In a huge conference room in Yanjing, a middle-aged man in military uniform wore a grave expression.
Before him stood a huge display divided into several sections.
Each section showed different video footage.
One showed a group of soldiers surrounding and attacking an octopus-like monster with a Cthulhu aesthetic.
Another showed a strange, translucent monster chasing soldiers armed with guns.
All the soldiers' firearms, and even attacks with explosives such as bombs, were ineffective against the translucent monster, seemingly passing straight through its translucent form.
Some sections were even pitch-black. According to the text beside them, one showed a school, and not a single person in that school had come out.
Nor had a single person sent inside to investigate come out.
The school seemed to have become a terrifying black hole: people went in, but never came out.
"What on earth has happened to this world?"
After letting his gaze move over the footage on the screen for a moment, the man in military uniform let out a long sigh and could not help muttering under his breath.
Two months ago, the first phenomenon that science struggled to explain had appeared. After that, all sorts of incidents had sprung up like mushrooms after rain, occurring with increasing frequency.
Some monsters could be dealt with, but others were utterly impossible to handle, leaving them no choice but to find ways to seal off those areas.
"Sir!"
Just as the man in military uniform was watching the information and footage on the screen with a grim expression, a knock suddenly sounded at the door.
Immediately afterward, a young woman walked in and raised her hand in salute.
"What is it?"
The middle-aged man remained facing the screen without turning around, merely asking in a calm voice.
In front of his subordinates,