Chapter 42
What happened in the reception hall had nothing to do with Wen Bei. He was anxious to go to the restaurant to see if the filthy edible meat he had just acquired could unlock new recipes.
Almost all of these filth were brought from the base's breeding center, and some were caught on the way back in the past two days. Their levels are not very high, so it would be a bit of a disadvantage to exchange them with the hotel's [Trade], but they are just right for unlocking new recipes.
The slimeworm spit, grunt worm meat and ball flower stems can unlock [Cola Chicken Wings]
Rat Tail, Mutated Flea Liver, and Jujube Paste can unlock [Tonkotsu Ramen]
Narcissus meat core, mutant green fruit, red organ meat and mutant rooster eggs can unlock [Orleans Pizza] and [Fruit Pizza]
Wen Bei clicked unlock without thinking, and all four dishes appeared in front of him at once.
The price still does not exceed twenty crystals per piece, and the most expensive one is only eighteen crystals per piece.
Qiu Ting appeared out of nowhere. He lazily glanced at the menu and pointed at two gray dishes waiting to be unlocked. "I want to eat pan-fried buns and tomato pasta."
Wen Bei was already used to this man's shamelessness. He glanced at him and said, "If you want to eat it, go find the raw materials yourself."
Some of the ingredients needed to unlock these two dishes were things he had never even heard of, let alone seen.
The rabbit housekeeper was listening nearby, his short tail puffed up a little. He was worried that the devil would get angry because of Wen Bei's attitude.
The hotel is just starting to get going, so don't let anything cause any trouble.
Unexpectedly, Qiu Ting just pondered for a moment and actually turned around and left.
The rabbit housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief and helped to bring out the new dish. Bai You and others had just used their money to exchange for rooms, and when they arrived at the restaurant, they encountered this dish.
The pizza was sprinkled with a lot of cheese, and it still had the aroma of bread and a little milk when it was just out of the pan. The aroma of ramen and chicken wings was even more intense. There were five pieces of barbecued pork on the ramen, sprinkled with some chopped green onions, which looked particularly appetizing.
Such food is delicious even before the end of the world.
Not to mention after the apocalypse.
Bai You and the others were so stunned that their eyes widened. Any complaints they had about spending too much money disappeared. Seeing the food with their own eyes had a different impact than hearing about it from others.
The four of them ordered the four dishes without thinking and paid directly. When they heard such a cheap price, they couldn't help but ask for confirmation, as if they had auditory hallucinations and heard a few zeros missing.
It was not mealtime, but there was also a polluter eating in the restaurant. He couldn't help laughing at the useless look of Bai You and the other three, but he had no ill intentions.
Because when he first arrived at the hotel yesterday, the expression on his face was even more inexperienced than theirs, and he almost vomited because he wanted to eat all the dishes at once. In the end, Ji Mingyuan couldn't stand it anymore and ordered him to go to the hourly room to rest.
Since it was a newly prepared dish, the rabbit housekeeper put the dish on the table without saying a word and left.
The restaurant here is semi-buffet. Apart from ordering dishes, you have to get all the dipping dishes and chopsticks and spoons yourself.
After Bai You sat down, he couldn't wait to swallow his saliva.
The sound of swallowing saliva was particularly obvious. He suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He looked to the side and found that the other people were even more embarrassed than him, and their saliva was almost flowing out.
He reached out and grabbed a piece of pizza, and stuffed it into his mouth without caring whether it was hot or not.
At that moment, the fresh and salty taste of the Orleans chicken and the refreshing taste of the bell peppers on top burst in my mouth. The concentration of the crust and cheese was just right. I finished a piece of pizza that was longer than my palm in just two bites. My mouth was so stuffed that I couldn't open it. I swallowed it with the free water on the table.
"It's so delicious." The moment he swallowed, Bai You's vision suddenly blurred.
He realized that he was crying because of the delicious food.
The smell seemed to pull him back from the cold and ruthless apocalypse to his college dormitory five years ago, where he would sit around with his roommates and eat takeout pizza.
Childish fights over who gets to eat the last piece.
I was carefree at that time and had no idea that there was such a side to the world.
Bai You quickly wiped away the tears that were about to fall, and the moment his vision became clear again, he was suddenly brought back to reality.
The reality was that the other people didn't give him any time to continue sighing or being pretentious. The four dishes on the table were almost gone. There was no need to fight. It was like a battlefield, whoever was quicker got the food.
Bai You:!!!
He quickly picked up his chopsticks, only able to grab the last piece of chicken wing, and quickly put it into his mouth and took a bite.
The person next to me put down his chopsticks reluctantly, picked up the plate of cola chicken wings and licked all the sauce off it.
But no one thought his behavior was shameful, and some even envied him.
Because it’s so delicious.
