Hotel and Noah's Ark

Just as Fireworks of Romance and Chang Xi and the others were strolling in the rain and struggling to drag their Suitcase toward the hotel, Bai Zhi arrived at the hotel first.

They appeared in different locations. Bai Zhi was relatively lucky, as he was only five or six minutes away from the hotel, making him the first Player to arrive.

... Perhaps it's the third one.

Along the way, Bai Zhi also witnessed the incredibly crazy and absurd side of this world hidden beneath its Surface Peace.

These people seem perfectly normal, yet they are strangely accustomed to those absurd scenes. In this abnormal world, the one who is normal is the one who is considered abnormal.

In the evening, a light drizzle fell, and the streets were covered with puddles.

A pedestrian carrying an umbrella accidentally stepped into a puddle. His reflection on the water was distorted, his bones and internal organs were twisted and crushed, and in the blink of an eye, the pedestrian disappeared from the spot, leaving only a black umbrella.

--The floodwaters swallowed him up.

The surrounding pedestrians paid no attention to this bizarre and terrifying event, as if it were just a leaf falling from a tree.

"Common Sense Distortion... or is it Logic Replacement? The people around us are completely indifferent to these bizarre Disappearance Incident; this world is simply full of Anomaly..."

Standing not far from the entrance of the Victory Grand Hotel, Bai Zhi squinted and looked up at the other side of the street.

"This is truly an absurd world... How can one survive for three days in such a mad world?"

Shaking his head slightly, Bai Zhi turned and walked into the Victory Grand Hotel.

The layout of the hotel First Floor Hall is quite simple. Near the floor-to-ceiling window to the left of the entrance, there are two rows of Sofa and a Coffee Table placed in the center of the Sofa. Directly in front of the entrance is the hotel's reception desk.

To the right of the hotel reception is a corridor, and to the left of the corridor is the restaurant. The emergency staircase and elevator are located opposite the restaurant entrance.

Welcome to Victory Grand Hotel.

Behind the hotel reception desk, the hotel manager, dressed in a sharp suit, greeted him with a professional smile as he approached the receptionist.

"Do you have a reservation? We have double rooms and standard double rooms. Group bookings are available with discounts."

"..."

Narrowing his eyes slightly, Bai Zhi looked at the smiling hotel manager in front of him, took out the ID card that the system had prepared for him from his pocket, placed it on the table, and pushed it over.

Personally, based on his own inclinations, he felt that the Victory Grand Hotel was like Noah's Ark in this world, but he always had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

The system has given a notification that the world is on the verge of destruction, and the last surviving Player has already died. Under these circumstances, the [Noah's Ark] should have already escaped this world. How could it still be here?

But the accommodation the system had arranged for them was here...

"Hello, you already have a reservation, and there are four rooms remaining. Would you prefer a double room or a twin room?"

Just as Bai Zhi was deep in thought, the hotel manager in front of him handed over his ID card with a big smile.

"Also, when will your companion arrive? I can help you check in together."

"Double room, double room... wait, don't you have single rooms?"

As if suddenly remembering something, Bai Zhi's eyes twitched slightly, and he quickly asked a question.

He remembered very clearly that the people who chose to break free from that Closed Loop as decisively as he did were Fireworks of Romance, Chang Xi, and that [World's End Singer].

As for [West Pavilion Gardener] and the others, it will probably take them a while longer to make up their minds to break through the Closed Loop and come here. In other words, whether it's a double room or a twin room, they will feel very awkward staying with any of the three of them.

"Uh... if you want to stay in a single room, then you'll need to pay extra for it."

After working on the computer in front of him for a while, the Hotel Front Desk Manager showed a troubled expression.

"Is this okay?"

"Hmm... how much would it cost to book a single room?"

After thinking for a moment, and with a "let's give it a try" attitude, Bai Zhi asked a question.

"100 eyeballs a day"

Reaching out of the drawer, the Hotel Front Desk Manager, his eyes brimming with some inexplicable liquid, picked out a bottle and placed it in front of Bai Zhi, speaking to him with a hint of anticipation.

"If the quality of the eyeballs is good enough, I can offer you a discount. How about that?"

"..."

Looking at the eyeball in front of him, which reeked of formaldehyde, Bai Zhi's lips twitched slightly.

While the system was quite considerate in preparing Identity Luggage for each of them, and even booked rooms for them, it didn't go so far as to pack a suitcase full of eyeballs into their luggage...

Five hotel rooms, ten Player, four of Player female, which would be a perfect pairing, so there shouldn't be any awkward situations... But unfortunately, one of them is [Gelina].

"Ugh, this is troublesome..."

"We don't need a separate room. Could you please book a double room for the two of us?"

Just as Bai Zhi was about to ask for one of the remaining four rooms by himself, a very pleasant voice suddenly came from beside him.

"Well..."

When Bai Zhi turned around, he found that Girl carrying a Red Guitar on her back had arrived at the hotel reception desk and was placing her ID on the counter.

"Okay, no problem."

With a smile on his face, he reached out and took the ID card. The Hotel Front Desk Manager then buried himself in his computer and worked on it. In no time, he handed over two Room Cards and a Hotel Guide.

"Your room is 8602. Here is your Room Card; please keep it safe. Your stay is for three days. If you encounter any problems during your stay, please feel free to call the Front Desk Phone, and we will send someone to handle it as soon as possible. The Front Desk Phone number and the hotel room's Wi-Fi password are all written in this Hotel Guide. Also, breakfast is served free of charge every morning from 7:00 to 10:00 in the restaurant on the first floor. Do you have any other questions?"

"... Okay then."

Bai Zhi glanced at the Girl beside him, picked up the Room Card in front of him, and looked at the Hotel Front Desk Manager.

"By the way, may I ask what the room numbers were for the two people who checked in before us?"