I opened my eyes and saw Maru.
He was smiling at me.
I realized I was lying on a bed inside a small cabin.
"Where is this?" I tried to sit up, but Maru immediately pressed me back down. "Don't move around. Be careful not to tear your wounds open."
Only then did I feel the pain throughout my body. "Are we still in the Dreamscape?"
Maru said nothing. The smile vanished from his face. "We probably won't be able to get out anytime soon."
I frowned, yet an ominous feeling rose in my heart.
This was the Dreamscape Yin Wuyu had created. If Maru said we couldn't get out, could something have happened to Yin Wuyu?
Seeing my expression, Maru said, "Don't panic. He just hasn't woken up yet. Once he wakes up, maybe we'll be able to leave this Dreamscape. He's the master of this Dreamscape. That old man said that if we want to leave, we can only rely on him. The key is on him."
I looked at my wounds. They had already been simply bandaged.
I narrowed my eyes and asked, "Where's Time?"
I remembered that Time had come. Maru had said that only Time could save us and help us return to the point before the incident happened.
"Time came, but her abilities are suppressed in this Dreamscape. To put it bluntly, there is no time in this Dreamscape. Time has come to a standstill."
If time had stopped, shouldn't the whole world have been put on pause? Then how could so many things still happen to us?
Maru shrugged, indicating that he didn't understand either.
Just then, Time walked in, still appearing as a little girl.
"Let me explain. Time stopping doesn't mean everything is put on pause. This stillness is only a