Lin Mo switched his magic power output to "anchoring," pinning the spatial passage into the formation's runes one node at a time.
The Spatial Crystal and energy crystals released a stable energy field, gradually taking over the work of maintaining the passage.
Humm-!
All the formation's runes lit up. Blue light raced around their lines several times before finally settling.
The light around the portal's edges softened from its dazzling glare as it settled into stable operation.
Lin Mo withdrew his staff and let out a long breath.
The physical exhaustion was manageable. Mostly, he had been mentally tense for too long, and once he relaxed, he felt ready to collapse.
He tilted his head back to look at the enormous, perfectly rectangular portal and smiled.
The Arctic and Antarctica were connected!
Secretary Li stood nearby, his initial shock having given way to numbness.
After all his years as a secretary, what grand spectacle hadn't he seen?
But a man standing there chanting a spell, a huge hole opening in the ground out of nowhere, and Antarctica tens of thousands of kilometers away on the other side...
A sight like that shocked him every time.
Across the portal, Chen Jianguo was so excited he could barely speak. He clutched Lin Shigong's arm and pointed toward them.
"It's connected! It's connected! It really is!!"
Lin Shigong took a deep breath, his eyes reddening, and nodded emphatically.
From then on, the two poles would no longer be isolated islands cut off by vast ice fields.
Supplies, personnel, equipment-all they had to do was walk through this door, a matter of a few steps.
They felt the security of finally returning to their motherland's embrace. They were no longer fighting alone.
Lin Mo sat on the ground, took out his water flask, and