Chapter 19: Dancer of the Starry Night

The moment Nyx spoke these words, a virtual panel suddenly appeared before Lin Qiye's eyes.

Nyx's treatment progress: 3%

The conditions for receiving a reward have been met. Starting random extraction of Nyx's divine abilities...

Immediately after, a virtual spinning wheel materialized and began to rotate rapidly!

Lin Qiye could see that the wheel was divided into at least twenty different sections, each of similar size. This meant that the probability of drawing any one of these divine abilities was the same.

Nightfall, Fading Eye, Fallen Stars, Starbreak Spell, Night Flicker, Dark Night's Kin, Supernatural Reproduction...

The abilities on the spinning wheel dazzled Lin Qiye, but something about them felt... off.

Supernatural Reproduction? What the hell is that? Does this count as a divine ability?

If I draw this, does that mean I won't even need to find a wife? I could just give birth to a bunch of divine children?

Hmm? Actually... that doesn't sound too bad...

Meanwhile, Lin Qiye noticed that in one corner of the wheel, there was a slender black section, unlike the other abilities. It occupied about 1% of the total area.

This divine ability was labeled Unknown.

Unknown? What does that mean?

But it doesn't matter. Lin Qiye was sure that with his awful luck, he'd never draw that "Unknown" ability, even if he tried a thousand times.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Qiye stared intently at the wheel. With a thought, it began to slow down.

The pointer swept past several abilities and finally stopped on one.

Dancer of the Starry Night... Lin Qiye sighed helplessly when he saw those words.

From the name, this ability seemed to pale in comparison to Starbreak Spell or Fallen Stars. But at least... it wasn't Supernatural Reproduction.

This luck... truly, it's all mine.

When the pointer stopped, the spinning wheel slowly disappeared, leaving only the words Dancer of the Starry Night suspended in midair, their color growing deeper.

Lin Qiye extended his hand and grasped it!

The moment he touched the words, they transformed into a black light that surged into his body!

Lin Qiye felt a mysterious energy rapidly transforming his body, as if his entire being, from soul to flesh, was being purified. It felt incredibly comfortable!

It was truly a strange sensation.

This state lasted for about five seconds. When it finally dissipated, Lin Qiye clearly felt that something had changed within him.

In front of him, a few lines of text slowly appeared.

Dancer of the Starry Night:

At night, your speed, strength, endurance, and recovery abilities are five times greater than usual.In the darkness, you are harder to detect.In the darkness, your presence exerts greater intimidation on other creatures.You have the ability to communicate with other nocturnal creatures.

Lin Qiye couldn't help but suck in a breath.

This ability, which seemed unimpressive at first, actually seemed incredibly powerful!

Not to mention the speed, strength, and endurance boosts being five times greater—just that alone was borderline monstrous!

Even with his perfectly average physical fitness, if he participated in something like a triathlon at night, he would probably break the Guinness World Record!

The five times boost could push his body to the absolute limits of human capability!

And this was just with his average physical condition. If he underwent systematic training... Lin Qiye could barely imagine how much stronger he could become.

Not to mention the stealth ability and the power to communicate with nocturnal creatures, which already went far beyond human limits.

Lin Qiye tried to suppress the excitement welling up inside him and took a deep breath.

He hadn't intended to join the Night Watch or fight mythical creatures, but after all, he was just a high school student. It would be impossible for him to not be fascinated by supernatural powers.

Besides, only by becoming stronger could he protect his family better.

Lin Qiye finally calmed himself and turned his gaze to Nyx.

At that moment, Nyx was gazing at him gently, her hand lightly stroking his hair, and she muttered to herself, "Danas, where have you been for the past three thousand years? Do you know how much I miss you..."

Lin Qiye silently sat there, his gaze filled with complexity.

Just as he had guessed, to Nyx, she couldn't even distinguish between her own children and her vases. How could she possibly recognize that Lin Qiye wasn't her child?

Her longing had made her ill, and she imagined everything around her as her children. But... those vases weren't real people. They couldn't respond to Nyx.

So, when Lin Qiye, someone who could breathe, move, and call her "mother," appeared, it was as though Nyx had come alive. She had finally found a mental anchor!

This was the first step in opening her heart, which was also why her treatment progress jumped to 3%.

"Danas, do you know how much your younger brother misses you? Come, hug him," Nyx smiled, lifting a vase in front of Lin Qiye.

Lin Qiye: ...

Reluctantly, Lin Qiye took the vase and began to feign stroking it.

At that moment, his peripheral vision caught sight of Nyx's arms, where he saw his other brothers and sisters...

He shuddered!

In Nyx's arms, several vases with labels of varying colors were being cradled.

On one of the labels, Lin Qiye clearly saw a line of large characters.

—Flupenthixol (Divine Use).

Lin Qiye stared at it, his mouth dropping wider...

Flupenthixol? Why does that name sound so familiar?

Isn't that one of the medications the psychiatrist gave him earlier today, listed on the medication list? And the label even says... Divine Use?

At that moment, Lin Qiye suddenly seemed to realize something and was instantly filled with excitement!

He quickly handed the vase back to Nyx and hurriedly said, "I'll be right back!"

Then, he swiftly climbed up to the second floor of the mental hospital and found a room at the end of the corridor.

The Pharmaceutical Storage Room.

The door was open. Nyx must have been inside earlier, or she wouldn't have taken so many brothers and sisters.

Lin Qiye walked in quickly, searched around, and finally stopped in front of a large metal cabinet, his eyes glowing brighter.

Before him was an entire wall of medications!

There were all kinds of medicines, the majority of them for mental illnesses, including the Flupenthixol and Chlorpromazine he had just seen, along with a large number of sedatives.

All the medications had two characters added at the end of their names—Divine Use.

Lin Qiye smiled, realizing what he should have figured out earlier!

This was a psychiatric hospital for the gods. Since it was a hospital, naturally, there would be a room for storing medications, and these drugs were all specifically for treating divine beings!

He couldn't bring real-world medications into the hospital, but he could find corresponding medications here, ones meant for gods!

With that, things suddenly seemed a lot simpler.

Lin Qiye selected several bottles of the medications listed by the doctor earlier and rushed downstairs to Nyx's side.

"This one, this one is once a day, two pills each time... and this one, this one is three times a day, one pill each time... don't forget to take them!"

Nyx stared at him with a focused expression, as if there were a flower blooming on her face, seemingly not even hearing his words.

sigh... Never mind, I'll just feed you every day. Lin Qiye sighed helplessly, looking at Nyx's reaction.

It was asking a lot to expect someone with severe mental illness to remember to take their medication.

Hearing Lin Qiye's words, a smile blossomed on Nyx's face.

She smiled brightly.