Chapter 278 It’s good, don’t change next time
The thin young man was named Zhang Heng. He climbed up the mountain nimbly, picked a tree, carefully plucked a few leaves, sniffed them, and found the smell was slightly pungent.
But the leaves are fresh.
Zhang Heng was afraid that others would see him picking leaves, after all, the mountain belonged to someone.
He hurriedly caught some with his shirt and cut a few more strips of bark.
"This rainwater is poisonous, but I see these trees are growing well, so the toxins should have been purified. We can make a pot of soup at noon and chew some bark." Zhang Heng stopped those who wanted to continue pulling leaves.
"There are so many trees on this mountain, why don't people pick them? Those people with special abilities will keep these trees only to watch them slowly wither. It would be better for us to pick some leaves and eat them for a few meals. We haven't had a full meal for a long time. We can cut some more tree bark and grind it into powder to make rice cakes." An extremely skinny young man in the crowd whispered.
"Let's wait until we meet the psychics on the mountain and ask them. It's already very unfair to them to pick these leaves privately, and we don't know what their character is like. Some high-level psychics have strange tempers." Ma Xiaojun, a middle-aged man in a gray coat, frowned and said. He boiled a pot of water and put the leaves and some seasonings in it.
Soon, there was a scent of leaves and a hint of pepper.
The seasoning contains pepper, which has a spicy aroma and a unique taste.
When the leaves are boiled and softened, they look a bit like seaweed and are a bit sticky.
Everyone got a bowl.
"Brother Heng, these leaves are delicious. They are sweeter than the leaves we ate before. They don't smell good, but they taste good." Chen Juanjuan, a girl with sallow complexion, said happily while holding the bowl.
These people are easily satisfied and full of hope for life.
"You have to watch over the flame carefully. Everyone stay in the tent to keep warm and don't run around." Zhang Heng took care of every detail like an old nanny.
Finally, in the afternoon, when many people were drowsy, several people with special abilities walked down the mountain.
They were also surprised to see the simple tents at the foot of the mountain.
"Are you new here?" Li Heng had just woken up and was about to go back to his mountain to find some food. When he saw men, women, young and old in several tents, he asked curiously.
"Yes, we are the newly escaped survivors. May I ask if you are recruiting people in these mountains? We are all very capable and can do hard labor. As long as we are provided with food, drink and shelter, we are willing to do anything!" Zhang Heng saw that the several psychics opposite him were dressed neatly, and responded respectfully.
"I guess there are not many people living on our mountain. You can ask more, maybe they are willing to hire people. But if you have enough crystal cores, you can go to this stone mountain. It seems that the hotel still has a few rooms that have not been rented out, and they are not expensive." Li Heng scratched his head indifferently.
Zhang Heng and Chen Juanjuan looked at each other and saw a hint of shock in each other's eyes.
It's the end of the world, and you can still open a hotel in the mountains?
"Can we enter this mountain freely? Actually, we were very hungry just now, so we picked some leaves and bark from the mountain. I also plan to find the owner of this mountain and give him some crystal cores in exchange." Zhang Heng felt a little embarrassed.
"No need to change. You can pick leaves from the trees below the halfway point of the mountain. No one will bother you. Just don't go too far. There are hotels and restaurants halfway up this rocky mountain, but they're a bit expensive. You can go and have a look." Yuan Xiao said shyly. Looking at these refugees, she thought of herself picking up scraps at the Xilin base.
Upon hearing this, the group of survivors were overjoyed.
They didn't expect that these psychics would be so generous and pick such good leaves at will.
And you can actually go up the mountain to enjoy the view.
Hearing that there were still vacancies in the hotel on the mountain, Zhang Heng decided to buy several rooms. They fled along the way and stored a lot of crystal cores on them.
The stone steps were very convenient. A group of people tiptoed up, looking at the surrounding scenery every few steps. The closer they got to the mountain, the more they could smell the scent of fruit and flowers.
There seem to be many fruit trees planted on this hill.
This made everyone very excited.
When they saw the buffet restaurant and hotel halfway up the mountain, they were unable to express their shock and excitement in words.
These fine buildings all have electricity and are very clean.
There is a waterproof sign outside with the price list written on it.
Seeing the triple room in the hotel, where each person only needed one high-level crystal core per day, Zhang Heng was very tempted. There was also a mark on the back that said if one cleaned diligently every day, there would be a chance to get an apple or an orange.
There were only two fifth-level body-strengthening psychics in their team, and three fourth-level psychics including him, but now there was only one double room and one triple room left, and it was obvious that there were not enough people.
