Twenty minutes later, Shining slowly wakes up from her slumber. The fact that she only slept for less than one hour despite the sleeping pills she took, says a lot about the Sarkaz race.

"Is it over?"

Shining rubs her head. A few seconds later, she asks Lin Yie again.

"Did you use it? Did it work?"

Lin Yie looks towards Nearl.

Nearl coughs to get Shining's attention, "Shining, did you have a dream?"

"Uhm," Shining says softly, "It wasn't a pleasant one."

"Really?" Nearl points at Lin Yie, "Did you see him?"

"That's also my question," Shining says,

"Lin Yie, did you enter my dream? Why can't I remember?"

Lin Yie looks indifferent, "That's because you cut me down."

Shining pauses.

"I said you cut me down," Lin Yie sighs,

"I did enter your dream, but you killed me without saying a word."

Shining looks surprised, "How did that happen?"

"Are you asking me?" Lin Yie is speechless,

"You took half an hour to fall asleep, and it took me another ten minutes to enter your dream, but in the end, you cut me down right away. What's there to talk about?... Wait, you don't remember anything? What kind of dream was that?"

Shining tries to remember what her dream was about, but nothing stands out. She shakes her head, "I don't think I saw you, but let's not talk about it…" She seems unwilling to go through her memory again, "I was killing people. That's all I did."

"Is that really your past?"

Shining nods, "Basically."

Lin Yie doesn't know what to say. What kind of bloody history is that? No wonder Shining doesn't want to remember her past. Unfortunately, like Nightingale, her past is forever imprinted in her mind, and it resurfaces in her dreams.

But the difference is, Shining is not trapped by her past.

"Should I try again?" Shining asks, "I'll be more mindful this time."

Lin Yie shakes his head, "You can't even control your actions in your dream. If we try again, you probably won't remember the purpose of this experiment. I will just get killed again."

"Fine."

It's not really Shining's fault. Most of the time, people don't even know if they are dreaming when they are. Lin Yie is no exception. He used to dream about his days in high school, studying for the college entrance exam, when he was in college already.

Hibiscus brings a report to them.

"How was it?" Shining asks.

"Shining Onee-san, your health, and mental state were very stable," Hibiscus skims the report and says, "Nothing stood out."

Shining looks at Lin Yie, "Could it be that it ended too quickly?"

Lin Yie shakes his head, "I don't think so. Maybe it's unique to Liz. After all, her condition is very different from yours."

"My condition?"

Everyone looks behind Lin Yie and sees Nightingale in her pajamas.

"Liz, did you just wake up?" Shining stands up and walks up to her.

"Um." Nightingale nods and walks toward Lin Yie, "Pineapple Bun, are we going to have breakfast together?"

Before Lin Yie can nod, Hibiscus gives her a bag of pineapple buns, "Liz, your pineapple buns are ready."

Nightingale takes the bag from her, "Thanks, Hibiscus."

Lin Yie looks at Nightingale as she nibbles at her buns. Nightingale looks up and meets his eyes.

Lin Yie shakes his head, "I'm good."

He turns to the others, "Let's continue our discussion."

Hibiscus says, "So... it really is Liz's problem, I guess?"

Nearl shakes her head, "It's too early to say that. We need more data."

"Ms. Nearl, are you going next?" Hibiscus asks.

Nearl nods without hesitation.

"Wait a minute, Nearl," Shining looks at her, "I think you should reconsider."

Nearl frowns, "Why?"

"Because you might dream about the sad parts of your past," Shining says softly, "That's what happened to Liz and me. Even Madam Chen had a similar experience."

"So?" Nearl takes off her armor,

"Shining, I'm not afraid of my past."

Lin Yie can't help but fixate his eyes on her body.

Liz asks, "Pineapple Bun, what are you looking at?"

Lin Yie coughs and looks away.

Nearl acts like nothing happened and says, "My armor offers protection for my body, not my heart. I admit I'm not as powerful as you are, but I'm confident my mental strength won't lose to yours. Not to mention, what's there to be afraid of?"

Nearl lies down on the chair Shining was sleeping on and takes the sleeping pills from Hibiscus.

She looks at Lin Yie, "Dr. Lin, I might have to show you the embarrassing moments of my past, but… Nevermind."

She closes her eyes.

Shining sighs and pats Lin Yie's shoulder, "Nearl made up her mind, but Dr. Lin, remember to be gentle with her."

Lin Yie looks at her strangely.

Shining says, "She might look like this, but…"

"Shining!" Nearl shouts, "I'm not sleeping yet!"