Chapter 379: Two Lines of Action

Meanwhile, Chaoyang, Zhou Zhi, and Kokomoqi had arrived at the beach cave as well.

After nine o'clock in the evening, the excavation work would come to a pause, not because Bariff was unwilling to run three shifts, but because the gang guarding the place needed rest. Through the assistant's memories, they knew that all the guards would leave the cave at this time and seal the cave entrance, letting the workers rest in the stuffy and damp cave. After intensive physical labor, directly sleeping on the wet and slippery ground that lacked even beds, those with slightly poorer physical health could suffer from hypothermia or even fall into an eternal sleep without realizing it. And the first thing the guards did upon entering the cave each morning was to remove the corpses and replace them with new diggers.

The company wasn't unaware of the consequences of such practices; they did it because keeping all the workers confined in the cave made them easier to manage.