She hadn't gotten nearly enough of the sleep she desperately needed after returning from the Nest. A man's voice in a dream had startled her awake.
After a heart-pounding night spent rescuing Chaisi, Jin Xueli was shocked to find it was only four in the morning when she finally got home. She found it incredible—'how could so much have happened in just a few hours?'
If she hadn't been outside and seen that the sun never rose, she would have believed it if someone told her a whole day had passed.
Jin Xueli stumbled into her apartment like a zombie, collapsed onto the sofa, and buried her face in a pillow, playing dead for a while.
When she felt the pillow growing damp from her breath, she scraped together what little strength she had left, revived herself, and got up to check her belongings.
Thankfully, everything that should be there was. At least she hadn't lost anything important. Her new custom-made hammer was also tucked safely inside her backpack.
