After The Fall Of The Earth, My Hotel Became Popular - Chapter 7

Was there really nothing that could reduce pollution??

　　Wen Bei looked puzzled. He looked up and read the rules of the restaurant once again. After confirming that the first rule was not a mistake, he slammed the table with a sad expression.

　　Damn, the restaurant’s pricing were too low!

　　Ji Mingyuan looked at the young man seated opposite to him who supported a complicated expression. Thinking that it was his desire to die that made him behave like this, Ji Mingyuan couldn’t help but look at him deeply.

　　As expected, he had thought correctly. Although the young man had a somewhat unstable personality and sometimes acted in a completely unexpected manner, he was actually a very kind person.

　　In the apocalypse, this kindness was like a treasure that could be taken advantage of at any time. Even if only very little of it was exposed, the shining light from it would attract people to want to get closer. Thus, the person covers himself with a seemingly indifferent attitude.

　　But he still couldn’t change the kindness in his heart.

　　Such people were really rare especially in the fifth year of end of the world.

　　Ji Mingyuan’s heart, which had not been moved for a long time, seemed to have a small corner. For the first time, he did something beyond reason. He lowered his head and scooped up a still warm dumpling and put it into his mouth.

　　The combined flavors of fresh pork and corn collide powerfully on the taste buds.

　　Ji Mingyuan suddenly paused, looking down at the bowl of delicious dumpling soup with a stunned expression, and the hand holding the spoon became heavier and heavier.

　　Since the apocalypse had begun, even the most common domestic animals had mutated. Ji Mingyuan had not eaten fresh pork for a very a long time, but what really surprised him was not the rare delicacy.

　　But the moment he ate it, he seemed to feel that the voice in his body that had been clamoring to destroy everything around him finally subside.

　　The torturing pain in his bones also became less intense.

　　Ji Mingyuan didn’t have time to think about it, and continued to eat instinctively. He ate in a hurry, and the bowl of dumpling soup quickly reached the bottom, leaving no soup at all.

　　Wen Bei was only halfway through eating when he saw Ji Mingyuan quickly finishing his bowl of soup and standing there in a daze.

　　Just after finishing his soup, Ji Mingyuan’s bracelet issued another warning.

　　”Pay attention!! Please pay attention to your pollution level…!!”

　This time, the warning was very strange. It seemed to jam after just a few words, as if there was a malfunction, it even silenced at the end.

　　For a second, it seemed like nothing had happened.

　　Wen Bei glanced at the bracelet curiously: “Is it broken?”

　　Ji Mingyuan’s Adam’s apple rolled up and down, and his voice became obscure: “…No.”

　　His bracelet was invented by several major base research institutes. There was a chip hidden inside his body which could detect the pollution value. It was the crystallisation of the highest technology of mankind. It is almost impossible for the chip to be destroyed by humans. There was no way to could simply break for no reason.

　　He wondered if he was hallucinating, his original pollution rate of 95 had now become 94.

　　A decrease in one’s pollution level was almost unheard of.

　　How could his pollution level go down?

　　Wen Bei came over to look at the data on the bracelet with Ji Mingyuan: “I forgot to tell you that eating and staying in my hotel can help reduce pollution levels.”

　　He observed Ji Mingyuan’s reaction.

　　Of course it wasn’t that he forgot to mention such a big thing, but he deliberately didn’t mention it.

　　　After all, he wasn’t a contaminated human, thus, Wen Bei didn’t know if the Hotel’s rules were actually true or not.

　　So far it seemed that all the rules of the Hotel were true.

　　Ji Mingyuan looked at him with uncontrollable shock in his eyes: “Can the pollution level really be reduced?”

　　In a dazed state, he raised his hands and put them on his chest.

　　In fact, he felt that his own feelings were more accurate than the bracelet..

　　After eating a whole bowl of dumpling soup, the strong feelings of self-destruction that had tortured him had suddenly disappeared.

　　Everything happened just because of a bowl of dumpling soup.

　　Wen Bei raised his eyebrows: “Do you want another bowl?”

　　Ji Mingyuan nodded his head completely out of instinct.

　　As a result, Wen Bei quickly entered the kitchen and soon brought out another bowl of dumpling soup that looked very appetising.

　　This time, Ji Mingyuan didn’t hesitate at all and ate another bowl without hesitation, until the bowl was swept clean.

　　There was a comfortable feeling in his body, but it was much weaker than the first bowl. He lowered his head and glanced at the bracelet. It was still at 94, remaining unchanged.

　　Wen Bei felt a little pity, but not unexpected: “It seems that the cheapest dumpling soup has a weak effect. The Hotel has just opened, and I will unlock more recipes in the future.”

　　Ji Mingyuan was still at the stage where his three views were in a conflict, and his reaction was a little slow: “Yeah.”

　　He silently felt his current physical condition.

　　Suddenly with a wavy movement of his hands, he summoned Black Eagle.

　　Black eagle nuzzled him affectionately.

　　Ji Mingyuan murmured: “The pollution level has been reduced, but the power intensity has not been reduced…”

　　If it weren’t for the warmth in his stomach, he would almost suspect that he was still dreaming.

　　Wen Bei thoughtfully waited until his outlook on life had reshaped before he pointed at the bracelet and asked, “What is that?”

　　Ji Mingyuan’s completely black right eye narrowed slightly: “You don’t know what it is?”

