Chapter 282: Hotel Terror
The lights in the hotel were sometimes dim and sometimes clear. After a while, a warm fragrance emerged, reminding people of the sweet potato porridge that had been cooked for a long time.
This smell does not match the exquisite and elegant decoration outside the hotel at all.
However, travelers often drink porridge made from sweet potatoes grown at home and filtered water. The taste makes their mouths water and relieves a lot of tension.
Several younger members of the team couldn't resist the temptation and started to walk in.
Yu is different from the humans around her. With the help of her abnormal perception, she can see many more things.
She vaguely noticed that the hotel before her seemed to be uninhabited land. This was strange, as it was clearly a hive occupied by an anomaly, and had even evolved corresponding rules. How could it be without an owner?
Now the anomaly still occupies this place, but the rules are no longer completely under its control. The small anomalies derived from it also have higher autonomy, and it is obvious that uncontrollable changes have occurred.
Yu blinked. She had not received much education and no expert group was following her, so she naturally did not know the reason for this change.
If she were an investigator from the Church of Light, the experts would tell her: Chen Xiao'er is approaching, she has poured too much energy into the ritual of power, and this energy is shaping a new world covering the old world.
All abnormal areas involving rules were once considered natural ley lines on Red Star.
The era of dominating the mountains in the old world is about to pass, and those giant anomalies lingering on the surface need to pass the review of the new world before they can restore their original qualifications and "property".
Yu didn't know much, she just instinctively felt that this was a good opportunity.
Since this hotel has no owner for the time being, can I occupy it?
Forget it, don’t think too much, just save people first.
Yu collected his wandering thoughts, grabbed the door handle with one hand and gently pulled it out.
If Chen Xiao'er were here, this door would have become a sensor door and opened automatically. If she had come a few hours earlier, this monster nest would have eagerly opened its cracks and swallowed her and the human race whole.
But now the door was stuck to the door frame like rust. She pulled it twice before opening a gap, and she heard a cracking sound as something broke in the middle.
Could it be that the hotel could tell I wasn't human, or was it simply refusing to allow any living creature to enter?
Yu was a little curious. Her current body looked human from any angle, and could even be identified as human when viewed with an abnormal vision.
This physique was a gift from Sister Chen. When she was in human form, as long as she didn't actively use her strange powers, she could live like a real human girl, with no flaws in her breathing or heartbeat.
Creaky~ A dangerous smell emanated from the crack in the door.
Yu calmly suppressed his distracting thoughts and reminded the people behind him: "Choose five brave and careful people to follow me, and the others will wait outside."
Her ability allows her to carry humans with her while escaping, or even slide to another dimension to continue traveling, but the more people she carries, the slower her travel becomes. Five people should be enough to handle most situations.
Although the best way is for her to go in and handle the matter alone, on the one hand, this group of people can lend a hand, and on the other hand, she can't always do everything for her "allies."
The group of travelers knew what was good and what was bad, so they quickly decided to have five people stand behind Yu. Just as the five people were standing, the sound of a roaring engine suddenly came from the distance.
The travelers looked back and saw a motorcycle squad approaching quickly.
At first glance, this group of people looked like a small team of mercenaries, with a total of eight members, riding modified off-road motorcycles in groups of three.
One of them drove the motorcycle, one sat back to back on the back seat to observe behind and on both sides, and another sat on the added side seat with a gun and aimed.
Only the dirt bike at the front of the convoy had only two people on board. A strong, pink-haired man gripped the handlebars, while a pink-haired girl, armed with a gun, sat on the side seat with a wary expression. They were clearly blood relatives.
After discovering that both parties were human, the travelers did not rush into the abnormal area.
What if, what if these mercenaries happened to come here to explore?
They all felt they were refugees, and when faced with danger, they preferred to entrust it to more professional people. If they didn't have the money to hire a mercenary group, these travelers wouldn't have taken up arms and embarked on their own adventures.
