Inside the park.

Lv Bai looked at the old man in front of him, who was white-haired, and maintained basic caution.

He could somewhat sense the oddities of the other person, but he hadn’t yet figured out what exactly this guy was capable of.

To be safe, and considering he had Flash Time as insurance, he didn’t rush to take action.

The white-haired old man standing in front of him didn’t open his mouth wide or turn into a terrifying appearance as he had imagined.

He just waved his small flag from side to side, unhurriedly.

While waving, he smiled and said, "Since you’re here, why resist? Let’s go, let’s go."

He turned his back and stepped forward.

"Follow the guide, eat and drink, ask anything you want, and you won’t get tired while walking..."

Lv Bai watched the old man’s back, and in a daze, he noticed the road before him changing dramatically.

It was just a regular small park in the city, but as the guide started walking, the forked paths on either side disappeared into thin air, replaced by dense, dark forests, so dense that it was difficult for a person to squeeze in.

Lv Bai instinctively looked back, and indeed, the path he came by disappeared too, turning into a deep forest that was eerie at just a glance.

In other words, if one were just an ordinary person, in this situation, they would either stay put and wait for death or just follow the path the old man was on.

Realizing this, Lv Bai was silent for two seconds before decisively chasing after the white-haired old man.

"The old gentleman is fresh and debonair, you are sprightly and move like the wind, I didn’t expect you to still have calm breathing."

Just as he was about to get close to the old man, he shouted in a deep voice: "Bold monster, how dare you show off in front of me!"

Before the words were out, he moved his right hand forward, forming a standard sword finger.

"Underworld transforms into thousands of soldiers, sixty-four generals follow the decree, I command Fu Xi Wen Wang’s edict, divine soldiers hurry like an order."

During the spellcasting, his right hand’s sword finger directly struck the old man’s back.

A simplified version of the Evil Exorcism Technique.

After all, Lv Bai never expected such a thing to exist in this Death Arena; even though he had mastered Mao Mountain Daoist Technique, he hadn’t prepared any talismans and had to make do with this.

To his surprise, the makeshift Evil Exorcism Technique worked pretty effectively on the white-haired old man.

The old man screamed sharply on the spot, and scorching flames burst out from his back, forcing him to throw away his cane and roll on the ground, trying to extinguish the flames on his back.

Whether it was a mishit or violent destruction.

In any case, Lv Bai could clearly notice that the path hidden by the white-haired old man gradually reappeared.

He didn’t immediately turn away but kept staring at the old man still rolling on the ground, slowly raising his hand to form an incantation.

"Tai Shang Laojun, hurry like an order..."

...

At the park entrance, several police cars were parked.

Strangely, the cars weren’t flashing their red and blue lights nor sounding any sirens, making the scene eerily quiet.

A few officers surrounded Lv Bai’s parked scooter on the roadside and checked the situation.

"Captain, we can basically confirm that a citizen accidentally wandered in."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged officer referred to as the captain frowned deeply.

He abruptly turned to the officer who was originally on duty at the checkpoint: "Why didn’t you prevent this?"

In fact, no matter the type of weirdness, it would become stronger by killing people.

Weird instances like the guide old man operating in fixed areas become more expansive as they kill more citizens.

Comparatively, such fixed-area weirdness is actually much less harmful.

The simplest way to handle it is to swiftly lock down the area at the early stage of weird occurrences and prevent citizens from entering, to avoid greater damage.

However, the problem is that the officer on duty did not fulfill his responsibilities.

So facing the inquiry, the officer on duty just shrank his neck, not daring to retort.

Seeing this officer’s reaction, the middle-aged officer couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

Knowing he might indeed be asking too much.

Ever since weirdness descended into the world, the frequency of nighttime on-duty officer accidents started to soar.

Such as Sequence 78’s Split-mouthed Woman, Sequence 76’s Cat-faced Old Lady...

This type of weirdness does not have fixed activity ranges; without close inspection, it’s impossible to verify if someone is a citizen or weirdness.

But once you get close, the safety of the on-duty officer’s life cannot be guaranteed.

For this reason, even with greatly increased salary benefits, officers on night duty act at most like human cameras.

Unfortunately, not arranging someone for duty isn’t feasible because most weird existences can’t be captured by electronic devices.

"How much will Sequence 183’s activity range expand?"

The middle-aged officer looked helplessly towards the park, adjusted his mood, and added: "Inform the expert team to assess as soon as possible."

"Already notified." An officer wearing glasses closed the notebook in his hand, also not in a good mood.

"Damn it, if you want to die, don’t drag others down."

An officer with a bad temper cursed under his breath.

All considered, the main task of an officer on duty was merely to observe for any abnormalities in weird activity and generally didn’t entail any additional tasks.

Areas with weird activity are publicly announced by officials, so anyone in their right mind wouldn’t approach such high-risk zones.

Moreover, according to the Guidebook for the Management of Strange Disasters issued recently, Article 25 stipulates that from 8 PM to 6 AM the next morning, citizens are prohibited from going out alone unless a force majeure event occurs.

In other words, Lv Bai going out at night was actually breaking the law.

...

Meanwhile, the "outlaw" was retracing his steps, preparing to ride his scooter back home.

It’s worth noting that although there were no sirens nor flashing red and blue lights on the vehicles.

Such a number of cars parked at the entrance of the park was too conspicuous to easily miss.

"Why are there so many police here?" 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Lv Bai hid his body behind a flower bed, somewhat puzzled: "Is it forbidden to kill that old man?"

The last Death Arena started with a prison introduction; in this new round of Death Arena, he truly didn’t want to be captured before figuring out the basic situation of this world.

Thinking about it, he released a large area of darkness, enveloping all the officers at the entrance.

Suddenly encountering such a change, the officers present became panicked and disoriented.

In a world with strange presences, their first reaction was naturally to suspect another strange occurrence.