Chapter 160 - Arrival

After contemplation for a while, Randy suddenly thought of something that made him tremble with a sense of dread. 

'Just now… What if I didn't have my system's protection then wouldn't I have died instantly the moment the space-time fluctuation occurred?' 

While thinking about this, he felt a chill run down his spine, and he instantly broke into cold sweats. He came on this journey hastily with confidence that he would survive no matter what, but he almost died just now because of his recklessness. 

But was it really because of his recklessness? Obviously, not!

The fact that the dimensional rift that was stabilized before his entry suddenly became unstable after he entered it was the problem. 

The whole point of stabilizing the dimensional rifts was to allow safe travels, and yet something like this still happened despite the nigh impossibility of anything happening after the dimensional rift has stabilized. 

This situation would have made sense had he entered an unstable dimensional rift, but that was not the case. 

That was because the moment he met with that middle-aged man stationed near the dimensional rift, it meant that the dimensional rift had already been stabilized. 

Furthermore, before he entered the dimensional rift, he noticed some machine on the elevated platform, seemingly the machine used to keep the rift from being unstable.

One would wonder, why stabilize a dimensional rift? Why not simply enter it directly since the other creatures from the other end could easily pass through without worrying about whether it was stabilized or not? 

The answer to that question is very simple. The dimensional rifts that appeared in his world usually have an entrance from the other world, and the exit seemed to be in his world's space.

As a result of that, it was hard for humans in his world to enter through the exit without stabilizing the portal within the dimensional rifts beforehand.

But before that, humanity was not aware of this information, leading to some fearless fools going and charging in without knowing anything and being shredded into countless pieces from the destructive energy within the dimensional rifts. 

However, some people luckily survived and managed to end up in the other world, and through their experience, the scientists eventually found out the reason and quickly came up with a way to solve it. 

In that retrospect, who would dare to enter an unstable dimensional right anymore? Unless the person is crazy, they will not risk their lives entering a dimensional rift that could quickly spell their end without leaving their body intact.

At this point, Randy's expression turned solemn, and he wholeheartedly felt grateful that his system had upgraded when it did. Otherwise, forget about surviving the other world, he would have died even before reaching the other world. 

After an unknown amount of time had passed, Randy was overwhelmed with a sense of insecurity towards the unknown threat. Especially after discovering that he had almost died just now, which even caused him to forget about the fact that he was hungry. 

He had put all of his attention on the light in front of him, as he was moved forward by the current in the darkness. 

Occasionally, he would look to the side to check and see something would spring out of the darkness, but nothing come out after so long. 

Eventually, he finally reached the light and passed through without much effort.

However, he was immediately blinded by how bright it was all of sudden as he came out. He had been in the darkness for a very long time, so when he passed through the light just now, it was hard for him to adjust his eyesight that was especially too good.

If someone were to watch in the direction where he came out from, they would notice that a young man suddenly manifested in the sky about 20 meters off the ground, shocking them greatly.

Before Randy could react, he helplessly fell towards the ground below without the means to stop himself. 

"Ahh— mphhhhh—"

Because of how unexpected the situation was, Randy tried to scream in response but immediately closed his mouth afterward. 

Randy currently had no idea where he had come out from, and there was a possibility that a beast or a human could be nearby, and if Randy had screamed just now, it would draw their attention towards him, which was something he had to prevent at all costs in this unknown world.

However, he did not simply let himself fall to the ground without doing anything about it. Before he could reach the ground, he instantly entered his assimilated state and used his Gale Riding Skill, and swiftly controlled the surrounding wind pressure to cushion his fall.

Thus, he landed safely without breaking any bone in his body, not like he would have been harmed with his current physical capabilities, but one could not be too careful.

Furthermore, this was an unknown, and other than the fact that it is a magical world, there was not much known about it. In other words, if Randy were to let his guard down in this place, he could die from something unexpected.

After landing safely, Randy did not waste time and quickly surveyed his surroundings, and right away, he found out that he was actually in a forest. 

Although he knew he had fallen into a forest, Randy thought it would not be far from civilization, which he was wrong about after seeing the giant trees everywhere. 

'Where is this place? I wish the system had a map function like in video games, but sadly there's no such thing.'

'But before that, I need to memorize the location where I came out from. Otherwise, I will be stuck here forever. How do people even manage to find their way back if the portal is in the sky? Do they fly or something?'

After thinking for a bit, he quickly looked up, but he only saw a tear in space momentarily, which disappeared shortly after.

'Is this the camouflaging system implemented on our side or was it naturally like this in this world? Well, I think I know where it is now. When it's almost time to leave, I'll try my best to find this portal ahead of time and then leave this place. As long as I memorize the landmark or the surrounding, I can pretty much guess the location of this portal that leads to my world..' Randy silently thought to himself with a pondering expression.