Li Yuanzheng and his group were directly showed up in a big way, with some people outright standing there dazed.
Because the shock they received was simply far too immense.
Not only the temperature, but the environment was equally astonishing.
What kind of place could remain so vibrantly green after enduring over two months of drought followed by a dozen-plus days of scorching heat and intense sun exposure?
They had only planned to accompany the Commander out on a mission, never expecting to experience one mind-blowing event after another.
At this time, there were quite a few players within the hotel perimeter, active in various spots. In particular, for the newly introduced structure—the Trading Hall—players were swarming inside in droves.
Occasional players who spotted their dazed expressions offered knowing smiles; this look of never having seen the world was completely identical to their own past reactions.
“Another group of newly arrived players, huh!”
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“Standing there stunned, aren’t they?”
“Compared to the outside, the Doomsday Hotel is indeed a stark contrast! I was completely shocked when I first arrived too.”
“Every time I watch it upgrade, I get blown away.”
“I wonder what it’ll look like once it fully develops in the end.”
“It’ll definitely get better and better.”
“Hope we’ll still have chances to keep coming back in the future.”
“…”
Amidst the playful banter of the surrounding players, Li Yuanzheng and his group quickly snapped out of it.
Yet their hearts were still beating wildly inside.
At this moment, they truly understood what the Doomsday Hotel signified.
This place was a sanctuary away from the world.
Except this sanctuary didn’t belong to them.
Thinking of this, several people couldn’t help letting out a soft sigh.
Just then, Zhang Weiming’s crew emerged from the crowd, waving enthusiastically toward the group before walking quickly up to them.
“Shall I give you guys a quick rundown?”
“Mm,” Li Yuanzheng nodded.
Although they had gathered quite a bit of intel, according to these players, the Doomsday Hotel changed by the minute—intel needed constant updating.
Seeing him agree, Zhang Weiming instantly perked up and hurried to introduce the features.
“Over there is the Ice and Snow World. The structures are all carved out of ice sculptures. This building possesses a special effect: staying inside for 4 hours grants you a 2-hour cooling effect.”
“That over there is the Integrated Crop & Livestock Farm. The inside is actually farmland and fields. The Doomsday Hotel has already hired quite a few players to work inside; the crop farm is being reclaimed and planted, while the livestock farm has directly started raising poultry and livestock—heard there are chickens, ducks, geese, cows, and sheep.”
“That over there is the Trading Hall. The invitations in your hands originated from here. This is a newly built structure—at the time, I mentioned to the boss about cooperating with you guys, and the boss built this structure right away. You have no idea, shortly after she finished speaking, someone announced that a new building popped up outside.”
“The remaining ones are apartment buildings. Each apartment has 100 rooms, with 8 beds per room. The furniture, home appliances, and amenities inside are fully equipped, and hot water is supplied as well.”
“There are washrooms inside too—you don’t need to be a tenant to use the wash facilities inside.”
“…”
Hearing the word “wash,” many people’s hearts skipped a beat.
Speaking of which, everyone in their group hadn’t bathed in several days; their bodies were already foul-smelling.
Under normal circumstances, they definitely wouldn’t have been able to endure it.
But now, lacking those conditions, they could only endure. Add to that everyone being in the same boat—once accustomed to it, they endured it.
Yet hearing that wash facilities were available here, a faint trace of yearning stirred deep in their hearts.
However, most of them suppressed that thought.
They came here to do work, not to enjoy luxury.
While Li Yuanzheng’s group gained an understanding of the Doomsday Hotel through Zhang Weiming’s explanation, Gu Weiwei had received a system notification as well:
[A customer has entered the Doomsday Hotel via invitation. Please receive them!]
Beside the system notification, a row of small red dots appeared on the map.
This special treatment made it impossible for Gu Weiwei not to pay attention.
Previously, she felt the Doomsday Landlady System was merely expanding new operational scope, but now, she actually felt things weren’t that simple.
