Angel was still observing the magic array when Boiling Gentleman had already stepped onto the stone platform.
As Boiling Gentleman explained the platform's purpose, he invited Angel to step up as well.
According to Boiling Gentleman, because Heart's Desire was still in a state of descent, spatial fluctuations were only relatively stable in Duoling Garden, where vast numbers of Proliferating Mushrooms had been planted.
In the other regions, spatial energy might appear stable, but Lord Nuka had locked down free spatial teleportation. Point-to-point short-range movement could only be carried out through fixed teleportation arrays. Moreover, such movement could not cross regional boundaries.
This stone platform was Rainbow Mountain's short-range teleportation array. Its destination was the mountaintop of Rainbow Mountain, where the entrance to the Misty Candle Corridor lay.
After hearing Boiling Gentleman's explanation, Angel secretly tested it himself. The Void Illusion Gate he could open steadily in Duoling Garden indeed showed a distinct sense of lag here. If he forced it open, the spell was very likely to collapse or even backlash.
Since Boiling Gentleman was already standing on the platform, Angel could not very well continue studying these magic patterns that felt so familiar to him. He could only temporarily set aside his doubts about space and magic patterns, then follow Boiling Gentleman onto the teleportation array.
Once the array activated, halos of light flickered, and Angel and Boiling Gentleman vanished from the stone platform in an instant.
When the sensation of weightlessness faded, they had already appeared in a mountain forest.
For the moment, the forest's end was nowhere in sight, and its vegetation was exceedingly lush.
What was especially unusual was that both the luxuriant trees and the strange flowers and grasses growing on the ground gave off hazy, multicolored glimmers.
Thin mist drifted through the woods.