The Calm Before the Battle

"Please carry only the minimum necessary personal belongings, bring your ID and communication devices, and proceed to the evacuation points promptly."

The Hero Association's evacuation announcements blared through every street and alley of Rongcheng.

The residents had long grown used to all manner of monster attacks and evacuations. Through various information channels, they had also learned just how large-scale this evacuation was, so few dared gamble with their lives and livelihoods.

Of course, there were still influencers and thrill-seekers willing to risk their lives for attention. But the Hero Association had a unique way of dealing with them: [Electromagnetic] Qi Yun used her psychic abilities to take over Rongcheng's entire full-band radio network. Even if the influencers stubbornly stayed behind, they had no internet or signal, so they could only leave with the evacuation teams.

The experience gained from Harbor City's mass evacuation was now being applied to Rongcheng's evacuation, leaving the people seated in the command center feeling rather emotional.

"Tell me, how does Heartmoon Fox know our operational procedures so well?" Messiah asked Meteor beside her.

She held the command tablet issued by the Association. On the screen was the latest video released by Magical Girl Fox Fox official, explaining the situation in terms ordinary people could understand and urging Rongcheng's citizens to evacuate as soon as possible.

Messiah glanced at the video's view count and even felt that Heartmoon Fox's video had been more effective than the Hero Association shouting through loudspeakers everywhere.

Meteor calmly picked up her thermos and took a sip of tea.

"But isn't this pretty good too?" Meteor said with a smile. "At least we saved a lot of time, she got plenty of views, everyone evacuated to safety, and everyone benefited."

"Looking at it that way, I suppose that's true." Messiah nodded,