Amnesty of Evil

The arrival of the apocalypse signifies the collapse of order, as well as the loss of control over morality and human nature.

Tom lay in front of the rental building all night and the fire burned all night. On the second day, when there were still no fire trucks or police coming, he realized that the entire city was likely to be trapped in the same predicament of shrinking as him. This means that the apocalypse has arrived and order is collapsing.

From that time on, he was prepared for various human tests that he would encounter, so whether it was the enslavement between the out of town boss in the small supermarket and the massage girl, or the oppression of ordinary people by the gang led by Uncle Seven in the old clinic camp, or even the forced occupation of five women by Deng Xin in the Longyao Home, Tom would not be surprised.

People are always selfish and self interested, especially in times of survival and crisis. Obtaining maximum resources and status to preserve oneself is often the top priority. Subsequently, after establishing a dominant position in the small group, the various desires of the rulers were opened like Pandora's box and difficult to retrieve.

Among these 21 bottom level service personnel, 5 are women, while the remaining are either middle-level managers of the hotel or guests staying at the hotel, all of whom are women without exception. Without a doubt, as awakened men, they naturally have the power to dominate all women.

So, what about male hotel managers and male guests? Where are they?

After learning about the situation on the 23rd, the soldiers were put on high alert, especially targeting the six awakened individuals.

Now that their camp was filled with that kind of smell, Tom and Ouyang Haotian had broken through it, and everyone realized that these awakeners must have used coercion. The soldiers who were following them immediately picked up their guns and aimed at them.

"What are they all doing? Put down your weapons!" Number 17 was very angry. "They are survivors who have experienced high-pressure environments and are prone to mental breakdown."

The 23rd frowned and said, "But the leader, the other men are gone... I suspect they have already killed the other men."

On the 17th, with a stern face, he said loudly, "How to judge them is the responsibility of the Survivor Ethics Committee. The task I brought you here is to bring back all the survivors who have been discovered. Moreover, in this isolated environment of crisis, it is normal for human nature to be eroded by desire. According to the survivor rescue regulations of the shelter, rescue personnel can not make subjective judgments on the actions of survivors before the rescue, and allow the rescued survivors to be pardoned for their previous illegal acts as long as they swear not to harm the rescue operation, comply with the orders of rescue personnel."

Zhang Tianhui, who was pointed at by a gun, quickly trembled and said, "I... I am willing to swear, I... we are willing to repent, we know we were wrong, and we should not force them..."

As soon as he said this, the other men also begged for mercy.

On the 17th, he nodded in satisfaction and said, "On the 23rd, let them put down their weapons. Chen Ji, preside over the survivors' oath taking ceremony, be decisive. You take people to the outskirts to guard."

"Yes!" a dark soldier responded loudly. And another tall soldier, who was the tallest among all, nodded in response and then led the other soldiers out.

The 23rd's face was a bit ugly, but he still obeyed the command: "Let go of them."

Now Ouyang Haotian became anxious and said, "Hey, isn't it... that's how they were pardoned?"

Tom grabbed him and whispered, "Forget it, this is also for the safety and smoothness of the rescue operation."

"I think even male guests could have been killed by them, so let them go like this. What's the point?"

Tom shook his head and said, "Forget it, obey orders. There's a saying that goes, don't test human nature, because it's hard for human nature to withstand tests. Many of the tens of thousands of survivors rescued from the shelter are unclean."

Tom has served as a team leader and deeply understands that stability is the most important aspect of rescue operations. Once there are unstable factors in the team, when a crisis occurs, it may affect the safety of the entire team.

Not to mention anything else, the survivors who survive in desperate environments have engaged in behaviors such as killing and forced sleeping. If rescue teams judge whether to rescue them based solely on one side, it would appear too arbitrary and may wrongly accuse the good people. But if investigated repeatedly, it will only consume time and energy. If their previous crimes are not pardoned, then once they jump over the wall and cause harm during the evacuation operation, it will endanger the entire team.

So the regulations formulated by the shelter have also considered such situations.

The storm of survivors has come to a temporary end. After taking the oath, Zhang Tianhui and others clearly let go of their guard and burden, and naturally expressed their full understanding of the inquiry. This also gave the team a more comprehensive understanding of the situation at Jinrui Hotel, which can be said to once again prove the benefits of this regulation.

The fifth and sixth floors of Jinrui Hotel have rooftop gardens and outdoor heated swimming pools, as well as a 1300 square meter spa and gym, yoga studio, and several nursing observation rooms.

Up from the sixth floor, there are only two towers. After the power grid collapsed, the elevator became unusable, and the fifth and sixth floors separated the Jinrui Hotel into two parts. The people in their kitchen camp were all below the sixth floor on the day of the micro disaster. They neither explored upwards nor descended from the upper floors. It can be said that guests and hotel staff above the sixth floor have never had any contact with them.

