Unlike what Bai Zhi had imagined, the inside of the tower was exceedingly empty.
Aside from a scant few Empty Rooms, the most common things inside were the spiraling staircases leading upward, all of them covered in intricate and elaborate patterns.
The higher Bai Zhi climbed, the stranger he felt.
The surrounding arrangement did not resemble a tower at all. Instead, it felt more like a carefully prepared reception venue, with him as the invited guest.
This peculiar sense of déjà vu grew stronger the higher he went. In the end, Bai Zhi simply gave up on sneaking around and walked openly up the stairs.
—To be honest, he also wanted to see what exactly those people were up to.
Several dozen minutes later, Bai Zhi successfully reached the top of the tower.
Throughout the entire journey, he encountered neither danger nor another person. The whole tower was utterly empty, cold and silent to a terrifying degree.
The tower was completely empty inside.
"..."
Looking at the layout at the top of the tower, Bai Zhi stopped and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Just like the places he had passed through before, the tower top was empty as well. The only difference was that, within this small space at the summit, a battered old wooden chair had been placed facing him.
He tried using the system's appraisal function on the wooden chair, but the result he received was entirely unknown.
...Or rather, the chair had rejected the system's appraisal.
After a brief moment of contemplation, Bai Zhi walked over to the chair and sat down.
The instant he sat on that wooden chair, everything around him shattered and vanished. Along with the chair, he appeared above a boundless Star Sea.
In the blink of an eye, starlight glittered brilliantly.
An antique