The Company's Absurd Rules

There was just one minute left until the lunch break clock-out. I was about to shut down my computer and head to the cafeteria when a line of text suddenly appeared before my eyes: [Shutting down early again. Guess eighty percent of the people are going to die this time.] I froze and glanced at my coworkers. Most of them had already turned off their computers, while my hand was still on the power button. The next second, the time on my phone jumped to exactly twelve. Everything before my eyes turned blood red, and all the coworkers who had shut down early exploded. 1 Feifei, the new intern sitting beside me, was splattered with blood and began screaming. My hand remained frozen on the power button