What Happened Back Then

In Cliff Village at night, Jiang Baimian gathered the Old Task Force members.

She looked around the bulb emitting yellowish light and said to Shang Jianyao, "Explain what you gathered from the dream in detail."

Shang Jianyao sat up straight and cleared his throat. "It's unknown what the owner of Room 506 encountered in reality; it's also possible that she had nightmares every day. When she recalled the past, the suppressed emotions reached a critical point, causing her to suffer a complete breakdown. She was shouting in her dream. Without needing me to guide her, she told me about the Fourth Research Institute. The magical thing is…"

At this point, Shang Jianyao leaned forward and spoke in a tone as though he was telling a ghost story. "This time, I didn't feel the danger of a Kalendaria opening 'Their' eyes in the darkness again."

"Comparisons from before imply that certain conditions have changed," Genava commented objectively.