He Yao and Gao Jun inspected the vehicles already outside. Fang Yi changed license plates using a box of abandoned registrations collected during earlier supply runs. Major Lin contacted Colonel He through the direct radio and arranged the eastern convoy without transmitting West Reserve's name.
On the civilian frequency, Councilor Ren's voice repeated the provisional accord from Qingyuan's south clinic yard.
She described the southern agricultural corridor without naming the settlement inside it. She announced that food recovered under the agreement would be distributed through a civilian manifest and that ration access could not be conditioned on ability registration. Behind her steady words, crowd noise rose and fell.
Director Song answered through Supply Command fifteen minutes later.
