According to Manager Hu, sealing away the strange is only the most basic function of the Sealing Strange Chessboard; its true purpose is to evolve a real miniature world.
The Fenggui chessboard has sixteen rows and sixteen columns, totaling two hundred and fifty-six square areas.
Each area can seal away a strange entity.
If sealed haphazardly, it will only become an ordinary magical artifact.
If you seal in the various levels of strangeness in a specific proportion, more functions will be unlocked.
In addition to the currently available function of sealing away the supernatural, there are also two other functions: evolving the real world and opening passages to the supernatural realm.
What Xia Tianqiong cares about most is that the chessboard space can actually evolve into the real world.
Wouldn't that mean you could cultivate land and produce grain there, establish a safe base, and develop your own little world?
In the near future, social order will collapse, and most people will live in secret sanctuaries or safe cities built by ghost hunters.
In those days, resources were scarce, and people not only faced strange attacks, but also had to guard against fighting among their own kind.
Many shelters and safe cities were not destroyed by the supernatural, but by humans themselves.
That is the real apocalypse.
If Xia Tianqiong were to establish a self-sufficient and secure base in the chessboard world, he could attack or defend at will, and neither the supernatural nor other humans could do anything to him.
If one's strength is sufficient, one can even infiltrate the realm of the undead.
Why is it that only the supernatural can bring harm to humanity?
We humans will also descend upon the realm of the uncanny and wreak havoc!
Xia Tianqiong originally just wanted to live her peaceful life in the apocalypse, but now that she has obtained this strange chessboard, she has inexplicably developed a little bit of ambition.
This ambition, like sparks, gradually spread and made him somewhat excited.
I wish I could seal away the strange creature right now and activate all its functions immediately.
Of course, this is just a thought; it's impossible to do it that quickly.
Manager Hu told Xia Tianqiong that only by sealing 128 wild monsters, 64 fierce monsters, 32 evil monsters, and 16 malevolent monsters could the chessboard space evolve into a real small world.
After sealing 8 more fierce ghosts and 4 ghost generals, the passage connecting to the ghost realm can be opened.
There are so many strange things; it's impossible to seal them all off in a short time.
The strange creatures that have descended upon the human world are mainly wild and fierce, with even malevolent creatures being rare, let alone those of higher levels.
Even if we encountered them, we couldn't beat them.
Therefore, this is destined to be a long process, and it will be achieved gradually as one's own strength grows.
With a goal in mind, Xia Tianqiong immediately became highly motivated, and her whole demeanor changed.
After ending his conversation with Manager Hu and taking Jiang Yu into the mirror space, he began searching for the strange occurrences.
The police had already informed him of the location and basic information of the strange entity via walkie-talkie, and that night, they began a city-wide hunt for the supernatural.
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These creatures prefer to be active at night and rarely come out during the day; they hate sunlight.
As the sun rises, the city gradually comes alive with life.
That night, most cities around the world experienced strange occurrences, resulting in a significant number of casualties, but the number was not too high for each individual city.
For example, Lin'an City has a population of ten million, and a few hundred or a few thousand people died, but it didn't really make a difference.
But the seeds of panic had already been sown; everyone knew that monsters were killing and eating people everywhere.
Eight o'clock in the morning.
The authorities informed the public about the strange occurrences through television, radio, and text messages, and also provided some methods for dealing with them.
The whole nation was in an uproar.
Previously, there were only rumors, but now that the authorities have confirmed it, people are immediately gripped by panic.
Yesterday they were just staying home, but today everyone is out shopping for supplies.
Chaos ensued.
The authorities had already prepared some countermeasures, such as sending police and the military to maintain order on the streets and setting up outposts at important material distribution centers.
However, some incidents of vandalism, arson, and looting still occurred.
When society is in turmoil, there will always be some people who break the rules.
Overall, things are alright, and there hasn't been much chaos in any particular area.
Lin'an Branch of the Bureau of Mysterious Affairs.
In a conference room, Zhou Boyu personally opened the door and gestured for him to enter.
"Mr. Xia, please come in. We were so grateful to you last night, otherwise we would have been completely overwhelmed."
“I’m just interested in hunting the supernatural; we can work together in the future.”
Xia Tianqiong walked into the conference room, pulled out a chair and sat down without any restraint. She had been to this place many times in her previous life.
He helped the police hunt down the supernatural creatures last night, which was also a favor to the Bureau.
Otherwise, Zhou Boyu and his team would be completely overwhelmed.
That night, Xia Tianqiong found fifteen strange creatures: twelve wild creatures and three fierce creatures. He used the Monster Sealing Chessboard to seal eight wild creatures and one fierce creature, and made a contract with one fierce creature for Jiang Yu. The remaining four wild creatures and one fierce creature refused to be sealed and were killed in exchange for gold.
Some supernatural beings, like humans, have extreme personalities and would rather die than be bound by a contract or sealed away, so the only option is to kill them.
"Please sit here for a while. Someone will come to greet you in a bit. I still have to report to you, so I won't keep you company any longer."
After Zhou Boyu finished speaking, he turned and left the conference room.
He then went directly to the director's office.
"Ta-da!"
"Please come in!"
"Director Chen, Xia Tianqiong is already waiting in the office."
In the office, a man in his sixties with gray hair was looking at documents while wearing reading glasses.
He is Chen Qiao, the director of the Lin'an branch of the Public Security Bureau.
“I’m looking at his materials right now, and he doesn’t seem like an ordinary person at all. Even those ancient families might not have someone like him.”
Zhou Boyu thought about Xia Tianqiong's behavior and couldn't help but nod, "There are indeed many things about him that are hard to understand."
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