Chapter 613: First, find that "person"
Even in the apocalypse, one could still see the former luxury of the Haosheng Hotel.
The entire hotel was massive, divided into several guest room buildings.
In the middle of the guest room buildings was a large swimming pool. The water in the pool had long since become stagnant, a sickly green that looked deeply unsettling.
Some corpses of animals that could no longer be identified floated inside.
There was also a smell of decay in the air.
Everything hinted that this was not a good place.
The guest room buildings at the very front faced the sea, offering an excellent view.
Perhaps due to Xi City's planning issues, the highest floor of the Haosheng Hotel was only seven stories.
Chen Ye didn't bother choosing which building to investigate; he simply picked the nearest one.
This was the same building where they had just seen someone.
Was that person actually human, or how had she survived?
If they could find her, they would definitely gain a lot of clues.
This would be incredibly useful for any future exploration of the entire Sunset Avenue or Xi City.
Sometimes, clues were life itself.
Even just a few words about the Haosheng Hotel could be a huge help to everyone.
The group bypassed the front desk and found the elevator lobby based on the signs.
As for the elevator itself, forget about it.
The apocalypse had been going on for so long; even if there was an elevator, it had probably stopped working long ago.
The reason they came here was that in some hotels, the elevator lobby was designed together with the fire escape.
Chen Ye planned to look around.
A few flights of stairs wouldn't kill anyone.
Sure enough, across from the elevator lobby was a fire door with a sign indicating it was the fire escape.
"Let's take the stairs!"
Chen Ye pointed at the fire escape next to the elevator.
But just then.
"Ding!~"
Just that one sound drew everyone's attention.
Then, they saw the elevator that had been assumed to be out of order, actually light up.
Two years into the apocalypse, in some hotel, the elevator was still working?
This...
The group looked at each other, all on high alert.
Chen Ye stepped back slightly, positioning himself to protect the front.
Under everyone's gaze, the control panel next to the elevator displayed the number "5."
Clearly, the elevator had been stopped on the fifth floor.
That was the floor where someone was.
Why was the elevator stopped on the fifth floor?
Was someone coming down?
Xu Lina gripped the Fire Dragon Sword.
Iron Lion was ready to attack at any moment.
Chen Ye looked towards the entrance, mentally calculating the fastest way to escape if they encountered an unsolvable threat.
At the same time, he grabbed the handle of Hatred.
Hundred-Ghost Eater was resting on top of Hatred.
Chen Ye had previously hesitated about sacrificing Hatred to Hundred-Ghost Eater, but in the end, he hadn't made up his mind.
After all, Hatred was still very useful.
Being as cautious as Chen Ye, he wasn't going to sacrifice Hatred without a proven precedent.
After all, Hatred was a Wonder with a number over two thousand, very precious.
Xu Lina stood silently behind Chen Ye.
She held her dual pistols tightly, ready to deal with any sudden situation.
The red Tails behind her head gently swayed like a cat's tail.
Gong Yong looked at the group, feeling his heart pound wildly.
At this moment, he bitterly hated that he wasn't a Combat Sequence.
"4!"
"3!"
On the elevator's control panel next to them, the numbers were decreasing one by one.
During this time, they could hear the mechanical sounds of the elevator operating.
"Ding! First floor arrived!"
The familiar yet unfamiliar electronic voice finally echoed in everyone's ears.
Hatred was drawn an inch from its Scabbard.
The red filaments inside the Scabbard sniffed the air faintly, as if sensing something. Judging by their appearance, they seemed very excited.
Everyone was staring at the direction the elevator doors would open.
The sound of the doors sliding rang out.
The two silver-white doors slowly opened.
The scene inside the elevator appeared before everyone's eyes.
It was just a very ordinary elevator car.
Other than the fact that it hadn't been maintained for a long time, making it look a bit moldy and old, everything inside was no different from the elevators they remembered.
There were also mirrors on the walls of the elevator car.
Besides the side with the elevator doors, there were three other walls, and each of the three had a large mirror.
It seemed to be there so people could tidy up their appearance before getting out.
The elevator doors just stood open.
As if waiting for everyone to enter.
Under normal circumstances, after waiting this long, the elevator doors would have closed long ago.
But these doors didn't.
No one dared to walk in. They all looked at Chen Ye.
Chen Ye shook his head. "Even a fool knows this elevator is a problem. I'm not going in, anyway!"
"If any of you want to die, go ahead!"
Everyone's faces darkened.
Seriously, was this guy reliable as a captain, talking like that?
What kind of time was this to keep bringing up "die" or "not die"? It was really bad luck.
Chen Ye pointed to the fire escape next to them. "We're taking the stairs!"
As soon as Chen Ye finished speaking, Iron Lion took the lead and headed for the fire escape.
However, this guy's build was just too massive.
When he tried to go through the fire escape door, it was clearly a bit too tight for him.
So, the guy simply ripped down the other fire door and bent over to squeeze through.
When they reached the second floor.
The fire door on the second-floor fire escape had already been torn down by someone.
Looking through the doorway where the fire door had been removed, the group hesitated. They all looked at Chen Ye, seemingly waiting for his order.
Chen Ye thought for a moment and said, "Don't stop. Keep going!"
The sound of their footsteps echoed in the stairwell.
Iron Lion, like a wall, walked at the very front.
Nothing like a ghostly phenomenon of walking in circles happened in the stairwell.
The group smoothly arrived on the fifth floor.
With a single move, Iron Lion tore down the fifth-floor fire door.
Cautious, everyone finally got a chance to see that person or "ghoul."
As they turned the corner past the elevator lobby, what came into view was a long corridor.
The corridor before them was very long and very dim.
On both sides were rows of guest rooms. On the right were the ocean-view rooms. Before the apocalypse, this side had more expensive room types than the left side.
Only at the very end of the corridor was there a small window, letting in just a tiny bit of light from outside.
But that was it.
If someone tried to walk towards that window, they would probably never reach it.
For this long corridor, this faint light was worse than having none at all.
In the dim corridor, it felt like something was lurking there, impossible to see clearly.
Just then.
The door to the guest room closest to where everyone was standing suddenly opened.
"Creak~~~"
A long, grating sound that made everyone's teeth ache echoed out.
Logically, a hotel door like this wouldn't normally make a "creaking" sound like an old wooden door, given the significant differences in structure and materials.
But it made that sound anyway.
"You... why... why are you only here now!"
"Why~~~~"
A shrill, piercing scream rang out through the entire fifth-floor corridor.