The sensation of entering a Continental-Grade Teleportation Array was not like the smooth, instantaneous transit of a local formation. It was violent, visceral, and overwhelming, akin to being swallowed whole by a leviathan made of pure, blinding light. As the array flared to life beneath their feet, the stone platform in the abandoned mine vanished. Gravity ceased to exist. The stale air of the underground cavern was replaced instantly by a vacuum that sucked the breath from their lungs, followed immediately by a crushing pressure that felt as though the weight of an entire mountain range had been condensed into a fine cloak and draped over their shoulders.
