Why does Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden freeze during fast travel?

Whenever I fast-traveled, the screen would freeze for a second, which severely broke the game's flow. I first tried updating the motherboard chipset drivers, but the loading time barely changed, making me cautious. I entered GamePP NVMe Queue Depth Configuration, increased depth to 128, and disabled Windows power saving. CrystalDiskMark 4K tests showed reads increasing to 57MB/s, HWiNFO confirmed temps at 42-50℃, and Resource Monitor showed I/O wait at 16%.