"But whenever I sense you or hear your call near my ear, the ashes inside me become active."

"Last night, when I heard your call, it was as if the ashes inside me were ignited… so I'm sure it was your call."

"Then… I don't know what happened, as if in a haze, or perhaps out of control, I followed that feeling and left the Gymnasium."

"This…" Lin Yi rubbed his chin, furrowed his eyebrows, squinting his eyes full of wonder, "But I was sleeping in the Dormitory building last night! Hmm… About what time did you hear my call? No, wait, the timing doesn't seem important. The important thing is, I didn't call you at all!"

Li Huiyuan, too, felt conflicted: "I also don't know what happened. But when I heard your call, it was probably midnight, maybe after midnight… I remember a lot of classmates were asleep then. I dozed off a bit, but I was too restless to fall asleep."

"When I heard your voice, I thought it was just a dream, but then, the voice became clearer, and the ashes inside me became hotter…"

Lin Yi didn't expect the Sports Student to sleep in the Gymnasium, but after thinking about it, it made sense. If the Sports Student didn't return to the dormitory, he would need to catch up on sleep, so having a designated sleeping area in the Gymnasium was quite reasonable.

But now he wasn't interested in researching these matters, firmly stating, "Midnight… at that time, I was definitely asleep."

He always entered the dream within a few seconds before midnight.

After a pause, Lin Yi asked, "Do you remember what the call was roughly about?"

Li Huiyuan nodded and then shook her head: "I can't remember the specifics. What I do remember is something like you—oh no, I mean the voice, kept telling me, 'Remember this path,' 'Come here,' something like that..."

"'Remember this path,' 'Come here'?" Lin Yi wondered: "Is there anything else? Or do you remember where exactly it led to?"

Li Huiyuan furrowed her eyebrows: "At first, I didn't know what that place was. It was a black castle, built on a cliff or something, with seawater constantly crashing against it. The sky was black, like it was painted on… Later, the Boss told me that was the Art Building."

"The voice came from the castle in the Art Building, constantly summoning me…"

"So you just left the Gymnasium like that?" Lin Yi pressed on.

Li Huiyuan shook her head: "I really didn't know what was happening. I felt like you were seeking my help, or you wanted me to do something. I felt like I lost my mind, and when I came to my senses a little, I found myself at a place full of vortexes…"

"Those vortexes were cutting through my body like grindstones. Fortunately, the Boss appeared and brought me back."

Lin Yi's expression turned serious, pondering thoughtfully: "A place full of vortexes, could it be the 'Layer Transition' path?"

"It was that path." Li Huiyuan confirmed, "The Boss said if I kept going, I'd end up at the Art Building."

"It seems the Boss took people to the Art Building for support and found you while returning…" Lin Yi silently nodded.

He furrowed his eyebrows into a '川' shape.

"But how could my voice come from the Art Building and summon you? This doesn't make sense at all…"

"I don't know either. After the Boss took me back to the Gymnasium, they sent me to the School Clinic. After the School Doctor healed my injuries, I've stayed with the Boss since." Li Huiyuan said, "The Boss originally wanted to ask you what happened too, but I guess you don't know either."

"Of course, I don't know. If I did, I'd definitely tell you." Lin Yi said gravely, but in his heart, an unclear suspicion began to form.

"But, could it be…"

Given that Li Huiyuan has such a connection with him, regardless of whether it's the effect of the Mist Chasing Light Seeker, he first had to assume it was indeed "him" summoning Li Huiyuan.

And if indeed the call came from him, then there could be only one explanation.

Dream Boundary!

At some point in the future, through the Dream Boundary, he permeated the time dimension and called out to Li Huiyuan at midnight last night.

However!

Penetrating the Dream Boundary isn't that simple. If it's just about calling Li Huiyuan, why not directly call from the Gymnasium rather than starting from the Art Building?

Could it be related to Maozi?

Last night in his dream, he penetrated the Dream Boundary to the day before yesterday to Mao Feiyang, then went to the Mage's bedroom.

Could it be that on some future night, he penetrates to yesterday, summoning Li Huiyuan through Mao Feiyang?

But why would he summon Li Huiyuan?!

It's illogical!

No, it's not illogical, it's—there's no reason!

Damn it, even now, he didn't have the slightest reason to summon Li Huiyuan, there wasn't even a hint of such a notion in his mind.

"Can you really not remember any other details about the call?" Lin Yi asked persistently.

Li Huiyuan pressed her lips and nodded.

With Li Huiyuan unable to recall more details, Lin Yi could only pursue a different path.

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