In the sinkhole.
After more than ten minutes of tedious procedures, the process finally came to an end.
The six pairs of mechanical arms atop the metal platform lifted diagonally upward, aimed at a single point, and began spinning at high speed. The Purple Crystals embedded at the ends of the arms each fired a beam containing high-energy particles, precisely colliding at the designated point.
The temperature at the collision point rose sharply. In less than three seconds, a blinding mass of dazzling white light erupted, as though it were about to burn through space itself.
"Follow my command. Level 3 Energy, prepare. Three, two, one, inject!" Emerson shouted at that moment.
"Click!" A Wizard immediately pulled down a red control lever without hesitation.
"Roar!"
It sounded as if a ferocious beast had roared from within the metal platform. The beams emitted by the six pairs of mechanical arms suddenly expanded in diameter, and the light at the collision point flashed violently. Like an explosion, intense white light spread outward.
After expanding to a diameter of three meters, the light stopped in time and began to stabilize. It looked as though a white hole had been torn open in the space above the metal platform.
"No trace of the target. Release the Lure Agent," Emerson said after glancing into the "hole."
Hearing Emerson's words, Nora stepped forward and inserted twelve slender Glass Tubes filled with liquid into a groove in the metal platform. The liquid inside the Glass Tubes was brown, somewhat similar to the liquid Richard had once prepared on the eleventh underground level.
Once the Glass Tubes were inserted into the groove, it quickly sank down. An idle mechanical arm on the metal platform rose up, aimed its end at the "Space Hole," and violently sprayed out a