After The Fall Of The Earth, My Hotel Became Popular - Chapter 73

Chapter 73 – Trying to Make a New Deal With The Base

　　The child looked at them, his face was black from the dust he had rubbed against him from underground, only his pairs of different-colored eyes were particularly bright.

　　The child who answered the question at the beginning suddenly said in a low voice: “Thank you, brother.”

　　Wen Bei smiled and said, “You shouldn’t say that to me. You should thank that brother.”

　　He turned sideways to reveal A’Luo.

　　A’Luo did not come closer, but still stood not far away and watched silently.

　　A confused look appeared on the children’s face.

　　They didn’t understand why they had to thank other people when it was the handsome brother in front of them who had given them the extra canned food.

　　They nodded half-confusedly and whispered thanks in A’Luo’s direction.

　　Hearing their childish words, A’Luo finally moved. He walked over and took out two sticky candies from his pocket.

　　He had squeezed the candies all day yesterday, and some of the hard candies had broken into pieces.

　　But for these two young children, such snacks had almost faded from their memories.

　　Even if they forgot how delicious the candy is, children were still immediately attracted to it.

　　They looked at A’Luo timidly for a while, and after confirming that it was really for them, they couldn’t wait to reach out and take it, and crisply said “Thank you, brother.”

　　A’Luo did not respond to the thanks, just like the people there did not know whether they should thank him or not, he also did not want to accept these thanks.

　　These two children were noted down by Wen Bei when he was helping to distribute supplies, and he also noted down some other people at the same time.

　　They were all people who could hardly hold on any longer. If it weren’t for A’Luo, they would have died the day before the severe cold ended.

　　Wen Bei took him to meet a few more people. Those people had different attitudes from most of the people in the safe zone. They didn’t care about A’Luo’s brutality that almost killed people, but they just sincerely thanked him for saving their lives.

　　A’Luo still did not respond to these thanks. He looked at these people expressionlessly, and no one knew what he was thinking.

　　On the way back, Wen Bei asked the question again: “Do you regret it?”

　　He didn’t hope to use these people to untie the knot in A’Luo’s heart, but at least, he wanted this to prevent him from continuing to sink in the abyss of uselessness.

　　He didn’t want A’Luo to go astray.

　　If he couldn’t be an upright, selfless hero, then just be an ordinary person.

　　A’Luo did not answer this time.

　　After the accident, he realized that he was not as noble as the protagonist in the movie. If he could do it again, he would never leave behind his loved ones again and would protect them every step of the way.

　　But no matter whether he regretted it or not, there was no option to start over in life.

　　At least at this moment, his original choice saved more than half of the people in the safe zone.

　　Therefore, all the dark thoughts that had originally arisen were driven away by the clear eyes looking at him.

　　•=|=•

　　They were only away for a while, and when they came back, Bo Ji was surprised to find that the lifeless and hateful aura on A’Luo’s body had disappeared a lot.

　　The whole person looked much calmer.

　　Bo Ji looked at Wen Bei: “How did you do that?”

　　Wen Bei shrugged. He did not directly answer Bo Ji’s question. Instead, he told him about the upgrade of his hotel’s [Jump] function.

　　From the beginning he had never intended to hide it from the guests.

　　After all, if he set the Hotel’s [Jump] entrance in another base, then when the people from that place and the people from the original H City base met and talked in the Hotel, they would immediately reach a better consensus.

　　Instead of letting them suspect it, it was better to speak out openly about this matter.

　　Bo Ji was stunned for a few seconds, then his voice suddenly increased: “Really?!”

　　He was so excited that he wanted to grab Wen Bei’s hand and shake it up and down, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, Qiu Tin’s cold eyes swept over him.

　　Like a wolfhound guarding its food.

　　Bo Ji’s hands turned abruptly in the air and began to rub his hands together: “This, this is amazing. Do you know what this means?”

　　Wen Bei: “Hmm?”

　　Bo Ji: “We can get in touch with other bases through your hotel!”

　　Bo Ji paced excitedly, muttering something and scratching his ears from time to time.

　　Wen Bei waited until his excitement had passed before asking, “Are you and other bases disconnected now?”

　　Bo Ji: “Not exactly. You should know that we can use pagers to communicate with each other within the base.”

　　Wen Bei nodded. He had used it when he was at the base.

　　Bo Ji: “But it cannot be used outside the base due to interference from the magnetic field. Similarly, when we send signals to other bases, they will also be interfered with by the magnetic field. Our base is the best in the world in terms of technology preservation.”

　　”So we can maintain signal contact with other bases that can also maintain communications, but it requires a lot of investment, and we can only convey one signal to each other every half a month.”

　　Even so, two of the five existing bases were completely unable to do so.

　　They were like two huge isolated islands, completely blocked from all sources of information.

　　If their base had not sent a mercenary group at a high price half a year ago to explore, they would even suspect that the two bases had been destroyed quietly.

　　Bo Ji: “If you can move your hotel closer to other bases, we can communicate more easily!”

　　By then, their delegations would be able to meet directly with delegations from other bases, and there would be no need to spend so much money on signal exchanges every half a month.

　　Wen Bei thought thoughtfully: ‘So, this newly developed function of mine is really very useful.’

　　Bo Ji looked excited: “Yes!”

　　Then he watched Wen Bei narrow his eyes, smiling like a little fox and stretching out his white and tender palm: “Then should your base support me?”

　　Bo Ji: “Ah?”

