After The Fall Of The Earth, My Hotel Became Popular - Chapter 40

　　It seemed that even Huang Qian knew that the Dark Fire Guild had changed its president.

　　Wen Bei nodded: “Thank you for your help.”

　　”No trouble.” Huang Qian winked at him, “Do you remember that you promised me to be one of the first guests of the hot spring?”

　　Wen Bei smiled at him: “Yeah.”

　　When he was about to say something, Qiu Tin, who had been standing silently beside him, suddenly moved, and intentionally or unintentionally stood between them, blocking each other’s line of sight.

　　Qiu Tin said calmly: “It’s time to go back.”

　　Wen Bei’s eyes hurt from the dust that was still floating nearby. He raised his head and couldn’t see the man’s expression clearly through the mist in front of his eyes.

　　He just nodded obediently.

　　The subtle movement made Huang Qian, who was standing nearby, relaxed a lot.

　　She frowned, and her inner understanding of the unfathomable nature of this man deepened.

　　…

　　After returning to the room, Wen Bei took a special look at the room opposite.

　　No one lives there now.

　　Perhaps because they felt it was unlucky, the remaining tenants had also moved out early.

　　Now, the room opposite was empty again, waiting for a new tenant.

　　Wen Bei: “Is the day for Cheng Jie’s long journey coming soon?”

　　The moment he would be released from the base, he could never come back.

　　Qiu Tin was not interested. He did not answer the question, but slightly raised his head and urged: “Go take a shower.”

　　The smell of the young man that he originally liked was slightly masked, mixed with the smell of alcohol and gunpowder, which particularly irritated him.

　　Inexplicably, he started to get angry again.

　　Wen Bei was used to it. He picked up his pyjamas and went into the bathroom. When he came out of the shower, there were a few round green fruits left on the table.

　　Since he arrived at the base, he couldn’t get used to the food there and lost nearly two kilograms.

　　It was obvious that the small green fruits were specially left for him by Qiu Tin. Wen Bei didn’t think much about it. He picked them up, put them in his mouth and took a bite.

　　Unknowingly, he was gradually giving the man more trust.

　　When the small green fruit entered the mouth, there was no strange astringency nor sourness that made the tip of the tongue numb. It was juicy but not sweet enough, like eating a big bite of pear without the pear fragrance.

　　This kind of fruit was definitely considered very rare in the apocalypse. Wen Bei didn’t know where Qiu Tin found it from. He happened to be hungry, so he ate it all in one go. He felt very full, and his slightly hungry stomach was suddenly full.

　　Wen Bei turned off the lights and went to bed after mumbling a good night.

　　It was not until a long time later that the black fog that had suddenly appeared in the corner once again wrapped around the ankles of the sleeping young man.

　　A vague sighing voice echoed in the darkness: “Good night.”

　　…

　　After waking up the next day, Wen Bei went to a shop to have breakfast and listen to the opinions of nearby residents on the explosion from the previous night.

　　There were not many people who could afford to have a leisurely breakfast, so there weren’t many people in the breakfast shops.

　　People sat around a small table and would order steamed buns at most. Those who were a little better off would order some pancakes with eggs. As for what kind of eggs, no one wanted to know.

　　The steamed buns made with post-apocalyptic flour always had mouldy spots on them.

　　Wen Bei only ordered artificial milk at the breakfast shop, and ate it in small bites with the biscuits he had brought from the Hotel.

　　But, he was more interested in listening to people exaggerating the incident from the previous night.

　　Someone also mentioned that the Dark Fire Guild’s president had been replaced.

　　”I heard that this guild is doing some disgusting things behind the scenes. Is that true?”

　　”Why didn’t the Lawful Army capture them?”

　　”Do you have evidence? You want those people to arrest a guild full of strong polluters without any thorough evidence?”

　　”Everyone knows about it clearly but they just don’t point it out. In these troubled times, you’d better mind your own business.” The owner of the shop came over and interrupted their conversation. He put down the plate of steamed buns covered with black spots and continued to work.

　　The person being scolded was a little unhappy: “Who knows what the new guild leader is like? Maybe he is even more brutal than the old one.”

　　The person next to him drank some soy milk, which was even more unpalatable than the buns, and continued the conversation: “The vice president will be back in two days.”

　　”The old president is gone, and the new president has already established his authority. Why are you still worried about a vice president like him?”

　　The person drinking soy milk sighed slowly, whetting everyone’s appetite. “My neighbour is a polluter of a mercenary guild. He personally told me that the vice president of the Dark Fire Guild is a very difficult person, much more terrifying than that old president who could only manipulate corpses.”

　　The other people had different expressions, some obviously believed it and some didn’t, and they asked him to tell them more about the vice president.

　　But the man refused to say anything more, for he was afraid that saying too much would cause trouble.

　　Wen Bei had finished his breakfast by then and was walking outside. It just so happened that it started to rain a little. The rain of the apocalypse was also polluted, and all the pedestrians were so scared that they hid from the rain.

