I Think I've Seen You

September remembered. In a corner of the orphanage, there had been a child who always liked to sit quietly in the shadows alone, like a ghost, watching and spying on everyone.

No one wanted to be with a ghost.

"Jiang You... Jiang You... I remember now... I think I've seen you before..."

Pain and despair gradually seeped into her bloodshot eyes.

Jiang You was real. That proved that everyone else was truly dead.

Jiang You continued, "The Abyss is filled with countless things no one knows about. We've all fallen into different illusions. Some people woke up earlier, while others had already had their minds deceived by the illusions.

"I don't know what you saw, but I want to tell you this: from now on, don't trust your memories. Trust only what's happening before your eyes. Trust only what you can see..."

Jiang You stared fixedly at September, who had already fallen into self-doubt, and spoke in a deep voice.

"September, we have to leave this place. We have to find the exit from the Abyss."

September fell silent. She finally became certain that she had once been trapped in a long-lasting illusion.

She looked at her mangled arm. "In the illusion, I tore the flesh from my own arm with my teeth and swallowed it..."

Jiang You said, "We were starving then. No one had any other choice. We didn't dare eat any of the food in this Abyss. The only food we could trust was ourselves."

She rolled up her trouser leg, exposing her thigh, which was covered in blood.

The wound was raw and bloody, as though it had just been torn open.

"It wasn't just you. All of us ate ourselves in that desperate situation.

"September, the reason illusions feel so real is that they project