The ancients believed that the eyes held mysterious powers. Through cultivation, the eyes could be enlightened and their abilities could become comparable to the sun and the moon.

The ancient Egyptians believed that the eyes had a significant relationship with natural light. The left eye symbolized the moon, and the right eye symbolized the sun. The right eye was said to be the eye of the sun god, Horus, the patron deity of the Pharaohs.

Elaine Chen first encountered the giant eye on an unearthed parchment scroll. By then, she had been diagnosed with cancer and had little time left to live.

Fortunately, Elaine's father was one of the wealthiest businessmen in East Hua country. As the only daughter in the family, Elaine was much loved. Her parents could not bear to let their daughter die at such a young age.

To relieve their daughter's condition, the Chen family collected various ancient prescriptions from folk sources, hoping to find a way to prolong Elaine's life. Elaine herself also sought out solutions.

At a secret auction for high-level celebrities, the host presented a parchment scroll. The words on it, "Speak my true name, and you shall attain immortality," caused a furor. Immortality was an irresistible allure for their group. The parchment scroll unfolded to reveal a strange eye with only the cryptic sentence below it. Despite its mysterious nature, Elaine could not afford to miss any chance, as her life was nearing its end, and wealth was of little use to her. She won the parchment scroll at the auction.

By consulting the auction organizer and analyzing the material of the scroll, she learned that it was from the Middle Ages in the West. The organizer also revealed that the scroll had been found in a cave on the west coast of the United States, likely brought over from Europe during the Age of Exploration.

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Armed with this knowledge, Elaine hurried to the cave in the United States, but it was empty. Her searches yielded nothing. Undeterred, Elaine returned to the cave and eventually discovered a hidden space beneath it.

After her team excavated the soil and entered the underground chamber, Elaine was stunned by the sight before her. It was a sacrificial site. An altar enshrined a giant eye, surrounded by piles of bones and solidified red liquid, which appeared to be blood. The walls of the cave glowed with blue light, forming murals painted with an unknown substance. The murals culminated in a giant eye that gleamed on the walls. The blood on the altar seemed to be absorbed, slowly merging into the giant eye through grooves on the wall, though it had dried up, leaving only a vivid red against the blue light.

Elaine walked into the cave, studying the murals. They depicted a country in the middle of the ocean, where people lived peacefully under the rule of a benevolent leader. However, the country had for generations worshiped a monster with a giant eye and nine tentacles. This monster slept for many years, with the entire kingdom built on its back.

Each year, a group of people was selected by lottery and dedicated to the monster. Strangely, the monster did not eat these people; instead, it drove them on its back for a while before releasing them. Those who returned were like walking corpses, having lost their consciousness and dying within a few days. Attempts to resist the monster were met with death by the hands of other citizens.

One day, the monster awoke in a fury, and despite the pleas of the ruler and the people, their kingdom was destroyed, sinking into the sea. The surviving citizens migrated to the mainland, and their lineage continued into the present, though the exact time span was unknown.

Elaine surmised that the people who brought the scroll to Europe during the Age of Exploration were descendants of that lost kingdom. She noticed that from the first mural to the last, while the costumes, background, and content changed, the ruler's portrait remained the same. This consistency suggested that the ruler might have had a connection to the monster and possibly gained immortality.

Excited by the potential discovery, Elaine carefully studied the murals, concluding that the lost country might be near a small island in the Pacific Ocean. Although this was based solely on the murals of uncertain authenticity, it was worth investigating. In her desperate state, every clue was precious.