Soul fusion, two lifetimes of memories

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  The sky was darkening, and the charred figure lying in the alley suddenly sat up slowly.

  On the dark face, a pair of bright eyes opened, but they were filled with a dull and confused expression. He stood up, swaying back and forth like a zombie, walking towards the end of the alley.

  Fortunately, it was getting dark and this alley was originally deserted. If someone saw him, they would probably think he was a ghost.

  Lin Feng had no idea how he got back home. After pushing open the door, he didn't even close it and walked straight to his bed before collapsing onto it...

  ……

  In a daze, Lin Feng had a very long dream - or rather, 'two'.

  In one of the dreams, I was Lin Feng, an earthling who grew up in an orphanage as a lonely and parentless child. After growing up, he started his self-reliant life.

  He had no education and no special skills, so he could only do some simple work to make a living. However, since he was alone, it can be said that 'one person eats well and the whole family is not hungry'. Moreover, he didn't have any big ideals or ambitions, his life was simple, but he was content with it.

  Today, he who is twenty years old used more than half of his savings to buy a game cabin as a "birthday gift" - it was a newly released, world-shocking virtual reality game known as the "Second Life", "World of Hot Blood and Dreams".

  After entering the game, he killed small monsters in the wild for half a day and luckily encountered a small BOSS. After killing it with difficulty, he was even luckier to drop a skill book.

  But just as he was excited about the skills he had obtained, an unknown accident suddenly occurred, and the whole person lost consciousness...

  ……

  In another dream, I was a small loose cultivator in Qingyun City, East Dragon Continent of the Moon Cloud Continent.

  When I was very young, I had a happy and complete family. In my memory, my parents were very strict monks. My mother was kind and gentle, while my father was majestic and serious.

  When I was young, my mother often told me many legendary stories about the cultivation world, making me yearn for it extremely. However, she told me that once I grew up a bit more, she would teach me how to cultivate...

  But I didn't get to wait for that moment - at eight years old, after a trip out, my parents never came back...

  Suddenly became an orphan, he was bewildered, cried, and despaired... but ultimately still lived on strongly, relying on the few spiritual stones left by his parents, he bought a lowest-level cultivation method book and started self-study.

  At the age of fifteen, despite his own extreme frugality, the family's savings had already been depleted, and even eating became a problem for him. Fortunately, he had also grown up, after much hardship, he finally found a job as a 'salesman' in a law-abiding shop in the city.

  The monthly salary is a meager three pieces of low-grade spirit stones, used for cultivation, and the tiny 'commission' earned from selling or purchasing magical artifacts during work, converted into silver coins, can barely sustain life.

  Such a state, five years as one day.

  Today, I picked up last month's salary, but on my way home, I was suddenly robbed. Not only did I lose my spiritual stone, but also the most important thing was stolen...

  ……

  Two dreams, two memories, two lives.

  At first, these two memories appeared separately, but later on, they began to intersect and flash by, until they were completely disordered, and it was impossible to distinguish which one belonged to 'which person'. In the end, the two memories seemed to find a subtle balance point, and gradually merged...

  …………

  ……

  "Ah!!!!!!"

  A sliver of sunlight shot in from the window, as if piercing his eyes, Lin Feng's whole body trembled and he sat up with a loud cry.

  His eyes were still a blur, his face was even twisted, and he was drenched in sweat all over.

  "What's going on?!"

  After gasping violently for several seconds, Lin Feng finally regained some consciousness, but his eyes showed confusion again, trying to clear his mind.

  "Ah!!"

  But this thought was suddenly followed by a soul-tearing pain that made him clutch his head and let out a pained hum.

  Unusual lights flashed in his eyes, Lin Feng's expression changed with it, and a string of incoherent mutterings came out of his mouth.

  "I'm Lin Feng, wasn't I just playing a game? Why am I here?! Did... did I cross over?!"

  "I am Lin Feng, a man from the Moon Cloud Continent. Whose memory is that?! Have I been possessed?!"

  "Have I possessed this person's body? No... it is that I have absorbed another soul..."

  "I am Lin Feng..."

  “……”

  Gradually, Lin Feng's muttering slowly came to a halt, and the trembling of his body and the struggling color in his eyes also gradually subsided. Two souls, two lifetimes of memories, had completed their final fusion.

  In the end, all the struggles and terrors disappeared, leaving only one thought in my mind - I am Lin Feng.

  No matter if I'm from Earth or the Moon Cloud Continent, I am who I am.

  It's a wonderful state where it can't be said who swallowed whom, or whose consciousness dominates. The two 'Lin Feng' souls perfectly merge, indistinguishable from each other.

  ……

  After the turmoil in his soul subsided, Lin Feng stared blankly at his own hands, lost in thought for a moment.

  From the perspective of Earthling 'Lin Feng', he had indeed 'crossed over', and should have been excited or bewildered, but due to the influence of another part of his soul, he was surprisingly calm.

