Zone fifteen's transition corridor took five seconds.
Yesterday six. Today five. The substrate was not just adapting to the higher density—it was refining the adaptation. Zone fifteen's ambient was now running at a level that the monitoring equipment had not previously recorded outside of A-zone classifications. His body was treating that level as normal. The system that processed path-density input had been recalibrating since the first B-zone entry months ago and the recalibration was still running, still climbing.
He noted the number and kept moving.
Dragon Mode opened and the north section resolved at full depth.
Four A-zone class creatures.
And they were not in separate territories.
