Ren shouted, "Stop! Let me out."
A shock of golden light burst from the thread as the entire scene of him being forced onto a bed and overwhelmed by several women, including Meiling, vanished into thin air, replaced by the vision of a hospital-like room belonging to Meiling.
He gasped and stumbled, slamming his palms onto the edge of Meiling's bed. The golden strand snapped and vanished.
"What was that?" Ren asked himself, noticing that he had indeed created a nuclear explosion in his pants due to that dream or vision or whatever it was. He felt weak, as if he had masturbated.
His heart hammered against his ribs. His palms were cold.
He stared at Meiling's sleeping face. Her lips moved faintly, as though murmuring a name.
Ren wiped sweat from his brow. "We really are entering the dangerous zone now," he muttered. "I hope what I saw was just a dream...but it didn't feel like one."
The monitor beeped steadily. Outside the window, a bird chirped.