But it can at least provide living quarters for five people with special abilities.
Chen Juanjuan was afraid that Zhang Heng would give up on her, so she held his arm tightly.
"We have enough crystal cores now, and five people can live in the hotel. I thought, I will just take over the double room. I will move in with Ajuan, and I can pay for a month's worth of crystal cores for both of us." Zhang Heng has the most crystal cores saved in the team.
Others dared to be angry but not to speak out.
Seeing that an ordinary person like Chen Juanjuan could occupy a room, several good-looking girls showed angry expressions.
"The other triple room will be occupied by the three of us," said two fifth-level esper and a fourth-level earth-type esper in the crowd in a deep voice. "But don't worry, we'll arrange accommodations for you first."
Because this rocky mountain is rich in resources and there are trees at the foot of the mountain to shelter from the rain, even if they don't live in the house, their daily life will be much better than if they had to sleep in the open air for so long.
Smart people have no complaints and dare not complain.
The pretentious man began to roar angrily, "How can this be? This is unfair. Although we are second-level, we also have fourth-level crystal cores. Why should we give up this room to you?"
"Yes, yes, we are not short of crystal cores!"
"No, I won't agree to this!"
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Several people began arguing over who owned the hotel room.
Their movements disturbed the guests in the hotel.
A burly man opened the window and yelled in the direction of the group, "Stop nagging! You're killing me! If anyone starts nagging again, I'll come down and break your head off."
His tone was so fierce that the group of people who had never seen the world were shocked.
Moreover, they subconsciously felt that the psychics on this mountain were all high-level and that they couldn't use an egg against a stone.
Zhang Heng smiled at him apologetically.
He ran to the business hall on the first floor of the hotel.
Xiao Choujue was warming her hands on a small heater in the room, and there was a cup of taro milk tea on the table.
Zhang Heng saw the girl first and sighed at her delicate beauty. This girl was prettier and cleaner than all the girls he had seen in the apocalypse.
Chen Juanjuan, who was following him, also saw it and suddenly felt like an earthworm in a quagmire. She hid behind Zhang Heng embarrassedly.
Then he looked enviously at the warm room behind the window and the cup of fragrant milk tea.
"Hello, I want to book a double room for two people for one month. Here are 12 fifth-level crystal cores." Zhang Heng didn't feel any pain at all and simply handed over the crystal cores.
After registering, Xiao Choujue handed him the key. "Room 0438 on the third floor. There are simple furniture in the room. Please pay attention to hygiene and don't damage the furniture. Also, we have uninterrupted electricity and water supply here, but you can't waste it recklessly. If you are found to be wasting money, your power and water will be cut off. After cleaning every day, you must come to this window on the first floor. The staff on duty that day will check the hygiene. If the hygiene is qualified, you will be rewarded with fruits and other daily necessities~"
Zhang Heng agreed readily.
His instinct told him that the rooms here were all good.
After booking a room, I still have to go back and deal with the survivors first.
He sent Chen Juanjuan to her room and then went downstairs.
When Chen Juanjuan saw the furnishings in the double room, she felt a little dazed.
There is a quilt on the bed, a fireplace and charcoal in the room, as well as a private bathroom and balcony. It is not much different from the hotels before the apocalypse. The key is that it is very clean.
There is a bottle of cantaloupe-scented air freshener on the table. It seems to be handmade and has a very fruity smell. This air freshener can be used as perfume.
She was now extremely grateful that she had hugged Zhang Heng's big, thick legs. He had never treated her unfairly during these long years in the apocalypse, and he even took her to live in such a nice room.
You can see the scenery of trees on the mountain from the window.
Zhang Heng placed all the people on a dirt hill one hundred meters away from the stone mountain.
The owner of the mountain rented the entire cave on the mountain to them at the price of a fourth-level crystal core. Because all the psychics on the mountain lived in the space capsules of the hotel, the mountain was idle.
The survivors originally thought that they would have to endure the hardship of hiding in simple tents to avoid the rain, but they did not expect to have the opportunity to live in a cave.
Being able to live in a dry place and working part-time is a luxury.
Although the cave was not tidy, everyone was happy to have a place to stay.
The remaining few low-level psychics couldn't say anything more. Having a place to shelter from the rain also saved them some crystal cores. They could use the crystal cores to trade with the psychics on the mountain, and maybe they could get more cost-effective supplies in return.
Zhang Heng also checked into the hotel and shared a room with Chen Juanjuan.
