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CHAPTER 336. The Return to Silence
Author: Yeshua Yin
last update2025-11-12 22:59:20

When Oliver Beckett opened his eyes, the ceiling looked exactly the same. Same cracks. Same faint hum of the dorm ventilation.

Same half-open window letting in the pale light of dawn, but something had changed. The silence was different, heavier, like the air itself was holding its breath.

He sat up slowly, half-expecting to see that golden doorway again, but there was nothing.

Just the faint echo of the System’s voice fading from his memory: “Welcome back, Oliver Beckett.”

His chest felt col
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