Sun Hang returned to the passageway. Moving by passing through walls was certainly more convenient, but the void outside the "scene" had no markers whatsoever. Front, back, above, below, left, and right were all blank. Brief stays were manageable, but traveling long distances within it made it easy to lose one's bearings and stumble into some inexplicable place.
With a map in hand, it was safer for Sun Hang to honestly follow the routes within the "scene."
The void's greatest use was still helping Sun Hang cross obstacles that would normally be difficult to overcome.
Sun Hang searched two more rooms. Like the previous ones, they were dormitories for the island's garrison. The only difference was that one appeared to be a women's barracks; two packs of sanitary pads with long-faded labels sat at the very bottom of a cabinet.
"One restroom, three dormitories, and a corner fifteen meters ahead... Only the entrance to Escape Tunnel Two seems to match this layout." Sun Hang compared the scene before him with the structural diagrams he remembered. "Looks like my luck isn't bad."
There was no lighting equipment in the passageway, and Sun Hang had not turned on the flashlight he carried. Yet the entire scene remained bright enough for the naked human eye to see clearly. The light was distributed evenly throughout every inch of visible space, to the point that Sun Hang could not identify any specific source.
Sun Hang still could not tell whether this was an illusion or a real scene—but the possibility of it being a dream could basically be ruled out.
The materials used to construct dreams came from things already present in Sun Hang's memories. Although he had seen many photographs from inside the institute, many objects in this scene were not part of Sun