Unlike the previous dimensional gates, the pitch-black ellipse on the immense mountain didn't feel like a teleport. Its darkness wasn't even thick, barely lasting a fraction of a second before something else replaced it.
Khan felt as if he had crossed nothing more than an ordinary door, but a completely different and strange environment unfolded in his vision.
The conflictingly cozy but discomforting sensation of being in open space assaulted Khan as his perception expanded, instantly covering the relatively small area he had just entered.
The environment was spherical and almost entirely empty. It had no walls, lands, structures, or landmarks. Even the elliptical gate was nowhere to be seen, making it no different from ordinary space.
Yet, Khan couldn't spot distant stars anywhere. The spherical shape he had sensed didn't even have visible limits, either. They existed but were more of a sensation, as if something even emptier than space stood outside that boundary.
