Ye Ping quickly received the intelligence, then shared it with Xu Ran.
"Here... here."
"The location of this section of the river..."
Xu Ran stood in front of the desk, holding an oil-based pen, sketching on the map.
Each time another body of water was found with a mysterious giant stone, Xu Ran would mark it with a circle.
The marks placed on the map made it instantly more intuitive.
Ye Ping seemed to be pondering: "The giant stones at the bottom of the reservoir and these two spots at the river bottom just form a neat circle. Moreover, the giant stones at the reservoir bottom, whether in size or the complexity of the runes, are a notch higher than those at the city's river bottom."
Xu Ran nodded: "It can be inferred that the giant stones outside the city outline a rough altar. The stones within the city are more concentrated, forming the core of the altar. The people who drowned, dying near the giant stones, must have had their souls absorbed by the runes on the stones..."
