Capitalist and [Noah's Ark]

Moonlight Journey Hotel

"My name is Fang Yao, and I used to be a Corporate Slave."

With a sigh, the Young Man reached up and loosened his tie, then found a seat behind the counter.

"The world I originally lived in was the same as your world now, a world similar to modern society. After graduating from university, I found a job, working 996, with no pay for overtime. I was a lowly Wage Earner. In order to enable my Boss to drive a new car, I worked as hard as any other Corporate Slave, striving to give my Boss a better life."

Fang Yao's expression was quite melancholy as he said these words.

"Big cities are stressful and fast-paced. To secure a better future, Wage Earner just Wage Earner. Then, after all that hard work until the end of the year, the company Boss sends a message in the group chat saying that with the year-end approaching, long-term Employee Elder Xu to voluntarily request a 10% pay cut... Have you ever seen such an outrageous notice? The most outrageous thing is that it's actually true!!"

"You call this outrageous? You're seriously underestimating Capitalist."

With his arms crossed, Bai Zhi wore a cold smile.

"They're already being kind by not asking you for the water and electricity bills incurred during your overtime work. Also, I heard a joke: a corporate Corporate Slave died suddenly at his desk due to excessive overtime, and the Boss posted online saying that the Employee's death caused significant losses to the company because work couldn't be completed on time. He asked if it was okay to ask the deceased's family to compensate the company for the losses... Do you think that's a question a human being should ask?"

No, so they're all dead.

Fang Yao nodded in agreement.

"Later I thought this message was incredibly outrageous, so I took a screenshot and posted it online... Then I was fired by the company for leaking company secrets. But the very next second I walked out of the company with my things, a huge tombstone fell from the sky and completely buried the entire Company Building."

"... tombstone?"

Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly.

"That's right, massive, pure black tombstones covered with names... This is the root cause of our Apocalypse."

As if recalling the scene, Fang Yao's expression became slightly gloomy.

"From that day on, tombstones with names on them began falling from the sky every day around the world, crushing people to death. Even hiding in solid underground structures was useless, because these Black Tombstone, which appeared out of nowhere, completely defied the laws of physics. No matter where you hid, they were determined to crush you to death and then erect a tombstone on your head."

"Your world has been destroyed like this? Isn't anyone going to step up and save it?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Zhi frowned slightly.

"Player, right? That's right. During that Apocalypse moment, a large number of Player did emerge, but it was useless. When the tombstones with their own names on them fell, those Player would also be crushed to death... If they weren't crushed to death, they would be crushed again."

Fang Yao let out a soft sigh.

"Back then, I didn't know what Player was, so I treated them like Hero. But after seeing Hero get crushed to death during a live stream, all I could do was follow the crowd and hide in my house praying that those eerie black tombstones wouldn't fall on my head. In reality, at that time, social order was completely chaotic. There were no Zombie, no alien invasions, no virus leaks... It was just because of these eerie black tombstones falling from the sky that our world was gradually heading towards the brink of destruction."

But you're still alive.

Bai Zhi nodded.

"That's right, I am indeed still alive. Because when my tombstone fell down, I accidentally ended up in a hotel, and inexplicably passed some kind of test, becoming a full-time Employee of this hotel..."

At this point, Fang Yao gave a wry smile.

"Being crushed to death by a tombstone really hurt, but thanks to the immortality granted to me by the hotel, I was resurrected once again, and then the tombstone came crashing down on my head again... Can you imagine the despair I felt? I couldn't even die if I wanted to..."

"Bai Zhi, I think I know what this hotel is based on."

At this moment, Qingyi, who had been listening in the background, suddenly interrupted thoughtfully, tugging at Bai Zhi's sleeve.

"You know? Uh... wait..."

Before Bai Zhi could reply, Fang Yao turned his head with some curiosity and looked at the White-haired loli next to the robber, who was holding a Rabbit Doll in her arms and had a Plush Cat perched on her shoulder.

He hadn't had time to look closely before, but now, upon closer inspection, he suddenly appeared quite surprised and uncertain.

"Holy crap, Kasugano Sora... Sora, Sora!?"

"What Sora or not?"

After glancing at Fang Yao with a puzzled expression, Qingyi turned to Bai Zhi and began to speak earnestly.

"The prototype of this hotel is [Noah's Ark]. There was a similar case in my world before... or rather, two cases."

"[Noah's Ark]... Whenever a world is about to face utter destruction, does a similar structure appear, select a person from that world, and then take that person to escape?"

After a moment's thought, Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow slightly.

"There's more than one [Noah's Ark]. The two cases in your world involve someone from your world being chosen for Noah's Ark, and the other involves someone from another world, like the guy in front of you... How long will they stay?"

"The chosen one from our world stays in our world for one day, while the [Noah's Ark] from other worlds stays in our world for one month."

Qingyi nodded very seriously.

"According to our Royal Research Institute's research, [Noah's Ark] itself is not Anomaly, but rather a kind of final defense mechanism of a world before its destruction... After realizing that resistance is futile and the world is destined to be destroyed, it will make the final choice to escape with the last Seed of Fire of its Seed of Fire."

"Wait, does that mean my world has been completely destroyed? I'm the last survivor of my world?"

Forgetting about whether the White-haired loli in front of him was the same Sora he knew, Fang Yao froze after hearing the conversation between the strange pair.

Although he was reluctant to admit the truth of the other person's words, what the other person said was exactly the same as what he had experienced.

"More or less, your world has probably been completely destroyed... or rather, taken over by Anomaly."

Bai Zhi glanced at Fang Yao in front of him and spoke calmly.

For some reason, he suddenly thought of the two world-class Anomaly, "The [Lord of Flesh and Blood]" and "The [Doll Princess]." The situation of those two destroyed worlds... was it the same as Fang Yao's situation? No one could say for sure.