CHAPTER 1088: CHAPTER 30: NIGHT OF ROARS AND WAILS

Tundra, snowflakes swirling.

It’s as cold here as ever.

But some places are different from before. Lately, the long-silent and deserted Snow Cage has become quite "lively." More than a dozen source energy boats have crossed the boundary of the North Continent, hovering grandly above this prison.

The travellers smashed through the iron walls of the Tundra Prison.

This, the most dangerous prison of the East Continent, holds a large number of high-risk Transcendents, out-of-control beings... the breaking of the iron walls is by no means a small matter.

This time, the shattering of Snow Cage originated from the North Continent.

To express her apology, Her Majesty the Empress dispatched Duke Zhuxue, bringing Transcendents from the North Continent to Tundra to assist the five families, working together to rebuild this prison... In this world, destruction is easy, but repairing is difficult.

The leaders of this repair plan are Duke Zhuxue Lin Chou and the Gu Family Young Master Gu Nanfeng. Their initial estimate suggests that although the iron walls shattered in just an instant during the traveller’s collision, a perfect rebuilding will take at least a year.

The reason is, when the travellers attempted to extract the "Heavenly Sheath," it brought out many fragments!

That "Sword in the Stone" is the key divine artifact suppressing the entire Snow Cage. Its emitted power can weaken the fluctuations of Extraordinary Essence... making it so the prisoners in the prison’s core gradually lose control over their essence.

In other words.

The Heavenly Sheath itself is akin to a "purification field," stripping away all Extraordinary Power... for Transcendents, there is no more terrifying prison.

The detention of Fourth-order Transcendents near the Heavenly Sheath essentially reduces them to "ordinary people."

But the traveller’s "sword extraction" caused the Heavenly Sheath to begin shattering... those fragments capable of suppressing Transcendent fluctuations scattered on the ground, necessitating utmost caution for reconstruction.

On one hand, they have to guard against the powerful prison inmates.

On the other hand, they must avoid being pierced by "Heavenly Sheath Fragments," losing their Extraordinary Power.

When the travellers extracted the sword, fragments splattered, piercing bodies, directly resulting in "death"... Some "fortunate" inmates did not die, but due to close contact with the "Heavenly Sheath," they began to gradually lose their abilities.

They are imprisoned here because they still hold some value.

The spirits of Transcendents can link to the "deep water area," contributing computational power towards the upgrade and evolution of Deep Sea. The East Continent Council has the authority to manage and allocate the final destination of this computational power... The combined strength of these powerful Transcendent criminals will become a "valuable" spiritual asset.

But once they lose abilities.

Their final value will also be stripped away.

They will be kicked out of Snow Cage, re-tried, and sentenced according to the charges post-trial.

After the traveller fiasco, the number of convicts in the Heavenly Sheath Core Area has unknowingly dwindled.

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A temporary base was built not far from the Tundra Prison.

The five families and North Continent Transcendents, while building, reside here. A wealthy Duke surnamed Lin from Central City selflessly brought the latest invention of the Underground Research Institute, a portable heating device charged by a "furnace."

This equipment can supply temperature to the entire temporary base.

With this set of equipment, the quality of construction by the five families and North Continent can be well assured.

It is also for this reason that the Grave Ghost could stay in this harsh environment of the Tundra for over half a year.

Before the "Heavenly Sheath" shattered, he happened to be traveling with Gu Nanfeng to the Tundra Prison, attempting to decipher the ancient script on the "Heavenly Sheath"... After the prison shattered, the Heavenly Sheath area was sealed off, so he stayed here.

Gu Nanfeng gave him ample authority.

The Grave Ghost could freely enter and exit the prison to investigate the "Heavenly Sheath" core area at any time... But Gu Nanfeng had one request: he could not act alone, and each time he entered the core area, a Transcendent from the Gu family had to provide protection.

The reason was simple.

It was not a matter of mistrust towards the Grave Ghost.

But rather because he... was simply too weak.

Grave Ghost Xing Yun, born unlucky, possesses Transcendent power that’s exceedingly feeble, and aside from a passive "vehicle destroyer" trait, he’s constantly plagued by a myriad of misfortunes. Reaching the Tundra Prison safely was already a miracle.

If the Grave Ghost acted alone, Gu Nanfeng feared that, with the looming threat of doom, this hapless soul would encounter an "accident" directly.

Over half a year.

Anyone who wasn’t blind could see that Gu Nanfeng took considerable care of the Grave Ghost.

Gu Nanfeng differed from those previous power-wielders who apprehended the Grave Ghost—

He didn’t view the Grave Ghost as a "tool," nor valued him for his so-called "translation talent." The reason he granted these privileges... was because, through their long association, he noticed certain "traits" in the Grave Ghost that were unknown to others. Here was a "poor soul" cautiously trying to survive, barely breathing within the crevices of fate, yet despite life’s hardships, he managed to retain a strand of "kindness."

Gu Nanfeng was willing to contribute something for the "kindness" within the Grave Ghost’s heart.

He is the Gu Family Young Master.

Protecting one’s "friends" naturally falls upon the young master’s responsibilities.

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Tonight is a blizzard night.

Snow whistled outside the window. Even with the warmth supplied by the "furnace," Xing Yun remained wrapped in a thick coat indoors.