A year after the Herowl flying incident.
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A pair of short legs walked on the ground, they belonged to a sparrow. Slowly looking up, it was a grown-up sparrow youth, the same student who had been pushed down by poleace a year ago. He carried a folded hard cardboard and headed towards the central tower in the inner circle.
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The name of this sparrow youth is not important, he is just an ordinary citizen of City 4. But today, he might be the last healthy citizen of City 4 willing to take to the streets.
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Because City 4 was already sick.
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After the Herowl flying proclamation, a year later, City 4 appeared to still exist, but in reality, it had perished. The sparrow remembered all the events that had happened this year vividly.
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He still remembered when he, still a student at the time, was arrested with other residents within the barricades by poleace for the crime of obstructing law enforcement following the rally.
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"The Central Tower Mass Gathering Peak of the Epidemic Explosion"
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The headline of the newspaper the next day was written so, attributing the outbreak of the epidemic to the rally, and portraying Plaguemad as the culprit of the chaos that day. However, due to the large number of arrests, citizens like the sparrow, whose evidence was not quite sufficient, had their charges dropped.
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In the following days, more and more citizens successfully flew within the city, while the daily death toll from Flyania falling continued to rise.
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According to news reports, flying was a bizarre effect produced after the virus mutated, because the virus could cause feathers to produce a zero-gravity reaction, spreading a large number of virus particles when floating, accelerating the spread within the city, and ultimately causing the infected to die faster due to accelerated metabolism.
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Absurd, the reality was right in front of them, who would still believe it? Most citizens believed it, because the government and the news had more explanatory power than anything else.
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"To protect public safety, implement a no-fly order"
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So, within a week, Pengury ordered the implementation of a no-fly order. In order to safeguard public safety, flying was declared illegal, and an anti-epidemic no-fly unit was established, allowing the shooting of all unidentified flying objects.
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Yes, Pengury did not treat flying citizens as lives, they were shot on sight. As soon as they started flying due to the mutated disease, they lost their qualifications as citizens of City 4 and were seen as pests spreading the plague.
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Furthermore, there were more and more voices in society discussing whether flying was really a disease. City 4 was plunged into an unprecedented turmoil and unrest. And the city's television continuously broadcasted videos of people flying and Plaguemad attacking citizens, propagating the urgency of the no-fly order.
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As memories briefly ended, the sparrow continued on his way and saw a bald eagle and a crow chatting on the side of the road while carrying long guns. They were originally tyrants, but now they were recruited into the anti-epidemic no-fly unit.The bald eagle yawned and complained about how boring life was, while the raven beside him was rubbing a gun barrel: "It's been a long time since I shot a gun."
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The lazy bald eagle shouted that he also wanted to shoot something, but now no one dared to fly anymore.
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The raven aimed the gun at the sky, squinting with one eye: "I also want to try shooting living things again, it's so much fun."
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The sparrow heard this conversation and couldn't help but sigh that these scoundrels could actually become the anti-epidemic forces maintaining law and order, legally shooting down flying civilians. They didn't care about the epidemic or flying incidents at all, they just wanted to enjoy the fun of killing.
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Absurd, right? But this was just one of the diseases in City 4.
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"Flyania death toll exceeds ten thousand"
"The government declares City 4 in a state of emergency"
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The headlines on the front page of the newspaper were filled with fear in the hearts of the citizens.
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Two months after the establishment of the no-fly forces, the death toll in Flyania was nine times the total of the past ten months, what a terrifying number. Yes, the reason for the fear was the speed of the epidemic spread, as reported by the news, and of course, this was also Seagle's doing.
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In addition to the soaring death toll, masked citizens were causing havoc at night. According to city news reports, Mayor Pengury, Deputy Mayor Seagle, and many other officials received death threats with poison in the letters, believing that criminals intended to poison the City 4 government and endanger the city's security. Chaos ensued in City 4.
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Therefore, Mayor Pengury immediately declared a state of emergency in City 4, halting all work, and prohibiting citizens from going out. Poleace would deliver food and daily necessities to every household every day until the epidemic was under control.
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The internet and TV news continued to operate as usual, reporting the situation in the city, so browsing the internet to share their daily lives became the most important form of entertainment for the citizens.
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Since everyone was trapped at home, some grassroots commentators emerged on the internet. They made comments based on the news, their own observations, rumors, etc., and also simplified the reporting of various important information.
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Compared to TV news, these short video commentaries were obviously more popular with the audience, and videos were played even if they weren't watching their phones.
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At first, the sparrow did not care much about these commentators until he found out that many commentators who questioned the epidemic or spread negative comments were being shut down one by one, then he knew what the problem was. It turned out that the so-called neutral commentators were just government mouthpieces, responsible for praising the government's ability, and deepening the citizens' fear of the epidemic.
