The first rays of dawn heralded a day of renewal. It seemed to suggest that it would indeed be another beautiful day for the world.
Since the crack of dawn, however, mass power outages had occurred without warning throughout P City, only just restored. Primary and secondary schools had also been widely dismissed due to vaguely stated reasons. Although, the streets remained abuzz, a sense of unrest was fermenting in the shadows.
Wei Cheng had Cheng An and Yu Liang personally fetch his parents. Despite grumbling the entire way, the old couple had arrived eventually.
As for the future, Wei Cheng did not know. For now, this would have to do.
The hand of the civilian government along with the military had now become patently visible. Judging by their seemingly robust confidence most of the second wave of Trialists were theirs.
At least for now, no government official had come knocking at Wei Cheng's door.
