,,,,,,(text-colour:black)[An imposing [[gateway->gateway]] stands before you.]
[[Go to Chapter 2|inner compound]]
(text-colour:black)[You walk closer. Three arches stand before you.]
[[Left Arch]]
Come, come inside.
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(text-colour:black)[An engraving on the stone arch reads:
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"Though not real was once real, the Real is never unreal."
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[[Enter|option2]](text-colour:black)[You see a couplet written on the stone arch:]
"Truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true
Real becomes unreal when the unreal's real"
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[[Enter|option 1]]
(text-colour:black)[It is locked.]
[[[[Middle Arch->Entrance]]]](text-colour:black)[It is locked.]
[[Right Arch]] <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ar/514068313773942/" target="_blank">Destination</a></p>
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(text-colour:black)[[Proceed|Destination]]
Welcome to [[The Land of Illusion->The Land of Illusion]].
I am your guide, Disenchantment.
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Disenchantment.
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You are in my home.
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|sample3)[(transition: "dissolve")[On the mountain of Spring Awakening,]]
|sample4)[(transition: "dissolve")[In the Paradise of the Full-Blown Flower.]]
|sample5)[(transition: "dissolve")[Beneath the Sky of Passion,]]
|sample6)[(transition: "dissolve")[In (text-colour:red)[(text-style:"bold")[The Dream of The Golden Days]].]]
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You are going home.
[[[[Look into the window->window - first AR filter]]]]
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[[Cross]] (text-colour:black)[There is a grand hall to your [[right]].]
(text-colour:black)[You see a long winding corridor in the distance.]
[[Walk towards]](text-colour:black)[You see a verse written on the wall:]
Only since pure bright and high aspirations,
born in the end of the world, the fortune has disappeared.
Pure bright weeping and weeping by the river,
a thousand miles of east wind and a dream far away.
(text-colour:black)[These have become part of you.]
[[Walk on]]
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(text-colour:black) [Entering a dimly lit hallway, you see a room to your [[left|AR 2]] and a room to your right.]
(text-colour:black)[Approach the [[doorway]].](text-colour:black)[A low hum of birdsong catches your attention. Turning your head, you see the shadows of a latticed window.]
<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ar/1495631797588121/" target="_blank">Peek</a></p>
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(text-colour:black)[[[Proceed|window]]](text-colour:black)[You've arrived at the corridor.]
[[Cross|rock]](text-colour:black)[You see a beautiful garden to your right.
Delicate hills, peculiar stones, fragrant flowers and exuberant trees.
You can almost hear the sweet singing of birds and the occasional sound of cranes and deers.
The landscape, at time undulating, at time jagged, draws you into a deep [[contemplation|AR4]]. ]This way.
[[Follow]]
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(text-colour:black)[The winding alleyway takes you deeper and deeper into the compound.
You see a glimmer of [[light|AR5]].]<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ar/682355986755680/" target="_blank">Look closer</a></p>
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(text-colour:black)[[[Proceed|text]]]
(text-colour:black)[Tick...Tock...Tick...]
<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ar/1101116140598030/" target="_blank">Peek</a></p>
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(text-colour:black)[[[Proceed|window2]]]
(text-colour:black)[You see a verse written on the wall:]
Twenty years of distinguishing right from wrong,
the pomegranate flower blooms in the palace.
The three spring struggles and the early spring scene,
the tiger and the rabbit meet in a big dream.
(text-colour:black)[These have become part of you.]
[[Head towards the other room|AR 3]]
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(text-colour:black)[You see a verse written on the wall:]
The love is deep in the sky, the sea of love, and the deep love.
When the love meets, it will be the master.
All the rhetoric is honoured, and the beginning of provocation is really peaceful.
(text-colour:black)[These have become part of you.]
[[Turn Back]]
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(text-colour:black)[Exiting the hall, you feel at lost of what you have just seen. Packed with objects, the rooms looked as if one day its inhabitants just got up and left.
Uncertain whether it's night or day, you look out onto the palace courtyard and take a deep breath. With heightened senses, you walk on towards the [[inner compound]].](text-colour:black)[You see a verse written on the floor:]
[After the three spring scenes are not long,
the clothes are changed to the makeup of the past years.
The poor embroidered household noble girl,
lying alone beside the ancient Buddha with green lamp.]
(text-colour:black)[These have become part of you.]
[[Walk on|W]]
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[(text-colour:black)[Pulling away from the window, you are getting a little tired from all the strange views with verses that make no sense.
Suddenly, you think to yourself, am I getting closer to where I am supposed to go?]
]
End of Chapter 2<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ar/682355986755680/" target="_blank">Contemplate</a></p>
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(text-colour:black)[[[Proceed|Verse4]]]
(text-colour:black)[You see a verse written on the floor:]
[It's lamentable to stop the virtue,
but to pity Yongxu talent.
Jade belts are hung in the forest,
and golden hairpins are buried in the snow.]
(text-colour:black)[These have become part of you.]
[[Walk on|next]]
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