Chapter 302 - 302: Returning the Pendant, Staying in a Hotel (Part 3)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Let’s go over and take a look.”

The old man’s face immediately blossomed into a smile as he perceptively talked with Tang Susu. “Looks like you’re the leader? May I know your name?”

“Tang.”

“Miss Tang, let me explain. This is a hotel. It costs three crystal cores per person per night. We have common rooms, and if you want something better, we also have single rooms. We have all kinds of furniture and facilities prepared, but the price will be higher too. So…”

The old man spoke quickly and finished this sentence in one breath. No one could react in time, especially those who had traveled little outside.

Even the Wind Squad, who often went out to train, was a little stunned. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

However, Duan Hongyu walked past the crowd and walked forward. “We’ve been to other places and the quality of the accommodations is much better, but we only need one crystal core for a whole group of people. Aren’t you being too greedy? Where did you expect us to get so many crystal cores?”

The old man became even more polite. “It’s so difficult to do business in Fengxi City. You’ve seen it too, haven’t you? There are too many zombies here. However, you have to pass this place to go to Shichang City and other locations. Many people have stayed here and we’re charging everyone the same price.”

“We can guarantee we won’t let anything disturb you at night and let you have a good rest!”

No one believed him. Even if they could do it, they wouldn’t dare to fall asleep so easily. In this post-apocalyptic world where morality was lost and humans became unpredictable, a single mistake could lead to the whole squad’s destruction.

In the end, the old man gritted his teeth and put on a struggling expression on his face. He said that each person only needed one crystal core to stay.

Duan Hongyu bargained with him for a while. In the end, Tang Susu’s group of 53 people, Duan Hongyu’s group of 18 people, and He Qiang only needed 20 crystal cores to live in a common room. It was also the best place in his hotel. It occupied over 600 square meters, enough for 72 of them to live in.

Tang Susu decided to pay. 20 crystal cores were nothing to her.

“Wait a moment.” She didn’t want to take the crystal cores that had been soaked in the energy reservoir from her backpack.

Tang Mingqi and Tang Mingchu immediately understood and walked out. In just a few minutes, they brought back a handful of crystal cores that were still warm to the touch.

There was still some brain matter and black blood on it, but the old man was stunned. “That’s… That’s so fast! You two are amazing! I’ve seen no one kill so many zombies on the spot with such high efficiency!”

He smiled and wiped the crystal core with a black cloth while quickly leading them in.

There was a reason this place could be used as a hotel. It looked like an ordinary residential building, but it was built like an underground palace. If one had a poor sense of direction, it would be easy to get lost inside. There were also layers of hard and tightly sealed metal doors. Even the T3 zombies would find it difficult to break in.

Tang Susu’s expression changed. “This place was created by Master Zhang Yuanting?”

“Zhang Yuanyan? I’m not sure, but this building is indeed quite special. It’s much safer than any other place. If 1 hadn’t lived here for so many years, I wouldn’t have dared to do this business.”

“Since this place is so safe, what about the other residents?” The old monster was puzzled.

The old man’s face darkened.” Because there were zombies inside. Some ran away, and some died. Later, someone helped to clean up the zombies. Many people lived here for a period, but they all either went to Shichang City or other places one after another and never came back. Only we remain because we are too scared to leave.”

“Because there are many passersby. We can only make use of this building in order to survive.”

Everyone instantly felt less repulsive. After all, they could live wherever they wanted before and had never paid for it.

Even now, as long as they forced their way in, this seemingly powerless old man couldn’t do anything to them.

With this thought in mind, the risks they took in doing this business were simply unimaginable. If they encountered a deranged person, they could only accept their fate. It made sense that they wanted to charge them something for the risk.

Because he was an old man, so he more or less got everyone’s sympathy.

“We’re here.” The old man took out a bunch of keys from his bag and found one of them to open a dark red security door.

The so-called common room was reflected in Tang Susu’s eyes.

He had simply connected a few apartments on the first floor. At a glance, it looked like a large common room. There was very little furniture, and it seemed very empty. It was very spacious, however, and there were many yoga mats and summer sleeping mats piled up.

“We went out to search for the mats as we don’t have that many beds, so you have to make do with them. It’s not as comfortable as proper beds, but it’s better than sleeping in the car.”

The old man was being very sincere. “Most of the things here are new and haven’t been used before. I don’t simply let anyone stay here unless they’re somewhat clean and proper, or they’re going to waste all the furnishings here.”

Of course, those who weren’t proper wouldn’t want to spend to rent such a space, anyway.

On the other hand, only those who were strong enough could keep up their appearances.

The Tang Family members were outstanding in appearance, clothing, and spirit. They were the “clean and proper” type of people in the eyes of the elderly. Even their hair was clean and silky..