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The blue light flickered in front of my eyes, a sense of unprecedented tension and anticipation washing over me. However, after a few flashes of that blue light, the elevator returned to calm, and I couldn't find a single sign of change. Was the ritual completed?
I took out my phone to check, but there was still no signal. Did I do something wrong? Or had I overlooked some crucial detail? I leaned against the elevator wall, closed my eyes, and forced myself to calm down.
I tried to recall if there was anything I had missed… I carefully reviewed the entire sequence of events, from the information I heard on the radio to that mysterious piece of paper, and then to the changes in the elevator… It seemed like nothing was overlooked.
I opened my eyes and surveyed everything in the elevator once more. Time passed second by second, yet there was still no movement inside. My despair grew; I felt trapped in a deadlock, unable to find an escape.
I leaned against the elevator wall and slowly slid down to the floor, cradling my head in my hands and desperately tugging at my hair. What on earth was happening…
I sighed and suddenly found it a bit amusing; what was I doing? How could I believe the words of a mysterious piece of paper and a broken radio? In anger, I grabbed that piece of paper, intending to throw it away forcefully. But just as I lifted it high, I suddenly stopped.
Under the dim light of the elevator, that piece of paper revealed content that had not been visible before. I quickly picked up my flashlight to illuminate the surface of the paper. Sure enough, a square with a notch appeared on it, containing three items needed for the ritual— a mirror, a watch, and a photograph.
At the notch of the square were some symbols I couldn't understand, which matched the strange symbols in the elevator perfectly. As light passed through it, a short piece of text emerged from where the ink had originally stained black on the paper.
I held my breath, my eyes close to the paper, deciphering it word by word.
"…within a square, its objects return to their place. Where there is a deficiency, Lord's Eye Presenting to Heaven..."
I repeated this sentence in my mind, trying to understand its meaning.
"Within a square" must refer to the square with a gap drawn on this paper.
"Where there is a deficiency..." Does it mean I need to fill in this gap?
"Lord's Eye Presenting to Heaven... what does that mean?"
I really couldn't figure it out!
No one ever said that being a Bounty Hunter in a secret realm required language skills!
The paper in my hand kept spinning thoughts in my mind.
Although I didn't fully understand, I could guess some things.
"Objects" might refer to some kind of item, while "Lord's Eye" could be the name of something or possibly a nickname for someone, similar to how male protagonists in web novels often refer to female protagonists as "Jun Jun" or "A Jun."
But if that's all there is, what do these terms have to do with the elevator?
I immediately put the paper back in its place and began to ponder.
The words "square," "its objects," and "Lord's Eye" seemed to have no special meaning on their own, but when combined, they might represent something significant.
For example, "square" in classical literature refers to something rectangular, likely indicating that it pertains to a square space.
"Its objects" could refer to items with special functions.
As it stands, it seems to relate to the few items I just found that bore that strange symbol.
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