Chapter 640: There’s an Evil Presence Here
Haosheng Hotel was still the same Haosheng Hotel.
The banner reading “There Are Living People Here” still fluttered against the hotel’s exterior facade.
The sea breeze whipped the banner back and forth. Anyone seeing it for the first time would feel a shiver of dread.
It was as if someone had been waiting here for a very, very long time.
“So this is the Rule Zone you guys mentioned?”
“What a fantastic place—such a shame it’s been taken over by these sneaky bastards!”
Wu Zehui surveyed the hotel, his golden eyes flickering with light, as if he were the true Great Sage himself.
It seemed those golden pupils saw many things others couldn’t.
“Great Sage, have you found anything?”
Chen Ye asked curiously.
He was genuinely curious just how incredible the Hundred Acts Sequence was. The former sunny boy now carried something even he couldn’t fully see through.
It felt like this Sequence was different from theirs.
“This place…”
Unexpectedly, just as Chen Ye asked casually, Wu Zehui seemed to actually see something, wearing an expression of discovery.
Everyone turned to look at him, hoping Wu Zehui would share some unique insight.
Chen Ye perked up his ears, ready to hear Wu Zehui’s different perspective.
Ding Dong and Sun Xixi also turned their heads.
As a Sequence 4 Sword Immortal, Sun Xixi could sense this place was different from others, but that was it.
Could this Wu Zehui really see something different?
Even the simple-minded Iron Lion looked like he was listening intently.
Wu Zehui said, one word at a time: “There! Is! Evil! Presence!”
Everyone: “Pfft…”
They thought this guy was going to drop some major revelation, but that was all he had.
Everyone sneered at him.
“Xu Lina, you’ll be responsible for backup outside this time!”
“Iron Lion, Wu Zehui, Number One…”
Back in Xi City again. Gong Yong wasn’t here, but Xu Lina was.
After all, Xu Lina was still part of the Fair Convoy’s Combat Sequence.
This was her duty to begin with. Even if she lacked combat strength, she could still do what she could.
In the apocalypse, everyone had to prove their worth—Superhumans included.
Xu Lina nodded. There weren’t many ordinary survivors brought along this time, so she was perfectly suited for backup duty.
After assigning everyone their roles, Chen Ye led the group toward Howard Johnson Hotel.
It was still that dilapidated, spacious front desk.
You could tell that before the apocalypse, this place must have been bustling. But now…
Only a few eerie paper figures stood behind the counter.
It was as if, ever since Chen Ye and his group left, these paper figures had been waiting for their return.
“Hello, welcome to Howard Johnson Hotel. Please show your reservation, and I’ll check you in!”
The mechanical voice was nearly identical to when Chen Ye first came here.
Wu Zehui stood before the paper figure at the front desk, his golden eyes scanning them up and down, carrying a certain divine pressure.
Under the scrutiny of those golden eyes, the paper figures remained still, as if Wu Zehui didn’t exist.
“Old Sun here has never seen such a strange place. These paper figures…”
Wu Zehui shared the same thought as many others—that these paper figures must hold some secret.
It seemed that if they could unlock that secret, all the troubles at Haosheng Hotel would be resolved.
But Chen Ye didn’t think so. Even if these paper figures held some secret,
Those secrets had nothing to do with the current situation.
This time, the goal was to cleanse every last Anomaly in the entire hotel.
Otherwise, why had the convoy spent a fortune to hire Wu Zehui and Number One?
Secrets?
There were too many secrets in this world.
Studying those secrets was something for Squad Leader Chu and people like him, or the Silent Council.
He, Chen Ye, was just a Superhuman trying to survive.
In an apocalypse like this, Chen Ye only remembered one rule: eliminate anything that gets in the way of survival.
As long as he kept that single goal, no secret mattered.
“Yezi, what do you think would happen if we actually showed a reservation?”
Dantai Bie wasn’t looking at the paper figures. His eyes were sweeping across the entire lobby,
Trying to find some clues about Haosheng Hotel from other places.
