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

The lights were lit one by one.

Start from the bottom section of the broken stone steps.

Upwards.

Walk through the woods.

We went around the mountainside.

Finally, the light shone all the way to the half-collapsed mountain gate.

The whole process took less than ten seconds.

No one spoke in the seven halls.

Tang Zhi stared at the large screen.

"...Is someone inside?"

Wanling remained silent.

Lin Ye glanced at it.

"Don't you understand?"

"I don't know anything."

Wanling's tone was very aggressive.

"A light being on doesn't necessarily mean someone is there."

"It's possible that the formation has been restored."

"It's possible that the spiritual veins have been reconnected."

"That's also possible..."

It paused for a moment.

Tang Zhi immediately asked:

"What?"

"Someone has actually woken up."

The air suddenly became quiet again.

Cheng Fang had already turned around.

"The drone will be sent to the mountain gate."

"Don't come in."

"Let's take a closer look first."

The technical team acted quickly.

Within the capital's lockdown zone, two high-altitude drones took off simultaneously.

It is not ordinary civilian equipment.

It is equipped with anti-interference, night vision, and spiritual energy monitoring.

The camera pans upwards.

The closer you get to the cliff, the more shaky the footage becomes.

Three thousand meters.

Two thousand five hundred.

two thousand.

The spiritual energy level began to rise rapidly.

The technician frowned.

"The concentration of spiritual energy in the surrounding area is already six times that of the ground."

"It's still rising."

Lin Ye asked:

"Can the plane withstand it?"

"temporary."

Don't be too optimistic.

Wanling chimed in.

"That place looks close from the outside, but the actual distance may not be the same."

The technician glanced at it.

"What do you mean?"

"The space isn't fully connected yet."

Just because you see it hanging there doesn't mean you'll fly over it in a straight line.

He had just finished speaking.

The drone on the left suddenly veered to one side.

It wasn't blown by the wind.

The mountain gate is clearly right in front of you in the picture.

The drone flew forward several dozen meters.

The mountain gate is actually further away.

The technician's expression changed.

"Coordinate drift".

"Pull back."

The operator immediately made adjustments.

The second one goes around the side.

This time, they successfully got close.

The camera pans across a patch of ancient black trees.

For the first time, everyone finally saw the mountain gate clearly.

It is much larger than it appears on the ground.

The two stone pillars are over ten meters tall.

It was covered in moss.

The horizontal plaque is already half broken.

Only one word remains.

sword.

Tang Zhi raised an eyebrow.

"Sword Sect?"

Wanling stared at it for a few seconds as well.

"There are many sects that use swords."

"You can't tell whose sword it is just by looking at it."

Lin Ye didn't say anything.

His attention was not on the signboard.

In the lamp.

Those things that look like lanterns don't actually have fire.

A milky-white stone bead was suspended inside.

The spiritual energy flows upwards along the mountainside.

The stone bead lights up as it passes through each node.

One lamp after another.

It was as if the blood of the entire mountain was flowing again.

"No one is clicking."

Lin Ye suddenly said.

Cheng Fang looked at him.

Did you hear that?

"Um."

Lin Ye closed his eyes briefly.

The spiritual hearing has not been fully developed.

That mountain is too big.

Forcing yourself to listen will only overwhelm your brain.

He only focused on the area near the mountain gate.

"Before the light came on, a surge of spiritual energy rose up from below."

"Pause after each lamp."

"Like an electrical circuit being energized."

The technician immediately took note.

Wanling clicked his tongue.

"What do you mean by 'electrified'?"

"It's pretty much the same idea."

"This is called guiding the spirit."

"OK."

Lin Ye was too lazy to argue with it.

"So there's no one inside?"

"Did I say that?"

Wanling was in a bad mood.

"The fact that the formation lights up on its own is a separate matter from whether there are people inside."

Cheng Fang was about to move the drone closer.

Suddenly someone shouted from the side:

Something is approaching the cliff!

Everyone turned their heads.

Another set of images switched to the right side of the large screen.

It's not seven drones.

Three black civilian racing drones.

Extremely fast.

They darted out from behind the tall building on the west side.

Head straight towards Xuanshanchong.

Tang Zhi was stunned.

Who is it?

"Have you lost your mind?"

The technicians are already checking the signal source.

"Illegal modification".

"Frequency hopping was implemented on the remote control."

"We can't lock anyone down for now."

Cheng Fang's face immediately darkened.

"warn."

The peripheral channels broadcast it immediately.

"Level 1 lockdown area ahead."

"All unauthorized aircraft must return to base immediately."

"Repeat, return to base immediately!"

None of the three drones stopped.

Instead, it accelerated.

It is clear.

It's something that fell from Chongshan Mountain.

Lin Ye couldn't help but laugh.

"One blade of grass is worth a million."

"Life is not worth money."

Tang Zhi said:

"That's a drone; the person is hiding inside the building."

"Machines cost money too."

"People might think they can recoup their investment just by picking up a stone."

And she was right.

One of the drones had a grappling hook hanging from its bottom.

The flight path was directly facing a loosened rock below the mountain.

Cheng Fang said directly:

"Take it down."

External interference devices are activated.

The first one went out of control instantly.

The propellers were spinning erratically.

He fell headfirst.

The second plane also started shaking.

The third aircraft, however, had clearly been modified to be more resistant to interference.

