In her groggy state, she felt as though she had fallen into a bottomless abyss. Pitch darkness surrounded her, leaving her unable to tell which way to go. She tried to struggle, desperate to escape the endless darkness, but the harder she fought, the deeper she seemed to sink.
Noel's heart was filled with despair and fear. She did not know whether she could ever escape this darkness and return to the world of light. That helplessness put her mind under immense strain. She began searching the darkness for a glimmer of light, hoping to find a way out.
In that endless darkness, the girl felt a trace of power stirring within her. She tried to calm herself, slow her breathing, and concentrate.
Just then, she seemed to glimpse a faint light in the distance. She knew it might be her hope of escaping the darkness, so she began swimming toward it with all her strength.
Countless images began to surface.
These were memories of the girl's past. There was a pristine white laboratory filled with advanced equipment and instruments. A large microscope stood in one corner, with various reagents and test tubes arranged beside it. Beneath the microscope sat a tablet used to record experimental data and observe the cellular structures under the lens. On the other side of the laboratory was a row of computer workstations equipped with high-performance computers dedicated to processing experimental data and simulating experimental environments.
At the center of the laboratory stood a large lab bench covered with equipment such as centrifuges, petri dishes, and magnetic stirrers. Beside it was a small clean room containing a biological safety cabinet and an incubator, used for procedures requiring stricter controls.
The laboratory walls were covered in charts and notes documenting various experimental procedures and research findings.