Cheng Ye grabbed his backpack and pushed the door open, stepping out.
He thought his outfit, which only exposed his eyes, was peculiar enough to stand out. But once he hit the streets, he was surprised to find that roughly a third of the passersby were dressed similarly.
Had everyone already heard about the Stand-In Starfish?
Of course not.
According to Liu Bi's explanation last night, even the frontline military police wouldn't be aware of the spread of the Infected Body before the outbreak. Information would be released in stages, and it would only be made public at the last moment when the situation was irrecoverable.
The current notification described it merely as an emergency drill in response to the death of the duty station chief.
Nevertheless, people instinctively knew what was going on.
Whether or not the Infected Body had infiltrated, and whether it might trigger a minor infection wave were unknowns.
You could trust the leaked information, but only so much.
