After a day of fighting and chaos, Sun Tiantian and her friends were so exhausted that their bodies felt like they were falling apart. As soon as they entered the room, they rushed straight to the sofa in the lobby on the first floor and collapsed onto it.
"Sister Lu, are you made of iron?" Han Rui was panting heavily as she lay on the sofa. "It feels like I've been beaten up by twenty people. Even my fingernails hurt."
Lu Sheng gave a perfunctory smile, his eyes narrowing as he surveyed the hotel interior.
In the center of the hotel lobby stands a huge glass fish tank, complete with artificial rocks and an oxygen generator, but no fish.
Over time, the water in the fish tank turned grayish-brown.
The lobby floor is covered with patterned ceramic tiles, which are shiny and slippery when you step on them.
The hotel's entire lighting system was broken, and the lobby was pitch black, with only a little bit of faint sunlight coming through the doors and windows.
It wasn't until Xu Yi took out the windproof lamp that the hall finally had some light.
It's been almost half a month since the zombie virus outbreak started. Normally, the hotel staff would either have turned into zombies or have already fled the hotel.
But when she touched the hotel sofa, it was spotless, without a speck of dust.
Normally, even if no one is staying in the room, there will be dust in the room. But the Cloud Hotel is not only spotless, but it also doesn't have the damp smell that is common in enclosed spaces.
It's as if someone is taking care of it.
She took out a small handheld flashlight from her storage space and carefully inspected the hotel lobby on the first floor.
There was no trace of zombies, not even a small insect.
Lu Sheng temporarily put aside his doubts and took out several boxes of self-heating rice and a mini hot pot from his bag.
Xiao Yu poured water into the heating box, and soon the heating pack started bubbling.
The rich aroma of oil and salt wafted out with the steam, making it especially tempting after a long day.
Lu Sheng took a box of braised beef self-heating rice. Just as he opened the box, a crisp sound suddenly came from the corner of the stairs.
A screw rolled down the shiny tile floor.
The group stopped what they were doing and looked up warily toward the stairwell.
"Who's there?"
Han Rui, biting her chopsticks, squinted and stood up to ask.
There was no response from the other side of the stairs, so Xiao Yu picked up the machete and stood up.
As Xiao Yu drew closer, a head suddenly appeared from the direction of the stairs.
"I...I'm not a bad person...Don't be afraid."
A handsome man dressed smartly emerged from the corner of the stairs. He raised his hands above his head and walked out cautiously.
The man was about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, about 1.85 meters tall, with a pair of almond-shaped eyes and handsome features, giving him a somewhat androgynous air.
"You are..." Han Rui stared at the man for a long time, then suddenly screamed, "You are Li Dongran! Right!"
Even someone like Lu Sheng, who isn't a big fan of celebrities, had heard of Li Dongran's name before.
You can see his commercials on TV by flipping through a few channels, and his entertainment news appears on short videos every few days. He's probably the hottest male idol right now.
"Li Dongran! Can you give me your autograph? I've been a fan of yours for years!"
Han Rui tried to find a pen in her bag, but after searching for a long time, she only found a lipstick.
She was about to run over for an autograph when Zhang Xiaojuan pressed her down into a chair, saying, "What are you signing? Just eat your food."
"Mind your own business..."
Before she could finish speaking, Zhang Xiaojuan stuffed a spoonful of rice into her mouth to stop her from saying the rest.
Lu Sheng stood up and gave Li Dongran a cold look.
“Last month, I took on a period drama and filmed it at this factory. The day after I checked into the hotel, a zombie virus broke out. Everyone in the hotel ran away, leaving only me, my agent, and a small assistant.”
Li Dongran felt uneasy under her gaze and quickly confessed everything.
"Where are the two of them?"
Lu Sheng pointed his Tang sword at him indifferently, and Li Dongran trembled in fright.
"I...I don't know..."
Li Dongran cowered nervously at the top of the stairs, his eyes filled with fear as he stared at the tip of Lu Sheng's knife. "We stayed together on the third floor of the hotel for three days. On the morning of the fourth day, I woke up thirsty and groggily got up to find some water, only to discover that they had both disappeared."
As he spoke, he would occasionally pinch his throat to clear it, saying, "Sorry, I've been feeling thirsty ever since I moved in."
"Why didn't you answer when we knocked on the door?" Xiao Yu took a step forward.
“There are zombies everywhere outside, I have no idea whether you are human or monsters…” Li Dongran gave a bitter smile. “I was secretly observing you from the second floor, and it was only when I saw you take out self-heating hot pots that I was sure you were human.”
Lu Sheng glanced at Li Dongran out of the corner of her eye. His clothes fit him perfectly, and although there were traces of fatigue on his face, he still had the demeanor of a big star.
"They both disappeared, aren't you going to look for them? And how did you survive in the hotel all this time?" Sun Tiantian asked, frowning.
“I searched the hotel and only found two sets of clothes they were wearing in the room.”
"The hotel's cold storage has some semi-finished products and a generator, so the food has never spoiled."
Li Dongran cleared his throat again and cautiously moved a little closer: "I've been here for many days. There are zombies outside, and I can't get out at all."
"Can you take me with you? I'll give you money as long as we get out of here, any amount you want."
"Don't come any closer."
Lu Sheng flicked his finger, setting up an arc of electricity at Li Dongran's feet to stop him.
"From now on, your activity area is limited to the third floor and above. If you dare to step downstairs, I will kill you immediately."
"three."
"two."
"Okay, okay, I'm leaving." Startled by the terrifying murderous intent in Lu Sheng's eyes, Li Dongran hurriedly ran up the stairs.
"Oh, I'm so disappointed..."
After Li Dongran ran upstairs, Han Rui slumped onto the table in frustration, "I liked him for so many years. I was so infatuated with his role as the Evil Sword Immortal. How come the real person is such a useless piece of trash? He's not like a man at all."
“Actors and roles are two different things.” Sun Tiantian smiled and handed Han Rui a bottle of juice. “Now you know, right?”
"Disappointed, disappointed. I will never trust male idols again."
After the group finished their meal, it was already dark.
Occasionally, howling screams echoed through the streets, their eerie and shrill cries making the quiet night even more unsettling.
"There are ten guest rooms on the second floor. I checked them and they are quite clean."
Zhang Xiaojuan went upstairs to take a look and came back to say that.
"We'll sleep on the floor downstairs tonight." Xu Yi carried down several blankets from upstairs.
Lu Sheng and Xu Yi exchanged a glance and nodded, and Lu Sheng took the initiative to help Xu Yi spread the quilt on the floor.
“It’s too dangerous here, it’s safer for us to sleep together.” Lu Sheng spread a thick blanket over Sun Tiantian and Han Rui. “Six people, divided into three groups, to take turns keeping watch.”
"You all go to sleep first, I'll keep watch."
Xu Yi placed the last quilt at Lu Sheng's feet.
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