I started on a rocking horse and relied on watching ads to dominate the highway survival charts.

Inside the hotel

The 13 players who had arrived earlier had been waiting for a long time, but few of them seemed impatient.

Compared to the extreme cold outside, even the lobby is as warm as an early spring service area, making it a great place to stop and rest.

Especially now that there are not enough people and the service area is not open, there will be no danger here.

For this reason, when Huo Yunzhi and Qin Yuanshan walked in, several unfriendly gazes fell on them.

"Tsk, are you kidding me? Everyone's here already? I thought it would take at least a day or two."

The man sitting on the sofa in the lobby, wearing headphones, looked dissatisfied.

"Hey! You new lady and the one with the white hair, before the service area opens, you two should hurry up and go do whatever you need to do. I want to rest a little longer."

Sitting on another single sofa, a man who looked to be in his fifties and was wearing an executive jacket spoke in a commanding manner.

Qin Yuanshan laughed when he heard this.

He took a deep breath, just as he was about to unleash a torrent of profanity, when a girl chewing bubble gum and sporting temporary tattoos stood up, facing the man in the executive jacket, and directly interrupted Qin Yuanshan's spellcasting.

"You son of a bitch! From the moment you walked in, you've been acting all high and mighty, looking down on everyone. Stand up straight! Don't you dare come in with such an arrogant attitude, you worthless piece of trash! I'll give you a good dressing down!"

Qin Yuanshan: ...

Huo Yunzhi: ...

Xu Xiu, who hurriedly approached: ...

This person can speak eloquently and naturally.

The little girl was speaking in the Sichuan dialect. Although Huo Yunzhi couldn't quite understand it, she could tell from the tone that it wasn't anything nice.

The man in the executive jacket, having been attacked like this, was understandably enraged.

"Who are you talking about!"

The little girl's eyes widened, and she took a small step back, her face full of surprise: "It's definitely talking about you, you illiterate bastard! Can't you tell? You need at least one of your brains and ears!"

Huo Yunzhi understood what he meant.

The man in the executive jacket, who had been verbally abused twice, lost his temper on the spot and was only able to stop after being pulled back by two people next to him.

"Alright, alright, we're civilized people, let's not stoop to the level of these street thugs."

"Calm down. A girl dressed like that has no manners."

Hearing such disgusting remarks that insulted women, Huo Yunzhi pursed her lips and took a step forward, ready to teach them a lesson.

After taking only two steps, she saw the girl with the temporary tattoos standing with one hand on her hip and the other pointing at the three people who were talking: "Sorry, I misspoke earlier. You, you, and you, all three of you are idiots!"

One sentence insulted three people, and the lobby instantly erupted in chaos, almost like a modern-day Mortal Kombat match.

Huo Yunzhi observed everyone silently.

It was obvious that before she and Qin Yuanshan came in, these people had already spontaneously formed small groups for different purposes.

It's clear that he, Qin Yuanshan, Xu Xiu, the girl with the tattoo stickers, and the other people who had confronted him in the past wanted to open up a service area to obtain resources for survival.

The four people, led by the man in the executive jacket, simply wanted to escape the extreme cold in the lobby and had no intention of opening the service area and risking their lives.

Currently, the majority of people want to activate the service area.

This is a good sign.

"Why are you sneaking around here watching the commotion?"

Xu Xiu had already walked to Huo Yunzhi's side, followed by the little girl with temporary tattoos who had somehow left the battle.

"Sister, you look so cute! What brings you here?" The little girl with the temporary tattoos said enthusiastically, "My name is Miaomiao."

"Miaomiao is my teacher's daughter. I used to tutor her a lot during winter and summer vacations," Xu Xiu introduced to Huo Yunzhi. "She's someone you can trust."

"I don't know when we can start," Huo Yunzhi said worriedly. "Time is money."

"It's over." Qin Yuanshan walked back slowly.

"it's over?"

"We just gave them a friendly greeting about their family tree and did a little craft, and they behaved themselves."

"What kind of handicraft?" Huo Yunzhi skillfully avoided asking about the family genealogy.

