After The Fall Of The Earth, My Hotel Became Popular - Chapter 53

Chapter 53 – Temperature Control System

　Wen Bei’s angry action of going downstairs startled some people in the hall. Xuan Yi saw him walking over from a distance dressed like a round ball.

　　He wore furry gloves and furry earmuffs even when he was indoors.

　　Xuan Yi: “The weather is too cold. The factory’s progress will be slowed down.”

　　Wen Bei glanced at him, somewhat envious of his flame-like hair that could heat up automatically: “Yeah.”

　　Qiu Tin followed behind him lazily, with an inexplicably contented expression on his face. He was like a large pet, simply standing behind Wen Bei.

　　The aura on his body made people dare not ignore him.

　　Xuan Yi glanced out the window of the Hotel. The heavy snow almost covered the garden. Even the small white flowers that were almost as tall as half a person’s waist were oppressed by the wind and snow.

　　Wen Bei: “It’s okay, the Hotel will be heated soon.”

　　”Heating?”

　　Not only was Xuan Yi shocked, but even the several guests who were eavesdropping on the conversation nearby also looked surprised.

　　After the end of the world, resources became scarce, and even the base could not provide heating systems for the houses. Once there was a sudden drop in temperature, everyone had to endure it.

　　Xuan Yi: “But we still have to shovel the snow before we turn on the heating.”

　　He glanced out at the garden.

　　If they didn’t shovel the snow first, it would be troublesome when the snow starts to melt after the heating starts.

　　Wen Bei didn’t want to see his garden getting soggy.

　　Reason told the experienced mercenaries that it was impossible. The Hotel did not look big from the outside, but the interior was actually much more spacious than it looked. How could it be possible to install a heating system for the entire hotel?

　　But when they thought of the miracles that happened in the Hotel, the scales in their hearts unconsciously tilted towards Wen Bei.

　　His trust in the innkeeper eventually overcame his own reason, and a polluter with antlers on his head took the lead and volunteered: “Please let me help.”

　　Seeing the man offering help, the other polluters crowded over as if they were afraid of being left behind: “Me too!”

“Let me do it!”

　　Wen Bei curled his eyes and said, “That’s great. Thank you.”

　　Free labour is the best.

　　While they were shovelling snow, Wen Bei found the Rabbit Butler and expressed his desire to unlock the temperature control. The Rabbit Butler shook his beard and told him that it had no objection.

　　After all, in only one night the temperature dropped again, reaching over 30 degrees below zero. The rabbit was a little worried that Wen Bei would freeze to death under such conditions.

　　Considering this reason, the plan of unlocking the hot spring in the back garden could be moved a little further back.

　　The polluters were very efficient in shovelling snow. Wen Bei only went to the kitchen once, and when he came out, they had finished all the work.

　　He held up a bowl of steaming rice balls made with fermented glutinous rice, a new recipe he had just unlocked: “Thank you, I’ll treat you to some meatballs.”

　　There is nothing more comforting than having a hot bite on a cold day.

　　Their mood, which had turned unpleasant due to the sudden cold weather, had now become much better.

　　Several mercenaries squeezed over, joking with each other as they went to the restaurant to get their own bowl of fermented rice balls. The atmosphere was harmonious, a rare sight in the apocalypse.

　　The hall suddenly became quiet.

　　It takes a full thirty thousand crystals to unlock the temperature control system.

　　Wen Bei looked painful. With the unlocking of the new room, his turnover had finally increased to 50,000, but now it was going to return to the pre-liberation era.

　　The Rabbit Butler Comforted him: “This temperature control system can save lives at critical moments.”

　　It wasn’t just about temperature control, the system could also create a temperature space that is completely different from the rest of the world. Even if there was fire and magma outside, the Hotel could still remain cool and refreshing.

　　Wen Bei felt much better at the thought of it.

　　Almost at the moment he unlocked the feature, he saw an extra row of buttons and an indoor thermometer on the wall near the cashier counter. The thermometer was adjustable, with a row of small words below it saying that only the hotel owner could control it manually.

　　The Rabbit Butler Came over and explained: “This is to control the public areas of the hotel. You only need to manually control the temperature to the degree Celsius you want, and you can also turn on the smart control mode.”

　　”Smart control mode?” Wen Bei noticed the button, and driven by strong curiosity, he pressed the switch.

　　Suddenly he felt the temperature in the room rising little by little, and the thermometer in front of him was also rising slowly and evenly, returning from dozens of degrees below zero to above zero in an instant.

　　Wen Bei took off his heavy clothes, leaving only a thin sweater underneath. Despite that, he still didn’t feel cold.

　　His hands and feet warmed up, and a healthy blush appeared on his face.

　　Wen Bei opened his cat eyes wide: “It’s really not cold anymore.”

　　Rabbit Butler: “Each room in the Hotel has a temperature control button, which makes it convenient for guests to adjust the room temperature in their rooms.”

　　It was indeed very convenient indeed.

　　Even if it cost 30,000 crystals, it was worth it.

　　Just as Wen Bei was about to raise his eyes, he saw Qiu Tin, who had been following him silently.

　　The expression on his face showed a hint of displeasure.

　　Although they both had no expression on their faces, the difference was very subtle.

