Three days passed, and everything proceeded in an orderly fashion according to plan.
Except for one thing.
Yang Yi could no longer sleep-or rather, he dared not sleep.
Every time he closed his eyes, he would soon fall into that strange dream, then jolt awake.
Thanks to that, he had slept poorly these past few days, leaving him listless and noticeably thinner.
"Everything in the dream was pitch-black, and you couldn't sense anything?" Su Na frowned deeply after hearing Yang Yi's account.
"Yes." Yang Yi nodded in confirmation. He had deep dark circles under his eyes, and his right eye was bloodshot.
He was in the Witch Laboratory, where he had undergone a brief physical examination before explaining the details to Su Na.
"There's something else strange. Once I fall asleep, my breathing stops too, and then I wake up soon afterward.
"If I sleep too long, I could suffer oxygen deprivation and irreversible brain damage."
Yang Yi added this further detail.
Su Na held the opposite view.
"You've eaten a lot of Gourmet Matter, so even if you suffocate, it will supply energy to the cells in your body. You don't need to worry about suffocation in the short term.
"Holding your breath only feels uncomfortable because you're used to breathing."
As she explained, she pushed two metal beds together, then patted the rock-hard surface.
"Go to sleep now. I'll take a look at what's happening."
"Now?"
"Right now."
"Can I not sleep?"
"No."
Unable to win the argument, Yang Yi lay down and put on the mesh metal headpiece Su Na handed him. Electrodes on it were connected by cables to a laptop.
Fifteen minutes passed.
"Asleep yet?"
"How am I supposed to sleep with you staring at me like that?"
"Then I'll go to the second