"Ah?"
"What is this?!"
"What happened?"
"Why is the compound gone?"
"What the hell? Even the walls are gone?"
Everyone was utterly stunned. Standing outside the New County Party Committee Compound, they all stared blankly inside, looking left and right with their eyes wide. No one had anticipated this. They had never expected to see such a scene.
Gone??
The New County Party Committee Compound was gone??
How could that be?! It had still been there yesterday!
Many of them knew about it. Quite a few leaders had come here yesterday morning to arrange things, since they were moving in the next day. Naturally, everything had to be set up in advance—what department would go in which building, all of it had to be assigned beforehand. The leaders of several departments had even quarreled repeatedly over the buildings with better locations and lighting. Only after arguing for half the day had they reached a preliminary arrangement. That had happened just yesterday. How could anyone have forgotten? Some departments had even hung up their own signs, bearing names like "Discipline Inspection Committee" and "Propaganda Department." But who would have thought that it would all be gone today? Not only gone, but without even a trace left behind? Where was the gate? The walls? The buildings? The garden?
It had vanished into thin air overnight?
Th-This... how was that possible?!
The New County Party Committee Compound was now truly empty. Even the grass from what had once been the little garden had been pulled out, leaving behind only uneven, pitted dirt. There were merely scattered bits of gravel, rubble, dust, and ash on the ground. Not even a larger piece of construction material could be seen!
Had they run into a ghost?
What the hell was going on??
How could a perfectly