//(text-style:"superscript","smear")[Around April 2022 In City Z]
You're off work as usual, returning home from work. Because of the routine nucleic acid testing policy, after dinner, you go to the (text-style:"underline")[Garden community] nucleic acid testing office for your daily nucleic acid testing. After several hours, you open your health code on your phone and find the [[nucleic acid testing result]] is //
(set: $result to (random:1,2))
//(text-style:"buoy")[(text-colour:#d0bfff)[(b4r:"dotted")+(b4r-size:2.0)+(b4r-colour:white)[Note:
This game has multiple possible hidden stories that you can try to replay the game many times！]]]//
The result is:
(text-colour:red)[[[POSITIVE!->POSITIVE!]]]
(text-colour:green)[[[NEGATIVE!->NEGATIVE!]]]
So far everything looks fine...
Suddenly, a message pops up on your WeChat from the community chat group：
『
(text-style:"subscript")[ (text-colour:#ffec99)["Have you guys heard the news that there have been more and more positive cases in City Z recently?"
"I heard that the neighboring community has been locked down because there are 3 positive cases!”
" The entrance and exit of the community are blocked by roadblocks and iron sheets, and it is impossible to get out at all."]]
(b4r:"dashed")+(b4r-size:1.5)+(b4r-colour:white)[(bg:#d9480f)[[! IMPORTANT PUSH NOTIFICATION !]]]
(text-style:"subscript")[(text-colour:#ffec99)["……"]]
』(text-style:"superscript","smear")[【TIME 22:49】]
At this point, you receive a phone call from the community's street epidemiology office informing you to get ready and that you will be centrally transferred to another small city, over 100 kilometres from City Z, for centralised quarantine in a (text-style:"underline")[mobile cabin hospital]
(text-style:"superscript","smear")[【TIME 1:49】]
Volunteers in protective clothing ring your doorbell and you open the door. They ask you to put on your protective clothing, pack your bags and get ready to go.
(text-style:"superscript","smear")[【TIME 2:15】]
You get on a bus with a capacity of 50 people and will experience a drive of around 2 hours.
[[Now, Start of departure……]]
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[(text-colour:#f8f9fa)+(bg:#d9480f)[! IMPORTANT PUSH NOTIFICATION !]]
(align:"<==>")+(box:"X")[Given that as of now there have been three positive cases in the Garden Community. According to the current epidemic prevention and control situation, in order to effectively protect the health of the general public, in accordance with the "Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Law of the People's Republic of China" and other laws and regulations, as well as provincial and municipal epidemic prevention and control related work requirements, this community has been adjusted to a low to medium risk area, and is hereby notified of the requirements to comprehensively strengthen the community closure and eliminate the flow of non-essential personnel as follows.
First, the implementation of closed management, non-essential access to the park, the community and other closed areas are strictly prohibited. For access to the gates of the district and community, 24-hour shifts should be implemented to strictly prohibit the entry and exit of non-essential personnel.
Second, strengthen community control, strictly prohibit the flow of non-essential personnel in the district and community. All residents are not allowed to enter the homes of people who are not residents of the district or community. Residents with medical and other special needs may only enter and leave their neighbourhoods and communities with the consent of the village (community) where they live.
Third, the implementation of personal responsibility for prevention and control, non-essential going out is strictly prohibited, and "non-essential not going out". For those who go out non-essentially and cause the spread of the epidemic, they will be held responsible in accordance with the law.
This notice will be implemented from now on, and any subsequent changes will be adjusted in accordance with the epidemic prevention and control situation and notified to the community in due course]
Garden Community
2022/4/18
(text-style:"underline")[[NEXT]]
(set: $CASE to (random:1,10))
If a positive case is in the same building as you, you will also be asked to be centrally isolated.
(if: $CASE < 6)[The results show that there are currently no positive cases in your building. At this time, the community has not been officially locked down. You see a lot of people coming out of the buildings towards the outside, and it turns out that they are [[……]]]
(if: $CASE is 6)[The results show that there are currently no positive cases in your building. At this time, the community has not been officially locked down. You see a lot of people coming out of the buildings towards the outside, and it turns out that they are [[……]]]
(if: $CASE > 6)[The results show that there are currently positive cases in your building. [[Then……->POSITIVE!]]]On the road, you find everyone wearing protective clothing, goggles and masks, even the drivers ......
The windows are closed all the way and everyone is told not to eat or drink or open the windows for ventilation or to get out of the car to go to the toilet.
At this point, you feel a little breathless and light-headed because you are in a sealed protective suit the whole time and your goggles are covered in water vapour from your breath ......
