Inside an academy.
"Dan Heng...?" March 7th stared at him, dumbfounded. She could hardly believe the person before her was Dan Heng. "You entered the dream too?"
"We finally managed to reach you." Dressed in a school uniform, Dan Heng pushed up his glasses and said gravely, "I didn't expect to get dragged into a place like this as soon as I arrived."
The two of them were in a classroom, surrounded by students laughing and fooling around.
March 7th was wearing a school uniform too. She asked Dan Heng, "You're the real Dan Heng, right? Not some dream NPC?"
"I'm not," Dan Heng said calmly.
"If I were a virtual character, I'd only talk to you about schoolwork in this situation."
"And the way Taiyi's Dream is structured isn't quite what I expected, either."
"Wait, wait, wait... Hold on." March 7th crossed her arms, puzzled. "You know about Taiyi's Dream? Weren't you outside the hotel the whole time?"
"Yes."
Dan Heng nodded. Sitting at his desk, he pulled a notebook from its drawer and began scribbling in it.
"We've spent this time piecing together the information we have."
"Our current conclusion is that Taiyi's Dream has long since covered the entire Asdana Galaxy."
"Every one of us has been dreaming since the moment we entered the galaxy."
"Then what about now?" March 7th looked around in confusion. "What is this supposed to be?"
Dan Heng remained composed.
"This is a deep dream within a deep dream."
"It's another form of Taiyi's Dream."
"Ordinarily, dreamers should see whatever makes them happiest and lose themselves in it."
"But that clearly isn't what's happening."
"Then what is happening?" March 7th was even more confused.
Dan Heng explained, "Dreams and reality have always been relative."
"Dreams represent happiness, while reality represents suffering."
"And