After The Fall Of The Earth, My Hotel Became Popular - Chapter 20

Was it really that cheap?

　　After repeated confirmations, they believed that the crystals demanded by the Hotel were the common currency crystals in the bases.

　　Huang Qian looked at the menu before her and speculated that the seemingly normal cuisine might be some weird dark cuisine.

　　In the base, the most unpalatable and throat-cutting coarse-grain pancakes cost two crystals each. A portion of ten crystals would include filthy meat.

　　Not only would the smell be unpleasant if eaten, but there was also a risk of increasing the level of contamination.

　　Wen Bei saw her struggling and pointed at the fried pork cutlet bento: “I recommend this.”

　　Looking at the appetising picture, Huang Qian hesitated for a moment and then clicked on it.

　　When everyone else saw their captain ordering, they immediately threw away all their hesitations and rushed over to order.

　　The Rabbit Butler quickly brought out their orders from the kitchen. Due to its short claws, it could only carry one plate at a time.

　　The first thing it served was Huang Qian’s fried pork cutlet bento.

　　The crispy and golden fried pork cutlet and the plump rice underneath went well together, and the aroma was constantly filling people’s noses. The bento was also paired with greasy tomatoes and green broccoli, which looked very healthy with no sign of any contamination.

　　The moment it was brought to the table, one could clearly hear the sounds of several people swallowing hard together without concealing it.

　　”Captain, try it quickly.” Someone urged Huang Qian.

　　Huang Qian didn’t say anything. She picked up a piece of fried pork chop with her chopsticks, slowly but firmly put it into her mouth and chewed it. Her eyes opened wider and wider.

　　It was as if she had encountered something extremely incomprehensible.

　　As a polluter, her deformed features were very obvious. There were butterfly-like tentacles on her forehead, which were constantly shaking crazily at the moment.

　　Chen Jinjin swallowed again: “Does it taste good?”

　　Huang Qian had no time to answer. She suddenly rummaged through her pockets, and just when everyone thought she was going to take out something, she pulled out a rubber band.

　　Several grown men were stunned.

　　With the rubber band, she tied up her big waves of hair that had been hanging loose all year round. Her originally beautiful image suddenly became much more easy-going, like a college student who had just graduated.

　　Without the interference of her hair, Huang Qian lowered her head and started eating directly.

　　With everyone’s doubts completely dispelled, they started to gulp down the food as soon as their order was delivered to the table.

　　Some people almost cried after eating a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, tears were welling up in their eyes.

　　In the past, people around them would have laughed to death, but now no one dared to laugh.

　　Because they all felt the same way.

　　They had really forgotten how long it had been since they had eaten such normal and delicious food.

　　It had no bitter or fishy taste. There was no form of contamination, and it was neither pungent nor rich in taste.

　　It even made people wonder for a moment whether the past five years had been just a horrific nightmare.

　　The convoy of eight people in total ate food worth more than two hundred crystal stones in total.

　　When the accounts were being settled, they looked dazed and pinched themselves several times before they could be sure that it was not an illusion.

　　Wen Bei could even hear someone murmuring: “If this is a hallucination caused by eating toadstools, then let me die in this dream.”

　　It was also when it was time to pay the bill that they discovered that the only person carrying a spar card was Chen Jinjin.

　　Once the crystal card was lost, the procedure to restore the data was very troublesome. Others felt that life or death on a mission was uncertain, so when going out, the crystal card would usually be hidden at home or given to a trusted person for safekeeping.

　　Guilds also had a special place to deal with crystal cards. If the owner passed away, then the crystals remaining in the crystal card would be automatically destroyed. There was no room for inheritance or transfer.

　　This was not only the indifference of the base that did not support idle people, but also a different kind of protection.

　　After the end of the world, killing people for money had become a less uncommon thing. Thus, the incidents of killing people for crystals had become far less with such a feature of the card.

　Chen Jinjin just didn’t trust others. His only friend was in the same team as him, so he hid his crystal card on himself.

　　Feeling the eyes of others at that moment, he was a little speechless: “I know. I’ll pay for everyone.”

　　Once the crystal is stuck on the cash register machine, the crystal would automatically be transferred away.

　　Suddenly someone screamed, attracting everyone’s attention.

　　The mercenaries were facing a formidable enemy: “What’s wrong?”

　　A mercenary with an astonished expression looked at the detection ring on his biceps in disbelief: “My pollution level has been reduced!”

　　He noticed the attention of everyone, and felt a little aggrieved. He bulged up his muscles and approached them: “It’s true!”

　　Such an expression and demeanour for such a strong man with a height of nearly 1.9 metres was really eye-catching.

　　Everyone silently looked away and focused on their detection rings.

　　For a while, one after another the mercenaries said ‘fuck’.

　　Wen Bei waited until they were surprised, then struck while the iron was hot to sell to others.

　　When they heard that there were also retail snacks that could be taken away, a few mercenaries bought them all without thinking.

　　But the only person who could afford it was Chen Jinjin. After paying their bill again, Chen Jinjin was unhappy. He pushed away the nearest mercenary and said loudly: “I don’t have enough money! I can’t pay anymore. You pay for it yourself!”

