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The sun had just set back on Earth, leaving nothing but there was still an orangish-red glow above the dark silhouettes of trees at the tail-end of the sunset.
The joint Protectorate-government base within Laurence Academy of the Gifted was brightly lit by bulbous mana lights on poles that had just recently been erected, especially in the heart of the encampment where the portal was.
The rift was no longer expanding and had instead collapsed in on itself, but the scientists and government employees had long since prepared for that and installed a large, triangular device within the rift that prevented it from fully closing.
Several dedicated teams monitored the high tech device at all times, ensuring that it was operating as intended. They had guages to constantly monitor the quantum 4R field and energy draw from the gate. The natural field was far too weak to passively power the gate, so bottled canisters labelled [Q4R] of highly concentrated energy were connected to it.
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