I fabricated myths to guide the revival of spiritual energy.

On the huge electronic screen, all the red alarm windows had been turned off, replaced by countless streams of data jumping around wildly.

The command center was brightly lit, and dozens of top hackers and intelligence analysts were frantically typing on their keyboards, the air thick with the smell of smoke and a sense of unease.

"Can't find it! Absolutely can't find it!"

An intelligence team leader slammed his headset on the table, his eyes bloodshot, his voice filled with a deep sense of powerlessness.

"We retrieved all surveillance footage from within a five-kilometer radius of the incident site, including CCTV cameras, dashcam footage, and even security cameras from private shops. Although we captured that figure from behind, but..."

He pulled up a photo that had been sharpened countless times.

In the photo, the figure standing on the rooftop has a clear outline and flowing clothes, but his face seems to be covered with a natural "optical camouflage". No matter how much AI restoration is used, there is only a blurry light and shadow, as if he does not exist in the light and shadow of this dimension.

"Facial recognition failed."

"Gait analysis could not match the database."

"Even the thermal imaging trajectory of his departure was interrupted. It's like he... evaporated into thin air."

Inside the observation room, Director Li Guozhong stared at the blurry photograph, his face so grim it seemed to drip water.

"Chief."

Zhao Feng pushed open the door and entered, holding a top-secret report that had just been delivered from the autopsy room on the third basement floor and still smelled of being printed.

Li Guozhong took the report, glanced at it, and his pupils contracted sharply.

The report's title is a striking red: "Speculation on the potential population size of 'Void Creatures' and a global energy level warning."

The content is shocking:

[Reproductive Capacity]: Based on the cell division rate of the cadaver sample, this organism possesses an "exponential" reproductive potential. Given sufficient energy, it can divide itself.

[Growth Cycle]: In an environment with a high concentration of spiritual energy, it only takes 72 hours for a juvenile to grow into a fully grown one.

[Final Conclusion]: This is highly likely an intelligent species. If we cannot find the source of the outbreak or master the "high-energy spiritual" attack method, our existing conventional military forces will collapse within two weeks should a beast tide break out.

"Two weeks..."

Li Guozhong slammed the report on the table, his knuckles turning white.

"We're looking for a savior, but he's playing hide-and-seek with us! What does he want? Is he going to watch us perish?"

Zhao Feng was silent for a moment, looking at the night outside the window, and said in a low voice:

"Perhaps... he's waiting."

"When we show our sincerity, or... when we realize that humanity has no choice but to turn to him for help."

Li Guozhong took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the anxiety in his heart, a resolute glint flashing in his eyes:

"Pass down the order to expand the search area to the entire country. At the same time, have the Geological Bureau and the Observatory monitor global abnormal fluctuations 24 hours a day."

"Since he took action and killed the monster, it means he cares about this land. Since he cares, he will definitely reappear."

……

[Gu Family Old House]

Time: 02:30 AM

The night breeze was slightly cool.

Gu Qing did not rest. He stood on the edge of the terrace, toying with a crystal-clear spirit stone in his hand, but his gaze pierced through the atmosphere, staring intently at a certain direction in the night sky.

He wasn't pretending to be profound.

Rather, it was because, in his field of vision, there was a disgusting purple crack in the sky in that direction, invisible to ordinary people.

Those were traces of the "void" seeping in.

The system's holographic panel unfolded before his eyes, displaying a terrifying red countdown.

[Warning: The erosion of the void dimension has been detected at a rate 15% faster than expected.]

[Cause Analysis: The fluctuations in Earth's "spiritual energy revival" (caused by the host's script) have attracted the attention of the Void Outpost.]

[Expected scale of the next invasion: Level C (small beast swarm).]

[Estimated arrival time: one year from now.]

"One year..."

Gu Qing frowned, and the spirit stone in his hand creaked as he squeezed it.

"I initially thought that dog had just gotten lost by chance, a minor side effect of 'I Am the Only Law.' I never imagined... it really was an outpost."

"This isn't a script I wrote... This is seriously dangerous."

Although Gu Qing possessed a system, he was well aware of his current limitations.

Although he has now reached the "Foundation Building" stage thanks to the system, and can easily take on small beast tides on his own, what about the future?

Faced with an ever-growing and increasingly powerful array of void creatures, he could not attend to everyone and was destined to be unable to cope with the ever-increasing onslaught.

He will die anyway.

"I need help."

"I need cannon fodder."

"What I need is... the continuous evolution of all humanity, and an army of cultivators composed of humans."

Gu Qing turned around and walked to the desk, looking at the surge in his faith value over the past few days due to various strange phenomena.

It seems like a lot; this huge sum of money is enough for him to exchange for several top-tier martial arts techniques or create a few earth-shattering S-level special effects.

But this is just a drop in the ocean compared to the racial war that lies ahead.

"Too slow..."

Gu Qing's fingers tapped unconsciously on the table, the rhythm getting faster and faster.

"At the current pace, by the time those people in Bureau 749 slowly study the corpses, slowly accept the setting, and slowly promote cultivation to everyone, it will be too late."

"We must speed things up."

"The process of spiritual energy recovery must be accelerated."

Gu Qing's gaze gradually turned cold and rational.

"We can no longer allow them to regard cultivation as a means of 'superpowers,' 'urban legends,' or 'physical fitness.'"

"They must realize that this is a leap in civilization, and their only hope for survival."

"Since the 'Void Invasion' is a real crisis."

"Then the best lie is to package this real crisis into my mythology."

Gu Qing took a deep breath, a crazy plan already forming in his mind.

He was no longer satisfied with small-scale, localized projects like "Falling Flower Cave Girl" or "Locking Dragon Well".

He wanted to create a global sensation, a grand spectacle that would utterly collapse materialism and force all of humanity to beg for help from a "celestial being."

"Don't they want to know where that monster came from?"

"Don't they want to know a solution?"

Gu Qing entered a new command on the system panel, each word carrying immense power.

[Script generation in progress...]

[Script Rating: SS (Global)]

[Core concept: The sky tilts to the northwest, the earth sinks to the southeast.]

[Script Title: Project Mend the Sky (Prologue)]

Gu Qing raised his head and looked towards the distant west, towards the ancestral mountain range that stretches across the map of China.

"If we're going to play, let's go big."

"I want to teach all of humanity a lesson in that place..."