Starry Sky Railway: Twin Origins

Chapter 2 First Encounter with the Train Crew

Kafka used her Word Magic to slowly speak: "Listen to me." And these three words seemed to possess magic; the moment the voice appeared, Lin Qiong and Xing Neng felt their bodies slip out of their control.

"Your mind is a complete blank right now. You don't know who you are, why you're here, or what you're supposed to do next."

"You feel like you know me well, but you're unsure whether you should trust me—"

Lin Qiong was very familiar with this plot; it was what Kafka said to the protagonist before leaving after choosing the character's gender in the Starry Sky Railway game.

Although I didn't feel anything while playing the game, I've now personally experienced what it feels like to be hypnotized by words of magic.

"—But none of that matters. What matters is that I'm leaving, leaving you all alone on this space station. So from now on, you don't need to think about the past anymore, and you don't need to doubt yourself anymore."

"You will encounter many dangers and find yourself in terrible predicaments, but you will also experience many wonderful things. You will have companions like family and embark on adventures you could never have dreamed of..."

"And at the end of the journey, all the mysteries that have troubled you will be solved."

"How much longer? According to the script, the people from the Starry Sky Train will be here soon. We shouldn't be facing them," Silver Wolf urged.

Upon hearing this, Kafka continued, "Time is almost up. I have to go. Someone will find you soon. Don't worry, go with them. You don't remember anything except me."

Kaffa slowly stood up, and when Hoshino heard that Kaffa was about to leave, she said with difficulty, "Kaffa...Kaffa, no...don't...go."

Upon hearing this, Kafka gazed gently at the star and slowly said, "When you have the opportunity to make a choice, don't let yourself regret it..." After saying that, she turned and left with Silver Wolf.

After Kafka left, a wave of drowsiness swept over her; this was the hypnotic effect of the Word of Power. Caught off guard, Hoshino immediately lost consciousness and collapsed.

Lin Qiong tried his best to stay awake and fight off the drowsiness, but it was all in vain.

It's no wonder that Kafka is so powerful; her Word of Power is incredibly strong. No wonder she was able to suppress the demonic body of the blade.

This was also the last thought that surfaced in Lin Qiong's mind before he lost consciousness.

After some time had passed.

"The coordinates of these two individuals were not sent from the space station..."

"Oh dear, what's the point of arguing at a time like this? These two living, breathing people are right in front of us, they can't be fake, can they?"

Lin Qiong vaguely heard people talking. If he remembered correctly, the people talking now should be Dan Heng and San Yueqi.

When the space station was invaded by the Destroyer Legion, the Star Train happened to be parked here.

So the helpful anonymous travelers lent a hand, clearing out the destructive legion's phantom soldiers while searching for surviving members using the coordinates provided by the space station.

"...Both of them have very weak heartbeats and pulses. In March, prepare for artificial respiration."

"Huh?! I...I don't have much experience! Danheng, you should do it!"

Lin Qiong didn't want to be given CPR by a grown man, so he quickly opened his eyes and saw a black-haired boy's face right in front of him.

Lin Qiong could even feel his breath as the black-haired boy was about to kiss him.

"Stop—shut up, he's awake!" Luckily, the pink-haired girl noticed that Lin Qiong had woken up and pushed the black-haired boy away.

Lin Qiong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Her first kiss, which she had saved for more than 20 years, was almost taken away by a man. She was grateful for the grace of saving her first kiss.

"Are you alright? Can you hear me? Do you remember your name?" the pink-haired girl asked.

Lin Qiong pondered whether or not to tell the other party his real name, since he had now transmigrated into the male protagonist of Starry Sky Railway, and his name contained the character "Qiong," while the male protagonist in the game Starry Sky Railway was also named Qiong.

After thinking for a while, Lin Qiong decided not to reveal his real name and answered, "My name is Qiong."

"Qiong? Hello, I'm Danheng, and this gentleman next to me is Sanyueqi."

