A clean and tidy private ward.
The Silver-haired Youth sat propped up in the soft hospital bed, with a pale pink Evening Primrose in the vase beside the bed.
This Consciousness Ward, created by Moon Mark, was his temporary resting area inside Yi Chen.
The nighttime view outside the window corresponded to the real-time situation outside.
At that moment, the ward door opened.
The Female Doctor, dressed in an ultra-short skirt that revealed her signature long legs, came over to change Moon Mark's dressing. She covered his right eye with fresh gauze coated in white pollen,
while the Doctor's head, stuck onto the IV stand, also turned toward the window. A pair of deep-red lips showed through the Black Hair as she asked curiously:
"The situation outside seems rather dangerous. Without realizing it, they've actually been split apart... Those three humans are no slouches mentally, either. Their opponent is quite formidable."
Moon Mark nodded. He seemed very interested in what was happening outside and offered a brief assessment.
"Progressive Illusion Induction, making full use of the mountain's complex terrain and the effects of the gray domain.
"If they hadn't noticed anything wrong when they first began climbing, they would gradually have become lost under the guidance of corpses, mountain paths, stones, and various other factors.
"The opponent is quite imaginative. And when it comes to eyes, just as William guessed, they may well be an Open Source existence—or at the very least, someone who has peered into and absorbed ancient knowledge, drawing infinitely close to Open Source.
"Did we really have to run into such a difficult incident right from the start?
"I had planned to take a short rest before heading to the Old World. Now it seems that won't be possible. I might even be affected."
As he