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

The last lamp was lit.

The bluestone steps under the playground of Linjiang University were completely illuminated.

But there was still no one on the steps.

Only footprints.

Level 4.

Level 3.

Level 2.

All the gun barrels at the scene were pressed down.

Nobody dares to drive recklessly.

Cheng Fang was still holding the communicator.

"Don't move over there by the river."

"I'll repeat it again, nobody moves first."

The person in charge on the other end replied in a low voice:

"receive."

next second.

The top step.

Snapped.

Another wet footprint appeared.

then.

Something seemed to flicker in the air.

Lin Ye squinted.

"Zoom in on the image."

The technician immediately zoomed in on the surveillance footage.

Above the bluestone steps.

A thin layer of distortion suddenly appeared in the previously empty space.

It's like looking at something through a layer of steam.

First, the outline.

shoulder.

head.

Arm.

Next, continue.

It gradually became apparent.

Tang Zhi stared at the screen.

"He wasn't invisible just now."

Lin Ye nodded.

"It's like he hasn't fully recovered."

Wanling hummed in agreement.

"The space hasn't been completely covered yet."

"The person has already stepped onto this side, but their body is still stuck on the other side."

Tang Zhi frowned.

"It sounds painful."

What do you think?

"If the card is stuck halfway, will it just cut the person off?"

Wanling ignored her.

Because the figure on the screen was becoming clearer and clearer.

It's a man.

He looks to be in his forties.

Her hair is very long.

He was wearing an old, greyish-white robe.

The clothes were badly tattered.

barefoot.

His face was as white as if he hadn't seen the sun in a long time.

He stood at the very top of the steps.

They didn't come out immediately.

He first glanced down at the playground.

Let's look at the warning line again.

Finally, he looked up.

My gaze fell on the teaching building in the distance.

There were people everywhere behind the window.

student.

teacher.

security guard.

I took a picture of him with my phone from dozens of meters away.

The man's brows furrowed slightly.

"here……"

"Why are there so many people?"

No one answered.

The person in charge at the scene glanced at the headphones.

Cheng Fangdao:

"First, ask who you are."

The loudspeaker blared.

"Please state your identity."

The man was clearly not used to a loudspeaker.

The moment the sound rang out, everyone's shoulders tensed.

He stared at the loudspeaker for two seconds.

"Who is sending this message?"

Tang Zhi couldn't help herself.

"Did he think the loudspeaker was a ritual implement?"

Qin Zhaodao:

"It's about the same for him."

The person in charge at the scene had no choice but to continue:

"I am a staff member here."

Please state your name first.

The man remained silent for a moment.

"Gu Chongshan".

"Outer city of Yujing, a rogue cultivator."

"I used to live in Qinghe County."

After he finished speaking, he looked up and around.

"What about Qinghe County?"

no one knows.

The technical team is already investigating.

Soon someone whispered:

"No corresponding modern administrative region can be found for the ancient place name".

"It's probably long gone."

Cheng Fang didn't say anything.

Lin Ye, however, stared at Gu Chongshan.

He noticed something.

This person has been around since he appeared.

There was no obvious hostility.

There are no "mortals" or "ants" among them.

Most of the time, I was just confused.

I slept for a very long time.

The moment I opened my eyes.

Everything is gone.

However, this does not mean it is safe.

Cheng Fang continued to issue orders.

"Keep him within the restricted area for now."

They did the same in Linjiang.

"Mr. Gu, please stay where you are for now."

Gu Chongshan frowned even more deeply.

Why?

"Because the situation is currently unclear."

"We need to verify your physical condition, your identity, and whether the underground area behind you is safe."

Gu Chongshan listened for a long time.

I probably only understood about half of it.

He looked down at his hands.

It's like I'm only now truly realizing that something's wrong.

"The spiritual energy of heaven and earth..."

Why is it so thin?

Wanling sneered when he heard this.

"He still thinks it's too thin?"

Lin Ye turned his head.

"How tall were you before?"

"You're asking me?"

"Isn't it normal to ask you that?"

"You find water too cold now, but you weren't even allowed to touch it before."

Lin Ye: "..."

That old man still talks so rudely.

But just then...

Gu Chongshan suddenly looked up.

Look up at the sky.

It's not about looking at the sky over the river.

It's as if it's sensing something much farther away.

A few seconds later.

His expression changed.

"The way home..."

"Is it open?"

Lin Ye immediately looked at Wan Ling.

"What did he say?"

Wanling remained silent.

Gu Chongshan suddenly turned around.

He looked at the underground stone steps he had come out of.

All the spirit lamps are now lit.

Deeper still.

The faint sound of bells could be heard.

thump.

thump.

It was louder than before.

The last trace of confusion on Gu Chongshan's face disappeared.

There are still people inside.

Everyone in the hall fell silent at the same time.

Cheng Fang immediately asked:

"How many?"

The message was relayed from Linjiang.

Gu Chongshan shook his head.

"I have no idea."

"I woke up early."

"them……"

He said this.

It suddenly stopped.

As if she had thought of something.

I turned around and looked at the row of people taking pictures with their phones in the distance.

"These things."

"Are you remembering me?"

