May 10, 20X023, 2:23, at the base of the Quantum giant clock "Holy Hall" in the Art Building Bell Tower, endless gusts of air burst forth from the clock's mouth, engulfing Lin Yi's body like the flames from a rocket's exhaust.
Underneath that terrifying blaze, all that remained of Lin Yi was a charred silhouette; his body seemed to have been reduced to nothing but a skeleton...
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20X023, May 10, 2:23.
At the same moment.
Lin Yi felt his consciousness shatter into countless fragments, washed away by the "Holy Hall"'s gusts, and the world before his eyes appeared as the scenery one sees from a high-speed train.
He saw walls densely covered with Super Nocturnal Species like ivy, along with twisted walls and cracks filled with malevolent Nocturnal Species, their viscous bodies appearing to have developed the articulation of insects, the scales of reptiles, yet also the teeth and eyes of wild beasts...