No Rear Area

"Survivors located. There is currently no unrest or casualties in the city."

"Gathering survivors."

"Preparing to evacuate survivors."

Reports streamed into the War Room. Wenren Sheng watched intently. This was a rare opportunity to observe the procedures of a large-scale operation.

According to the records, Red Pine City had a total population of 43,560. Inland, it would only have counted as a town, but this was a typical resource city in the far north. Its small population relied on advanced mechanical industries to exploit its abundant natural resources.

Too large a population would place too much burden on the environment, hindering the resource region's self-recovery and sustainable development.

Besides, this place was bitterly cold. Even with wages twice as high as those inland, not many people were willing to settle here long-term. Most were young people chasing high salaries, planning to work for eight or ten years before returning home.

Wenren Sheng looked at the operational display in the Conference Room, which showed all kinds of information, including the perspectives of the puppets and unmanned machines.

He had not sent in his Puppet Man, because it was the final trump card meant to steady the situation.

This cleanup operation was also a live-fire exercise, meant to test whether the Patrol Division's conventional combat methods could handle most low- and mid-difficulty Anomaly threats.

To Wenren Sheng, the fog-shrouded city below was, at most, Expert Level difficulty. As long as they found the target possessed by the anomaly and destroyed it, the problem would be resolved.

It was invincible against Ordinary Persons, but it was restrained when facing Otherworldly Users.

It was still in its infancy. Through the fog-shrouded city, it was creating fear and excitement in people, drawing strength from those emotional fluctuations and growing at a rapid pace.

Fortunately, it