I work as a security guard at a cemetery, and I overhear the dead chatting about getting rich quick.

"Now it's our turn to look for him."

Lin Ye had just finished speaking.

Cheng Fang was still standing by the broken window.

The gray fog outside is dissipating.

The warning lights downstairs were flashing, and the rescue team and lockdown personnel were already rushing over.

Tang Zhi tugged at the broken thread in her hand.

"Don't rush to look for it."

"I suggest you see a doctor to check your brain first."

"What do you mean?"

"With the Soul-Suppressing Bell activated like that just now, aren't your ears ringing?"

Lin Ye was about to say no.

Immediately in my ear—

hum.

His face darkened slightly.

"...A little."

Tang Zhi was delighted.

"She's quite stubborn."

Cheng Fang turned around.

Stop joking.

"Scan the site again."

"Collect all the blood, remnants of the soul, and fragments of spiritual artifacts left behind by Xuanxu that you can."

"Qin Zhao, go and check those array points downstairs."

"Xu Mian, keep an eye on the perimeter for ten minutes."

Xu Mian's voice soon came through the headphones.

"Um."

There is no target to the west.

"There's none on the north side either."

It stopped for a moment.

She added another sentence.

"He probably really did run away."

Cheng Fang hummed in agreement.

Lin Ye did not look in the direction Xuanxu had fled.

He looked down and took out his phone.

Lu Zhixia just sent me a message.

The mirror is fine.

The second one follows immediately.

I'm fine too.

Lin Ye's shoulders finally relaxed a little after seeing those words.

He replied:

Stay where you are, I'm coming over.

I just finished typing.

The third message popped up first.

【Wait a moment.】

Lin Ye frowned.

I haven't had a chance to ask yet.

Lu Zhixia called directly.

He answered the call.

"What's wrong?"

There was no immediate response.

There was only a very faint breathing sound.

A few seconds later.

Lu Zhixia said:

"Linye."

"Um."

"Come out here."

Lin Ye glanced around.

"I'm on the fourth floor."

"no."

Her voice sounded off.

"I mean, go to the window."

Lin Ye was stunned.

look up.

Cheng Fang also looked over.

"What happened?"

Lin Ye did not answer.

Walk to the broken window.

The gray fog outside has mostly dissipated.

One street away.

The apartment building where Lu Zhixia lives still has that window with the light on.

"I have arrived."

"look up."

Lin Ye subconsciously looked up.

Then he didn't say anything.

Cheng Fang was still looking down at the scene.

They found that he was not moving.

"What are you looking at?"

Lin Ye still didn't answer.

Tang Zhi also came over.

"Hey, you..."

He was only halfway through his sentence.

Stopped.

Northwest of the capital.

A mountain appeared in the night sky.

It's not a distant mountain.

It's not a cloud.

It's not a mirage either.

That thing was suspended above the city.

too big.

It's so big that it's hard to judge the distance at first glance.

The entire mountain is upside down.

The mountain peaks face downwards.

Large swathes of dark, ancient trees grow on the mountainside.

Stone steps can be vaguely seen among the trees.

Going further up.

It is a building that hangs in the clouds.

Flying eaves.

Stone Palace.

Half of the mountain gate has collapsed.

The most outrageous thing is a waterfall.

After the water flowed out of the mountains, it did not fall to the ground.

Instead, it drifted higher into the night sky, following the contours of the mountain.

Moonlight shines through the flowing water.

The entire mountain seemed to be shrouded in a layer of pale fog.

Inside the commercial building.

No one spoke.

Tang Zhi was the first to blurt out:

"...Did I get hit by the Soul-Suppressing Bell today too?"

Qin Zhaogang came in from outside the door.

"What?"

Tang Zhi pointed out the window.

"Look."

Qin Zhao looked up.

Then he stopped talking.

downstairs.

More and more people are noticing the anomaly.

The staff who were busy sealing off the scene looked up one after another.

Lights began to come on in the residential buildings in the distance.

One building.

Two buildings.

Dozens of buildings.

And then.

The entire city began to stir.

Someone is shouting.

Someone is filming a video.

The car was parked on the side of the road.

The driver got out of the car and looked up.

The entire capital city seemed to be suddenly awakened from its slumber by this mountain.

On Lin Ye's phone.

Lu Zhixia asked softly:

"Did you see that?"

"Um."

"What is this?"

Lin Ye did not answer.

Because he didn't know either.

But the Myriad Spirits Scripture on his body suddenly trembled.

It's very light.

The second time.

Heavier.

Lin Ye lowered his head.

"All spirits?"

no respond.

"Feed".

"Are you dead?"

Wanling remained silent.

Lin Ye frowned.

This old thing hates it most when people say it's dead.

There was absolutely no reaction today.

A few seconds later.

The voice of Wanling finally came out.

"Don't make a sound."

Only two words.

Lin Ye's brows furrowed even deeper.

"Do you know him?"

There was another moment of silence.

"picture."

"Like what?"

"Dongtian" (洞天).

Wanling's voice was very low.

"Or... a sect or mountain gate."

Tang Zhi was right next to her.

"What do you mean?"

Wanling ignored her.

Lin Ye immediately switched to speakerphone.

Explain yourself.

"Some ancient sects were not entirely based in the Great World."

Wanling speaks very slowly.

They are clearly still trying to identify it.

