Mark was a contingency prepared by Zhou Baiyu.
Upon sensing the possibility of being trapped in a cycle, Zhou Baiyu thought to himself, could Mark be trapped in a cycle in his dreams too?
Thus, he had his earliest communication with Mark, and after confirming that Mark was not caught in the cycle, Zhou Baiyu did not immediately ask for his help.
Instead, he instructed Mark to engage in a discussion with him only if it was certain that the cycle could not be broken by his own efforts.
Zhou Baiyu had also made attempts; in the cycle, his sense of déjà vu was fading, and the feeling of strangeness brought by his intuition was gradually dissipating within the cycle.
He was utterly defeated, unable to realize the existence of the cycle by his own strength, let alone break it.
Thus came the recent incident, Mark suddenly spoke up, temporarily disrupting what should have been a repetitive day.
