Chapter 29 Panic

"The situation is very serious now," Editor-in-chief Chen Yiding of Zhongjiang Evening News frowned and looked very worried. He sighed and said, "The newspapers are also panic, and there are not a few people who ask for leave to take a sick person..."

Liu Xiao sat on the sofa with his face raised and his listening seriously, but he was very surprised - the great editor-in-chief of the newspaper told me what these meant?

"...You assisted the police in pursuing criminal suspects in the mountains and have made great contributions. Well, the leader of the command center has greeted me specifically. Although it cannot be commended publicly, the organization is also clear." Editor-in-Chief Chen looked very kind, very kind, "Especially recently, although you were discharged from the hospital, you can stick to your post. It is very rare in this special period..."

Liu Xiao gradually began to sweat. Editor-in-chief Chen called himself to the office early in the morning to say such a few beautiful words. Or are these a kind of prelude?

really.

"So, the newspaper is going to put a burden on you recently..."

Liu Xiao felt his throat dry, and he held his breath.

"You are responsible for the social news version. Recently, this version has relatively weak power. The organization is preparing to let you serve as the editor-in-chief of this version to coordinate the planning, interviews, editors and other things of the social news version," Editor-in-Chief Chen paused, his expression becoming more and more friendly: "The social news version is the most important page of the newspaper. You are young and have limited qualifications. We have great hope to put you in this position. If you can achieve results in this position, it is not impossible to continue to make progress. Well, you also know that Deputy Editor-in-Chief Wang of our newspaper will retire next year..."

"Thank you for your trust," Liu Xiao swallowed. He wanted to calm his mind, but his tone still stuttered: "I will definitely live up to the hopes of the newspaper and Editor-in-Chief Chen for me, and make my greatest contribution in the social news page. I..."

Liu Xiao was holding his poems and was about to make a statement incessantly. Nnd, I am only 28 years old this year and I will be the editor-in-chief of the social news version... If I become the deputy editor-in-chief next year, I will be the youngest deputy editor-in-chief. I will be the one who is less than 30 years old! But Editor-in-chief Chen waved his hand to stop it.

"Okay, okay," Editor-in-Chief Chen interrupted Liu Xiao's statement with a smile, and his expression became more and more kind: "The relevant appointment documents will be downloaded in the next two days. If you have any specific ideas, we will talk about them in detail after the documents are downloaded."

"Yes." Liu Xiao responded respectfully, and he asked carefully with his face raised: "Mr. Chen, do you have any instructions?"

Editor-in-chief Chen pondered for a moment, and asked casually: "I heard that you are very familiar with the Gao Department of the Municipal Police Department?"

"Oh, yes." Liu Xiao was stunned for a moment and nodded.

"Mayor Li has been suspended. Now Zhongjiang City is responsible for presiding over the emergency plan for preventing major diseases. Is it the Gao Bureau?" Editor-in-Chief Chen suddenly looked at Liu Xiao directly, and said in a sincere tone: "Xiao Liu, okay, can you do me a favor?"

Liu Xiao was stunned, but immediately nodded and responded: "Mr. Chen, you said - as long as I can do it, there will be no problem."

Editor-in-chief Chen sighed and said directly: "Can you help me send my family out of Zhongjiang City?"

"Send out of Zhongjiang City?" Liu Xiao looked at Editor-in-Chief Chen in confusion and asked carefully: "What do you mean is - let me help them get the train ticket? Now that you want to leave Zhongjiang City, you can only pass the train. Well, this train ticket is not easy to get, but I will find a way, Oh, Mr. Chen, does your family have a physical examination report? I heard that it is difficult to get a physical examination report now, and everyone who makes an appointment queuing..."

Editor-in-chief Chen waved his hand: "It's not these problems. My family has all the train ticket physical examination reports, but," he sighed and said: "To be honest, I have received the news that the army has begun to block Zhongjiang City! From today on, even if there are train tickets and physical examination reports, Zhongjiang City cannot be released! This is a direct order issued by the central government, and it will be announced to Zhongjiang City via TV at noon today!"

"What? The army blocked Zhongjiang City!" Liu Xiao widened his eyes.

Editor-in-chief Chen nodded: "I heard that there is only one way to leave Zhongjiang City now, which is to buy a train ticket and go to the government designated isolation area to be quarantined and observed for 20 days before getting on the train! So," he looked at Liu Xiao and said earnestly: "I hope my family can become the first group of departures to enter the isolation area to observe!"

