Chapter 17
The day after the bar scene.
A tiger roar was heard from deep within the jungle wrapped in steel and concrete, followed by several large trees being chopped down one after another. The trunks were so large that an adult could not even wrap his hands around them, and the cuts were so neat that it made one's scalp tingle.
Chen Jinjin collapsed and yelled, "Why is there a tiger in H City?!"
This was a top predator before the apocalypse, and it became even more terrifying after being polluted and deformed.
Those sharp claws tore through the steel plate as easily as cutting a piece of tofu.
Their team's mission this time was to clean up the areas where the swarm of deformed locusts had passed by and burn all the corpses and eggs, but they didn't expect to encounter such a behemoth on the way back.
Huang Qian subconsciously wanted to feel around for some wine, but suddenly remembered that she was on a mission. She scratched her head in annoyance, "There's a zoo in the suburbs of H City. Five years ago, when the pollution started, the animals that survived all escaped and killed many people."
She spoke in a calm tone, but her eyes were full of hatred.
She is a native of H City. Before the pollution outbreak, she was a college student looking for an internship and was full of hope for her future.
The sudden doomsday destroyed everything she had, including her once envied happy family.
The mercenaries sitting around her looked at each other and didn't ask any further questions.
They drove their modified car forward at full speed, trying to get rid of the tiger behind them.
But the beast was so fast that even Huang Qian, who possessed ice abilities, couldn't slow it down much by freezing the road.
Chen Jinjin was so anxious that he was sweating profusely: "If we continue like this, we will be caught up!"
There is already a car in front that has been caught up. Even if it is a modified car, it is no different from a meat can in front of it.
Although the mercenaries inside managed to save their lives under the protection of others, they were seriously injured. The tiger, smelling the human blood, was even more unwilling to let them go and pursued them more relentlessly.
If they scrapped one more car, their numbers would be outnumbered and they would have to abandon their teammates.
This has become commonplace in the cruel apocalypse.
Chen Jinjin gritted his teeth and looked at his childhood friend. Half of his arm had just been torn off by the tiger. The bones and tendons were still attached to it, and the bleeding was unstoppable. If he didn't stop and bandage it properly, he would not be able to make it back to the base alive.
If you want to abandon someone, you must leave him behind first.
That's why he was so anxious.
Huang Qian glanced at him and immediately saw through his thoughts, her face expressionless: "Don't worry, I won't abandon him."
Chen Jinjin didn't quite believe it.
Anyone who still adheres to ethics and morals at the end of the world is destined to become a laughing stock.
With another bump, the car at the end was almost knocked over and turned sideways again.
Huang Qian's pupils constricted for a moment, and she exerted force with her fingers. Another thick layer of ice froze the tiger's limbs, but it only hindered it for a few seconds before it was broken by its brute force.
In just a few seconds, that car avoided the tragedy of the previous car. The driver was covered in cold sweat and didn't even dare to look back.
Someone was telling Huang Qian how amazing she was. Huang Qian covered her trembling fingers and looked very calm.
If this continues, her special powers will be exhausted.
A feeling of powerlessness swept over me.
At this moment, Huang Qian only hated herself for not drinking more last night.
It looks like I'm going to die here.
Thinking about the drinks last night, she suddenly remembered what the new bartender had said and the map he had handed her.
If I remember correctly, the location shown on the map seems to be very close to here.
It turns out that when people are faced with death, they will believe anything.
For the first time, Huang Qian understood the mentality of those who believed in cults in the end times.
Let's try our best to save the situation.
She gritted her teeth and, relying on the little memory in her mind, shouted to the driver: "Turn right!"
The mercenary driving the car was stunned for a moment, and his hands moved the steering wheel before his brain could react, while he flashed the right turn signal violently to signal the cars behind to follow.
Chen Jinjin was stunned: "Where are you going?"
Huang Qian had a cold expression on her face and did not answer the question.
So he just shut up and stopped asking.
Although Huang Qian is young, she has led them to complete many tasks, and the judgments she makes at critical moments are still trustworthy.
No one knew that Huang Qian, who seemed calm at the moment, was almost overwhelmed by panic in her heart.
Finally, as they sped along, Huang Qian saw the hotel that Fang Dashan had once described with a dreamy look on his face.
It actually exists!
There was no filth around the hotel. The twisted and mutated vines avoided the hotel as if they were afraid of something, allowing their convoy to approach smoothly.
Not only that, when their convoy approached the hotel, the man-eating tiger that was about to catch up with them actually stopped.
The dark, empty tiger eyes stared at the hotel ahead and the food that was within reach.
Finally, the tiger roared angrily, turned around and left.
It was not until this moment that Huang Qian collapsed completely, gasping for breath.
Her long wavy hair, which was always well-groomed, now looked messy and disheveled.
No one else present noticed.
Because they also felt like they had walked through the gates of hell. Not only that, the strange hotel in front of them attracted their attention.
