Lin Yan's words made His actions pause for a moment. He actually understood that he would surely be punished, but if receiving punishment meant she could be freed, he would consider it worthwhile.
"You, what do you want to say?" His voice, for the first time, reached Lin Yan's ears.
"Let go of those outsiders first. This matter has already attracted attention from many parties. You can rest assured, I will stay here. I promise you, I will satisfy her." As Lin Yan finished speaking, the heavy pressure on her body lessened.
"They are all at my shrine. I didn't let her hurt them." Although He wanted her to get revenge, He wouldn't let her harm the innocent.
"Then please lead the way. I will have someone take them away from here, so you can have some peace." Lin Yan had noticed that her phone was already receiving a signal.
"Go ahead. I will hold her off for a while longer, but you must ensure she can reincarnate!" He emphasized the words "reincarnate."
"Don't worry, I will."
A gust of wind swept by, and Lin Yan felt His presence depart. She put the 'Summoning Talisman' she had drawn back into her bag and then made a call to the people on the other side.
The person in charge at the camp here was overjoyed to receive Lin Yan's call. It was the first time they had been able to contact the outside world in so long.
Upon contacting Lin Yan, they immediately sent people to rescue them based on Lin Yan's location.
It was a very small mountain god shrine, consisting of only a single mud-brick house with a roof tiled in black. Even standing outside the door, one could see light filtering through the roof.
Inside, a raised platform was built with mud bricks, on which stood an imposing statue of the mountain god. However, the statue was covered in a considerable amount of dust, and the altar in front of it was also thick with grime.
It seemed no one had visited this mountain god shrine in a very long time. Lin Yan entered the shrine and tidied it up simply.
She swept away the dust and cobwebs from the divine statue and wiped clean the dust on the altar. Then, Lin Yan took out incense, lit it, and placed it in the incense burner before the statue.
After all this was done, Lin Yan went around to the back of the shrine. Upon reaching the back, she saw the missing people. Lin Yan matched each face with the information she remembered.
Everyone was here. It seemed that although He wanted her to get revenge, He had not taken His anger out on others.
When the people from the other side arrived, they began to examine these individuals, finding no internal or external injuries, only that they had fallen into a deep sleep.
"Master Lin, thank you so much for this." The person in charge of the Special Events Handling Bureau here expressed their gratitude to Lin Yan.
They had very few capable people in their local bureau, and the 'Masters' were all haughty and refused to follow the bureau's orders.
But this young girl, Lin Yan, was different. She always supported their work, and if they ever needed her help, she would agree without hesitation.
In the eyes of everyone at the Special Events Handling Bureau, Lin Yan was an angel.
Although the police chief was also very grateful to Lin Yan, he did not approve of her taking leave to carry out such a mission.
Since Lin Yan had just saved these police colleagues, he couldn't confront her directly.
"Student Lin, thank you. However, your actions are not to be encouraged, so we hope you will prioritize your studies and take fewer assignments."
Someone from the Special Events Handling Bureau wanted to say something, but then he remembered that Lin Yan was a senior in high school and couldn't say anything.
However, he thought that Lin Yan was still enthusiastic and could probably still be mobilized.
"Please take these people back first. I need to stay here to clean up."
"What 'clean up'? We'll handle this," said the police chief.
"This, you really can't handle it well. You should go back first. We still need to maintain vigilance here to prevent unauthorized personnel from entering."
The person from the Special Events Handling Bureau seemed to realize something, but he didn't say much, quietly escorting these people to the vehicles they had brought.
"Then, Master Lin, please be careful yourself." The person in charge advised cautiously.
The police chief wanted to stop them, but he was held back by the person from the Special Events Handling Bureau.
After watching them leave, Lin Yan followed her spiritual connection with Wei Wanru back to where the villagers were lying.
No one had woken up yet. Lin Yan felt that this was more than just a simple deep sleep. Although Lin Yan had promised the mountain god she would help that woman get revenge, she still wanted to find out the truth from these people.
"Sister Wei, they still haven't woken up?"
"Yes, even though the black threads of the curse had already tightened around their necks, they still haven't woken up."
"Hmm, then we'll wake them up using other means." Lin Yan drew a talisman in the air, and a huge talisman made of spiritual energy pressed down onto the people lying on the ground.
The spiritual energy merged into their bodies, and the black, shiny threads began to lighten slightly and loosen.
After a while, the people gradually woke up.
"Where is this?"
"Why am I here?"
"Ghosts, ghosts!"
...
After a chaotic commotion, they finally understood their current reality. However, they all stared blankly at the dense fog before them. Although they were awake, the fear and unwillingness from their dreams had not completely disappeared.
"Tell me, why did this happen?" Lin Yan took out a piece of paper from her spatial storage.