Luocheng, Council Hall.
Eleven councilors representing Luocheng's various factions gathered in the hall, their expressions varied.
A lazy-looking young man leaned back in his chair and was the first to speak:
"This is already the fifth meeting, and the topic this time is still discussing that Beimang Mountain?"
As soon as he said this, everyone immediately looked at the head of the Luocheng City Council, Li Hao.
This Chairman Li has been in charge of Luocheng for over thirty years, and the Li Family behind him is the most prominent family in Luocheng, with deeply rooted connections at the highest levels of the Federation and in Myanmar.
Chairman Li held a document in his hand, and with a stern expression, he spoke without a hint of a smile:
"Last time, I announced to you the directive from the Eastern Federation State Council to block information related to Beimang Mountain.
The Qingwu Group, Light Point Media, Lightyear Group, the Federation Ministry of Culture, and the United States Congress have all united to block any news about Beimang Mountain on the internet.
Around Beimang Mountain, we have also set up an electric grid and placed signal jammers to prevent outsiders from entering the area."
"This meeting is to convey to you the directive from the Federation State Council to 'completely seal off Beimang Mountain and strictly prohibit any level of development'."
Upon hearing this, the other ten councilors were immediately in an uproar.
The previously lazy young man abruptly changed his demeanor and loudly objected:
"No way! Beimang Mountain is originally a part of Luocheng, so why prohibit its development?"
The other councilors echoed in agreement:
"Even the Federation State Council has no reason to forcibly interfere with Luocheng's development in this matter!"
"This is suppression of Luocheng!"
"Sealing it off? I think those high-ranking officials want to monopolize the benefits and don't even want to share a bit of profit with us."
"I highly suspect that Chairman Li has reached some kind of agreement with them, to even present such an outrageous directive."
No wonder these councilors were so agitated; the anomaly happening at Beimang Mountain was too bizarre, and everyone knew there were unimaginable opportunities hidden beneath the mist.
They had previously fully supported blocking online information, even risking public criticism by deploying signal jammer vehicles to dissuade travelers.
Their aim was to prevent Beimang Mountain's spread from attracting other forces to share the spoils.
But unexpectedly, rather than other potential claimants, the top level directly turned the table, making it unacceptable to them.
Discussion went on for half an hour, with Chairman Li Hao sitting at the head without any statement.
Only after all discussions slowly stopped, Chairman Li finally opened his mouth slowly:
"I understand your demands very well, but completely sealing off Beimang Mountain is a top-level directive, which I have no authority to interfere with.
However, I can assure you that sealing off Beimang Mountain is not for anyone to privately swallow the benefits, but rather a truly complete blockade.
If necessary, a hydrogen bomb can be used to destroy the clouded area of Beimang Mountain."
Once he spoke, the meeting hall was instantly in an uproar, with many councilors showing expressions of skepticism and hesitation.
"What on earth is there inside Beimang Mountain?"
Councilor Li did not immediately respond but displayed a series of images to everyone.
The images showed corpses with fierce expressions, faces full of resentment and unwillingness.
"These bodies appeared at Fenglan Hotel more than a year ago, along with a police officer named Li Zhaoheng.
Among the more than ten people who died, apart from Gong Yang Xuanming who was killed with a dagger, the manner of death for the others was entirely consistent."
"After forensic examination, it was confirmed that they did not have any injuries.
This case had originally been shelved, but recent anomalies at Beimang Mountain have drawn some people's attention back to the massacre.
Their deaths are somewhat similar to those tourists who lost their souls after accidentally entering Beimang Mountain, but far more severe, as if their lost souls could never return!"
"Recalling the murder a year ago, was it man-made or a harbinger from the emerging Beimang Mountain?
Could it spread an unpredictable disaster?
We know nothing about these circumstances, so the top level decided to first seal everything and make plans later once the dust settles!"
There was silence in the council hall, which should have been a meeting full of contentious points.
For example, can actively sealing off Beimang Mountain prevent similar situations from happening again?
Is there a solution within Beimang Mountain?
None of the councilors present, nor the federal high-level, nor the State Council, had given this any thought.
It seemed that an invisible force was silently intervening, leading them to make the same judgment, the same choice.
As for the deaths of Gong Yang Xuanming and others?
That was just a seemingly reasonable excuse!
Similar things were happening not only in Luocheng but also within the higher levels of the Eastern Federation, the United States, Qingwu Group... such major players were holding analogous meetings internally.
Soon, they all passed a proposal, which was to completely seal off Beimang Mountain!
Meanwhile, among the ordinary people, a different scenario was unfolding.
Warriors hid their soul bodies as they followed two tourists just leaving the Beimang Mountain scenic area.
The tourists' conversations about Beimang Mountain switched to other topics in less than ten seconds after leaving the area.
This phenomenon occurred not just among one or two tourists, but almost all visitors changed the topic in the short time after leaving, and since then, none have mentioned anything about Beimang Mountain again.
After tracking thousands of tourists, without exception, it was the same.
It seemed the words Beimang Mountain were deleted from their minds once they left the area.
In the Spirit Land, Lu Yan had already realized why major websites were massively deleting videos about Beimang Mountain without causing any ripples.
It's because this subconscious ignoring of the words "Beimang Mountain" was not only happening within the scenic area but had already affected the entire urban version.
This is a cognitive modification and a countermeasure from the Urban Celestial Dao!
Lu Yan aimed to instigate Spiritual Energy Revival to stir up the world's situation and build a Supreme Dao Foundation, which clearly contradicted the Urban Celestial Dao.
The urban version's celestial order focuses on peace and development, while the Spiritual Energy Revival had gone beyond this version's scope and was intolerable to the Urban Celestial Dao.
The Urban Celestial Dao could not interfere with individual life forms and could only guide the upper levels to block any news about Beimang Mountain and alter everyone's cognition to dilute its impact.
As long as this sole Spirit Vein, Beimang Mountain, is sealed, the influence of the Spiritual Energy Revival cannot spread outward, and the entire urban version would still remain under the order of the Urban Celestial Dao.
Lu Yan sat cross-legged in a sitting posture, realizing that he would not be able to see any forces exploring the Spirit Land since the Urban Celestial Dao would not give him any chance to propagate the Spiritual Qi.
"If that's the case, then I shall contend with you!"