[013] Wanting to Give It a Shot
In just this short span of time, many more posts regarding the Doomsday Hotel popped up across the player forum.
#Did you guys receive the advertisement for the Doomsday Hotel?#
“Received it! In total shock—I still haven’t recovered from it yet!”
“Same here—it appeared right on the Apocalypse Game’s player panel!”
“Suddenly, I feel like the existence of this Doomsday Hotel is real.”
“What ad? There’s nothing on my player panel!”
“It’s an ad clearly stating the Doomsday Hotel’s address. It appeared for 30 seconds before going back to normal.”
“Does that mean not all players received it?”
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“Earlier on the forum, I heard some players ended up going to the Doomsday Hotel because they got an ad. I didn’t believe it at the time, but looking at it now, it’s actually real.”
“Speculating that it might be related to range. The area I’m in right now is very close to the Doomsday Hotel’s area. Did those who didn’t receive the message happen to be in areas like Zone G or Zone F?”
“Correct, I’m in Zone G and didn’t receive any notification.”
“…”
“A lot of similar posts have popped up again. This Doomsday Hotel is truly everywhere! Since previous posts didn’t work, they just switched to a new tactic.”
“It’s definitely not a tactic! We genuinely received it.”
“It’s real.”
“Holy crap, a top player stepped up to confirm it! Is it actually real?!”
“Things like this can only be believed once seen with your own eyes!”
“Honestly, whether it’s real or fake, we can just go check it out. Observe quietly from the shadows—if it’s real, nobody loses out.”
“…”
The post discussions continued, but when an account named “Doomsday Survival Master” appeared, it sparked an intense wave of heated discussion.
Especially among the segment of players who hadn’t received the Doomsday Hotel advertisement.
In truth, quite a few players knew that the reason they could live until now and stay relatively comfortable was that they had followed this master’s survival guide early on.
Every word in that survival guide was priceless, simulating future scenarios with incredible clarity.
Now, he had stepped forward!
The credibility of the Doomsday Hotel had indeed surged significantly.
Behind their phone screens, players across the game zone weighed their options during this brief moment.
“Are we going?” Zuo Jinna asked her companions beside her.
They were a team formed through the player forum, consisting entirely of female members. Together, they had used money earned from part-time jobs to rent a room and hoard a substantial amount of supplies.
However, as the weather grew increasingly hot, supplies kept inside their inventory slots remained fine, but goods stored inside their rental home were spoiling faster and faster. Most importantly, as temperatures kept climbing, the house was no longer fit for survival. Yesterday, everyone had taken heatstroke medicine, but today’s stubbornly high temperature left them dizzy, nauseous, and completely lacking an appetite to eat anything.
The weakest among them had already collapsed.
When the Doomsday Hotel first appeared, Zuo Jinna had been tempted, but unable to verify its authenticity, they had quietly lurked and observed online. Now, however, the situation was different—they had received the Doomsday Hotel’s advertisement directly.
A Doomsday Hotel capable of interfering with the Apocalypse Game System definitely possessed magical powers; there was a high probability that its contents were real.
Under these circumstances, that place had become a new way out for them.
“Let’s go,” the others nodded one after another.
“Then let’s set off! We’ll take turns supporting Yangyang,” Zuo Jinna instructed.
“Okay!”
Fang Yangyang, sitting nearby with a pale face, had moist eyes as she kept repeating “thank you” non-stop.
She knew very well that if they didn’t bring her along, she would very likely die inside this rental apartment.
Over these past few days, bodies were constantly being hauled away throughout the residential building, which undoubtedly amplified her panic.
“No need for thanks. No matter who it is, we won’t abandon anyone. Only by standing united can we survive longer,” Zuo Jinna said directly. In apocalyptic survival, women naturally possessed weaker physical strength, so they used their intelligence to live and relied on unity to build strength.
Listening to Zuo Jinna’s words, the others nodded silently.
No one abandoned Fang Yangyang today, and in the future, no one would abandon them either.
“Did you write down the address?”
“Got it memorized.”
“Everything packed up?”
“Mm, took everything we could carry.”
“Then let’s set off.”
“…”
“We’re staying perfectly fine in this place right now—do we really need to risk going to that Doomsday Hotel?” Xu Zhao looked at the information on his phone, hesitating slightly.
After all, they had hoarded enough supplies and found a remote mountain cave. The cave served as a natural hideout; while temperatures outside were intensely hot over these past days, this place was relatively bearable. He felt there was a high probability they could clear the game safely right here, so why switch locations?
“You saw the message just now, didn’t you?”
“I saw it.”
“If you saw it, you should know that the concept of a safe zone is definitely not fake. Of course we have to check it out,” Ye Yongcheng said without hesitation. “Our current situation is good, but that doesn’t mean it will stay good forever. Over these past few days, I’ve already spotted several groups of people roaming the forest. Although they haven’t entered our area for now, who knows if someone has already targeted us? This spot might hold out for a month, but what if it doesn’t?”
“What if people rob others at the Doomsday Hotel too?! With such a great place, tons of players will head there—what do we do if fighting breaks out then?” Xu Zhao asked instinctively.
