New World

In an instant, the light and shadows around Zhang Ye changed, leaving them without even time to react.

Even Pietro, with his super speed, couldn't rescue them in time. In just a fraction of a second, Zhang Ye felt their body shake, and then their consciousness, along with their body, plunged downwards.

Zhang Ye's survival instinct made them look up, and then they discovered in horror that they were like a camera falling into the ocean, plummeting downwards at an extremely fast speed, with no way to do anything except watch the sunlight on the surface of the sea gradually recede.

Zhang Ye wanted to turn their head to look at Pietro's position. If they remembered correctly, Pietro should have fallen into that purple light and shadow along with them. But to Zhang Ye's surprise, their perspective seemed to be fixed, unable to move at all.

Then, all the light disappeared into the distance, and all observable matter and light around them vanished, leaving only Zhang Ye's consciousness, drifting in this boundless darkness.

"Where... is this?"

Zhang Ye wanted to speak, but found that they couldn't feel their body at all. Even the most basic senses of touch and taste had disappeared, causing them to instinctively feel a surge of fear.

But soon, Zhang Ye forced themself not to overthink, and even more so not to feel any fear. The most important thing now was to think about why they had come here, and why they were in this strange state.

Where exactly is this place?

They should have been teleported away by Miss Minutes, so why did they enter endless darkness? Most importantly, where did their body go?

If that portal hadn't separated their soul consciousness from their body in an instant, then there was only one possibility—they must be dreaming.

Perhaps this was the only explanation. Zhang Ye wasn't some high-achieving student, and knew nothing about physics. They couldn't explain their current state in a scientific way, and could only guess based on the most similar situation they had experienced.

Then, this feeling was undoubtedly most similar to the feeling of being in a dream.

Suddenly, a glimmer of light came from 'behind' them. Zhang Ye felt something glowing behind them, and the light was getting stronger and stronger, but they couldn't control their vision, let alone turn their head to see what was behind them.

Just as Zhang Ye was getting a little anxious, they suddenly felt a slight shift in their field of vision. Zhang Ye was a little puzzled, but they quickly realized that they were actually turning their field of vision, albeit slowly, but they were indeed 'turning their head'.

The light gradually appeared from the right, and Zhang Ye's gaze slowly shifted from a patch of darkness to the direction from which the light was coming.

At first, it was just some faint starlight, like a ribbon of the Milky Way formed by gathering streams of light, shining in the darkness.

As the perspective expanded, Zhang Ye discovered that it wasn't just one ribbon, but countless flowing silks. They were made of stars, and were like fragments of mirrors reflecting countless chaotic time and space, mixed and gathered into an extremely huge 'tree'.

World Tree?

This was the first word that appeared in Zhang Ye's mind. However, although it was a vivid image, it couldn't compare to the magnificent scene in front of them. It wasn't a 'World Tree' composed of multiple worlds and planets, but rather a terrifying stream of time that was attracted and combined by countless multiverses.

Then, these lights became larger and larger. At first, it was just the dazzling starlight in front of them. Before long, Zhang Ye even felt that there were many similar starlight ribbons around them.

Countless stars filled Zhang Ye's vision, and the astonishing light made Zhang Ye unable to help but close their eyes.

The next moment—

Ding! Clang! Crash! Splat!

A burst of noisy sounds entered their ears, along with the pain in their body and Pietro's screams beside them.

Opening their eyes again, light returned to Zhang Ye's field of vision. The surrounding environment was an empty alley. Several stray cats quickly darted out of the trash can and disappeared around the corner.

"Ah! My leg!"

Just as Zhang Ye was observing the surrounding situation, a cry of pain brought Zhang Ye back to their senses. Turning their head, they saw Pietro had fallen to the ground, and his wheelchair had also overturned.

"Pietro, are you okay?" Zhang Ye got up, ignoring the pain coming from their body, and quickly came to Pietro's side.