　　But Wen Bei could notice it clearly: “Are you unhappy that the hotel has become warmer?”

　　Qiu Tin glanced at him with a half-smile: “Yeah, I’m not happy.”

　　”Why?”

　　Sometimes, Wen Bei could be very naive.

　　Qiu Tin chuckled, deliberately not lowering his voice: “I can’t warm your bed for you.”

　　Wen Bei’s eyes widened again. The memory of being bullied by that bad tail in the morning came to his mind again. He was almost angry: “I don’t need it!”

　　Although he felt very warm after falling asleep last night, he still felt a slight pain in his waist at this moment. That was because the unscrupulous tail had rubbed the delicate skin on his waist and wounded the skin.

　　Qiu Tin was clearly lying next to him with his eyes open, but he pretended to be dazed and just woke up to bully him.

　　Thinking of it, Wen Bei wanted to kick someone again.

　　He kicked Qiu Tin more and more skillfully.

　　Qiu Tin not only did not dodge, but let him kick him, stretched out his hand and easily grabbed his ankle: “You slept with me yesterday, and today you turned against me and refused to admit it?”

　　With a clang.

　　Wen Bei turned around. He was still in the awkward position with his feet pinched. There was a bit of surprise and bewilderment in his cat’s eyes, which looked innocent and pitiful.

　　The one who made the noise was Huang Qian, who looked shocked. She hurriedly picked up her things and said, “I won’t disturb you. You guys continue.”

　　Then she turned around, and even her back revealed her panic.

　　Wen Bei: “…”

　　It’s over. Now it’s even harder to explain.

　　•=•=•

　　It’s not just the hotels and bases that are suffering from the severe cold weather. Every significant drop in temperature is a near-devastating blow to the safe zones.

　　The facilities in the safe zone are even more rudimentary, and even the most basic heating is difficult. At such times, thick clothes become a scarce resource.

　　People could only huddle together for warmth.

　　A Luo spat, “Just like a fucking livestock!”

　　There was frost between his brows and his lips were so cracked that they seemed like they would bleed when he spoke.

　　”A Luo!” his brother was angry, “Don’t say that.”

　　”Brother Luo.” The youngest sister was surrounded by them, and the clothes she was wearing were not big enough for her age.

　　She looked at her two brothers and said, “I’m so cold.”

　　A Luo’s face looked a little ugly: “I want to go out!”

　　”You want to leave the safe zone in such cold weather?” His brother was obviously angry.

　　”If I don’t go out, we will either freeze to death or starve to death here.” A Luo exhaled a puff of white air, with a rare persistence on his face.

　　There are only more than a thousand people in this safe zone, and they are the first batch.

　　When the apocalypse first began, they were all just strangers living in the same community, and only a hundred people survived in the community of thousands.

　　Those one hundred people finally organised themselves into a team for survival, and gradually the team expanded to become the current safe zone of more than one thousand people.

　　A Luo and his two companions were the earliest residents of the community and were among the group of people who had been staying in the safe zone the longest.

　　Five years is enough time for a boy who knew nothing at the beginning to grow up.

　　He is also a polluter, but unfortunately he has never stepped out of the safe zone.

　　His brother’s eyes only showed disapproval: “No, you have never left the safe zone, you don’t know how terrifying it is outside. Every year there are people who don’t know what’s good for them and want to leave the safe zone, and they end up in a miserable situation.”

　　A Luo was very emotional. “Have you seen this endless snow? The base should have sent us emergency food yesterday, but the relief has not arrived until today. It means that they must have had problems.”

　　The food in the safe zone had run out. They planted edible mutant sugarcane in the safe zone. The harvest was almost ready, but the heavy snow had frozen the sugarcane.

　　The people were like trapped beasts in a safe zone, and could only watch their food being consumed bit by bit.

　　”If the sky falls, there are others to hold it up.” A Luo’s brother just said it vaguely at the end, and turned over while holding his sister.

　　Because he didn’t have a cotton coat of the right size, his wrists and ankles were exposed and turned purple from the cold.

　　A Luo stared at the purple skin and said nothing, but his eyes became more determined.

　　The person in charge of connecting with the base in the safe zone knew the route taken by the base’s rescuers, so he inferred that they might be able to find their traces by following the route.

　　Many times, the filth would only eat the humans in the car and would not attack the supplies inside.

　　Those supplies were the key to whether their safe zone could survive the severe cold weather.

　　He called on the polluters in the safe zone that morning to join him in searching for the whereabouts of the truckload of emergency food, but unfortunately, by the evening, not many people had signed up.

　　People in the safe zone rarely leave, as powerful polluters have already left, and those who remain are often the timid, concerned, or less powerful polluters.

　　A Luo didn’t know how strong he was, but his pollution level had reached 73 percent.

　　Like all boys of a certain age, he was just eighteen years old and always fantasised about being a hero.

　　A Luo felt that the reason why he had been staying in this safe zone, eating and waiting to die, was because he had something he was concerned about.

　　His sister and brother are ordinary people.

　　And now it’s his turn to protect his family.

　　A Luo took off a piece of clothing and covered his brother and sister with it, then tiptoed out.

　　He walked past several people who were sleeping together on a large bunk bed and approached the person in charge.

　　”I’d like to sign up to join the search.”