Hye decided to give the system a test run. To his satisfaction, he found the process remarkably intuitive. He didn't even need to personally visit the distant corners of the planet.
By standing at the central anchor portal and activating a bead, a miniature topographical map of the world appeared in his mind's eye.
With a simple thought, a new portal would manifest at the selected coordinates. Using the higher-grade beads allowed him to pinpoint exact metropolitan centres with surgical precision.
He didn't care about the aesthetics of the network; in his eyes, these cities would be empty husks within a few days anyway. As he worked to scatter the beads and expand the central gateway's size to a massive, yawning maw of energy, his own people finally began to arrive from the other side.
The vanguard was led by two familiar faces: Karoline and Isac.