He was very satisfied with this place and also with the other residents here. They were all high-level psychics, and living here seemed to be a subtle symbol of status.
An inexplicable vanity faintly rose in my heart.
Chen Juanjuan washed herself clean and looked at herself in the floor-length mirror. She saw that she was skinny, with sallow skin, dry and split hair, and only her face looked barely pretty.
Remembering the girl she had seen on the first floor before, she bit her lip and sprayed some cantaloupe-scented air freshener on herself.
As long as she stays here for a month, she will definitely be able to come back for free!
A white complexion can cover up a hundred flaws. Once she has enough leverage, she can seduce more powerful people with special abilities. Then, if she succeeds, everyone will benefit.
Zhang Heng felt dry in the mouth when he saw the clean Chen Juanjuan.
The two spent a pleasant evening in the double room.
Because the prices in the buffet restaurant are too high, few people come to eat the fruit buffet, but there are still two or three people coming every day.
In order to promote fruit production, Luo Yunjin asked Qi Chi to build two more snack carts in his spare time, mainly to buy some bulk fruits and fruit juice and wine.
A bag of bulk fruit contains three fourth-level crystal cores and five kilograms of different varieties of fruit.
One cup of juice and wine is one fifth-level crystal core each.
Compared to buffet restaurants, bulk fruits and juices sell better.
Many female psychics will buy some fruit juice and mix it with water. A cup of 500 ml of freshly squeezed juice can be mixed with water and drunk for half a month to beautify and nourish the skin.
Bulk fruits are also very cost-effective. The fruits in them are different and they are all high-quality fruits. It can be said that they are very cheap.
With the supply of crystal cores from the restaurant and hotel, the people on the top of the mountain will not be short of crystal cores for the time being.
The little tabby also did it in one go and broke through to the eighth level of pig transformation ability.
The eighth level of pig transformation has more acute control over the body shape. It can transform into a small pig the size of an ant or a big pig the size of an elephant.
Luo Yunjin, on the other hand, has been stuck in a bottleneck since he broke through to the intermediate seventh level two days ago.
Every time she advances, she gets stuck.
But correspondingly, she could feel that her planting ability was much stronger than those of the same level.
Moreover, the potted fruits she grows now seem to be of better quality than premium products.
After eating those strawberries, she found that her skin had become better the next day, as if her marrow had been cleansed, and her skin was as white as snow.
The most important thing is that after eating these carefully cultivated potted fruits, your body will emit the same fruity fragrance.
She now feels like a big, fragrant strawberry.
At the top of the mountain, in just three days, everyone advanced once.
Although there are enough crystal cores, many people are still skeptical about how it could go so smoothly.
Qi Chi suspected it was the effect of the Tree of Life.
There are still three fruits on the tree.
He was staring at the tree in a daze when he saw one of the golden fruits on the tree fly towards the cushion on the coffee table in the living room on the first floor of the glass house.
The golden fruit of life went straight into the little leopard cat's stomach.
The next second, the cat was seen growing larger at a speed visible to the naked eye. Muscles began to grow on its arms and legs, and the whole cat became much more muscular.
Then, the ocelot turned into a blond boy.
He was a little confused, but he still knew to lift the tablecloth to cover his body.
Qi Chi didn't expect that the second person recognized by the Fruit of Life would be the little leopard cat who had never had any opinions or sense of existence.
The cat boy's diamond-shaped eyes widened, and the moment he reacted, he ran to the arm room, picked up the little tabby lying on the bed, and rubbed his cheek against the little tabby's face.
The little tabby was awakened by a nightmare.
The next second, I saw a strange boy holding its furry body tightly.
"Meh? (Little Leopard?)"
The little leopard cat whimpered happily.
The little tabby's expression became serious. It struggled to jump out of the leopard cat's hand and walked around the boy twice. Then it was horrified to find that the leopard cat was actually a little better looking than him after turning into a human!
Look at his strong triceps, sharp face, big eyes like bright lamps, and golden hair. He looks very noble.
The tabby cub clicked his tongue several times.
"That's a good change. Don't change again next time." The little tabby also turned into a human, and was surprised to find that the other one was two centimeters taller than him.
Although it is not obvious, it is very angry.
The little leopard cat was so excited that he wanted to continue rubbing his face.
The tabby boy refused righteously, "As an adult male cat, you can't get too close to me. You know, male cats like you will be sterilized!" As he said this, his eyes were obscure.
The ocelot boy was shocked.
The two cats had strange expressions on their faces, as if they were discussing some important secret.
Qi Chi was confused watching from outside.
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