Qin Siyang kept following the Star Stream.
At last, the enormous dock shown by the detector came into view.
He had reached the Second Domain.
The Star Stream began at his island and ended at the sunken Second Domain.
There had to be a secret here, one that would let them escape this bizarre region.
What awaited him was very likely a battle he would barely survive.
Qin Siyang checked his tools and took all the medicine he needed before battle.
Once fully prepared, he swam over in one go, passing through the shattered blast-resistant glass and the ship wedged in the gates, entering the Second Domain's Safe Zone.
As soon as Qin Siyang approached, the seawater on either side of the buildings suddenly churned.
Dozens of ancient corpses from the Second Domain rose out of the water.
They looked as though they had been dead for a long time, yet their bodies remained intact. Only their eyes had become two black holes.
They came forward to entangle Qin Siyang, every corpse repeating the same phrase in the Blacksoil Language.
"Outsider, register."
"Outsider, register."
"Outsider, register..."
Qin Siyang swung the Godslayer Spear in a sweeping strike.
Several corpses at the front shattered on the spot.
But the scattered bones immediately pieced themselves back into human forms and continued muttering in Qin Siyang's ears.
He simply couldn't kill them for good.
Qin Siyang frowned at the slave brands on their necks.
He remembered that, in the [Old Voyage] images he had seen on his way here, the brands on the slaves' necks had been flashing constantly.
Perhaps those were the key.
So Qin Siyang thrust his spear at the brands.
Bang, bang, bang-
Each time he shattered a brand, the corresponding corpse slowly sank to the seabed, as though whatever held