Chapter 62 Hide and Seek
On a bustling commercial pedestrian street crowded with people, Li Ang and Wang Congshan were taking advantage of the weekend to go shopping and relax. They sat at a roadside beverage shop, sipping cool and refreshing milk tea.
"If everyone contributes a little love, the world will become a beautiful place to live."
Li Ang watched the snow-white long legs swinging prettily beneath short skirts in the cool autumn wind, and he couldn’t help but sigh sincerely.
Wang Congshan wasn’t listening to what Li Ang was saying. Her fingers were swiping across her phone screen, occasionally tapping the keyboard to enter some text, her expression somewhat irritated.
Li Ang slurped a milk tea pearl into his mouth and asked, "What are you looking at?"
"The family WeChat group," Wang Congshan said helplessly. "My uncle wants to have a second child, but my parents are advising him to wait a few more years. Theoretically, it’s not really their place to persuade him in such matters, but as you know, there have been a lot of strange things happening lately..."
Information control and compartmentalization regarding abnormal incidents were not as effective as one might imagine. Some things, no matter how well-concealed, couldn’t have their influence completely erased.
A village suddenly enveloped in dense fog had lost all contact; all the animals in a city zoo grew superfluous limbs overnight; all passengers on a small foreign cruise ship smiled as they collectively jumped overboard during a live online broadcast; a clown at an amusement park suddenly plucked out his own eyeball during a performance and chewed it...
As for bizarre and eerie homicide cases, frequent underground pipeline explosions, and unexplained building collapses, the onlookers were becoming almost accustomed to them.
On the surface, modern society seemed as peaceful and prosperous as ever, with everyone living and working in contentment. Movies and television continued as normal, and social media apps like TikTok and popular games were still enjoyed. However, anxiety and tension were spreading slowly, like a contagious disease.
The better the information blockade, the more it failed to prevent the spread of rumors. Of course, this might also involve some covert guidance from the Special Affairs Bureau, as they had to gradually acclimatize the public to all these changes.