I fabricated myths to guide the revival of spiritual energy.

Gu Qing withdrew his gaze from the west and sat back down at his desk.

Although it was quiet outside the window, the system interface in his mind was running wildly, with countless golden streams of data cascading down like a waterfall.

"System, if I want to explain the origin of 'Void Creatures' to the world and convince them that only cultivation can combat them, how should I fabricate... no, how should I 'explain' this truth?"

Gu Qing's fingers traced lines in the air.

Option A: Alien Invasion

Disadvantages: Humans would prioritize using nuclear weapons to cleanse the earth, which would not only prevent the harvesting of spiritual energy but also damage the Earth's environment, leading to the severing of the foundation for cultivation.

Option B: Resurgence of Ancient Viruses

Disadvantages: This might excite biologists, but it fails to elicit the concept of "spirituality," making it too narrow-minded.

Option C: Dimensional Overlap (Mythological Version)

Core logic: When the sky is missing a corner, disasters follow.

Mythological counterpart: Nuwa mending the sky.

Advantages: It perfectly aligns with the genes of Chinese culture, explains why monsters fear high-energy spiritual energy (because they belong to "turbid energy"), and naturally leads to the need for "saving the world".

Choose C.

Gu Qing's gaze hardened.

"Tell them that the stories in myths are not made up, but historical records. The 'hole' that Nuwa patched up back then... has now cracked open again."

He typed out the core idea in the "Patching the Sky Project" document:

1. Definition of Crisis: The Void Creatures are not aliens, but chaotic demons from the "Outer Heavens". They are "dust" that seeped in as spiritual energy revived and the boundary walls thinned.

2. Solution: Iron cannot be damaged, only spiritual energy can be destroyed. If humanity wishes to save itself, it must use its own body as a shield and its spiritual energy to mend the heavens.

3. Strategic pivot: Earth needs a place that can contain high concentrations of spiritual energy and serve as the "eye of the array".

"The core of the formation..."

Gu Qing's gaze fell on the giant dragon that stretched across western China on the map—the Kunlun Mountains.

In Chinese mythology, Kunlun is not only the ancestor of all mountains, but also the ladder connecting heaven and earth, the sacred site of the Queen Mother of the West, and the source of the dragon vein.

If we were to establish a frontline base to fight against the void, or a cultivation academy for all humanity, there would be no more suitable place than here.

"System, perform a simulation."

Gu Qing silently asked himself, "If I wanted to materialize a 'real' Kunlun Immortal Mountain on Earth to suppress the destiny of China and stabilize the dimensional barrier, how much faith power would I need?"

[Retrieving geographic data...]

[Matching mythological logic...]

[Calculation in progress...]

[Solution Simulation Results:]

[Step 1: Awakening the Earth's Veins. Requires activating the dormant ancestral dragon's earth energy (Faith Value: 50,000 points).]

[Step Two: Spatial Folding. Open up a "Blessed Land" on the main peak of Kunlun Mountain to expand the internal space (Faith Value: 100,000 points).]

[Step 3: Manifestation of a Divine Miracle. A celestial projection is manifested, proclaiming the divine to the world (Faith Value: 80,000 points).]

Gu Qing looked at the exorbitant cost, but felt no heartache whatsoever.

This is not consumption, this is investment.

It was a Great Wall that had to be built to prevent our entire clan from being wiped out in 15 days.

"If we want the whole world to believe that 'the sky is leaking,' then we must first make them feel that the earth is 'afraid.'"

Gu Qing's finger hovered over a redemption option in the system shop.

That was an S-level special effect called "Celestial Phenomenon: Dragon Vein Reversal".

[Effect Description]: Triggers a "special tremor" that does not cause actual damage to buildings, but can be detected by all geological monitoring equipment worldwide.

[Focus Depth]: Mantle layer (or even deeper, reaching the vesicle layer).

[Vibration Frequency]: Simulates a dragon's roar.

[Note]: This is an alarm clock with a wake-up service.

"exchange."

Gu Qing pressed the button without hesitation.

"Let the world hear the sound of its heartbeat first."

……

[China Earthquake Networks Center - Central Control Room]

Time: 03:00 AM

Suddenly, a rapid and eerie buzzing sound rang out in the originally lifeless duty room.

This wasn't the usual piercing earthquake alarm, but a deep, muffled sound, as if it came from the depths of the earth.

"Beep—! Beep—! Beep—!"

The seismologist on duty, Dr. Liu, suddenly jumped up from his chair, almost knocking over his thermos.

"What happened? Where was the earthquake? Sichuan? Yunnan? Or Japan?"

He rushed to the monitoring console, his fingers flying across the keyboard to bring up the real-time waveform graph.

However, when he saw the data on the screen, he froze on the spot, his mouth agape, wide enough to fit an egg.

"What... what kind of waveform is this?"

The screen did not display the chaotic, jagged P-waves and S-waves typical of earthquakes.

Rather, it is a long wave that is extremely regular, extremely profound, and even carries a certain... rhythmic quality.

The waveform's undulating rhythm is both soothing and powerful.

It's just like... a heartbeat.

Or rather, it is the breathing of some enormous creature in its slumber.

"Focal depth...unable to calculate? Displaying 'Global'?!"

"Epicenter location... Kunlun Mountains? No, that's not right, the affected area is... the entire Chinese tectonic plate?!"

Xiao Liu stared in horror at the data summary that kept popping up in the background.

"Beijing station received it!"

"Lhasa station has received the message!"

"Even the Great Wall research station in Antarctica... received this vibration signal in the same millisecond!"

"And the frequency is exactly the same! There's absolutely no delay!"

This defies common sense in physics. Seismic waves take time to propagate; how could they possibly travel simultaneously across the entire country? Unless… the epicenter isn't a single point, but rather the entire Earth itself.

"Quickly! Report to the director! Report to the higher-ups!"

Xiao Liu's hand was trembling violently as he gripped the red phone, and his voice trembled.

"Earth... Earth is crying out!"

The moment that call was made.

That deep, resonant vibration seemed to penetrate the earth's crust, thousands of kilometers of rock layers, and the city's thick concrete jungle, reaching directly into the eardrums of every sensitive creature.

In the dead of night at the zoo, all the wild beasts suddenly lay prostrate on the ground, bowing their heads towards the Kunlun Mountains to the west, trembling in fear.

The elderly and infants, who were fast asleep, were inexplicably awakened at this moment, feeling a strange palpitation.

Indistinctly.

That wasn't the roar of tectonic plates squeezing together.

It was a sound that seemed to come from ancient times, spanning tens of thousands of years, vast and boundless...

hold head high--!!!

A dragon's roar resounded deep within the soul of every Chinese person.

At the headquarters of Bureau 749, Li Guozhong, who had just dozed off for a while, was startled awake by the inexplicable tremor. He looked sharply at the huge map of China on the wall.

In his eyes, the mountain range that was originally just a line drawing seemed to come alive at this moment.

"here we go……"