Raven and Owl stood before the isolation door twenty minutes early to greet him. The moment they saw Cheng Ye's figure flash around the corner, they stepped forward and quickly tapped the Identity Authenticator with their fingertips.
The Electromagnetic Lock beeped, and the alloy doors to the isolation corridor slowly slid apart.
"Sir, you're here!"
"Mm."
Cheng Ye answered vaguely. His mind was still occupied with Arthur as he walked forward and casually asked, "Did anything serious happen yesterday?"
"No. Only three vehicles passed through Quarantine Zone A yesterday. Everyone else was locked up. Nothing happened."
"If nothing happened, then wait—how many were there otherwise?"
Cheng Ye abruptly stopped and looked up in astonishment. "How many people are in the Isolation Pods now?"
"319."
Raven gave the exact number, a sharp increase of 48 since the previous day.
Quarantine Zone A had only 75 Isolation Pods in total. At four people per pod, the maximum capacity was just 300.
That meant quite a few pods were already over the limit, with more than four people locked inside.
According to the manual, inspectors had to immediately screen the occupants and bring the numbers back below capacity.
"Thirteen vehicles were inspected. Although no abnormal readings turned up, Inspector Polk still insisted on locking up more than half the people. Also..."
He hesitated.
Cheng Ye frowned. "Spit it out. What else?"
"It's like this." Owl picked up the thread, his voice heavy. "Because the Isolation Pods were over capacity, Inspector Polk followed your example from the day before yesterday and went in to inspect the pods. He took us in for a major sweep. We did kill an Infected that had been parasitized on the spot, but, um... thirteen people were injured by mistake. Three people sharing its pod died on the spot,