Hao Ren turned his head away awkwardly and, sure enough, discovered that the entrance to the alternate space had opened—and it had opened right behind him. The damn entrance had happened to be wedged in exactly this spot, overlapping almost perfectly with the main entrance to the Parthenon, though it led in the opposite direction...
Heiserana had actually mentioned earlier that the ruin's entrance overlapped with the temple's entrance, but unfortunately Hao Ren hadn't been listening.
"This is the entrance?" Lily was the first to bounce over curiously for a look. The entrance to the ruins was a constantly twisting, semi-transparent film of light. It had no fixed shape and floated in midair like a projected sheet of water. It was roughly three or four meters wide, while its height extended all the way to the temple's massive stone beam. Through the film, one could see the hazy scenery of the alternate space. There seemed to be a completely different landscape on the other side. Lily curiously circled around to the back of the film and took a look, only to discover that she couldn't see anything from behind—not even the film of light itself was visible. She could see the people on the other side directly.
Vivian casually tossed a small bat inside, then nodded at Hao Ren. "Mm. It's a stable space, and it looks extremely vast."
"Let's go, let's go." Hao Ren rolled up his sleeves and psyched himself up before walking toward the seemingly unreliable film of light. Lily hopped and skipped after him and slipped through right on his heels. Vivian and Nangong May followed close behind, pulling Becky along. Izax stood at the back of the group and let Heiserana and Jean Lucas go first. "Go on in. I'll bring up the rear. By