A clearing in the mountains.
Richard returned once more.
He stretched out a hand and skillfully activated the Space Jump Point located here. Before long, the vanished purple energy "Round Mirror" reappeared in the air.
With a flick of his hand, Richard took out five pearls already coated in a layer of silvery-white liquid and moved them toward the "Round Mirror."
"...Find me... come find me... find the beacon I left behind. It will guide you..."
The familiar call rang out from within the pearls, and the purple "Round Mirror" gradually turned silvery white.
When Richard brought the five pearls close enough to the "Round Mirror," a ripple appeared across its surface. With several whooshes, the pearls rose into the air and entered the "Round Mirror" on their own.
The "Round Mirror" instantly became completely silvery white. In Richard's perception, it had formed a stable transmission path.
Through this path, he could reach a specific plane. Though it was not the caller's plane, it brought him closer to the caller.
It was like being given a clear direction in a sea of fog. As long as he followed it—finding the corresponding beacon in the next plane, then the plane after that, and continuing onward—he would eventually reach where the caller was.
This time, Richard did not delay. He stepped into the Space Jump Point.
His body vanished.
Some time later.
Richard's body reappeared. He had arrived in an entirely new plane.
The moment he entered the plane, Richard's nostrils flared several times. The air around him was unbelievably fresh, and breathing felt exceptionally easy.
After carefully sensing it for a while, he confirmed that the oxygen content in this plane's air was far higher than in other planes, and that clearly had a major effect.
The surrounding plants were