Humanity's Vitality

Ever since his realm had fallen, many of the provincial capital's affairs had been handed over to Feng Li.

Feng Li had also matured greatly after the Subspace Descent Event, so after Lu Xingshen left the provincial capital and followed Li Yao and the others into the subspace, Old Man Lu had transferred nearly all authority to Feng Li.

Such a major incident had happened in the provincial capital, and so much time had passed. The Wallfacers should have had more than enough time and ability to respond.

If so,

why had the provincial capital become like this? Zhou Jianming waved his hand. "I know who you mean. Actually, after the incident, the authorities took many measures, including deploying armed forces into the city, calming the public and telling them not to go out carelessly and to keep their doors and windows shut. Later that night, they organized a large number of people to eliminate the pests. Every cockroach and rat extermination company in the city was temporarily requisitioned."

At that, Zhou Jianming sounded indignant. "Even at a time like that, some people actually tried to jack up their prices. I heard about it afterward and was furious!"

Old Man Lu fell silent.

He had seen this sort of thing plenty of times.

After all, he was an old man who had lived through the War of Resistance.

From Zhou Jianming, Old Man Lu and Li Yao learned that it was not that the Wallfacers and the authorities had failed to react. The monsters had simply grown too quickly.

Their response could not keep up with the speed at which the situation spiraled out of control.

That very night,

some of the monsters had already grown as large as wild dogs. They began gathering together and charging at crowds.

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