Suddenly, [[You feel a jolt……->jolt]]
(set: $accident to (random:1,10))(if: $accident <= 8)[Although everyone panick, luckily the bus recover after a while and calm down. About half an hour later, the vehicle arrive at its destination. You get out of the car, take your luggage and walk into the [[MOBILE CABIN HOSPITAL]]]
(if: $accident > 8)[In the early hours of 19 April 2022, 27 people were killed and 20 injured in a bus crash. The bus overturned on a hilly section of the highway that goes from City Z to adjacent small city. The bus was transporting 47 people to a quarantine facility. (text-colour:#c92a2a)[Although according to the Specification for road passenger transportation enterprise safety management 「Chinese: 《道路旅客运输企业安全管理规范》」, passenger buses are not allowed to drive on the highway from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m.]
Real Story: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62947897
(text-style:"underline")[[End.]]]
Then you find serious problems with their quarantine conditions, such as poor or no internet connection, bad food and very poor hygiene. Hundreds of people are gathered in one space but there are only two toilets. There are also relatively few medical staff and volunteers to look after everyone. The lights in the square cabin hospital have to be fully lit at night and you couldn't sleep at all.
[[Lifes in MCH]]
(text-colour:#a9e34b)[(text-style:"italic","sway")[(b4r:"dashed")+(b4r-size:1.5)+(b4r-colour:white)[NOTE：
Criteria for the end of isolation：
1) 7 days of isolation in the MCH
2) One nasopharyngeal swab nucleic acid test on day 6 and one on day 7 of the period
3) At least 24 hours between sampling times
4) Negative test result or Ct value ≥35]]]
(set: $DAY to 1)(align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:2,2,2.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[''ISOLATION RECORDS''
This is your (text-style:"underline")[$DAY] DAY(S) of your quarantine.]]
[[Getting through here……->Lifes in MCH]]
(set: $DAY to $DAY+1)
(if: $DAY is 5) [You are very homesick and worried about your pet dog. He's a corgi named Jake, and he's been with you for eight years. You're worried that he's not eating well and that lonely at home.
[[pet monitoring ]]]
(set: $MONITOR to (random:1,10))
(if: $DAY is 8) [[Nucleic Acid Testing]]
(if: $DAY > 8) [[Nucleic Acid Testing]]
(set: $ACID to (random:1,2))
(if: $MONITOR < 7)[Everything is fine at home. Just Jake looking a bit low on energy because he doesn't have an owner to take him out for a dog walk…… ]
(if: $MONITOR is 7)[Everything is fine at home. Just Jake looking a bit low on energy because he doesn't have an owner to take him out for a dog walk…… ]
(if: $MONITOR > 7)[Through the surveillance footage, you see two men in full protective clothing break straight into your home without your permission by picking the door lock. They use disinfectant water to dispose of your furniture at random in your home.
One carrying a crowbar and another a yellow plastic bag. “Did the leader say we need to settle it right here on the spot?” one of them can be heard asking. “Yes,” the other replies, as he proceeds to move a table the corgi was hiding under, and strike the animal on the head with the crowbar. The dog whimpers and runs off camera to another room.
You can hear faint wails. A few minutes later, they said they’ve dealt with it and would take it away, holding a yellow plastic bag in their hands……
[[Go back……->Lifes in MCH]]
Real Story of "Safely Disposed"：https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/15/china/china-dog-killed-covid-mic-intl-hnk/index.html]
The result is:
(if: $ACID is 1) [(text-colour:#e03131)[POSITIVE]
[[Continue testing……->Lifes in MCH]]]
(if: $ACID is 2) [(text-colour:#66a80f)[NEGATIVE]
You are allowed to leave the hospital and go home.
[[End.]]]
It turns out that they have gone to the supermarket near the community to grab supplies. When you put on your mask and go to the supermarket too, you find that the shelves have long been ransacked.
It seems that the only way to buy necessities and supplies online is through an APP (which is allowed by local authorities and communities).
According to the rules, you need to (text-colour:#9775fa)[grab the vegetable packs] at regular intervals every day. And it has a fixed price and is delivered in a (text-colour:#9775fa)[Blind Box], which means you don't know and can't decide what ingredients to buy.
So, you decide to get up early tomorrow morning to grab [[vegetable packs->Days Record]].
(set: $LOCKDOWN to 1)
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[(b4r:"groove")+(b4r-size:2,2,2.4)+(b4r-colour:white)[''ISOLATION RECORDS''
This is your (text-style:"underline")[$LOCKDOWN] DAY(S) of being locked down.]]
