Chapter 1: Awaken (1/2)

Chapter 1: Awaken

Luo Jian had that dreaain, he often dreamed about it There was always this person ould talk to him in his drealed to open his eyes wide in order to see the other person’s face, he also concentrated deeply in order to hear the other person’s words, but all of this was in vain

I doubts exist within your heart, urgently wanting to obtain the answers, eagerly desiring to reach out with both hands, only for both hands to be left e

Luo Jian then woke up Just as everyat a bit of a loss His mind was blank for the first few seconds, but i was amiss

This wasn’t his own bed, and this room wasn’t his own rooot up fros He found himself in a small, dilapidated room that was less than twenty square meters, it was evidently one of those old houses from the 1980s There was aand a door at least The dihts frohting the surrounding area He glanced around and saw that this roo desk

A siement Apart from that bed and desk, there were no other decorations It was just that this rooh Luo Jian couldn’t detect where exactly this sense of incongruity came from And so, Luo Jian just sat on the bed, soht of the key issue—where was he?

The last memory he had was that he came home from work as usual, took a bath after dinner, wrote documents for work the next day, and then went to bed on time He was like a robot; there was not a day in a decade where his daily routine changed But then as it that when he woke up, he appeared in this strange roo and he simply couldn’t think anyly sot up and walked towards the single door in the room, a door made of deep crimson wood This door appeared to be very old and had an iron handle Luo Jian extended his hand to grab the door handle and gave it a strong twist However, the door didn’t budge

What’s going on? Am I locked in?

Luo Jian harshly pulled on the door handle Whether he pushed forward, pulled back, or even ht, the door didn’t move one bit, it was as if it were perain blanked out, he forcefully pounded on the door He felt that there was someone outside, so he shouted out loud:

“Hey? Is anyone outside?! Why am I here?!”

There wasn’t any response The rooainst the door, trying to hear any sound outside Ages passed, but he still couldn’t hear a thing, not even the sound of the wind blowing

Luo Jian felt rather alarmed, his back was covered in chills and cold sweat ran down his forehead He asked himself, how did this happen? Who knocked me unconscious and sent me here? But if I really am kidnapped, then shouldn’t ransom be demanded? Ask for the phone nu went?1

But nothing No one came There was no sound

Luo Jian took a deep breath, he felt that he should cal how much ransom they should demand for him; therefore, they shouldn’t come in for him for a while He must have panicked too much, he just needed to wait

So, Luo Jian tried to calm himself down He went and stood in front of the onlyin the rooh, the ere barred and the glass remained intact But the exterior of the as covered with a hard tinplate, co the scenery outside There was only a twinkling luster frohed, he once again drew the curtains He understood, at this moment, he was entirely in an impenetrable chamber It blocked all contact froe of a ses of small animals

Luo Jian took a step back and withdrew froe of the , but alain He discovered so at an extremely conspicuous location It was tacked onto the wall near theand was directly at his eye-level—a piece of paper

It was a note with purple patterns on the lower right-hand corner

At the top, a set of densely packed words were beautifully written with a fountain pen; it was clearly left aside for the sole living being in this locked chae specifically for Luo Jian

Luo Jian immediately leaned forward; he didn’t pull the pin out, but instead, directly tore the note off the pin in the wall The beautifully and neatly written cursive words caught his eyes, and he read the writing at the beginning: