Seol Jihu was extremely curious about Teresa’s dream, but decided to focus on the immediate task at hand.

'I was too cautious.'

He now understood. He had tried not to take rash actions thinking that he lacked information, but as Flone had suggested, he should have smashed the damn stone into pieces the moment he saw it.

While he couldn’t be sure whether that was the correct answer or not, they would have at least not fallen into their current situation.

The problem was that the mistake had already been made.

There were two choices that Seol Jihu could take now.

[Continue the rescue operation.]
[Try breaking the stone.]

After a brief moment of contemplation, Seol Jihu chose the first option.

It was because there was no guarantee that breaking the stone would wake his comrades from their dreams.

Of course, there was still an option to carry out both of the choices simultaneously, but he had to keep in mind the possibility of escalating the situation.

To draw an analogy, the five were in virtual reality with a bunch of cords connecting them to the VR machine. Seol Jihu, Teresa, and Phi Sora were already outside the machine, so unplugging the cords didn’t matter to them.

But what if the cords had been unplugged while they were still stuck in the virtual world?

Just the thought alone made him shiver. Waking his comrades came first.

And so, Seol Jihu briefly...