### Chapter 112: B-Rated Mental Force
The appearance of Night Lan caused quite a stir among the theater group members.
Night Lan, the observer, was still human and hadn’t turned into a Star Eclipse like the silver-haired observers did.
What on earth was going on?
“Night Lan?”
Even Night Star was surprised by Night Lan’s arrival, with tears still lingering in his eyes, as if he was still in shock.
“How did you get here?”
“Um… Guess we’re one heart two bodies or something telepathic. I heard your call for help, so I came over.”
Night Lan walked up to Night Star, her eyes fixed solely on him.
“Were you bullied?”
“Um… Kind of.”
“Ah… It’s turned you into a Star Eclipse…”
“It was forced upon me; couldn’t be helped…”
Night Star mumbled, looking even more aggrieved.
Seeing Night Lan appear, the sense of unease in his heart diminished drastically. He didn’t feel like crying anymore but felt a bit less hopeless.
In this situation, Night Lan brought much more comfort than any other member of the group.
That line, “I’ve come to save you,” was so reassuring.
“Mmmh…”
Seeing Night Star’s pouty face, Night Lan couldn’t resist rubbing his head in consolation.
“Looks like you had it rough. Did you teach those bullies a lesson?”
“Yeah, they won’t dare do it again. But after transforming into a Star Eclipse, I don’t know how to revert back… The Wish Machine won’t let me fulfill these wishes.”
Night Lan gently wiped away the tears welling up in Night Star’s eyes.
“What if I make a wish instead?”
“Would that work?”
Night Star was unsure if it would succeed.
“Why wouldn’t it?” Night Lan said irritably. “The choice to become a Star Eclipse was yours, not mine. We’re still two people who haven’t merged back into one. That means I didn’t turn into a Star Eclipse because of you. And I have a Wish Machine inside me too.”
When Night Star split completely, the Wish Machine seemed to split too.
Now Night Star became a Star Eclipse, yet Night Lan remained unaffected.
Clearly, there was no connection.
But Night Lan decided not to talk about it anymore.
Instead, she started to wish upon the stars.
“Grant my wish and turn my beloved Night Star from a Star Eclipse back into a human.”
Soon enough.
Night Lan’s wish was answered.
Her internal Wish Machine began fulfilling this wish, enveloping the bewildered Night Star in mysterious power, and the eerie aura slowly dissipated.
A few seconds later, the starry aura faded away from Night Star.
She looked just fine, as if restored to her pre-Star Eclipse state.
Seeing this, Night Lan breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed into Night Star’s arms, closing her eyes.
“Hmm… I’m a bit tired. Let me take a quick nap. We’ll discuss the rest when I wake up…”
After saying so, Night Lan quickly fell asleep, her breathing regular.
Night Star tightened his embrace around Night Lan, reluctant to let go.
“As expected, another part of myself… being saved by oneself… How strange!”
Night Star finally understood the feeling of redemption that Lotus and others experienced.
There was one thing to note.
Night Star’s Star Eclipsed state was actually reversed by his own wish?
This was beyond absurd.
Although Night Star and Night Lan were now two different entities with different thought processes and memories, wasn’t this a glitch?
Or maybe, did the Wish Machine anticipate this outcome?
Given how easily the problem was solved, Night Star suspected the Wish Machine was just trying to scare her.
But Night Star dared not curse the Wish Machine openly.
If the machine held grudges, it would be bad!
It was better to concede.
Lotus, Hilo, and Oya gathered around, noticing that Night Star’s Star Eclipsed aura had vanished.
Now, the observer seemed to have returned to normal.
“How do you feel?”
“Uh, should be fine.”
Night Star clung tighter to Night Lan in an attempt to compensate for the lack of snuggle energy.
She never imagined that it would be another version of herself to save herself.
Good thing she whimsically wished herself to split into two earlier.
Otherwise, she might not have known what to do.
And all of this was thanks to the power of the Wish Machine, leading to a very bizarre turn of events.
Night Star pondered, suddenly realizing something.
He started checking the state of his body and grew increasingly puzzled.
“B?”
Seeing Night Star’s bewildered expression, Kong Yu Bai asked, “What’s wrong?”
Night Star’s eyes widened, pink pupils trembling slightly in disbelief.
“My mental force has increased to Level B.”
…
The scene changed.
Uncrowned Wanderer, Hilo, and Oya returned to the hall in the alternate space.
They gathered silently without speaking.
Because something strange had happened to them.
Their bodies had shrunk significantly, standing only about one meter forty tall, making them look very small.
In other words, they had turned into kids.
This transformation occurred after they left Waltonka, apparently due to some trickery by a loli.
Uncrowned Wanderer burst into laughter.
“Is this her revenge? Too bad it didn’t work as planned. We aren’t bothered by changes in our forms.”
Night Star wished for their revenge by turning them all into kids.
Though it wasn’t a major strike, it was satisfying enough.
But Night Star hadn’t anticipated that the first-generation Star Eclipses wouldn’t care about the change in their appearances like Rabbit did.
For them, becoming kids was barely a minor inconvenience.
Better to strip them of their powers altogether.
As Uncrowned Wanderer said, Hilo and Oya also didn’t mind the change.
Hilo kept his usual taciturn demeanor.
“Major loss here. I’ll have to severely limit my trading skills.”
The so-called significant restriction was simply not being able to force trades with top-tier Star Eclipses, otherwise, everything else was fair game.
Oya and Uncrowned Wanderer lost their status as Supernaova Star Eclipses, no longer as powerful as before.
This was the price they had to pay to force Night Star to grow up.
Oya seemed to be doing some calculations and concluded.
“Probabilities suggest the Wish Machine holder gained considerable benefits from this action, with an eighty percent chance of growth.”
“Not bad.”
Uncrowned Wanderer smiled, clearly pleased.
Though Night Star hadn’t agreed to help, they were still satisfied.
Then Uncrowned Wanderer turned to Hilo.
“Hilo, you said the Wish Machine holder knows the Dream Narrator, right?”
Hilo nodded.
“And there’s a deal.”
“That makes things easier. Our goals are the same anyway. Helping the Dream Narrator is the same as helping us.”
This was why they accepted the outcome.
As long as Night Star could grow stronger, she could fulfill the Dream Narrator’s desires.
And the Dream Narrator’s requests? Absolutely matched theirs.
That was enough.
