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Chapter 191 The Mysterious Masked Man Reappears
The ninth episode of Stars Glimmer ended right after Liam grabbed Dust and forced him to follow him to find the Saintess Euphemia.

Because of this episode, viewers in the anime/manga world already know about the existence of 'Shira Sora'.

This led them to subconsciously believe that the content of the upcoming tenth episode would still revolve around 'Dust and Emptiness'.

To their surprise, the scene at the beginning of the tenth episode was a special prison—the Steam City Permanent Magnet Prison.

There was no familiar Gear Church, nor were Dust Sky and Liam there.

Instead, a strange building was erected deep beneath a gear-shaped skyscraper, its walls radiating an eerie, cold metallic glow.

Immediately afterwards, information about this underground structure appeared in front of all the viewers in the dimension in the form of a panel.

[Permanent Magnet Prison: A unique AI prison in the Steam City, perpetually shrouded in an extremely strong magnetic field. The deeper one goes, the stronger the magnetic field becomes, making it the ultimate hell for all AI Star Envoys.]

After a brief introduction, a 3D image of a permanent magnet prison came into view for the viewers.

Prison Structure:
Level B1: Ordinary Prisoners

B2 Level: First-Level Star Envoy

B3 Level: Second-Level Star Envoy
Level B4: Level 3 Star Envoy (Max Danger)

'Wow. Just looking at this place gives me goosebumps.'

"In the prison ward, do you think the 'Cow' will end up being locked up here?"

'A classic prison break plot?'

This brings to mind that not long ago, after the main characters failed to save Vivian, Liu Ma was captured and imprisoned by the Steam Association.

Viewers immediately assumed that this prison storyline was Liu Ma's prison break.

But as the description of the permanent magnet prison disappeared, a cold electronic voice suddenly appeared.

【Identity authentication passed】

[Access Permit: Zone B4]

With a hissing sound of steam jets, a heavy alloy door separating 'B3 Zone' and 'B4 Zone' slowly rose.

When the scene behind the door appeared, the comments section exploded.

Because what appeared before everyone was none other than the mysterious masked man who had disappeared for a long time and was suspected to be the 'Heavenly Dao'.

Similar to his first appearance, the mysterious masked man was still wearing the hooded blouse that completely covered his hair, and a white mask on his face.

Holy crap! It's that guy!

'Strange, how does he have access to the Steam Cult's prison?'

Something's not right... there's definitely something fishy going on here!

Upon seeing the mysterious masked man appear on level B4 of the permanent magnet prison, the dimensional viewers sensed a conspiracy.

What's strange is that the green-haired little girl who used to always be by the man's side didn't appear this time.

However, the viewers didn't pay too much attention, because at this moment the anime camera had already followed the mysterious masked man into the narrow passage of the permanent magnet prison's B4 section, which was illuminated by blood-red indicator lights.

Da da da
After a series of slow, steady footsteps, the mysterious masked man, who had passed through the metal passage, finally stopped in a huge, shaft-like space.

This is also the deepest part of the entire permanent magnet prison, the core prison area called 'B4'.

Not far from him, a jet-black metal sphere was eerily suspended on a metal tray, its surface shimmering with an electric blue light.

【Name: Permanent Magnet Sphere】 【Effect: A special mechanical device imbued with permanent magnetism. The closer one gets, the stronger the magnetism becomes. It also interferes with the quantum information transmission of mechanical systems to some extent.】

The Permanent Magnet Sphere is the core device of the permanent magnet prison. It is precisely because of its existence that the Steam Branch has no worries about the android criminals imprisoned here escaping.

The existence of this device restricted their every move.

Not to mention the three dangerous prisoners in Block B4, who are also subject to periodic observation by the Steam Branch's guards.

"who are you?"

As soon as Tiandao stepped out of the passage, a prisoner in the cell next to him suddenly spoke up, his hoarse voice carrying a hint of alertness and subtle excitement.

Upon hearing this, Tiandao calmly glanced at him, then walked straight towards the huge sphere in the center.

"Hey! How about we make a deal?"

Seeing Tiandao leave without a word, the man in the cell was unwilling to let go of this rare opportunity and immediately shouted at Tiandao's back.

Without pausing for a moment, Tiandao arrived in front of the enormous 'Permanent Magnet Sphere', as if he hadn't heard the prisoner's cries at all.

Looking at the 'Permanent Magnet Sphere' in front of him, Tiandao slowly opened his palm.

The next second, a special Rubik's Cube, existing between reality and illusion, with quantum data flowing across its surface and a two-meter-long light green crystal inside, appeared in the hand of the Heavenly Dao.

And it was after this Rubik's Cube appeared that the Heavenly Dao spoke for the first time.

"I couldn't pinpoint the exact location of the Steam Branch's quantum key before, but I found out after the Twelve Brass Council."

Tiandao raised his head, and a pair of azure eyes beneath the white mask gleamed. He smiled and said, "...They are inside this huge 'Permanent Magnet Sphere,' because I did not sense the presence of the key on the two steam branch representatives of the Twelve Brass Councils."

After saying that, the quantum cube in Tiandao's hand floated up and entered the interior of the 'Permanent Magnet Sphere'.

In an instant, the surface of the permanent magnet sphere rippled like the surface of a lake where a pebble had been thrown in.

At the same time, the shape of the permanent magnet sphere suddenly changed, either stretching or elongating, becoming very unstable.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long, because the quantum cube that had entered the permanent magnet sphere flew out again and landed steadily in the hands of the Heavenly Dao.

However, unlike before entering the permanent magnet sphere, the Rubik's Cube, which originally only had two light green crystals, now has two more crystals inside.

These two extra tokens were originally the quantum access tokens of the Steam City belonging to the Steam Branch.

Including these two quantum keys, the quantum cube in the Heavenly Dao's hand now contains a total of four keys.

The other two quantum keys belong to the Golden Knight Fisher, and the other was given to him by Euphemia long ago by the Heavenly Dao.

With the loss of the two crucial quantum keys, the 'permanent magnet sphere', which was originally in a delicate balance, immediately began to show abnormalities.

Boom!

A violent tremor swept through the entire B4 area, and the pointers on the magnetic field meters on the nearby walls jumped wildly.

The magnetic field in the entire B4 region was completely disrupted.

However, Tiandao had anticipated this. With a flick of his finger, the quantum cube in his hand immediately released a massive torrent of data.

These data torrents transformed into light green bandages, wrapping around the permanent magnet sphere and stabilizing it back into the original black sphere.

However, Heaven could not leave its quantum cube here forever.

Furthermore, the recently disrupted magnetic field also caused some changes in the B4 prison area, such as the escape of some serious criminals held there.

(End of this chapter)