After The Fall Of The Earth, My Hotel Became Popular - Chapter 26

As soon as they entered the base, a man in ragged clothes came over and said with a shy smile: “Do you need a tour guide? You only need to give me a pack of instant noodles to accompany you all day.”

　　Immediately, there was another woman beside him who pushed him away and raised her voice: “Me! I just want a piece of bread!”

　　The man was furious: “Are you making random prices?”

　　These people were all squatting there waiting to find work. People who had just joined the base were the easiest to deceive. They were like black-hearted intermediaries who would take newcomers to places that specialise in deception and abduction. Then earn the difference through it.

　　The man refused to give up: “Without me leading the way, you won’t even find a place to sleep at night.”

　　The woman also threw out chips: “I can introduce you to a job. You just came to the base. How can you do without a job?”

　　Wen Bei shook his head at them and showed a sly smile: “We have a free tour guide.”

　　The implication was that he had taken advantage of it for free.

　　Making the best use of everything was his code of conduct.

　　As soon as several black agents showed puzzled expressions, they heard shouts from the crowd behind them.

　　Li Shi was afraid of losing track of them, so he chased after them with shouts.

　　He was panting: “Oh, don’t trust people randomly, these people are all liars.”

　　Wen Bei raised his eyebrows: “Then are you not?”

　　The moment Li Shi and Wen Bei’s eyes met, he thought for a moment that his dark thoughts had been discovered.

　　He quickly yelled: “You saved my… companion’s life in the air raid shelter, I just want to thank you.”

　　The companion he was referring to was the timid woman.

　　Standing next to him now, her eyes were numb.

　　Li Shi just didn’t have a chance to ask their names along the way. Seeing that Wen Bei was having a hard time talking to him, he quickly pretended to be close to them.

　　Wen Bei simply said his name and Qiu Tin’s name.

　　Li Shu’s narrow eyes shone with a strange light: “It turns out to be Brother Qiu.”

　　Wen Bei: “We want to find a place to stay first.”

　　Li Shu slapped his thigh: “Why don’t you come to our guild? The treatment is very good. As long as Brother Qiu is willing to join, we can arrange a free room for you.”

　　Wen Bei was not in a hurry: “No, we have to think about it for two more days.”

　　Seeing that they were not that easy to deceive, Li Shi was anxious and at the same time said: “Then I will take you to the guest house first.”

　　”Guest house?” Wen Bei was curious.

　　Li Shi: “It is a temporary camp specially prepared by the base for people who are new to the base for less than three months. The accommodation price is very low. After the novice protection period, there will be no such favourable housing places.”

　　Wen Bei nodded thoughtfully: “Let’s go then.”

　　…

　　He was observing the base along the way.

　　From the outside, the base seemed to be covered by a huge iron shield. It was said that it was the joint effort of several early polluters. There was a special substance on it that could isolate the part from the pollution of the outside world.

　　In everyone’s eyes, staying in the base and not going out was the most effective way to combat pollution.

　　Wen Bei looked up and couldn’t see the sky, only the unattainable silver top.

　　After watching it for a long time, he felt depressed. It made him feel like an animal trapped in a cage.

　　The interior of the base had also undergone great changes from the city before the apocalypse. The base was clearly divided into four areas. All the trees on both sides of the road had been removed, leaving only rows of slogans.

　　【Hold on, the dawn will be tomorrow. 】

　　【The overall interests of mankind are paramount. 】

　　【Don’t be afraid of death, the continuation of the race is in your and my hands. 】

　　Wen Bei looked at the slogans and frowned unconsciously.

　　After a while, he looked away again.

　　Each area in the base had its own characteristics. There were many pedestrians on the road, but their footsteps never stopped, as if there was something they were pursuing in front of them.

　　The place Li Shi took them to was the Southern District, which was full of large industrial plants.

　　Occasionally there were huge chimneys extending from the inside of the factory to the outside of the iron hood.

　　The guest house was at the entrance of the South District. It could be seen that before the apocalypse, it was probably the employee dormitory of some large factory.

　　The person working at the registration office was an ordinary person. He was eating a snack and raised his eyes nervously: “Please sign your name here, one crystal stone per night.”

　　It only costs thirty crystals to live there for a month.

　　Wen Bei placed six crystal stones and handed over his identity book and Qiu Tin’s: “We’ll stay for three nights first.”

　　Some people couldn’t afford to pay the money, so they just paid it once a day. The person who registered was not surprised. He quickly put away the crystals and stuffed a small snack into his mouth: “Okay, for you guys the housing is at 502.”

　　With that he gave them the keys.

　　Only then did Wen Bei realise that the snacks he kept chewing were actually dried flies.

　　He took a step back silently, almost unable to maintain his polite smile.

　　Li Shi seemed unwilling to step into the South District: “Then I’ll leave first. If you need anything, just come to Jin Ming Guild to see me. Remember to give them my name.”

