Since the early morning, the entirety of Yuncheng had been placed into complete lockdown.

The news broadcasts were repeating over and over again that the lockdown was due to a chemical spill from a factory in the city, but barely anyone was stupid enough to believe that.

The air temperature was rapidly plummeting, and some people had seen reflections of countless soldiers wearing antiquated armor on their windows. Some had taken photographs of people that couldn't be seen in the lens, and some had clearly heard the sound of clanging footsteps ringing out on the empty streets outside. The decade of supernatural disasters had only passed by not long ago, so it was still very much fresh in many people's memories.

Everyone began to pull out their talismans before hanging them up at their doorway with red thread, and in no more than three hours, the entire city seemed to have returned to the days of the supernatural disasters. Talismans were swaying in front of every household, and all windows and doors were tightly shut as everyone stayed indoors in fear and unease.

Thankfully for them, no one disturbed them.

Neither side wanted to make the situation more complex than it already was, particularly the inner demon....