Wei’s report reached the furnace through the station runner. The north wall remained lit after its command seal was disconnected. The local crew operated the barrier through its own release and meter.
Qinghe read the message and asked for two readings: one from the wall, one from the shelter road. The runner took the request back. Yan continued the Final Offering at the central ring while the engineers waited for the local values. No one raised the central feed before the numbers arrived.
At the north station, the crew confirmed that the wall was holding and the nearby shelter was clear. Wei kept the command branch isolated. A soldier asked whether the central system would punish them for leaving it dark.
“The order will be reviewed later,” Wei said. “The cracked frame is beside people’s homes. We keep them safe first.”
The soldier nodded and returned to the brace. The crew’s local meter stayed in range. Qiao Wen compared its reading with the central furnace gauge by runner. The values matched within the expected tolerance. Gu marked the north barrier independent and sent a copy of the inspection to Qinghe.
Wei’s second message named the two readings and their times. The wall meter remained inside its safe band; the shelter road reading showed no water over the alternate crossing. Qinghe compared them with the central gauge and authorized the team to keep the local feed separate.
