"Hello, everyone. This is North Star News Flash."
In the vehicle carrying the investigation team to the Banzhen Public Security Headquarters, the host on the onboard television screen was delivering an emergency broadcast with a solemn expression.
"The Fourteenth Apocalypse Rule, [Parasite from Beyond the Stars], ended at 9 a.m. today. According to the latest information obtained from the Countermeasure Research Institute, although the Rule has ended, the threat it posed to humanity continues."
"After the Rule End, deeply parasitized individuals have become hosts for Alien Spores. These hosts retain their human appearance and even their memories, but their individual consciousness has been hijacked and replaced by the spores."
"Relevant official departments are urgently researching how to identify hosts within the population. Until results are achieved, everyone must remember this: if you discover anyone spreading spores in any form, contact the authorities immediately."
The people in the vehicle wore varying expressions as they listened to the emergency report.
Chen Na's little face was filled with worry. "How can the spores still be around after the Rule End...?"
"After the Rule End, the remaining spores should only exist inside the hosts." Guan Tong guessed, "I'm afraid these hosts... have the ability to spread them and create more hosts."
Even Silver Fox, who loved joking around, was frowning deeply now. "Even if North Star has locked most of the deeply parasitized individuals in quarantine zones, some are bound to have slipped through. Even if there are only a few of them, they're dangerous when mixed into the crowd."
"That's right."
"Your North Star's management in this regard is strict enough, but other countries could very well risk losing control," Shangyuan Zi said.
She was right. Some other countries had never established quarantine zones from the beginning of the Rule to its end,