"Jingming, Jingming, wake up!
You still have to report to the company today!"
Amid violent shaking, Xu Jingming slowly woke from his sleep.
He swept his gaze around and found himself in a spacious living room.
The one waking him was a short-haired young man.
"What am I..." Xu Jingming frowned.
"What, still not awake?"
The short-haired young man chuckled, then scratched his head sheepishly.
"Guess it's our fault too. We partied way too hard last night and went through several cases of beer alone!
But we don't have time to linger. We have to report to the company today.
We finally graduated from graduate school and found good jobs. If we're late on our first day, that'd be awful."
As he spoke, the short-haired young man reached out to pull Xu Jingming up.
Yet Xu Jingming merely stood there without moving an inch.
"Jingming, what's wrong?" the short-haired young man asked in confusion.
"The illusion is very realistic, but unfortunately, it can't fool me."
Xu Jingming merely looked at him quietly.
The next moment,
The short-haired young man vanished like a bubble.
Immediately afterward, the entire space collapsed with a thunderous boom!
Rumble!!!
The young man, the living room, the scattered beer bottles—everything disappeared.
In their place was berserk Mental Strength, as violent as thunder.
All the Mental Strength was packed together, surging and churning like a vast ocean.
And above that ocean stood an ancient pagoda.
At that moment, the ancient pagoda emitted a faint glow, its powerful protection guarding the entire Mental Sea.
This was Xu Jingming's Sea of Consciousness!
"I didn't expect that even with the Soul Suppressing Pagoda and Guardian Spirit, the Void Creatures could still drag me into an illusion for a short while—and even pull me back into memories from my previous life..."