After listening to Jiang Yu's account, Xia Tianqiong gained a general understanding of the current situation in Lin'an City.
In the month since he left, thousands, even tens of thousands of people have been injured or killed every day.
Less than half of them were due to bizarre events.
The other majority of the killings were due to malicious killings by amateur ghost hunters, as well as robbery-murders, revenge killings, and crimes of passion among ordinary people.
Sometimes, for the sake of a bag of rice, a bucket of rice, or even a beautiful woman, people might break into a house and kill the entire family.
Such incidents are common, and occur almost daily.
Doesn't the police care? Doesn't the military care?
Of course we try to manage it, but we can't manage it all, and the number of military and police casualties is higher than that of ordinary civilians.
When this trend first emerged, the authorities took drastic measures, allowing for immediate execution without the need for arrest and trial.
This policy did deter ordinary people, but it had little effect on those unscrupulous folk ghost hunters.
Although a gun can kill a ghost hunter, it cannot kill a ghost.
The supernatural is immune to physical attacks; only trickery, artifacts, and objects can harm it.
The monster hunters can simply hide and send out monsters to hunt down soldiers and police, killing a large number of them.
Several ghost hunters once joined forces and sent seven or eight strange creatures into the military camp, where they carried out a massacre.
Although there were two ghost hunters in the military camp, they couldn't stop so many strange creatures. Sometimes, a single trick could kill a large number of them.
Ordinary people are too weak in the face of the bizarre.
It is said that tens of thousands of soldiers died that time, and the manpower shortage was already severe, and it became even more severe after that.
Moreover, the military and police are mostly deployed in small teams throughout the city, responsible for guarding various supply points.
Currently, the entire country is under control and unified allocation of supplies. There are quantity limits on how much rice, flour, cooking oil, and daily necessities each person can buy every day.
However, some monster hunters, relying on their strength, brutally killed military squads and robbed supply points of materials.
This situation gradually increased, leading to a shortage of supplies throughout the city.
This ultimately triggered a chain reaction.
When supplies are insufficient, the only option is to reduce the quota for ordinary citizens, which in turn encourages them to rob each other.
On the one hand, the authorities had to send ghost hunters to guard supply points, and on the other hand, they had to send ghost hunters to hunt down evil ghost hunters, which resulted in even fewer ghost hunters to deal with strange events.
The more bizarre events occur, the more people are killed or injured, and the more amateur ghost hunters emerge.
Most of these later-emerging ghost hunters did not join the official ranks; they either chose to go into hiding or committed crimes everywhere.
And so, a vicious cycle began.
Lin'an City is becoming increasingly chaotic, and social order is on the verge of collapse.
Ordinary people dare not go out during the day unless they run out of food and vegetables at home, otherwise they will stay at home.
After listening to Jiang Yu's account of the situation in Lin'an City, Xia Tianqiong remained silent for a long time.
Lin'an City in my previous life wasn't this chaotic!
"Sky Dome, most of the people in Lin'an City want you to come back now. They no longer see you as a bad guy."
Jiang Yu stood respectfully opposite Xia Tianqiong, exuding an aura of competence.
Her skin had darkened considerably, and she had two scars on her face, but they didn't detract from her beauty; instead, they gave her a rather dashing air.
This is the result of her month-long struggle.
Xia Tianqiong leaned back in his recliner while Huang Yu cut fruit for him and insisted on feeding him.
"I'm not interested in any talk of returning or not returning."
Jiang Yu was very displeased with Huang Yu's actions, but she didn't show it.
"Tianqiong, they used to call you Black Wolf Hero. Don't you want to take that title back?"
"It doesn't matter. While the Black Wolf Hero is certainly impressive, the Black Wolf Villain is also good. At least he won't be restrained and can kill whomever he wants."
Xia Tianqiong ate the spiritual fruit that was offered to her, looking completely unconcerned.
Jiang Yu suddenly remembered something, "Oh right, in the time after you left, two groups of ghost hunters from other places appeared. They are very strong, and they are asking around for news about you."
One group even spread the word that anyone who met you should tell you to go to the capital and find the Huang family. They promised a million in ghost money and a powerful, malevolent spirit.
"Ha, what a joke! I don't need to pay attention to them. It's just those same old families again. I'll go to the capital to find them when I'm strong enough."
As the two were talking, Jiang Yu's phone suddenly rang.
Upon answering the call, his face immediately turned grim. "My team has encountered something strange and has already suffered casualties. I have to go back immediately."
Xia Tianqiong waved her hand, "Go do your thing. Don't come looking for me unless I call you."
Jiang Yu then left the Sky Island Orchard, but twenty minutes later, she called for help.
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Jinlan Residential Area is considered a high-end residential area in Lin'an City, and it is inhabited by relatively wealthy families.
At this moment, hundreds of men with black cloths tied around their heads, armed with cleavers, axes, iron bars and other weapons, forcibly knocked on the doors of every household and drove everyone to the open space in the center of the community.
Anyone who resisted was killed on the spot, and their bodies were dragged out and piled up together.
There are six tall buildings in total, housing several thousand people. At this moment, they are huddled together, their heads in their hands, a dense crowd, filled with sobs.
Liu Bo stood in the center of the crowd, watching with a cold smile.
“You have no choice. Signing a contract with my strange entity is your only way to survive. Otherwise, you will die now.”
The once sunny, cheerful young man now had a somewhat frightening smile. "Don't even think about calling the police. I've already cordoned off this area; you can't make any phone calls. I've already taken over several nearby residential areas as well. You're the last batch."
Since being contracted by the zombie ghost, he has used the zombie ghost's trickery to subdue several wild ghosts, and even signed human-master contracts with them.
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