Rebuilding

In Red Pine City, the side of order appeared to hold a major advantage. After all, they had legitimacy on their side. Most people still obeyed their assignments and still held out hope for outside aid.

For the time being, they held an absolute upper hand.

Some petty scoundrels hoping to fish in troubled waters were suppressed by the organized security teams.

However, the side of chaos also had a chance to turn defeat into victory. Their actions and mindset happened to align with the bizarre Anomaly that had caused the mist.

In an alley, Old Wang led several people in a frantic escape. They fled like panicked beasts, utterly bedraggled, and finally used the mist to shake off the security team's pursuit.

Over the previous two hours, they had claimed to be gathering food while actually looting everywhere. Their actions quickly provoked public outrage, and once they were reported to the security team, a crackdown swiftly followed.

Fortunately, with the mist sealing off the city, cars and motorcycles were inconvenient to use. Although the security team had many vehicles, they could only pursue them on foot, giving the group a chance to escape. Otherwise, they would have been caught long ago.

"Damn it, damn it! Those idiots have all been fooled by those officials!" Old Wang cursed furiously.

"Exactly! They still don't know enough to hide food for themselves, and they actually hand it over obediently. What the hell are they thinking? Instead of giving it to us, they'd rather give it to those security-team lackeys!" another errand boy cursed along with him.

"Bro, this won't work. They have guns, while we only have a few fire axes. We can't fight them at all," another errand boy said.

"Let me think..." Old Wang leaned against the wall, gasping for