Inside the mind of the boy lying on the wooden bed, thick darkness ruled, while the skin glittered with light.

A loud whine cut through the still and thick darkness, and when the sound died, a mirror-like bridge appeared at a far distance.

As the light from the bridge's side traveled through his dream self's eyes, Kai sighed.

He moved toward the direction in a sluggish style, and when he stopped by the base of the bridge, his eyes widened as he saw his reflection in the mirrored ground.

He gave himself a thorough scan through the image he was seeing, then smiled.

Above where he stood, a black bird surged high, flapping its wings and crying in a deafening whining sound that vibrated through the bridge.

Debris bristled from the fence at the side of the bridge when Kai began walking on the bridge.

The bridge's mirror-like nature changed, turning into a cloud. And when Kai noticed it, the bones in his legs cracked.

Little by little, he saw himself getting swallowed by the cloud he stood on, and when all his body got sucked, leaving his head, the tension looming in him shimmered in his eyes.

Above and beside him, he saw raised long limbs of shadow-like beings stretching toward him.

The moment the limbs touched his head, Kai closed his eyes and screamed loudly. The cloud that had sucked him began to separate themselves as the shadow beings lowered themselves on him completely.

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Meanwhile, inside the building he was in, the pillars holding the wooden bed cracked and broke.

Instead of the bed falling, it suspended in the slight air, and for a straight twenty-five minutes, it remained hovering without falling.

Outside the building, Yung Mai rushed toward the gate of the building, but as he neared the door, a loud sound echoed, followed by a strong wind that slammed the door on him.

Yung Mai rolled in the air as he got pushed and flew before drifting like a wheel and landing at the center of the tall grass twenty meters away from the building.

But as Yung Mai helped himself up and walked toward the building again, the bones in his body froze. And at his front, where the bright purple light was glowing wildly, he saw someone walking through the slammed door's place.

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At a far distance above the stairs, Jude and a few other monks stood there, shocked and staring at the light that threw from the far distance and vanished into the land beneath the fog.

A few monks shook their heads and moved away from the junction where the stairs were, but Jude stood there, his hands clapped into each other, and smiling.

Meanwhile, outside the temple's new gate and at the center of the bamboo forest, one tall bamboo tree shook as heavy air slammed on its canopies.

On its side, the bamboo's sheath parted with a soft, stretching, tearing sound. And from within it, a green leaf slid out slowly, easing itself into the open air.

As the ray of the sun shone on it, it unfurled in a single breath as if something had returned to the world after a long year of absence.

Suddenly, blue and red butterflies drifted downward from the canopies of the trees and circled around the newborn leaf.

The wings of the butterflies brushed the air around the leaf in a light and reverent manner as though they were welcoming what had just been reborn.

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At the far distance away from the temple, birds shoved in and out of the bright white clouds in the glittering blue sky above Bion City.

Small grass filled the road stretching long on the ground, from the side of the wall to the junction where the green building was.

And beside the green trash bin, rats and mice moved, shoveling through the trash in the bin and scattering it on the ground.

The rats raised their heads for a minute and then dashed into the uneven holes under the green building when a moving military truck appeared, approaching the junction the bin was in.

Dust and tiny pieces of grass spiraled in the air as the tyres moved at high speed beside the trash bin, letting a whining sound echo in the air.

The engine of the truck echoed loudly as it reached the new gate that shimmered as if newly fixed. The horns sounded, and within minutes, the door automatically opened.

As the metallic gate reached the top, the truck dashed inside, but as it neared the monument at the center, it slowed.

The headlights of the truck flashed twice as if honoring the monument, then dashed at high speed beside the large building that had rope-like trees stretching long at its sides.

The moment the truck reached the second gate inside the barracks, it slowed, followed by its horn sound beeping and echoing loudly.

And within minutes of its horn beeping loudly, the gate opened, merging into itself.

When the truck entered the second wall in the barracks, Max got down off the front side of the truck and walked straight into the large white building.

Behind him, Mike and Nich also descended from the back seat of the truck and followed the direction Max went.

Inside the building, soldiers walked side by side, moving in and out of doors at the side of the hallway. Some walked with happy expressions, but only a few walked with saddened faces.

Max exhaled sharply as he stopped by the one red door, knocked twice, then entered without waiting for any response.

When he shut the door, a quarreling sound erupted from inside the closed door, so loud that Mike and Nich stopped by the door.

They exchanged tense expressions before knocking and opening the door.

Loud sobbing sounds crashed into their ears as they sucked in air, and the room welcomed them with a slap on their faces.

And at their front, they saw Jinx helplessly trying to free herself from the accusations from the new doctor, Lena.

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