Ace stepped toward the wall, and the moment his foot crossed an invisible boundary, the world shifted!
The stone surface before him rippled like water, silently parting as his body passed through. There was no resistance, no spatial distortion, only the sensation of slipping through a thin veil.
Ace emerged into a hidden corridor, and behind him, the canyon wall sealed itself perfectly, leaving no trace that anything had ever been there.
Ace was astounded because he expected some kind of resistance rather than simply passing through the barrier, which went against common sense.
Nonetheless, he didn't have time to mull over this small anomaly because the passage ahead was narrow and slanted downward, its walls smoother than the ravine outside, marked with faint, ancient grooves that resembled claw marks and skeletal imprints.
