Jelo began scanning the room methodically, his eyes searching for anything that might indicate a portal or some other means of transportation. He knew it was a long shot, portals required significant infrastructure to maintain, complex machinery and power sources that wouldn't simply be sitting around in abandoned buildings.
But he couldn't entirely dismiss the possibility. Strange things happened in contaminated zones. The radiation and residual energy from the weapons that had destroyed this city might have created anomalies, tears in space that could function similarly to constructed portals.
He moved through the space carefully, checking corners with systematic thoroughness. His hands pressed against the wooden walls at intervals, feeling for temperature differences or vibrations that might indicate hidden machinery or spatial distortions.
