Starry Sky Railway: Twin Origins

Chapter 284 Xia Die's Hand? (Please post this!)

I've been working overtime a lot lately, so busy that I don't even have much time to write. I basically fall asleep as soon as I get off work.

So please forgive me for the shorter word count these past few days.

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"Are we really going to do this?"

Inside the treatment room, Lin Qiong swallowed hard, then fixed his gaze on Xia Die.

"Will there be any problems?"

At this moment, Xia Die's palm was slowly moving closer to Xing's cheek, but when they were only an inch apart, her movements suddenly stopped.

"...I don't know either."

Xia Die frowned, and after hesitating for a while, gently shook her head.

"Your Excellency's current situation is rather unique; you are hovering on the border between 'life' and 'death.'"

"I'm not sure if this power will work on her."

Upon hearing this, Lin Qiong unconsciously crossed his arms and glanced at Xing, who was lying quietly on the bed, with undisguised worry in his eyes.

Just minutes earlier, Xia Die had stated in front of everyone that she hoped to try touching the star.

In this way, she can use her innate power to sense where the soul of a star will go after it "passes away".

All that's needed is to confirm whether the stars follow the order of Onphalus—

That is, after her soul leaves her body, will it fly directly to the River Styx like ordinary people?

Once this can be confirmed, it means that the order of Onphalus also applies to outsiders.

Once the spark of the Death Titan is retrieved, reversing life and death and restoring the souls of the dead to their bodies will no longer be an unattainable fantasy.

But at this moment, Xia Die and Lin Qiong are facing another problem—whether they can make contact with the stars.

I'm afraid that when the time comes, Xingna's soul will not have completely dissipated, and unpredictable changes may occur due to Xia Die's touch.

About two minutes later...

Xia Die suddenly spoke, breaking the silence, and asked softly:

"Shall we...continue?"

The sound of the butterfly awakened Lin Qiong from his thoughts.

He suddenly raised his head and subconsciously glanced at Xia Die standing by the bed. He saw that she was staring at him with a nervous look.

Clearly, she had no confidence in making any contact with him either.

"Um... Danheng, why don't you decide?"

Lin Qiong quickly looked away, then turned to Dan Heng, who was standing quietly to the side, for help.

Faced with this situation, he found it extremely difficult to make a decision, especially since it directly concerned the safety of his companions.

"I can not do it."

Without the slightest hesitation, and without even blinking, Danheng immediately gave a rejection.

It seems that he and Lin Qiong share almost the same thoughts on this matter.

They all tacitly chose to back down.

And so, the three people in the treatment room looked at each other, and the atmosphere gradually became tense and frozen in silence.

Nobody knows what to do next...

However, without anyone noticing...

Xing, who was lying quietly on the bed, twitched her eyelids almost imperceptibly a few times before quickly opening her eyes.

The moment she opened her eyes, the first thing that caught her eye was Xia Die's right hand, which was hovering beside her cheek.

Xing was slightly taken aback, and a hint of doubt gradually appeared in her eyes, which had been veiled in a thin mist.

Immediately afterwards, an extremely ordinary question surfaced in her newly awakened mind:

"This is... Xia Die's hand?"

"Getting so close...are you planning to do something?"

Almost the instant the question arose, Xing arrived at the answer with astonishing speed.

"Ah...do you want to touch my face?"

The moment the answer was decided, without any hesitation, Xing's body acted before her consciousness could.

As if sleepwalking, she dazedly reached for the hand that was hovering to her side and slowly pressed her face against it...