The man controlled by Brian slowly turned the chair and he looked towards Brian.

A man who looked in his fifties looked frightened and puzzled. After he saw Brian, especially when he saw the gun in Brian's hand, he became even more frightened.

"I will let go of your mouth and remember, don't speak if you don't want to die."

Brian slowly let go of his hand, and then the man in front of him immediately covered his mouth firmly with his hands.

Brian was satisfied, and he smiled and said, "Good, now tell me where the others are?"

Shaking his head, the man let go of his hand and whispered, "There is no one here, only me, what do you want to do? Do you want money? My wallet is on you, please don't hurt me, there is no need for that, right? Please, I don't want to die, no matter what you want to do."

Brian whispered, "No one else? Why are you the only one?"

"Because, because... I was the only one, uh, it was nothing to do when on duty at night, I could just be alone..."

“What is your job?”

"Operation operations, patrols, shutdowns, uh, usually just look at the screen here, but in fact nothing is going to happen, what do you want to do? Can I take out my wallet? Or you can take it yourself, please don't hurt me, please!"

Brian whispered, “Where have your colleagues been?”

"I'm going home, of course I have to go home after work. I'll take over the shift, and the people on the day shift will definitely leave."

Brian frowned and said, "Just one person is enough?"

"This is a small substation. The night shift is required to be two people, but the night shift salary is too high, and no one is willing to work on the night shift, so it was a long time ago, alone on the night shift."

Brian sighed, then he raised his voice and said, "Come in."

Paul pushed the door open, and then he whispered, "Checked, there is no one here."

Brian said to the person in front of him: "Very good, you hugged your life. Now tell me where to control the camera outside, who can see it?"

"The camera..., there is a computer in the room next to you that can be seen, but... the camera has been broken long ago, and it doesn't make sense to install a camera. Even the homeless man won't come here."

Brian spread his hands, he asked the person sitting in the chair to stand up, then he sat down by himself, shook his pistol and said, "What's your name?"

"Michelle."

"Michelle, give me your cell phone."

After going through Michelle's phone, Brian said lightly: "How old are you this year?"

"53 years old."

"Aged 53, you have a family and children, right?"

"Yes, I have three children, the youngest is only nine years old, he...what the hell do you want to do?"

Brian turned his phone back towards Michelle and said with a serious look on his face: "This is your youngest son, right?"

"Yes."

"You use family photos as screens, it seems that you love your family very much."

"Yes, I love my wife and children, I love my family and life, I am about to take a vacation, I am going to travel abroad, I... Of course, I also love my life, sir, no matter what you want to do, I will listen to you, as long as you tell me."

Brian smiled and said, "Very good, I like people who know each other, so let's go straight to the point. Since you work here, you must know how to cause a power outage, right?"

"Uh, of course, of course."

Michelle cooperated so much that Brian was very satisfied with his attitude.

“How long can it be stopped?”

"This, uh, depends on how long it will take for you."

Not only was Brian satisfied, he was now beginning to be surprised, so his eyes passed over Michelle and looked at Paul standing behind Michelle.

Paul shrugged, and then he made a gesture.

Paul didn't have to say anything. Brian, who had a very tacit understanding with him, knew that Paul meant that you threatened people with a gun, so of course he could do whatever he wanted.

Brian looked at Michelle and said, "Can you control the grid?"

"No, but I can control this substation and allow the power outages covered by the substation I control. If you need it, uh, I might be able to expand some of the outages and scale."

"Is it OK to have ten minutes?"

"Ten minutes? No problem! Of course no problem!"

Brian was surprised again and said, "Can't it be possible to supply power in a roundabout way? Even if there is a power outage here, other substations can also supply power."

Michelle said with a flattering smile: "That's right, but it's still OK."

"How to do it in detail."

"I manually control the power outage of the gate, so the area where the substation is responsible for power supply will be outage. At this time, other substations will immediately allocate current to supply power to my area. However, I can allocate the bus current to the line of another substation, which can cause overload in a short time, and then the other substation will automatically lose the gate due to overload protection, and then this will cause a chain reaction. If it is an accident, the power outage will not last for a long time and can be restored in a few seconds at most. But if I deliberately want to lose power, it will take a long time."

Brian said: "If this happens, can the power be cut off for half an hour?"

“No problem.”

"How long can it last?"

Michelle thought for a while and said, "It depends on when the person dealing with the emergency will arrive here. I think it should be about the same for an hour, but if the person in charge cannot be found, or the person in charge has drunk too much, it is possible that the power supply will be restored tomorrow. As long as I control it here, the power outage can continue, and the scale of the power outage will become larger and larger."

Brian thought for a while and said, "Why are you so cooperative?"

"Because I don't want to die..."

Michelle's answer was quite right, but there was absolutely nothing wrong with it.

Brian nodded and said, "If you did what I said and caused an abnormal power outage, and it was your responsibility, are you not worried about any consequences? For example, being fired, etc., so I think you will call the police."

Michelle looked insulted and shouted: "Am I crazy? Sir, am I crazy? Why do I call the police? I'm not stupid. You know my name and get my phone. I will definitely be worried that I will be retaliated after calling the police. So why did I call the police? As for me causing a major power outage, so what? Who can avoid making mistakes?"

“I don’t care even if I’m fired?”

Michelle laughed, and then he said in a deep voice: "Sir, I am from the French Grid Union, I'm fired? Impossible."

Looking at Brian's expression that turned out to be true, Michelle tried to make himself look more relaxed and smiled and said, "So it depends on what you need me to do. I just don't feel comfortable making some trouble. What's the point? The company can't fire me because of this. If I'm asked to retire early or get transferred from my job, haha, I can't ask for it."
Chapter completed!