Starry Sky Railway: Twin Origins

Chapter 291 The Unusual Butterfly

Lin Qiong leaped backward, quickly increasing the distance between himself and the tower.

He only managed to stop steadily when he was on the same level as Xing and Saifeier.

"Miss Xia Die! Get away from that tower!"

After regaining his footing, Lin Qiong immediately turned his gaze to Xia Die, who was still standing there in a daze, and loudly reminded her.

At this moment, Xia Die was still staring intently at the interior of the tower, as if her mind had been captured by something, completely unaware of the approaching danger.

And that invisible aura was spreading wildly towards her location at an extremely fast speed.

Although Lin Qiong couldn't directly track the aura's path with his naked eye, the withering and decaying weeds along the way served as the most striking warning.

However, when Lin Qiong discovered that the clump of weeds less than ten steps away from Xiao Die had also completely withered, his heart jumped into his throat.

The invisible aura spread much faster than he had anticipated!

"Xia Die! Stop looking, wake up!"

Lin Qiong had no time to care about anything else, and even Xia Die's extraordinary physique was temporarily put out of his mind.

Without hesitation, he strode forward, intending to pull Xia Die back before the dangerous aura completely enveloped him.

But he ultimately underestimated the speed at which that aura spread.

Lin Qiong had only taken half a step with his right leg when the sight before him caused his pupils to shrink sharply—

Right between him and Xia Die, the clump of weeds that still retained some greenness suddenly turned yellow and withered, as if all life had been drained from them.

This means that the aura of death has already enveloped Xia Die, and it is still surging towards her with undiminished momentum.

Realizing this, Lin Qiong raised his eyes and glanced at Xia Die, who stood motionless like a sculpture in front of him.

Then, he slowly turned his head and looked at Xing and Saifeier who were standing behind him.

Again.

We're facing this dilemma again!

Lin Qiong frowned, his hands unconsciously clenched into fists, and his eyes were full of struggle.

If they choose to save Xia Die, then Xing and Sai Fei'er behind them will be completely exposed to this invisible aura of death.

But if we retreat with them first... what about Xia Die?

Whichever choice he makes, he may have to risk losing his companions.

No one wants to give up anything, but they have no choice but to make the choice.

He didn't even know if this aura, capable of instantly killing plants, would also take a person's life.

He dared not take that risk—

There is no room for error when it comes to death!

However, just as Lin Qiong was still hesitating, the aura of death had already silently rushed towards him.

It was like thousands of sharp steel needles, piercing his face again and again, bringing waves of stinging pain.

This feeling successfully pulled Lin Qiong out of his thoughts.

"Death...?"

The instant this thought flashed through Lin Qiong's mind, his eyes suddenly lit up—

He suddenly remembered that he still held a trump card in his hand, enough to fight against this aura of death!

Without the slightest hesitation, he suddenly raised his right hand, clenched his five fingers, and made a grasping motion, as if he were holding an invisible long-handled weapon.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Qiong, with his right hand still loosely clenched, forcefully slammed it onto the ground in front of him.

As his right hand fell, a surge of vitality erupted from his palm, transforming into a pure white beam of light that stretched straight toward the ground.

chap——

The beam of light struck the ground with a clear and crisp sound.

A pristine white knight's lance was stuck upside down at the point of impact, its shaft radiating a holy and vibrant light.

"I've always hated making choices."

Lin Qiong gripped the handle of the Black Abyss White Flower gun tightly with his other hand, making the gun stand upright in front of him. "This simple and brutal method suits me best."

As soon as he finished speaking, a vibrant life force spread wildly outwards from the Black Abyss White Flower.

In an instant, this life force acted like an impenetrable wall, completely blocking the approaching death force and preventing it from spreading any further.

"Star! Miss Saifeier! Come closer, let's rush to Xia Die's side!"

Taking advantage of the brief moment when the life force was fighting against the aura of death, Lin Qiong suddenly turned around and shouted behind him.

Now only Xiaodie remains exposed to that aura of death.

Although it's unclear whether that force will affect her, we still need to get there as soon as possible to rescue her.

"Not bad, Gray One... oh no, number two."

As soon as Sai Feier arrived beside Lin Qiong, she couldn't help but praise him.

She examined the Black Abyss White Flower with great interest, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes: "I didn't expect you could actually withstand the power of the Death Titan."

"What number one and number two? That sounds weird?"

Lin Qiong frowned, focusing on maintaining the barrier of the Black Abyss White Flower, and answered without turning his head.

His tone suddenly turned serious as he stared at the motionless figure ahead, a hint of urgency creeping into his voice:

"Enough with the small talk, let's hurry over to Xia Die's place."

Also, Miss Serfie, please be prepared to lead us away from here!

"Huh? You're leaving already?"

Sai Fei'er narrowed her eyes slightly, a hint of surprise in her lazy voice, "Didn't you come here specifically to retrieve the fire seed and save people?"

"That's right." Lin Qiong's voice deepened even further.

"But the premise of saving lives is to ensure the safety of everyone first. We can't save one person only to lose another, can we?"

As they spoke, the three of them quickly approached Xia Die's location.

Fortunately, the deathly aura that could kill any living thing seemed to have no effect on the Butterfly.

This may be due to her special physical condition.

But strangely, Xia Die's condition was clearly not right at this moment.

She remained in the same position as before, gazing motionless at the tower in front of her... or rather, the giant egg.

No matter how Lin Qiong and the others called out to her, she did not respond at all.

It was as if her consciousness had already left her body and fallen into another world that no one else could reach.

Just then, Xing suddenly pointed urgently ahead and exclaimed:

"No! Xia Die... seems to be heading into that tower!"

Lin Qiong suddenly looked up and saw Xia Die walking step by step into the tower in a sleepwalking state.

"Xia Die, stop!"

Lin Qiong called out anxiously, but Xia Die ignored all the calls from behind and continued to move resolutely toward the tower.

"Why don't we follow them and see what happens?" Xing quickly suggested.

"That's all we can do."

Seeing that there was no better solution at the moment, Lin Qiong had no choice but to nod in agreement.

As the three followed Xia Die into the tower, a strong, rotten smell hit them and filled their nostrils.

The smell was coming from the giant egg, and it made the three of them cough repeatedly.

The smell is like stuffing an egg into a smelly sock that hasn't been washed for months and leaving it in the sun for over ten days until it rots and stinks before taking it out.

Even under these circumstances, Xia Die did not stop in the slightest and went straight to the giant egg.

Immediately afterwards, under the astonished gazes of Lin Qiong and the others, Xia Die slowly stretched out her hands and embraced the giant egg.

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