Once, twice, repeatedly—could it be a coincidence? No!
It was as if the Doomsday Landlady System… wanted to help the NPCs as well?
With that thought, Gu Weiwei headed straight toward the location of the small red dots.
When Gu Weiwei arrived, they were also approaching Apartment Building No. 1, and the two sides bumped right into each other head-on.
Upon seeing Gu Weiwei, Zhang Weiming said to Li Yuanzheng with a voice full of excitement: “That’s the boss of the Doomsday Hotel!”
At this moment, the gazes of Li Yuanzheng and his group swished onto Gu Weiwei, their faces full of solemn gravity.
Looking at them, Gu Weiwei spoke directly: “I am the boss of the Doomsday Hotel, Gu Weiwei. Come on! Let’s head to the Trading Hall first.”
Wherever Gu Weiwei walked, she was the focal point of player attention.
In just this brief span of time, many players were looking over in their direction.
Li Yuanzheng’s group noticed this scene as well, obediently following behind Gu Weiwei.
Inside the Trading Hall right now, it was packed to capacity, with everyone seriously studying the functions of this new structure.
“Turns out it’s built to guarantee safe trades—no need for face-to-face transactions! You just list your items up, or list the items you want, and others can buy or sell based on the info. And the fee is merely a one percent tax, which is basically negligible.”
“Isn’t this new feature way too great?”
“Yeah, it’s pretty awesome.”
“What do we have to sell though?”
“Who cares! Doesn’t hurt to give it a try.”
“True.”
“…”
Out of curiosity, many people listed their goods—some doing item swaps, others exchanging for points.
At any rate, within an extremely short span of time, thousands of items appeared on the Trading Hall screen—diverse and varied in category. Evidently, different players possessed their own personal “treasuries.”
This indeed broadened the horizons of Li Yuanzheng and his team significantly.
In particular, many people didn’t need to produce physical items at all, completing transactions directly through panel operations.
They also realized that they didn’t possess the inventory slots that players had.
Li Yuanzheng, however, was somewhat lost in thought. After seeing Gu Weiwei, he thought to himself that physical supplies weren’t the most important thing—talking with her was.
As if picking up on his thoughts, Gu Weiwei brought Li Yuanzheng into a small private meeting room off to the side by himself.
The meeting room was a supporting facility of the Trading Hall, prepared specifically for private transactions; once inside, it isolated outside noise completely.
“What do you want to talk with me about?” The moment they entered, Gu Weiwei got straight to the point.
Seeing Gu Weiwei be so direct, Li Yuanzheng got straight to the point as well: “I want to know, after the players’ one-month period ends, will our world return to normal?”
In Li Yuanzheng’s view, even if the Doomsday Hotel and the Apocalypse Game weren’t in cahoots, the two definitely shared a connection.
And the reason he dared ask this outright was merely taking a gamble—gambling that the Doomsday Hotel, which provided shelter to players, was a good entity.
In fact, he had analyzed it over and over in his mind, ultimately choosing to trust his own judgment.
Listening to him, Gu Weiwei paused for a moment—the other party’s question was truly direct!
Besides, why did she feel as though she had been seen through by him?
Since he didn’t spell it out, she wouldn’t actively ask either.
Letting out a soft sigh, she answered his question: “I’m sorry, but I don’t know either.”
She had never imagined that the game zone they were experiencing was actually a real existence.
Yet what if she knew? She was a player—even possessing the Doomsday Landlady System, she was still just a player who knew nothing about the Apocalypse Game.
Looking into Gu Weiwei’s eyes, Li Yuanzheng understood that she was telling the truth.
“Then will the Doomsday Hotel stay here?”
“I don’t know about that either, but high probability says no,” Gu Weiwei replied.
Listening to this, the light in Li Yuanzheng’s eyes dimmed significantly. Although he had guessed it, being truly unable to stay represented a massive loss for them.
