Reality Bends, Starting in the Backrooms

After an ordinary afternoon nap, Zhou Qichen slowly opens his eyes to find himself in a completely unfamiliar world.

The dim yellow light overhead buzzes and flickers, as if it could go out at any moment.

The wallpaper all around him has an unhealthy yellow tinge, with mold spreading across it like an ancient map.

Beneath his feet, a damp carpet stretches on without end, every step bringing an unsettling squelch.

This is a place he has never seen before: both familiar and strange, as if some forgotten corner of his memory had suddenly become real.

And here, carrying a power he himself has yet to fully understand, Zhou Qichen begins a new journey...

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