"This is Whale City Traffic Radio. We interrupt this broadcast with an emergency bulletin. All residents, please remain on high alert."
"A white SUV with the license plate XX00007 has entered the city streets. If you see it, avoid all contact. Do not approach it, and call the police immediately. The emergency hotline is..."
The young woman at the radio station read the script urgently. This was her first time receiving a notice from the official Investigation Bureau, demanding that a warning be broadcast immediately, without delay.
Once the station aired the bulletin, everyone driving with their radios on heard her voice.
Not everyone driving in Whale City necessarily listened to Whale City's station, but stations in other cities helped broadcast the warning too, so that was no problem.
Drivers who did not have their radios on, however, knew nothing about it.
"Dad, why do we have to watch out for that car with the license plate XX00007?"
A little girl in the passenger seat looked at her father with wide, curious eyes and asked in a soft, sweet voice.
The man driving felt his heart sink. "Maybe there's something wrong with that car."
He was a family man, and the sudden emergency bulletin on the radio made him sense danger.
The young broadcaster continued repeating the warning. She also received surveillance information from the traffic police and announced the car's satellite-tracked location.
"The car has reached Zhenmin Road. Everyone, please stay clear!" the radio announced.
The father was a local. He had driven along this lousy stretch of road for years and knew the area well.
"Zhenmin Road... damn, that's nearby." He realized things were bad. He had to get out of its way.
But the other party was a car. Driving on the road, he might easily run