"We are here to apply for an Identity Card."
The leader saw Jiang Yang and tentatively said a sentence.
"Okay, you need to top up to apply for an Identity Card, you can use any item for the top-up, but it’s recommended to use gold, silver, jewelry, or crystal cores for the top-up."
Jiang Yang maintained a smile throughout the service, but the leader showed a reluctant expression upon hearing about using gold, silver, and jewelry for the top-up.
"Is it not possible without topping up?"
They don’t have a penny on them now, so how could they possibly have gold, silver, or jewelry?
"These are the hotel’s rules, guests are advised not to challenge the hotel’s rules."
Jiang Yang’s tone had no fluctuation, yet it was eerie to hear.
"We don’t have any gold, silver, or jewelry."
"Guests can use crystal cores to top-up, if you don’t have any, you can go out now and kill zombies to get crystal cores on the spot."
There are so many zombies outside Jianglin Hotel, you can easily get crystal cores by killing just a few.
Moreover, within Jianglin Hotel’s safe zone, there’s almost no chance of being attacked by zombies.
Smart people are already outside Jianglin Hotel, picking spots to kill zombies.
Once this wave of zombies is wiped out, next time trying to kill zombies for crystal cores at Jianglin Hotel’s entrance might only happen in dreams.
"Brother Cheng, I just noticed that there are quite a few people outside killing zombies, and I also saw many kids playing there, why don’t we try as well?"
Not everyone in their team has superpowers, but even kids can play around, it doesn’t make sense for them grown men not to be able to do it.
Brother Cheng glanced at Jiang Yang, Jiang Yang just gave him a slight smile without saying anything.
Without items to top-up, they can’t leave Jianglin Hotel, their only choice now is to kill zombies to earn crystal cores, top-up to apply for an Identity Card, and become guests of Jianglin Hotel.
On their way from the restaurant to the office hall, some old guests of Jianglin Hotel explained the hotel rules to them.
The most important thing is to always follow the rules at Jianglin Hotel, those who break the rules or disrespect Boss Chu will be "sent" out by the hotel.
Previously, being "sent" out might still leave a glimmer of hope, but now, the fate after being sent out is only to be torn apart by zombie hordes.
Eventually, Brother Cheng led his three subordinates out of Jianglin Hotel, to an empty place, activated their superpowers, and started killing zombies.
"You guys should also try killing zombies, otherwise..."
Before Brother Cheng finished speaking, the other three knew what he meant.
If they don’t do anything, they’ll not get a share of the crystal cores obtained by Brother Cheng from killing zombies.
They still don’t know the prices at Jianglin Hotel yet, but if it’s very expensive and requires him to provide for three grown men, Brother Cheng would certainly not be willing.
What happened over there, Jiang Yue didn’t know. At that moment, she was standing at the window of her room, watching the snow falling harder, feeling somewhat heavy-hearted.
If the zombies outside Jianglin Hotel cannot be resolved quickly, they won’t be able to go out to search for more survivors.
Without new survivors staying, her tasks can’t be completed, and Jianglin Hotel can’t be upgraded.
Once a vicious cycle starts, it’s hard to improve.
"Little Fox, why haven’t we unlocked some large weapons or something, if we had weapons, those zombies outside could be resolved in no time."
Jiang Yue rummaged through the unlocked items, really feeling the scarcity of resources.
If this goes on, who knows when her latest task can be completed.
"Host, the rewards unlocked by completing tasks are random, I can’t control it!"
Speaking of this, Little Fox also felt helpless.
Who would have known that one day Jianglin Hotel would face a zombie tide that doesn’t want to leave?
If it weren’t for Jianglin Hotel’s strong enough defenses, whether it still exists would be uncertain.
Upon hearing Little Fox’s response, Jiang Yue sighed, took a wood element crystal core from the system backpack, and began absorbing the energy inside to restore her superpower.
After a long while, Jiang Yue felt she had returned to a peak state before she stopped absorbing the crystal core.
Since they can’t go out, they can only find another way.
The vicinity of Jianglin Hotel is not feasible, but the entrance at B City Base’s safe passage can be checked.
Today those four new guests just came from that entrance.
Jiang Yue came out from her residence and happened to see Shen Zhigui and Jin Chuyu’s two teams coming out of Residential Zone B.
Seeing them, Jiang Yue’s eyes lit up, she stepped over in black Martin boots towards them.
The group of people saw Jiang Yue coming and stopped their steps towards Jianglin Hotel’s door.
"Boss Chu, is there anything you need?"
"I want to check the entrance on the other side of the safe passage, does anyone have time to come with me?"
Going with her means not being able to kill zombies for crystal cores for a while, but Jiang Yue would compensate those who followed her later.
"Sure, I’m up for it."
Shen Zhigui responded first, then looked at Lin Xuyuan and the others, "You can go kill zombies; you don’t have to stick with me."
Jiang He looked at Shen Zhigui meaningfully, "Being able to kill zombies at Jianglin Hotel’s entrance is rare, so I won’t join you, I’ll save some crystal cores for buying big items later."
The fact that Jianglin Hotel could be upgraded was no secret to these old customers; it’s just that Jiang Yue doesn’t say, and they don’t ask, reaching a mutual understanding.
When Jianglin Hotel gets upgraded, who knows what new items might come, saving crystal cores is always a good idea.
Jin Chuyu’s group also saw a hint of something unusual, after all, having collaborated several times, they’d give some courtesy.
"We also came late and want to save more crystal cores, so we won’t join you.
Boss Chu, will only the two of you be okay?"
Jin Chuyu looked towards Jiang Yue, his expression very earnest when asking the question.
Although Jiang Yue felt something was odd, she couldn’t tell exactly what was wrong, so she eventually nodded in agreement.
She just wanted to check conditions at the other exit, if it’s not surrounded by zombies, it could serve as another exit for future Jianglin Hotel guests.
Anyway, with zombies not coming in, there’s no need to worry about safety.
"Sure."
Hearing Jiang Yue agree, Shen Zhigui couldn’t hide the smile on his lips, finally having time alone with Jiang Yue, it wasn’t easy for him.
Jiang Yue glanced at Shen Zhigui, feeling his reaction was somehow off, but couldn’t point out exactly what was wrong.
"Boss Chu, shall we head out now?"
Shen Zhigui was already eager to go out.
Jiang Yue informed Granny Hua and Shang Guyue, then led Shen Zhigui out the door.