Before long, guided by the service robots, the clone passed the layers of verification in the Star Source District and arrived at the underground cultivation room.
Then the clone calmly raised a hand and swept it through the air before him.
A flicker of light, and twenty-eight flat boxes, all identical in size and design, appeared in neat formation before Lin Yi.
The boxes were dark silver all over. Their surfaces bore no decorations, only a faint sheen of energy that was almost impossible to detect.
They were arranged in a simple square formation, hovering silently.
Lin Yi's gaze swept over the boxes, and he gave a slight nod.
The next moment, the time energy sustaining the clone's existence withdrew like a receding tide.
The clone's figure began to blur, like a reflection in water scattered by ripples. In moments, it had vanished completely.
The reason was simple.
Maintaining a clone continuously consumed time energy and mental focus. That was manageable under normal circumstances, but with a critical threshold of the Law about to be breached, Lin Yi needed to keep his true body in its purest, peak condition.
The clone had fulfilled its mission. Letting it dissipate and return now was perfectly timely.
The cultivation room fell completely silent. Only Lin Yi and the twenty-eight hovering dark silver boxes remained.
Lin Yi did not hurry to inspect them. Instead, his thoughts stirred.
Countless intricate energy patterns lit up one after another deep within the walls, ceiling, and floor of the underground cultivation room, emitting a gentle hum.
This was the sign that the Manor's highest-level Defense Matrix and Anti-Surveillance Shielding Matrix had been fully activated.
Layer upon layer of invisible force fields, capable of blocking most energy scans and information surveillance, interwove and overlapped, turning this place into an