　　He had originally thought that Wen Bei’s detection ring was hidden on his ankle, but he didn’t expect that he didn’t have one at all.

　　Wen Bei had already found an excuse: “I have stayed in the Hotel since the apocalypse began. In fact, you are the first human being I have met in the past five years.”

　　Ji Mingyuan’s expression was complicated. He would never have believed it in the past, but ever since he entered the Hotel, he had experienced too many shocks that his outlook on life had indefinitely changed, and he had actually accepted Wen Bei’s explanation quickly.

　　Ji Mingyuan took the initiative to explain the use of his bracelet, and also popularised some of the common sense about the doomsday.

　　Since entering the apocalypse period, mankind had been divided into two categories of people— One is a polluter with supernatural abilities, and the other is an ordinary person.

　　The difference lay in the degree of pollution. The pollution value of polluters must exceed 50% in order ro activate abilities. The pollution value in the bodies of ordinary people is generally around 30%, although there is no abnormality. Even the risk of contamination is very low.

　　Wen Bei nodded, suddenly curious: “Can you test the pollution level for me?”

　　For a moment, Ji Mingyuan’s eyes lingered on his black hair and eyes: “Of course.”

　　The matter of one’s pollution level was actually considered as personal privacy, and generally no one would look at the data on other people’s detection bands.

　　But Ji Mingyuan was also curious about the pollution level of Wen Bei’s. What could be the pollution level in the body of the owner of such a magical hotel.

　　Unable to withdraw his curiosity, he brought the bracelet closer and pressed it against the back of Wen Bei’s outstretched hand.

　　Through skin conduction, new data immediately appeared: 0.

　　Ji Mingyuan was suddenly stunned for a moment: “You have not been contaminated at all. How is that even possible?”

　　Even newborn babies had at least single-digit levels of pollution.

　　How was it possible that there was actually someone who had not been contaminated?!

　　For a moment, Ji Mingyuan didn’t know whether the existence of Wen Bei was more shocking or the two bowls of dumpling soup that had reduced his pollution level.

　　It seemed that Butler Rabbit hadn’t lied to him. He had gone out and wandered around outside the Hotel, but he was still uncontaminated.

　　While Wen Bei was satisfied, he also felt a little regretful. If he could never be contaminated, did that also mean that there was no chance for him to manifest any abilities?

　　In such a crisis-ridden world, not having adequate self-protection capabilities served as the biggest threat.

　　The two of them sat at the dining table and pondered for a long time, until Butler Rabbit approached quietly: “Dear guest, how would you like to pay?”

　　The person he was speaking to was none other than Ji Mingyuan.

　　Everyone who had experienced the cruelty of the apocalypse knew very well that there was no such thing as a free lunch.

　　Ji Mingyuan: “Payment by crystals?”

　　Crystals are the new currency that has completely replaced the old currency of human society. Each crystal was the energy part extracted from the filth. The production process was several times more difficult than collecting minerals, so there was absolutely no opportunity for forgery.

　　Wen Bei nodded: “Two bowls will cost you twenty crystal stones in total.”

　　After hearing the price, Ji Mingyuan looked at him intently for a long time, and then said meaningfully: “You are really…kind.”

　　Nowadays at the base, even a bowl of strange and unpalatable meat in the base cost about a hundred crystal stones. Frequent consumption of highly contaminated meat sources also posed the risks of increasing the level of contamination. The richer the base was, the more powerful the people were, the meat one ate was also purer. But all of it was far inferior to those two bowls of dumpling soup that Ji Mingyuan had eaten.

　　Even the base leaders had no chance to enjoy food as good as that bowl of dumpling soup that tastes completely pollution-free.

　　Wen Bei: ?

　　Wen Bei had never expected that one day he would be praised for his kindness.

　　Ji Mingyuan, who was wearing a heavy filter towards him, never thought that the young man in front of him was the same person who had once aspired to be a sinister boss. He only thought that the price was so low because Wen Bei must have considered the needs of everyone who came to the hotel.

　　In the day’s apocalyptic world where class divisions were obvious, this was a rare and valuable thing!

　　Ji Mingyuan took a deep breath and put his hand into his pocket to pay.

　　He suddenly paused.

　　Wen Bei looked at him with a smile: “What’s wrong?”

　　This was his dear first customer.

　　He seemed to have heard the sound of money bags clanging.

　　If Ji Mingyuan’s abilities were so powerful, then his wallet must also be very powerful.

　　Unexpectedly, Ji Mingyuan showed an embarrassed expression: “I don’t seem to have my crystal card with me.”

　　The smile on Wen Bei’s face disappeared instantly.

　　Ji Mingyuan: “I left the crystal card at my home in the base.”

　　He had originally thought that he would definitely blow himself up and die. He would rather die than become a pollutant, so he didn’t bring his crystal card with him at all.

　　Wen Bei: “…”

**Note From Original Author**

(whisper) In addition, the attack appears soon.

From T/N,
I realised that there were some mistakes of repetition in few paragraphs. So ive edited it now. Thank you for bringing it to my notice. Usually I don’t receive any comments, so I don’t check for them either which is why I had no idea of the mistakes. Do continue informing me though, I guess I’ll start checking for comments regularly.^⁠_⁠^

~ Yours Truly,
K. RUEL