Repetitive Human Nature

"Hehe, it's interesting!" Ouyang Haotian stepped into the open glass door at Tom's signal. The male ant walked on the wet beach with high stilts, leaving big footprints. He lifted it up again, and the fine sand bit by bit touched the soles of his feet. And the gate also returned to its original state after the male ants entered, and the glass wall closed again, isolating them from the outside.

"Who are you?" the girl asked curiously, "was it sent by the country to save us?"

The others looked at the male ant with hopeful eyes.

Tom replied, "My name is Tom, and we are the armed search team of Haiwei Mini Industry. Are you guests of Jinrui Hotel?"

The 15-year-old girl pouted and said, "We've all become so small. We're not guests here, how could we climb so high to hide in this place? You're just talking nonsense."

The Awakener who separated the glass was a handsome and gentle guy. He patted the girl's head and spoiled her, saying, "Xiaoqian, I told you a few times, don't be so impolite." He then lifted his head and smiled at Tom, saying, "Hello, my name is Zhou Zhengping, and this is my sister Zhou Yiqian. And the others, we are all from this hotel."

Tom noticed that Zhou Zhengping was referring to "people in this hotel" rather than "hotel guests," which means that not all of these people are guests.

As the safety was not confirmed, it was a bit troublesome for the male ants to wear and take off their armor, so Tom did not take off the male ant armor. Instead, he just stood and chatted with them to understand the situation.

When Zhao Zijian arrived at the glass aquarium with his convoy, Tom also had a rough understanding of the situation here.

Zhou Zhengping opened the glass again, and Tom asked the soldiers to bring in supplies and equipment. He planned to camp here temporarily for tonight, because the sun had already set and only a little afterglow could barely illuminate the surroundings.

Among the 17 survivors in this aquarium camp, except for 12 who were hotel guests, the rest were hotel staff, including one who was the housekeeping manager, who was the highest ranking manager in Jinrui Hotel at the time of the micro disaster.

This made Tom more suspicious of the electrician Zhang Tianhui downstairs, so upon closer examination, it turned out that the housekeeping manager was indeed the leader who led Zhang Tianhui and his team upstairs to investigate the situation.

But according to the manager named Gu Yanxin, they did indeed encounter a Jingba dog at that time. However, the Jingba dog was sleeping soundly at the time and did not attack them as quickly as Zhang Tianhui did. It was Zhang Tianhui who risked his life to retrieve a crystal pressed by a Jingba dog, waking up the Jingba dog and causing the team to almost be destroyed.

Zhang Tianhui ran down the 5th floor, and the housekeeping manager Gu Yanxin ran up to the 7th floor before they parted ways.

Of course, both sides have their own opinions on this matter, and Tom has no intention of arguing because Gu Yanxin also mentioned the whereabouts of Zhao Manqing.

After the Miniature Cataclysm, the guests who ran out of the suite door with flexible thinking were all running downstairs, only to encounter Gu Yanxin hiding in the stairwell on the 7th floor.

Gu Yanxin also awakened his power enhancement ability. Due to professional ethics considerations, he discovered that the mutated Jingba dog had chased up to the 6th floor but did not move up. He then guarded the 7th floor, waiting and warning guests who were going down. There was a mutated Jingba dog on the 6th floor, asking them not to go down.

Some people naturally followed his warning as the housekeeping manager, while others were self righteous, believing that Gu Yanxin had deceived them and refused to listen to dissuasion. The ultimate outcome would be to be buried in the dog's belly.

After waiting for two days without food, Gu Yanxin suggested moving up. A few days ago, a batch of food was brought into the Japanese restaurant on the 28th floor. Without any countermeasures, it was best to eat until you were full and wait for rescue. Therefore, everyone embarked on a difficult journey to the summit.

Zhao Manqing was encountered by them when they reached the 15th floor, and she only opened the door and came out.

Along the way, they also encountered attacks from ants. However, with the strengthening of Gu Yanxin's power and the increasing number of people, dealing with scattered ant attacks is not a big problem.

By the time they finally climbed up the 28th floor, the number of survivors had reached 42.

What they didn't expect was that, due to the fact that Japanese restaurants are mostly decorated with wood, there was actually a nest of red headed ants living here. When searching for supplies in the restaurant and establishing a defensive formation, I was surrounded by ants.

During this period, Zhao Manqing awakened her abilities and was able to alleviate pain and fatigue for everyone by singing. The awakened person's abilities were even briefly enhanced.

For example, Gu Yanxin's level 3 red powerful crystal provides him with 5 times the strength enhancement. With the support of Zhao Manqing's singing, he faintly gains 6 times the enhancement, but the time effect is only 5 minutes. And the next time they receive blessings, there will be several hours between them, but for the survivors, their combat effectiveness has still been enhanced.

With the joint efforts of Zhao Manqing and others, they ultimately killed many ants, which helped them establish their footing.

At first, they thought it was safe, so they decided to station in this restaurant. Among them, Zhou Zhengping's awakened ability can control the stones, breaking them apart and bonding them together, but the efficiency is relatively low. Until one time, he tried to perform the same operation on the glass, but unexpectedly found that he could control the opening and closing of the glass at will.

