Chapter Four: The Lightweight Servers

In the control room, someone deleted temperature alarms while Qin carried away an inspection report. Seven compensation agreements lay across a table; the death count was changed to zero. Accident images, forged tests, and investor lists were uploaded together. The final scene held no fire, only thousands of glowing phones. Whenever someone tapped BUY, the server grew lighter and that phone grew heavier. Lin pulled away to the sound of something cracking in his wrist. “What did you see?” Xu asked. “Seven people. Hengyuan’s test plant, last November.” “There were no casualties,” Qin said. “The regulator’s report proves it.” Her badge plunged, cutting her collarbone. Outside, phones began striking the floor.