The third scenario was about to begin, and they needed to occupy 'safe rooms' designed for a certain number of people in order to survive the wave of monster attacks.
Kim Dok Ja made an agreement with his comrades, deciding to split into two groups. Yoo Sang Ah, Lee Hyun Sung, and Jung Hee Won ran towards the approaching monsters and activated a hidden green zone for three people.
At this time, Kim Dok Ja, along with Lee Gil Young, ran in the opposite direction from the monsters to activate the second secret green zone.
However, what a disappointment it was for Kim Dok Ja when, having broken through the crowd of monsters, he saw that the secret room for two people had already been activated by Yoo Joon Hyuk, who, according to the text of the novel, should have learned about this secret zone only in the fourth regression.
"At least take the child," Kim Dok Ja said, hoping that at least for Lee Gil Young there would be a safe zone.
Fortunately, Yoo Joon Hyuk agreed to at least take Lee Gil Young to the green zone, and Kim Dok Ja had to fight monsters to survive the night. In order to survive the encounter with the monsters, Kim Dok Ja used the 'Spectrum Spiritual Stone' that he obtained after fighting the spectra on the way to Chungmuro Station.
After eating these spirit crystals, Kim Dok Ja once again sank into the 'Illusionary Prison', becoming a ghost invisible to the monsters, but instead sank into his traumatic memories of his mother...