There is a 50 centimeter high aquarium in the restaurant, and coincidentally, the top is also semi enclosed, so they decided to choose this aquarium as a temporary campsite. So Zhou Zhengping made a hole 5 centimeters high at the bottom of the aquarium, drained the water from the box, and then everyone moved inside.

This aquarium is made of stone to create a miniature view of the coast, and they can build simple accommodations according to local conditions when moving in. In addition, the restaurant's storage room happens to have a batch of ingredients, various packaged water drinks, etc., which can also support their consumption for a long time.

At the same time, for safety reasons, Zhou Zhengping conveniently blocked the top of the aquarium with a special ability, and then opened multiple small holes on the surrounding glass wall to exchange air. It is precisely because one of the survivors was a resident who was an architectural designer that they arranged the aquarium in a neat and stylish manner.

Due to the lack of transportation tools, they had to rely on manual labor to gradually move supplies from the storage room into the aquarium. After half a month of moving, the aquarium had already stored enough food for them to eat for six months.

With the living environment and food available, the survivors of the camp were able to live comfortably for a while.

Just as time goes by, some negative emotions in human nature gradually become uncontrollable.

Survivors began to experience some conflicts due to anxiety and fear of the future, conflicts among peers, and the effects of hormones.

Among the 37 people at this time, there are 21 women. Except for 6 staff members, the rest are residents. Among the remaining 16 males, there are 5 awakened individuals. Like Tom, male residents who possess both strength enhancement, speed increase, and defense solidification naturally become the leaders in the camp.

This leader was already a wealthy person before the Miniature Cataclysm, and besides a well dressed and dignified life, he also had many private affairs. At first, as the most capable, he took on the role of a leader and was relatively responsible, after all, he had to work together to survive. When the crisis of survival is temporarily alleviated, personal desires become uncontrollable.

In the cluster world of the apocalypse, it is not uncommon for women to rely on strong leaders, and there are also many movies, novels, stories, and games. In the aquarium, this person can still be considered a strong person. When needed, he would hook his fingers and there would always be women willing to warm his bed.

Of course, not all women are eating his tricks, including the famous singer Zhao Manqing and Zhou Zhengping's 16-year-old sister Zhou Yiqian. This week, both Zhou Zhengping and Zhou Yiqian seem to be 15-year-old girls from wealthy families, who happen to be innocent and lively. The other Zhao Manqing has a big star aura, and these two beauties are bound to be coveted by the camp leader.

These few hints failed, and after patiently passing the time, the leader began to get tough, resulting in a sudden conflict.

This situation is very similar to what Tom encountered in Longyao's home, it can only be said that human nature is so universal and popular.

But unlike Longyao Home, the survivors here are not lambs waiting to be slaughtered, waiting patiently for the leader to fish and meat. Zhao Manqing himself was quite respected in the team, and with the strengthening of her singing ability, the leader and his supporters were ultimately defeated.

So these six men were expelled from the aquarium camp and walked down to leave the restaurant. Tom didn't feel optimistic about the final outcome, after all, they had not found any other survivors along the way.

This conflict also made the remaining survivors realize that they cannot stay here forever and need to understand the external situation. After all, no matter how much food is stored in the restaurant, there will still be a day to finish.

So Zhao Manqing decided to explore outside, and there were 10 people willing to pursue her. Considering the existence of the mutated dog on the sixth floor, she also thought of the same way to leave here as Tom: parachuting.

After half a month of preparation, they made a large box with a parachute made of cloth tied to it. The box contains food and other supplies, increasing the load. Then 11 people, each carrying a makeshift parachute, crawled in and fell together from the courtyard outside the building.

Zhao Manqing left, and the remaining 24 people continued to guard the restaurant, waiting for the rescue that came back at an unknown time.

One day, the terrifying army of ants suddenly made a comeback. Several of them were bitten to death and dragged away, while the rest fought several times and reluctantly withdrew from the aquarium and closed the entrance.

In the following days, they watched as more and more ants wandered around outside the aquarium, getting bigger and bigger. Watching other mice and cockroaches come knocking on their doors, they engage in battle with the ant colony that has taken over them. In the end, the strong and dominant ant colony won, and those other creatures were either bitten to death or escaped from the restaurant.

And the 17 of them could only hide in the aquarium, watching the terrifying ants while desperately counting the dwindling food storage. If Tom and others don't come again, their food supply will probably only last for half a month, with a significant reduction in food supply.

As the 17 men and women in front of him looked gratefully at his face, Tom's heart was cold. But he patiently listened to them talk about his experience, and then couldn't wait to ask them if this group of people had ever seen an 18-year-old girl from the beginning.

Through the perspective of the bell, he described the appearance of his sister Luo Xuan and finally obtained a somewhat comforting answer: among the survivors who died and left in this group, there was no Luo Xuan.

This means that Luo Xuan's whereabouts are still uncertain, but at least no one has seen her death. At least, this is good news.