"This is it?"

Qin Yuanshan pulled a Desert Eagle from his backpack and skillfully loaded bullets into the magazine: "Just like that, before the magazine was even full, they changed their tune and started talking about 'peace is the most important thing'."

Huo Yunzhi nodded in agreement.

There are very few people in the entire 888 region who dare to talk back to the Desert Eagle. In a sense, Qin Yuanshan can be considered to have won people over with his virtue.

"Welcome to Lijing Hotel."

Suddenly, a ghost dressed as a hotel manager appeared at the front desk, giving them a professional smile.

Several players who were nearby and timid were startled by the sudden greeting.

"Holy crap! When did she come out?!" Qin Yuanshan also cursed.

Ignoring the players' emotions, the manager began reading out the service area rules without showing any emotion on his face.

"Good afternoon to our fifteen distinguished guests on the road trip. We are honored that you have chosen to stay at the Lijing Hotel. To ensure a pleasant stay for all our guests, we kindly request that you all abide by the hotel's rules and regulations while enjoying your holiday."

"First, the Lijing Hotel has both staff and guests. The distinction is made by staff ID cards and room cards. All VIPs will receive a room card with their room number. Please keep it safe. It needs to be returned when you check out at 7:00 AM tomorrow. If it is lost during this period, you will never be able to leave the hotel."

As soon as the manager finished speaking, a glowing card appeared in everyone's hand.

The front of the card features an exterior view of the Lijing Hotel, while the back shows the room number.

In terms of design, it's no different from a regular hotel, and there's nothing particularly outstanding about it.

"Secondly, there is a grumpy guest staying in room 404 of the hotel. Please keep quiet and do not make any noise if you are a guest in the third, fourth or fifth floor. Otherwise, this guest will come to visit."

"Third, the guest in room 404 likes to go out for walks at night. His activity floors are floors 3-5. During this time, guests on the relevant floors are requested to keep their doors closed, not go out, and not make any noise. Otherwise, the hotel will not be responsible for any bad news that may occur."

Huo Yunzhi locked onto the guest who occupied two of the rules almost instantly.

From her previous conversation with Meng Changyi, she knew that there was a high-level vengeful ghost in each heavily polluted area.

This guest is clearly the one.

Thinking of this, Huo Yunzhi looked down at the room key in her hand.

The room number column says 608.

It's not within the range of a vengeful spirit's activities, and... the numbers are all auspicious.

"Holy crap! I got it..."

Before Qin Yuanshan could finish speaking, Huo Yunzhi quickly pulled him back and shook her head to signal him to shut up.

She leaned close to Qin Yuanshan and whispered, "The room card doesn't have a name on it, so anyone can use it."

At this moment, Qin Yuanshan realized that he had almost let something slip and quickly covered his mouth.

"Fourth, the restaurant is on the seventh floor of the hotel. The chef will cook a delicious dinner for all the guests. However, since the preparation work before the meal requires absolute focus, non-staff members are not allowed to enter before the meal time."

"Fifth, when the banquet begins, all guests are requested to take their seats as quickly as possible. The last guest to be seated will be marked and hunted down by the chef."

"Sixth, please do not leave the hotel during your stay. Do not die randomly, which will reduce the number of people. When the number of people in the tour group is less than 12, the restrictions on walking time for guests in room 404 will be lifted, and the walking area will be expanded to floors 2-6."

"Seventh, the hotel elevators are in perfect working order. If you encounter a situation where the elevator doors open automatically before reaching your floor, please do not touch the close button and simply wait for the doors to close."

"These are the rules and regulations of Lijing Hotel. I hope you have completed your check-in and wish you a warm and unforgettable time at Lijing Hotel."

The manager disappeared after explaining the rules.

Players who got floors 3-5 are looking for people everywhere, wanting to change floors.

But at this point, who would trade with them?

These people could only leave dejectedly.

Huo Yunzhi also left with Qin Yuanshan and Xu Xiu.

Unbeknownst to everyone, the service area manager walked back to the front desk and suddenly stopped, his eyes blank.

"The...eighth..."