Yu looked at the motorcycle getting closer and closer, her eyes flashing: She was impressed by this bright pink hair, she must have seen it before...it seemed to be related to Sister Chen.
Boom boom.
The mercenary braked his motorcycle beside them.
The travelers were immediately excited when they saw the logos painted on the motorcycles and the professional protective clothing they were wearing.
"Hey everyone, are you from the Human Soul Front?" The old man trembled as he emerged from the group. "Hey, hey, are you going to explore this anomalous area? There are a lot of good things in there! But there is a rather dangerous lord."
The middle-aged man said nothing, his eyes coldly sweeping across the hotel behind him.
His daughter, who looked much friendlier, smiled before speaking. "Old man, have you seen a girl with black hair? Well, it's okay if you can't see her hair color at night. You'll feel calm when you see her. She should be sitting in the car, and there might be a very white woman next to her."
Lin Lang was also very nervous. She and her father successfully escaped from Taoli College with a few elite soldiers, but there were turbulent energy flows everywhere outside and there was no signal on the communicator.
She had no idea where Chen Xiao'er was going and could only run around everywhere.
Of course he didn't see it, but this old man was also smart.
He looked confused for a moment, then smiled and said, "I don't know. But we came from that side, and we didn't see any special black-haired girls in the middle, nor did we see the car you mentioned."
Yu, who was standing at the door, agreed casually: "Yes, this road has only just appeared. She may not be there yet or may be in another direction. Or she may have entered some abnormal area."
She paused, then said meaningfully, "For example, this hotel in front of me was transformed from an anomalous area. People who don't know the inside story might go in and try their luck."
That makes sense, Lin Lang nodded silently in his heart.
With Chen Xiao'er's cognitive filter, she might really find a hotel that has been transformed into an abnormal area and stay there after dark. This place is very worth investigating.
She glanced at her father secretly.
Uncle Wolf said to his companions in a telepathic manner: "You wait here first, Little Wolf and I will go in and investigate the situation."
"We also need to go in and save people. Let me go in first." Yu nodded at them, opened the door of the hotel and stepped in.
As the door opened completely, a moist energy spread out like a wave, sprinkling on everyone's face and evaporating into a thin layer of water vapor.
Yu could feel the power of rules contained within it. This power was very weak, and it was basically impossible to force her to take any action. Even for humans, it was impossible to directly issue a death order.
The water vapor gradually dissipated, and everyone looked at the furnishings in front of them in silence.
The wooden floor beneath my feet was so grimy I couldn't tell its color. Half a cockroach was stuck dead in the cracks. A gust of wind blew from the ground, shaking the speckled curtains and revealing the dried corpse of a potted plant.
Although the hall was spacious, there was a shabby stage in the middle of it that served no purpose.
There were three empty large round tables in the dining area below for guests, and next to each table were a varying number of benches with missing parts scattered around.
Yu only felt that the furniture here was old and dirty, and there was a layer of dust on the table.
But Lin Lang often read magazines from old times, and recognized at a glance that the interior furnishings had elements from the pre-technological era, a standard retro style.
This taste is really "Chen Xiao'er". Xiao'er can exert such a strong influence here, so she must be not far away.
Everyone present had rich survival experience. No one spoke, and they quickly dispersed to investigate the things around them.
Lin Lang and Yu simultaneously looked at a form hanging next to the bar. Yu looked at Lin Lang with a curious look. Lin Lang nodded and read in a low voice: "First, the hotel must be kept clean. Second, fighting or damage to public property is not allowed in the hotel. Third, employees must provide high-quality service, and no credit will be accepted..."
It must be kept clean. How can such a dirty hotel be kept clean? Yu blinked and was about to discuss it with her when she heard footsteps coming from behind the bar.
A sturdy woman pushed open the glass door. Her feet were much longer than a mineral water bottle, but they were pinned to the ground like thumbtacks against the backdrop of her puffy skirt.
