The group cautiously entered the inn. A young man with a full beard came out from behind the counter and gestured as he spoke in unpolished Mandarin, "Gentlemen, there's one room left. A king room. Big enough to sleep in."
Having four people sleep in one bed was absurd. This man was willing to say anything to make more money. But for Players who had struggled on the snowy mountain for so long, simply having a normal place to stay was already a blessing.
What was more, this man appeared to have nothing whatsoever to do with the innkeeper named "Sangji" from the final Instance, undoubtedly giving everyone a dose of reassurance. Their freshly formed suspicions faded somewhat, and the Players once again truly felt that they had left the Eerie Game.
Dream Teller put on a beaming smile and cupped his hands. "Brother, do you accept facial-recognition payments here? My friends and I ran into some trouble on the snowy mountain and lost most of our equipment. We don't have our phones or IDs with us. That won't be a problem, will it?"
The young man repeatedly waved his hands. "No problem, no problem! It's fine, it's fine!"
No one had expected this remote little inn to actually have such high-tech facial-recognition payments. It was fair to say that just when all seemed lost, a new path had opened up.
Jiang Jue happily paid with his face. Before Si Qi and Jin Yusheng could step forward, he grandly waved a hand. "It's only one room; no need to split the bill. On behalf of the Listen Wind Guild, I'm treating the vice president of the Unnamed Guild to a stay here. If anything happens in the future, remember my kindness, all right?"
With someone willing to be the sucker,