At mid-1 a.m., deep into the night, most people are fast asleep.
But from the Beach Stone Transmission Array came waves of energy—evidence of an incoming teleportation request.
The garrison soldiers on night duty weren't dozing off; they immediately called their comrades to help verify the source of the request.
"It's a request from the Imperial City Military Department. Did you receive any documents about this earlier?"
"Nope. Double-check whether the code matches up?"
"It does—the Military Department's emergency teleportation code. Wait... this is... top secret?!"
"What? Let me see!"
Then came a flurry of commotion. The night shift wasn't about to drag their feet: while they followed procedure to connect with the incoming request, someone hurried off to rouse the chief defense officer in charge of the Transmission Array.
