Looking at the fallen mechs, Hanya frowned in confusion. "How is this possible? The Underworld Officials cut off the machines' power inside the crates according to protocol and placed seals on the crates themselves. How can these mechs still move?"
"It's just like what happened at the Artisanship Commission. These shipments seemed to lose control and attack everyone present," Dan Heng said.
"Lingsha said there was biological tissue inside the mechs," Stelle added.
Dan Heng nodded. "The Alchemy Commission examined the mechs. These things conceal highly unusual structures inside. There could only be one reason for something so dangerous to appear in the Prison of Deep Seclusion-"
"A prison break," Hanya said.
"And whoever sent these shipments clearly hoped the Xianzhou's strict inspection procedures would expose their danger to the Sky-Faring Commission and the Cloud Knights," Dan Heng continued. "They wanted to make absolutely sure the shipments would be sent to the Prison of Deep Seclusion."
Hanya drew a breath, her expression turning grave. "If these things have already begun moving without anyone noticing, then the entire prison is in serious danger right now.
"What's even more dangerous is that, besides you two, another group of visitors just entered the depths of the Prison of Deep Seclusion-the envoys from the Yaoqing Xianzhou.
"The person they're visiting... may be the very target these wolf-shaped mechs were sent here for. If that vicious beast imprisoned at the bottom escapes... even the Xianzhou Luofu could face a catastrophe!"
Some time before Stelle and her two companions were surrounded by Roaring Coffins, Xueyi had already led Jiaoqiu and Moze to the bottom of the Prison of Deep Seclusion.
"We're here," Xueyi said.
"Judge, have we arrived already?" Jiaoqiu asked from behind her. "There aren't any cells here, though?"
"Criminals guilty of all ten