Walking It All Again

[Mission Restarted]

It was exactly 5:00 a.m. on December 13, 2015.

A faint sliver of morning light seeped through a gap in the floor-length curtains. It was not bright, but especially dim.

On this cold, strange morning, Chang Nian lifted the covers in a daze and sat up at the head of the bed.

Her head hurt a little, as though she had just awoken from a long sleep, yet also as though she had not slept for a very long time.

As she looked at the furnishings in the room, fragmented images slowly resurfaced.

"Today is December 15..."

Chang Nian shook her head hazily and looked at the hands of her watch. It had just reached five o'clock, but the date was December 13.

In an instant, she finally remembered everything.

"The Four-Star Promotion Mission has been underway for a long time. I smuggled myself here from the future!"

She suddenly turned her head and saw a sight that shocked her.

On the spacious double bed lay two dark blue pillows.

The right side was empty. It belonged to Tong Guan.

On the left side, a woman was still asleep, her face obscured by her loose long hair. A few murmurs escaped from her lips from time to time.

The woman lying in the bed was Chang Nian.

The woman sitting at the head of the bed was also Chang Nian.

She finally got to her feet, only to discover that she was already fully dressed in the outfit she wore for missions.

When she examined herself again, she was shocked to find that her limbs had become semi-transparent, like a ghost that did not exist.

Not only that, as her thoughts drifted, her figure vanished from the room.

Half a second later, she reappeared.

Chang Nian