Huang Qian heard someone ask in a trembling voice: "Where the hell is this?"
The next moment, the garden gate opened, and a rabbit in a pink suit and vest jumped out, holding a rose cane and bowing politely: "Good afternoon, everyone. I'm sure you must have had a hard journey. Please follow me."
No amount of politeness can hide the fact that this is a talking rabbit.
The others hesitated. The presence of such an out-of-place hotel in a polluted area was already strange enough, but they didn't expect there would be talking animals. Could this be some new, distorted form of filth? Was the distortion related to intelligence?
Only Huang Qian was the one who reacted the fastest. She had heard Fang Dashan say that there was a housekeeper in the hotel who was a rabbit. She originally thought he was talking in his sleep, but she didn't expect it to be true.
If this was an illusion, it would not have been able to stop the man-eating tiger just now.
She appeared calm, and when the other teammates saw her reaction, their fear was reduced a little.
All got off the bus together.
Chen Jinjin supported his childhood friend and said, "It doesn't matter what happens. Let's rebandage him."
His childhood friend's face turned pale due to the pain.
The rabbit butler is not interested in the life or death of humans, but it is different for guests.
One more customer means more sales.
It shook the whiskers on its mouth dutifully and said: "Please follow me."
He turned around and ran, and the round tail behind his suit shook.
Everyone looked at each other for a while, and finally followed.
After arriving at the hall, everyone was stunned when they saw the young and immature boss standing behind the cash register. His black hair and black eyes seemed particularly kind in the end of the world five years later.
Chen Jinjin stroked his hair which had turned yellow due to pollution, feeling a little envious.
They didn't think of Wen Bei as a pure-blooded person with no pollution. They just thought that his deformation might have occurred in the area covered by his clothes.
The few people who were originally wary of the rabbit butler finally relaxed a little when they crossed the beautiful garden and stood safely in the hall.
There are no first aid kits in the hotel, but there are some in the mall.
A first aid kit costs one hundred crystals.
Wen Bei asked with a smile if they needed a first aid kit.
Chen Jinjin was very cautious. He shook his head and said, "We have our own medicine."
After saying that, he helped his childhood friend, who was about to faint from the pain, to sit on the big sofa for rest.
That big sofa was new furniture that Wen Bei exchanged for with his points. He not only put it in the room, but also placed it in the lobby on the first floor as a rest area.
Now it seems that those points were not wasted.
The pure white sofa was stained red with blood. Chen Jinjin was unable to care about it until he had bandaged his childhood friend and made sure he was no longer bleeding. Only then did he notice that the sofa was stained with blood in a large area.
Several people were a little nervous, as they were worried that this seemingly young boss would cause trouble.
After years of struggling in the apocalypse, no mercenary would be stupid enough to think that the opponent has no trump card.
If you don't have the strength, how can you open a hotel in a polluted area?
The atmosphere was a little tense for a moment.
Several people stared at Wen Bei.
Chen Jinjin wiped the sweat off his face and said, "I'm sorry. I'll compensate you with a sofa."
Unexpectedly, Wen Bei not only didn't care, but also smiled good-naturedly: "No, do you need any help?"
He really didn't care. After all, the hotel would automatically go back to clean after 24 hours and the sofa would be clean again. It was just a pity that he couldn't sell his first aid kit.
He didn't expect that just by using hemostatic drugs and bandages, the condition of the man with a broken arm would improve a lot.
It seems that the Polluter not only has superpowers, but his physical fitness has also improved a lot.
Caught off guard, Wen Bei remembered what Ji Mingyuan had said about the fisherman.
Before the fisherman was completely transformed into a filthy creature, he also experienced a period of time when his body became stronger and his swimming ability improved. Isn't this also a form of evolution in disguise?
What lies between evolution and pollution?
Wen Bei didn't have time to think about it because he still had to entertain the guests.
The rabbit butler stepped forward to introduce the somewhat confused and wary mercenaries: "The hotel now has hourly rooms for rest. There are two vacant standard rooms upstairs for overnight stays. There is food available in the restaurant, and there is also a KTV for entertainment."
It sounds like a normal hotel.
Everyone's expressions became a little strange.
It is indeed normal, but the more incredible it is.
None of them were willing to take that first step.
The rabbit housekeeper's three-lobed mouth moved, and it looked a little unhappy.
Are these stupid humans planning to stop consuming?
Suddenly there was a noise from upstairs.
It was Ji Mingyuan who came down after patrolling the hotel for safety hazards as usual.
When he saw who was coming down, his expression showed only a brief moment of surprise, but he quickly calmed down.
As long as he worked here, he would definitely meet acquaintances, and he didn't want to hide it for too long.
On the contrary, the group of people opposite were all more surprised than him.
A mercenary pointed at him and yelled, "Aren't you dead?!"
He looked as if he had seen a ghost.
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