Long before the alarm sounded, Andrea's companion, Huai Shi, lifted his hand and snapped his fingers. Amidst the anxious chaos of the students, a crisp sound resonated. The Wood Cottage, still deep in slumber, awoke abruptly, arching its body like a caterpillar and staring wide-eyed at the birdcage.
Had the cage been opened? By whom?
Then, the thing that made his scalp tingle unfolded before his eyes. Within the birdcage, the cold Source Substance, bound by countless Dream Cages, quivered slightly, as if death, having solidified into substance, began to boil once more. The out-of-control nuclear power station plunged into madness; after burning up all the cooling fluid, the frenzied reactor core began to melt down, radiating a thousandfold its former ferocity and cruelty.
In his daze, Lin Nineteen experienced a wondrous illusion: It was as if an eternal dream had shattered, and then, something within the dream started to awaken...
