Starry Sky Railway: Twin Origins

Chapter 224 The Key of Consciousness - Feather Crossing the Dust

When faced with Lin Qiong's question, his system, as always, responded with silence.

"Damn it... not again. This broken system, it won't say anything about this or that."

After waiting for about ten seconds and seeing that the system still didn't respond, Lin Qiong couldn't help but curse inwardly.

After finishing his rant, Lin Qiong sighed helplessly and muttered to himself, "Oh well, I should have gotten used to it by now."

Since he acquired the system, it only appears suddenly like an announcer when he unlocks a new ability, then gives a reminder in a cold, mechanical voice.

Aside from that, the system never provides any further explanation regarding the effects, side effects, or acquisition conditions of new abilities.

It will only respond with the phrase "Please explore on your own, host," and then quickly disappear, only reappearing when it unlocks new powers...

Just as Lin Qiong decided to ignore the system and study his newly acquired power,

The system's impressive "ding" sound rang in his mind once again.

[Ding! The system has detected that the host's understanding of the current world is zero. Based on this, the system will provide the host with a minimal solution.]

[Memory Spirit—a soul possessing memories. The host can consider it a type of summoned creature.]

[The Path of Memory—The Path of Memory governed by the Star God Fu Li. When the host embarks on this Path of Memory, they will gain the ability to summon memory spirits.]

"This...is really the bare minimum..."

After hearing the system's explanation, Lin Qiong's lips twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but complain inwardly.

This kind of piecemeal delivery of information is as good as saying nothing at all and is utterly worthless.

However, the system's last sentence piqued Lin Qiong's curiosity.

"Summoning a memory spirit..." Lin Qiong murmured softly, a thoughtful glint in his eyes. "Interesting!"

Based on past practices, the power of the "memory" destiny will likely manifest itself in the form of the Divine Key.

Of all the Divine Keys, only that one can be linked to memories...

Thinking of this, Lin Qiong couldn't wait to flip his palms up and open them, calming himself down to feel the new power within his body.

In the blink of an eye, a dazzling red light suddenly erupted from Lin Qiong's palm, like a flashbang exploding, instantly illuminating everything around him in a crimson glow...

The red light that illuminated everything gradually receded until it disappeared.

A feather emitting a faint crimson light suddenly appeared out of thin air in Lin Qiong's previously empty hand!

"It really is it!?" Lin Qiong's eyes widened as he stared intently at the crimson feather in his hand, unable to help but exclaim in surprise.

Just as he expected, the Divine Key he obtained after unlocking the "Memory" destiny was the Eighth Divine Key—the Consciousness Key "Feather Crossing the Dust"!

Lin Qiong clenched the feather in his hand tightly, his lips curling up uncontrollably, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

But just as Lin Qiong was about to personally test Yu Duchen's abilities, he began to hesitate.

"Wait, I don't think I have that many memories to burn with Feather Dust..."

Lin Qiong suddenly remembered that activating Yu Duchen's ability required burning memories as a prerequisite.

Although you can use some basic abilities without burning your memories, such as sensing the movements of enemies around you through your mental world.

However, without exception, any ability related to attack requires burning one's own memories to activate.

In that case, if Feather Dust is in my hands, wouldn't it only be used as a target acquisition radar?

Thinking of this, Lin Qiong looked at the Feather Dust that was emitting a faint light in his hand. The excited expression on his face, which was originally due to the new power he had gained, had completely disappeared.

"Sigh, it's a pity I can't use it." Lin Qiong shook his head and sighed helplessly.

Just as Lin Qiong was about to put away the Feather Dust, the cold, mechanical voice in his mind rang out again.

[Ding! Due to the highly unique nature of the Consciousness Key Feather Crossing, the host is temporarily unable to use it.]

[The effect of Feathered Dust has been changed. The new effect is: It can summon an entity with the same properties as a Memory Spirit. The strength of the entity will be determined by the user's memories.]

The side effect has been adjusted to: after the entity disappears, the summoner will temporarily lose related memories; the duration of memory loss will be determined by the strength of the summoned entity.

"Why is it Memory Spirit again?" Lin Qiong was slightly taken aback, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. He muttered to himself, "What exactly is this Memory Spirit? How can it make the system temporarily change the effects of the Divine Key?"

Just as Lin Qiong was completely confused and was about to ask the system for more information about Yi Ling,

Xing, who had been lying unconscious next to him, suddenly sat up.

"Hey! A pink puppy!"

Xing's startling cry, like that of a zombie, jolted Lin Qiong, who was lost in thought, so much so that he jumped up from the ground and attracted the attention of Dan Heng, who was patrolling nearby.

"You're awake. Do you feel unwell anywhere?"

Seeing that Xing had woken up from her coma, Lin Qiong immediately focused his attention on Xing.

He temporarily put aside her startled cry upon waking and his plan to ask the system for information about the memory spirit.

At the same time, Dan Heng, who had returned to the two of them with Ji Yun in his arms, quickly glanced at Xing and then asked the same question as Lin Qiong.

"Uh... I don't feel uncomfortable anywhere." Xing met their concerned gazes and gently scratched the back of her head. "It's just that my stomach feels a little cold."

As she spoke, she looked down and saw a conspicuous hole in the abdomen of her white undershirt, a mark left by the golden spear that had pierced her body.

Xing pulled at the black trench coat she was wearing, tightening it in the middle, trying to cover the large hole in her abdomen.

After doing all this, she raised her head, a hint of doubt on her face, and looked at the two people beside her, asking:

"By the way, have you seen a pink puppy?"

"A pink...puppy?" Lin Qiong slowly turned his neck, looking around at his surroundings.

All around were rubble, murals, and a few old bottles and jars abandoned as trash.

Besides these items, there were no other particularly eye-catching objects, let alone the pink puppy that Xing mentioned.

"Are you hallucinating?" Lin Qiong frowned in confusion. "Besides the three of us, where else are we living beings?"

Xing shook her head vigorously and said decisively, "No, there really is a pink one here..."

She stopped abruptly halfway through her sentence, her eyes fixed on Lin Qiong's back, as if there was something there.

Seeing this, Lin Qiong couldn't help but urge, "If you have something to say, please continue."

Just then.

Xing suddenly widened her eyes, abruptly raised her hand and pointed behind Lin Qiong, urgently reminding him:

"Look, there's a pink puppy behind you!"