Deep within Horizon Port's core, beneath the Port Authority headquarters.
The spatial structure here was far more stable and intricate than that of the upper port, as though formed from countless overlapping crystalline barriers flowing with stasis energy. The air was cold and stagnant, and even time seemed to pass unnaturally slowly. This was Horizon Port's absolute forbidden zone. Energy surveillance and physical guards were concentrated here to an outrageous degree; an ordinary infiltrator could not even approach its perimeter.
Yet Lin Ye slipped silently through the tangled energy conduits and structural gaps like a shadow merged with lightning. His [Chaos Thunder Body] perfectly mimicked the surrounding energy fluctuations, while [Thunderflash] let him evade the overlapping detection fields through movements that verged on spatial jumps. The [Origin Thunder Seal] on the back of his hand burned fiercely, guiding him like an infallible compass toward the target hidden behind layers of lockdown-the Stasis Prison.
The closer he drew, the stronger that summons became. It was no longer a vague stirring, but a clear resonance charged with some primal longing! It was as though a slumbering beast had sensed a kindred presence and was about to awaken.
Finally, after passing through an enormous gate of highly condensed stasis energy that almost blended into the rock wall, the view before him opened up.
Lin Ye floated beneath the dome of an immense, seemingly natural crystal cavern. Below him lay not the sinister cells he had imagined, but a vast space surrounded by countless enormous, sharply faceted clusters of stasis crystals radiating soft white light. Arranged according to some arcane pattern, these clusters formed a vast, complex stasis field generator, holding the entire space still like eternal amber.
At the center of the crystal clusters floated several separate cages of varying sizes, constructed from