(b4r:"none","none","dotted")+(b4r-size:2)+(b4r-colour:white)[[[Getting through here……->Days Record]]]
(b4r:"none","none","dotted")+(b4r-size:2)+(b4r-colour:white)[[Buy vegetable box]]
(if: $LOCKDOWN is 6)[[You hear a knock at the door ......->Help Old People]]
(if: $LOCKDOWN is 9)[[You get a phone call……->Help violinist]]
(if: $LOCKDOWN is 12)[[You hear someone shouting outside the hallway……->Fire]]
(if: $LOCKDOWN >= 14)[[Nucleic Acid Testing->Test]]
(text-colour:#a9e34b)[(text-style:"italic","sway")[(b4r:"dashed")+(b4r-size:1.5)+(b4r-colour:white)[NOTE: The community can only be unblocked if all the residents have negative nucleic acid test results]]]
(set: $blindbox to(random:1,2))
(click:"Getting through here……")[(set: $LOCKDOWN to $LOCKDOWN+1)]
(set: $TEST to(random:1,2))
(set: $FIRE to(random:1,10))
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[''(text-colour:#f8f9fa)+(bg:#94d82d)[VEGETABLE PACKS PURCHASING]'']
(align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[Buy your veggie blind box, Please [Click Here]]
(click-append:"Click Here")
[(if:$blindbox is 1)[(align:"<==")[(text-colour:#f783ac)[Unfortunately, all vegetable packs are sold out today!]]
[[Go Back……->Days Record]]]
(if: $blindbox is 2)[(align:"<==")[(b4r:"solid")+(b4r-size:2)+(b4r-colour:white)[Here is your veggie pack：
[[￥45->Your Expenditure]] | 1 carrot / 2 potatoes / 2 cabbages
[[￥100->Your Expenditure]] | 3 carrots / 4 potatoes / 2 cabbages / 3 cucumbers / 4 onions
[[￥150->Your Expenditure]] | 2 white radish / 7 potatoes / 2 cabbages / 4 cucumbers / 6 tomatoes
(text-colour:#99e9f2)[//Please choose your pack(s) and click the price tag to buy.//
(text-style:"underline")[[Your Expenditure]]] ]]]
(text-colour:#a9e34b)[(text-style:"italic","sway")[(b4r:"dashed")+(b4r-size:1.5)+(b4r-colour:white)[NOTE：The price of the vegetable pack is about 3 times more expensive than normal.]]]
]
(click: "￥45")[(set:$money to $money-45)]
(click: "￥100")[(set:$money to $money-100)]
(click: "￥150")[(set:$money to $money-150)] Your Expenditure: (text-style:"underline")[$money] ￥
[[Go Back……->Days Record]]
You open the door and find that it is Ms. Zhao, the neighbor on the same floor. She is over seventy years old, hunched over, and looks like she is crying……
Ms.Zhao:
" I'm very sorry to bother you ...... but would you mind if I borrowed some of your essentials? ...... like some vegetables or other food items. I don't know how to use a smartphone or shop online, so I've run out of food I've been hungry for days ......"
Give her some food right away……
(click-append:"Give her some food right away……")[
(text-colour:#eebefa)[Ms.Zhao cries: "Thank you so much! 😭"
(b4r:"none","none","dotted")+(b4r-size:2)+(b4r-colour:white)[[["Not at all. Let's get through this together！💪"->Days Record]]]]]
[[Refused to help her as your own food stores were also very limited->Days Record]]Your friend's father, who also lives in the Garden District, is a violinist.
Your friend calls: "My father has just felt discomfort in his abdomen and thought it would go away after a while, but the pain has gradually started to get worse and more intense. Can you help me contact a community volunteer to take him to the hospital for an urgent check-up?"
[[You agree and immediately contact the volunteer……]]
[[Refuse->Days Record]](text-style:"superscript","smear")[After 20 minutes]
You get the exit permit to hospital from the community volunteer and are ready to take the violinist to the hospital.
Then, you call the 120(mainland Chian emergency number).
It responses:"……"
(click-replace:"……")[[[There is still a queue and a wait of about one to two hours.]]]
(set: $HOSPITAL1 to (random:1,10))
(set: $HOSPITAL2 to (random:1,10))
(set: $HOSPITAL3 to (random:1,10))
The violinist speculates that he had mnemonic pancreatitis. And so one endure the excruciating pain, unable to sleep, as if by capital punishment……
At eight o'clock the next morning, the violinist leaves two notes：
Note 1
(click:"Note 1")[(b4r:"solid")+(b4r-size:2)+(b4r-colour:white)["I'm saying goodbye to my friends and family early because I just can't stand the pain of pancreatitis!"]]
