Global Game: I Can Choose Instance Rewards

Chapter 774 - 486: Rest and the Base Shop

The alien planet’s night deepened, but Wang Zhifan and his men remained tirelessly working in the mine, with no idle rest.

After all, the mining base’s officer had said that now only four hours of rest are given to the mining team each day.

Such an abnormal schedule is undoubtedly inhumane and extremely foolish.

On this first night, Wang Zhifan observed many miners gradually unable to sustain themselves, with mining efficiency noticeably declining, making it hard to imagine what they would become if they continued like this in the coming days.

At this moment, it was already late at night, and according to the base officer’s rules, the miners still had at least three more hours of work to complete. However, it seemed that wasn’t the case for Wang Zhifan’s No. 10 mining team.

At a spacious location in the southern area of the mine, Wang Zhifan gathered all the miners and guards and announced his management strategy in front of everyone.

"Everyone! I’ve gathered you here to announce something! You can rest today! This is to reward your hard work!

From now on, it’ll be the same; once the basic tasks for the day are completed, you can take a rest directly, without worrying about the working hours requirements!

But you all know the officer’s demands, so for now, rest in place in the mine, and we’ll collectively return to the base once the time comes!"

As soon as Wang Zhifan announced this humane management decision, the hundred-odd people before him immediately cheered, each one letting out excited shouts from within their mecha cockpits.

Soon after, they all leaned into their seats and began emitting snores one after another, clearly already exhausted.

"You sleep now too; I’ll take care of all the guard duties."

After noticing that most miners quickly fell asleep, Wang Zhifan next instructed the guard team patrolling around in combat mechas not to worry about everyone’s safety.

"Captain! We’re not tired! We’re with you!"

These team members seemed moved by Wang Zhifan’s care, immediately rousing themselves to collectively declare.

But the truth is, the reason they didn’t want Wang Zhifan to handle the overnight work for so many people alone was that they had heard of monsters causing trouble in the north area of the mine, feeling somewhat nervous and worried about whether Wang Zhifan could ensure everyone’s safety by himself.

Seeing them trying to hold on, Wang Zhifan immediately put on a stern face and reprimanded:

"When I, the captain, tell you to rest, you rest! Look at your faces; do you look like you’re not tired? You don’t believe in my strength? Worried about being attacked by some monster?"

For a moment, his words reminded everyone of the scene on the bus where they encountered a swarm of monsters. At the time, everyone thought they were doomed, but this captain before them solved the issue effortlessly by himself.

Soon after, the guard team surrounding the hundred miners also began to emit snoring sounds, joining the miners in entering dreamland.

Wang Zhifan felt very satisfied seeing this; it’s very important to him that these people get enough rest time.

Because what he needs is for them to complete the mining tasks continuously over a month, not work eagerly for the initial days then faint or die suddenly in the later days.

His arrangement for extra rest time wasn’t out of compassion, but rather for the need to complete the replica task.

"Work should have a balance between exertion and rest, like the idiot officer at the base who only extends working hours, has no future. Adequate rest brings a high-efficiency work state, which is more worthwhile."

While pondering, Wang Zhifan left a Dream Me Avatar to guard the place, while he quietly went elsewhere.

For those with his physique, rest has become something ignorable, and even if he didn’t sleep for a whole year, it would have no impact.

His powerful strength further liberated his freedom; given the known range of enemies in the current replica, there’s no need for him to stay and guard, just leave an avatar to handle most situations, and in case unexpected situations arise, he can rely on dream entry and dream breaking to transfer back.

A little while later, his true self arrived at the north area of the mine, where many monsters had appeared previously.

He chose to come to look because he recently chatted via communication watch with William Glen, the captain of the nearby No. 2 mining team, and learned about some strange situations.

"Mr. Wang, as you see, the caves where those monsters emerged are here, but they are already nearly disappearing, and in a while they might leave no trace at all."

At this moment, under William Glen’s guidance, Wang Zhifan arrived at a secluded corner of the mine’s north area.

The light from the mine lamps illuminated the ground, where they could see a row of shallow pits the size of basins, which, over time, were slowly flattening themselves.

"This is very strange... There’s absolutely no creatures or machinery underground, yet it’s capable of repairing the surface holes... I can hardly say this is a natural phenomenon."

Wang Zhifan’s strong sense immediately swept through the surrounding and underground areas, but just like when he came earlier today, he found nothing abnormal except for the very peculiar disappearance of the monster surface holes.

"I’ve already reported this to the base... Additionally, due to excessive personnel losses during the monster attack, I’m likely to get fired."

The middle-aged Caucasian-like guard captain William Glen then sighed as he spoke, bidding farewell to Wang Zhifan.