After The Fall Of The Earth, My Hotel Became Popular - Chapter 12

When Fang Dashan said the words ‘safe zone’, he was extremely concerned and concerned about it because he had no idea what it was. But now that he was only facing his own employees, he could safely expose his lack of apocalyptic common sense.

　　Ji Mingyuan didn’t find it strange, after all, his employer didn’t even know what the detection ring was.

　　He answered in concise language: “In the first year of the apocalypse, countries were destroyed one after another. Thus, humans built bases as new shelters. It was unconsciously decided that there would be no form of differentiation based on nationalities, only based on bases.”

　　”In the second year, the number of known large bases reached 59. The largest Dawn Base had a territory of nearly half of the province and it was also the base with the largest surviving population.”

　　”In the third year, the ice age began. Humanity not only faced the threat of filth, but also of climate disasters. In just a year, only 9 of the original 59 bases remained. Humanity faced an epic disaster comparable or even worse than those before the End of the Word.”

　　”In the fourth year, the status of the nine major bases finally stabilised. Now it is the fifth year since the apocalypse began. No one knows what will happen to the earth eventually.”

　　Ji Mingyuan’s words were very calm, however, it was impossible to ignore the powerlessness and grief behind his words.

　　When countless lives had been reduced to figures of cold data, it was nothing but a tragedy. The entire human civilization was trying its best to survive.

　　Ji Mingyuan sighed slowly: “As for the safe zone, it had existed since the beginning of the apocalypse. Unlike the strict standards for the establishment of a base, as long as the number of people in an area who manage to survive together exceeds a hundred, then they can be registered as a safe zone. It basically means that the area is safe but not as safe as the base. There are a large number of districts who only rely on the base for survival.”

　　”The nine major bases are all supporting the nearby safety zones. It is the consensus that the nine major bases reached. They’ve strongly decided to not give up on any life that easily.”

　　Wenbei: “Is the difference between the safe zone and the base just a difference in the number of people?”

　　Ji Mingyuan: “Of course not. The infrastructure in the safe zone is poor. It is just a shelter. It has no meaning other than living. Some safe zones do not even have power.”

　　”The number of people in some safe zones can even reach tens of thousands. Can you imagine the days when tens of thousands of people are crowded into large iron sheets, no matter men, women, old or young, all living in containers, without any hope at all.” Ji Mingyuan’s eyes changed. He said deeply, “I once saw it once when I took a mission from the base to deliver supplies.”

　　After returning from that mission, his pollution level had increased by two values.

　　Ji Mingyuan: “It’s not that people in the safe zone don’t want to leave, instead it’s that they can’t.”

　　There are too many safe zones, large and small, and it was impossible for the base to spend a lot of resources to transfer the people from the safe zones.

　　Even if a team of high-level polluters left the base just for a few days to perform tasks, there would be a high mortality rate. To transfer so many people was a plot that could only be seen in movies.

　　Of course, all living things know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

　　However, as long as one wanted to leave the safe zone and go to the base, they could do it at any time. There was only one premise— to arrive alive.
　　If a safe zone with thousands of people moves together, it will undoubtedly become a delicious attraction for the filth. Therefore, only some polluters with powerful abilities dared to find an opportunity to leave the safe zone and search for a base.

　　There were countless safe zones that struggled to survive day by day, and naturally there were also safe zones that were almost exhausted and still chose to give it their best to reach the base.

　　In a team of a thousand people, at most only a few dozen people would manage to arrive at the base.

　　There was another situation.

　　When the safety zone was facing a catastrophe, and when the base it contacts for help cannot provide timely rescue, there would be a situation where the members would disband and run away from the approaching disaster.

　　Fang Dashan’s situation was also the result of a similar situation.

　　　Wen Bei: “From his description, his original safe zone was actually not that far from the H City base, but it was besieged by several A-level pollutants. Did that mean that those A-level filth are actually very close to us?”

　　From Fang Dashan’s description, it could be traced that the location of the Hotel was right between the said safety zone and the H City base.

　　Ji Mingyuan was silent for a moment, and his expression became serious: “Yes.”

　　Their current situation was actually not optimistic.