They managed to break through the blocked frequency band.

"There's one more."

"Xu Mian?"

Cheng lowered his mind and spoke.

Xu Mian was silent for a second in the headphones.

"here?"

"Can you fight?"

"able."

"Don't blow it up."

"Um."

A few seconds later.

A very faint gunshot rang out in the distance.

In the surveillance footage.

One of the drone's rotors shattered instantly.

The aircraft spun and fell.

Tang Zhi glanced at the distance.

"You can even hit that?"

Xu Mian did not reply.

She's probably shy again.

Cheng Fang was just about to send someone to collect it.

A sudden change occurred.

The out-of-control drone fell just short of the edge of the cliff.

I just wiped it.

hum!

A nearly invisible white light swept across the surface of the mountain.

The drone didn't even produce a spark.

Snapped.

The entire frame broke in two from the middle.

It was so clean it looked like it had been cut with a knife.

The hall fell silent.

Tang Zhi's lips twitched.

"...This mountain has quite a temper."

Lin Ye frowned.

"It's not a mountain."

"What's wrong now?"

There was a sound just now.

He looked towards the mountain gate.

"Formation."

Wanling finally spoke.

"Mountain Protection Restriction".

"It's probably not fully recovered yet."

"Otherwise, that piece of junk wouldn't even be left as ashes."

The technician immediately adjusted the data.

"The energy peak lasted only 0.3 seconds."

"strength……"

His expression turned somewhat grim after he saw the numbers.

"Exceeds the peak performance of most of our current field mission artifacts."

Cheng Fang stared at the screen.

"It's still not fully recovered?"

Wanling sneered.

"If ancient sects couldn't even stop a few flying insects, they would have had their gates torn down long ago."

No one responded.

Because I didn't like hearing that sentence.

But the facts are undeniable.

It was just a mountain that had just been brought back to reality and whose formation had not yet fully awakened.

Any random counterattack.

They cut down a high-speed drone.

And what's inside?

no one knows.

On the other side of the hall.

The information team called out again.

"Black market bounties have increased."

Tang Zhi was speechless.

"Still going up?"

"The video of the protective barrier around the mountain was just filmed."

"Someone is now buying any intact items from inside the Suspended Mountain."

"The highest speed it can go is..."

The man paused for a moment.

"Eight million."

Cheng Fang's face darkened.

Who leaked the video?

"There are too many people on the outside."

"There are also telephoto lenses for civilian use."

"It can't be suppressed."

Lin Ye wasn't too surprised.

In this day and age...

A mountain hangs over the heads of millions of people.

Trying to hide?

dream.

What's more troublesome is...

Once the price is announced.

Some people will risk their lives.

really.

Less than five minutes.

Reports from outside sources kept coming in.

Someone tried to climb over the cordon.

Someone approached with professional mountaineering equipment.

Some people even drove modified off-road vehicles from the construction access road towards the landing point on the cliff.

Ordinary people are just watching the show.

People who are truly wealthy and well-connected.

Action has already begun.

Cheng Fang rubbed his temples.

"Don't sleep tonight."

Tang Zhi leaned back in her chair.

"I wasn't planning on sleeping anyway."

Lin Ye, however, was looking at the mountain.

Starting from just now.

The stone steps behind the mountain gate became increasingly bright.

The protective barriers around the mountain have begun to be reinstated.

The spiritual energy is also increasing.

this means.

The connection between the mountains and reality is becoming increasingly stable.

If this pace continues...

"Team Leader Cheng."

"Um?"

When will the exploration team be finalized?

Cheng Fang glanced at him.

"You're still thinking about it?"

"nonsense."

Lin Ye pointed at the screen.

"If we had waited even a minute longer, someone outside would have already offered eight million."

"Wait until tomorrow, someone might just buy a plane and crash it in."

Tang Zhi was delighted.

That makes sense.

Cheng Fang ignored her.

"The list will be finalized at headquarters."

"If you want to come in, you'll have to report your injuries first."

"no problem."

"There's also a follow-up examination for the soul shock."

"Alright."

Cheng Fang looked at him suspiciously.

"Are you being so agreeable today?"

Lin Ye was very sincere.

Tang Zhi was about to laugh.

The mountain on the big screen suddenly shook again.

Behind the mountain gate.

Originally, only the stone steps lights were on.

This time.

Deeper still.

An ancient temple hidden in the woods.

It lit up too.

Then the second one.

The third one.

One after another.

It's like someone has reattached the mountain gate, which had been dormant for two thousand years, layer by layer.

The technician stared at the aura curve.

He suddenly stood up.

"Spatial overlap stability has increased!"

"How many?"

"That was 12% just now."

"Twenty-seven now!"

Cheng Fang's expression changed.

"So fast?"

"It's still rising!"

Everyone looked at the big screen.

The originally translucent part of the edge of the cliff is gradually becoming solid.

Just then.

Deep within the mountain gate.

A bell rang.

thump.

Separated by half of the capital city.

It was passed down.

Everyone in the hall heard it.

The Book of All Souls remained silent for several seconds.

then.

Wanling muttered a curse under his breath.

"Oh shit."

Lin Ye watched it.

"What's wrong?"

Wanling stared at the ancient palace that was gradually brightening up.

"The mountain is about to open."

"She's already awake."