“The ad mentioned guaranteeing tenant safety. Plus, tenants inside the Doomsday Hotel mentioned that the NPC boss is extremely powerful and established strict rules—no one dares act out inside. As for dangers outside, those exist everywhere anyway. We’ll just stick together,” Ye Yongcheng explained.
“It costs points too!”
“If your life is gone, what good are points? Besides, didn’t they say you can trade items for points?”
Looking at the determined Ye Yongcheng, Xu Zhao could only compromise: “Then let’s go check it out together. If it doesn’t work out…”
“If it doesn’t work out, we come right back,” Ye Yongcheng added quickly.
“Then let’s camouflage this cave a bit more to keep it as our backup retreat.”
“Mm.”
The two quickly packed up their gear and departed at high speed.
What they didn’t know was that shortly after they left, a group of armed people arrived heading straight for the cave.
“I didn’t expect you to promote the Doomsday Hotel. You haven’t even been there yet! If it turns out to be fake, it won’t do your reputation any good,” Li Heng looked at Lu Difei in surprise.
Lu Difei glanced at Li Heng and asked directly, “Didn’t you receive the message too?”
“I received it, but I still find it hard to believe. Sharing the word ‘Doomsday,’ they sound like they’re in the same gang,” Li Heng grumbled indignantly. He had zero trust in the Apocalypse Game—after all, thrusting them into this unfamiliar environment without a word was filled with absolute malice.
If he hadn’t happened to possess computer skills to set up the forum and latched onto Lu Difei’s thigh, his homebody attributes would never have allowed him to survive until Day 9 of the game.
In fact, according to his data, active users on the player forum currently reached over twenty thousand, but the number of users who hadn’t logged online for several days straight had reached over a thousand.
He had once used network tracking and discovered that that portion of players had all died.
Dying silently without a trace—unlike NPCs, no corpses were left behind, as if they had never existed. That feeling was truly terrifying.
“They’re different,” Lu Difei stated with certainty. “Given the difficulty set by this game, it shouldn’t naturally have a safe zone.”
“You think the Doomsday Hotel is bad too?” Li Heng’s interest was piqued instantly.
“No, on the contrary, it’s good. It silently grants players more survival space,” Lu Difei said directly. “According to my original calculations, out of 100,000 players, no more than one thousand would survive past 1 month. But because of the Doomsday Hotel’s existence, surviving players might exceed ten thousand, or even more.”
“…” Li Heng’s brows knit together involuntarily.
“Let’s go take a look! There will be more players gathering there, which happens to be a great chance for you to recruit more members for the player forum,” Lu Difei said directly to Li Heng.
Hearing about the forum, Li Heng felt a bit convinced.
“Alright! I’ll go check it out with you! You have to protect me though!” Li Heng quickly urged Lu Difei.
“Mm,” Lu Difei nodded, before beginning to prepare travel gear for the two of them, minimizing their exposure to the scorching sun and extreme temperatures outside as much as possible.
Li Heng glanced at the ice basin in the room and let out a long breath in his heart.
Another reason he agreed was that Lu Difei was a top survival expert!
Right at the start of the game, he had acquired a large amount of saltpeter, producing ice blocks even without electricity.
If he didn’t follow along and the expert left on his own, how could he survive by himself?
Of course, the reason he managed to latch onto this big thigh was firstly the forum, and secondly because he promised to pay points—1 point per day, which accumulated into a significant amount!
“This Doomsday Hotel is definitely fake.” Zhang Zhonghang, the organizer of a player shelter, looked at players preparing to leave one by one, feeling deeply anxious.
He had spent a massive number of points to build this shelter. Though he emptied his points early on, as more players joined later, he earned those points back. Now that conditions outside were growing harder, his point earnings increased daily. This shelter had become a golden-egg-laying goose, and he was counting on living a good life in the game through it.
Yet, the Doomsday Hotel emerged out of nowhere, cutting his plans short.
After reading news on the player forum, players actually wanted to travel so far just to take a look, driving him crazy with anxiety.
“Whether it’s fake or not, we’re just going to take a look.”
“Exactly! If it’s real, the points spent over there are far less than here, and the environment is way better.”
“Are you lowering your prices? If you lower prices, I’ll stay.”
“…”
Among the players present, some wanted to leave, while others wanted to use the opportunity to bargain.
After all, they had only seen information on the forum and hadn’t received the ad notification themselves.
Yet even if it was just a portion of them, it was a massive blow to Zhang Zhonghang.
In the end, he could only grit his teeth and threaten, “If you leave now, coming back later won’t be an option.”
Hearing Zhang Zhonghang say this, the players paused for a moment.
Ultimately, however, quite a few players picked up their luggage and walked out directly.
They chose to leave because their points could no longer sustain staying in the shelter for the remaining days. For the sake of their long-term future, they had to go check it out.
This was their final ray of hope.
Just like that, countless players set off toward the Doomsday Hotel.
Whether they believed it or not, they all simply wanted an answer.
An answer that determined whether they could survive.