In the slowly descending dust cloud, the overflowing spiritual energy seemed to turn the world into murky water, dark and oppressive.
The air is filled with the strong smell of blood.
Standing on the mountain of corpses, Zhang Tie looked around blankly.
At his feet, the gray corpse mountain was dripping with red blood. It was so bright in the withered picture that it was a bit dazzling.
The girl died, she watched Zhang Tie die, or Zhang Tie helplessly watched her die.
That childish face and dull gray eyes were like a knife piercing his chest, making him unable to breathe.
The survivors here regarded him as a monster, and when he appeared, the cheers of celebration turned into screams.
It was just to Zhang Tie's surprise. He had thought that these people would flee in all directions, and it would take him some effort. But when he started to take action, except for those so-called superpowers who foolishly wanted to stop him, all the other survivors came together.
They all ran to the same place.
That is the rear of the base, where a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people and their families stay.
Perhaps the years of doomsday have made the survivors here more united, or perhaps they know they are going to die and would rather die together.
In short, everything went smoothly. It was as smooth as driving a herd of sheep. Everyone gathered in one place for him to kill.
After smashing a mother's head with a hammer and killing the people behind her, Xiong Hanzi suddenly felt that he was not cleaning up or fighting.
He's just killing.
Massacre a group of unarmed and defenseless fellows.
"What on earth am I doing..."
It was quiet all around, except for the sound of buildings collapsing from time to time.
Zhang Tie held his head in confusion and slowly squatted down.
He felt so uncomfortable. He was used to seeing mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and now he felt so sick that he felt like vomiting.
He killed everyone, and when he killed the last superpower who rushed towards him, he slapped the soldier with hatred in his eyes to pieces.
The difference in strength was so great that only one of the soldier's hands remained intact, and it fell in front of him with a plop.
Only then did he discover that among the corpses trampled to death under his feet, there was a dying little girl who was being protected by people.
How similar.
Almost as soon as the severed hand fell in front of him, Zhang Tie's mind instantly recalled what he once looked like.
He also fought so hard, even though he knew he would die.
He asked himself that he had never been indecisive and would kill when necessary. Even in the amoeba world, he didn't feel much when installing self-destructive chips on civilians.
Someone has to die, these are just NPCs.
"Why am I feeling so uncomfortable...why...!?"
Trembling all over, Zhang Tie held his head while trembling, and faces flashed quickly in front of his eyes.
He is not only afraid that he is an executioner, but more afraid of why he is so "weak". It shouldn't be, he shouldn't have such a problem! He even feels that his strength is weakening!
Is it because this is not an enemy at all? Is it because this is not a battle?
Zhang Tie hugged his arms tightly, and the strong negative emotions made him almost breathless!
He suddenly realized that he was still the same Zhang Tie before the end! He was not as smart as Gao Tian, nor as calm as Captain Lin! He was just an ordinary person, a reckless man who was lucky enough to gain power! He had a lot of success along the way.
With his passion, he dared to fight, just because those people bullied them, those people deserve to die!
"Team Lin...!"
"Let's stop...! Let's stop! What's the difference between us doing this and those bad guys? What's the difference between us and monsters!?"
"Shouldn't we protect everyone and save the world!?"
Gritting his teeth and looking at Lin An who had not replied to his message for a long time, Xiong Hanzi mustered up the courage for the first time and sent Lin An another message tremblingly.
It shouldn't be like this...! Although Captain Lin may seem cruel and cold-blooded to outsiders, he knows that Captain Lin is a good person! They should also be good people!
However, before Zhang Tie managed to stand up, he subconsciously wanted to fly back to find Lin An.
A message from Lin An suddenly lit up:
"Zhang Tie."
"Why do you think we're supposed to be good people?"
"You are right about one thing, that is, there is no difference between us and those monsters."
...
Seeing the message from Lin An, Zhang Tie suddenly froze, and his body that was about to reach the sky seemed to be frozen, unable to move at all.
On the other end of the communication, Lin An seemed to have expected it, and his tone was extremely calm:
"Do you think that even if the humans in this dungeon world are NPCs, they should not die. They are not our enemies. We must kill them in order to gain something. This is no different from alien species."
"Yes, they are living people, maybe we are just NPCs."
"But, Zhang Tie, tell me what we should do?"
"Are you going to give up destroying this place? Change to a dungeon? What about the next dungeon and it will still be the same? Or rather, give up completely on the amoeba, give up on Chu An, give up on Klein and the others?"
"Aren't the lives of humans in the amoeba not as precious as here? Should our companions wait to die?"
With a low smile without any emotion, Lin An stood on the beach, picked up someone's eyeball, and threw it into the space ring:
"Taking a step back, if humans on earth want to survive in the future, we will need some resources to become stronger. But these resources can only be obtained by destroying another civilization."
"Do you want to kill or not to kill? They have no grievances against us, and they are even equally hopeful and brave to fight against the doomsday. At that time, shall we negotiate with them and ask them to voluntarily hand over their resources? Or shall we die?"
"There is no right or wrong, no justice, no good or bad."
"The so-called good and evil are just compromises to maintain civilized order and group operation. Under normal circumstances, groups follow altruistic rules, which is more conducive to biological reproduction. But we are no longer normal..."
"Everyone just wants to survive..."
With eyes that seemed to penetrate the horizon, Lin An spoke to the air, not only to Zhang Tie, but also to himself.
He knew why Zhang Tie was confused, why he felt uncomfortable and became weak.
Because for Zhang Tie, or for the entire team members, up to now they have been fighting against the "evil" they perceived. Those people are all enemies, so there is no psychological burden.
Hatred, protection, justice, kindness...
These are the beliefs that support them in fighting.
Just like those examples of failure when he condensed his faith. Once the original faith collapses and he doubts himself, it will be a devastating blow to the individual.
As Lin An finished speaking, there was deathly silence on the other end of the communication line.
For a long time, Zhang Tie took a deep breath and asked unwillingly:
"But Captain Lin...!"
"If we can do anything and give up everything in order to survive, then are we still human beings? What's the point of living like that?"
"As you said, there is no right or wrong, so let's just hide in the dungeon! Anyway, we are all trying to survive. Maybe we can survive longer by hiding!?"
"You have always told me that the fugitives are wrong, and that we have something to insist on! If you don't care about anything, then in the end, everyone can give up, and everyone can be sacrificed!?"
