The Devil's Cage
Chapter 80

Unexpected Discovery

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Two circular patterns drawn in blood, one large and one small. The larger encircled the smaller, dividing the entire design into inner and outer layers. At the center was an extremely abstract image, like a... scorpion?

Qin Ran could not be completely certain that the image was a scorpion.

In fact, looking at the things before him, written or drawn in blood, Qin Ran was not even sure they were truly "symbols and diagrams" as he believed.

As for writing?

Qin Ran swore he had never seen such writing before.

At least, none of the knowledge he had learned contained it!

"What exactly is this?"

Qin Ran looked at the area between the two circles.

There were even more symbols there.

They began with a regular pentagram and ended with an inverted pentagram.

According to Qin Ran's calculations, there were roughly forty-one symbols in between.

It was not that Qin Ran did not want a more precise number. It was simply that the symbols were too unfamiliar and too complicated, making it impossible for him to tell whether they were joined together to represent one meaning or paired off to represent another.

Qin Ran crouched on the ground, staring at the symbols.

He wanted to find a pattern within them.

A full ten minutes passed.

But in the end, Qin Ran's brows were tightly furrowed.

Clearly, Qin Ran had gained nothing.

Faced with something completely unfamiliar, drawing conclusions from it was never something that could be done in a mere dozen minutes, especially when it was so complex.

Huff!

With a sigh, Qin Ran stood and turned to inspect the surroundings.

But he found nothing else.

"Mr. 2567,

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