After The Fall Of The Earth, My Hotel Became Popular - Chapter 64

　Chapter 64 – Feeding Small Animals

　　A’Luo looked at him with confusion, but finally nodded and followed him back with lingering fear.

　　In the makeshift tent they had set up, Bo Ji had already prepared some water. When he saw them coming, he stretched out his hand and said, “We’re just waiting for your firewood.”

　　He pushed up his glasses that were about to slide down and asked, “Why are you going so slowly?”

　　Wen Bei curled his lips: “We met an interesting little guy.”

　　A’Luo recalled the appearance of the white fox and shuddered. Even though the white fox had saved him twice, it was surrounded by a strong aura of evil, which had nothing to do with the words “little guy”.

　　He looked at Wen Bei hesitantly, but finally did not refute.

　　Bo Ji thought they had encountered some rare distorted creature, and just as he was about to ask a few more questions, Wen Bei already started to get angry.

　　After the water boiled, he tore open five packets of instant noodles and threw them into the pot.

　　The small milk pot was not big enough, so he specially replaced it with a large solid black porcelain pot.

　　When the water on top started bubbling, he threw all the noodles in, along with the seasoning packets.

　　Of course, instant noodles require ham and eggs. They didn’t have eggs, so they added two more sausages.

　　The instant noodles had a strong spicy flavor and the noodles softened quickly.

　　There was also smoke in the snow.

　　Even though there were only four of them and they made five packets of instant noodles, it was actually not enough to eat.

　　Everyone was an adult male, and their appetite was very good when it was cold, so everyone could eat at least two packs.

　　Bo Ji used long chopsticks to scoop a bowl for Wen Bei first. Under someone’s gaze, he piled most of the sausage into Wen Bei’s bowl.

　　His bowl looked the most filling.

　　Wen Bei took the bowl but did not start eating immediately. Instead, he sat down with the bowl away from them and said in a seductive voice, “This smells so good.”

　　A’Luo was a little stunned. He always ate quickly and hurriedly. After taking a big sip, he said, “It smells really good.”

　　Wen Bei: “The ham sausage is also delicious.”

　　A’Luo nodded vigorously: “Yeah, it’s delicious!”

　　The fragrance spread further in the direction of the wind.

　　A’Luo finished his noodles in a few big mouthfuls and wiped his mouth: “Boss, if you don’t eat it quickly, it will get cold, and it won’t taste good if it gets cold.”

　　Wen Bei moved his chopsticks twice, revealing a somewhat reluctant expression: “It smells good, but tastes just so-so.”

　　A’Luo was shocked: “It’s delicious.”

　　He really wanted to say that he was willing to help, but in the end times, such behavior was no different from stealing food from others, which was a very bad thing, so he held back, swallowed, and looked at the bowl of noodles in his hand.

　　This purely natural and unpretentious action made the bowl of noodles in Wen Bei’s hand look even more delicious, as if his behavior at the moment was so outrageous.

　　Wen Bei put the bowl of noodles aside, looking uninterested: “Forget it, I’ll go eat some bread.”

　　If you want to feed timid animals, you need to put the food aside and take your time. The more you want them to appear, the deeper they hide. Instead, you should walk away carelessly. When they feel safe, they will come out to eat by themselves.

　　Although the white fox had nothing to do with being timid, the principle is universal.

　　It took the poisonous scorpion away as its prey, which meant it must be hungry at the moment.

　　Is a bowl of delicious noodles not as good as a poisonous scorpion?

　　Filthy creatures might choose the latter, but Wen Bei did not think that the white fox would.

　　This can be inferred from its action of saving A’Luo again.

　　Sure enough, not long after Wen Bei left, a furry white figure appeared.

　　Its fur blends perfectly with the white snow. If Wen Bei didn’t have abilities that made his eyes and ears more sensitive, it would be difficult to detect its approach.

　　When it approached the bowl of noodles, it did not open its mouth to bite it immediately. Instead, it sniffed it vigilantly and squatted aside. Half a minute later, when the steam from the bowl of noodles had died down, it suddenly moved and snatched the bowl away in a flash.

　　Wen Bei had the opportunity to use his ability to stop it, but he just let the white fox take the bowl of noodles away.

　　There is one more thing to note when feeding small animals.

　　When you are not familiar with the animal when feeding it for the first time, do not touch it rashly, as you may get bitten or frightened by it. Feed it repeatedly several times, and once you are familiar with it, you can touch it freely.

　　Once you have done it the first time, the next time will be easier.

　　At night, Wen Bei first put a piece of chocolate on the hood of the car and then walked away.

　　Only this time he was a little closer, and didn’t say anything. He just stood at a relatively safe distance and looked at the chocolate.

　　He is very patient, and his naturally upturned mouth corners make him approachable even when he is not smiling.

　　This time, the white fox took away the chocolate right in front of him.

　　It was the first time that Wen Bei saw its appearance with his own eyes. The tears of blood stopped flowing. The dried blood remained on its face, staining the furry fox face, making it look a bit weird.

　　Those fox eyes were completely empty, not just simple black eyes, but empty.

　　But when it stared at Wen Bei, Wen Bei felt like he was being watched.

　　He used his ability again, not to control the white fox, but just to see its worth.

　　【Equivalent Transaction】 This ability can not only be manipulated, but also used as an auxiliary by changing one’s thinking.

　　Controlling an ordinary bowl only costs one crystal, but controlling a living creature has a huge area jump.

　　Wen Bei had seen that controlling someone like Bo Ji, whose combat power was almost zero, only required a cheap two hundred crystal stones per minute, while controlling most of the polluters required thousands or tens of thousands of crystal stones, depending on their strength.

