Honestly, Lu Zhou felt as though he had boarded a roller coaster.
And not just any roller coaster, but one that had reached the top of the climb and was plunging headfirst toward the bottom.
After floating in boundless darkness for who knew how long, he suddenly felt something like gravity catching hold of him at the edge of his consciousness. Under its pull, a faint light soon appeared in his field of vision.
Gradually, the light drew closer.
Close enough for him to reach out and touch.
Just as Lu Zhou was wondering what information the system wanted to convey to him, an immense tug suddenly dragged him toward that faint light.
As though he had broken through a layer of clouds, the instant he struck the light, everything in his field of vision abruptly opened up.
Touch, smell, taste...
All five senses returned.
The strong wind blowing into his face made Lu Zhou instinctively narrow his eyes. Only after struggling against the raging airflow did he finally manage to open them...
Then the sight before him left him utterly stunned.
Where... is this?!
He murmured inwardly, every corner of his eyes filled with shock, until he even forgot his current predicament: he was falling from an altitude of who knew how many kilometers...
This was a bizarre, surreal world.
The land stretched as far as the eye could see, filled with a forest of steel in the most literal sense.
Minimalist black obelisks, all strikingly uniform, radiated a forbidding chill as they stood like skyscrapers on a deserted plain. Every inch of the metal-covered ground shone with a metallic luster, and every "street" ran ruler-straight. Viewed from above, it resembled an empty chessboard.
Judging by appearances alone, this place looked very much like a city.
Yet as Lu