Tower City was a medium-sized city.
Its central urban area covered a few hundred square kilometers, but with the surrounding villages and towns included, its total area reached six or seven thousand square kilometers.
Even traveling from the city center to its outskirts meant covering several dozen kilometers.
Last night's sudden blizzard and plunge in temperature had damaged a great deal of infrastructure. Large numbers of injured and dead needed to be dealt with, snow had blocked the roads, and they still had to guard against civilian factions that might seize the opportunity to cause trouble and terrifying evil spirits that had infiltrated the city...
Faced with one problem after another, the Management Committee was completely overwhelmed.
Even though they had long since drawn up measures for various emergencies, they were still thrown into confusion for a while. Only around noon did they slowly get things under control.
As captain of Tower City's Patrol Brigade, Wan Ling had been rushing between frontline areas, arranging security.
He had to guard against any unrest that might arise.
All kinds of reports flooded in like a tide, while he issued a constant stream of orders to the surrounding areas.
Before long, several reports of unusual incidents in nearby villages caught his attention.
Soon.
He gathered the people in charge and called a meeting.
"Two hours ago, an exceptionally heavy downpour suddenly struck Weitun Village, flooding almost the entire village. The rain came and went quickly, but once it ended, everyone in the village was missing."
"According to reports from nearby villages, when the downpour ended, someone saw rows of people bound in iron chains walking deeper into the curtain of rain..."
Wan Ling explained gravely.
If it had merely been an abnormal downpour, they could have left it alone for the time being.