Plenty of people were recording and sharing the spectacle with all kinds of terminals. As a result, the moment the amber embedded with an arm pierced by a steel needle hit the ground, advanced communication devices had already uploaded it to the public network. The crowd gathered in the square also fell into a panic. In the exceptionally peaceful District 019, people were bound to be frightened when they suddenly saw something that looked like a "corpse."
Still, some of the bolder onlookers went closer.
"This person's hand looks fake. There's writing on the stone slab next to it, too."
"The sins of the government and the mining conglomerate, who slaughtered the miners, will be passed down through the generations. The souls of the dead, yearning for revenge, will haunt you for generations as well. District 019, forged from blood and corpses, will likewise perish in blood and corpses..."
Someone read the words aloud, then asked in puzzlement, "Slaughtered the miners? Are there miners in District 019?"
That was what many of the younger people wondered. They didn't have long to wonder, though. Players and armed robots arrived and quickly carried off the two pieces of amber.
The objects were gone, but more and more people could see them on their Jixin Terminals. Someone remarked, "I heard the old folks in my family say that, over a hundred years ago, we relied entirely on people to mine. Whenever there was an earthquake, lots of people died. Almost every mine had seen deaths... Is that what the stone slab is talking about? Weren't those accidents? Does this mean they weren't accidents?"
Many people didn't realize what this sudden incident might signify. They were simply fascinated by the small ripple in their peaceful lives, calling their friends over to find out what