with a laugh, "Being alone with no interaction, it’s hard to grow. Having someone to communicate with, it will surely grow quickly, and perhaps become our friend in the future."

Lin Chen said with a laugh, "Anyway, let it stay for now, who knows about the future."

Nalan Wushuang asked curiously, "How strong is its combat power?"

Lin Chen replied, "I haven’t tested it, but purely in terms of divine soul attack, it’s definitely stronger than any of us individually. As for actual combat power, that’s unclear, but this stone seems to contain extremely terrifying energy..."

The people entered the Void Pearl to check on Ning Xiuzhu.

Ning Xiuzhu had taken a medicinal pill for treating spiritual soul injury, and his condition had stabilized, but it would take some time for him to wake up.

The people weren’t in a hurry and brought the observation station down to the planet’s surface, placing him in the observation room, waiting for him to wake up.

During the waiting time, Lin Chen thought of the two previous groups of visitors and communicated with the strange life form, learning about their whereabouts.

After they were killed, they were absorbed underground by this strange life form and hidden, as it instinctively didn’t want these people to be discovered by other intruders.

Lin Chen thought for a moment and asked it if it still knew where these people were. The little guy immediately said it did.

Lin Chen released it, and it led Lin Chen to a certain place, then drilled underground. Soon, energy tentacles started surfacing, bringing up the large ship from underground, along with the corpses of the Federation adventurers it had killed.

Because they were hidden in the sand sea, these corpses hadn’t decayed and had turned into mummies.

Lin Chen took these back to the observation station.

Ning Xiuzhu came here, ultimately to investigate the cause of the adventurers’ disappearance. Now that they’ve been found, if they can be taken back, at least there would be a conclusion.

On the return trip, Gu Yuexi suddenly said, "It doesn’t even have a name, it’s hard to call it, should we give it a name?"

Lin Chen thought for a moment and agreed, no matter what, it should have a name.

"It’s the will of this planet, its soul, so how about we call it Star Soul?"

Gu Yuexi pouted, "That’s too formal, it’s just a child, let’s just call it Xingxing."

Lin Chen said with a laugh, "A name is just a code, it doesn’t really matter what it’s called, so let’s call it Xingxing."

The people had no objections, and finally, this strange life form had its own name.

Xingxing.

Ning Xiuzhu woke up after being in a coma for a day.

Upon hearing Lin Chen’s account and seeing the existence of Xingxing firsthand, Ning Xiuzhu was incredibly surprised.

"Truly, it’s a vast universe with nothing too bizarre, a planet actually gave birth to a soul?"

Ning Xiuzhu looked at Xingxing, after a moment of wonder, he raised his head to look at Lin Chen, his eyes filled with unconcealed relief and lingering fear.

"It’s fortunate that you came with me this time. If I had come with others, we would probably have become the third group to leave and never return."

Lin Chen said with a laugh, "How are you going to report this to the Federation?"