　　He was determined that Wenbei would go to him for help within two days.

　　After saying that, he left.

　　After Li Shi left, Wen Bei stopped pretending. He placed two more crystal stones on the table and asked directly: “How many people are there in one room?”

　　The person who registered quickly picked up the two crystals and stuffed them into his pocket, with a much better attitude: “After the renovation, there are six people per room, and the guest house next door can accommodate eight people per room.”

　　Although they were all guest houses officially funded by the base, he still did not forget to cheat and travel with them.

　　Wen Bei rolled his eyes: “We brothers have just arrived at the base and don’t want to interact with people. Can you arrange a room for just the two of us? We’ll pay for six people.”

　　The person who registered rolled his eyes and felt a little embarrassed: “These houses are very crowded now, the population of the base is dense…”

　　Wen Bei: “Pay seven people.”

　　The person who registered did not hesitate and took out the new key and gave it to him: “I suddenly remembered that there is still an empty room in 506.”

　　The extra money paid would naturally go into his pocket.

　　Qiu Tin was not interested in any of it, but when he heard Wen Bei just say that they were brothers, his eyes fluctuated a little.

　　Wen Bei didn’t know what the serious-looking man next to him was thinking about. After settling the housing matter, he walked in with a good mood.

　　The conditions of the guest house were as shabby as he had imagined. Every door was closed, and occasionally there were rooms that were opened, and the inside was also in chaos.

　　There were even people who couldn’t pay the rent and didn’t want to leave, so they made bunks on the floor next to the corridor and slept there, motionless even when others walked over them.

　　If they weren’t breathing, Wen Bei would have simply suspected that they were dead.

　　Soon Wen Bei found 506.

　　The last group of tenants may have just left, leaving nothing behind except four bunk beds and a pair of tables and chairs.

　　Just as he was about to close the door, a strong man walked out from the opposite door. When he saw Wen Bei, he was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head and smiled: “Hello, are you new here?”

　　Adhering to the idea of having a good relationship with his neighbours, Wen Bei nodded: “Today is our first day staying at the base.”

　　The strong man groaned, and his eyes hesitated for a moment at the extremely close distance between him and Qiu Tin.

　　Wen Bei: “This is my brother.”

　　Qiu Tin’s eyes were filled with a little interest.

　　The strong man made a sudden realisation, stopped asking questions, and smiled honestly: “You brothers are pretty good-looking.”

　　It just doesn’t look like they were relatives.

　　The strong man’s distortion was in his mouth, which had been replaced by a bird-like beak, but otherwise he looked normal.

　　A young man came out from behind him. He was wearing short-sleeved shorts and had some suspicious red marks on his exposed skin. The moment he saw Qiu Tin, he couldn’t take his eyes away: “Hello, my name is Ruan Tiantian.”

　　He stretched out his hand to shake Qiu Tin’s hand.

　　But was completely ignored.

　　Ruan Tiantian didn’t care. He licked his lips and glanced unscrupulously around the man’s seemingly strong waist and abdomen, which almost made his legs go weak.

　　The strong man was a little helpless: “Tiantian, they are new here and very busy.”

　　Ruan Tiantian glared angrily at the silly big man who didn’t understand the charm: “I know!”

　　He then turned to a charming smile, with a special charm between his eyebrows and eyes.

　　”You can come to me anytime when you are free.”

　　Ruan Tiantian’s meaning was so obvious that Wen Bei couldn’t help but glance at him.

　　Then he stared at Wen Bei.

　　It seemed that he didn’t like him very much.

　　Wen Bei shrugged, gestured to the strong man, and then closed the door of 506.

　　The soundproofing of the room was not very good. Even if the door was closed, they could still hear Ruan Tiantian arguing with the people outside.

　　He didn’t care, so he took out the bedding from his backpack and put it on the bed. As soon as he made the bed, his waist was suddenly pinched, and his whole body was pushed down by a force.

　　The black and translucent glass bead-like eyes were covered with a shallow layer of water due to the sudden collision. He looked at the person holding him down, his gaze full of mist, and his thin wrist was circled by the long tail, and he pushed up, completely restraining his movements.

　　Wen Bei stared at his round cat eyes, the ends of his eyes turned crimson due to resistance: “Qiu Tin, are you going crazy?”

　　The angry voice also had a little hook.

　　Qiu Tin chuckled. He had been patient for a long time, and rubbed Wen Bei’s soft face with his rough palm: “Didn’t you call me brother just now?”

　　He found that he liked the young man calling him like that.

　　Although he didn’t know why, his thinking logic was that he had to get what he wanted.

　　So the hand moved a little harder, and the fingertips directly inserted into Wen Bei’s lips: “Call me brother again?”

　　The rough fingers teased the red tip of the tongue, feeling the wetness and softness.

　　Wen Bei was so angry that he bit down hard without thinking.

　　There was no strength left from his bite, almost threatening to bite his fingers off.