Look Around (Thanks to Earth and Fire)

For people who worked regular jobs, safety inspections usually followed a pattern.

When one came out of nowhere like this, it generally meant one of two things.

Someone higher up had suddenly had an idea.

Or something had gone wrong somewhere.

In the past, Xu Feng might not have paid much attention.

But now—

His life was on the line.

Xu Feng turned on the light and stared at his phone, carefully counting the people who had responded.

It was already past midnight. Even though the message had gone out to the group, not many people had replied.

A scattered handful of "Received."

That seemed normal to Xu Feng.

For them, this time technically counted as working hours.

But what the rules said and how things actually worked were different matters.

Under the work regulations, they weren't allowed to turn off their phones at night. They had to be reachable and on call twenty-four hours a day.

But if something truly urgent happened, the office would never notify them through a group message.

At the very least, their work phones would ring loudly.

And if that wasn't enough,

there was also the red emergency phone.

Xu Feng had never heard the red phone ring, but the regulations stated that its sound could pierce through the entire cabin!

He watched for ten minutes.

Zhang Jun from the office said nothing more.

Even fewer people replied "Received" in the group.

The chat itself fell quiet.

Xu Feng touched his Protective Talisman, then lit two more sticks of incense for the Executioner's Blade.

He went to sleep.

Because of that Baleful Blade, though, the already cool mountain air seemed even colder!

He still slept in that somewhat embarrassing way.

Efficiency was what mattered.

Of course, he knew it wasn't a good solution. The