In the dense fog, a group of people walked along the road, flashlights in hand.
Sedans, vans, buses, ambulances—all the vehicles by the roadside were dead, with no sign of anyone inside.
A patron skilled in car repair tinkered for a long time but couldn't start a single one. According to him, all the vehicle parts were intact, and he couldn't find any malfunctions. Yet, the cars wouldn't start, and the specific reason for the failure remained elusive.
The drones Wei Linglan had brought out also couldn't fly normally in the dense fog, though the individual helmet-mounted thermal imaging scopes were still operational.
Scanning with infrared, they detected no signs of life other than the people from the restaurant—not even birds or stray cats and dogs. It felt as if they were the only ones left in the city.