Note 2
(click:"Note 2")[(b4r:"solid")+(b4r-size:2)+(b4r-colour:white)["Last night, I had a sudden illness, and then I contacted 120 and went to several hospitals, but they refused to take me for treatment because of the epidemic. I was very helpless. The condition manifested itself after returning home. According to my experience, it is most likely that I got pancreatitis, and I couldn’t sleep last night. I guess that my life is coming to an end, so I made a will here."]
(text-colour:#ced4da)+(bg:#c92a2a)[Violinist ends his life with a leap from his home ......]
[[Go Back……->Days Record]]
Real Story: https://www.thestrad.com/news/shanghai-violinist-jumps-to-his-death-amid-ongoing-lockdown-restrictions/14765.article]
Finally, you and the violinist are in the ambulance to the hospital……
There are three hospitals in the city Z:
1) ''The People's Hospital''
(click:"The People's Hospital")[(if:$HOSPITAL1<=7)[(text-colour:#ffd43b)[Hospital response: All of our patients here are positive cases and we are currently unable to accept external patients.]]
(if:$HOSPITAL1 > 7) [(text-colour:#38d9a9)[The hospital immediately accept the violinist and provide some basic treatment.]
[[Fortunately, the violinist's symptoms were greatly relieved.->Days Record]]]]
2) ''The Tongji Hospital''
(click:"The Tongji Hospital")[(if:$HOSPITAL2<=7)[(text-colour:#ffd43b)[The hospital closed.]]
(if:$HOSPITAL2 > 7) [(text-colour:#38d9a9)[The hospital immediately accept the violinist and provide some basic treatment.]
[[Fortunately, the violinist's symptoms were greatly relieved.->Days Record]]]]
3) ''The Future Hospital''
(click:"The Future Hospital")[(if:$HOSPITAL3<=7)[(text-colour:#ffd43b)[The hospital closed.]]
(if:$HOSPITAL3 > 7) [(text-colour:#38d9a9)[The hospital is currently full of patients and cannot handle more cases.]
[[Fortunately, the violinist's symptoms were greatly relieved.->Days Record]]]]
(text-colour:#a9e34b)[(text-style:"italic","sway")[(b4r:"dashed")+(b4r-size:1.5)+(b4r-colour:white)[NOTE: Click the "hospital" to check the situation]]]
(if:$HOSPITAL1 <=7)+(if:$HOSPITAL2 <=7)+(if:$HOSPITAL3 <=7)[[It's past three o'clock in the morning, so you are resigned to take the violinist back to the community...]]
(set: $LOCKDOWN to $LOCKDOWN+1)Game Over
[[Restart the Game->Start]]
//(text-style:"buoy")[(text-colour:#d0bfff)[(b4r:"dotted")+(b4r-size:2.0)+(b4r-colour:white)[Note:
This game has multiple possible hidden stories that you can try to replay the game many times！]]]//
Someone is yelling: "This floor is on fire, everyone evacuate!"
At this moment, you hear the fire alarm going off all as well……
So you quickly covered your mouth and nose with a wet towel and followed your neighbors downstairs through the emergency passage……
(if: $FIRE <= 8)[By the time you got downstairs, the hallway was filled with smoke. But fortunately, the fire brigade arrived in time to rescue and put out the fire and you are able to escape……
[[Go Back……->Days Record]]]
(if: $FIRE > 8)[By the time you got downstairs, the hallway was filled with smoke.
Residents are not allowed to leave their apartment building because of the epidemic control. You are desperate to find that the access to your apartment building is blocked with barbed wire and iron sheets.
Fire engines are also unable to enter the district to fight fires due to traffic control near the district.
Time is ticking away, you feel the oxygen is running out soon and slowly you fall into darkness ......
(click:"you fall into darkness")[(text-colour:#ced4da)+(bg:#c92a2a)[Ten people have died in the fire, including a three-year-old child, and a further nine were injured……]
[[End.]]]
Real Story: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/01/china/china-protests-urumqi-fire-deaths-covid-dst-intl-hnk/index.html]The result is:
(if: $TEST is 1) [(text-colour:#e03131)[POSITIVE]
[[Continue testing……->Days Record]]]
(if: $TEST is 2) [(text-colour:#66a80f)[NEGATIVE]
Finally, the Garden Community is unblocked.
(b4r:"solid")+(b4r-size:1.5)+(b4r-colour:white)[During this time,
You have been quarantined for a total of (text-style:"underline")[$LOCKDOWN] DAY(S).
You spent a total of (text-style:"underline")[$money] ￥.]
[[End.]]]
(set:$LOCKDOWN to $LOCKDOWN+1)
(align:"==><===")[''People & Life Behind Zero-Covid Policy''
[[Start the Game->Start]]
]