“A reservation? It’s the apocalypse now—where are you going to find a reservation?”
“Who knows? Haosheng Hotel’s existence is strange enough. Maybe there really is a way…”
“Where there’s a will, there’s a way!”
Chen Ye cut off the discussion directly: “Don’t overthink it. Today, with everyone here, we’ll fight our way through this entire hotel. When that happens, no matter what secrets there are, they’ll all come to light.”
Hearing Chen Ye’s words, Iron Lion just nodded vigorously.
Monsters and demons, plots and schemes, Rule Zones—
Just fight through it all.
Chen Ye’s speech aligned perfectly with Iron Lion’s thinking.
“Hello, welcome to Howard Johnson Hotel. Please show your reservation, and I’ll check you in!”
The paper figure repeated the same line.
Hearing Chen Ye’s words, the punk girl Number One rolled her eyes discreetly, thinking to herself that this one-eyed guy was such a brute.
Chen Ye used Scarlet Scorching Gaze to ignite those paper figures again.
This time, even Wu Zehui felt Chen Ye was being pretty reckless.
But since Chen Ye was in charge this time—the client—neither of them objected to what he said.
As the group passed the front desk, the paper figures reformed.
Chen Ye ignited them again and led everyone to the elevator lobby.
“Check your earpieces!”
Everyone pulled out their Bluetooth earbuds, took one out, put it on, and secured it.
“Testing, testing—can you guys hear me?”
Chen Ye’s voice came through everyone else’s earpieces.
“Sun Xixi, receiving!”
“Iron Lion, receiving!”
“Ding Dong, receiving!”
“Wu Zehui, receiving!”
“…”
Even Xu Lina, outside the hotel, could hear Chen Ye.
Wu Zehui and Number One were delighted with these little gadgets and decided they’d buy a few sets from the Fair Convoy when they got back.
“Let’s move out!”
Chen Ye was the first to push open the fire door and head toward the first floor.
Based on previous speculation, as soon as anyone appeared on any floor, they could be separated and teleported.
So this time, there was no need to go straight to the fifth floor.
The first-floor corridor appeared before everyone—pitch black, eerie, and terrifying.
This setting didn’t need any extra preparation to serve as the perfect backdrop for a horror movie.
Chen Ye looked left and right.
Sure enough, just like before, Sun Xixi and the others had vanished.
Seeing the “7” written on the hallway, it was clear he was on the seventh floor now.
“Hey, can you all still hear me?”
Chen Ye’s voice came through the earpiece.
“Communication’s fine—I’m still on the sixth floor!”
That was Sun Xixi’s voice.
“I’m on the fifth floor…”
“Fourth floor…”
“Third floor…”
Everyone reported their floors, and they confirmed that the Bluetooth earbuds’ communication function wasn’t affected.
Seventh floor.
Chen Ye felt a bit relieved. Since everyone was still in the group chat, these little gadgets Gong Yong made were pretty useful.
Looked like he’d have to stop calling that guy useless from now on.
The corridor before him was no different from when he’d left it before.
Room 8701’s door was still open.
But the “person” inside was gone.
“Everyone, any discoveries?”
“Nothing so far!”
“Yezi, just wait until I open that second door—I’ll find out!”
The reckless Iron Lion
“Damn it, Iron Lion, watch your ass!”
Before Chen Ye could say anything else, he heard the sound of Iron Lion slamming into a door.
Chen Ye cursed “brute” under his breath, then walked toward Room 8702.
Room 8702 was only a wall away from the previous room.
The sound of Iron Lion smashing doors kept coming through the earpiece.
Seems like opening that door would be tough.
Chen Ye walked over and gave it a gentle push.
It was just a tentative move—he didn’t expect it to open the door.
And then…
“Creaaak…”
A sharp, grating sound.
Room 8702’s door swung open.
Inside was nothing but pitch darkness.