Liu Xiao has already understood. Now that he has been strictly controlled to leave the country, he is to enter the quarantine area. I think many people will break their heads for these limited quotas. Editor-in-chief Chen wants to be given priority to enter the first list through his relationship with Gao Fei. This should be a big problem... But the central government actually dispatched troops to block Zhongjiang City. Has the situation in this city deteriorated to the point where it was uncontrollable? Or has the central government regarded more than 5 million people in Zhongjiang City as abandoned children?

His heart slowly sank.

In Ganshui County, at the entrance of Yonghui Supermarket, countless people lined up in long queues and spread to the streets far away. Since Zhongjiang City implemented the emergency plan to prevent major diseases, citizens of Zhongjiang City have begun to hoard food and daily necessities - rice, noodles, oil, seasonings, dry wax products and even toothpaste, soap, etc. People waved banknotes to sweep the major supermarkets. Although the command center organized emergency special trains to transport supplies many times, it still could not curb this crazy rush to buy, especially in the neighboring mountainous areas, Biyun, Cangnan and other counties. The panicked citizens almost withdraw cash from various banks, and dozens of billions of dollars were smashed down, leaving almost all retail outlets in these county towns at a point where they were out of stock.

Now, although the supermarkets in these county towns have received a batch of emergency transportation, they have to adopt measures to restrict purchases. All citizens can only purchase 10 kilograms of rice at a time with their ID cards, and consume from 5 liters. This restriction has caused citizens to line up in long queues at the entrance of the supermarket.

The crowd began to whisper in a bored manner

"I heard that the army has begun to set up defenses on National Highway 310," a middle-aged woman with round face said to an old lady behind. "I have relatives in Kaiyun Town. I heard that the army there is no head at all, and there are too many armored vehicles to count."

"That's all right," the old lady covered her chest with her hands, looking glad: "It's safe for us to live in the county."

"Safe?" A bald man sneered: "Do you think the army can definitely block the rats? When the villages and towns in the mountains were attacked by rats, the army was dispatched the same? What happened in the end? A lot of people were eaten by rats? Now, to be safe, you have to leave Zhongjiang City and go to another place!"

"Can you get out?" Another man snorted coldly: "You haven't watched TV. Now the entire Zhongjiang City is blocked by the army - you are allowed to enter and not leave! Let's leave it to fate!"

"Fuck!" The bald man cursed angrily.

"Oh." The middle-aged woman sighed and said, "It's better to buy more food and keep it at home."

"It's not okay to buy more food," the old lady sighed: "Now there are more and more mice at home. If you are not careful, the mice will eat the food."

"No!" said the middle-aged woman angrily: "I haven't seen so many mice in decades, and there are crowds everywhere. I'm not afraid of seeing people. I dare to steal food in front of you. It's really a bad thing!"

"Fearing?" The bald man sneered: "Even cats in our yard are chased by a group of mice. It's so fucking weird."

A cat was chased by a mouse? Everyone's heart was covered with a shadow.

"Rat!" A woman's scream suddenly came from the crowd.

"Ao!" Another woman fainted with a scream.

People turned around and looked at the streets around the corner, a group of mice, looking about forty or fifty, were rushing towards the queue of people, and in the blink of an eye, rushing to the crowd!

The crowd in line was in a panic. The women retreated in panic. In the panic, some slow-moving old people were knocked over. The men made a rough curse and rushed forward, kicking and kicking with their feet. The attacked mice did not panic and climbed up flexibly along the men's trousers. Finally, a little Tengyue came, showing sharp teeth to the men.

However, dozens of mice were no match for the crowd. They were beaten to pieces in a short while, and those who died were injured, and those who were half dead were still rolling all over the ground. The men rushed forward again, and some injured rats were stomped on their feet. There were about a dozen rats killed in this way, and the rest of the mice were all scattered.

"Fuck!" A man stomped his feet hard on the ground, and the rats stuck in the leather shoes fell to the ground one by one: "Just like these few mice dare to rush out, aren't they looking for death?"

"This is probably the vanguard of the Rat Group," said the bald man gloatly: "When the large army of those rats in the mountains arrives, it's time for us to run away."

Everyone shuddered.

"Wow—" A young girl suddenly vomited when she looked at the bloody mouse on the ground.

"Look, there are rats again!" a little boy screamed.

People looked in the direction of the boy's fingers.

On the street in the distance, a large group of mice—about hundreds of them rushed over the road in an orderly manner. A public bus drove across the road. In the blink of an eye, many mice were covered in blood. However, the formation of rats was not messy at all. They gathered in a team and soon disappeared at the corner of the street. Immediately, a few screams of women came from the corner of the street...

"Is this still a mouse? It's just a small legion!" a man cursed with gritted teeth.

The crowd was silent, and everyone's faces were heavy.
Chapter completed!