The meat in the bag is bright red in color and looks very similar to the pork jerky I've eaten before, but it's not thin, but thick pieces of jerky.
But these delicious-looking dried meats give off a strange smell. Maybe a lot of seasonings were added during the production process, but these things did not make the dried meat taste better. Instead, they mixed with the fishy smell inside to create a more complex taste.
It smells even stinkyer than the stinky tofu I've eaten before.
"Does everyone in Ping'an Base eat this? Is there really no problem?" Shi Jiu remembered what was said before, that the meat of mutant animals was not only scarce, but also dry and tasteless when chewed.
But what was in the bag was obviously different from what she knew!
"I asked Gao Ziang, and he said the previous jerky was just difficult to handle and the quantity was small, but the ones in this bag look similar, but apart from the seasonings, there's definitely something wrong with the meat."
When Qin Lou received the bag of dried meat, he went to ask Gao Ziang and Meng Xingxiu, who had lived in the base, and found out that there was a big difference.
"Just looking at their expressions, it seems like they're used to these things. As for eating, if it can really fill their stomachs, they probably won't care about the taste."
So Qin Lou didn't return the things without permission and decided to keep them in the space for the time being.
Shi Jiu yawned. He had just stopped by to water the flowers and plant the purification trees. He was still a little sleepy after getting up early in the morning.
At this time, Yan Yue brought a large group of subordinates to complete the check-out procedures. He was not interested in the one-bedroom apartment for the time being, and he did not have that many crystal cores on him.
However, according to the development of the hotel, there should be bigger rooms in the back.
"Boss, see you in two days~" He greeted Shi Jiu in a good mood, even though his charm seemed to have lost its effect in the hotel.
Shi Jiu looked at this rather familiar guest and responded.
Wang Yue was standing beside her and just saw Yan Yue leaving. She was a little dazed for a moment.
"Boss, did you feel that the guest just now looked familiar?"
"He has been in the hotel these days, so it's not surprising that you saw him." Shi Jiu was fiddling with a tablet. He wanted to increase the production of staple food recently. Perhaps he could try selling seeds and promote land leasing?
Wang Yue thought about it and realized that since she met so many people every day, it was normal for them to look familiar. "That's true, but this guest is quite handsome."
After saying that, she put the matter behind her and went back to the ranch to collect the eggs.
"Boss, maybe our hotel needs some new staff? The ranch's production has really increased a lot recently. I have to spend several hours every day here. If the number of customers increases every day, I really won't be able to keep up here."
Although those little animals don’t smell bad and feel soft to the touch, you still have to bend down every time you pick up their eggs. Even a god can’t bear it.
Now most of the work on the ranch is done by Wang Yue. Shi Jiu watched her pounding her waist from time to time and nodded. It was time to recruit more employees.
"If you work hard for a few more days, I'll hire a few more people to work at the ranch after the hotel is upgraded. I'll give you a raise these few days!"
When Wang Yue heard about the salary increase, her eyes lit up. The clothing store had many new beautiful and exquisite clothes. She was punished for concealing some of the information last time, and she hasn't received her salary yet.
"Really? Thank you, boss!" After saying that, he immediately felt the pain in his waist was gone, and happily went into the ranch to start a new round of picking.
Time passed quickly, and at six o'clock in the evening, the second apartment was completed. The survivors looked at the apartment they had built with their own hands, and without being notified, they lined up in an orderly manner to go through the rental procedures.
In addition to the crystal cores in their pockets, there are also 2,000 Sifang coins that have just arrived in their membership cards. No matter how you look at it, it is more cost-effective to rent an apartment for a month.
While they were queuing up to go through the rental procedures, several people came to Qin Lou.
"Mr. Qin, thank you very much for your team's dedication in escorting us to the hotel. I'm Lin Ye's younger brother, so just call me Lin Xi."
"You're welcome. What can I do for you?" Qin Lou replied calmly.
Lin Xi brought several psychics with him. "This place is great. We have all the necessary supplies. We want to go back to the base and tell my brother about it. By the way..."
"Want to go back and see if your leader has returned?"
"That's one reason. Actually, we want all the survivors at the base to come here as soon as possible, so that they can at least live a better life." Lin Xi said helplessly.
"What do you usually eat in your base?" Shi Jiu was listening on the side. Why did the people in the base look so impatient? He had never seen them come here in such a hurry before.
Shi Jiu didn't know that this was all Roger's doing. He was a little curious about the bag of dried meat he saw in the morning. Did he really only eat that?
Seeing her sitting next to Qin Lou, Lin Ye thought she was also a hotel employee. He didn't give her a perfunctory response and said directly, "When things were better before, we would eat some rice and noodles and packaged food because we would take turns going out to find supplies at the base."