  He inadvertently raised his head and saw a mirror on the sideboard next to him, Lin Feng was taken aback.

  In the mirror, a slender young man's figure was reflected, with eyes that still held a hint of astonishment. His body still had many black and gray stains on it, his build was average, his hair was short and simple, his face wasn't handsome but rather ordinary-looking. But most importantly... this face was incredibly familiar!

  "Not just the name and age are exactly the same, but even their appearance is identical? This..."

  Lin Feng's eyes revealed an incredulous expression, he suddenly thought of a movie starring his idol Jet Li, "The One", where the story goes that in the universe there are countless parallel worlds and in each world there is one 'himself'.

  Could it be that the 'Lin Feng' on Earth and the 'Lin Feng' on the Moon Continent are also the same person existing in two parallel worlds?!

  Of course, this was just Lin Feng's wild imagination, and there was no way to verify it. He thought for a while before shaking his head and throwing these useless thoughts out of his mind.

  ……

  After fully waking up, Lin Feng immediately thought of being robbed in the alley yesterday evening and his face changed instantly!

  He hastily lifted his hand to open his collar, and because of his anxious mood, he used too much force, so the already somewhat tattered clothes were even torn apart with a "ripping" sound. As he looked down, however, he saw that there was nothing on his chest...

  The black ring that was originally hung around his neck has disappeared!

  That locket is the only clue I have to find out what happened to my parents, and now... it's been stolen!!

  In an instant, Lin Feng's face revealed a hint of despair, but gradually, his expression became increasingly ferocious and terrifying, with a fierce glint in his eyes that was completely out of character for him!

  "Get it back... must get it back!!"

  Since his parents disappeared, Lin Feng had been living a low-key life for the past twelve years. Even if he was bullied by others, he would endure it silently. Yesterday, when someone snatched away the spiritual stone he had worked hard to obtain for a month, he still endured it. Even when that muscular man scolded him as a 'coward', he still endured it. However, that ring was his bottom line, something he considered more important than his own life!

  Take it back... even if it costs me my life!!

  At this moment, Lin Feng almost lost his mind and jumped off the bed, wanting to rush out and grab back his ring.

  But he had only rushed two steps before stopping, as if he had regained some clarity, gritting his teeth and sitting back on the bed.

  "No... I have to calm down! If I rush out like this, even if I find those people, it's impossible to get the ring back!"

  Reminding himself in his heart not to be impulsive, Lin Feng's brain was racing with thoughts of a feasible plan.

  It shouldn't be hard to find that 'muscle man', those people are just a group of thugs and rascals in the city - they're just more 'advanced' than the ordinary thugs, they're the thugs of the cultivation world.

  Such people are not uncommon in Qingyun City, a group of low-level cultivators without background or conditions gather together, relying on extortion and blackmail to obtain cultivation resources from other low-ranking cultivators.

  Although it is a mob, it is absolutely not something that Lin Feng can handle, even if it was just the "muscle man" from yesterday's four people, he would not be able to win.

  Can't win, and it's impossible for someone to give myself 'justice', is it... the ring really can't be retrieved?

  If there were guns or bombs within arm's reach, dealing with these little rascals wouldn't be a problem. Unfortunately, even if the materials were right in front of me, I still wouldn't know how to make them!

  Lin Feng suddenly felt extremely regretful: If he had known that he was going to 'cross over', he should have stocked up on more useful knowledge!!!

  "It seems that we can only plan slowly, the muscular man should only be in the middle of the Qi Refining stage, at most he is in the sixth layer of Qi Refining, and should not be able to open the seal on the ring. As long as the ring is on him, there is still a chance to get it back... Lin Feng thought slowly, "First, let's find out where those people are, what their usual activity routes are, and then look for an opportunity..."

  "My current strength is too weak, if I can advance to the fourth layer of Qi cultivation, the success rate will also be higher..."

  At this point, Lin Feng stood up, squatted down and pulled out a two-foot-sized wooden box from under the bed, opened it, inside which were neatly arranged seven slightly glowing white crystal stones, as well as an old tattered booklet, and a somewhat rusty and slightly cracked one-foot short sword.

  This was Lin Feng's entire inheritance: seven low-grade spirit stones, a lowest-level cultivation technique, and a nearly scrap lower-grade magic weapon.

  "Seven low-grade spirit stones, I don't know if it will be enough to successfully advance to the fourth layer of Qi Refining..."

  Lin Feng slightly furrowed his brow, reached out and took out that one damaged low-grade magic artifact, thinking to himself: "At least there's still one usable magic treasure, although it's a bit broken, but it's still better than an ordinary object..."

  Lost in thought, Lin Feng gazed at the short sword in his hand with a hint of distraction. A strange feeling that couldn't be put into words emerged in his mind, and then a string of information that left him stunned appeared in his brain...

  "Equipment damage degree: 70%"

  "Materials needed for repair: High-quality iron."

  “……”