　　If they stay under the shower for a while longer, their pollution level may increase.

　　Wen Bei was not afraid of pollution, but he did not like to get wet.

　　He looked at the man beside him, Qiu Tin slightly narrowed his eyes, and obediently released 【Pollution】 from his right shoulder blade, spreading it out like the black wings of a devil, just enough to cover Wen Bei’s entire figure.

　　The two of them then walked in the rain.

　　Wen Bei: “Do you know what I want to do?”

　　Qiu Tine: “You want to go to the black market to find the den where the human trafficking is happening and then report it to the base.”

　　Wen Bei: “This will ruin your guild.”

　　”My guild?” Qiu Tin repeated the words in a low voice, and snorted as if he found it funny.

　　He never felt that those inferior humans had anything to do with him.

　　Taking away someone else’s position as guild leader was just a way to find something to do when he had nothing to do.

　　He had been sealed for too long, and wanted to see if there was anything special about the humans. Unfortunately, they were just as boring as the humans in his original world.

　　As for the guild, if the young man didn’t like it, then he would gladly destroy it.

　　Wen Bei saw his attitude and felt relieved.

　　The weather in the apocalypse was always unreliable. Suddenly, it would rain and a few minutes later, it would be sunny.

　　There were very few pedestrians on the road.

　　As a result, Huang Qian saw them from a distance. She waved at them and ran over.

　　Beside her was an ordinary-looking man and a familiar woman.

　　When the woman saw Wen Bei, she thanked him with red eyes.

　　She could feel that after the explosion, the poison that had been pressing on her heart had disappeared.

　　Wen Bei: “Are you sure you want to go with us?”

　　He felt that the black market had probably left a shadow in women’s lives.

　　The woman nodded and said, “I can help. I was tortured there for two months. You may be able to find the trading points, but I am the only one who can find the places where the slaves are imprisoned.”

　　Seeing that she was so sure, Wen Bei acquiesced.

　　He looked at the ordinary-looking man next to Huang Qian.

　　Huang Qian explained: “He is a polluter. He had the ability to change people’s appearance and features.”

　　”Something similar to disguise?” Wen Bei was a little surprised.

　　Huang Qian brushed her red hair and explained, “It’s much more powerful than the disguise technique. It can even transform some deformed parts of the polluter.”

　　The man’ss ability may seem useless, but it was very useful at critical moments.

　　Huang Qian: “We look too eye-catching, so it’s better to change our appearance before entering the black market.”

　　After all, Huang Qian was the president of a large guild. Although some parts of her body were deformed, she was still a great beauty and would be easily recognized. The woman had been imprisoned in the black market for two months. It couldn’t be guaranteed that she would not be recognized. Not to mention the other two men, it would be too conspicuous for them to enter the black market with their striking appearance.

　　Wen Bei looked around and found that the polluter brought by Huang Qian was indeed very powerful. He looked very ordinary, but it was this ordinariness that made him incredible.

　　He couldn’t find a single memorable spot on his body, as if he would be lost if thrown into a crowd.

　　He watched as the polluter used his ability to change the skin of Huang Qian and the woman on the spot. The woman’s slightly hunched waist, which was originally deformed, straightened up all of a sudden, and Huang Qian’s eye-catching red hair turned into a shade grey, and her beautiful facial features became round and blunt, looking very ordinary.

　　Wen Bei became curious. He looked at the polluter who was working on transforming his face and asked, “What do you want to turn me into?”

　　The polluter glanced at him, a thoughtful look appeared on his face: “You look too innocent, and one can tell at a glance that your pollution level is very low. I’ll add some distortion to you so that people would think you’re a polluter who’s not easy to mess with.”

　　Wen Bei curved his eyes: “Okay.”

　　He was also very curious about what kind of distortions he would experience if he ever became a polluter.

　　Even though it was just fake, he still found it interesting.

　　And he could also take advantage of it to get revenge.

　　Wen Bei found it very interesting.

　　He secretly pulled the polluter aside and told him how he wanted him to change Qiu Tin’s face.

　　The polluter found it more and more strange as he listened, and finally he felt a little panic: “Is this really possible?”

　　Wen Bei patted his shoulder with confidence: “Don’t worry, of course it is.”

　　Soon the polluter made human skins belonging to the two of them. As long as they put them on, they could maintain the disguise for a period of time.

　　Wen Bei took the lead in urging Qiu Tin to put it on.

　　Qiu Tin raised his eyebrows and put it on without any objection. In an instant, the face that always revealed a bit of evil began to transform. The corners of his eyes drooped, and his three-dimensional facial features began to become a little rounded and blunt. Gradually, he changed from an unforgettable handsome guy to an ordinary dull man, but his appearance was still considered handsome.

　　However, there was a new hideous scar running through his entire face, which completely destroyed his originally upright and honest appearance, making him look more like a bandit.

　　The big scar was the special request from Wen Bei.

　　At that moment, he was grinning with his eyes squinted, looking a little proud, with a cunning gleam in his cat’s eyes.