The person next to Bai You touched his belly and said, "That's fucking amazing!"
“It really tastes like food, this is gourmet food!”
"For such a cheap price, I could eat here every day and never want to leave the hotel again."
"Wake up, you can't afford to stay in the room here if you don't go back to work and take the mission."
"No wonder Captain Ji doesn't want to go back. If it were me, I wouldn't want to go back to that crappy base either."
The moment this last sentence came out, the originally cheerful and lively atmosphere at the table suddenly fell silent.
The man knew he had said the wrong thing and scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "Don't worry, Captain Ji is more stable than any of us. I will not question his decisions, whether in the past or now."
The atmosphere at the table relaxed considerably, and another person nodded in agreement. "See those lawful soldiers who came with us? They're here to build a factory. Once the factory is established and successfully cooperates with the hotel, we'll be able to eat the hotel's food here at the base."
However, the hotel owner told them when they came that if they brought the food preserved through secondary processing to the base, they might be able to restore the taste, but the ability to reduce the pollution level would be greatly reduced, and they would have to eat twice the amount to achieve the same level of purification as dining in the hotel.
But these are minor problems. Once such food is delivered to the base, everyone will flock to it.
Not to mention the polluters who are eager to reduce pollution levels, even ordinary people would want to eat it, not only for the pursuit of the deliciousness of normal food, but also as a preventive measure.
Who wouldn’t like food that can reduce pollution and prolong your life?
After thinking about it, the expressions on the faces of the other people returned to their initial joy. Only Bai You was still a little depressed, with his head lowered and his expression could not be seen clearly.
The senior next to him noticed his absent-mindedness and was just about to order some more food to comfort him when he saw Wen Bei walking out of the kitchen.
He was so excited that he quickly stood up and greeted Wen Bei.
If my attitude towards him on the road was one of gratitude and respect, now it has changed to the same as that of most people who come to the hotel for the first time - admiration.
This must be the savior!
Wen Bei smiled at him: "Is it delicious?"
The man nodded frantically, excitedly: "It's delicious."
Wen Bei: "That's good. If it's delicious, you can spend a little more... and eat some."
"Okay!" The man, who had become somewhat foolish, nodded halfway when he suddenly remembered something, "Where are those lawful troops?"
There were more than ten people from the Orderly Army, but they didn't come to the restaurant to eat. Could it be that they went outside to find a suitable place to build a factory near the hotel?
His intuition told him it couldn't be that simple.
Wen Bei thought for a moment and said, "It seems they went to a KTV for team building. In a KTV, you can not only sing but also order food from the restaurant remotely. But it seems there are no vacant rooms now."
The place was completely occupied by them and a few individual tourists.
Several mercenaries were stunned, and after a long while they managed to utter, "They are truly despicable!"
...
After placing their retaliatory orders in the restaurant, the mercenaries returned to the room.
The room they booked was at the end of the building, and the moment they walked into the room, they all felt a sense of unreality.
The rooms here don't look luxurious, but they are full of tranquility and warmth. The rooms have balconies, from which you can see the scenery outside, and the beautiful little white flowers and rockery in the front garden can also be seen clearly.
Unlike most of the sky in the base, which is blocked by a gray cover to isolate pollution, the view here is very clear. At a glance, the city has almost turned into a sea of green, with polluted plants occupying every corner.
In the past, they only felt terror, but perhaps after they felt safe in the hotel, they actually began to appreciate the scenery and observed this new world so calmly for the first time.
It doesn't seem so hideous.
With hope in my heart, my fear and resistance to the world are greatly reduced.
Bai You was slightly stunned as she looked at the scenery outside the balcony. The person standing next to her suddenly sighed, "Actually, staying in the hotel is really a good choice."
He looked like he was talking to himself, but actually he was talking to Bai You.
Bai You didn't say anything and continued to remain silent, as if something outside was attracting him.
After saying this, the mercenary retreated back into the room and fought with others for the only bed.
Wenbei just upgraded the furniture in the hotel rooms, so double beds are now standard in the rooms.
But there are not just two of them, and each of them is a big man with long arms and legs, so someone is destined to sleep on the floor.
Despite this, these conditions are already thousands of times better than camping outside the base.
Those who didn’t get a bed didn’t get upset. They happily took out their sleeping bags and spread them on the ground.
Hotel rooms usually only accommodate one person, but squeezing four people in at once like they did is tacitly allowed, and no more than one person is allowed.
The corresponding thing is that the more people live in the same room, the more they need to share. If one person can reduce the pollution level by a large margin, it will be evenly distributed among everyone, so it is still the most cost-effective to live alone.
The rabbit housekeepers made it clear to them when they checked in, but they just didn't care.
As long as I can stay in the hotel, what's the harm in spending a little more money?
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