Mission postponed?

"Huh?"

As the white light faded, the panicked figure froze for a moment before letting out a hysterical scream!

Ji Li got a headache but didn't go over to help.

Fang Shenyan just watched, saying nothing.

Only Tong Guan frowned and stepped forward, pulling the newcomer away from Yu Guo.

Perhaps because the newcomer wasn't officially a hotel employee during the teleportation process, stepping on Yu Guo didn't count as actual harm.

Otherwise, he would have already been incinerated by the hotel's curse.

"What's going on? Who are you? Where am I?!"

The man who arrived had a plain appearance, looking young, around twenty-something. The first thing he did upon seeing Tong Guan was to bombard him with questions.

"This is the Tianhai Hotel... Unfortunately, you've been chosen..."

Before Tong Guan could finish speaking, Ji Li grabbed the "Newcomer's Handbook" from the table and tossed it to the bewildered man.

Ji Li glanced at it briefly and knew this newcomer was nothing special, other than having a lot of curiosity.

Since he was so ordinary, Ji Li didn't need to waste any more time.

However, his action made Tong Guan and Chang Nian a little uncomfortable.

Ji Li walked over to Yu Guo, looked at the distinct shoe print on his face, and twitched the corner of his mouth.

"Holy crap, that hurt like hell, Ji Li, look, did I get disfigured?"

Yu Guo clutched his left cheek and quickly asked Ji Li, still spouting his endless nonsense.

"What's your name?"

"Li... Li Xing.

What is going on? I was just going to the bathroom, I'd already taken my pants off, how did I end up here?" The man's face flushed, but it didn't look like embarrassment, more like he was holding it in.

Chang Nian, the only woman present, twitched the corner of her eye and said in a delicate voice: "The restroom is over there, get lost!"

Fang Shenyan glanced up at her and pursed his lips.

He was somewhat convinced that this woman wasn't quite normal either, at least her temper was much more volatile than her husband's.

Tong Guan, on the other hand, seemed to be the most normal person in the hotel.

"Don't worry, let me explain the current situation first.

Check your pockets, you should find a mobile phone."

"According to the previous pattern, when a new person arrives, it's usually time to issue the latest mission. Why is there still no movement?"

After a brief exchange, Ji Li and the others sat down again.

Tong Guan held a cigarette between his fingers and said softly as he sat in his chair.

Although Ji Li had only experienced one newcomer supplement, he had received a mission immediately at that time.

Tong Guan's experience was relatively richer than his, so his words should be reliable.

However, two hours had passed since they arrived at the hotel, and there was still no sign of anything.

Ji Li had also gotten a general sense of the personalities of Tong Guan and Chang Nian, this couple, during this time.

Tong Guan was clearly strong in both intellect and decisiveness. He had just recounted several previous missions and the process of deducing their way out.

His superb logical reasoning ability made Ji Li feel a sense of crisis.

Of course, having someone like that as a companion was a good thing, but what truly worried Ji Li was his personality.

Tong Guan was about to become the official store manager, and his natural leadership aura was obvious to anyone with eyes.

Yet, this man was the complete opposite of Ji Li, Fang Shenyan, and the others in their cunning. He possessed a sense of chivalry.

Just now, no one had paid attention to Li Xing, and even Chang Nian looked disgusted, but only he went alone to explain things to the newcomer.

Tong Guan was more like a store manager than Ji Li.

Nothing could be seen clearly yet, but if the hotel were to upgrade in the future and the number of people increased.

When the numbers reached a peak, factions would inevitably be formed, and it would be uncertain whether Ji Li would still be the store manager of Shop No. 7.

Although he didn't care about the empty title of store manager, he had vaguely learned from previous hotel announcements that the true store manager must enjoy some kind of privilege.

Tong Guan's arrival was an improvement for the overall situation, but for him personally, it was a potential threat.

Similarly, their usual way of doing things was completely different from Tong Guan's, and perhaps in the upcoming missions, Tong Guan would become a major obstacle to his plans.

This was also why Fang Shenyan had said almost nothing up to this point.

Because Fang Shenyan had now chosen to stand by Ji Li's side, whose style was similar to his own.

"You guys, are all these portraits upstairs the previous store managers? So many dead?"

While the other clerks quietly watched the phones on the table before them, waiting for tasks to arrive, Li Xing had already circled the entire hotel more than five times.

Almost every time he went around, he would ask a few questions, acting like a curious youth.

Basically, no one bothered with him except Tong Guan and Yu Guo.

"Hey man, are you bored or something? The task is coming soon, aren't you going to conserve your energy? Are you planning to die once you go in?"

Yu Guo, with his good temper, was annoyed by Li Xing's questions. One could imagine the "impact" Li Xing had been having lately.

Li Xing clicked his tongue in amazement, and had no choice but to return to the solid wood table. Seeing everyone's solemn expressions, he chose the very end seat, next to Chang Nian.

Just as he was about to sit down, Chang Nian glared at him, "Get over there!"

Li Xing was startled by her shout. He didn't dare to offend this woman who, despite her lovely appearance, was actually fierce and menacing. He moved closer to Yu Guo.

"Are all our phones the same?"

He figured Yu Guo was the easiest to talk to among them. Acting familiar, he picked up Yu Guo's hotel phone and compared it carefully with his own.

Yu Guo didn't think much of it, merely lowering his head to play with his live-streaming phone. He was still applying for a ban lift.

Ji Li was getting impatient. He held a cigarette in his mouth, reached out his left hand, and picked up the phone in front of him. He flipped through it several times, but there was still no task email.

"Are you left-handed?" Fang Shenyan asked curiously from the side, seeing this.

Hearing this, Ji Li was also stunned. He only then realized that it was his left hand holding the phone.

His five fingers moved nimbly on the screen, typing and flipping pages, as if it had become a habit.

Ji Li was also somewhat taken aback. "My left hand has been cut several times and is not sensitive at all. I barely use it..."

But the habitual use of his left hand just now felt natural, as if it was meant to be.

At that very moment, a heavy impact suddenly sounded from the second floor, accompanied by the sound of shattering glass!

The windows on the second floor were currently sealed with iron plates. This sound was like something from the outside suddenly crashing, causing the external windows to break, but being blocked by the iron plates!

Ji Li put down his phone and, along with the others, quickly rushed to the second floor!

In the first-floor lobby, only Li Xing was left behind.

His expression suddenly turned from ordinary to gloomy, his movements like those of a puppet.

His vacant eyes fell upon the five hotel phones on the table