I suppose this might sound strange but... there's a possibility that an alternate reality like that could exist, even if it's in a form of altered roles. There was a week when nearly everyone was affected by it in some form.
So for Yuan... that memory is his reality, until that particular effect wears off, or the end of the entire experiment. They're usually a week so... maybe it won't be much longer.
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I suppose this might sound strange but... there's a possibility that an alternate reality like that could exist, even if it's in a form of altered roles. There was a week when nearly everyone was affected by it in some form.
So for Yuan... that memory is his reality, until that particular effect wears off, or the end of the entire experiment. They're usually a week so... maybe it won't be much longer.