"How was the situation outside?" Zion asked, his tone low but attentive as he looked toward Maxwell.
"The situation hasn't settled yet," Maxwell replied. "If anything, the territorial disputes between the monsters and wild animals are getting worse. They're fighting more aggressively now, probably because the biochemical mist hasn't dissipated."
As he spoke, he lowered his pen and finished circling several locations on the map, marking them as areas to avoid for the time being.
"However," he continued calmly, "the mist hasn't spread either. There's barely any wind in the region right now. Normally, that would slow down its dissipation, but in this case, it's also working in our favor. Without strong winds, the mist isn't being carried further into new territories."
