Chapter 350: Eighty-Third Floor, Waiting Room
[8 hours 59 minutes until the rest period ends. Please take a rest.]
After arriving inside the familiar-looking waiting room, I looked around to see Doppy reading at the table.
He glanced up as I arrived. “Su‑Yeok! You’re back!”
“Yeah, just a moment.” I raised my palm to signal that I needed time to gather my thoughts.
Doppy nodded in understanding. I closed my eyes and focused my mind.
Although the notification had declared that I had completed the floor, I couldn’t let my guard down. The Primordial Dream had already deceived me once with a message from the tower, so I didn’t trust that this was truly the end.
It feels almost too easy and too fast.
This could be one last spiteful trick, or it was exactly what she intended. Perhaps she was trying to lull me into complacency before unleashing the real final dream. For all I knew, the very ability to question whether I was still in a dream had been deliberately planted in me.
I could only console myself that the stifling pressure deep in my chest was no longer there. That oppressive weight—the mark of the Celestial Mountain Blossom’s power—had never once disappeared during any of the four previous dreams.
I calmly stirred my divinity.
The blossom remained still. Its tranquility suggested that nothing was amiss, but even so, I couldn’t fully relax.
As I channeled my power, Doppy widened his eyes and looked at me in alarm. “Is something wrong?”