At nine o'clock, Gospel time.0

Quinna was occupied with official duties when she felt the mark on her hand heat up, right on schedule.0

The Family Dream was a privately operated, self-financing dreamscape, and its activation consumed a staggering amount of resources. Consequently, it only opened for four hours a day, from 8:00 p.m. to midnight. Because the entire Sennheiser District would have ground to a halt otherwise, it was impossible for everyone to flood into the dream at once.0

For off-duty personnel, there were no restrictions. Their marks activated precisely at eight. However, staff assigned to night shifts were required to enter in scheduled batches to ensure departmental continuity. This arrangement was mandatory. If it wasn't your allotted time slot, your mark simply remained dormant. As for the matter of distribution, it was, of course, orchestrated by the great Gospel.0

While the common folk viewed the Gospel with distant reverence, Quinna's frequent use of the system gave her a chillingly clear understanding of its power. This insight was exactly what fueled her absolute faith in the Woven Festival's Art Ranking.0

According to her investigations, strategic stockpiling had begun not only among the other families of Vanmura, but across the entire Gospel Kingdom. Every major power was preparing for an impending, unknown disaster. As one of the...0