Low-Tier Jobs and the First Real Viewers

The rain hit early. Water levels in the channel surged. The pump failed completely. The backup generator drowned too. According to official protocol, the right move would be to wait for higher-rank reinforcement. But if they waited, half the street’s underground businesses would flood and the elderly residents in the shelter could get trapped. Aiden looked at the dead main pump, then at the scattered scrap metal, vehicle wreckage, and scaffold frames around him. “You’re not about to tell me you’re fixing this yourself,” Vera called from a distance. “I’m going to make it spin first,” Aiden shouted back. He did something nobody expected.