Aines · South Gate
The heavy city gates were tightly shut, while a small door beside them was slowly pushed open.
The heavy city gates were tightly shut, while a small door beside them was slowly pushed open.
The old man holding a curved-handled cane stood behind the door. He slowly raised his gaze, looking at the gloomy sky outside and the vast wilderness beneath it.
Then he took a step forward. His figure vanished instantly, crossing more than ten kilometers in an instant and entering the boundless wilderness.
The officer behind the door glanced at the vanished old man, then slowly reached out and closed the small door.
In the distance, the Old Man standing atop a small hill raised his head and gazed over the vast wilderness before him, slowly lifting the curved-handled cane in his hand.
The surrounding void began to writhe at that moment. Diffuse gray radiance seeped out through the gaps in space-time, spreading across the outside of the city walls like a giant net covering heaven and earth.
The soldiers standing atop the high walls raised their heads and watched the magnificent, shocking web of light.
The flustered staff officers and commanders in the Command Center also raised their heads, watching the enormous web of light through the screens.
At that moment, everyone let out a sigh of relief.
Yet as everyone watched this scene, as the radiant web spread outward, the entire void began to tremble rapidly.
Immediately after, a clear patch of space that had originally been shrouded by dark clouds seemed to be squeezed by some external force. Then, in an instant, it solidified into a hexagonal sheet.
The sheet was dozens of meters along each side, like some enormous mirror condensed in the void. Its surface was smooth and flat,