After a good night's sleep, the alarm rang. Cheng Shuang rubbed her eyes and sat up straight, just in time to hear the door open.
The apartment was poorly soundproofed. Even when I tried to keep my voice down, I could still feel the footsteps of my neighbors as they walked towards the elevator, their soft rustling on the carpeted floor.
Luo An quickly moved to the door, pressed his face against the peephole, and let out a surprised "Ah!"
The ghost doll's past experiences have left it with a lifelong shadow; it doesn't like interacting with adults, let alone talking to them.
At the convenience store, Luo An only paid special attention to Du Jun, who had just come of age, and Liu Juan, the only woman there.
Its reaction made Cheng Shuang jump up and call out to Liu Juan, "Sister Juan, is the little brother outside?"
The footsteps stopped abruptly, and Liu Juan immediately smiled and replied, "Looks like it's him."
Du Jun checked in two hours later than them, and now the timing was perfect. He went to the front desk to check out, then returned to the Du brothers' room to wait for the two girls to get ready so they could move around together.
Compared to ordinary people, the maintainers recovered their energy much faster. After six hours of sleep, even Du Lanshan, whose skill time was frozen, was fully restored to his energy.
After washing up, Cheng Shuang and Liu Juan knocked on the Du brothers' door.
Three men were sitting on the sofa, chatting about their experiences from the previous day.
It turns out that Du Jun got the carnival shopping voucher even without going to the movie theater. He immediately appeared on the pedestrian overpass leading to the second floor of the shopping center. Apart from the shopping center and office buildings, all other entrances and exits were shrouded in darkness and fog. Waiting for him on the overpass was a giant minotaur that could use its horns to generate electricity.
With his skills, group attacks are less effective than facing the BOSS head-on.
So Du Jun achieved a perfect kill, knocking out the Minotaur, directly obtaining the carnival shopping voucher dropped by the BOSS, and passing the haunted house level out of the ten attractions.
"It's a shopping mall, not an amusement park, so how could there be a haunted house?" Du Lanshan scratched his head in confusion.
Liu Juan: "Some shopping malls even have escape rooms and murder mystery game rooms! Haunted houses are nothing new!"
Du Lanshan chuckled, "When it comes to shopping, we men can't compete, we can't compete!"
Liu Juan laughed too, "Now that we know the tricks of haunted houses, how about we go check it out first?"
“Young man, you shouldn’t go to the movie theater alone. It’s very dangerous without someone to go with you,” Cheng Shuang said to Du Jun, turning her head to him.
Du Jun nodded. "I'll wait for Brother Sun to go together."
The group reconsidered and decided to go to the gym while they still had plenty of energy.
Since they could bring their own drinking water, the five of them temporarily ate the soy milk and milk they drank in the morning. When they entered the shopping center, each of them carried a hot dog with the smallest flavor and went into the elevator.
The elevator attendant looked displeased, but didn't say anything. By the time they got off the elevator, the five of them had finished their meal in just a few bites.
As the night passed, the fourth and fifth floors were still bustling with people, showing no signs of becoming deserted. From the faces of the plastic figures, they showed no signs of fatigue, but when you occasionally encountered one or two maintenance workers, you could clearly see that they had dark circles under their eyes and looked like they hadn't slept well all night.
"How long can they hold out?" Cheng Shuang suddenly asked softly.
Very few people checked in last night. I don't know if the maintainers didn't notice that the original price package had this kind of hourly room promotion, or if only the Western restaurant has this type of promotion.
This has resulted in many rooms in the apartment being vacant.
These maintainers are clearly acting strangely. Even if an ordinary person stays up all night, there's no reason why it would be so obvious that it's obvious to others. On the contrary, there are quite a few young men and women in the real world who stay up all night watching dramas and playing games and then go to work normally the next day.
Most people can take a short rest at noon and be back to full strength in the afternoon.
Judging from the energy and spirit of the maintenance workers they encountered, they must have either worked non-stop all night to tackle several projects, or stayed in the shopping center for more than a certain period of time. Even if they didn't tackle any projects, they would still expend a lot of physical and mental energy.
If it's the former, these maintainers will inevitably not be able to hold out for long and will have to find a place to rest.
If it is the latter, the importance of hourly rooms cannot be ignored.
"You mean, we might face the awkward situation of not having a room tonight?" Du Jun asked sharply. The apartment building on the tenth floor of the office building has about twenty-four rooms, and they've encountered more than twenty maintenance workers. If even the plastic men join in, this only apartment hotel will become a hot commodity.
"Don't be so pessimistic," Du Lanshan said. "There's no real day or night here. What if the rest times can be staggered? After all, it's only six hours."
Although Du Lanshan was being overly optimistic, they had no other good options. They decided to go straight to the Western restaurant after leaving the gym, buy five full-price set meals, exchange them for hourly room vouchers, and then extend their stays 24/7...
The little girl slapped her forehead, annoyed, and said, "I should have used the 20% off card again today!" The 20% off card can only be used once per cycle.
Liu Juan gritted her teeth and comforted him, "The exchange rate between points and currency is quite high, we can still hold on!"
There was no point in saying more; the group went straight up to the fifth floor and headed straight for the gym.
The gym is said to be on the fifth floor, but it's actually on a small half-floor above the fifth floor, inaccessible by elevator.
Because it's on the rooftop, the ceiling has large glass windows. It's dark outside, but the interior is brightly lit by lights shining down from above.
The gym is huge, stretching as far as the eye can see, and has a lot of equipment, but there are hardly any people there. You can also faintly smell the disinfectant from the swimming pool, which shows that there is a swimming pool or similar facility here.
Two or three fitness instructors, dressed in tight vests and shorts, were instructing their respective students. When they entered, the plastic figures gave them a cold look, and finally, a salesperson in a suit greeted them at the front desk.
"Do you want to apply for a card?"
The plastic sales staff were quite straightforward: "We operate on a membership basis; non-members are not allowed in."
Du Lushui showed it the carnival shopping voucher.
"Oh, so you're here for a trial." The salesperson's tone turned slightly cold. "But I still suggest you get a membership. I'm afraid you won't have the stamina to try all the activities today."
The five people exchanged glances. All the items? This didn't feel so good!
Undeterred, Liu Juan asked, "Can't we experience them separately? For example, we can experience part of it in the morning, go out for lunch, and then experience the rest in the afternoon. If we don't finish, we can save it for tomorrow?"
"No. The experience is a one-time thing; it doesn't count once you leave."
There are two possible interpretations for this "not counting": one is that the previously completed projects are invalidated and you have to start over; the other is that giving up halfway is a sure way to lose!
Neither of these conjectures is particularly appealing.
"So why not get a membership? If you get hungry during your trial day, the gym provides meals, and there's also a lounge for members to relax in." The salesperson's voice carried a persuasive tone.
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