After The Fall Of The Earth, My Hotel Became Popular - Chapter 54

Chapter 54 – The Mysterious White Fox

　　The person in charge looked at him in astonishment. In his heart, A Luo was still a child. His first reaction was to refuse: “Does your brother know about this?”

　　A Luo: “I became an adult a few days ago.”

　　The bowl of soup made from mutant corn that welcomed him as an adult smelled sweet but tasted slightly bitter. However, it was one of the few good things to eat in the safe zone.

　　It took his brother a lot of effort to get it.

　　Their parents died at the beginning of the apocalypse, and it was only thanks to their brother that he and his young and ignorant sister survived. Now it is his turn to protect his brother and sister.

　　His brother is an ordinary person, he had all rights to escape and retreat, but, A Luo, he is a polluter. He should stand up and fight.

　　When the person in charge heard that he had become an adult, his expression became conflicted.

　　He was unable to say the words of refusal that were at the tip of his tongue.

　　The person in charge really did need help.

　　After working all night and appealing to everyone in the safe zone, only three people were willing to go with him to find the whereabouts of the emergency team, and two of them were ordinary people.

　　In such a situation, it was undoubtedly a good thing for polluters to take the initiative to stand up.

　　The person in charge wiped his face, his eyes became complicated, and finally he patted A Luo on the shoulder: “Okay, you must follow us closely.”

　　There were only five people on the trip. Outside the safe zone, there was a sycamore forest, where hunters would start hunting during the day. They could only travel at night. They drove away in the only car in the safe zone that was suitable for driving on snow.

　　It was the first time that A Luo had taken the initiative to leave the community since the apocalypse began.

　　He clenched the spear in his hand. It was his special ability, which allowed him to replicate the spear unlimitedly. The more serious his injuries were, the more attack power the spear would have, and it would also double the damage when hitting the enemy.

　　The person sitting next to A Luo was an ordinary person with a casual personality. He usually liked to hold his book and say some ambiguous words.

　　A Luo had an impression of him, but didn’t know his name. He only knew that everyone in his family had met with an accident and he was the only one alive. Some people in the safe zone called him a nerd.

　　After living in the apocalypse for a few years, A Luo had lost all his politeness. He also called the man a nerd: “Hey nerd, why did you come out with us?”

　　A Luo is a polluter and his physique is much better. But the physical condition of the ordinary nerd was not so good. His mouth was so cold that it had turned purple.

　　The ride was very bumpy, and sometimes in order to avoid some filth, they had to make a sharp turn, brake suddenly, or step on the accelerator hard.

　　In order to save fuel, they were reluctant to turn on the air conditioner in the car to blow warm air, so they could only endure the cold.

　　The nerd glanced at him and said, “Courage is the anthem of mankind.”

　　A Luo was stunned for a moment. He had never heard of such a sentence, but subconsciously, he thought it was very cool, and his heart seemed to beat twice.

　　”…Courage is the anthem of mankind.” A Luo repeated.

　　The car fell silent.

　　They had been traveling for several hours without any danger on the route used by the base.

　　The good news is that the sudden drop in temperature had also had an impact on the filth. Some of them were hiding in buildings, some were hiding under the snow, and they weren’t very willing to come out to destroy the surroundings.

　　But even the best of luck will eventually run out.

　　Just when A Luo was about to put away the spear, the car stopped suddenly. He leaned forward with force, and the spear in his hand almost poked a hole in the head of the polluter in front of him.

　　The polluter cursed, “What’s wrong?!”

　　The person in charge who was driving said calmly: “There is a white fox blocking the road ahead.”

　　If one listened carefully, it was not difficult to hear the fear hidden underneath the calmness.

　　”White Fox?” The polluter looked up and was speechless for a moment.

　　A snow-white fox with beautiful fur was standing in the snow, its yellow vertical pupils looking at them quietly.

　　The sight was not beautiful, because two bloodstains slowly left under the white fox’s eyes, dripping on the snow and spreading into blood plum blossoms, which was just weird.

　　”Fuck!” The polluter in the passenger seat angrily punched the car, “Run it over!”

　　It’s just a little beast.

　　A Luo clenched the spear in his hand and said, “I’ll go down and drive it away.”

　　As soon as he finished speaking, the sky suddenly changed color.

　　The person in charge looked up and his expression suddenly changed: “Oh no! It’s going to snow again!”

　　As the man’s words fell, the first snowflake fell, followed by thousands and millions of snowflakes that followed, continuing to compose this silver-white world.

　　Person in charge: “We need to find a building to stay in.”

　　If the present situation continued, their car might be buried in the snow.

　　After the snow, the vision was blocked and even if people could move, it would be inconvenient, but no one in the car objected.

　　It’s just that they happened to come to a large open space, and there were no buildings nearby that could take shelter. In just a few minutes, the snow became heavier, and the wind blew them all in one direction.

　　A Luo raised his eyes again, and the white fox that was standing in the middle of the road was gone.

　　No one paid any attention, and the person in charge stepped on the accelerator and rushed out.

　　=•=•=

　　It was cold.

　　Even the joints between his bones ached.

　　His consciousness was blurring and about to fade away.

　　Just close your eyes…

　　A Luo’s cheek hurt and he opened his eyes suddenly: “Who!?”

