Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse-Chapter 406 - Five-Star Hotel

Chapter 406: Chapter 406 Five-Star Hotel

Chapter 406: Chapter 406 Five-Star Hotel

The weather seems to be getting colder and colder.

The already desolate autumn, set against the backdrop of wind-dried corpses and decaying streets, appeared even more bleak.

A beige minibus was driving down a deserted street, where the once red banners on both sides had turned to a blackish gray, fluttering in the wind.

In contrast to this was the lively interior of the minibus, where Zhang Chuyang’s sporadic golden remarks made Pei Yuan and the others burst into hearty laughter.

“Really, you guys shouldn’t doubt it. There are indeed such bizarre strongholds. When you first enter the city, they ask you questions, and if you answer incorrectly, they won’t let you in,”

Zhang Chuyang said, as Wang Zhu next to him just smiled without a word.

“What kind of questions do they ask?” Lin Xiuyuan asked curiously.

“Speaking of the questions, they are even more bizarre. They actually set a two-minute time limit, asking the people who wish to enter the city, if your wife and your mother were both captured by zombies at the same time, and you could only save one person, who would you choose to rescue?”

After Zhang Chuyang finished speaking, he looked at everyone’s reactions. As expected, after the initial disbelief, everyone fell into deep thought.

Isn’t that an age-old dilemma?

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Who came up with such a test?

Are they out of their minds?

“Is there even a correct answer to this question? Choosing either one is wrong, right!”

The driver, Ren Yingjie, couldn’t help but speak out.

“No, no, no, there indeed is a correct answer,”

Zhang Chuyang said mysteriously.

“The correct answer, isn’t it just to remain silent and not choose?”

Lu Hao, who had been silent up until now, asked.

There was silence in the bus for a few seconds.

Zhang Chuyang slapped the seat violently and asked in shock, “Brother Lu, how did you know? No one could answer this question correctly at the time.”

“Just a guess,”

Lu Hao said with a smile.

“Apprentice, tell us the basis for your guess. We are also curious,”

Nie Qing was quite frustrated. He was truly curious.

“I’m also curious about your reasoning,”

Su Jin tilted her head and looked at Lu Hao sitting beside her and asked.

Lu Hao laughed and analyzed for everyone, “First of all, the purpose of setting this question obviously isn’t to get an irrelevant person’s answer. Secondly, there’s the two-minute time limit.”

“What about the time limit?”

Zhang Chuyang couldn’t help interrupting.

“The time limit is the key to this question. It shows that what the question setter wants to test is the respondent’s character. If the answerer tries to quickly pick an answer within two minutes, then they have lost. If they remain silent and think or simply give up, then it shows that the person’s character passes the test,”

Lu Hao explained.

Everyone nodded as if they understood, thinking it made sense, but still feeling that something was off.

“Doesn’t the question setter’s thinking seem a bit too idealistic?”

Pei Yuan pointed out the strangeness.

“Right, very few people answered this question correctly. Upon hearing about the two-minute limit, everyone fought to choose an answer in order to enter the city. It’s just that those who answered correctly were pitifully few, and in the end, the people at the stronghold had to change it so that those who answered correctly didn’t have to pay the stronghold’s entrance fee, while those who answered incorrectly had to pay the entrance fee to enter,”

Wang Zhu added from the side.

Everyone nodded. This sounded more practical; otherwise, no one would be able to enter that stronghold.

Su Jin was somewhat curious about the question setter of that stronghold. To try to test human nature in the apocalypse?

That question setter is surely in for a big disappointment…

“Alright, we can now start looking for a place to stop for the night,”

Su Jin glanced at his watch again and said that it was already four or five in the afternoon, and since nightfall had been particularly early these days, they had to prepare in advance.

The night before, they had stayed in a bank lobby because the doors had been locked, keeping the interior clean and tidy. After Mao Qiqi had Lian Jiyue open the door, they moved in.

Today, Su Jin looked out the window, uncertain of where they would stay, and spotted Ninghe Mountain, which they had passed on their way here.

Ninghe Mountain still looked lush and verdant, but it was unclear how the two zombies that had taken root there were faring.

Lin Xiuyuan and Nie Qing also gazed nostalgically out the window. It had not been many days since they were last here, but everything seemed to have happened a long time ago, probably because too much had occurred in these few days.

After driving for a while longer and taking a break along the way,

“Eh? There seems to be a hotel up ahead. Should we check it out?”

Ren Yingjie, who continued driving, suggested.

Although they were still a good distance away, the hotel looked quite tall, and its sign was particularly conspicuous, suggesting it might even be a five-star chain hotel.

At this moment, Mao Qiqi’s attention was also fixed on that hotel, within which she could sense two Mutated Zombies that seemed to be of a very high level.

The higher the level of a Mutated Zombie, the larger its marker appeared on the mini-map. Beside some small dots representing Ordinary Zombies and Mutated Zombies, two dots representing Mutated Zombies inside the hotel were exceptionally large.

“High-Level Zombie?”

Sitting in the front, Su Jin and Lu Hao frowned upon hearing this.

If there were dangerous Mutated Zombies inside, they could potentially pursue them, even if they were just passing by and not planning to stay there.

If possible, they did not want to waste time on the road.

Throughout the journey, Mao Qiqi’s Mental Element Ability had convinced everyone in the van, and Ren Yingjie, heeding Mao Qiqi’s words, no longer dared to suggest checking out the hotel. Now, he just prayed they could pass that stretch of road smoothly.

However, it was clear that they had been spotted by the entities there.

Roar!

A roar resembling that of a beast echoed loud and clear on the silent road.

Lian Jiyue suddenly stood up.

Not far ahead, a pale, greenish zombie seemed to have been waiting in the middle of the road.

“I’ll try to rush through,”

Ren Yingjie floored the accelerator, aiming to drive over the zombie.

As the minibus accelerated towards it, the zombie unexpectedly conjured a tiled folding screen wall out of thin air, blocking the road!

Was this a Space Element Mutated Zombie?!

Screech~

Ren Yingjie hit the brakes hard, not daring to crash directly into a wall, and was forced to stop.

“A Space Element Mutated Zombie dares to block our way? Watch me go out there and turn it into an ice pop,”

Lin Xiuyuan threatened, about to get out of the vehicle.

“Brother Xiuyuan, be careful! Don’t open the door yet!”

Mao Qiqi shouted out.

No sooner had she finished speaking than a huge ball of fire struck the side of the minibus.

Lin Xiuyuan broke into a cold sweat. If he had opened the door and stepped out just a moment earlier, that fire attack would have hit him square on!

“Qiqi, oh my dear cousin~~”

Lin Xiuyuan, clutching his chest, lunged towards Mao Qiqi.

Whoosh!

A metal wall appeared in front of him.

Lian Jiyue did not even glance at Lin Xiuyuan; he continued to focus on the zombies outside the window.

“…”