Thirty minutes before Event 201, time rewound to 7:03 PM.
By then, Clyde had already been waiting at the elevator entrance of the Northwest Building, his back to the corridor as he quietly awaited his qualified replacement.
Chang Nian had just opened the door to Room 1002. The lighting inside was soft and the atmosphere warm, while a silver-haired figure flashed past behind her.
At the same time, Ke Xinyi next door opened her door as well. The two women exchanged a glance, both looking slightly surprised.
On the broad staircase of the East Building, Lan Yu, preoccupied with her thoughts, had just reached the sixth-floor corridor when she spotted the elevator ascending from the sixth floor. She wondered whether someone had gone out early and arrived on the sixth floor.
At that very second, four outsiders, each with their own goals and thoughts, appeared outside their respective rooms, within the bounds of Old Yu Street.
Yet when the perspective shifted to Room 6002 on the sixth floor, the scene inside was entirely different from what Lan Yu had seen.
The Supernatural Incident in 6002 originated from a beautiful dream created by a ghost, trapping a living person who had arrived early.
Though the agreed meeting time had only passed by three minutes, Ji Li had already been trapped here for over ten.
During those ten minutes, Pang Guijuan seemed to have become the ghost that created the dream. She was the incarnation of the Dream Ghost, sleeping peacefully in the Master Bedroom.
Room 6002 was the only place unaffected by the Red Pattern, yet it was also their source.
In this incident, where no supernatural attack existed, Ji Li had squandered a full ten minutes without finding a way to break free.
The Dream Ghost's brilliance lay in the