Outside Atlantis City, at the horizon, stood a mountain.
From afar, the mountain was not particularly tall. It was short and thick, resembling a tree stump left behind after a trunk had been cut down.
On its relatively flat summit stood a large cluster of buildings, all constructed from special silver-white materials. This was where Light Castle was located.
At that moment, an unusual degree of chaos had erupted inside Light Castle.
The first main building of Light Castle, thirteenth underground level, Main Control Room.
The enormous room shook continuously as several elderly stewards shouted loudly.
"Emergency! Emergency!"
"Immediately cut off Energy Supply Line One..."
"Cut off Energy Supply Line Two as well..."
"Activate the cooling system at full power..."
"Turn on the backup cooling system too..."
"Print out all the accident data collected just now..."
"You lot, stop standing around! Reorganize all the preliminary data from the experiment we just conducted..."
As the stewards gave orders, the many young assistants in the room hurried into action. They ran back and forth across the shaking floor, struggling to keep their balance.
Two assistants in particular were clearly flustered. Each held a pile of documents and failed to watch where they were going. With a bang, they crashed hard into each other.
"Crash!"
The documents immediately flew into the air before raining down and scattering all over the surrounding floor.
A gray-haired steward nearby looked irritated, but it was not the time to reprimand anyone. He took a deep breath and walked over, preparing to help the two assistants clean up the mess.
But before he could even lift his foot, the air in front of him twisted. The next moment, Richard stepped out.
After emerging, Richard first glanced at the assistants awkwardly kneeling on the floor and collecting the documents.