He passed through the Gate of Ghosts.
What appeared before him was not another world, but a pitch-black tunnel.
The tunnel floated in midair.
It seemed to have been built over the Void Abyss.
Far in the distance.
Scattered points of light adorned the darkness, showing that this place was still within the universe.
The tunnel was transparent.
It had substance, yet no form.
He could see neither walls nor floor or ceiling. Walking through it was like being inside a passage filled with liquid. Not only was there considerable resistance, but he also felt a faint sense of suffocation.
Jiang Qiao tried extending a hand.
The resistance suddenly loosened.
His hand easily passed through the edge, and his palm appeared outside the tunnel.
At first, there was nothing there.
Then a terrifying pulling force struck.
It tried to drag Jiang Qiao out.
"Just as I thought!"
He understood at once.
Jiang Qiao immediately pulled his hand back.
This gravitational force should have come from the Great Tunnel. Anyone trying to leave this world would encounter the Great Tunnel's gravity and be pulled toward their "homeland."
This gravitational force.
Actually came from space repairing itself, and would disappear on its own once the repairs were complete.
But the process was very slow.
After all, coming out of one's homeland was nothing like breaking through an ordinary spatial barrier. This tunnel was equivalent to the "wormholes" in science-fiction novels—a product of genuine folding of the universe's space.
During its initial opening, it expelled matter outward.
But while repairing itself.
It also absorbed matter.
This Small World was rather unlucky. It lay at the edge of the tunnel and was constantly drawn in by the gravitational force generated during the tunnel's repairs. Although the process was slow, sooner or later, it would