After The Fall Of The Earth, My Hotel Became Popular - Chapter 10

The gigantic housefly in the sky still refused to let go of any details. It had lost sight of its prey in an instant and flew around anxiously, making an unpleasant buzzing sound.

　　The rotten meat on the body also moved at high speed, and a piece of its flesh fell off from time to time, only to be licked up by the weeds on the roadside.

　　The two children looked up at their father with pale faces.

　　Due to the pollution, their skin had turned to a strange dead white. Even their eyes and pupils are white, and the hair on their bodies was as pale as that of an albino patient. They looked white and cold as a doll made of plaster.

　　The adult who led them was just an ordinary person whose pollution level had not even reached fifty. The only thing he could do was squat down and hug the two children tightly: “Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, the sun’s going to rise soon. Everything is going to be fine.”

　　But his voice couldn’t stop trembling.

　　The sunrise had just begun and the moment the first ray of sunshine appeared, the ugly giant fly finally flew away unwillingly.

　　The moment it left, the transparent material protecting the three people finally broke open.

　　They were once again exposed to the mercy of a lot of filth.

　　The man touched the heads of the two children with his scarred hands: “Very good, very good.”

　　The twins had identical smiles on their faces, even the arcs were exactly the same.

　　At the same time, the result of overdrawing their abilities appeared on their bracelets. The result was simple; their pollution level had risen from 61 to 63.

　　Seeing this scene, the man almost collapsed. He wished that he was the polluter instead. That way, even if he converted from polluter to filth, he could still risk his life to send his children to the base.

　　Unfortunately, things had backfired. They had run out of food and water, and couldn’t make it to the base even if the distance was less than three days.

　　Not all the pollutants avoid light, and some become more active during the day than the night. The adult looked at the dazzling sun, as if staring at the Sword of Damocles hanging above his head.

　　The man took out his gun, which contained the last three bullets he had left for himself and his children.

　　He stretched out his hand tremblingly, and just when he was about to aim at one of the twins, a piece of paper suddenly flew at his eyes.

　　The paper came with its own special effects and music. The cheerful music was incompatible with the gloomy atmosphere around it.

　　The two children were attracted to the scene and quickly raised their heads, staring at it without blinking.

　　|||Ding-ding-dong! Jingle bell! The Hotel is now open for business!! Nw, you can get small gifts when you spend money in the store~|||

　　A look of horror appeared on the man’s face: “What is this?”

　　The paper fluttered down in front of them.

　　A small map was clearly displayed on it, and several large characters were written on it: “Hotel Promotional Leaflet”

　　It was an advertisement with its own special effects, but the content written on it was very simple and crude.

　　If it were before the end of the world, it would definitely be thrown into the trash can.

　　However, Fang Dashan carefully took the flyer. The cheerful and relaxed music that was incompatible with the surroundings finally stopped, and a terrifying silence encircled them.

　　Even the twins who were not good at reading stared at the flyer in their father’s hand without saying a word.

　　Due to the apocalypse, the children had never had the opportunity to go to school and were naturally illiterate. Fang Dashan read the above content to them. The more he read it, the stranger his face became: “There are cheap and delicious foods available that can reduce pollution, and a good night’s sleep can also reduce the level of pollution…”

　　He finally couldn’t help it anymore, and looked at the two children’s heavy gazes. He wiped their faces, showing a decadent look: “This is a lie!”

　　He cursed under his breath.

　　He had no idea who even dared to release such a thing, but as soon as the words ‘reducing pollution’ were read, he knew it was definitely a lie.

　　In fact, in the first two years of the end of the apocalypse, there were countless such scams.

　　There were mercenaries selling unknown unregistered monster meat, even falsely claiming that eating it could cure the pollution. There were also cults that used the excuse of reduction of pollution to recruit followers, but in the end no matter what, the end was simply miserable.

　　Every base and security zone attached great importance to such issues. Once someone was found to be spreading rumours, they were immediately arrested and controlled.

　　And those who chose to believe it, whether they ate the meat from the unknown filth or tried other methods, generally had to pay a heavy price.

　　In the era when everyone’s conscience is numb, many people joke that in those two years, a group of humans with unqualified IQs were directly artificially selected.

　　Fang Dashan had a good friend who had gone through life and death because he believed such a scam and spent all his money and crystals to buy a strange gelatinous substance.

　　His pollution level which was approaching the level 80 made him live in fear every day, so he ate the substance right after returning home.

　　Unexpectedly, the thing induced a hallucinogenic effect which made the hack his wife and daughter to death with a knife.

　　When he woke up the next day and saw corpses all over the ground, he collapsed and used the same knife to end his life.

　　Later, the rescuers arrived and after testing, they found that the gelatinous substance was cut from a wild mushroom outside the safe zone.

　　It had no legendary effect at all.

　　Too many things like that had happened, and people who had not died from filth, died from this kind of malice.

