Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

The next day, White's confidant found the garrison commander and relayed White's request to the commander. The commander readily agreed, after all, he was only leading a small force in this small South Bay City, and the number of soldiers might not even be as many as the private armies of several nobles. He was already content to have local nobles leading him to make money.

After arriving at the city lord's office, Gupa immediately instructed his secretary to handwrite several letters and send them to the city's nobles. That day, the nobles throughout the city received letters, or rather, orders, from the city lord's mansion. Enoch was no exception. Upon receiving his letter, he opened it and read:

"Given that the battle on the outlying islands is nearing its end, and to prevent demonic spies from infiltrating and taking the opportunity to attack the human race, the city lord hereby issues an order to begin the work of eliminating demonic spies within the city, effective immediately. As the garrison is busy with city and sea defense matters and is unable to spare manpower, all nobles are required to draw on their private soldiers to form a search team. Baron Enoch is appointed as the captain and is fully responsible for this task. The elimination of demonic spies within the city must be completed within six days."

After reading the letter, Enoch was stunned. He said to his confidant, "How come I didn't know that there were demon spies in South Bay City? Is such a tiny city worth sending demon spies into?"

The confidant, unaware of the situation, felt compelled to answer the baron's question, and said, "My lord, since it's a direct order from the city lord, it's likely that a spy has infiltrated. If we handle this mission well, it might be a great achievement."

"Hmm, that makes sense. Since you've put me in full charge, maybe this is the paving the way for the city lord to be promoted to viscount, hahaha!" Enoch didn't think much of it and even thought that it was a favor prepared by Gupa for his promotion to viscount. He was a little smug and sent someone to contact other nobles. Of course, he didn't contact White, because he knew that White was busy collecting various taxes, which were related to his own interests, so he couldn't easily disturb him.

The Baron's men contacted various nobles, but the other nobles ignored Enoch, not sending a single soldier. Their reasons ranged from disbanding their private armies to being unable to support themselves due to financial difficulties. Upon receiving this report, Enoch was initially angry, but then he realized he could understand the nobles' reasons. After all, South Bay was just a small coastal town, and the nobles there generally lacked power; frankly, the worst were probably no different from ordinary people. Enoch himself had only participated in White's plundering plan because he was broke.

“Fine, if they don’t want to come, then we’ve used the money we had before to recruit a lot of private soldiers. If they don’t participate, then all the credit can go to me. Go and organize the private soldiers, and they’ll come with me to the city this afternoon to search for spies,” Enoch instructed.

Su Yang and Lin Anlan were relaxing on the beach outside the West Gate, enjoying a rare moment of leisure. It must be said, this beach was quite different from the one on Misty Island. The area near the sea on Misty Island was all rocky reefs, lacking the sandy beaches Su Yang remembered. But this beach was no different from the one he remembered, except the sand was softer, and it was cleaner and less crowded. The weather was perfect today, and Su Yang had basically explored the entire city. Remembering that Nanwan City was a coastal city, he and Lin Anlan came to the beach.

The beach wasn't very big. Su Yang walked around the seaside for a while and then found a place to lie down. It was already late autumn, and even with the sea breeze blowing, it didn't feel cold under the sunshine. Lin Anlan lay down next to Su Yang, and they stared at the sky in a daze.

After a long pause, Lin Anlan asked, "Su Yang, do you like this world?"

After listening, Su Yang remained silent for a while before replying, "I don't know either. At least I quite liked the time when I had my own farm on the island."

Don't you like it at other times?

"I wouldn't say I like it. After all, I'm either suffering or fighting most of the time. I'm always hungry and cold. I finally got my own farm, but then war broke out. If you were in my shoes, you wouldn't like it either, would you?" Su Yang asked rhetorically.

"Hmm...you might be right, but I've gotten used to this nomadic life. I wouldn't say I hate it, but I wouldn't say I like it either. I just think this kind of life is quite ordinary," Lin Anlan replied earnestly after thinking for a while.

