Chapter 250: Chapter 185: A Peaceful Night’s Sleep for the Working Class
At the moment when a strong aura suddenly emerged below the cliff, Vice Captain Xiyu’s mind hadn’t reacted yet; the Inner Power within him instinctively circulated throughout his body, protecting himself, then collapsed, followed by...
The body very honestly fainted on the ground.
Plop.
However, as he fell to the ground, a gentle force lifted Vice Captain Xiyu’s body, allowing him to land smoothly.
Vice Captain Xiyu’s colleagues also fell simultaneously.
Colleagues are always together, fall together, it’s a reasonable responsibility.
Here, everyone who has fallen is lying quietly.
And the originally unconscious Programmer’s face visibly returned to its normal healthy color; the dark hue caused by staying up late, using powers, and overuse of power faded quickly, and even his bald spot began to sprout one tuft of fuzz after another...
The monkey doll, which had been sitting steadily among them, started twisting its body, seemingly uncomfortable, especially after moving its backside several times, probably due to hair growing underneath, which poked a bit.
Yet now that the hair had grown, it couldn’t leave, so it waved its hands in the air a few times and continued to sit quietly atop the Programmer’s head like a dead object.
Sleep, the deeper it gets.
Hair, growing more and more.
The body’s recovery, the body knows best, gradually even the Programmer’s face showed a subtle smile.
Not only the Programmer experienced this mysterious recovery, but also the River Debris City City Management Team members, who looked very comfortable.
At the same time, the powerful aura emitted a glow that made the original night seem like dawn, and an invisible wave began to radiate outward.
...
In the middle of the night, River Debris City citizens who were halfway through their sleep woke up dazedly under the "morning sun" rising in the west.
Has the sun gotten so big?
How come it still feels like I haven’t slept enough?
I guess I went to bed too late last night...
Even if someone sees their phone showing it’s past one in the morning, they still get up for a look.
What if the phone time is wrong?
No matter how tired, one has to get up and check.
After all, these days, if you’re late for work, companies really dock your pay mercilessly.
Donating two or three days of salary for being absent a single day is a common thing, not to mention losing the whole month’s attendance bonus.
Some companies not only make employees donate but also publicly criticize them, forcing people in their twenties, thirties, forties, and fifties to read stuttering self-criticism in front of a crowd, which is worse than being killed.
However, once everyone opened windows, doors, and group chats, they found it really was just past one o’clock, and everyone felt uneasy.
"Why is there this kind of dawn light at night again?"
"I don’t know, the official word is it’s a natural phenomenon."
"As long as there’s no radiation, it’s fine."
"Who cares, I’m going back to sleep."
"..."
While grumbling aloud, the people awakened by the sunlight prepared to sleep again, except for some who suddenly remembered forgetting to clock out when leaving work past eleven last night...
They jolted up from their beds.
Right now, they urgently need to go back to the office to clock out, so that when HR checks attendance records tomorrow morning, they can say the time they clocked out past eleven wasn’t to go home and rest, but to wash up before returning to contribute to the company’s development...
This way, they could preserve their attendance bonus.
But just as these people prepared to change clothes and go out, all of them found their eyelids couldn’t open.
"Forget clocking out, sleep!"
"What’s work compared to sleep?"
"Sleep more, live longer, so you can work more!"
"..."
Various thoughts flowed through everyone’s minds, sending their bodies burrowing into their respective beds.
Whether they had consumed functional drinks, coffee, tea before bed, or not, and regardless of suffering from sleep disorders, lumbar strain, herniated discs, etc., once they lay down, they fell into a deep sleep...
As if they had suddenly gained baby-like slumber.
Meanwhile, many companies, factories, and other workplace punch-in machines, HR managers’ computers, all flashed slightly.
Missing sign-in information was filled in.
Even where some old-fashioned sign-in paper kept in locked drawers, unrevised spots showed the scribble of careless workers...
This change quietly happened across River Debris City, but one person was the first to notice it.
The House Madam looked at the paper list she was preparing to destroy, and saw after Blood-Handed Blade Demon’s name appeared a line——
Work injury; five-hour overtime delay; temporarily detained for public security reasons due to work, might later transfer to Extraordinary criminal case.
House Madam: ???
The House Madam became immediately alert:
"Who!"
"Come out!"
"I’ve already found you!"
Yet no matter how the House Madam shouted, no one appeared, and she did not find any signs of an Extraordinary nearby.
Regardless, better burn the paper first.
After all, once she burned the paper, she had to soak the remaining ashes.
In the Extraordinary Circle, restoring burned paper to its original state is rather difficult, but through Extraordinary Power, reading the information on burned paper is relatively easy.
The House Madam sensed her location had been exposed; regardless of why Blood-Handed Blade Demon’s phone got intercepted during that call time, within their Lust faction’s understanding of River Debris City’s City Management Team, one code-named Programmer receptacle could accomplish...
Finding someone via the internet.
Thinking Vice Captain Du Xiyu didn’t bring the Programmer along, it might as well believe she could replace Lustful Legislator.
While speculating, the flame in the brazier slowly extinguished; the House Madam mixed the ashes with water and swallowed it all.
Transform.
Leave the scene.
Took out a note written by Penman that said "Conceal" and stuck it on her forehead, leaving like a losing gambler...
This was very prudent; as long as she could get to their Lust faction’s safe house in River Debris City and stay few days, she could walk the streets openly once again.
However, walking along, the House Madam found herself seemingly lost.
Wasn’t she going to the underground parking lot to find her car? Why couldn’t she find where it was parked half the day?
After discerning the direction, the House Madam moved in one direction, and when she came to her senses, she found herself in front of River Debris City City Management Team’s entrance.
Seeing the entrance of River Debris City City Management Team, looking at the plaque outside, and their vehicles ready to head out...
She felt these people were coming for her!
At a glance, at least fifty people.
So many people, unable to sleep well because of her overtime, how miserable!
If she hadn’t come, she could have pretended not to know, but now, for some unknown reason, she had arrived outside their office.
An old saying goes——
Since she came, no need to trouble others.
"I think" so, the House Madam raised her hand and shouted:
"Boss! I surrender! I’m the high-ranking cadre of the Lust faction at the Extraordinary Universal School, the House Madam!"
The House Madam felt many gazes suddenly focused on her.
Having seen the world, the House Madam naturally didn’t feel embarrassed under scrutiny.
Soon, the House Madam was brought into the interrogation room.
Bound with restraint belts, the House Madam addressed the Extraordinary who were ready to interrogate her:
"It’s late at night, no need to bother interrogating me; you all go sleep.
Leave a phone or something with speech-to-text software open, I’ll confess overnight...
By tomorrow morning when work starts, I’ll mostly finish the big picture, just add details once you look."
The two who had planned to play good cop/bad cop to interrogate all night looked at each other.
Red Cop: We haven’t even started, what play is the House Madam acting?
White Cop: Don’t ask me, I don’t know either.
Red Cop: Could it be a trick?
White Cop: Probably not, my anti-fraud app didn’t warn me.
Looking at each other, the two began to feel sleepy, finding the House Madam’s proposal reasonable.
But as civil servants of River Debris City, they still have basic professionalism...
Brought two folding beds, and lay down in the interrogation room, primarily for company.
