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Chapter 362 A Sacrifice?

"Whoosh—"

With that soft sound, the next photograph unfolded slowly before my eyes like a scroll painting.

This photo is larger than the previous one, and it shows a wider area than the previous two, like a panoramic view overlooking the earth, presenting the entire scene of the sacrificial ceremony without reservation.

As can be seen from the photos, the site of this sacrifice is located in a huge basin, surrounded by towering cliffs that form a natural barrier around it.

These cliffs are steep and precipitous, giving people a sense that they are insurmountable.

On the surrounding cliffs, groups of alien races stood prominently.

Upon closer inspection, there were as many as five teams, who, like loyal guards, tightly sealed off the basin in the middle.

Although these alien races appear tiny in the photograph, their figures are still clearly visible thanks to the large screen—an entire wall—and even their every move can be seen.

Those alien races standing on the mountaintop resembled a group of well-trained soldiers, neatly arranged on the magic circle, each person's position seemingly precisely calculated.

These alien beings either held staffs or chanted incantations, as if silently reciting some ancient and mysterious spell.

The photo shows a powerful energy gradually gathering around these alien races.

This energy was so concentrated that it formed beams of light visible to the naked eye. These beams, like golden streams, flowed from the alien races and converged at the center of the mountaintop.

At the very center of the mountaintop, a massive magic circle centered around a five-pointed star gradually emerged.

The magic circle radiated a dazzling light, and its lines and patterns were exceptionally complex and intricate, clearly indicating that it had been carefully designed and arranged.

This photo clearly shows that it was definitely a large-scale sacrificial ceremony.

Moreover, this ritual was clearly of great significance to these alien races.

Because all the aliens in the photo are dressed in exceptionally gorgeous and solemn clothing, and their expressions are serious and devout, as if they are performing a sacred and inviolable ceremony.

Lin Xiyue stared at the photograph, her brows furrowed slightly. She felt that the alien presiding over the ritual in the center of the photo looked somewhat familiar. And now, this magic circle appearing on the mountaintop also gave her a sense of déjà vu.

However, no matter how hard she racked her brains to recall, she could not remember where she had seen these people and this magic circle.

The sense of familiarity grew stronger, and Lin Xiyue's doubts deepened. She was certain that she had seen these things somewhere before; it was definitely not a hallucination.

So she decided to stop dwelling on the memories and move on to the next photo, hoping to find some clues.

The appearance of this photo was like a thunderclap, exploding in the hearts of Lin Xiyue and Ling Ye, leaving them speechless and utterly astonished.

The scene depicted in this photograph is vastly different from the sacrificial rituals they had previously witnessed.

To be precise, this is more like a scene where a serious problem occurred during the sacrificial ceremony.

Originally, the alien race should have maintained their human form and performed a solemn sacrificial ceremony. However, the scene unfolding before their eyes was horrifying—these aliens could no longer maintain their human appearance; their bodies began to twist and deform, displaying various morbid and bizarre forms.

The changes in these alien races were not merely physical; their bodies seemed to be merging and intertwining. At first glance, they appeared as one, making it difficult to distinguish the individual members. This eerie fusion filled the entire scene with a suffocating atmosphere of terror.

However, in the center of this group of alien races, the boy being worshipped stood out conspicuously.

In stark contrast to the frenzied changes occurring among the surrounding alien races, his body remained completely unaffected. However, his eyes, which had been open, were now tightly closed, as if he had entered a state of deep sleep or meditation.

His hands were clasped together in front of his chest, as if he were silently praying, giving people a solemn and dignified feeling.

"This...this is a problem with the ritual?"

Lingye stared wide-eyed at the photos on the wall screen, her face filled with astonishment, and muttered to herself in disbelief.

His gaze was drawn to the strange, twisted, overlapping alien races in the photograph. The bodies of these aliens were unusually bizarre, as if they had been kneaded into a ball by some powerful force, making one feel terrified just looking at them.

Lingye felt nauseous, her stomach churning, and she almost vomited.

He thought he had seen many kinds of alien races, but the scene shown in the photo still made his SAN value drop wildly, almost exceeding his psychological limit.

Lin Xiyue, who was standing next to her, was also shocked by the photo. She hugged her arms tightly, as if trying to find some comfort and support in it.

"I guessed the same thing. But look at the person in the middle, he doesn't seem to be affected. Maybe this isn't a problem, but rather a phenomenon that was already present?"

She hesitated for a moment before speaking tentatively.

After listening to Lin Xiyue's words, Ling Ye felt that her guess made some sense.

After all, the person in the photo stands out conspicuously among a group of distorted aliens, yet seems to blend into the eerie scene, making it difficult to determine whether he is normal or abnormal.

"That's possible."

Ling Ye nodded, indicating that she agreed with Lin Xiyue's point of view.

Is there more after this?

He took a deep breath, composed himself, and continued asking questions, hoping to find more clues from the other photos to unravel the mystery.

"Let me see."

Lin Xiyue said softly, while extending an energy tentacle and clicking the next page button on the screen.

However, instead of displaying the next photo as expected, the screen suddenly popped up with a JPG image filled with foreign text.

The text filled the entire screen, with clear paragraphs, and looked like a detailed record.

These foreign scripts were vastly different from the scripts Lingye was familiar with; they had peculiar shapes and complex lines that were dazzling to the eye.

These words appear to be handwritten, and were then photographed and saved as images using some kind of terminal device.

Ling Ye stared at the picture, his brows furrowed. He tried hard to decipher some of the characters, but apart from a few simple words like "you" and "I" in basic alien script, the rest was completely incomprehensible to him.

He couldn't help but regret his lack of seriousness when he was learning a foreign language. If he had spent more time and effort back then, he might be able to understand the content of this picture now.

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