Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 178

Chapter 178 Circle

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The shape of the island was the same, he was certain. In the distance, there was the very same island he had missed when his mind was in a fog. It had been closer to the location he landed on, but he ended up targeting the island he was standing on right now because it was the only one he noticed.

His head shifted.

And right there was the location he had picked up the disk from.

Had he really just traveled in a large circle?

The blow was heavier than Sylas expected. But what were the odds that he had ended up right in the same location he started in? If this place was really so large that it took over half a day of traveling just to end up back here, how could he not have overshot or undershot this location?

Sylas closed his eyes.

He stayed like that for a long while, pulling himself together and calming his thoughts.

'This place has no walls, no ceiling… if I dove down, would it even have a floor? I've been assuming this whole time that it's just because my eyes can't see far enough, but is that true?

'I have to start looking at this world as it is. This is right out of a fantasy novel, normal logic isn't at play here.

'With the increase to my stats, how could I not see far enough?

'It's possible even to see stars in the sky despite them being countless millions of miles away. Why? Because they're big enough. Any ceiling or wall for a place so large should be visible to me. Even if I can't see the walls because of the curvature of the Earth, how could I not see a ceiling?'

There were no clouds, no smog, nothing to obscure his vision upward. So why did it just feel like he was looking at the sky? If the sky was red, that is.

Then there was the fact he hadn't met anyone this entire time, and the fact he couldn't even see the portal that should have been enormous by now…

Was this really a normal world? Or was he trapped in some unknown space? One that kept forcing him to return to the same exact location again and again?

Sylas opened his eyes and looked toward the disk he had been carrying with him this entire time.

This disk was able to stabilize a portal, a spatial connection between two worlds. He had messed with it somehow and ended up in this situation.

Could it be that it was because of that he was so lost?

Did that mean he would never be able to get out? Would he be stuck here forever?

Sylas took another breath and his gaze turned frighteningly cold.

He had felt the cowardice of death already. He absolutely refused to feel it again.

Since he had wasted an entire half day somehow, the only option left was to take the risk.