Of course, a few unusual cases were spared.

Some of them could turn into a wisp of green smoke, some had necks that could grow infinitely long, some could shrink their bodies, and so on. These strange creatures managed to escape the fate of being hung up by the white silk.

But there were not many of them, and they were all trembling with fear, not daring to approach Xia Tianqiong.

They all knew that this guy was not someone they could afford to mess with.

"This...this is your trickery?"

Liu Junhai and the others were dumbfounded, utterly shocked.

No wonder this person seemed so relaxed; no wonder Director Chen made them follow his orders.

Wow, they're so amazing!

Guo Zhan's body trembled slightly; he was even more afraid of Xia Tianqiong.

In our last encounter, I was completely powerless to fight back. I thought that was their full strength, but I never expected they had even more formidable methods.

It's unimaginable that a single trick could defeat hundreds of strange creatures.

Song Shiqiao was the first to recover from the shock, and she thought of her brother.

"Mr. Xia, half of them are people, you're not going to hang them, are you?"

Liu Junhai quickly reminded him, "Mr. Xia, the Strange One isn't afraid of suffocation, but some people with poor health might be in mortal danger if they suffocate for a minute or two. Please don't accidentally kill anyone, or you might trigger the rules."

"I see."

Xia Tianqiong then waved her hand, and all the white ribbons disappeared instantly.

Inside the valley, more than four hundred figures fell to the ground at the same time, looking quite disheveled.

"Do you want to try again?"

Xia Tianqiong shouted loudly, his gaze sweeping over them, and the strange beings all retreated.

The area around the statue, which had been crowded with both eerie creatures and humans, now seemed to flee as if their lives depended on it.

They retreated until they were thirty or forty meters away before stopping.

In this bizarre era, strength equals status and intimidation.

Xia Tianqiong was very satisfied with this. She looked up at the incense stick in the statue's hand, which had burned down to only six or seven centimeters and was estimated to burn out soon.

"The incense is almost finished burning, and the ghost marriage ceremony will begin soon. Let's find an open space nearby to wait!"

The statue stands on a wooden platform, slightly elevated above the ground.

Xia Tianqiong and his group jumped off the platform and waited on the side.

"Mr. Xia, what should we do next?"

Liu Junhai looked at Xia Tianqiong with awe.

"Didn't I say that you don't need to do anything? Even if you wanted to, there's nothing you could do?"

"Isn't there a way to break the rules? If we follow the rules, all eight or nine hundred people outside will die."

"This kind of bizarre event doesn't even have a main entity. Trying to break it by forcibly killing the bizarre thing is not feasible. Anyway, I have no way to solve it. If you have a way, you can try it."

Xia Tianqiong really had no choice.

In the previous life, the authorities also failed to break the rules and proceeded according to them, resulting in only a little over two hundred survivors.

Such bizarre events, where the rules are clearly stated, pose little danger to ghost hunters and are almost impossible to solve; they can only proceed according to the rules.

Liu Junhai has a typical military mindset; protecting the people is more important than his own life. He didn't want to give up, so he asked, "Why don't we try breaking the stone statue?"

"Do you think there could be such a bizarre event that could be solved so easily? If you want to try, I won't stop you."

Xia Tianqiong said nonchalantly, while also taking in her surroundings.

This is clearly also a kind of eerie realm, but unlike the eerie realm of the ancient town we encountered last time, this place doesn't resemble the real world.

The moon in the sky was too big and too bright, like a light bulb.

It's not the moon in the real world at all.

This eerie realm is either a small world that has evolved or a virtual environment that has been conjured up.

While they waited there, strange creatures kept coming in from the stone statue, and at the same time, they would bring in some humans.

This indicates that there are still strange forces outside arresting people.

Liu Junhai led a group to smash the statue; he really is the kind of person who does whatever he wants.

However, they left quickly and returned quickly as well.

"It's probably protected by rules that prevent the statue from being damaged. Also, the signal is blocked here, so we've lost contact with the outside world and we'll have to rely on ourselves from now on."

Xia Tianqiong listened but said nothing, continuing to observe her surroundings.

He wanted to see if there were any familiar eerie sights so he could find an opportunity to take them down later.

The incense for marriage burned very slowly; that small piece took more than two hours to burn.

When the incense had completely burned out, the ghost marriage ceremony officially began.