BOOM!
With a clap of thunder, rain began to fall from the sky.
Guan Tong was sitting cross-legged on his bed meditating when he heard the pitter-patter of rain outside and opened his eyes.
"Is it raining?"
It was mid-August, the height of summer and the rainy season.
Listening to the thunderstorm, Guan Tong felt his mind, which he had just managed to calm through meditation, grow restless again.
He got up and paced around the room before sitting at his desk, turning on his computer, and glancing at the time.
4:00 PM. Seven hours had passed since the new rule was announced.
He then went online to check the news. Many people had posted extremely unsettling pictures and videos of the Infected gruesomely bursting from the bleeding.
The authorities had also released a statement, announcing their preliminary assessment of the virus and officially naming it "Blood Plague," as mentioned in the rule.