　　Others were anxious: “We will double the amount after returning to the base! Oh no, I will pay you back ten times!”

　　Chen Jinjin: “It’s righteous enough that I didn’t just rely on my money to buy everything. I want to keep the remaining money for my own consumption. Didn’t you hear the boss say that the KTV and housing here can also reduce pollution?”

　　Others couldn’t do anything to him.

　　After all, Chen Jinjin was willing to lend them money to buy retail goods instead of buying them all for himself because of the friendship between his comrades.

　　Wen Bei waited until they had finished arguing before speaking. His eyes were crooked like a little angel: “We also support the direct use of filth to offset consumption, but there is no change for the excess.”

　　This innocent and harmless appearance paired with a considerate expression completely made people ignore the sinister part of it.

　　Sure enough, everyone took the bait immediately.

　　After just a few shocks, they now firmly believe that Wen Bei was a breath of fresh air in the apocalypse. If there really was Jesus in the world, then Wen Bei had to be the Son of God scattered in the world.

　　Huang Qian sent someone to pick up the body of the deformed locust from their car.

　　It was their mission to bring it back. It is contained in the cubic crystal developed by the research institute.

　　Cubic crystals were specially used to store filth. The extracts of crystals were incorporated into them, which could effectively prevent the spread of pollution.

　　It was also the only equipment that could be used to transport filth to the research institute.

　　The locusts gnawed away houses wherever they went. In the end, the institute used poisonous water and a polluter that could trigger the power of rain to kill all the locusts in that area.

　　The dead locust corpses were densely covered in the entire ground of that area. The soles of one’s shoes could not touch the ground when one stepped on them. They were more than ten centimetres high.

　　Each locust was as long as an adult’s hand. Its eyes were deathly grey, and its mouth had long, dense teeth.

　　The military at the base was worried that the many dead locusts would attract other more terrifying filth, so they issued a mission to ask the people to burn the area clean.

　　Facts had proven that the military’s doubts were indeed correct.

　　The big bugs had high-quality protein even after death. They were afraid of the poisons developed by the research institute. It did not mean that other pollutants would also be afraid.

　　Hadn’t it already attracted a deformed man-eating tiger?

　　Fortunately, the tiger was burned clean by them before it had a chance to feast on the bugs.

　　Most of the evolution of filth was accomplished through devouring prey. It meant that the more it eats, the faster it evolves.

　　The swarm of locusts obviously came from the north. It was the first instance where the institute discovered that filth could be poisoned. They ordered the mercenary groups to bring back several intact carcasses for study.

　　Huang Qian only asked them to keep two to report to the institute, and the rest were all given to the hotel.

　　Wen Bei clicked on the trading machine.

　　The terrifying thing about the deformed locusts was their quantity. They were only Class D filth. An intact corpse could be exchanged for one hundred crystal stones.

　　Fortunately, Huang Qian and the others caught more, and after exchanging them, they suddenly had two thousand crystal stones.

　　The rooms were priced by the owner himself. Wen Bei pointed out two fingers to them, his black and white eyes full of cunning: “The standard room in the hotel is now two thousand crystals a day.”

　　Huang Qian hesitated for a moment and decided to use the two thousand crystals elsewhere.

　　Each of them opened an hourly room to rest, and when they had enough rest, they went to the KTV to sing. After a lot of trouble, everyone’s pollution value dropped a little.

　　While seeing off the guests, Huang Qian held on to Ji Mingyuan: “Tell me, how did you get the boss to agree to let you work here?”

　　For the first time, she was seriously jealous of a man.

　　Ji Mingyuan was not very good at words. He paused and decided to tell the truth: “It was the boss who picked me up.”

　　Huang Qian was so shocked that she let go of her hand and looked him up and down. Although he looked good, the black right eye and the black veins on the right part of his face undoubtedly ruined the entire face.

　　Moreover, the hotel owner was prettier than a movie star. She had never seen a beauty who was more delicate than him, so she could be the first to exclude Ji Mingyuan’s looks as a requirement for recruitment.

　　If it was based on looks, then it was totally a disadvantage for the boss.

　　Huang Qian couldn’t help but speak out what was in her heart: “Why is it you?”

　　Seeing Huang Qian’s puzzled look, Ji Mingyuan’s originally indifferent eyes also showed a slight fluctuation: “I think… it’s because the boss is kind.”

　　The Rabbit Butler who happened to be passing by was speechless: “…”

　　No, they were all wrong. Wen Bei was just a stingy man who wanted free employees.

　　Little did he know that Wen Bei, who was being discussed, was hiding in his room. He was counting the money in a very happy mood after seeing off the guests.

　　He counted the money he had earned, and his turnover suddenly rose to 4,500!

　　He hummed a pleasant tune, and the soft and waxy tone sounded like a kitten’s claws scratching people’s hearts, with a bit of inexplicable charm.

　　Another voice suddenly came from the room, with a cold smile, which instantly solidified the atmosphere.

　　Qiu Tin’s scarlet vertical pupils shrank, his lips raised but there was no smile in his eyes: “So happy?”

　　Wen Bei stared at him for a while. Just when Qiu Tin thought he was about to explode like a kitten once again, he just raised his chin slightly, indicating that Qiu Tin could sit down on the sofa.