The woman wore no fine jewelry, and her clothes were tattered. She didn't look like the owner of this shop. Her aura was also very decadent, and she didn't give off the aura of a lord of a territory.
She had a half-smoked cigarette butt in her mouth and was wearing a tattered apron.
If she is a cook, there is no oil stain on her body. If she is a waitress, the clothes do not match the uniform.
No one acted rashly. They stood there waiting for the woman to come out from behind the door.
Snap! She slammed the two big lumps of flesh on her arms on the bar, rolled out a menu from under her chin, and yelled, "Order!" Her tone was self-righteous and irritable, as if she was the distinguished guest.
Everyone had a brief discussion, and a few minutes later a white-haired old man held up the menu.
His superpower is that he can be immune to fatal damage once a day, so he is very suitable for exploring when the situation is unclear.
As he opened the menu, the others also placed their hands on their respective magical objects, with all their special abilities ready to be unleashed.
The old man looked at the words on the menu and didn't dare to reach out easily. He smiled and asked, "What are these long foreign-language dishes at the top..."
The woman said angrily, "Piano music, you can't afford it."
A shabby hotel like yours offers music services?
Everyone looked speechlessly at the shabby stage in the middle of the hall. The piano on it looked like it had been dug out of the ground by tomb robbers last week. Even if they ordered it, how would these anomalies play it?
The old man's expression remained unchanged as he carefully read the text below. Each dish on the menu used characters from different regions and eras, but he had lived long enough to find a few that he recognized.
He calculated the approximate price in his mind and asked cautiously, "How much is the braised pork?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a golden horizontal line appeared under the phrase "braised pork".
The woman laughed sinisterly, her voice echoing as if from a deep well. "We accept two payment methods here. If you're paying with universal currency, it'll be 1,000 silver coins!"
"It's too expensive!" It's ridiculously expensive! The old man was dumbfounded. If he could afford it, why would he need to work so hard outside?
"Hahaha, I knew you couldn't afford it!" The woman pulled out a bloody dagger from behind her back, and one hand turned into a claw to grab the old man's arm. "We have another way to pay - bring your own food and ingredients!"
The old man's hair stood up instantly. His companion behind him patted him on the shoulder, and his joints immediately became extremely flexible, twisting backward like a snake.
Click.
Uncle Wolf stepped on his daughter's shadow and aimed his gun at the abnormality, and the battle was about to break out.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Suddenly, the sound of a group of rats moving around on the second floor could be heard. Their footsteps became heavier, changing from the rustling of small rodents to the crisp clatter of human leather shoes.
"Woooooo!" The woman who had just transformed into a monster with her long tongue twisted her body without hesitation. This time, she was faster than the alienated old man and ran backstage, locking the glass door with a click.
What's going on?
Yu pondered in his heart: Could it be that our fighting behavior violated the hotel rules and triggered a more severe punishment? But that little bit of rule power has not changed.
Everyone quickly activated all their defensive items and quickly dispersed to the corners, hiding and covering each other.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
The commotion upstairs gradually subsided, and the door to the second floor slammed open with a crisp click.
Two teams of waiters in black and white uniforms walked out from behind heavy metal doors. Each of them performed the same movements as the leader of the corresponding team, bringing a uniform beauty that reminded people of the legendary guard of honor.
The servants, wearing skirts and trousers, walked in different ways. Each of them was of unknown gender and covered half of their faces with soft cloth masks.
The human side was ready for battle, but these anthropomorphic anomalies took out various cleaning tools from behind.
Broom, rag, mop... just lightly touch the dirty area and all the dust will disappear.
"What are they doing?" Lin Lang couldn't help but ask his father beside him, "Didn't these anomalies just completely disobey the rules here?"
Uncle Wolf said softly without turning his head, "Maybe some big shot is coming who will force them to follow the rules."
Lin Lang closed his mouth and looked out the window as if he had realized something: a cluster of dark purple flames was approaching rapidly.
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