The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

A little boy emerged from the sewer and knelt down on the ground, his eyes filled with tears.

But before the little boy could grieve for long, ferocious beasts gradually surrounded him.

The little boy didn't dare stay on the ground for long and quickly hid in the sewer.

Then the screen changed.

Gu Ran appeared, holding his younger sister. He tore open space and walked out from hundreds of meters away from the deep pit, looking sadly at the huge crater that had been blown out.

......

Outside the light screen.

"Was that scene that just flashed by the tyrant's parents being killed by the city's defensive cannons?"

"It must be true. It turns out that the tyrant's parents died in a beast tide, and were killed by the city's defensive cannons. In other words, the tyrant's parents died directly at the hands of other humans."

"So that's how it is. Was it at that moment that he developed hatred for other humans, planting the seeds of antisocial personality disorder?"

"If that's the case, although I can understand why he turned evil, I still won't forgive him. Can't I blame all of humanity for my own tragic experience?"

Everyone was talking about it.

"There was no other way at the time. It was for the sake of the entire human society. The city defense cannons could only be deployed in the inner city to play their greatest role. If the city defense cannons were not used to eliminate the large number of ferocious beasts, the beasts would definitely rush into the inner city and cause huge losses, which would be detrimental to the human society."

"Yes, back then it was limited by insufficient objective conditions, but now it's much better. Humanity's technological capabilities have advanced further. Even in the outlying slums, we can deploy city defense cannons. Moreover, humanity's detection of beast tides has become much faster, allowing us to evacuate people and mobilize forces to resist them in a timely manner."

"Compared to that time, the protection of slums is much better now, and the number of dead and injured has decreased by almost 80 or 90 percent."

Among the powerful figures present, there were actually a few young people from the slums. Although they usually didn't want to mention their backgrounds, after seeing Gu Ran's memories, they couldn't help but want to offer some objective comments.

Cheng Youmeng, who had been silent, suddenly said, "It was actually him who pushed for the installation of the city's defensive cannons in the slums, but it encountered great resistance at the time."

The young, powerful individuals from the slums suddenly fell silent, as if they were ducks with their necks being choked.

Xue Xiling said calmly, "Actually, he was the one who mainly developed the detection device for the beast tide."

The group looked at each other, and then fell silent.

Although most of them looked down on the slums, they did acknowledge that the lives of people in the slums were also lives, so what Gu Ran did was absolutely politically correct.

After a while, everyone couldn't help but sigh.

"So that tyrant did implement some good policies after all."

"It seems that the death of his parents when he was young did not have a negative impact on the tyrant. At least it made him do some things that were beneficial to humanity."

However, someone immediately asked in confusion, "But why have we never heard of it? Has anyone heard of it?"

The others also shook their heads, indicating that they had never heard of it.

Suddenly, Ariel, who had been observing coldly, laughed sarcastically: "I can guess the reason for that. If a notorious tyrant suddenly does some good deeds in your eyes, even if he tells you outright, would you believe him?"

“You will only believe that he exploits, suppresses, and massacres the people, but you will not believe that he takes any measures to improve the lives of those in the slums who you consider worthless.”

"Just like how you humans never believed that ferocious beasts could also establish their own countries, it wasn't until our merfolk united the sea creatures and established our own ocean empire that you had to believe it. This is all due to your human prejudice and ignorance."

Ariel's words startled everyone, and they fell silent.

......

In the light screen.

Ferocious beasts gradually surrounded Gu Ran. Although the giant cannon attack had eliminated a considerable number of beasts, it was nothing more than a ripple in the ocean compared to the beast tide.

However, the significance of the city's defensive cannons is not to eliminate a large number of miscellaneous soldiers and ferocious beasts, but to eliminate those elite-level ferocious beasts with greater destructive power.

As for the remaining less powerful ferocious beasts, they were handed over to the city defense troops stationed on the edge of the inner city to clear them out. The purpose of the city defense troops was not only to patrol the edge of the inner city and arrest those who wanted to sneak into the inner city, but also to resist the ferocious beast tide and clear it out of the inner city.

So after Gu Ran used his spatial slash to eliminate some ferocious beasts, he soon saw the city defense army, dressed in combat uniforms and carrying standard weapons, appear in the slums.

Along with the city defense forces, there were also many powerful non-military individuals who were bounty hunters attracted by the city defense forces' generous bounties.

