That was faith.
After experiencing the worst, Shawn became the only ray of light in their eyes; Shawn became their faith.
Although Daryl wasn't clear about what exactly happened, the woman's reaction instantly made him think of these things.
Daryl finally gave in.
"I want to confirm he's alright; we all came together."
Without a drawn-out explanation of the cause and effect, Daryl was still as simple and efficient as ever.
The woman looked at Daryl, saying nothing, her knuckles white as her hands clenched into fists.
If she were to back down simply because of Daryl's few words, then how could it be called 'faith' and 'fanaticism'?
Perhaps in the woman's heart at this moment, she could sacrifice her life for Shawn.
"Alright, move aside."
But just then, from behind the crowd, Shawn's voice suddenly came.
The crowd parted, and Shawn stretched his arms, giving a yawn, as he rose from the ground.
Having not slept all night, coupled with the immense physical exertion from killing so many people, Shawn couldn't help but doze off for a while as Dawn broke.
After about an hour and a half, Shawn had fully recovered his energy, feeling vibrant and refreshed.
'Should I say it lives up to being the seven days to die system?'
Shawn chuckled inwardly, the digitized body parameters benefiting him greatly.
Shawn casually picked up his 'stalker suit' and walked out of the crowd, gently tapping the head of Daryl, who was about to lower his head to hide his teary eyes.
"Alright, the plan changed last night, and I didn't have time to notify you all, so I acted on my own first."
"Now, as you can see, most of the Hospital's armed forces have been eliminated by me, and the Hospital now belongs to us."
Shawn said this without any reservations, because he knew.
The remaining patients were devoted to him, the doctors and nurses had to be grateful to him, and the three remaining police officers were not enough to pose a threat.
As Dawn arrived, the Hospital was completely and orderly brought under the Prison's command, under Shawn's command.
Aji stepped forward, a mix of surprise and disbelief on his face.
"You did all of this??"
He had already seen the bodies of the police officers, and even Dawn lay on the outermost edge of the pile of corpses.
Her arms hung limp, lying tilted with wide-open eyes, her pale face only marked by tiny needle pricks, her clothes torn, revealing bruised and discolored skin underneath, with no intact part to be found.
Dawn's death was gruesome.
She was unwilling to give up her position of power, tacitly allowing the atrocities of her subordinates.
Therefore, similarly, in the very end, she also had to bear the patients' deepest resentment, returning all that the police officers owed, all at once, to the patients.
"Actually, not entirely; everyone let out some 'resentment'."
Shawn pointed to the line of patients behind him, then looked back at Aji.
"It's just a pity that I couldn't let you personally avenge Holt and Annie; I'm sorry."
Shawn's tone was sincere, and Aji almost teared up.
He finally understood Daryl's feelings; he had only mentioned the names of the two elders to Shawn once, yet Shawn had remembered them until now.
"Do you remember the first time we met? Actually, I was the jerk, Shawn, you are a good person."
Aji lowered his head, speaking with a hint of guilt.
But then he waved to a few companions behind him, and they stood before Shawn, Aji took a deep breath, he didn't turn back, but just pointed his thumb at the bald, bearded man beside him.
"Philip, he's always been with me, and he chose to stay at Rhodes Home with me to care for the elderly from the beginning; he's my most trusted deputy."
Following that, Aji introduced his remaining personnel to Shawn one by one.
Finally, he and the others bowed 45 degrees to Shawn.
"Boss!"
Boss?
Shawn almost laughed; these security guards were quite vulgar.
But that was fine; vulgar people were loyal and righteous, and Aji's performance all along was enough to prove all of this.
"Call me whatever you want, but remember, starting today, you work for the Prison."
Shawn specifically mentioned the Prison, otherwise Aji and the others would have been busy for half the day without even knowing which faction they belonged to.
After chatting with everyone for a while, Shawn turned and returned to Ward 4, which had already been cleaned.
Putting on the 'stalker suit' again, Shawn opened the system once more.
There was no other reason; in fact, when Daryl and the others entered the Hospital, a crisp musical sound had already echoed in his ears.
Desire Expansion: Conquer three Camps (Completed)
Reward: Health mod, from now on, you can see the health bars of Walkers, humans, and animals.
The moment he saw this achievement, Shawn frowned.
How could someone who loved peace as much as he did conquer three Camps so quickly?
But upon careful recollection, Shawn realized... it seemed there really were three.
...Woodbury, who came to their deaths, blocking the Blood Moon Walker horde.
...The Mine, whose remaining personnel were driven by the Governor and eventually fled into the Prison.
...And now, the Hospital, which Shawn personally conquered.
Shawn had personally visited all three Camps and personally eliminated their members there, and these Camps were either completely annihilated or existed in name only.
From this perspective, the demise of these three Camps seemed to be related to Shawn.
So, it was not an exaggeration to say that Shawn had conquered three Camps.
"And Aji just called me a good person."
Shawn shook his head, chuckling.
He looked at the reward message in the second row; the message was simple, a clear and concise single sentence.
Health mod!
This meant that in Shawn's field of vision, not only would the health bars of structures appear, but the maximum health of all active living beings would also automatically appear in Shawn's vision.
Shawn went to the window and looked out, seeing health bars above the heads of the scattered Walkers near the Hospital.
With a thought, Shawn could also turn off these health bar displays at will, so they wouldn't affect his daily life.
"Interesting." Shawn's lips curved upward.
The purpose of this health bar was not limited to observing whether a Walker had been killed; it could also expose all Walkers and humans feigning death or hiding in the shadows, equivalent to having a 'visual alarm system'.
It was enough to make Shawn's perception of living beings even more acute.
Finally, Shawn even thought of some special ingenious uses…
"Haha--"
He couldn't help but laugh aloud, imagining that future scene.
Some people are going to have a bad time~~~~
...
Shawn walked out of Ward 4 and roughly arranged the people at the Hospital.
Taking them all with him was impossible; the journey ahead would span two states, nearly a thousand miles.
Taking this group, not to mention their safety, Shawn originally only planned to travel with Daryl and Merle, intending to travel light.
It was already somewhat troublesome with Tallahassee and Columbus added, but if he also had to bring the people from the Hospital, it would divert Shawn's energy, and would they still be able to go to Alexandria?
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