Reborn In the Apocalypse: My Hotel Has Unlimited Supplies-Chapter 36: The Hotel Appearing in a Desolate Place
The five people stared at Jin Churan for a long time: "Let us try. If we can get it to work, you sell it to us."
Even though Jin Churan described everything in detail, they only believed in the truth revealed through practice.
"You can try, but don’t cause any damage."
Jin Churan, being alone, didn’t want to engage in a confrontation, so he compromised.
Seeing that Jin Churan didn’t resist, the five of them took turns trying to start the electric scooter.
No matter how hard they tried, even attempting to lift it together, they couldn’t budge the scooter an inch.
Initially, Jin Churan was worried when they tried to directly take the scooter away, but seeing that they couldn’t even move it, he was no longer concerned.
The five of them tried back and forth for half an hour and eventually gave up, turning their attention back to Jin Churan.
"Did you really rent this electric scooter from that Jianglin Hotel?
If we go there, can we rent one too?"
Since they couldn’t take it away, they decided to look for the source of the scooters.
"Every word I said is true. The electric scooters are limited, and I can’t be sure if there will be any left when you get there."
The limitation on scooters was true, but the remaining ones had been rented out.
However, Jin Churan didn’t mention that. If they knew the hotel was out of scooters, his would be at risk. It was better to keep their hopes up.
"You better not be lying to us. Let’s go, to Prosperity Heights."
Once the five had left completely, Jin Churan breathed a sigh of relief, took a bun out of his backpack, placed it in a steamer, and used his fire ability to heat it.
＊
Jianglin Hotel.
Chu Jiangyue finishes organizing the restaurant event around 9 p.m., closes the virtual screen, and is about to stretch and rest, when Little Fox alerts her to incoming visitors.
"Host, host, someone is heading toward the hotel."
"New guests?"
Only brand-new guests would prompt Little Fox to alert, being the first timers at the hotel.
"That’s right, new guests!"
Long overdue for new guests, Little Fox seemed rather excited.
Realizing they were new guests, Chu Jiangyue straightened up a bit.
"Have they come in yet?"
The location of Jianglin Hotel was quite prominent; the surrounding lawns were all withered except within the hotel’s protective barrier.
Moreover, based on Chu Jiangyue’s observations from the past few days, not only plants withered, but the soil was also trending towards desertification.
The most noticeable change was the villas in lower areas of Prosperity Heights, with their bases already buried in sand.
Given more time, Chu Jiangyue suspected the entire Prosperity Heights might be completely covered by the sand.
Considering all that, the still-green lawn of Jianglin Hotel made it particularly remarkable and conspicuous.
Lin Dong and his team noticed the striking Jianglin Hotel as soon as they approached the vicinity of Prosperity Heights.
They somewhat believed what Jin Churan said, but remained skeptical till confirmed.
"Brother, should we go in?"
Jianglin Hotel looked so out of place in its surroundings, resembling a haunted house from TV dramas.
Suddenly finding a house in desolate land, with a kindly old grandma offering food and shelter for free.
Not realizing, there’s no such thing as a free lunch, for every gift comes with a price.
"What’s to fear, didn’t that kid say this is a hotel, and the boss is just a young girl barely out of her teens?"
Though tempted, the others still had misgivings.
"Come on, we’re grown men, what are we afraid of? Don’t forget, I’m a man with superpowers!"
Lin Dong, a burly man, chided his companions, took the lead, and walked into Jianglin Hotel’s door.
Upon entering the hotel’s protective barrier, they felt a change in temperature.
"Brother, here... it’s not hot at all!"
They were sweltering outside all these days, barely covering enough to avoid indecency.
"There are several buildings; Brother, where do we go?"
Two of the buildings even looked identical.
At this point, Chu Jiangyue stepped out to Building No.1’s entrance, and her gaze locked onto the five who just came into the barrier’s range.
"Brother! There’s a pretty girl over there!"
One of the sharp-eyed among them first noticed Chu Jiangyue.
But seeing her in a white dress with long black hair, they grew nervous.
Could they... have struck the jackpot?
"Host, why do they look so scared?" 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
Chu Jiangyue didn’t quite understand it but waved a smile their way.
"Br... Brother, she... she smiled at us. Did she see us?"
"No kidding! There’s nothing blocking the view, how could she not see us if she’s not nearsighted?"
Lin Dong took a step back suspiciously, thinking, could this be an illusion conjured by a female ghost?
After all, he had awakened his superpower and stranger things could occur.
As Chu Jiangyue stood waiting at Building No.1 for them, growing impatient due to their dithering.
Regardless, she didn’t desperately need their patronage, so she stepped back to the counter.
"Br... Brother, she’s gone inside!"
"Of course, I saw that!"
"Hey, brothers, why are you guys standing still?"
While they hesitated, someone else walked in from outside.
Seeing the five standing still, they cheerfully greeted them.
"Are you also here for Jianglin Hotel?"
Upon seeing someone, Lin Dong quickly asked.
"This is Jianglin Hotel. You guys must be new; Boss Chu should be in Building No.1 right now.
If you want to stay, you should hurry, or else, in two hours, you’ll be kicked out of the hotel."
Residents of Jianglin Hotel, without worries about food or accommodation, only needed to venture outside for zombies or search for valuables to survive, so they still retained some hospitality.
"Building No.1?"
"That’s the one. We need to go back to freshen up, you’re welcome to join us."
With that, they paced ahead.
Lin Dong and his team quickly followed, feeling more secure with someone leading the way.
As they entered Building No.1 and saw Chu Jiangyue behind the counter, their pupils contracted.
The person they saw before was the same one here...?
"Good evening, Boss Chu!"
The ones who brought them didn’t notice anything amiss, cheerfully greeting Chu Jiangyue.
Chu Jiangyue nodded in acknowledgment: "Good evening."
"She’s the boss of Jianglin Hotel; for any issues, you can approach her. We’re off."
With that, disregarding Lin Dong’s group’s expressions, they turned and disappeared into the stairwell.
