Chapter Three: The Museum of Harm

Its enormous body collapsed into that shadow until only a black stamp remained, carved with RETURN FOR REVISION. The scarred door opened. 【Trial 02 cleared.】 【Ability acquired—Damage Escrow: Delay resolution of one injury to yourself for seven seconds.】 【Warning: Conservation of Seals activated. Uncontrollable entity “A-Man” has been released.】 【Time until complete reboot: 6 days, 18 hours, 12 minutes.】 Lin opened his eyes in the neural pod. Half the laboratory door had been torn away. A black claw had stopped centimeters from Gu Wanqing's throat. As its counterpart collapsed inside the trial, the real-world hound crumbled into ash. Gu stood against the console, holding her final battery. She did not approach him.