When Yuan Shikai stepped out the other side of the Gate, a new world unfolded before his eyes.
The Gate had been buried underground, but on the other side, he could look up and see a sky full of stars.
In the dim surroundings, the scattered starlight offered what little visibility there was.
Nothing seemed to obstruct his view overhead, but when he looked ahead, all he could see was darkness.
Once his eyes adjusted to the gloom, he could just make out his surroundings. Yuan Shikai discovered that he was standing in a canyon.
Rock walls hemmed him in, leaving only one path to follow.
Judging by sight, the canyon was about twenty meters wide, but its height was impossible to estimate.
Although his view of the sky was unobstructed, his naked eyes could not see where the walls ended.
The rock walls on either side had to be at least several thousand meters high, so he probably did not need to worry about an ambush.
He should have already left Earth, but he had no idea where exactly he was.
Perhaps he was on some planet in the universe, or perhaps he was in another spacetime entirely.
The Gate behind him had vanished at some point, cutting off even his route back.
Since I'm here, I might as well settle in. Let's see whether there's anything alive nearby first.
However, Yuan Shikai discovered that his perception had been severely restricted. He could sense no farther than fifty meters.
Fifty meters was not much, but in an environment where visibility was only twenty meters, it was enough.
Yet even with that fifty-meter range, Yuan Shikai detected the presence of other living beings.
And there was not just one, but many. In other words, there were plenty of people-or rather,