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The moment I put on the bronze mask, the world transformed. I saw things that were usually invisible: countless glowing threads floated in the air, connecting every crack in the ground, forming a complex pattern.
"This is a formation," Li Yang said quickly. "The entire Changling Village is built on a massive magic circle. Look at the positions of those buildings."
With the perspective granted by the mask, I finally understood: the main structures in the village, including the altar, ancestral hall, and hospital, were not arranged randomly but followed a specific pattern.
"Like a star chart," Zhou Jing added as she donned her mask. "If we connect these buildings..."
"The Big Dipper!" Honda Miho suddenly exclaimed. "No, not just the Big Dipper; there’s more."
She pulled out an old photograph from her bag: an aerial view of Changling Village from years ago. Comparing it to the current layout of the buildings revealed an astonishing truth.
"The positions of the buildings have changed," Jiang Zhendong pointed out. "Every few years, the layout of the village shifts slightly. If we arrange these changes chronologically..."
We quickly sketched several shapes. When these shapes overlapped, a chilling pattern emerged: it was a secret symbol of a military unit, far more complete than any we had seen before.
"Nakamura," I stared at the figure that had morphed into a monster. He had been searching for the complete symbol pattern. "Only by locating all the positions can we unlock the true door," Li Yang said. "They have been preparing for this moment for years. Every disappearance, every sacrifice has been to gather strength for today."
At that moment, I noticed a crucial detail: on Nakamura's chest was a bronze box engraved with a date.
"Wait!" I flipped through my father's notes. "Look at this entry: date—unknown object discovered in an ancient tomb in Manchuria; military sealed it urgently."
"That bronze box," Honda Miho said, "was one of their earliest acquisitions. And did you notice? Every building in the village was either constructed or renovated on that date."
We exchanged glances. Time, location, building layout—all of it was meticulously designed. And today...
"Today is that date," Zhou Jing glanced at her watch. "Midnight is approaching."
Suddenly, the monster let out a roar. We saw it extend countless tentacles, touching the ground in a specific sequence. Each point it touched lit up with a symbol.
"It’s activating the formation!" Li Yang shouted. "We must stop it! Look at the order of those symbols!"
I carefully observed the movement of the tentacles. Through the mask, I could see that each symbol had a specific flow of energy. If this was indeed a formation, there must be critical points.
"I found them!" I pointed to several special locations; these were convergence points for energy. "If we can destroy some of these..."
"But how do we get close?" Jiang Zhendong asked.
I flipped through my father's notes again. Suddenly, a sketch caught my attention: it was a simple star shape with each point labeled with a direction and time.
"Direction and time," I murmured to myself. "Wait! Look at the direction of those monster tentacles!"
Only then did everyone realize that the movement of those tentacles was not random; it followed a certain temporal pattern. Each movement corresponded to a specific moment.
If we could predict its trajectory, we could find the gaps! Zhou Jing quickly picked up my words and sketched out a timeline, calculating that the next opening would be—
Before she could finish her calculations, the enormous creature suddenly halted. It slowly turned around, and countless eyes beneath its mask fixated on us.
"Smart children," it spoke in Nakamura's voice, "but do you wonder why I would let you see so much?"
Under the moonlight, we were horrified to discover that the symbols on the ground had somehow formed a complete pattern. And we were standing right at the center of it!
"Welcome," the monster grinned wickedly, "to your father's unfinished experiment."
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