Connecting Brains Through Cloudstrike, Dragon Transformation Replaces Thought

I had no time to wipe away the scalding liquid, letting it fall on the Trailblazer's face, glistening, melting the bloodstains on her face, the glaring crimson becoming even more dazzling.

Star, this Trailblaze journey, it's just the two of us.

We depend on each other for survival.

Just as you have only me to rely on.

I, too, only have you.

You won't leave me alone in this strange land, Star.

You can't be so cruel; you'll always be with me.

I desperately, repeatedly, futilely, tried to save the Trailblazer.

Even though her body was as cold as could be.

Even though she didn't give me the slightest response.

I absolutely refused to believe that she would just die like this.

But no matter how hard I tried, the Trailblazer just lay quietly on the ground.

Her brow furrowed slightly in unease, as if she had sensed the danger about to happen before she lost consciousness.

I reached out and smoothed the crease between her eyebrows.

It must be because she's an ordinary person that she couldn't withstand what just happened.

Is it because I'm Vidya, my physique different from ordinary people, that I was lucky enough to survive?

Wait.

Vidya?

Suddenly catching a key word, my hands didn't stop moving, but a fantastical idea immediately occupied my brain.

Vidya… huh?

From the earliest days I could remember, I had been subjected to countless tortures in the endless dungeon.

At that time, I hated my previous life to the extreme.

Why am I Vidya?

Why am I that guy's reincarnation?

Dan Feng?

I'm not him!

Why should I bear the mistakes he made?

I have always been just myself, and nothing more!

At that time, I still couldn't understand him, couldn't understand the bond between the High-Cloud Quintet.

When a close friend's life is at its end, why forcibly defy fate and change their destiny?

The Vidya population cannot reproduce; it only decreases. This is also the will of the Heavenly Dao.

It's definitely not a Heavenly Dao consequence that a Vidya Dragon should interfere with.

That's what I thought at the time.

Countless times, I mentally disassociated myself from Dan Feng, unable to understand his actions.

I don't know when I swore that I would never follow Dan Feng's old path.

In this life, I am only Dan Heng!

But now, I suddenly regret it.

The Trailblazer is dead.

I no longer have the heart to distinguish between right and wrong.

Even if the mistakes Dan Feng made are unacceptable to the world. But so what?

People won't understand each other until they feel the same way.

Now, seeing Star lying lifelessly in front of me, no matter how I call out to her, she doesn't respond at all.

I suddenly understood Dan Feng.

I understand his and Blade's feelings when they used the Dragon-Transforming Art to revive their friend.

On the one hand, I lamented that Dan Feng's part of the Dragon Lord's power—the Abundance Immortal Technique—was inherited by the Luofu's current Dragon Lady, Bailu.

On the other hand, I was glad that the memory of Dan Feng performing the Dragon Transformation technique still remained in my mind.

Dan Feng failed.

His Dragon-Transforming Art may have failed because it was still incomplete.

But none of that matters.

Because I'm not him!

I can definitely avoid the mistakes he made.

I will definitely do better than him.

Following the Star Rail, traversing countless sunrises and sunsets, I firmly believe that I have surpassed that man!

I can definitely do what that man couldn't!

Dan Feng, after all this roundabout way, it turns out we are still heading down the same path, choosing the same ending.

I am determined to use Dragon-Transforming Art version 2.0.

Trailblazer, you will not die.

I will create a world with you in it!

Having made up my mind, I lowered my head, taking a deep look at the Trailblazer.

The girl remained in the position I had placed her on the ground, without any reaction from beginning to end.

Even after my persistent and continuous resuscitation, she remained lifeless.

"Star…"

My gaze fell, my face unreadable.

The crackling sound of the burning carriage still echoed in my ears.

My right hand slowly rose.

In my palm, the power belonging to the Vidya Clan was about to coalesce.

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Even using the Dragon-Transforming Art would increase the burden on my currently injured body.

But none of that matters anymore.

The top priority now is to get the Trailblazer...

To wake up!

I spat out a mouthful of blood, my vision darkening, but I desperately condensed the power within my body, about to perform the first step of the Dragon-Transforming Art.

At the same time, a huge rock fell from the distant high cliff.

However, at this moment, I was completely focused, pouring my heart into the Dragon-Transforming Art version 2.0.

I didn't notice the danger approaching from behind.

I was knocked unconscious.

Truly, misfortunes never come singly.

Before losing consciousness, I collapsed on the ground in a disheveled state, looking towards the Trailblazer.

Using the last bit of strength, I reached out to her.

My fingertips touched her cold fingertips, as if doing so could create a connection between us.

...Will I die too?

That's great.

Star, you didn't leave me alone, that's really great.

With me accompanying you, you won't be lonely either, right?

Before passing out, I had clearly arranged even my affairs after death in my mind.

Scenes from the past flashed quickly before my eyes.

Before fainting, I gripped Star's fingertips tightly.

I'm sorry, Star.

As a guard of the Star Rail.

I failed to... protect you.

Consciousness finally returned to the boundless darkness.

I thought of many things.

In Xianzhou terms, this should be the 'dying flash,' right?

I thought of Dan Feng.

I thought of the years when he was a member of the High-Cloud Quintet, achieving unprecedented feats alongside Jingliu, Yingxing, Jing Yuan, and Baiheng.

I thought of myself.

The time I was imprisoned in the Shackling Prison, in the endless darkness, my body bound by chains.

The pain of forced detransformation was still fresh in my memory, and I could still feel that overwhelming pain to this day.

I thought of when I first boarded the train.

Welt and Himeko, and the conductor Pom-Pom, gently accepted me.

They didn't care about my past, only welcomed my future, welcomed me to write a new chapter on the Star Rail.

I thought of my first encounter with the Trailblazer at the space station.

The scene of me trying to give her CPR, only to be pushed away by March 7th.

Back then, the Trailblazer even ran up to me, asking for my opinion on her joining the Star Rail.

I just coldly spat out three words: "Whatever."

I never could have imagined back then that I would develop such a deep bond with the Star Rail.

I recalled exploring Belobog with the Trailblazer and March 7th.

Standing in the snowy wilderness on the outskirts of the city, watching the swirling snow, the first time we formed a three-person team.

It turned out that in the process of trailblazing, I had already accumulated so many wonderful memories.

How wonderful.

Unbeknownst to me, my connection with the Star Rail had become so deep, and I had already accumulated so many wonderful memories.

At this point, even death would be without regret…

I closed my eyes.

I don't know how much time had passed.

Suddenly, my lips were covered by a warm sensation.

I struggled to lift my eyelids.

A desolate landscape came into view.

I'm still alive?

My vision focused on what was in front of me.

It was the Trailblazer's face.

She looked at me with a grin, but uttered something that made me want to spit blood:

"Dan Heng, you're so badly injured! I almost thought you were dead. I even came up with a name for your third reincarnation, how about Dan Shu?"

Great, Star, so you're okay.

That's all that matters.

My gaze softened.

I didn't think about why the Trailblazer had come back to life.

Perhaps everything just now was just a dream I had.

Looking at the lively Trailblazer in front of me, I didn't dare to mention it, and couldn't mention it.

Let's just pretend nothing happened.

After all, Star.

In this unfamiliar land.

You're all I have.