“Players play for a month before switching game zones, and the formation of a game zone requires time to ferment,” Gu Weiwei turned around to share her own analysis instead. “The game can’t possibly leave players with zero survival space the moment they step into a game zone.”
Thinking about it, when she first entered the game, certain informational characteristics were very clear. Players found ways to hoard goods, medicine, and heat-resistant items; even without the Doomsday Hotel, many players probably would have found ways to survive.
Take Zhang Weiming and his crew for example—following Li Yuanzheng’s group here, they would bar any accidents survive to the end, since the other party represented official authority after all, possessing a few trump cards at least.
“So what you mean is, the game zone is very likely to return to normal,” Li Yuanzheng repeated.
In fact, he had thought about it as well, but hadn’t dared to believe it. Now with this statement from Gu Weiwei, his confidence grew much stronger.
Regardless of whether a second wave would come or not, at least it gave them a chance to catch their breath.
Making more preparations would yield vastly different results.
“Yes,” Gu Weiwei nodded. “In the world where the players came from, at least when they were pulled into the game zone, the notification they received was that their whole world was being gamified. If so many people have become players, how many game zones would be needed?”
This was also something Gu Weiwei herself had analyzed deeply just now.
Since this world was selected, it was impossible for F City to be the only game zone.
Of course, it was also possible that luck played a part and she was overthinking it.
Listening to this, Li Yuanzheng’s expression shifted slightly before he spoke: “Before losing contact with the outside world, I received news that many regions were experiencing various disasters. It was just managed properly, so no one thought much of it…”
After all, their world was vast with abundant resources; if individual cities suffered disasters, other cities could step in to assist.
Looking back now, however, the situation was likely truly grim!
Listening to this, Gu Weiwei let out a sigh in her heart.
If her guess turned out to be true, it could only be said that their small worlds were merely toys manipulated at will in the hands of whoever was behind the scenes.
Could they resist? No way! They could only follow the other party’s rhythm to seek a ray of survival.
Li Yuanzheng’s mental state visibly withered to the naked eye.
Yet moments later he restored his composure to normal, locking his eyes steadily onto Gu Weiwei: “There is still a chance.”
Gu Weiwei froze for a second—what chance?
“Your Doomsday Hotel,” Li Yuanzheng stated. “At least it possesses equipment capable of resisting natural disasters, and as time progresses, it will get stronger and stronger. Run it well! No matter where you go! At least while we’re striving, we know there’s a place like this, a… hope like this.”
Gu Weiwei froze for a moment, blurting out instinctively: “That won’t work…”
She just wanted to rely on the Doomsday Hotel to live a normal life herself; to resist the Apocalypse Game, where would she get that kind of power?
Listening to her, Li Yuanzheng stated directly: “You didn’t think about it before, but you can think about it in the future. Besides, you don’t need to resist alone—just unite the forces.”
Gu Weiwei: “…”
—He really holds way too high of an opinion of her.
Just as Gu Weiwei wanted to say something to refute, Li Yuanzheng stopped talking about it, switching to a new topic directly: “I hope to buy more special items from the Doomsday Hotel—a wider variety of them. As long as you have them, we want them. Do you have them?”
He had deduced it as well: the Doomsday Hotel could not possibly remain in their F City forever.
Since that was the case, they had better hoard more stock!
Whether for future use or research, they wouldn’t lose out either way.
He believed the nation would support him!
Gu Weiwei paused for a moment, then said: “Yes.”
She just hadn’t considered previously that “NPCs” needed them as well.
“Then we’ll trouble you to prepare more. We will bring physical supplies to trade for points to buy them as soon as possible,” Li Yuanzheng said, standing up and extending his hand toward Gu Weiwei. “Pleasure working together!”
Gu Weiwei: “…Pleasure working together!”
As an ancient saying goes: Fighting with Heaven brings endless joy! Fighting with Earth brings endless joy! Fighting with Man brings endless joy!
She saw the shadow of “Man” in Li Yuanzheng.
Humans had long etched resistance into their very bones.
Until the final moment, never admit defeat!