　　After that incident, Fang Dashan hated these liars.

　　The twins looked at him blankly, and finally one of them spoke: “Can’t we go and just check it out?”

　　Fang Dashan’s eyes were filled with anger, and he suddenly clenched the leaflet in his hand.

　　The location mentioned in it was just half a day away.

　　They couldn’t make it to the base, but going to the hotel was doable.

　　The expressions of the two children were already very ugly because of the hunger in their stomachs and the thirst in their throats. Their pale lips were covered with dead skin.

　　No matter where they chose to go, it would inevitably lead to a dead end. Fang Dashan couldn’t bear to leave them hungry out of his own selfishness.

　　Fang Dashan let out a very low sob from his throat, and finally his eyes slowly became firm: “Okay, let’s go there.”

　　It didn’t matter even if he was deceived, he only needed a mouthful of water, a little food, poisonous or not, it didn’t matter.

　　…

　　It was almost noon when Wen Bei woke up. He rolled around lazily. The hard wooden bed made him feel a little uncomfortable while sleeping, and the wound on his shoulder that he had accidentally pressed made him groan.

　In the future, when he makes money, he will definitely buy a batch of better furniture.

　　After silently making an oath in his heart, he got up, washed up, and changed into clothes that could cover the fingerprints on his neck.

　　When he arrived at the restaurant, Ji Mingyuan had already had breakfast. He looked at his boss who had slept until noon, feeling helpless like an old father.

　　Ji Mingyuan: “Do you want to eat breakfast?”

　　Wen Bei nodded.

　　As soon as he sat down, Ji Mingyuan brought over the dumplings.

　　After sighing inwardly about what a good employee he was, the Rabbit Butler rushed over from the garden in a hurry.

　　The Rabbit Butler rubbed his paws: “We have a new guest.”

　　Wen Bei had no choice but to put down his dumplings after he had just taken a sip of soup. He walked to the lobby and sat down behind the cash register, wearing a polite smile that he had learned from the countless part-time jobs he had worked.

　　The Rabbit Butler opened the door to welcome the guest, and opened his three-petal mouth: “Welcome to the Hotel.”

　　The three people standing at the door were clearly reflected in the red eyes.

　　Fang Dashan was so frightened that he hugged his children behind him: “Can rabbits talk?”

　　The Rabbit Butler stared at them and repeated: “Welcome to the Hotel, I am the butler. You can ask me any questions.”

　　Fang Dashan swallowed and looked around for help. When he saw Wen Bei, his eyes lit up and he strode forward: “Hello…hello.”

　　The two children followed him like ghosts.

　　Wen Bei was very dedicated and did not show any surprise: “Hello. How can I help you?”

　　In Fang Dashan’s eyes, this kind of look made him look even more like an expert from outside the world.

　　Fang Dashan, who was a little disappointed when he saw the dilapidated appearance of the hotel from the outside, completely changed his view after entering the building.

　　This hotel seemed to use amazing space technology, and the interior was much larger than it looked from the outside.

　　There must be very powerful space polluters supporting it.

　　Every polluter with special abilities related to space was a key protection figure of the base.

　　Could it be the young man in front of me who looked like he had just grown up?

　　The awe in Fang Dashan’s eyes deepened, and the hunger in his stomach at this moment made his stomach cramps more severe.

　　He had given his last ration to his children yesterday, thus he has not eaten for two days.

　　Fang Dashan lowered his tone: “Do you sell food here?”

　　Wen Bei: “Of course.”

　　The Rabbit Butler jumped over: “The restaurant is over there, please come with me.”

　　Its furry appearance caught the attention of the twins.

　　They poked out their heads from behind their father, and the two of them shouted at the same time: “Rabbit?”

　　There was uncertainty in his voice.

　　Fang Dashan couldn’t help feeling sad.

　　The apocalypse dawned on the world when his children were a year old, and now they are six years old. They have never seen an uncontaminated rabbit.

　　Although the rabbit in front of them could walk on its two hind paws and even speak human words, at least it didn’t look weird. It was much better than those disgusting deformed rabbits.

　　Thinking of this, Fang Dashan suddenly became less repelled from the rabbit and was willing to follow it towards the restaurant.

　　After the Rabbit Butler led them to their seats in the restaurant, he handed them the menu. On the large menu, only the dumpling soup was listed as orderable.

　　Fang Dashan didn’t dislike it at all. He hadn’t eaten dumplings in five years, and the price of the ten crystals was as cheap as it was advertised in the flyer.

　　He swallowed again, there was still black mud between his fingernails, and he rubbed his hands uneasily: “I want the dumplings.”

　　Even though it was so cheap, he was still strapped for cash.

　　The Rabbit Butler nodded, put away the menu and skipped towards the kitchen.

　　Ji Mingyuan came over and poured a glass of water for each of them.