While the governors of the Twelve Main Cities cautiously went to war, Xu Huo was trapped inside the King's Treasure.
First, he was swallowed into a resplendent space, packed with precious metals and all kinds of gemstones commonly found throughout 031's history. Well, it certainly fit the stereotypical image of the King's Treasure.
But that was as far as it went.
Although he stood in front of the treasure, he could never get any closer to it, let alone take anything from it.
It looked to be only a step or two away, but every step he took made the vault retreat by one step. He couldn't get closer no matter how fast he moved, whether he used a spatial passageway or a Mental Portal.
He also tried changing direction and looking for another way, but his range of movement seemed to be limited to just a few square meters beneath the vault.
He could get in, but not move, and he couldn't get out either... That was right. The moment he entered, his Personal Panel had been shut down, and every item he had on him had stopped working.
After a brief hesitation, he chose not to use "My Heart is Gloomy" and instead tried to observe the state of the surrounding space.
The vault did indeed seem to be only a step or two away, but there was probably a spatial barrier between him and it. The key to why he couldn't touch that barrier most likely lay in the size of the space.
Everything he saw with his naked eye was an illusion. It seemed as though he was moving around within those few square meters, but in reality, he simply hadn't reached the edge of the space.
Once he realized this, he began moving faster, repeatedly