Noticing the tall, slender ghostly figure on the roadside, the staff member with glasses was chilled to the bone with fear, yet he still didn’t completely forget his duty.

With great determination, he turned his head and waved his hand at the crowd, shouting, hoping the people present would quickly evacuate.

Watching the people start to panic and retreat, the staff member gathered his courage and glanced back at the tall, slender ghostly figure.

However, to his utter terror, that slender black silhouette had already moved from its original position when he turned back.

Like a flicker, it halved the distance between them.

As if it would appear right in front of the staff member the next second.

...

At this moment, the temporary command center of the containment center was also in chaos.

The command center was filled with loud, chaotic noises.

What should have been a solemn and efficient command center now resembled a bustling marketplace.

The action department had indeed always been active on the front lines dealing with the supernatural and naturally had a stronger psychological endurance when facing the supernatural compared to ordinary people.

But now, no one could remain calm.

Not only because of the emergence of multiple supernatural occurrences, but also because they had never encountered this kind of situation.

Supernatural phenomena appearing collectively as if holding a team-building event was simply unheard of.

Since the supernatural first appeared in this world, besides the initial unknowns that caused significant casualties,

the subsequent casualties were not severe enough to threaten the continuation of human civilization.

Those supernatural beings with fixed activity zones posed no danger as long as people didn’t recklessly wander into their areas, even if they lived nearby.

The remaining cases merely resulted in a few thousand to tens of thousands of deaths each day.

It sounded like a lot, but against the huge base of the human population, these numbers were far less than natural deaths each day.

And most of these routine casualties came from randomly appearing supernatural entities.

Based on this, those on the upper sequence of the "Mysterious List" were all types with unfixed activity zones.

These naturally included Sequence 13’s Kayako, Sequence 21’s Split-mouthed Woman, and Sequence 32’s tall, slender ghostly figure.

Moreover, according to the latest reports, there seemed to be more than just these three supernatural entities appearing in the containment center.

What can humans use to resist them?

"Silence!"

Seeing that the chaos in the temporary command center was intensifying rather than calming down,

Minister Zhang had to step in to take charge: "Do you think panicking will make the supernatural entities leave on their own?"

Hearing this, the bald head of the Lv Bao Bureau smoothed his breathing and softly said, "Minister, I’ve already sent someone to inform Master Lv."

Minister Zhang nodded and turned to the robust middle-aged man on his right.

"Mr. Lin, your team will continue to handle the evacuation of the people."

The man addressed as Mr. Lin responded loudly.

"Yes."

Minister Zhang wasted no time, issuing orders swiftly, then turned to command another executive.

Under Minister Zhang’s unhurried and composed demeanor, the atmosphere of panic in the temporary command center dissipated.

Come to think of it, unlike the initial helplessness at the supernatural’s arrival, the action department now had information on most of the supernatural beings on the "Mysterious List."

Moreover, there were Guardian Gods that could deal specifically with the supernatural.

No matter how bad the current situation was, it was much better than at the start.

...

Family compound, study room.

"Look outside?"

Hearing the murmuring voice, Lv Bai casually glanced out the window.

Probably to ensure Lv Bai’s quality of life, the family compound assigned to him had excellent soundproofing.

Even though the containment center was already in chaos due to the supernatural disturbance, the study room remained eerily quiet.

"Humanity has no future."

The erratic voice sounded again: "If we wanted, we could wipe out humanity anytime."

Lv Bai used two fingers to draw a circle, fully activating the power of the three Yellow Talismans encircling the erratic voice.

After enhancing the restraints on the erratic voice, he was about to continue his inquiry.

Suddenly, he felt a chilling sensation.

The overwhelming fear that surged like a tide couldn’t be willed away, the deep fear so intense that he could clearly hear his own heartbeat.

Crack~

The sound of a wooden stick snapping echoed crisply by his ear.

Looking toward the sound, he saw a creature nearly four meters tall, hitting the ceiling of the study room.

Its whole body was pieced together with a mass of branches and sticks, draped in a tattered, oversized black robe, and on each shoulder perched a dried crow, with a straw hat on its head covering its face.

However, this didn’t bring any comfort, because the unknown appearance only further triggered the fear lurking in people’s hearts.

Admittedly, Lv Bai happened to know this supernatural entity.

Sequence 85—Horror Scarecrow.

From the sequence, it seemed like this supernatural entity wasn’t highly threatening.

After all, in the "Mysterious List," the Horror Scarecrow was distinctly an entity with a fixed activity zone.

But its current appearance made Lv Bai realize one thing.

The so-called fixed activity zone was just people’s wishful thinking.

The reason these entities weren’t wandering around was merely because they didn’t want to.

The Horror Scarecrow’s eyes flickered under the brim of its straw hat as it stared at the erratic voice.

Seemingly displeased at how easily the erratic voice was controlled by Lv Bai, it found it somewhat embarrassing.

A moment later, the Horror Scarecrow turned its head back toward Lv Bai.

It emitted a grating noise like the rustling of dry grass.

"It told you everything, didn’t it?"

"If you mean about inviting me to join, then yes, it did mention it."

A smile unwittingly appeared on Lv Bai’s face.

Indeed, due to the peculiarity of his body, when he smiled without realizing it, it appeared somewhat sarcastic on the surface, but it actually meant he was getting serious, with no extra energy for managing facial expressions.

"Rustle rustle~ So it looks like you refused."

The Horror Scarecrow raised its two-meter-long branch-like arm.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

As if on cue, urgent knocking resounded on the door of the study.

Followed by Captain Mao’s anxious voice.

"Master Lv, Master Lv, are you in there?"

"I’m sorry to disturb you, but we really need your help now; many supernatural entities have appeared in the containment center."

"Master Lv?! I’m opening the door!"