Li Jingming was once the most inconspicuous section chief in the county emergency-response system. After a lifetime of caution, fate crushed him in a major accident.
When he opened his eyes again, he was back two days before the disaster.
He had no System and no powerful backer, only years of front-line experience, memories of the accident's every detail, and a heart that could no longer bear to see human lives reduced to numbers.
Halting production would offend the company. Evacuating workers would infuriate his superiors. Forcing his way into the mining area could get him branded a lunatic.
But Li Jingming knew the people underground could not wait.
Two days later, the roar came right on schedule. But by charging headlong into danger in a desperate, all-or-nothing gamble, he changed countless lives.
Afterward, he was promoted to oversee workplace safety and production, and truly entered the deep waters where power, responsibility, human relationships, and rules all intertwined.
Promotion was not the finish line. In this life, protecting his principles was the truest measure of his integrity as an official.
