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772: Chapter 772 Public Opinion Explodes!

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772: Chapter 772 Public Opinion Explodes!

Live Streamed Across the Whole Network!

Countries around the world have always wanted to play down the issue and suppress the influence of public opinion.

But as it turned out,

the stronger the suppression, the fiercer the rebound.

This is an era of advanced networks; you can’t paper over the cracks.

Initially, Zheng conveyed the intentions of the leadership of various countries, wanting Wu Jie to develop an intelligent information management system to block and delete information related to the virus as much as possible…

How could this information be deleted?

Take an example.

The Sakuragi Hana virus could be added to a list of sensitive words, to be automatically searched for and then blocked.

But what if it is transformed into ‘Sakura poison, Sakuragi disease, cherry poison’, and the like, how could those be blocked?

Moreover, concerning the vast numbers of audio, video, and image files, how can these be distinguished?

On the internet, there are tens of millions of voice messages, millions of videos, and an uncountable number of text messages at any given time…

With such an overwhelming amount of information, other than completely shutting down the internet, it is simply impossible to fully block it all.

Therefore, Wu Jie tactfully declined this task, a problem not even deities could solve.

And the truth proved…

The more people who know about something, the less likely it is to stay a secret.

Countries around the world could pull together healthcare and research personnel for secret research collaborations unknown to the public.

But with an entire nation like Yincheng vanishing as if evaporated from the face of the earth, how could that be concealed?

That’s not one or two people going missing, it’s one or two hundred million people!

Most importantly…

In the last viral outbreak, there was a cure, and Yincheng’s official stance was confident, the various regulations and propaganda were swift and strong, and the public was very trusting and cooperative.

But this time it was different; Muto Sami was not healed by the cure, and this in itself was a huge blow to the medical workers.

With so many medical personnel involved in the prevention and control of the epidemic, tens of thousands of healthcare workers, knowing that the cure was ineffective, what would they think?

What would they do?

Especially as new and strange diseases continuously arrived at the hospitals!

No cure available, death certain.

In the face of such imminent disaster, medical staff could not avoid considering their families.

They would inevitably inform their own friends and relatives first.

To make sure their loved ones took it seriously and enhanced their precautions, they would definitely take pictures of medical reports, epidemic documents, and the horrific death scenes…

This information, which should have been confidential, also became no longer secret.

Word of mouth spread the news, one to ten, ten to a hundred…

Now with such developed networks, it spread from Yincheng to the world easily, until a complete internet lockdown was implemented.

Such a shocking and appalling event would definitely attract countless people chasing hot topics.

The number of internet users globally is far too great, having already surpassed the four billion mark.

They will think of all kinds of ways to slip through the cracks, rendering the websites’ reviews meaningless.

Therefore.

The numerous pieces of information about the epidemic that spread from Yincheng arrived exactly when Yincheng was banned from flying and the internet, a time of significant public interest.

Everyone was curious as to why Yincheng seemed to have evaporated off the face of the earth, and then this tragic news came.

Consequently…

It was like a spark hitting the earth, fire meeting explosives, instantly igniting global public opinion.

There was a massive uproar!

…

Internet monitoring center.

In so many places, messages of all kinds abound.

Rumors and gossip have completely overflowed.

By comparison, foreign countries had it worse.

Many nations had already witnessed public demonstrations demanding the truth be disclosed.

In others, people had begun frantically hoarding masks and stockpiling daily necessities, as various serious crimes erupted continuously, nearly bringing social order to collapse.

The global financial markets were dismal, with stocks, futures, exchange rates…

all in a relentless decline, forcing numerous countries to simply shut down trading.

Even in some conflict-ravaged regions, hostilities miraculously ceased.

Everyone is bound to die, but no one wants to die early, let alone die miserably from a virus.

An untreatable viral storm was ravaging the globe, potentially leading to the continuous death of tens, hundreds of millions, or even billions of people; even the possible extinction of all humankind.

With life hanging by a thread, why continue to wage wars?

Strike?

Study?

Conduct business?

Agitation!

Madness!

Chaos!

Even though many countries had anticipated, one day, the truth could no longer be concealed, leading to turmoil.

But when public opinion actually boiled over and the hearts of the people became troubled, all emergency plans and urgent measures seemed pale and powerless.

This viral storm, apart from Yincheng, hadn’t yet killed many people.

Yet it terrorized a vast number of people with unprecedented ‘fear power,’ convincing them that the end of the world was nigh.

In such circumstances, many nations had no choice but to declare, they were now in a state of emergency.

So…

Inside the center.

On the huge LCD surveillance screen, various data were changing rapidly.

Ding-a-ling!

The desk phone on Wu Jie’s desk had blown up who knows how many times.

Before international public opinion became completely chaotic, Yincheng had completely banned flights and internet access, and Wu Jie knew that global public opinion was bound to explode at some point.

Therefore, Wu Jie had notified Tang Xiao in advance, instructing her to calm her family and friends and maintain order within the group.

So, when the desk phone rang, Wu Jie knew it was definitely a work call.

After connecting, it was actually Zheng who had called directly.

Through the broadcast system, he notified all personnel in the network monitoring center.

Now was not the time to let netizens spread rumors, allowing various rumors to fly unchecked.

Soon.

At twelve thirty, a live broadcast would officially begin across the entire network.

With a snap.

Wu Jie lit a cigarette, sat down with a slight furrow in his brow, and watched the news conference while smoking.

This time, the press conference was attended by an unprecedentedly large and high-ranking contingent of participants.

The media outlets present were also international mainstream outlets with vast global influence.

…

As it neared one o’clock, the press conference ended.

The largest-ever network-wide live broadcast had concluded, guaranteed to have extraordinary impact.

Without guessing, one knew that many experts, scholars, key online influencers, and celebrities would be forwarding the message.

The influence on public opinion would continue, and the public’s panic might be alleviated.

But the question remained…

where was the medicine?

Coming out of the center, Wu Jie saw Zheng puffing away on his cigarette, the ground already littered with many cigarette butts.

“Smoking so much, aren’t you afraid you’ll smoke yourself to death?”

Zheng snorted with a laugh, “Afraid of what?

There’s no medicine, we’re doomed sooner or later, might as well die smoking!”

Just as Wu Jie was about to speak, the Confidential Secretary rushed over.

“There’s news from Meng Sihua!”