　　The most expensive one he had seen was Ji Mingyuan, who required 50,000 crystal stones to control for one minute.

　　One minute is because his current mastery of the power is not high enough, and he needs more practice to increase the control time, but sometimes if he wants to kill someone silently, one minute is sufficient.

　　Especially when encountering a dangerous game, let alone controlling for a minute, even half a second may completely overturn the battle situation.

　　But there are exceptions.

　　Wen Bei suddenly remembered something and glanced at the man standing not far away.

　　He still couldn’t see how many crystals were needed to control Qiu Tin. The three question marks seemed to represent the unknown and unfathomable.

　　At least so far, he had no way to control Qiu Tin.

　　Wen Bei turned his gaze back to the white fox, and this time he clearly saw its worth.

　　Fifty-two thousand.

　　A full two thousand crystals more than Ji Mingyuan!

　　This meant that the white fox could defeat Ji Mingyuan.

　　Wen Bei was a little shocked.

　　The white fox didn’t know that its true identity had been exposed, so it took away the chocolate.

　　What’s rare is that it didn’t move too far away, but ate it nearby, with chocolate paste on its lips.

　　Noticing Wen Bei’s probing gaze, the white fox paused, picked up the chocolate, jumped behind a huge rock, hid and ate it.

　　Wen Bei couldn’t help laughing.

　　It really looks like a vigilant stray animal.

　　He pretended not to notice that the white fox had its mouth full of food and turned back to the makeshift tent to sleep.

　　There was only one tent and two sleeping bags. Wen Bei gave the car to Bo Ji and A’Luo, and he and Qiu Tin slept in the tent.

　　Although the tent was not as cold as the car, he had a big, hot tail to hug.

　　Wen Bei raised his hand and the tail went into his arms.

　　Very tacit understanding.

　　As we all know, cats and cat tails are two different species, so Qiu Tin’s tail and the one he conjured are also different.

　　Wen Bei thought righteously, hugged the big tail and rubbed it with his soft cheek.

　　He closed his eyes and didn’t notice that his subtle movement caused the man lying next to him to shrink his pupils, which turned into vertical pupils like a beast, with a hint of danger flowing in them.

　　•=|=•

　　When he woke up the next day, Wen Bei felt an itch on his neck, so he reached out and scratched it.

　　When Bo Ji saw those signs of ambiguity, he immediately hushed like a duck with its neck strangled.

　　Wen Bei: “What’s wrong with you?”

　　Bo Ji shook his head violently: “Nothing. I’m fine.”

　　Wen Bei glanced at him suspiciously. He had originally wanted to look in the rearview mirror to see if he had been bitten by any strange bugs, but he forgot about it after being interrupted and went straight to his backpack to find a piece of toast to eat.

　　On the way, he didn’t forget to put a piece of bread in the direction of the white fox.

　　This time the sound of its paws came particularly quickly, and the white fox took the piece of bread without hesitation.

　　Wen Bei smiled, squatted down and headed in its direction: “Do you know where the supplies disappeared?”

　　The white fox stared at him, and flicked its tail forward in a noble manner, placing it in front of its paws to cover them.

　　The premise is to ignore the crumbs on its lips.

　　Wen Bei: “Can you lead the way?”

　　He didn’t think the white fox followed them just because of A’ Luo.

　　It can be seen that A’ Luo has no appeal in its eyes.

　　Unless it’s for that batch of supplies.

　　Did the White Fox want them to find that batch of supplies?

　　The simple guess obviously had no basis, but Wen Bei’s intuition became stronger and stronger.

　　Sure enough, after he said that, the white fox finally moved.

　　It stood up. Its small and light body would not sink too deep into the snow, and it walked straight to the front of the car.

　　Wen Bei stood up: “Follow it.”

　　A’ Luo was stunned for a moment: “How did you convince it!?”

　　He had noticed Wen Bei talking to the white fox just now, but he didn’t dare to get close.

　　As soon as he got close, the white fox would run away.

　　Wen Bei said succinctly: “Temptation of food.”

　　No one could resist the temptation of normal food before the end of the world.

　　A’ Luo had an expression of shock and understanding.

　　Soon the car started, and Wen Bei noticed that Qiu Ting’s face looked a little gloomy.

　　The man was in a very good mood when he woke up this morning.

　　But he was already used to Qiu Ting’s mood swings, so he simply ignored it.

　　The white fox moved very fast. Although they were using the vehicle, the white fox was able to run steadily in front and maintain a certain safe distance.

　　They wouldn’t lose the fox, nor could they catch up with it.

　　Bo Ji looked at the map and was a little worried: “This road seems to have deviated from the original route.”

　　He did not trust the white fox. In his eyes, the white fox was more like a filthy creature that misled people.

　　Wen Bei stared at the small group ahead struggling to move forward: “We can’t guarantee that the people transporting the supplies will not change their direction due to threats.”

　　Bo Ji stopped talking. Apparently he also knew that there was no absolute, unchanging road in the polluted area.

　　Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many people getting lost every year in polluted areas and unable to return.

　　Because they were in a hurry, they did not stop the car all day. The white fox seemed to be neither tired nor cold. It only continued to move forward at the same speed.

　　Finally it stopped at a huge fracture, and the car stopped behind it.

　　A cliff?

　　Wen Bei was stunned for a moment. After getting out of the car, he realized that it was not a natural cliff, but a crack that appeared in the ground for some reason, as if the earth had been split open for some unfathomable reason.

　　He stood on it and threw down a stone.

　　It took a long time before a slight movement was heard.

　　A’ Luo’s face turned pale: “You mean…the supplies are underneath here?”