Orphanage
The place that had affected Yi Chen the most during his previous life was the orphanage. The fact that he had managed to walk out of there alive and return to normal society was already incredible.
At least according to the history of the orphanage he had learned, he was the only one who had ever left.
Under the guidance of government-appointed psychological experts, he had spent two whole years sealing away every memory of the orphanage deep within his consciousness through a form of "locking," then replacing them with an implanted, fabricated normal childhood through hypnosis.
At least until Yi Chen crossed over, there had never been any problems.
After arriving in this disease-ridden world filled with despair and death, the locked-away things had seemed to be drawn out by their kin, slowly beginning to seep through the keyholes.
However, his "orphanage experience" was not entirely a bad thing. Precisely because he had endured such extreme and terrifying experiences, Yi Chen had been able to survive all kinds of dangers after crossing over to this world and quickly adapt to this diseased world.
The Principal's current thought test, however, had caused Yi Chen to accidentally sink into the deepest layers of his consciousness, using the door as a trigger to release his sealed memories of the past.
The element of the door had left an extremely deep impression on Yi Chen during his time at the orphanage.
Whether it was the iron door of the Solitary Confinement Room, the iron door of the Dining Hall, or the iron doors in the game areas, once they were closed, one had to pay a price to open them again.
The iron door Yi Chen pushed open between the paintings corresponded to Room 107, his former dormitory.
Looking back,
The pitch-black,