Yue Lingqing's transformation was unexpected. The moment I saw her eyes change, I had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, her eyes didn't simply change color. Light poured out of her eye sockets.
I heard her scream and couldn't help closing my eyes and turning my head away.
The silvery-white light was so dazzling that it blurred my vision like a powerful spotlight at night.
Yue Lingqing screamed once, then fell silent. The two beams of light vanished in an instant.
When I opened my eyes, everything before me was veiled in a hazy white glow.
The others were no better off. They all blinked, looking as though they could barely stand it.
I looked at Yue Lingqing. She was sitting on the ground, covering her eyes. Blood trickled through the gaps between her fingers.
"How are you?" Huang Tian asked.
Yue Lingqing took a breath. "I... can't see."
My mouth fell open, and my mind went blank.
The thing was more destructive than I'd imagined. I'd been mentally prepared before entering the dream, but seeing one person after another attacked still left me utterly shocked.
My heart raced, and panic began to set in.
My initial thought—that we could seize an opportunity—had completely faded.
Neither Yue Lingqing nor Ai Fei had found the thing, and I hadn't sensed it at all. In this situation, there was nothing I could do.
If, in the end, the seven of them couldn't reach a conclusion or come up with an effective solution, then this trip into the dream would have been a complete waste of time.
I hesitated. Should I reverse their time now and heal their injuries? What effect would that have on reality? Would it affect the thing?
With everyone so utterly confused, I couldn't make a decision.
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