Zhongchuan City.
When Chu Xu last came, countless people flooded the streets, clamoring to fight him to the death.
This time when I came, the streets were still full of people, but they just stood there quietly watching, and no one spoke.
Those eyes held both trepidation and anticipation.
Chu Xu stood at the crossroads, with Tao Yao on his left, Leng Manjin on his right, and nearly a thousand team members behind him.
Opposite him, Mo Beihan and Mo Ling stood quietly, with tens of thousands of ghost hunters and countless civilians behind them.
"Chu Xu, I didn't expect to see you again so soon."
Mo Beihan stepped out from the crowd and strode over, a smile on his face, a relaxed and casual one.
Chu Xu's eyes lit up, as if he were seeing his sunny and carefree classmate from university.
He smiled back, "You came all the way here to wait for me, didn't you?"
Mo Beihan stopped in front of him. "As per Mr. Xia's request, the core members of my Mo family will soon enter his small world. We may never see each other again. I have come to say goodbye and to express my gratitude."
Chu Xu sighed inwardly. The once glamorous young master in college was now going to live in another world as an ordinary person.
Having come from a poor background, he became increasingly successful and his life trajectory was extraordinary because of his relationship with Xia Tianqiong.
It is truly a case of life's unpredictability and the capriciousness of fate.
He patted Mo Beihan on the shoulder, his voice comforting, "My boss's chessboard world is beautiful and secluded, a paradise far more peaceful than this turbulent world."
I might go to that world someday too, and we'll have a chance to meet again. Besides, you don't need to thank me; I didn't help much, I was just reporting the facts.
Mo Beihan smiled and shook his head. "If it weren't for our relationship, I wouldn't know who to give those five cities to. Perhaps my Mo family would have had a different ending."
It's good now. I've let go of everything and started anew. I feel incredibly relaxed, both physically and mentally. I'm even looking forward to entering Mr. Xia's little world; I've heard there are many strange and wonderful creatures there.
He spoke with ease and his smile was genuine; it seemed he had truly let go.
Before Chu Xu could speak, Mo Xu immediately produced a stack of documents. "My Mo family has taken control of Zhongchuan City, and we are now handing it over to you. This document records all the ghost hunters in Zhongchuan City, including their identities and the strange phenomena they possess."
The Wang and Xiao families sent by Xinglian have been apprehended by me and will be handed over to you for processing shortly. Furthermore, all supplies and ghost money have been confiscated and stored in the vault; someone will take you to inspect them later.
Chu Xu took the document, glanced at it, and couldn't help but admire the meticulousness of their ancient family in handling such matters.
Even some members of the Wang family who had been hiding their identities and infiltrating local forces were exposed.
If he were to handle it, he might miss some people.
"Thanks, you've done me another favor."
"This is also helping my Mo family. Alright, I should set off for the capital now."
After Mo Beihan finished speaking, he led Mo Ling and more than a dozen members of the Mo family to the capital to reunite with their families and then wait to enter the small world.
Before leaving, Mo Ling suddenly turned back, her big eyes misting over, "Chu Xu, will you come to see me?"
Chu Xu paused for a moment, then subconsciously replied, "I'll go if I have the chance."
"Okay, it's a deal. I'll wait for you."
After Mo Ling finished speaking, she turned her head with a smile and walked away with Mo Beihan.
Chu Xu stared at that retreating figure, lost in thought.
After a moment, he withdrew his gaze, turned to look at the countless people and ghost hunters around him, and suddenly leaped into the air, reaching a height of several hundred meters.
He loudly recounted the rules set by Xia Tianqiong, making sure everyone in the city could hear him clearly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole city erupted in jubilation.
Countless people cheered, some even weeping with joy.
"We are free! We are liberated!"
"From now on, no one will force us to burn ghost money anymore, and no one will force us to our deaths."
“Mr. Xia is a really good person. I always said he wouldn’t kill innocent people indiscriminately. He is the real hero of our time.”
Not only were the public happy, but the tens of thousands of ghost hunters also breathed a sigh of relief.
They were truly afraid of being punished later and having all of them disposed of. Now it seems there's still a chance to start over, though it will be subject to some constraints.
Since the Beijing TV station issued a clarification announcement and the six family heads confessed in video, towns and cities across the country have been liberated.
Wherever Xia Tianqiong's several ghost general teams went, the people stopped rioting, and the local ghost hunters dared not resist.
The speed of incorporation and liberation was greatly increased.
Sometimes, two or three cities could be liberated in a single day.
If it weren't for the shortage of management personnel, it might have been even faster.
However, there are occasional cases of stubborn resistance.
Some members of ancient clans were unwilling to give up everything and become ordinary people. They even disobeyed the orders of their own clan leaders and tried to coerce the local people to establish themselves as kings.
In such a situation, there is no other way but to run them over, which inevitably results in some civilian casualties.
Fortunately, the overall process went relatively smoothly, taking a total of one and a half months, like a land grab, liberating all towns and cities across the country.
It was cut in half compared to the expected three months.
Meanwhile, the mission to capture the mysterious figure also went very smoothly.
Besides the Huang and Mo families, other ancient families had to hand over all their contractual artifacts, many of which had advanced in rank.
In addition, during the liberation process, many ghost hunters from various places were killed, and many strange things were also collected.
After the liberation of the whole country, the various teams did not disband, but continued to make arrests in various places, even in remote mountains and wild areas, or in neighboring countries.
It took another month to finally capture enough of the strange things we needed.
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