Recently, I had a strange dream that stayed in my mind long after I woke up.
In the dream, I had become some kind of “superpower user” again.
But it was not the kind of exciting superhero dream people usually imagine.
The entire atmosphere felt oppressive, dangerous, and strangely cold.
The Underground World
The dream began inside a massive space.
It looked like a mix between an abandoned industrial structure and an underground facility. The ceiling was impossibly high, surrounded by metal platforms and iron frameworks stretching into the darkness.
Below, some kind of battle seemed to be happening.
I could sense chaos and movement, but I could never clearly see what was actually going on.
I only knew one thing:
There were many “ability users” there.
And standing high above everyone else, on a row of iron supports, was a single person.
The dream made me feel that this person was terrifyingly powerful.
He showed no interest in the battle below, almost as if it was beneath him. He simply stood there silently, looking down on everything.
But strangely, somewhere deep inside the dream, I felt something even stranger:
I might have been stronger than him.
I just had not awakened that power yet.
When the battle ended, the man suddenly moved.
He flashed through the metal structures at incredible speed, disappearing and reappearing in an instant, leaving blue trails of light across the air.
Even after waking up, that image stayed in my head.
Climbing Higher
Then the dream suddenly shifted.
We were climbing some kind of enormous steel structure.
The height was terrifying. Even in the dream, I was afraid to look down.
Near the top, one of the people climbing became stuck halfway and could not continue.
Then someone with authority spoke.
“Hurry up.”
“If you delay everyone else, we’ll deal with you.”
Even inside the dream, those words felt disturbing.
Eventually, that person seemed to sacrifice something in order to keep climbing.
I no longer remember what the price was.
But the dream made one thing very clear:
In that world, weakness felt dangerous.
The Ability to Become Someone Else
The final part of the dream took place inside an underground base.
It felt like something was approaching us, and we were preparing for defense.
Some of the ability users had already positioned themselves near narrow entrances and passageways. The area we were protecting seemed to be the core of the entire facility.
I also tried to use my own abilities.
Strangely, I felt like I had become a character from a game. I could even use that character’s skills as if they belonged to me.
But the people around me said something unsettling:
“With our current strength, we probably can’t hold this place.”
So they placed their hopes on me.
That was when I realized my true ability was not combat.
It was transformation.
I could completely become another person.
Not just appearance.
Everything changed:
My presence.
My energy.
My strength.
Even the feeling of who I was.
And the strangest part was this:
Nobody could tell the difference.
It was as if I had always been that person.
So I closed my eyes and focused.
I tried to become someone else entirely.
And when it worked, I could physically feel my body becoming larger, stronger, heavier with power.
The difference was overwhelming.
But the part that stayed with me after waking up was not the power itself.
It was what happened afterward.
I seemed to affect the memories of the people around me.
Almost as if I had forced a false memory into their minds.
I made them believe that the person I had transformed into was the “real” me.
After waking up, I kept wondering:
Why did power in this dream always feel connected to pressure?
Why did everyone in that world feel replaceable?
Why was my ability not destruction, but imitation and identity itself?
I do not know whether this dream has any deeper meaning.
Maybe it was simply another chaotic creation of the subconscious mind.
But it still made me realize something:
Sometimes people do not truly desire power itself.
Maybe what they really want…
is the possibility of becoming someone else.