A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 168 The Unknown Sea is Too Terrifying

On the planet Kaya, in the Kaya Valley, two Bainas people are setting up a huge circular formation.

The circular array is composed of stones and some lime powder, with a radius of about twenty meters. The lime powder is used to draw various completely zigzag lines on the flat ground, and the stones are distributed at the nodes where these lines intersect.

Being there feels like being in a low bush made of stones.

One of the Bainas looked up at the giant crystal in the sky and said to his companion, "Lena, I'm not going to keep going with you like this. I advise you to stop too."

Some time ago, aliens descended upon the home planet of the Bainas. After causing a huge social impact, they have remained silent ever since. No matter what form of communication the Bainas government takes, it is unable to contact the crystal from the alien civilization in the sky. The crystal seems to be... as if it is waiting for something.

Even before the crystal descended, he and his childhood best friend Lena were performing a summoning ritual for the alien Lord of Kaguns.

Therefore, Lena firmly believed that the crystal in the sky was an avatar of Lord Kaguns that they had summoned.

That's a reasonable way to think, but Boone, one of the parties involved in the ceremony, felt that there was also an element of coincidence involved.

What if it was just their ritual that happened to coincide with the timing of the visiting aliens?

That's not impossible.

Boone's attitude towards that ancient book was always one of skepticism.

When Lena and Boone reported the incident to the government, no one believed them, thinking it was a fabricated story.

Lena, still furious, decided to drag him along to prove that the crystal in the sky was the Lord of Kaguns whom they had summoned.

After a period of preparation, the current Cartier Valley ritual circle came into being.

Following the knowledge in the ancient books, Lena decided to use the mysterious triangular ritual to communicate with the descending Lord of Caguns.

"We've done so much, and now you're telling me to give up?" Lena said, dissatisfied.

The ceremony was about to begin, but Boone, who was assisting, started to back out, which made Lena very angry.

A successful ceremony is the result of the combined effect of many factors, including time, space, material arrangement, the spirit and energy of the participants, the position of celestial bodies, the angle of the ceremony, and so on. The right time, the right place, and the right people are all indispensable.

As a result, just as the ceremony was about to begin, her best friend actually wanted to give up. How could Lena not feel like she had been tricked?

You should have said you didn't want to participate in the ceremony from the beginning!

Boone also felt he was in the wrong and argued, "But communicating directly with those aliens... it's too dangerous no matter how you look at it. I don't want to see you put yourself in danger."

Boone remained skeptical of the ancient books because they seemed too unscientific.

However, the arrival of aliens is an undeniable fact. Coupled with Lena's insistence and the fact that the timing of the summoning coincided with the timeline, he now believes the ancient book more than he doubts it.

But there's a problem here: what if they actually make contact with the aliens who landed on the home planet of the Bainas?

Could these two ordinary Bainas people be in any danger?

Assuming the other party is indeed the Lord of Kagans they summoned, does that mean they should necessarily treat them with a friendly attitude?

What will happen if we don't treat them with kindness?

They will both be killed by the descending Lord of Kaguns, right?

Or perhaps the soul is extracted and thrown into the boundless hell?

Lena understood Boone's reason for stopping her, so she asked, "Then why did you accompany me to summon Lord Kaguns before?"

"Back then, I thought you wouldn't succeed, and I was worried about your safety being alone at night. But now it's different. The aliens have really arrived. What if..." Boone said.

Boone is actually very conflicted right now, even confused. He doesn't know what the right choice is.

He knew that he needed to think rationally to solve problems, but in the face of this absurd reality, no amount of rational thinking would work.

After all, if things go wrong, they could lose their lives.

Lena sighed, then asked, "So now that the aliens are right above us, are we safe?"

"According to ancient records, the Lord of Kagans is one of the myriad gods among the stars, great and holy, one of the kings of the vast void, the ruler of Kagans, the gaze from beyond, the absolute sovereign of endless crimson flames... An avatar of such a being descended because of our summons, yet we two summoners have remained silent."

"If you were the ruler of Kagans, what would you think? Would you think we're toying with it, thus becoming enraged? And even more so, destroy the entire Kaya?"

"this……"

Boone fell silent. What Lena said wasn't impossible.

If it were him, and he were called to an unfamiliar place, only to wait for ages without seeing the person, he would definitely be angry, since he had been left waiting there for so long.

Thinking of this, Boone felt a surge of fear, a fear stemming from his own loss of control over the situation.

If the crystal above wasn't the alien Lord Kaguns they had summoned, then they would be indifferent to it.

The alien crystals did not descend upon Kaya because of their summons. They cannot fathom the logic behind the other party's actions, which means it is only natural that they would destroy everything on Kaya in the next second.

If the crystal above is indeed the Lord of Kaguns whom they summoned, and they have summoned him but remained silent without communicating, disappearing for a long time, what would such a god among the myriad stars think, and what would happen next? Boone simply couldn't imagine.

It was only then that Boone belatedly realized that they actually had no choice!

Seeing that Boone understood, Lena said, "Boone, this is no longer a time for us to be cowardly or to have a choice."

Boone, undeterred, asked, "How can you be so sure that it is Lord Kaguns?"

"Have you considered what to do if not?"

Lena said, "If not, then no matter what we do, those visitors above won't react. We'll actually be safer, with the same probability of life or death as the countless Bainas on Kaya."

Lena saw this more clearly than Boone.

If the aliens are indeed the Lords of Caguns, then they still have the contents of ancient books as a means of countermeasures.

If the other party wasn't Lord Gargance, then the aliens' arrival had nothing to do with them from the start, the blame wasn't on them, and they wouldn't feel guilty.

