The Direction of the "Home Port"

The cage was located in a specially reinforced cabin. The narrow, damp, stifling compartment was divided by iron bars into more than a dozen cages of varying sizes, and the "Sacrifices" were imprisoned within them.

Walking into a place like this would never be a pleasant experience—even Lucretia frowned slightly when she stepped into this prison.

By the time Duncan arrived, the victims who had originally been locked in the cages had already been moved to an open area at the end of the cabin. The conditions there were relatively better, and it was right next to an air vent. It appeared to be where the guards stayed during brief breaks.

A foul stench filled the air—the smell of blood and rotten flesh gradually decaying. Dirty bloodstains could be seen inside the iron cages on both sides, and some had clearly been left behind recently. Various "processing tools" for bleeding, skinning, and piercing hung from the walls and pillars between the cages, exuding an unpleasant aura.

Duncan passed through the iron cages and instruments of torture, following Lucretia directly to the end of the cabin, where he looked at the surviving victims.

This caused a stir—a tall figure engulfed in spirit flames entered the cabin, seeming like an evil spirit intruding into the real dimension. The surviving "Sacrifices" immediately cried out and tried to shrink away, but they were too weak to even stand and flee. After struggling for a while, they could only huddle against one another in the corner, staring in terror at the "evil spirit" standing amid the flames.

Duncan felt helpless about this. He naturally knew that his current appearance was frightening, but this time he had "descended" onto the ship through an "artificial beacon" made by Lucretia. To remain compatible with the beacon, he had