A short while later, Su Xingwan and Gu Zhaoning emerged from the small room together.
"All done?" Chen Xuan asked.
"Yes... um, thank you for being willing..." she said awkwardly. "For being willing to come in... and get through this nightmare with me."
"You're welcome." Lin Qing smiled faintly.
Now, when Su Xingwan looked at Chen Xuan, her gaze was completely different from before.
What could be more convincing than meeting inside a dream? From this moment on, only gratitude and resolve remained in her heart.
"There's something I've been meaning to ask." Chen Xuan studied her. "Did you come up with this look yourself, or does it change randomly every time you dream?"
Su Xingwan's face visibly flushed.
She had been so excited that she had almost forgotten about that!
Her outfit now was completely different from what she wore outside. Beneath a bulletproof vest and tactical belt, she wore a filthy shirt and overalls, with a red neckerchief tied around her arm. She looked every bit like a Resistance Army fighter straight out of a postapocalyptic movie.
"I-I don't know either... I think it changed on its own!" Su Xingwan stammered. "I didn't look like this at first..."
"It suits you. It symbolizes your will to fight back." Lin Qing's eyes were full of admiration. "And this empty hellhole isn't much different from a postapocalyptic world anyway."
"I think you look really spirited in that outfit too!" Gu Zhaoning agreed.
"So our consciousness gets reflected in the dream." Chen Xuan shrugged. "That would also explain why all our appearances changed."
He wore a standard suit in the nightmare, but upon entering, he had discovered that the jacket hung completely open, as did the collar of his shirt. Yet he still had a tie around his neck, lending a