The person in charge at the scene was taken aback.

"...That's one way to understand it."

Gu Chongshan looked at the phones.

He glanced again at the searchlight overhead.

Finally, he whispered:

"Your era..."

"That's very strange."

The words had barely left his lips.

Suddenly someone shouted from the other side of the seven halls:

"The online buzz can't be contained anymore!"

Cheng Fang turned around.

The large screen can be directly switched to public opinion monitoring.

Trending Videos Chart.

Short video platform.

forum.

Live broadcast.

Overseas social media platforms.

It was almost entirely filled with the same kind of content.

The imperial capital hangs upside down on an ancient mountain.

Underground stone steps leading to the river.

Unfamiliar islands in the East China Sea.

New mountain peaks have been added in the southwest.

A forest that suddenly appeared in the north.

The secretly filmed videos are spreading at a rate of hundreds of thousands of times per minute.

Some videos have been reposted dozens of times.

The headlines are getting crazier and crazier.

Is the cultivation of immortality really here?

A mountain has appeared in the sky above the capital!

Someone has emerged from the underground of Linjiang University!

Isn't the official explanation coming yet?

Tang Zhi looked at it for a few seconds.

"Delete my ass."

No one objected.

A previously reported abnormal video.

Can be sealed.

Even ten articles can be blocked.

What now?

Dozens of cities.

Hundreds of locations.

Hundreds of thousands of eyewitnesses at the scene.

There are also satellites, overseas media, and live broadcasts.

This is no longer a problem that can be solved by deleting posts.

An IT department head strode in.

"The notice just came down from above."

"Stop using old standards to uniformly suppress publicly available images."

Cheng Fang looked up.

"What do you mean?"

"Literal meaning."

"A unified statement will be forthcoming soon."

"First, acknowledge that a large-scale space anomaly has occurred globally."

"Cultivation, ancient cultivation, and spiritual energy will not be fully disclosed for the time being, but we can no longer say that the video is a special effect or a natural phenomenon."

Tang Zhi whistled softly.

"I can't keep up the act anymore."

Lin Ye looked at the large screen.

I felt surprisingly calm.

Sooner or later.

After the second spiritual tide, more and more ordinary people awakened.

It's even more outrageous now.

The mountains are practically hanging in the sky.

They call it special effects? Only a fool would believe that.

Ten minutes later.

The first version of the public announcement has been released.

There was no mention of "boundary return".

There was no mention of "grotto heaven".

Only acknowledge:

Unknown spatial overlaps and geographical anomalies have been observed in multiple locations around the world. These areas are currently under lockdown. The public is advised to stay away from these areas and not to enter or touch any unknown objects.

Below the announcement.

The number of comments exceeded 100,000 in one minute.

Lin Ye glanced at it.

The first highly-rated comment:

So, is that mountain in the sky above Beijing real?

Article :

[I just have one question: Is it possible to cultivate immortality?]

Article :

Is that ancient person from Linjiang real or fake?

When Tang Zhi saw the third comment, she couldn't even laugh anymore.

"It's over."

"Will we have to keep an eye on streamers when we go on missions at the Seventh Bureau in the future?"

Cheng Fang looked at her.

"Are you very free?"

"Never mind what I said."

Just then.

The building suddenly shook slightly.

It's very light.

Everyone looked up at the same time.

It wasn't an earthquake.

Another change has occurred at Xuanshan in the capital.

The monitoring footage was quickly switched to.

Something suddenly fell down from the edge of the mountain.

Very small.

At first, no one could see it clearly.

After landing at actual altitude, it was captured by a drone deployed below.

It was a purple blob.

Snapped.

It crashed into the muddy ground of the blockade zone.

The technicians went over immediately.

Zoom in on the image.

A blade of grass lay in the mud.

The leaves are a glossy purple.

The roots are still moving slightly.

The spiritual energy monitoring values ​​of the surrounding land jumped up instantly.

Wanling only glanced at it.

"Purple Jade Grass".

Lin Ye asked:

"What do you do?"

"Nourish the meridians and replenish qi."

Is it expensive?

Wanling fell silent for a moment.

"before?"

"Um."

"Outer disciples complain that it takes up too much space."

Lin Ye looked at the screen.

"And now?"

The technician next to me has already reported the data.

"The concentration of spiritual energy exceeds that of most known natural spiritual plants."

"If its effect is truly to repair the meridians..."

The staff's voices have all changed.

"The black market estimate is at least a million."

Lin Ye stared at the purple grass that was still covered in mud.

He didn't say anything for a long time.

A blade of grass that even outer disciples in ancient times would find too bulky.

It's worth millions now.

What about the whole mountain?

If there really are medicinal herb fields in the mountains.

Lingquan (Spiritual Spring).

Spirit ore.

Gongfa.

Spiritual artifact.

Lin Ye suddenly realized that Xuanxu, that old ghost who devoured remnant souls and stole broken spiritual artifacts...

It seems like they've suddenly become quite pitifully poor.

He looked up at the inverted ancient mountain on the big screen.

This is the first time I've truly realized it.

This mountain fell down.

It might not just be things.

A completely new era is about to begin.