Alex tracked the container as it passed under a scanner arch.
'It's using runes? The scanner seems to use lifeforce to detect soulwaves.' For a moment, the runes on the container's surface lit up.
A robot stood at a terminal nearby.
The conveyor carried the container into a sealed compartment, and the formation doors closed behind it.
Then the chamber flared.
A low hum rolled through the air, and the plates formed a layered space, one pattern stacked on another, tightening like a net.
Even from where they stood, Mingyue's brows drew together.
Alex narrowed his eyes. "They're compressing it."
The soul pressure rose in waves, then got pulled back down by the formation cage.
Over and over, like the system was squeezing a living thing.
Mingyue whispered, "They're compressing a soul."
Alex watched carefully. "Not a normal soul. That's something else."
Alex could feel his curiosity growing.
