Inside out
It was similar to looking at the world through the opening of a glass bottle. At some point, the edges of his vision had become warped and twisted which Hao Xuan only noticed when he stepped on a piece of broken glass by accident.
It was so faint that if one wasn't paying attention, it would be easy to overlook.
The colors were washed out and even the dark purple streak he was following now looked like a shade of black.
After a few minutes of walking, Hao Xuan stopped in front of a staircase going down. His frown deepened staring at the light at the bottom of the staircase.
'Why does it look different?'
The construction material used for the staircase was different than the rest of the building. In fact it was different than any of the structures Hao Xuan had come across so far. It was made of bright red clay bricks while the rest of the structure was a mixture of various compounds like plastic and metal.