"This—this is..."
Quinn Miller, his hair completely white, stared at the Senkaimon before him and at the Soul Society beyond it, so utterly different from what he knew. Shock filled his eyes.
The other pioneers looked just as delighted.
"A world of its own, and it seems to be a whole, unified one!"
"Those cannon fodder couldn't leave the city, so they had no idea how vast this world was. Now it seems it could be far beyond anything we imagined."
They were all seasoned veterans who had journeyed through countless world fragments, armed with plenty of records and experience. They reached their conclusion at once.
This world was different!
"No wonder it exerted that kind of suppression earlier. So that's why."
"If such a vast world is hidden inside, then everything makes perfect sense..."
But as soon as they stepped through the Senkaimon, their expressions shifted.
The suppression in this world was far stronger than what they had experienced in the ruins outside.
Perhaps the glassified desert outside had been compromised by the terrible battle it had endured. Or perhaps the worsening Abyssal corruption was to blame.
Regardless, the situation in this world was just as the cannon fodder had described!
The newcomers couldn't help but curse their luck.
Three Boundary Breakers and one Senior Partner—even the weakest among them, the Senior Partner who was merely there to guide them, was considered one of the elite in Extreme Ice City.
A world with this level of suppression was simply too dangerous for them!
"Don't be nervous. If Vice-Captain Kira had meant us harm, we'd already be in trouble. There'd be no need for him to go to all this trouble."
Quinn had lived long enough to keep his voice calm as he reassured the others, and he maintained a