After The Fall Of The Earth, My Hotel Became Popular - Chapter 58

Chapter 58 – A Disobedient Dog was Slapped

　　Perhaps it was because the man’s expression was so gloomy and terrifying that Wen Bei finally noticed something was wrong. He looked up and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

　　His tone was helpless, as if he was a husband questioning his wife why she was jealous.

　　Qiu Tin: “…”

　　His red eyes glanced at him emotionlessly, and he walked out without saying a word.

　　Just when Wen Bei was at a loss, the other party returned with a frightened rabbit in his hand. He threw it directly on the ground, and the fat rabbit almost turned into a rabbit cake.

　　The Butler Rabbit didn’t dare to move when it was caught. After being thrown down, it jumped in front of him and tugged at its ears with his little paws: “How do you feel?”

　　Wen Bei glanced at Qiu Tin: “I’m okay, what’s going on?”

　　He asked the last half of the sentence to the Rabbit Butler.

　　Rabbit Butler: “Don’t blame me for not telling you in advance, but this is a surprise left for you by the previous owner of the Hotel.”

　　Wen Bei raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

　　The Butler Rabbit’s hand that was holding its long ears trembled, and it accidentally hurt itself. It bared its teeth for a moment and answered honestly: “Of course, it is frightening.”

　　It always felt that his boss’s smile was full of danger and looked very familiar, which made the rabbit scared.

　　The Rabbit Butler didn’t react at first, but when it accidentally caught a glimpse of the bored man who was using his abilities to entangle Wen Bei’s fingers, he suddenly realized it.

　　‘Where does this terrifying feeling of familiarity come from?’

　　‘Isn’t this a case of birds of a feather flock together?’

　　Its boss, who was originally gentle and good-tempered, became oppressive after spending too long with this man.

　　The Butler Rabbit shuddered, and continued to explain with a half-smile in his eyes: “Everyone’s abilities are different. I don’t know what ability you will activate. Maybe it’s a useless superpower.”

　　”You just won’t tell me anything in order to stop me from expecting too much, right?” Wen Bei was almost laughing out of anger. He reached out and hit the Rabbit Butler, leaving a small hole on its head.

　　The Rabbit Butler covered its head and stepped back: “So, what kind of ability did you get, boss?”

　　After it asked the question, the room fell silent for a moment.

　　Apparently, Wen Bei wanted to know the answer to this question more than it does.

　　During the time he spent at the base, he also saw a lot of useless abilities.

　　Those polluters only gained extremely ugly deformations on their bodies, and their abilities were useless.

　　There are abilities that increase useless mucus, abilities that make unpleasant bowel sounds at any time, and abilities that have huge side effects, etc.

　　As the degree of pollution increases, their superpowers become more useless. No matter how strong they are, they are of no use to their survival. Instead, they are bound by the shackles of polluters and cannot enjoy the priority benefits that the base provides to ordinary people.

　　Wen Bei stretched out his hand. He was a little uncertain, but once you have some things, you can use them instinctively even without anyone’s guidance.

　　He began to activate his ability. The moment it took effect, everything in front of him suddenly turned black and white. Wherever he looked, he could see a line of numbers appearing on everything. Those numbers were dark gold, and were the only color in his sight besides black and white.

　　He looked very seriously, but from an outsider’s perspective, his gaze suddenly froze for a moment, revealing a thoughtful expression.

　　Wen Bei observed Qiu Tin and Rabbit Butler at the same time, and confirmed that this was a scene that only he could see.

　　With a thought, the cup closest to him flew into the air, and then fell heavily to the ground, with the iron cup having a dent.

　　The Butler Rabbit was shocked: “Is this your special ability?”

　　Could it be the manipulation of metal?

　　This ability is not rare, but once you become proficient in it, even a nail can pierce the throat and kill someone.

　　Just as the Butler Rabbit was about to give a compliment, Wen Bei manipulated something else, this time a plastic fork.

　　The Butler Rabbit was stunned, and a bad guess emerged in his mind: “You…is your ability also an [Equivalent Trade]?”

　　Wen Bei paused and put down the spoon. He didn’t move at all during the whole process, just sat there.

　　”Do you know this ability?”

　　A furry rabbit face tried to look serious.

　　Wen Bei: “Do you know my special ability?”

　　The Butler Rabbit was silent for a moment: “It’s the same ability as the previous owner.”

　　Wen Bei pretended to listen attentively. He had some guesses about the data and felt a little uneasy.

　　Rabbit Butler: “Very few people have this ability, and maybe they will never use it in their lifetime.”

　　Wen Bei, who had just used it twice for testing, glanced at the cup and spoon on the ground.

　　The Butler Rabbit also saw it. He touched his nose, and his red eyes revealed a bit of admiration: “The characteristic of this ability is a kind of transaction. It trades and controls the most valuable things of the holder with objects or creatures within the holder’s sight.”

　　“So thus the title of [Equivalent Transaction].”

　　The Butler Rabbit swallowed his saliva halfway through his speech: “This ability is terribly powerful, because as long as the holder can afford the price of the transaction, he can directly control the transaction object unconditionally. Even if the one in front of you is a 3S-level filth, as long as you can afford it, you can directly control it. As for the control time limit, it depends on the strength of your own ability.”

　　”So the control time limit can be extended?” Wen Bei grasped another key point in its words.

　　The rabbit nodded: “Another scary thing is that the transaction price it demands is caused by the obsession of the holder.”

