To Think I'd Arrive Here...

Yin Kuang, who had charged into the "Gate of No Gate," experienced nothing particularly worth describing. If he had to name something, it was that his entire body became unprecedentedly weightless. Then he could no longer tell whether he was soaring into the clouds or plunging into an abyss. After that, he lost all sensation.

Who knew how much time had passed? When he felt solid ground beneath his feet, Yin Kuang slowly opened his eyes. The first thing that entered his vision was the darkness unique to night. That told Yin Kuang it was nighttime. Looking around, he saw towering buildings, neon lights, vehicles streaming through the streets, and sparse pedestrians on either side.

This was a world from an era nearly identical to the Earth Yin Kuang came from! That was Yin Kuang's second impression. Furthermore, judging by the skin color and features of the people around him, the writing on the various advertisements, and so on, this was likely a city somewhere in Europe or America. For the time being, that was all he could determine by sight alone.

"Hmm!"

Yin Kuang suddenly realized something was wrong. He looked to either side before finally figuring out what it was: Lian Nishang was not beside him.

Since she abducted me into the "Gate of No Gate," it's unlikely she would have deliberately separated from me. Does that mean she was transported by the "Gate of No Gate" to another world? With that thought, Yin Kuang let out a sigh of relief. Naturally, he deeply resented Lian Nishang's actions. Once everything in The Forbidden Kingdom had ended, he should have been able to return to the academy. Yet things had turned out like this—how was he supposed to get back now?

*What a miscalculation! What a miscalculation! If I'd