I Start with a Mysterious Island-Chapter 92: The Pitch-Black Arched Stone Gate

Chapter 92: Chapter 92: The Pitch-Black Arched Stone Gate

HUMMM.

Lin Li felt the small black fruit in his hand, which was radiating a faint golden Spiritual Light, suddenly tremble. Then, the faint golden Spiritual Light radiating from the fruit instantly became blindingly bright.

Blinded by the dazzling light, Lin Li raised his left hand to shield his eyes.

The next second, he felt the small black fruit vanish from his right hand.

"???"

Noticing his right hand was empty, Lin Li clenched his fist.

’It’s gone. The small black fruit that had been emitting that dazzling light has vanished.’

Lin Li opened his eyes. The blinding golden light was gone, and so was the small black fruit.

"Where’s my fruit? How did my egg-sized fruit just disappear?!!!"

Lin Li stared at his empty right hand and clenched it subconsciously, finding it hard to accept that the black fruit he had just obtained had simply vanished.

Just as Lin Li was moping, he caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye. Not far to the right of the Magical Little Tree, something new had appeared—something that had never been there before.

"Holy shit... Where did this Stone Gate come from?!!!"

It was an arched Stone Gate, two and a half meters tall and entirely as black as ink. Its surface was devoid of any patterns, making it look completely unremarkable.

If it hadn’t appeared on the Mysterious Small Island, but in the real world instead, Lin Li would never have given it a second glance.

TAP, TAP, TAP...

Lin Li hurried over to the ink-black, arched Stone Gate and circled it a few times.

After a thorough inspection, he found nothing unusual. It just felt like a perfectly ordinary Stone Gate.

’Wait, that’s not right. This ink-black Stone Gate appeared right after the black fruit vanished...’

’Could it be that this ink-black Stone Gate in front of me is what the vanished black fruit turned into...?’

’A fruit turning into a stone gate? That’s just too unbelievable.’

’So, what’s this Stone Gate even for? Not only is it taking up space, but it’s also a real eyesore.’

With a dejected expression, Lin Li stood before the ink-black, arched Stone Gate and racked his brain, finally reaching a conclusion he was reluctant to accept.

The black fruit, which had taken him over half a month to cultivate, had turned into this useless Stone Gate before him.

"An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, but gold can’t buy back time! I spent over half a month, and all I got was this useless Stone Gate. This is so damn depressing."

He had been hoping to eat the fruit today, improve his cultivation, and gain a new Superpower, but instead, he got nothing. Deeply disappointed, Lin Li raised his right hand and slapped the Stone Gate in front of him.

SLAP.

The moment Lin Li’s right hand slapped against the ink-black, arched Stone Gate, the unremarkable, seemingly useless structure suddenly erupted with a dazzling, faint golden Spiritual Light.

"Holy shit... You’ve got to be kidding me! I just gave you one little slap! Why such a huge reaction?!!!"

Seeing the Stone Gate suddenly erupt with a dazzling, faint golden Spiritual Light gave Lin Li a huge fright.

He quickly snatched back his hand and began to retreat, his eyes fixed on the glowing Stone Gate to observe any changes.

The glowing Stone Gate didn’t keep Lin Li waiting. The instant he began to back away, it responded.

WHOOSH.

A faint golden beam of light shot out from the Stone Gate, its target unmistakable: the rapidly retreating Lin Li.

’I only slapped you once! Why hold such a grudge?! After all, your very existence is the fruit of my hard labor for over half a month! Is this how you repay me for bringing you into being?’

Lin Li grumbled internally as he saw the beam shoot out. With a mere thought, he tried to return to the real world to dodge the beam from the Stone Gate.

But it was no use. In the past, a single thought was all it took for Lin Li to return to the real world. Now, however, even after willing himself away, he remained rooted to the spot, unable to leave.

’It’s over! I’m a dead man...’ The thought flashed through Lin Li’s mind an instant before the faint golden beam from the Stone Gate struck him.

The faint golden beam from the Stone Gate was incredibly fast, far too fast for Lin Li to dodge with his current reflexes.

When the faint golden beam struck Lin Li, it didn’t pierce his body, gravely injure him, or kill him instantly.

Instead, as the beam made contact, Lin Li’s body turned from solid to ethereal, vanishing on the spot in the blink of an eye.

After firing the faint golden beam and hitting its target, the ink-black, arched Stone Gate stopped emitting its dazzling Spiritual Light.

It stood silently on the Mysterious Small Island, once again resembling a mundane decoration.

...

"This... Why is the sun so huge?"

Lin Li looked up at the sky, his face a mask of astonishment.

Hanging in the sky was a sun twice the size of the one he was used to seeing.

Glancing around, Lin Li discovered he was surrounded by towering, hundred-meter-tall trees so thick it would take six or seven people to encircle their trunks. As for the other plants growing everywhere, he didn’t recognize a single one.

’Don’t tell me that ink-black, arched Stone Gate sent me to another world?’ This startling thought popped into Lin Li’s head as he surveyed his surroundings.

Having already experienced being transported from Earth to Blue Star once before, Lin Li’s journey from shock to calm acceptance was remarkably quick after the arched Stone Gate sent him from the Mysterious Small Island to this unknown world.

"So I’m in another world. It’s not like this is my first time. No big deal..." Lin Li muttered to himself with a relaxed expression, having quickly accepted this new reality.

In truth, the reason Lin Li could accept being sent to this unknown world so quickly and without much worry was that he could now feel a connection—a sense that he could enter the Mysterious Small Island and return to Blue Star with just a thought.

With a guaranteed way home at any time, he had no reason to panic.

With a thought, the Spiritual Longsword, worth 499,999 yuan, materialized in Lin Li’s hand.

The reason Lin Li didn’t immediately enter the Mysterious Small Island and return to Blue Star was his fear that if he left now, he might never be able to come back, and it would be a huge shame to miss out on exploring this unknown world.

After all, the chance to explore an unknown world wasn’t something one came across every day.

"I’ll explore a little first. If I run into any danger, I’ll leave immediately," Lin Li mumbled. He then tightened his grip on the Spiritual Longsword and began to explore the unknown world before him.

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