Chapter 175 - 173 Subsequent Impact
Although Qin Lan had many guesses about the identities of those criminals, as she was on leave, she couldn’t do anything about it. Now, all she could do was focus on recovering in the hospital.
Fortunately, Ding Ning was there to keep her company, so she wasn’t left with idle thoughts running wild.
Meanwhile, Chen Xin continued to bring her food every day. Although there weren’t many ingredients available, Chen Xin tried his best to vary the dishes to supplement her nutrition.
This incident might only have such a limited impact on Qin Lan and Chen Xin, but it stirred a huge commotion throughout the entire city and its subordinate counties. It even alarmed the provincial government, prompting the dispatch of an emergency investigation team to the city government to conduct a joint investigation with the local team. They also screened all city shelters.
Regardless of size, whether official or private, all shelters had to undergo inspections by the joint investigation team. As a result, not only did the city’s armed police and special police deploy comprehensively, but the provincial investigation team also brought in a military unit from the provincial capital.
Though it was just two companies of soldiers, they were true combat troops, different from the internal security forces like the armed police and special police. They were meant for external military operations, signaling a completely different significance to the event.
If it was just armed police and special police involved, the incident could have still been seen as an internal conflict among the people, not as foreign enemies.
But once the military was involved, it indicated that the criminals behind this incident were no longer considered part of the people but enemies outside of them.
This was akin to the riots in Hong Kong before the disaster. Despite Flame Country having stationed troops locally and an armed police force in a neighboring city, the incident was still handled by Hong Kong’s local police, not the stationed troops.
This wasn’t just a political consideration due to the threat of foreign hostile forces. More importantly, those people were still considered part of the people, not deemed as enemies of the state.