Bounty hunters are driven by profit; they go wherever there is money to be made.

Although clearing out the beast tide is an extremely dangerous task, the city defense forces offer exceptionally generous bounties, including not only "appearance fees" but also rewards based on actual results, which is highly attractive to many bounty hunters.

Gu Ran didn't want to have any contact with these people, so he carried his sister and teleported to a few hundred meters behind the city defense army.

"Haha, you beasts, just wait to die! Your Grandpa Hu is here!"

A bald, burly man, wielding a massive machete, burst into laughter and immediately charged into the horde of ferocious beasts.

That machete must have been specially made, something extraordinary. With just a few slashes, it cut the ferocious beast to death as easily as chopping vegetables.

Other bounty hunters and city guards also joined in the effort to wipe out the horde of ferocious beasts.

"Help...help..."

Suddenly, a woman's voice rang out.

Not far away, a mother carrying a girl ran towards the city defense troops with a terrified expression.

Behind her followed a pack of ferocious beasts resembling wolves, lions, and bears, their eyes flashing red, drool dripping from their mouths, and they were incredibly bloodthirsty.

Judging from the distance, they were already very close to the mother and daughter, only a few body lengths apart.

"Haha, good time!"

The bald, burly man raised his broadsword, neither dodging nor flinching, and charged straight at the attacker, then slashed diagonally with it.

Because there was no way to dodge, the broadsword cleaved the mother and daughter in two like paper, and then struck a wolf-like ferocious beast.

19. Little sister, hide well, brother's going to clean up some "trash".

The mother and daughter, along with the ferocious beast behind them, were killed by the bald, burly man. The other bounty hunters who were with them glanced at them, but their expressions did not change, and they went to the other side to deal with the beast.

The city garrison didn't even glance at it before heading off to other places.

In the face of such a ferocious beast tide, the mother and daughter were going to die anyway, so eliminating the beasts was the more important matter than such a trivial matter.

The bald, burly man didn't think it was a big deal and continued to charge towards the ferocious beasts behind him without pausing.

It was as if what had died wasn't two people, but just two weeds by the roadside.

......

Outside the light screen.

The onlookers were speechless.

They consider themselves a righteous coalition, so naturally they would not endorse such actions.

Protecting the people of the slums has now become one of the politically correct principles of the Human Alliance. Anyone who dares to act like the bald, strong man will be sent to court.

Moreover, from their perspective, although they look down on the slums, they are still very disgusted by the bald, strong man's behavior.

"Bounty hunters are a bunch of ruthless scoundrels who don't care about the law or the lives of ordinary people, let alone the people in the slums back then."

"Perhaps the lives of that mother and daughter were far less important to him than his bounty."

"This is probably why that tyrant banned the Bounty Hunter Association. I have to say, I agree with that tyrant on this matter. The Bounty Hunter Association did have a reason for being banned."

"Fortunately, we now have the Hero Association. Thanks to the Hero Association, we have been able to save so many people during the recent beast tides."

......

In the light screen.

Gu Ran, holding her younger sister, stared blankly in the direction of the bald, burly man.

He had seen the mother and daughter before, but he thought there were so many people in that direction that he wouldn't need to help them.

He never expected that the bald, burly man would not only fail to save them, but would also kill them as if they were in the way.

"I could have saved you all," Gu Ran murmured.

The fear and shock of the mother and daughter before their deaths kept replaying in his mind, and then the image that appeared in his mind again was the scene of his parents' death.

"Why? Why exactly?"

Gu Ran looked puzzled.

He didn't understand why those people treated them like that; weren't we all human beings?

Shouldn't humans help each other during a disaster like a beast tide?

Why would they fight each other in front of ferocious beasts?

Why do humans do it so easily, killing each other of their own kind? Even these ferocious beasts wouldn't do that.

Moreover, among them are the armed forces representing the government in this world. Shouldn't the government cherish its people? Shouldn't the army protect the people?

"Brother, what's wrong?" The little sister cautiously peeked her head out from Gu Ran's arms.

"Qingqing, are you afraid of getting dirty?" Gu Ran asked, stroking his younger sister's head.

"Don't be afraid."

"Qingqing, are you afraid of ferocious beasts?"

"I'm not afraid! As long as my brother is here, I'm not afraid of anything!" the younger sister replied firmly.

After hearing the answer, Gu Ran put his sister down.

Roar!