　　His glasses slipped down, making him look a little funny.

　　Wen Bei showed a bit of a profiteer’s face, and he didn’t know where he got an abacus from: “It cost me a lot to develop this function, and the transfer also costs money, so it’s normal to charge a little fee, right?”

　　Bo Ji became nervous. Even before the end of the world, he had never bargained for a price. “Then how much do you want?”

　　Wen Bei calculated with an abacus in a very serious manner, then held up two fingers.

　　Bo Ji: “What do you mean?”

　　Wen Bei opened his mouth and said, “I want two 5A filth in exchange.”

　　Bo Ji’s eyes suddenly widened, and he immediately retorted: “Impossible!”

　　Wen Bei raised an eyebrow.

　　Bo Ji: “How do you know that our research institute has two 5A filth?”

　　Wen Bei paused, he really didn’t know about this.

　　But he remembered that Ji Mingyuan had once told him that there were already fourteen registered 5A filthy creatures on this continent. As the filthy creatures closest to S-level, they posed a great threat to the survival of mankind, and it was impossible for the base to be completely unprepared.

　　Maybe put trackers or somehow locate them.

　　Raising the price would be beneficial for subsequent negotiations. In fact, he originally just wanted a 5A filth.

　　Now that he knew that there were only two of them housed in the research institute, there was absolutely no way he was willing to let them go.

　　The base needs a major upgrade.

　　He really needed these points.

　　Bo Ji rubbed his eyes. He seemed to have seen a strange light flash in Wen Bei’s eyes.

　　Looking again, the young man looked pure and innocent again.

　　Wen Bei: “Your research institute took in those two filthy creatures. Are you going to conduct research on them?”

　　Bo Ji was a little embarrassed to say: “Originally that was the plan.”

　　It took a lot of effort to contain those two 5A filths.

　　However, there was no means to study them, and they could only be kept in heavily guarded underground shelters.

　　It is difficult to perform a live dissection on filth of this level unless it is killed directly.

　　So since the containment, they have only been able to study their hair, secretions and other things, although they still face the risk of being highly contaminated.

　　Wen Bei said in a bewitching voice: “Your base has to spend so much energy every half a month to contact other bases. Once my new function is successfully developed, you can solve the problem once and for all.”

　　Bo Ji’s face showed a struggling expression: “This is not something I can decide alone. I need to go back to the base and discuss it with them.”

　　A’Luo had been listening to them talking, and he took the initiative to speak: “Can I go to the base with you?”

　　Bo Ji: “Do you want to leave this safe zone?”

　　A’Luo: “……Yeah.”

　　Bo Ji: “Of course.”

　　Wen Bei looked at them with some pity: “It seems that we have to say goodbye now, but I can help you contact the H City base and ask them to send a convoy to pick you up.”

　　After all, Bo Ji is a valuable scientific researcher, and he knows that at least Xuan Yi and others should agree to come and escort him.

　　Not to mention that he and Bo Ji now had a deal on their hands.

　　Whether or not the two 5A filth could be sent to the Hotel required Bo Ji to go and negotiate with the research institute.

　　Bo Ji pushed up his glasses and said, “Thank you very much.”

　　He was self-aware and understood that as an ordinary person, it was a rare opportunity for him to be able to accompany Wen Bei and the others to this day.

　　If he could continue to follow him, hw may face the risk of contamination.

　　It’s safer to go back first.

　　At least he finally realized his wish of five years and set foot on the contaminated area in person.

　　Whoever is actually serious about scientific research would never want to spend his whole life in a laboratory, at least Bo Ji wouldn’t. During these days, he not only saw countless filth, but also recorded so much new data, which he would never be able to do in the base in his entire life.

　　He will also bring this data back to the base for his predecessors to study together.

　　•=|=•

　　After making an appointment with Bo Ji, Wen Bei returned to the Hotel.

　　He had now become adept at using the Hotel’s [Jump] function and could return to the Hotel to rest and eat at any time.

　　Rabbit Butler: “Welcome back, boss.”

　　Su Wu stood beside him, blinking his green eyes as pitiful as a little deer: “Boss, you’re back.”

　　As soon as the slightly rough voice came out, Wen Bei seemed to see the heartbroken expressions of several diners nearby who were secretly paying attention to Su Wu.

　　Qiu Tin glanced at Su Wu, but this time he did not show any murderous intent. Instead, he looked very calm and ignored him.

　　Su Wu looked puzzled: ‘Has this person changed his personality? Hasn’t he always disliked me?’

　　Little did he know that Qiu Tin no longer took him seriously.

　　After all, Wen Bei whispered in his ear that he didn’t like Su Wu.

　　Su Wu had some suicidal genes in his bones. Even though he had become petite due to the deformity, it couldn’t stop him from being bolder than the sky.

　　Thinking of his previous experience of being thrown into the mud, Su Wu decided to personally expose the mask of this green tea bitch to Wen Bei.

　　He had just opened his mouth when he was interrupted by a loud shout.

　　Su Wu’s face darkened and he glared back fiercely: “What a noise! Loud noises are forbidden in the Hotel lobby!”

　　That person didn’t expect that Su Wu, who looked so well-behaved, would suddenly become so fierce.

　　He shuddered with fear: “No, no, but it’s raining outside.”

　　”It’s just raining, look at what you have done.” Su Wu said in a rough voice.

　　The man waved his hands anxiously: “It’s acid rain!”

　　He bared his arms, which were covered with bloody holes that had just been corroded by the rain.