Each of their fates was so utterly miserable that just hearing about it sent chills down one's spine.
However, dramatic irony often struck close to home.
Merely half a day after he jinxed himself, even Huang Bing never expected such a terrifying scene to unfold right under his nose.
Someone was actually smuggling goods out of the city!
"Is this the first time? Or has it happened before?" he thought. If only a small amount of the city's supplies had been smuggled out, discovering the issue now and reporting it might still leave room for a remedy. But if this wasn't the first time, the smuggled supplies would have accumulated to a terrifying amount. That massive deficit would inevitably blow up in their faces when disaster struck, work halted, and everyone stayed home, desperately needing those very supplies to survive.
And thinking back to the most recent disaster...