"The terms 'grotto heaven,' 'secret realm,' and 'blessed land' are used interchangeably."

"They're essentially the same."

"It depends on the larger world, but it is not entirely within it."

Qin Zhao asked:

"Where was it before?"

"How would I know?"

Wanling replied irritably.

That's when it started to taste a bit like usual.

"After the spirit was destroyed, many grotto-heavens could not withstand it."

"Some parts have collapsed."

"Some parts are completely sealed off."

"There are some more..."

It suddenly stopped.

Lin Ye understood.

"What else?"

Wanling did not answer immediately.

Just then.

The ancient, upside-down mountain in the distance trembled slightly.

boom--

The sound was very low.

It came from who knows how far away.

The building's glass windows trembled slightly.

The microcosmic orbit within Lin Ye's body accelerated on its own.

My spiritual hearing is almost instinctively activated.

next moment.

His expression changed.

too big.

That's not a specific person.

A certain magical artifact.

Or a soul.

Instead, it was a vast, indistinguishable structure of spiritual energy.

mountain.

stone.

Tree.

building.

There are countless layers of array patterns underground.

Everything was mixed together.

For the first time, Lin Ye felt as if his spiritual hearing had crashed into an ocean.

He immediately pulled it back.

My temples feel a little swollen.

Cheng Fang noticed.

"What did you hear?"

Lin Ye rubbed his ears.

"The entire mountain."

"They're all ringing."

Cheng Fang's face darkened.

next second.

His internal terminal started beeping like crazy.

This is not ordinary news.

Highest priority alert.

Followed by.

Lin Ye, Tang Zhi, and Qin Zhao's phones vibrated simultaneously.

[All field operations in Beijing have entered Level 1 emergency response.]

【Repeat.】

[Level 1 Response.]

Cheng Fang quickly contacted headquarters.

"Cheng Fang from Group Two."

"We are in the West District."

"Yes, there are already signs of abnormality."

I don't know what was said on the other end of the phone.

Cheng Fang's expression changed little by little.

"How many?"

Tang Zhi looked at him.

"What's wrong?"

Cheng Fang ignored him.

"Are they all confirmed to occur simultaneously?"

"What about abroad?"

A few more seconds passed.

He hung up.

Lin Ye asked:

"Is it not just the capital city?"

Cheng Fang looked at him.

"Thirty-seven places."

"What thirty-seven places?"

"domestic."

The air suddenly became quiet.

Cheng Fang continued:

"It was just reported."

"It's still increasing."

"There are overlapping mountains in the southwest."

"Underground stone steps have appeared on the playground of a university in Linjiang."

"An island that does not appear on the map has been detected in the East China Sea."

There is another forest to the north.

"Just half an hour ago, that was a wasteland next to the highway."

Tang Zhi opened her mouth.

"Wait a minute."

"You mean that grove of trees..."

"Did they just appear out of nowhere?"

"right."

Lin Ye's phone started popping up news messages one after another.

Unknown spatial anomalies reported in multiple locations

Temporary closure implemented in a certain sea area of ​​the East China Sea

[Suspected underground structure discovered inside Linjiang University]

[Topographical anomalies observed in parts of southwestern China]

Next, continue.

Foreign videos have started appearing.

Stone towers on the sea.

A palace in the clouds.

A river that appeared out of nowhere in the desert.

Lin Ye stared at it for about ten seconds.

Wanling suddenly said:

"I see."

The sound was very soft.

But everyone heard it.

"What?"

"They didn't collapse."

Wanling stared at the mountain.

"At least part of it didn't collapse."

Lin Ye frowned.

"What do you mean?"

"The spiritual energy is gone."

"These places have lost their connection with the wider world."

You can understand it as...

All Spirits seems to dislike this modern way of explaining things.

I held my breath for two seconds.

"It fell out."

"Where did it fall?"

"I have no idea!"

Wanling is annoyed.

"Anyway, it's not somewhere you can find it right now."

"But now we have enough spiritual energy."

Lin Ye slowly raised his head.

The mountain dropped a little further.

this time.

Everyone can see it clearly.

The clouds were pushed aside by the mountainside.

Wanling remained silent for a few seconds.

He then continued:

"They're coming back."

Tang Zhi murmured:

"they?"

These two words make my scalp tingle.

Not one.

Lin Ye thought of the thirty-seven places Cheng Fang had mentioned earlier.

And those from abroad too.

He suddenly understood why Wanling hadn't spoken for a long time at first.

It's not that I don't recognize this old man.

Even it itself isn't sure.

Has this ever happened before?

Lin Ye asked.

"no."

"Then how did you know it was a return?"

Wanling did not answer immediately.

a long time.

It then said:

"Because I've seen them disappear."

These words were spoken.

No one spoke in the building anymore.

Cheng Fang's communicator rang again.

Headquarters ordered all squads to immediately withdraw and regroup.

The scene left behind by Xuanxu has been taken over by someone.

The old monster who just kept the entire second group on edge.

Suddenly.

It's like being forcibly squeezed into a corner by the changes happening before my eyes.

Lin Ye took one last look in the direction Xuanxu had fled.

Then I looked up at the ancient upside-down mountain that covered half of the night sky.

Suddenly Wanling called to him.

"Linye."

"Um?"

"You might really need to prepare yourselves."

"What are you preparing?"

Wanling paused for a moment.

"Redraw the map."