"Maybe everyone's experiences are different. This is probably just a difference in perception between people. There are so many conflicts in this world, not because of interests, but because of differences in perception. Hey, let's not talk about this anymore. Look, it's almost noon. Let's go back to the city for lunch."

"it is good."

The two returned to the city, found a restaurant, and had just ordered when they saw a chaotic scene outside the window. Peeking out, they saw many soldiers arresting and searching people one by one, thoroughly checking them from head to toe. Many people had run into the restaurant from the outer door to hide. A busybody asked, "Hey buddy, what's going on outside?"

"Hey, they say the city lord ordered a search for demon spies, but he sent some baron with his private army to do it. Those soldiers just searched people as soon as they caught them, and they even took advantage of the situation to extort money from people who claimed to be demon spies. If you paid the money, you could prove you weren't a demon spy. If you couldn't pay, they beat you up first, and then had your family come to claim you. If someone claimed you, you weren't a spy."

"What kind of nonsense is this? Searching without any evidence is just reckless."

"Who says otherwise? I just paid the self-proof fee before they let me go, otherwise I would have been beaten up."

"So how much did you pay for this self-certification fee?"

"That'll cost two gold coins! Those bastards!"

"So high! Isn't this blatant robbery?"

Listening to their conversation, Su Yang couldn't help but sigh. Nanwan City was truly chaotic. Officials and nobles didn't treat the common people like human beings. The day before yesterday, they collected war preparation funds, and today they were using the pretext of searching for spies to plunder the people's wealth. It was truly pitiful for the people of Nanwan City.

After searching the passersby, the soldiers outside began to storm into various shops, searching the shop owners and customers. Soon, two soldiers entered the shop where Su Yang was eating. They drove out those who had paid the self-certification fee and then loudly ordered the others not to move around and to wait for the search.

Su Yang witnessed firsthand how the soldiers searched the guests; it was extremely brutal. After the search, they would threaten them and demand a fee for proof. Soon, the two soldiers arrived at Su Yang's table. One of them slammed his sword on the table and said to Su Yang and Lin Anlan, "Stand up and submit to a search!"

Helpless, Su Yang and his companion could only obediently stand up. Two soldiers searched each of them. The soldier searching Su Yang first felt his pockets and, upon sensing a considerable amount of money, his eyes changed. He quickly pulled an object from his own pocket, threw it on the table, and shouted, "What is this! This is a demon token we found on you! Are you a demon spy?!" He then placed his hand on his sword sheath, seemingly ready to draw his sword at any moment.

Seeing the other party blatantly framing him, Su Yang was sweating profusely with anxiety. He wanted to explain, but stammered and couldn't utter a word. Seeing Su Yang's fear, the soldier said, "If you want to deny it, then prove you're not a spy." As he spoke, he held out his hand and shook it twice, indicating that Su Yang needed to pay a self-proof fee. Su Yang understood what he wanted and quickly took out two gold coins from his pocket and placed them in the soldier's hand. The soldier looked at the two gold coins in his hand, weighed them in satisfaction, and then went to check on the other soldier.

Another soldier was searching Lin Anlan. Seeing that Lin Anlan was beautiful and had a good figure, he couldn't help but have evil thoughts. He couldn't forcibly abduct a woman in broad daylight, but he was willing to take advantage of her. Therefore, he searched her very slowly, and his hands would often reach for Lin Anlan's face and private parts. Lin Anlan didn't want to cause a conflict, fearing that it would cause trouble for Su Yang, but seeing that the soldier's search was getting more and more inappropriate, she couldn't hold back anymore. She punched the soldier to the ground, knocking down the soldier who had just finished searching Su Yang as well.

The two soldiers were furious and stood up, ready to unleash their anger, when they noticed that the hood of Lin Anlan's robe had fallen off due to the violent movement, revealing a pair of small horns characteristic of demons. Although the horns were not long, they were still quite conspicuous in the crowd. The two soldiers were terrified and immediately drew their swords, shouting loudly to their comrades outside: "Men! Demons have been spotted!"

He pointed his sword at Su Yang and Lin Anlan and shouted, "Don't move! Surrender immediately!"