　　Ji Mingyuan: “Before he left, I specifically asked him if there was a group of fishermen or if it was something else.”

　　Wen Bei raised his eyebrows: “Fishermen? Are they like mermaids? Like those which are able to come ashore?”

　　Wen Bei wondered how unexpectedly, even fairy tales became real in the apocalypse.

　　Ji Mingyuan was silent for a moment: “No, it’s a fish-like pollutant with scales all over its body. It ranges from Category A to Category Three. Actually, its prototype is…human beings.”

　　Wen Bei frowned: “I have never seen a filth with humans as a prototype.”

　　Ji Mingyuan: “The fishermen were one of the earliest discovered aberrations. The cause was that a fisherman in a small town near the sea discovered that his body began to grow green fish scales. Later, more and more fishermen in that town discovered this disease.”

　　”After seeking medical treatment to no avail, some people thought it was a punishment for catching too much fish and fell into panic for a while. However, two months later, the fish scales did not cause any problems other than affecting their appearance. Even the health and quality of people with fish scales got better, so the fishermen with deformities continued to fish.”

　　Ji Mingyuan paused for a moment, making sure that his kind-hearted boss did not show any discomfort before continuing.

　　”Finally, on the night of the apocalypse, the fish scales on these fishermen began to smell of putrefaction and pus began to ooze out. According to eyewitnesses, these fishermen whined and itched the fish scales, until their eyeballs slowly bulged to both sides, and the whole body was covered with green scales. The body quickly swelled, and the face looked like a fish head, until it was completely contaminated.”

　　Wen Bei blinked: “They had fish scales two months before the End arrived?”

　　Ji Mingyuan: “Yes, the earliest signs actually appeared half a year ago when the global distortion occurred. Unfortunately, it did not attract much attention. In addition, the officials blocked the information, and ordinary people had no chance to know these things.”

　　Wen Bei’s thinking was very clear. He did not intend to judge whether the choice of the officials to block the news was right or wrong. Instead, he thought about another question: “Do the Fishermen being a Class A filth mean that it is more powerful than the rest? Does it mean that the earlier the abnormality occurs, the more powerful the filth resulting from it is?”

　　Ji Mingyuan glanced at him approvingly: “Experts have also proposed this inference, but it has never been confirmed. Some experts have suspected that the source of pollution may be underwater near the origin of the fishermen. Unfortunately, the pollution had caused innumerable changes in the sea. It was even more terrifying. Two underwater explorations that consumed a lot of resources failed, and we could only give up on confirming this hypothesis.”

　　At that moment as they spoke, the terrifying fishermen were running wild in a safe area not far from the Hotel.

　　Wen Bei rubbed his brows and decided to temporarily put aside his worry.

　　After all, as long as he stayed inside the Hotel, even a Class A filth couldn’t get in.

　　And with the first turnover recorded, he could finally unlock something new.

　　Wen Bei walked to the back of the cash register and clicked on the system page. Seeing that he was needed, the Rabbit Butler hurriedly jumped over, waving his rose cane in the air happily: “Congratulations, master. You have unlocked another function of the Hotel, the trade.”

　　Wen Bei looked up and saw that there was indeed a small button behind the sales volume.

　　Like a dedicated NPC, Rabbit Butler began to introduce: “This is a very practical skill. Some careless travellers will forget to bring crystals. As a tolerant and generous hotel owner, you can use this skill to transfer valuable things from them. It is no different from recycling.”

　　Wen Bei: “The valuable things refer to gold, silver and jewellery?”

　　Butler Rabbit shook his head, and a strange smile appeared on his three-petal mouth: “The Hotel recycles filth. The more powerful the filth, the more crystals it can be exchanged for. There is one rule that you need to pay attention to. If you choose to exchange it, some of the extra crystals will not be returned but rather be used by the hotel as turnover.”

　　　Wen Bei’s eyes lit up: “This is really a good skill!”

　　He was not surprised at all that the Hotel recycled filth. After all, even the recipe was previously unlocked by him using the filth meat.

　　Butler Rabbit’s beard moved and he nodded with deep understanding.

　　It gradually began to be led astray by Wen Bei who was a fan of money.