"It was fine at first, but then there was a major shakeup at the top, and the regulations on handing in supplies became increasingly outrageous. The food we received became less and less, and eventually it became the dried meat of mutant animals. Even entering and leaving the base required payment, as long as the other party considered it valuable."
"Later, the taste of the mutant animal jerky became increasingly strange, but since there was no food left, these were the only things we were given, so we had no choice but to eat them. Fortunately, there were no problems."
When Lin Ye talked about food, he couldn't help but complain and no longer cared about the reputation of the base. Anyway, his brother didn't plan to guard the base anymore.
"My brother is in charge of logistics, but he has no power at all. Everything is controlled by Roger. He has many psychics following him. Don't look at how many psychics stood behind my brother last night. That was just because Roger was not around, so they couldn't say anything."
"They've taken control of all the supplies. They keep saying that all the previous supplies have been turned over to the research lab, and that researchers will soon be able to crack the secrets of the apocalypse. It's because of these words that they're willing to eat things not even humane, and endure day after day."
Speaking of this, Lin Xi was also a little depressed. He and his brother knew that these were most likely their words, but with so many people in the base, no matter whether what Roger said was true or not, it also gave them great hope.
This is also the reason why so many survivors grit their teeth and persevere. They cannot bear to cruelly tear off this veil of hypocrisy.
Moreover, there are very few zombies coming near the base, which has deepened their recognition and trust in this so-called laboratory.
Shi Jiu listened carefully to his complaints and asked, "So how many people are left in Ping'an Base now?"
Lin Xi thought for a moment, "There used to be tens of thousands of people, but now there are only three or four thousand left."
Shi Jiu felt a little puzzled. There were only a few bases in the entire City B, and there didn't seem to be many people in those bases. It didn't make sense that there were only so few people left in such a big city.
Lin Xi was still waiting, and Shi Jiu didn't want to delay him any longer. "Well, it's too late for you to go back at night. I'm the owner of the hotel, and I have a mission coming up soon. You can take it and then go back to the base."
Shi Jiu was not afraid of what the other party would think after seeing the mission. She had not done anything bad anyway, so she first transferred the people in the base to the hotel smoothly.
Soon, the team gathered again and set off. This time, Qin Lou did not go with them. He worked all night and continued to work during the day. Although he was a person with superpowers, he also needed rest mentally.
On the tenth day of the hotel's opening, unexpectedly, there were 2,000 survivors coming. It seemed that Lin Ye and the others did not wait for Roger to return, and they were much more determined this time.
In the evening, when the two apartments were about to be completed, Lin Ye and a small group of psychics rushed to the hotel in a dusty state.
Qin Lou was in the lobby and was a little surprised to see him. Lin Ye's face was covered in dust. He looked at the tall and exquisite building in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Lin Xi had been fooled.
"Brother, are you relieved now?" Lin Xi said speechlessly. He went back last night and described the layout of the hotel and everything inside in vivid detail, but Lin Ye took it as if he had been drugged and said that his story was too fake.
It's all true, okay? It's so unfair.
But even so, he still sent the remaining survivors to the hotel. The chaos in the base was unbearable.
Lin Ye ignored his younger brother.
"Deputy Chief Lin, why are you here now?" Qin Lou thought he would come tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and he should still have some things to do in the base.
"Mr. Qin, just call me by my name. I'm not a deputy leader anymore, and what happens in the base has nothing to do with me."
Lin Ye felt disgusted when he thought of those people's faces, but being able to leave the base and come here was also a good thing.
Thinking about how he had plundered all the crystal cores in the base and left none for them, it made him feel happy.
He pointed to the psychics behind him and said, "These psychics all came to the hotel voluntarily. They have nothing to do with the previous leader. Don't worry, Mr. Qin."
"Can we come and check in? Or do we also have to start the construction of the apartment first?" Lin Ye asked politely.
"Go get your membership card first. You can only move in right now. Then keep an eye on the task screen to get tasks for building the apartment."
"Okay, thank you." Lin Ye said and went to the next room to handle business.
Qin Lou thought for a moment, then walked over to Shi Jiu, who was waiting for the apartment to be built. "Boss, I've found two candidates who can be my employees."
Shi Jiu was excited about the upcoming upgrade, and without taking his eyes off the tablet, he casually asked, "Really? Who is it?"
"The former deputy leader of Ping'an Base and his younger brother."
After hearing this, Shi Jiu turned around and thought for a moment, "Is your ability okay?"
"Um."
"Okay, we'll arrange for it once the hotel is upgraded."
The next second, the two apartments were completed, and at nine o'clock in the evening, all personnel had successfully completed the procedures for moving in or renting.
[Ding! Successfully entertained 5,000 people, level 5 mission completed. Unlocked the villa location, system hibernation ended.]
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