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In addition, the City TV played advertisements all day praising poleace for serving the citizens during the state of emergency, and even created a theme song for it.
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After weeks of being brainwashed during the lockdown, many citizens were deeply influenced and believed in everything the Pengury government did, even The Birddies unintentionally hummed the theme song.
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During the poleace's meal delivery, many The Birddies were arrested and silenced, but the news did not report it, and those commentators certainly did not mention it, they just quietly disappeared. Perhaps after City 4 was reopened, their family and friends would just think they had passed away due to illness.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3n5IOyLcQy
The education of thought was actually so simple. Looking at it from a different perspective, they just went back to the situation before the explosion in the central tower leaked information. The recurrence of old problems was City 4's second illness.
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"The development of a highly effective vaccine, free for all citizens to receive"
"The vaccine showed initial effectiveness, and the epidemic gradually subsided"
One month after the implementation of the state of emergency, the government announced the successful development of a vaccine against the Flyania variant. All citizens of City 4 were required to be vaccinated in order to lift the city's lockdown.
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Of course, there were also various TV commercials promoting the vaccine, claiming that vaccines have been solving various diseases since ancient times, and Flyania is just one of the diseases that can be treated. 80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCS7LnsIny
They also interviewed citizens from different professions and age groups, all expressing their anticipation for the vaccine in order to protect the next generation. They were willing to actively cooperate to contribute to the stability of City 4. Even online commentators were praising the vaccine and urging everyone to get vaccinated as the only way to eradicate Flyania.
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It is unclear where the rumors began to spread online, claiming that the so-called vaccines were actually surveillance chips designed to monitor citizens. The message was that as long as you live normally, you would be fine. Who could confirm the truth?
At that time, even The Birddies, including Pengury Mayor, thought that even if it were true, it was not surprising. On that day, in order to completely extinguish any spark, the mayor had to do everything he dared not do.
It was soon proven that the speculations were completely correct.
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After experiencing two types of diseases and with Pengury encouraging citizens to actively report patients around them, various large-scale searches and crackdowns began. The Birddies were either silenced or chose to remain silent. Everyone kept to themselves, living a normal life, gradually becoming submissive, and eventually being domesticated.
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"The economy of City 4 gradually recovered and stabilized"
"Joyful carnival and fireworks display"
"United in City 4"
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Looking at the front-page news in the newspaper, Sparrow could only smile bitterly.
After the epidemic, City 4 recovered, and the news and commentators continuously praised City 4 for its stability, tranquility, and harmony. Under the arrangement of Seagle, criminal activities in the city compared to before and after the flight incidents had significantly decreased. After all, it was their arrangement that caused the chaos in the city and worsened the severity of Plaguemad.
Both the economy and public security had improved, so the citizens were naturally satisfied with the arrangement.
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Now, Flyania had become a forbidden topic. Even mentioning Flyania-related incidents was considered as endangering the city's security and categorized as Plaguemad, resulting in immediate execution. All related news pictures and videos were deleted, erasing the existence of the epidemic completely, as if it had never happened.
But this was also enough, City 4 did not need the presence of negative news. As long as the current economic stability was maintained and everyone had three meals a day, no disturbances or unrest, it was sufficient.
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Sparrow finally arrived at the central tower.
Today was the one-year anniversary of the flight incident, and poleace had long been on high alert, prohibiting gatherings to prevent any incidents from happening again, replicating what happened a year ago.
In front of poleace, there was only Sparrow, the last healthy citizen of City 4.Seeing the sparrow holding the folded cardboard, poleace remained silent and calmly raised the gun as a deterrent.
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The sparrow still vividly remembered the scene from years ago. Pengury could prohibit citizens from mentioning it, but could not change their memories. The truth would be passed down from generation to generation. Even though everyone had given up, for Mr. Herowl's sake, he would never compromise. The once beautiful City 4 had long since succumbed to a terminal illness and now was just an empty shell.
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Despite being small, the sparrow's determined figure appeared towering in front of poleace. He raised the cardboard high and shouted those five words with all his might.
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"Flying isn't an illness!"
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Poleace fired several shots, mercilessly killing the unarmed sparrow. Perhaps in their eyes, the other party was wielding a highly dangerous weapon that could threaten the safety of City 4.
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The sparrow fell in a pool of blood, with the cardboard that was seen as a weapon reading "Flying isn't an illness," depicting a pair of white clouds and blue wings, symbolizing flight, with Herowl's likeness printed beside it.
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Is it not the end of the world as long as everyone is still alive? The true end of the world is when the last resistance fades away.
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No birds were harmed or mistreated in the creation of this story. All characters, locations, events, dates, names, organizations, professions, departments, or any related items appearing in the story are purely fictional and bear no relation to the real world. There is no portrayal of any individuals, professions, organizations, departments, regions, or countries. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.
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