　　The pair of eyes he met were not those of a human, but of a golden fox. Tears and blood were still flowing underneath, and the white hair on its face was soaked with blood.

　　A Luo didn’t expect that the white fox not only did not leave, but also licked him with its rough tongue.

　　He couldn’t help but be glad that it didn’t choose to bite through his artery.

　　He was so scared that he shouted with bravado, and the spear in his hand reappeared. He swinged it twice in the direction of the white fox: “Get out of here! Go away!”

　　The white fox looked at him deeply, then walked away nimbly, swinging its beautiful tail.

　　Another small row of plum blossom footprints and dripping blood were left in the snow.

　　A Luo was still frightened, and he quickly looked around to confirm where he was.

　　He only remembered that the car was moving in the blizzard when it suddenly slipped. To be more precise, there was filth under the wheels that pushed them down. The car was completely out of control and rushed down a huge slope, and the brakes were useless.

　　Then there was a loud bang and a crash, and he knew nothing.

　　It was pitch black all around him and he couldn’t see clearly. He could only reach out and feel around to determine that he was still inside the car.

　　The whole car had rolled over, and he was lucky enough to only suffer minor injuries.

　　Such injuries, which were enough to be fatal to ordinary people, would only make it difficult for a polluter to move, but it wouldn’t be fatal.

　　A Luo suddenly touched something cold. He was startled and looked to the side. It turned out to be the nerd who had been sitting next to him at the beginning.

　　Was he dead?

　　A Luo’s heart tightened: “Hey, are you dead?”

　　”Hmph.” The nerd groaned softly in pain, indicating that he was still breathing.

　　A Luo relaxed. “Great, wait a minute, I’ll pull you out after I get out.”

　　He had never encountered such a serious accident before. He panicked when he was alone, but now that he knew there was still someone alive with him, he regained some of his rationality.

　　”Where are the others?” A Luo muttered. He climbed out of the broken window of the car and was silent for a moment after seeing the whole picture of the car.

　　”We have no car.” A Luo concealed his fear with a helpless expression.

　　He wanted to drag the nerd out.

　　”Leave me alone for now.”

　　When he spoke, his throat was like a broken organ.

　　A Luo thought he could still hold on, so he went to check the driver’s seat first.

　　Unexpectedly, the original driver’s seat seemed to have been violently destroyed by some filth, and the person inside had disappeared.

　　The person in charge was dragged away.

　　There were traces of dragging and bloody hand prints left by struggle in the snow.

　　A Luo briefly described it, and was at a loss: “What, what should I do?”

　　The nerd coughed twice: “Where are the others?”

　　There should be two more people in the car.

　　A Luo crawled and rolled to check: “They are all dead…all dead.”

　　The polluter was unlucky and had his throat pierced by a sharp piece of glass, while the other ordinary person also died after hitting his head.

　　A Luo could only think of a way to drag the nerd out first, but he didn’t expect that when he had just dragged out half of the body, he would see a huge wound on the nerd’s waist, with some tiny vines wriggling inside.

　　”Nerd, you are polluted.” A Luo’s voice trembled. “Are you going to become a polluter?”

　　There were only two possibilities for ordinary people who were polluted. Either they would become a polluter, or directly turn into filth after being unable to bear it.

　　Not everyone could successfully obtain abilities and become a polluter.

　　A Luo didn’t dare to think of another possibility.

　　In the icy and snowy place, he was the only companion left.

　　The nerd looked apologetic: “It’s too cold.”

　　He couldn’t survive.

　　‘You are the only one who knows your body best.’

　　The nerd felt too sleepy.

　　His body was rapidly cooling down due to excessive blood loss.

　　”Remember what I told you?”

　　A Luo felt his face was a little cold, and when he wiped it with his fingers, he found that it was tears. Even tears would freeze instantly. He tried his best to pull the clothes off the person in the passenger seat in order to stop the bleeding and keep him warm.

　　”Courage is the anthem of mankind…”

　　The nerd did not stop his behavior. He just uttered the sentence with apology and relief, and finally slowly closed his eyes.

　　What he could vaguely hear was A Luo shouting something heartbreakingly.

　　The nerd is dead.

　　He didn’t die from pollution or the sudden car accident, but from bleeding and freezing to death.

　　All his limbs were so stiff that they could not move.

　　A Luo didn’t know what kind of mood he was in when he took off his clothes and passed them on to himself. Even though he put on an extra coat and another layer of socks and pants, he was still cold.

　　It’s so cold that his heart is shaking.

　　He repeated the nerd’s words before he left and collected all the food in the car.

　　If possible, he would also like to take the gas with him, but he couldn’t transport it, so he could only carry a bag of dry food.

　Everything was white, he lost his vision and direction.

　　Where was he supposed to go?

　　The direction in which the person in charge was dragged was definitely not the right one.

　　He was conscious when he was dragged away, which meant that the filth creature liked to eat living things. Maybe it didn’t realize he was still alive and neglected it, or it may have just imagined eating the person in charge and then coming back. Either possibility is very unfavorable to him.

　　He had to take another route to avoid running into the filth.

　　While thinking, A Luo looked down and suddenly saw a set of conspicuous footprints in the snow.

　　It belonged to the white fox.

　　As if he was bewitched, he hesitated for a long time before finally following the footprints.

　　‘If there really is a god in this world, please perform a miracle and save me.’