After the news of the epidemic broke out at Eastern State, even though the related posts were quickly deleted, the news still spread like wildfire among the citizens.
That night, the government released a statement to refute the rumor. There was no epidemic at Eastern State! The group of people in hemp clothes were not suspected patients, they were members of the disease control centre. The quarantine vehicles were there for normal investigation. Currently, there were no cases of legionella pneumonia at Eastern State, so there was no need to worry.
However, with the haze of disaster looming over Eastern State, this kind of refutation was naturally ineffective. The citizens of Eastern State and the surrounding cities were still in a state of turmoil.
After 3 days, Eastern State was not locked down and the quarantine measures were not upgraded. Only then did the atmosphere lighten.
Looks like there was really no epidemic at Eastern State. The citizens started to grumble. Why were the members of the disease control centre dressed in hemp clothes?
In these 3 days, Chen Jiahwa spent his time in anxiety. He thought about his future and was reconsidering whether he should study medicine or not …
However, other than the reluctance to endure the pain of college entrance exam, he had the stubbornness of youth. He did not want to lose face in front of his parents and he did not want to be called a deserter by his classmates. Recently, the news of the legionella pneumonia had been a hot topic among his classmates. Everyone knew who was planning to study medicine.
But … he felt he was not cut out for it. Would he dare to put on the protective gear and head straight for the epidemic? He had no answer.
Chen Jiahwa was conflicted. He did not want to see his friends lest they asked him about this topic. He stayed at home for 3 consecutive days.
He sat before the computer and browsed through the news online. He also climbed over the wall to read the translated posts. The more he read, the more he understood about the situation.
An American citizen, Bill Thompson, wrote sadly, "Everyone in my hometown has died. This is unbelievably sad news. They were all good people and most of them still had the habit of going to church. If God really exists, I really don't understand why God would send such a disaster. "
Another citizen, Delia Broad, wrote angrily, "Is this disaster really as simple as it looks? How come the mortality rate of the patients who showed up 2 days ago was almost 100% but the mortality rate dropped drastically after that? The difference between the numbers before and after was too great. This was simply illogical! Until now, no one has given us a reasonable explanation. It is as if no one from the government has discovered this problem. What are they hiding? We need an answer!]
Citizen Browning Jones blamed another issue: [Such a huge disaster happened, and Mr. President still hasn't apologized for it. Is he serious? Don't tell me this is a new bacterium. Are we living in the Middle Ages or something? All the good-for-nothings in the Health Department should be fired immediately.]
Countries like the United States and the United Kingdom had different national conditions.
Chen Jiahua browsed through many posts and saw that the netizens, media, and politicians of these countries were in an uproar. There were many questions about the government.
In the face of such turbulent public sentiment, in the past half a month, many spokespersons from those countries took turns to speak. Because of this disaster, there were a lot of officials who had to step down. Even the "parties" of those countries couldn't keep their seats.
Chen Jiahwa watched a few videos of the Americans on the streets, and a new video caught his attention.
"Eh?" He quickly clicked on it. "It must be fake …"
The video was shot in London, the capital of England, an international metropolis known as the "Fog City".
There was no epidemic in Lundy City. There was one thing in common with all the infected areas around the world, they were all remote cities with low populations.
However, at that moment. "Oh my god!" The chaos on the streets of Lundy City came from the video. As the camera panned, there was a thick black fog everywhere. It blurred the sky and ground. The videographer exclaimed, "In less than 10 minutes, the black fog is everywhere, it's everywhere!"
Black fog? Industrial pollution? Chen Jiahwa frowned, there was an inexplicable fear in his heart …
He did not know much about Lundy City, but he knew that the Fog City and industrial pollution were a thing of the past. There were no heavy polluting factories in these developed countries anymore, they had all been relocated to the third world. Why would there be such a black fog covering the whole city? Was there a black fog?
What was this black fog? Poison gas? Nuclear leak? Was the whole of Lundy City being destroyed?
Chen Jiahwa felt the same fear through the computer screen. In the video, the people on the streets of Lundy were even more panicked. Some were screaming, some were praying. Even the police were at a loss. The cars on the road stopped one after another, forming a long queue.
In the comment section of the video, the world's netizens were in a frenzy. They could not understand what was happening.
Was this the beginning of another catastrophe? Or was this a new situation related to the legionella pneumonia?
'Could there really be more to this plague?' Many netizens were discussing this question and so was Chen Jiahwa.
This speculation did not come from the first day. Was there some unknown force behind it? Or an alien invasion? There were all kinds of theories on the Internet, but ordinary people had always lacked direct evidence. What about now? Was this the only thing?
As Chen Jiahwa scrolled through the video, a new incident popped up. Many related videos flooded the internet.
It was happening in New York City, another international metropolis. This time, it was not affected by the legionella pneumonia.
However, just now, and just now, there were countless birds flying over New York City. Their numbers were so dense that they covered the entire sky. They were like dark clouds. They shrieked in fear as they dropped from the sky. They landed on buildings and roads, all of them were dead.
Birds could carry the virus, it was unknown whether the dead birds were harmful or not.
But this … was this normal?
In the video, New York City had descended into chaos. It was even more chaotic than Lundy City. The citizens ran for their lives.
Chen Jiahwa stared at the video on the computer screen. His heart was lost. 'What is happening to this world …'
"Jiahwa, something bad has happened!" At that moment, his phone vibrated. It was a message from his friend. "Quick, take a look at the video in the group chat!"
He clicked into the group chat. The news about Lundy and New York had spread. He was not the only one who was surfing the internet. The students shared the related videos and discussed the situation in amazement.
"Is that a special effect? A movie trailer? "
"Can special effects be that realistic?!"
"There's already news out of the country, it's real."
"… Is there really an alien invasion?"
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