And all the elite talents needed for the shelter live in the upper floors, which means they also need to explore upstairs to ensure the collection of more survivors.

This involves a question, why did Zhang Tianhui and others not go up high, or did the people above not come down?

The reason is simple, there are dogs on the fifth layer.

As a five-star hotel, there are restrictions on guests carrying pets. It's not that it's not allowed, but it needs to be coordinated to ensure that the dog doesn't affect other guests.

On the day of the microfilm disaster, there were indeed guests in the hotel who brought their pets to stay.

A month after the disaster occurred, the people in their camp sent a male team to try to go up to the fifth floor to understand the situation. However, they were attacked by a mutated dog and only one person escaped, which was Zhang Tianhui.

Zhang Tianhui was originally just an electrician, and the team he was exploring was led by a department manager. He was just an unknown member of the team. As a result, the team was attacked by a mutated dog, almost completely annihilated, leaving only Zhang Tianhui to escape and return.

Why can we escape back? Because he awakened his superpower at the last moment, relying on the two yellow and blue crystals in his pocket to create a high-voltage arc and scare away the mutated dog, he was able to escape.

Without any abilities, firearms, or weapons, such a civilian team would be catastrophic even if it encountered a single lapdog, let alone mutate.

After learning about this situation, on the 17th, it was decided to temporarily repair the kitchen camp and wait for the scouts to obtain more information before exploring upstairs.

As for the surrounding situation, Tom and others found a large number of rat and cockroach remains outside the restaurant corridor, which were indeed killed by them. In addition to his arc attack and metal shaping abilities, there are also three abilities in the camp that enhance strength and speed, as well as another one that controls fire.

It can be said that the proportion of awakened individuals is very high among the survivors in the hotel, and they are all combat type abilities. It is no wonder that the 17th immediately suppressed the 23rd's defensive behavior. The awakeners in this camp can form a awakener team themselves, which can be absorbed into the shelter and increase combat effectiveness.

Many people have some criticisms about the decision on the 17th, among which Ouyang Haotian has the greatest opinion.

Although he usually idles around and has a "don't worry about me" attitude towards many things, he surprisingly remains resolute in his attitude towards coercing women.

"I just feel unhappy, damn it. It's obvious that those guys killed the male tenants and took over these women. But now we're talking about pardoning them. Such scumbags should be stabbed three times and fired six times, damn it, scumbags."

Liu Lian was quite open-minded. He took a bite of the jerky and drank two sips of water before saying calmly, "Alright, this is not the first time. That time we went out, was it different that we pardoned those two sleepers?"

"That's different!" Ouyang Hao jumped onto the chairs in front of the dining table with a bulging weather. At this moment, everyone arrived at the restaurant outside the kitchen, after all, the back kitchen was relatively dark.

"That's just a forced sleep, these bastards are killing people to eradicate dissidents. I tell you, those who commit evil and murder are like tigers who have eaten people before, they can't stay. It's hard to say that they will stab you in the back that day."

Zhao Xin agreed with Ouyang Haotian's point of view and nodded, saying, "I also think so. Once this kind of villain has happened for the first time, it's difficult to say. And you've noticed that... Instructor 23, like us, is very disgusted. It's just that Commander 17 issued an order and he had to execute it."

Tom sighed and said, "Alright, we just need to follow orders and complete our tasks like on the 23rd. And there's no evidence to prove that they killed the other male survivors who died. But then again, don't you think something's wrong?"

"What's going on?" Everyone looked at him in unison.

"The growth efficiency of the plants here is also too high, and there are no threatening creatures outside the hotel. In such a dense plant jungle, insects such as ants and mosquitoes are almost negligible."

Tom's words made everyone realize the problem and they all nodded.

"As they said, the Redemption Shelter is located on the International Trade Plaza opposite the hotel, surrounded by a commercial district and a lot of people. But if it's such a comfortable environment, there's no reason to be just a few survivors."

Ouyang Haotian jumped up from the chair and onto the dining table, then jumped up again. He then looked out through the wide glass window and said, "Yes, if there are survivors nearby, when the Redemption Shelter opens, it will definitely attract them. When the shelter closes, the hotel closest to the square should be a very suitable place to stay, and they have no reason not to explore here. How come all the people in this kitchen camp are from the hotel, and there is not a single outsider?"

Liu Lian touched his chin's beard. Since his fianc é e Zhao Yingying became pregnant, he has been trying to change his image and put on a beard. "Zhang Tianhui said that the people upstairs haven't come down, but he didn't say that the people outside haven't come in. We should go find him out, and... we should also ask them if they have been to a redemption shelter and if they have had any contact with other outsiders."

Tom shook his head and said, "It's useless. Commander 17 prohibits other people from coming into contact with these people. When we asked him, he refused to say anything and we couldn't do anything about it. Just pay attention to this matter. Our main task now is to rest well and wait until we attack the fifth floor, which may be more dangerous."