“Sacrifice? Are you serious, Grandpa?” Xiao Meng exclaimed, her eyes wide and her mouth forming an “O” shape.
The turn of events was more outrageous than the melodramatic dramas she stayed up late to watch!
Instinctively, she hugged her Fluffy Rabbit tightly, its soft fur providing her with a slight sense of comfort.
The black hole-like hourglass spun faster and faster, emitting a “whoosh” sound like the breath of some ancient beast. The air was filled with a burnt smell, reminiscent of charred Activated Circuit Board and overcooked cotton candy.
Xiao Meng felt an inexplicable pull, as if she were being drawn into the vortex. Her face turned pale with fear, her heart racing as if it would leap out of her chest.
“Ahhh! I don’t want to be sucked in! I’m still young, I haven’t even fallen in love yet, and I haven’t tasted all the delicious food in the world!” Xiao Meng screamed internally, desperately gripping a nearby pillar, her knuckles turning white.
The Star Sand Baby continued to float in the air, radiating a gentle glow, completely unaware of the impending danger. Its chubby little face was adorable, its mouth slightly open as if lost in a sweet dream.
At that critical moment, the Miko Star Pattern on Xiao Meng suddenly underwent a transformation.
The originally uniform Xing Wen split into three distinct forms!
One was Ancient Hieroglyphics, exuding a mysterious aura; another was filled with Futuristic Geometric Patterns, flashing with cold light; and the last was a peculiar Nebula Map, emanating vast cosmic energy.
The three types of Xing Wen intertwined to form a complex pattern, resembling an abstract piece of art.
“Hey? What’s going on? Did my tattoo come to life?” Xiao Meng exclaimed in confusion, completely bewildered by the sudden changes.
At the same time, Sunshine Prince’s Xing Sha also began to change.
The previously scattered Xing Sha started to coalesce into a blurry silhouette.
As the figure gradually became clearer, it revealed a girl dressed in an Azure Blue dress!
“Cang Lan? What are you doing here?” Xiao Meng gasped in surprise.
The Stellar High Priestess’s Starlight Robe transformed as well; the once soft fabric turned into hard chains that pierced through the black hole and wrapped around the Star Sand Baby.
“Priestess, you must use the Starry Marriage Contract’s Xing Sha to rewrite the baby’s genes!” The voice of the Stellar High Priestess was solemn and sacred, as if it came from an ancient oracle.
“Huh? Starry Marriage Contract? Baby genes? What does any of this mean?” Xiao Meng felt her head about to explode; there was too much information for her to process at once.
Even more astonishingly, the parts of the Mechanical Girl began to assemble themselves automatically, forming a complex formation.
The formation emitted an eerie glow, resembling a portal to another world.
“Wait, why does this formation look so familiar? I feel like I've seen it somewhere…” Xiao Meng furrowed her brows, trying hard to recall.
When Xiao Meng's Ancient Spell touched the Star Sand Baby, she suddenly sensed a powerful consciousness awakening within the infant's body.
“Sister, let us complete the final evolution…” a childish voice echoed in Xiao Meng's mind, laced with a hint of temptation and malice.
Xiao Meng was startled and turned to look at Qingmei's Childhood Form, only to find that her Xing Wen resonated with the infant's Xing Wen, both glowing with the same light.
“What… what is going on…” Xiao Meng murmured to herself, feeling as if she had fallen into a vast labyrinth with no way out.
“Who… who are you?” Xiao Meng asked with a trembling voice, her gaze fixed on the Star Sand Baby as an ominous premonition washed over her.
Xiao Meng felt her mind crashing; it was as if her CPU was about to overheat!
This plot twist was more thrilling than a roller coaster ride—truly a live broadcast of the year’s most mind-bending suspense drama!
Just as she was in disarray, the pile of originally scattered mechanical parts began to automatically assemble themselves with a series of “clack clack” sounds, as if under a spell.
Accompanied by a jarring sound of metal scraping against metal, a familiar silhouette gradually emerged—it was the physical form of the Time Sandglass!
“Holy crap! It can do this too?” Xiao Meng exclaimed, nearly dropping her jaw in disbelief.
In this day and age, even gears have such thoughts?
The Time Sandglass slowly rotated, emanating an ancient and mysterious aura, as if it held endless secrets of time and space.
The Mechanical Girl’s previously expressionless face also revealed a strange smile.
“Using… my Star Sand Energy… to restart the temporal anchor point…” The Mechanical Girl's voice was intermittent, reminiscent of an old tape recorder with each word carrying a hint of mechanical coldness.
Before Xiao Meng could react, the Mechanical Girl’s body suddenly began to undergo transformation.
The originally metallic parts started to blur, as if being decomposed into countless tiny light points that flickered with an eerie blue glow.
“Quantum… Quantumization?” Xiao Meng’s eyes widened in shock, feeling as though she had stepped onto the set of a sci-fi movie.
Those Quantumized parts shot towards Xiao Meng like arrows released from a bow!
“Don’t!” Xiao Meng screamed in terror, attempting to dodge but realizing she couldn’t move at all.
“Thud!”
Countless tiny parts precisely pierced into Xiao Meng’s heart!
“Ah!” Xiao Meng let out a piercing scream, feeling as if her heart were being stabbed by countless fine needles simultaneously, the pain rendering her breathless.
At that critical moment, countless images suddenly flashed before Xiao Meng's eyes. She saw the Ancient Priestess praying at the altar, the Future Scientist frantically researching in a laboratory, and the Otherworldly Princess dancing gracefully in a castle.
The three memories surged into her mind like a tidal wave, causing her head to throb painfully. She felt as if she were being torn apart, completely lost in the chaotic currents of time and space. Just then, she spotted Sunshine!
Sunshine was standing before a massive black hole, his body slowly being consumed by it!
"Sunshine!" Xiao Meng cried out desperately, wanting to rush over to save him, but found herself utterly unable to move.
"No—!"
At the moment when Sunshine was about to be swallowed by the black hole, a powerful energy suddenly erupted from the Miko Star Pattern on Xiao Meng's body. The Ancient Hieroglyphics began to spin wildly as if brought to life, forming a gigantic vortex.
The Witch's Incantation spiraled out of control!
In an instant, the vortex exploded, creating a powerful suction that pulled the Stellar High Priestess's Starlight Robe into the black hole! The Stellar High Priestess let out a startled cry as her entire body lost balance and fell toward the black hole…
The scene abruptly halted, and Xiao Meng felt her consciousness gradually fading away. Just before she completely lost awareness, she faintly heard a voice whispering in her ear:
"To find the truth is to save everything…"
She saw something hidden within the Sunshine Star Sand… it was an Ancient Confession…
But she no longer had the chance to see it clearly.
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