A great many people watched the official livestreamed press conference at the same time, and after it ended, related discussions flooded the entire internet.
After all, the Beixing Nation had not fought a war with another country for over a century. At most, there had been minor local frictions; even activating a Level Three state of preparedness was a big deal.
For a country that had not activated a Level One state of war preparedness in a hundred years to suddenly announce that it would enter wartime administration in ten days, the impact on its citizens was undoubtedly enormous.
The people of the Beixing Nation who had experienced wartime social administration were all from their great-grandfathers' generation. Three or four generations since then had never experienced war, so the internet was now buzzing with heated discussion.
"Does anyone know what Wartime Status will be like? Will it just be unified food distribution?"
"Strict controls will probably be imposed in many areas... It probably won't just be about rationing supplies."
"Looks like the blood plague infected in this round of rules really pushed the authorities to the limit..."
"Exactly. I don't know what your cities are like, but we have several hundred blood plague infected here. They used dozens of vehicles to block the main road, so supply trucks can't get through at all. It's become a huge mess!"
"Blocking roads is nothing. I'm from Yunhua, and there are gunfights here. I heard a group of infected stormed a hospital, stole guns, and slaughtered both an armed squad and people from the Emergency Management Bureau!"
"Some people here gathered together and set fires, burning down several gathering points... I heard they were people who got infected themselves and were kicked out of the gathering points. They wanted revenge on the people