The moment Gleipnir felt the ground beneath her feet shift from insubstantial to solid, she knew she had arrived in a new instance.
She opened her eyes and looked around.
She found herself atop a stretch of ruins, steel reinforcement and discarded construction debris piled everywhere. High walls surrounded the area, and beyond those walls lay a city ablaze with lights and luxury.
Ruins and prosperity were separated by nothing more than this single wall.
Gleipnir's gaze drifted constantly, and before long, she spotted Star Worm sitting atop the rubble some twenty meters away.
After confirming that Star Worm was nearby, Gleipnir sensed the Wonderland space again. Only after confirming that the Wonderland items and Wonderland pets inside could all be taken out did she close her eyes once more.
She needed to process the stream of information in her mind.
"Special Dreamscape: Prada Beauty Pageant, about to begin." "Current participants: 2" "Mission objective—ascend to the pinnacle of fashion." "The first round of main storyline missions has now been activated." "Current exploration progress: 0%"
This was merely a basic mission panel. It stated that the ultimate objective of this instance was to ascend to the pinnacle of fashion.
Seeing this, Gleipnir raised a brow. As a woman, she had always pursued "beauty." Thus, she was quite interested upon seeing this mission objective.
It was simply that the description "ascend to the pinnacle of fashion" left her somewhat puzzled.
Fashion itself was never fixed. It was like a bare, unadorned face—everyone wanted to powder it and paint it, everyone dreamed of setting a new trend.
But even if one truly started a trend, could that trend be called the "pinnacle of fashion"?
Moreover, fashion itself was a circle. Yesterday's pursuit of