As the transport magic fades, the white color in my vision stays.
The floor I'm standing on is made of large squares of glossy white humming mana shielding, and it's far denser than any of the A-Grade shielding I've ever felt before in my life.
I turn my head left and right but see no one at all.
The only thing I see is an empty long stretching plane of mana shielding in every direction.
The sky above me is blue, but as far as I can see on the horizon, the floor below me is flat and white.
I do a scan of my surroundings and find that there are a few other people that have recently transported in and are just as confused as I am.
There are at least 20 people wandering around these empty white flats, but almost instantly, far off to my right side, I sense the presence of over 50 people in a concentrated area.
Ember's geopoint immediately pings his location in my Rising Emperor's Domain, and I can tell he's 10s of kilometers away, much closer to the large grouping of people than I am.
Over 75% of them are over level 500. Some are level 100-200 and there are a few people that are even between level 900 and 975 with golden collars made from the Sun God's Soul energy, just like the one that was around Rodrigo's neck when I sparred with him.
These stronger figures that show up in my enemy detection perception stand very far apart, most likely guarding something, but it's hard to tell exactly what from this distance. All I know is they are between the wandering applicants that have transported in and the 50 or so people inside some massive structure far off in the distance.
It's extremely far away, so I can't fully make out what's inside, but I'm certain this is where I need to go.
It's an eerie environment, seeing no one around me, and the only sound in my ears is the low humming of mana shielding that comes off the floor.
I whisper to myself and turn to walk slowly in that direction.
"Looks like the exams have already begun."
About half an hour passes, and nothing in the visual landscape changes, but I still sense the structure far off in the distance. I decide to turn my walk into a jog, then into a fast run.
Finally, after another half an hour of travel on this flat white surface, an enormous grey structure begins to reveal itself on the horizon visible to the naked eye. It looks like a wall, but there are large spikes and towers that are very blurry on it as well.
I even pass close by a few other applicants, some of which I don't recognize, telling me they're definitely from other regions.
However, I decide to veer off to stay my distance and not interact with anyone until I make it to the destination.
It seems like some people got lucky and spawned in closer to the massive grey wall, while others I'm sure are aimlessly wandering the white open flats too far away to see or sense a route to safety.
A few are flying through the sky to get higher vantage points, and this works for them, as they begin flying in the correct direction once they get high enough.
I just continue forward at a fast pace, speeding up even more, maxing out what should be possible for the level 600 mana control I'm putting out, not worrying about anyone but myself until I make it to the wall.
It takes another half an hour, but I finally see the huge grey stone structure up close.
It stretches about a hundred meters into the air, and there are enormous closed-off arching doorways every few hundred meters along the wall.
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