The moment that thing was shoved through, Jiang Yan Hai and the others activated the timer. This thing had been personally tested and proven effective. The countdown was only ten seconds.
Jiang Yan Hai and the others retreated at top speed. They only needed to avoid standing directly in front of the Teleportation Gate; standing to either side was enough.
Professor Deck stared blankly at the cylindrical object that had fallen out. If the kerosene from before could still have come from somewhere the gate had opened onto, then this thing looked unmistakably man-made—almost as if someone had deliberately shoved it through.
But this was far too bizarre. The energy stone had erupted on its own, so how could anyone have been waiting on the other side?
While Professor Deck's thoughts ran wild, he was just about to send someone over to see what that thing was when a violent burst of fire suddenly erupted in front of him. Then he knew nothing more.
Standing off to the side, Jiang Yan Hai and the others indeed saw no flames or shockwave burst out of the Teleportation Gate. However, they could see that the other side had first become a raging sea of fire, and then stones began falling amid the flames.
Very quickly, the stones falling on the other side had blocked off the gate completely.
"Cough, cough... We can take down the tents now." Jiang Yan Hai coughed twice.
Everyone immediately got to work. The tents were quickly dismantled. There was no need to keep them here for now, though the gate itself could not possibly disappear, so someone would definitely have to guard this place. But on the other side... they probably would not be digging it out anytime soon.
"Everyone, I'm afraid we're the first