Even if the crystal suddenly destroys the entire Bainas civilization in the next moment, Lena is not afraid, because she will not be the only one to die. All the Bainas people on Kaya will be buried with her. No emperor in ancient times has ever received such treatment. What does she have to be afraid of?

However, the destruction of civilization is never a good thing, so Lena has always accepted that the crystal in the sky is the Lord of Kaguns whom they have summoned.

In the end, Boone was persuaded by Lena.

Lena handed Boone a triangular piece, the core of the ceremony, which was made of a piece of silicon dioxide, or quartz glass, with a purity of 99.9%.

This is why Lena and the others have been preparing for the ceremony for so long.

To be honest, if it weren't for the extraterrestrial crystals in the sky that caused social unrest, a sharp drop in the price of luxury goods, and a surge in the prices of food and medicine, Lena and Boone would never have been able to afford such high-purity quartz glass.

Not to mention that it also needs to be polished, carefully polished into an equilateral triangle required for the ceremony.

They spent a lot of time and endured a lot of hardship to prepare the triangular prism needed for such a ceremony.

"Stand in that position, then hold this up above your head."

Lena led Boone to the very center of the circle, then stepped out of the circle herself and gave Boone some instructions from outside.

"In a moment, the Celestial Pivot will reach the correct position. At that time, the Celestial Pivot, representing the heavens, you, representing humanity, and Kaya, representing the earth, will form a whole. Using the power of the Mystic Triangle and the incantations of the ancient book, we will be able to convey our voices to Lord Kagans."

With the ceremony ready, and the sun, "Tian Shu," in the sky reaching its correct position, Lena held the ancient book and began chanting the incantation within.

"Hear our prayer, great and immortal being, one of the myriad gods among the stars..."

The incantation that needed to be chanted was not long, and the transparent triangle was particularly dazzling in the sunlight, making Lena outside the circle feel as if Boone inside the circle was holding up a star.

Throughout the ceremony, Boone maintained the position of holding the triangle aloft, remaining motionless until the ceremony ended.

The two looked at the unresponsive crystal in the sky, silently proving that everything they had just done was nothing more than a meaningless performance art.

"No response."

With mixed feelings of disappointment and relief, Boone looked away and sighed with mixed emotions, "It seems that's not the case..."

Since they are not the rulers of Kaguns, it means that the matter of aliens has nothing to do with them. They are just two insignificant people among the masses of Bainas.

Suddenly, Lena exclaimed excitedly, "No, wait! There's a reaction!"

"It's landing! It truly is the Lord of Caguns! It has heard our prayers!"

Boone looked at the crystal in the sky again, and saw that the size of the crystal seemed to be constantly increasing.

Seeing an object magnified does not necessarily mean that the object's volume is increasing; it could also mean that the object is getting closer to the observer.

If the crystal is not doubling in size for some reason, then it can only be falling in their direction!

Lena was overjoyed, because this meant that the crystal was indeed the Lord of Kaguns whom they had summoned.

However, as Boone looked at the gradually enlarging crystal in the sky, he felt something was very strange.

After observing carefully for a while, Boone muttered to himself.

landing?

But why do I feel like it's...falling?

The two remained in place for about half an hour. The whistling sound became increasingly obvious, and Boone gradually realized that the sense of crisis in his heart was not a landing, but a crash!

Crystals are falling towards them!

At that moment, only one thought echoed in Boone's mind—danger!

"Quick, find cover!" Boone shouted in a panic, pulling Lena behind a small ravine.

A massive crystal, accompanied by a piercing shriek that seemed to tear through the air, swept past them and disintegrated continuously amidst flames generated by friction with the air.

Ultimately, he disappeared from Boone's sight.

boom!

A violent earthquake struck, causing the two to lose their balance and fall. The terrifying tremors caused rocks to tumble down from both ends of the valley.

Then, an extremely powerful gust of air swept from outside the valley into the valley.

Thankfully, they chose a valley as the location for the ritual, and hid behind a small ravine; otherwise, the shockwave from the falling crystal alone would have been enough to kill them.

Are you alright?

After escaping death, Boone breathed a sigh of relief and asked Lena, who was beside him, a question.

"I'm fine," Lena replied, also relieved to have survived the ordeal.

Recalling what had just happened, Boone asked, puzzled, "What was that fall all about? Was it also part of the ritual?"

Lena was silent for a moment before replying, "...I don't know."

If that is the Lord of Kaguns, then why is it falling from the sky and constantly disintegrating?

If it wasn't Lord Gargance, but some other alien, why would it fall from such a height?

Who attacked that crystal?

Lena was filled with these questions, and at the same time, she was deeply shocked.

An alien civilization capable of traversing the vast expanse of the universe to reach their home planet Kaya, even if not gods, is already quite close to being gods.

Just now, 'God' was killed before their very eyes by an invisible force...

Even the thick-skinned Lena couldn't help but feel a tremendous sense of terror approaching.

This terror is not the terror of death, but a greater and unspeakable terror.

The world in Lena's eyes went from clear to dark, an absolute darkness where nothing could be seen, and Kaya, where the Bainas people had lived and multiplied for generations, became an isolated island overseas.

Deep within this dark sea composed of the 'unknown,' countless indescribable things lurk.

The foolish and ignorant Bainas naively believed that the world was exactly as they saw it, and then arrogantly set up a "god" within their own defined circle, making him the pinnacle of the world.

But what is the reality?

If such a god were to actually appear in this dark ocean, he would be nothing more than insignificant food in this boundless, unknown sea.

One has already appeared, are there any more to come?

How many more undiscovered creatures remain in the unknown ocean?

Lena couldn't bear to think any further.

(End of this chapter)