In late May, Jiang City and its surrounding cities rapidly restored order under the governance of high-ranking officials such as Senator Hayes. At the same time, various purges proceeded in an orderly fashion.
After being hit by a tranquilizer dart, Lin Chen fell under the control of the Eerie Investigation Bureau. He remained silent for an entire day after waking up before finally processing everything that had happened in the latter stages of the final Instance, as well as Si Qi's death.
Over the following days, under interrogation by the Eerie Investigation Bureau, he confessed to every experience he had had since entering the Eerie Game. Only then did people learn that Lin Crow, the elusive president of the Unnamed Guild, was merely a college student who had entered the game not long ago—a facade Si Qi had used to put up a show of strength.
By the rules, a criminal as serious as Lin Chen should have been sentenced to life imprisonment in a containment chamber, just like Lin Jue. Unfortunately, the [Undead Shepherd] Identity Card was simply too useful. It could even be said to be one of the cards the Eerie Investigation Bureau needed most at this stage.
After a heated debate, Senator Hayes made the final decision and permitted Lin Chen to be sent across Dragon County to atone for his crimes through meritorious service.
Thus, investigators took Lin Chen aboard a plane. Every time they arrived at a city, they would let him off to wander around. Once all the ghosts and monsters had joined the ranks behind him, they would bring Lin Chen and his army of ghosts back to Jiang City, using that mysterious forbidden zone to purify or restore them.
In this way, the density of eerie phenomena in Dragon County gradually