December 5th, night.
Banzhen City, Yingqi Official administrative building.
The office areas on floors one through three were brightly lit, with hundreds of office workers moving about from time to time, carrying documents.
They all wore identical dark blue business suits, and most had indifferent expressions. Everyone focused only on their own work, rarely even sparing a glance at the people at neighboring desks.
Relationships between people had already been distant in the Apocalypse Rules Era, let alone for Yingqi People who had endured the tragedy of their homeland sinking beneath the sea. Although many had followed the officials here during the evacuation, they were little different from walking corpses, living only on instinctive survival.
That apathy kept them from noticing a stranger they had never seen before walking out of the restroom.
Guan Tong wore the same dark blue suit as the office workers, along with black-rimmed glasses. His hair was styled like that of an office worker as well, making him look no different from everyone else present.
Holding a tablet, he casually walked to the elevator lobby.
Getting into this administrative building had been easy for him, but going above the third floor required swiping an ID card.
Naturally, he did not have one.
So his strategy was simple: wait for someone to come down.
After waiting in the stairwell for several minutes, he saw the elevator indicator rise from the second floor and stop at the sixth, then descend to the first floor.
When the elevator doors opened, a man walked out and ran straight into Guan Tong, who stood at the stairwell entrance.
"Move aside, you disrespectful fool." The man seemed to be some sort of manager. Taking Guan Tong for an ordinary junior employee, he rudely reached out to shove him aside.
Guan Tong