The black-haired boy in front of them briefly introduced himself and the pink-haired girl beside him. The pink-haired girl, known as March 7, smiled and nodded.

At this moment, Lin Qiong's gaze passed over the two people in front of him and landed on Xing, who was lying unconscious behind Dan Heng and San Yueqi. He pointed at her.

"Aren't you going to check on her? She doesn't seem to be awake yet."

Dan Heng and March 7th woke up. After reviving Lin Qiong, they were so excited that they forgot there was still someone else there. The two of them turned around and quickly walked towards Xing, who was lying on the ground, to check on her condition.

Just then, Xing woke up, rubbing her groggy head, and asked the two people in front of her, "Who are you?"

At this moment, Dan Heng and San Yueqi, seeing that Xingye had also woken up, introduced themselves to Xingye.

After some questioning, I learned that the girl in front of me was named Xing.

"Are you two twins? You look so alike, even your clothes are exactly the same."

March 7th looked Lin Qiong and Xing over and then asked a question.

Upon hearing March 7's question, Xingchao Linqiong looked over. She felt that Linqiong was very familiar to her, but she couldn't quite put her finger on why. She could only shake her head and say, "I can't remember."

Lin Qiong also pretended to think for a moment, just like Xing, and then shook his head and said, "I don't remember very clearly either."

Then Danheng suddenly spoke up, interrupting the three of them:

"The antimatter legion's attacks are still ongoing; we don't have time to chat here."

After saying that, Dan Heng reached out and grasped, and a long spear appeared in his hand.

"On March 7th, she will cover your return to the main control module. There are many antimatter legions along the way, so be sure to stick close to her."

Seeing Dan Heng take out his weapon, March 7th conjured a longbow out of thin air and asked:

"Hey? You want me to take them both back to the main control module by myself? What about you?"

Dan Heng said calmly:

“Alan from the defense department has lost contact in this area. I have to go and bring him back.”

After saying that, Danheng walked out of the room.

"Okay, then be careful."

After watching Dan Heng leave, March 7th turned to Lin Qiong and Xing and said:

"Let's go, but stay close to me!"

Then, March 7th hummed a song and walked outside. Her lively and cute appearance contrasted sharply with the mature and steady Dan Heng. Lin Qiong and Xing exchanged a glance and then quickly followed March 7th.

After Lin Qiong and Xing followed March 7 out of the room, they found themselves in a room that housed a collection of rare artifacts.

The presence of several corpses of the antimatter legion lying on the ground nearby indicated that Danheng had already cleaned up the area once before he came out.

This means that the space is safe for the time being.

Lin Qiong, who was familiar with the plot, knew that in this collection of strange artifacts, there was a weapon that symbolized the birth of "Galaxy Baseball Man".

The weapon has now been discovered on March 7th.

This weapon looks like a baseball bat, but it is actually a strange object of unknown origin.

This divine weapon now looks like an ordinary stick casually discarded on the ground.

March 7th turned to Lin Qiong and Xing and said, "Why don't one of you pick this up?" March 7th pointed to the baseball bat on the ground.

"The antimatter legion is running rampant around the space station like mad dogs right now, and the return journey isn't safe either. It's best to bring a weapon for self-defense."

As soon as March 7th finished speaking, Lin Qiong picked up the baseball bat and had already come up with a reason for it:

"I'll do it. As a man, I'm stronger, and I should be pretty good at fighting."

Seeing that Xing didn't say anything, March 7th agreed to let Lin Qiong take the baseball bat. Little did she know that Lin Qiong was already so excited that he felt like he could fly when he got the bat.

"Now I'm the Galaxy Bat Man! Let's see which blind little Karami dares to come over here. I'll definitely let him taste the power of a bat!" Lin Qiong thought to himself, gripping the bat tightly.

Just then, as if Lin Qiong had just predicted, a patrolling antimatter legion soldier walked in from the outer corridor.

As soon as it entered, it spotted Lin Qiong and his group standing in the distance, and then charged towards them quickly, brandishing the double blades on its arms.