"I'm, I'm okay." Pietro clutched his injured leg. "You didn't tell me our journey would be so exciting. My leg, which was about to get better, almost broke again!"

"You can still ramble on like that, so it seems your injury isn't serious." Zhang Ye said unceremoniously, but the anxiety in their heart was relieved. They helped up the wheelchair, and then turned around to help Pietro.

"It's okay, I can do it myself. Isn't this a good thing? At least it proves that my leg is really getting better, otherwise it wouldn't be so sensitive. It should be better in a few hours. I guess, at the latest it won't be more than sunrise tomorrow."

Pietro struggled to get up with a limp and sat in the wheelchair. For some reason, Zhang Ye felt that this guy was talking a lot more. It seemed to have started after he learned that President X was dead. This was a good thing; Pietro was at least not as listless as before.

"That's not bad, I thought you would need a few months." Zhang Ye sized up Pietro's leg, which was wrapped tightly, and didn't look any different from before.

"Super speed, remember? I'm the Speedster, as long as it's not a fatal injury, I can basically recover within a week. I even think this is slow." Pietro grinned, but he glanced around and asked Zhang Ye. "So... did we succeed?"

Hearing Pietro's question, Zhang Ye slowly picked up the Time Twister that had fallen on the ground and nodded slightly.

"Ah, we should have succeeded. The Time Twister is not an ordinary thing. It has the power to travel through the multiverse, so no matter where this is, we have already left the previous universe."

With Zhang Ye's confirmation, Pietro's breathing became rapid, as if he was very excited. His body trembled slightly.

"I, I can't believe it, we actually succeeded. No one has ever been able to start this device before, how did you do it?"

"I don't know." Taking a deep look at the Time Twister in their hand, the black screen reflected Zhang Ye's face. Recalling the experience just now, Zhang Ye rubbed their temples.

"Zhang, are you okay?" Seeing that Zhang Ye's condition was not right, Pietro poked Zhang Ye's arm with his hand.

"I'm fine. The most important thing now is to see the situation in this world. Don't forget that we are illegal residents in this world. For safety's sake, let's collect information about this world first."

Waving their hand, Zhang Ye walked behind Pietro. Although the two of them were very dirty, they were generally fine. Even if they encountered people, they wouldn't attract too much attention.

Hearing the sound and searching for a more lively direction, Zhang Ye pushed the wheelchair and walked slowly with Pietro along the dark alley towards the street full of sunshine and laughter.

Watching the street bathed in sunlight getting closer and closer, Pietro's heart became more and more excited. He hadn't felt this kind of light that brought warmth and comfort for a long time.

And a slight smile finally appeared on Zhang Ye's always tense face. Listening to the increasingly clear sounds of playfulness and laughter, Zhang Ye's originally heavy heart gradually relaxed.

Finally, the two walked out of the gloomy and enclosed alley and came to the bustling street.

Countless pedestrians walked on the street, several teenagers on skateboards quickly passed through the crowd, and some women in OL outfits were holding coffee and jogging quickly, rushing to their destination. Everyone had their own goals, and everything was so natural.

Zhang Ye couldn't help but raise a smiling face. Looking at this somewhat busy street, Zhang Ye even wanted to shout loudly and vent all the unease and pain from this period of time.

Although this was not much different from the foreign streets in their memory, Zhang Ye still felt very novel.

At this moment, Zhang Ye could finally relax and experience the wonders of this new world. Without the terrifying pressure that had been weighing on it, Zhang Ye couldn't wait to enjoy the services of this foreign land.

Turning its gaze, Zhang Ye looked up at the large screen on a tall building, which was displaying advertisements for various novel brands.

But the next moment, Zhang Ye's smile suddenly froze, and its entire face stiffened.

On the giant electronic screen of a distant building, a city slogan was written in colorful letters:

——Welcome to Metropolis!

(Guess which universe it is. There will be more updates later.)