Chapter Five: Please, Entire City, Don't Believe Me

Evacuation climbed: twenty-seven, thirty-four, forty-eight percent. But hoax-hunting vehicles blocked the roads. Standing on a car, Gu Ye borrowed the sound "This is fake." For ten seconds nobody could say it, and no vehicle could execute the decision to remain because it was fake. Then Gu Ye delayed the next act of braking by one second. The first car rolled forward one length. The next followed. The jam loosened like a stiff snake, and police directed buses through. [CAUSAL CHAIN: BORROW NEGATION—DELAY STAGNATION—RESTORE FLOW.] [TEMPORARY COMBINATION NAME AVAILABLE.] "Call it 'Shut the Heckler, Roll the Wheels'!" [NAME CONTAINS INEFFICIENT SEMANTICS. CONFIRM?] "Confirm!"