When you play the same song forty-four times through headphones in the darkness, curled beneath your covers, you risk awakening somewhere else. The familiar becomes strange—your bedroom, the living room, the garage, the bathroom, the basketball court, construction sites—all recognizable yet fundamentally transformed. In this isolated realm, severed from reality, the ordinary rules no longer apply. Common is an average person thrust into this extraordinary predicament. Stripped of certainty, they discover latent supernatural abilities dormant within. In this fractured world where perception deceives and nothing is as it seems, Common begins an unexpected metamorphosis. Through trials and trials, they sharpen their extraordinary gifts, transcending their former limitations. From ordinary existence to extraordinary mastery, Common's journey becomes one of relentless transformation. Each moment in the alternate space reshapes them—more capable, more dangerous, more aware. What begins as survival instinct evolves into dominion over the impossible forces that govern this nightmarish dimension. The path from awakening to transcendence is neither simple nor forgiving. Yet Common persists, climbing toward the summit of power and understanding in a world designed to break the unprepared. In the end, they achieve what few could survive to experience—reaching the absolute pinnacle of their potential. [Winner: 34th Galaxy Award for Best Online Novel | #1 Science Fiction Literary IP Adaptation Value Potential (2023) | Premier Chinese Science Fiction Online Novel]