บท 278: Open

It was down to the last twenty minutes. There was still no news about the portal. Everybody would check their phones from time to time, hoping to receive messages about the portal.

Once, twice… ten times…

Time went by. There were ten minutes left. The crowd felt uneasy, nervous, excited, or flustered. They had no idea what was going to happen in the next ten minutes. They had received no news from Mr. Himmel Soan or the president for the past two hours.

There were only ten minutes to go, but there was still no news. The unknown kept them guessing. They didn't know if the portal would open in time.

Five minutes to go. Everybody's eyes were glued to their phones. Even when there was no news, they still wanted to watch the screen while the seconds ticked by. They could only feel the time passing in that way.

One minute to go.

All the people began the countdown in their minds.

30 seconds.

10 seconds.

9 seconds.

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