After a whole day of upheaval, dusk had arrived. The sunset hung blood-red on the horizon.
The sky above Wolf Fang territory, once noisy and chaotic, suddenly became extraordinarily orderly. The helicopters lined up and withdrew at top speed, flying neatly along their designated routes as if in a military parade, not daring to make the slightest mistake.
Wolf Fang's one base and two cities also returned to peace after a day of commotion.
On the streets of Anluo City, after those helicopters vanished, the Vigilance Team finally relaxed its control. Large numbers of residents emerged from their homes, staring in bafflement at the vast patch of dusty powder on the ground in the city center.
"Can someone tell me what happened?" someone asked.
The gathered crowd whispered among themselves. This day had been utterly incomprehensible to them. It felt as though something major had happened, yet also as though nothing had happened at all.
The sudden unrest had frightened many people, but it had been a dud and quickly fell silent. Then came the constant roar of several helicopters. Before anyone had even caught sight of them, the Vigilance Team appeared and evacuated everyone from the streets with lightning speed. By the time the helicopters reached the skies above Anluo City, the residents had already been guided back into their homes, able at most to watch the scene outside through their windows.
Yet all the helicopters had gathered over the center of Anluo City, an administratively controlled area where no residents lived. Coupled with the limitations of ordinary people's senses, no one could clearly see what was happening in the sky above the city center, let alone know what had occurred.
They only knew that the helicopters, which had been quite loud, suddenly disappeared—and all of them vanished at