Starry Sky Railway: Twin Origins

Chapter 223 "Memory" Fate

"Damn... are the native inhabitants of this world really this unfriendly?"

In the dimly lit carriage, Lin Qiong endured the physical pain, forcefully pushed away the seat pressing down on his body, and then slowly propped himself up from what he couldn't tell was the ground or the roof.

Using the faint light cast by the flickering red warning lights inside the carriage, he surveyed the situation inside.

Broken glass from the car windows was scattered everywhere, and tables and chairs, pushed by inertia, were piled up like garbage in the corners of the carriage.

But what sent chills down Lin Qiong's spine the most was the golden spear that pierced through the outer wall of the carriage and stretched across half of it.

If he had taken just two more steps forward and stood by the window...

He would probably have been pierced through the chest by that golden spear long ago.

"Although it may not be fatal, getting hit by this thing would definitely hurt terribly."

As if he had sensed the pain beforehand, Lin Qiong unconsciously touched his unharmed chest and murmured with lingering fear.

"Wait a minute! Where did Xing and Danheng go?"

Lin Qiong suddenly snapped out of his daze. He had been so focused on the golden spear that he had almost forgotten that the most important thing was to find his two other companions.

With that thought in mind, Lin Qiong's gaze quickly swept across the entire carriage, not missing a single corner.

He searched the entire carriage, but found nothing except the carriage door that had clearly been violently damaged.

Just then.

Outside the broken door, a black-haired youth leaned his upper body into the carriage.

This person was one of the companions Lin Qiong had just been looking for—Dan Heng.

When he saw Lin Qiong standing safely inside the carriage, a rare hint of surprise appeared on his usually cold face.

"Qiong, are you alright? Are you hurt?" Dan Heng hurriedly squeezed into the carriage, quickly came to Lin Qiong, and then carefully looked him up and down.

After a thorough examination, Dan Heng found no signs of injury on Lin Qiong, and breathed a sigh of relief.

however.

Seeing Dan Heng's rapid breathing and solemn expression, Lin Qiong sensed something was wrong.

Danheng, who is usually calm and collected, seems unusually nervous now.

Could it be... that something happened outside?

Thinking of this, Lin Qiong felt a growing unease. Just as he was about to ask, Dan Heng spoke first:

"Xing is seriously injured and in critical condition. She urgently needs your help."

"Damn it, why didn't you say so earlier!" Lin Qiong's pupils shrank, and he pushed Dan Heng aside and rushed out of the carriage.

As soon as he stepped outside, the sight before him made Lin Qiong's eyes widen instantly—

A stone wall adorned with murals was smashed open by the carriage they were riding in, scattering rubble everywhere.

Xing lay supine beside the broken wall, a drag mark on the ground, blood red, and blood was seeping from her abdomen, staining the ground beneath her.

Before he could be shocked by what he saw, Lin Qiong immediately rushed to where Xing was and conjured the Black Abyss White Flower in his hand.

"I am black from the abyss, I am white descended from the clouds..."

Kneeling on one knee beside Xing, Lin Qiong softly chanted the words needed to unleash the zero rated power.

As the last word was uttered, the Black Abyss White Flower instantly burst forth with a luminous green light brimming with life.

Subsequently, under Lin Qiong's control, the life force emanating from the Black Abyss White Flower entered Xingna's body along her still bleeding abdomen.

In the blink of an eye, the shocking wound on Xing's abdomen began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye...

When Lin Qiong saw that the hideous wound on Xing's abdomen had been replaced by new flesh, he breathed a sigh of relief, then leaned back and slumped to the ground.

"how is the situation?"

Dan Heng's voice suddenly came from behind, startling Lin Qiong so much that he trembled.

He immediately turned around and found that Dan Heng was standing behind him at some point.

"While I can't guarantee it, there shouldn't be any problems." Lin Qiong shrugged and explained confidently, "As long as there's still a breath left, Hei Yuan Bai Hua will definitely be able to bring the person back."

Changing the subject, Lin Qiong frowned and asked, "Speaking of which... how did Xing get injured like this?"

If he remembered correctly, there shouldn't have been any sharp objects in the carriage that could cause penetrating injuries...

"wrong!"

Before Dan Heng could speak, Lin Qiong's expression suddenly changed, as if he had thought of something, and he turned around sharply to look at the location where the carriage had crashed.

There was indeed a sharp object inside the carriage that could cause a penetrating injury!

"It seems you've already thought of that."

Seeing Lin Qiong's reaction, Dan Heng nodded slightly and explained, "When that golden spear pierced through the carriage... Xing just happened to be standing next to the window."

"hiss!"

When Dan Heng's words reached his ears, Lin Qiong's pupils suddenly contracted, and he gasped sharply.

He looked at Xing, who was lying on the ground unconscious, and unconsciously placed his right hand on his abdomen.

The pain Xing endured, pierced straight through the abdomen by a spear as thick as a thigh, was something Lin Qiong dared not even think about...

Just then.

Xing, who had fallen into a coma, suddenly let out a soft groan, which instantly caught the attention of Lin Qiong and Dan Heng.

Lin Qiong, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly stood up, exchanged a glance with Dan Heng next to him, and then both of them turned their gaze to Xing.

At this moment, Xing's lips trembled slightly, as if she was muttering something, but the sound was so weak that it was almost impossible to hear.

"Xing, wake up! Can you hear my voice?" Lin Qiong tried calling out.

However, Xing remained with her eyes closed and did not give any response.

Seeing this, Lin Qiong prepared to bend down and put his ear to her mouth to hear what she was saying.

Before Lin Qiong could bend down, a familiar electronic voice suddenly exploded in his mind without warning.

[Ding! A "Memory Spirit" has been detected near the host. The process of unlocking the host's "Memory" destiny has begun.]

Lin Qiong was so startled by the sudden sound that he almost fell to the ground.

After regaining his balance, he raised his head in shock, his mouth slightly agape, his eyes wide like saucers, and a look of astonishment on his face.

The system that had been missing from his body for a long time, as if it had vanished from the face of the earth, has now been miraculously reactivated!

What's even more outrageous is that the one who activated this system was someone Lin Qiong had never even heard of—Yi Ling!

Completely baffled, Lin Qiong directly asked the system a question in his mind:

"No, System, could you please explain to me first what a Memory Spirit is, and what kind of destiny 'Memory' represents?"