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Feeling his consciousness becoming hazy, Roger knew this was a precursor to dizziness caused by a lack of oxygen in his brain.
He desperately tried to control his mouth to breathe deeply, but then he helplessly discovered that he could no longer make his body respond in any way.
Everything went pitch-black before his eyes, and not a sound could be heard in his ears. Even the fluctuations of his thoughts were suppressed to the extreme.
Little by little, the flame of thought seemed like it might extinguish at any moment.
He didn't know how much time had passed when he almost couldn't feel his own existence anymore, when the last of his self-consciousness was about to be worn away.
Suddenly, the faint fire of consciousness blazed fiercely to life.
Gradually, Roger's brain began to ponder more questions, a speck of light appeared before his eyes, and although he could hear nothing, he knew he had survived the most challenging phase.