At that critical moment, he saw something flickering with a dim light before him.
The appearance of that glow faintly soothed the uncertainty and terror in his heart.
He froze for a moment, unconsciously forgetting the fear brought on by the iron chains and the thick black liquid. He tried to find that light, only to discover that its source was right in front of him.
He opened his palm.
While Dreambuilding, he could not see himself, but as the "palm" in his consciousness opened, a small snake appeared before him.
The snake had been forged from some unknown metal, with plaster-like gems set into its eyes. In this layer, a dim yet multicolored glow drifted over it.
It held its own tail in its mouth, forming a thumb-sized ring. A Black-Gold cord was tied to the ring, which now floated quietly before Lin Yi.
"The Ouroboros Ring."
Almost subconsciously, Lin Yi knew what it was.
His body must have opened the stone box holding the "Ouroboros Ring."
The Night Watchman had said that the "Ouroboros Ring" could strengthen his willpower while Dreambuilding, allowing him to enter deeper dream layers.
As soon as the "Ouroboros Ring" appeared, its dim radiance drove away the thick black liquid clinging to Lin Yi like cold fire, and the walls and well shaft, which had almost stopped moving, began to move again.
[...You will... come back...]
[I will... wait... for you...]
[Wait for you... to come yourself... and beg... me...]
[...Lin...]
[...Yi...]
The voice slowly faded, but unlike the abrupt disappearance of his previous "visual hallucinations," this time it seemed to dissipate especially slowly, as though someone were reluctantly turning a volume knob until it was completely muted.
When the voice finally disappeared, the shifting walls around him at last completely replaced the walls