However, the mission came first. Mao Feiyang gave Lin Yi no chance to play with mud in front of the stone wall and simply kept his head down as he climbed the stone stairs.
Gray fog drifted in waves, hazy light and shadows constantly shifting at the far end. Faint whispers of wind, accompanied by drifting mist and the salty dampness of the sea breeze, brushed Lin Yi's cheeks, constantly reminding him of what the world beyond that portal would be like.
"The Stargazing Platform... we're finally almost there," Lin Yi murmured.
However, once Mao Feiyang had climbed halfway up the stone stairs, Lin Yi gradually began to notice something strange and uncanny.
The closer they came to that portal, the more the space around them developed a sense of obstruction akin to the door attribute. Beyond that portal of shifting light, shadows, and mist, there seemed to be another world.
One dim, irregular ripple after another slowly spread out from the portal, stirring some of the preliminary sketches carved into the stone walls, until shimmering reflections and multicolored light gradually began to drift through the narrow cleft.
A barely perceptible pressure surged toward them in wave after wave, like breaking surf.
Mao Feiyang's expression remained unchanged. Without the slightest hesitation, he reached the portal and plunged straight through.
The instant Mao Feiyang crossed the portal, countless complex auras mingled together and rushed toward them like a mudslide, briefly throwing even Lin Yi's perception into chaos.
"Buzz... buzz, buzz..."
Lin Yi's vision went blank, and all that remained in his ears was an irregular noise like the chirping of summer cicadas.
His sight gradually returned, but the images entering his field of vision had become infinitely absurd and magnificent.
He discovered that what appeared before him was not the Stargazing