　　”Lifespan, vitality… and so on.” The Butler Rabbit pulled his ear again, “I have never seen the previous boss use this ability. I guess it must have come at a very high price, which you humans can hardly afford.”

　　Qiu Tin, who was standing by, suddenly spoke up: “I’ve seen other people possess this ability.”

　　Wen Bei looked at him: “Hmm?”

　　Qiu Tin had a blank expression at first, but suddenly the corner of his mouth raised as he spoke: “He is a self-righteous hero who enjoys people’s admiring gazes, so the price he pays is his sense of existence. In the end, he used his ability too much, overdrew his payment, and his entire sense of existence disappeared.”

　　A person whose sense of existence disappears is dead in everyone’s eyes, no matter whether he is still alive or not.

　　Even if he stands in front of you and shouts loudly, no one can hear or touch him, and no one will care until his body rots.

　　Wen Bei: “That person should not be from this world.”

　　He had known for a long time that Qiu Tin was not from this world.

　　His ability is [Pollution], which seems to have the same origin as the pollution in this world, but it is actually more invasive than the pollution in this world itself.

　　Perhaps in his original world, he was also the abyss and the source of doomsday.

　　Qiu Tin stared at him for a long time. The smile on his lips not only did not disappear, but it became bigger: “If you’re also going to die from overdrawing your ability, then you might as well die in my hands.”

　　A black, cold object like a scimitar was pressed against Wen Bei’s throat, as if it couldn’t wait. A cold light flashed across it, and if Wen Bei moved forward a little more, his skin would be cut.

　　The Butler Rabbit was still not used to their constant attacks, so he was frightened and ran outside with his fat butt twisted.

　　But the door was closed and it could only shiver in the corner.

　　Wen Bei raised his chin and tilted his head back slightly. He didn’t feel the panic at all. Instead, he raised his hand and grabbed Qiu Tin’s tie and pulled him forward: “I hate looking up.”

　　Qiu Tin lowered his voice a little and asked ambiguously: “Really?”

　　The man’s eyebrows were deep, and his red pupils were so sexy that it was almost suffocating. It was a pity that the person in his eyes had no intention of appreciating it. Wen Bei let go of his hand: “You will know.”

　　The mysterious black rune appeared again on Qiu Tin’s Adam’s apple. Unlike the previous burns that threatened the owner’s life, this time the rune was obviously controlled, and the lines gradually became obvious.

　　Qiu Tin could feel the pain of his heart being compressed, but he kept smiling: “Did you also control this with your ability?”

　　Wen Bei: “No, I used my power as the Hotel’s owner.”

　　He could clearly feel that after acquiring the abilities, his connection with the Hotel has become more deeper. From the vague bond at the beginning, now he could even feel how many people were in the Hotel and could control everyone who appeared in the Hotel.

　　He could turn them into trapped animals, just like the thieves he encountered before.

　　The restraint of Qiu Tin is also one of the owner’s privileges.

　　Qiu Tin was not angry after hearing this. Instead, he smiled quietly and said, “How nice.”

　　He said coaxing words, but his eyes were full of madness.

　　The heart was being crushed, and after being threatened, the body instinctively released its abilities. The entire room was almost filled with hideous black mist, but neither of the two parties cared.

　　They stood in the midst, as if they only had eyes for each other.

　　Qiu Tin reached out and rubbed Wen Bei’s earlobe: “So what is the price of your ability?”

　　Wen Bei’s eyes turned cold, and he gradually began to understand the thoughts of this mad dog Qiu Tin.

　　The reason why he was angry was because Qiu Tin treated him as a prey. If the price of his ability was to damage his own life, Qiu Tin would feel unhappy as if the prey was being hurt.

　　Even if he himself was the one who hurt him.

　　What Wen Bei hates the most is being treated as a commodity by a mad dog.

　　A crisp slap sounded.

　　All the black fog in the room stopped, as if a pause button had been pressed, but the undercurrent behind it was even more terrifying.

　　The Rabbit Butler, who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead, was so scared that he stood up again.

　　To Qiu Tin, this amount of force was just like a kitten scratching someone, and it didn’t even hurt at all. And the humiliation of being slapped that mattered a lot to ordinary people was almost non-existent in the madman’s logical thinking.

　　Qiu Tin lowered his eyes nonchalantly, staring at Wen Bei’s tender palm: “So what is your exchange price?”

　　The tone was clearly neither light nor cold, but it was filled with an extremely oppressive feeling.

　　What to do if beating a disobedient puppy is useless?

　　Of course he would choose to leave it alone.

　　Wen Bei didn’t answer, but slowly lay down on the bed: “I’m going to sleep.”

　　He was too tired and wanted to rest for a while.

　　Qiu Tin narrowed his eyes, ignoring the pressure on his heart, and stretched out his hand to strangle Wen Bei’s neck.

　　The Butler Rabbit was startled: “Boss! I also want to know. What is your exchange price?”

　　It felt restrained as if it was forced into battle, especially when Qiu Tin looked at it, it almost couldn’t help but pretend to be dead again.

　　Wen Bei responded: “Don’t worry, it’s not vitality.”

　　He could already determine what the data represented.

　　He just took a look at Qiu Tin and noticed that the number on him was three question marks.

　　This made him even more unhappy.

　　The Butler Rabbit was stunned for a moment: “What is it?”

　　It cannot imagine what obsession is more important than life for humans.

　　Health? Life expectancy?

　　The outcome is the same. The price to pay for using abilities is too high. What can tiny and pathetic humans gain in their short hundred years of life?

　　“Money.”

　　The sad Butler Rabbit: “……”

　　”???”