Chapter 1 Escape · Shock · Superpower_2

The feeling was truly... eerily bizarre and terrifying, causing them to be immensely frightened, almost to the point of screaming. They couldn't lift their arms or move their legs, their bodies firmly rooted in place, as though they were being "pressed" down by some invisible force. Milais finally thought of an apt comparison, which was like waking up in the middle of the night, knowing that one is awake but only able to lie in bed, staring wide-eyed and panting, completely unable to move.

He recalled a classmate from the Empire referring to it as "sleep paralysis." It was indeed malevolent, as if a ghost or spirit was pressing down on one's body, mimicking his current experience.

Li Zi, who had gone out earlier, was standing just a few steps away from him, his upper and lower teeth constantly shivering, a look of distress on his usually optimistic face that Milais had never seen before.

"Good morning, everyone. It seems everyone has arrived; what is this all about?"