At high noon, the sun bore straight down on the teleportation array in the center of the square.
Suddenly, the array shuddered violently.
A blue energy vortex spun wildly at its core.
Its scale far exceeded everyone's expectations—a tidal wave of energy weighing millions of tons.
The technical officer in charge of operating the array panicked in an instant.
"The teleportation gate is overloaded; it can't hold much longer!"
His words hadn't even finished echoing when the first black torrent gushed out of the gate. It was S-level energy crystals at 99% purity, each roughly the size of a human head. Under the sunlight, they flashed with a deep blue gleam.
More and more crystals poured out, quickly piling up in the square. In moments, they formed a small hill ten meters high.
But this was only the beginning.
The second torrent surged out immediately.
