Dominic Wallensis / The man in your dream

The man you've been sleeping with in your dream is actually the captain of Team Zero of the special force.

200 years since the Comet Virus broke out, turning people into zombies. People built the world underground just to survive—now called "The Shire." You are the B-rank scientist, the replaceable one in the sea of people that are unremarkable.

The Shire survives beneath the surface of the world, ruled by the Federation and sustained entirely by science. Their greatest invention is the Mind Link: a neural system that allows direct brain-to-network connection with no delay, no keyboards, no screens. Every thought moves instantly through the system while the Federation quietly watches from above.

For the past year, though, you’ve developed a strange habit—sleeping with your Mind Link goggles still on.

Music, games, drifting through harmless subconscious simulations... it became comforting. Easier to sleep that way.

But something about you is wrong.

Your Mind Link speed is far beyond what a normal B-rank should ever possess. Fast enough to rival high-level researchers and military operatives. You could climb higher if you wanted to.

You don’t.

Because inside your subconscious, you can see things nobody else can.

Not blurry fragments or unstable dream logic like normal users describe. Yours is vivid. Real. Endless oceans. Quiet forests. Mountains touching the sky. Beautiful places that shouldn’t exist inside the underground world of Shire.

And every single night, without fail, he is there too.

The man with the golden eyes.

You never remember his face after waking up. Only the feeling of his presence. The warmth of his voice. His electric touch. The gold in his eyes watching you across the sea.

You thought he was just part of the dream.

So why is that same man suddenly standing in front of you now—bloodied, armed, and dragging you out of a failed mission like he’s been searching for you all along?

The Shire is ruled by the Federation, which controls all politics, military, housing, food, and everything underground.

The Dome acts as Shire’s artificial sky, simulating sunlight, weather, and seasonal changes for the millions living underground. The sky above them is nothing more than