　　Wen Bei was like a curious student who obediently asked questions in class, but what he said was very cruel: “Can I also use this skill?”

　　Butler Rabbit was stunned for a moment and almost didn’t react.

　　Wen Bei showed an expression which resembled a sly fox: “If I kill the filth and bring it back, can I exchange it for business revenue?”

　　Butler Rabbit once again deeply realised the true character of the human being who regarded wealth as life.

　　It nodded with difficulty, very afraid that Wen Bei would not be able to control himself from rushing out.

　　Fortunately, he was still somewhat rational. He glanced at the sky outside and then looked away.

　　Rabbit Butler: “…”

　　This person was definitely regretful!

　　Butler Rabbit quickly changed the topic: “The other good news is that as long as the turnover reaches 1,000, the quality of the Hotel’s appearance can be upgraded from [shabby] to [brand new]. By the way, the KTV in the activity hall on the first floor will be unlocked.”

　　This was indeed good news for Wen Bei. He looked at the sales volume above, which showed a figure of 20, and was once again hit by his current poverty situation.

　　If he was really a little fox, his ears would probably be hanging down by now.

　　While he was communicating with the Butler Rabbit, the sky turned completely dark.

　　After making sure that no one would come to their deserted hotel, Wen Bei asked Ji Mingyuan to close the door and went upstairs to catch up on his sleep.

　　The end of the world had not affected the moon, and the silver disk was still translucent, spreading the moon-white light from the window.

　　Wen Bei lay on the bed and closed his eyes slowly, sleepiness sweeping over him. The moment he completely entered a deep sleep, he suddenly felt a cold breath appear in the room and quickly approach the bed.

　　He frowned, and his naturally smiling lips pursed uncomfortably because of this breath.

　　But that aura became even more intense.

　　It directly condensed into a mist hidden in the dark night, and went up along his exposed white waist.

　　It was nowhere like an intimate caress between lovers, but more like a snake measuring its favourite prey in circles, thinking about what kind of posture to hang him in his sleep.

　　The beautiful young man on the bed was struggling to wake up as if he was awake, but his eyelids were too heavy to open. He seemed to be trapped in a nightmare. He arched his body like a beautiful longbow, and his beautifully shaped shoulder blades were like butterfly wings trying to spread open.

　　The black mist entangled him, not even letting go of his thin white fingertips, and it was so dense that it seemed like there was no air passing through it.

　　Gradually, another figure appeared from behind the black mist, and his pupils as red as the bottomless abyss turned into vertical pupils in the dark night.

　　Qiu Tin was like a child who got a new toy, lying on the same bed with this human being and playing with his fingers.

　　It seems like he could keep playing until the end of time.

　　The feeling of being stalked by a nasty predator was even more strong.

　　Wen Bei used extremely strong willpower to finally escape from his nightmare state. He suddenly opened his eyes, and the moment he looked at Qiu Tin, his breathing became rapid.

　　In a good mood, Qiu Tin looked at the clean black eyes of the human that were completely different from his own, and thought about the specific method to completely cut off the beautiful eyes, then soak them in the best formalin so that he could appreciate it every day.

　　A clear murderous intention was directed at him, but Wen Bei relaxed.

　　Although he didn’t know why and how the madman in front of him had broken free of the seal in the basement. The fact that Qiu Tin wanted to kill himself so much but hadn’t done it yet showed that the restrictions imposed on Qiu Tin by Wen Bei’s status as the owner still existed.

　　Wen Bei looked at him steadily, his thin lips parted slightly: “Get out.”

　　Qiu Tin chuckled a few times: “Little boss, aren’t you curious about how I managed to come out?”

　　When Qiu Tin smiled, he looked as handsome as a ghost.

　　Wen Bei’s injury from the previous night had not healed yet, and his throat still hurts when he tries to swallow his own saliva.

　　He looked at Qiu Tin with cold eyes, and the murderous intention towards him was not diminished by even half.

　　Being stared at by such eyes, Qiu Tin’s original gaze became more greedy.

　　So beautiful, he really wanted them.

　　He was truly a madman.

T/L:
Next chapter is kinda good