Dimensional Store: Welcome to the Apocalypse Apartment - chapter 84

Chapter 84

Fang Weixing and Tang Wushuang tried to install surveillance in the Oasis Hotel, but every time, the Cleaning Robot would treat it as garbage and remove it.

They tried to sabotage the Oasis Hotel, but the rooms would immediately turn red, and the green-eyed male employee would always catch them and demand they pay a fine.

The female owner was a complete shut-in, focused entirely on her business. She would occasionally disappear, but never left the Oasis Hotel.

She was usually even-tempered, but when she encountered foolish troublemakers-those who refused to get a membership card and wouldn’t pay compensation-she would angrily press a button and have the robots throw the customers out.

Fang Weixing had witnessed it himself-after these customers were expelled, they were devoured by unknown creatures in the darkness, leaving not even a trace of bone behind.

The male employee in white seemed normal on the surface; Fang Weixing had even spoken with him.

But later, Fang Weixing followed the white-clothed employee as he left.

He discovered that the employee would go to the Church in the Steel Ring and hand out Red Fruit to Rat People and wanderers. Those who ate the Red Fruit would die with a smile on their face, their bodies sprouting branches bearing green fruit.

Everyone in the Oasis Hotel was extraordinary.

Thinking about the difficulty of this mission, Fang Weixing exhaled a heavy breath, removed his mask, and revealed his severely burned face.

His eyelids were gone; his bloodshot eyes stared at the open ground in the distance.

That patch of land was piled with broken planks, iron sheets fencing off a construction site, but no one was working inside.

In the blink of an eye, a brand-new Paradise appeared out of thin air.

Fang Weixing’s features grew even more twisted and grim. He stood up from the grass, walked quickly, then ran to the entrance of the Paradise, reaching out to touch the building.

It was real!

Unless this was a miracle, there was no way to explain what he saw before his eyes.

The Giant Bear inside the Paradise seemed to mock his ignorance.

This Oasis Hotel was not something he and Tang Wushuang could shake.

Fang Weixing thought that they were unlikely to complete this investigation mission.

Gu Huaiwei received the news that the Paradise construction was complete, came out, and took several photos around the Paradise, preparing to upload them to the Oasis Hotel App.

Fang Weixing heard footsteps and quickly hid in the nearby greenery.

He couldn’t see through Gu Huaiwei.

She looked so ordinary, yet she controlled this Oasis Hotel that could transform the Wasteland.

No origins could be found.

No background could be traced.

The more lazily and casually she behaved, the less Fang Weixing dared to act rashly.

And so, Fang Weixing and Tang Wushuang accomplished nothing, and ended up staying at the Oasis Hotel for another two months.

They spent a great deal.

Not a single useful piece of information was uncovered.

And all of their experiences, if reported, would sound like pure fantasy.

Last time, after Gu Huaiwei struck a deal with the Fortress Lord of the Black Tower Fortress, the Mechanical Arm Girl handled the follow-up work.

With the first successful transaction, subsequent cooperation became much easier.

The scope of cooperation kept expanding, and Gu Huaiwei was now supplying the entire Lower District.

The Paradise Card’s Gold Coin balance kept climbing.

Thanks to Gu Huaiwei’s supplies, ordinary people in the Lower District no longer had to risk their lives hunting mutant plants and animals during winter. Their quality of life improved, and more customers could afford regular rooms.

Business formed a virtuous cycle.

When the Five-Star progress of the Oasis Hotel reached 70%, the boss sent a new message:

“Miss Gu, congratulations in advance. The business mission for this plane is about to be completed.

At the current rate, it will take three more months for the Oasis Hotel to reach Five-Star status.

Once you have completed the mission, you will face an important choice.

If you choose to stay, you will receive ownership of the Oasis Hotel. Eighty percent of the hotel’s profits will be settled to the Paradise Card, the Paradise Card will be unlocked, and the funds will be yours personally.”
The upgrade task is complete. The gate to This Plane will close no later than the tenth day; at that point, you will only be able to remain in one plane.

If you choose to enter the next plane, the Oasis Hotel will switch to fully automated management, and you will receive 20% of the annual profits.

Now that the upgrade task is complete, you may stay in This Plane for ten days. After ten days, you and your assistant will automatically leave This Plane.

Please make your choice carefully.

Personally, Miss Gu, I hope you will continue. Take the blue feather with you, and don’t forget our agreement.

The first choice meant that Gu Huaiwei would achieve complete financial freedom. Whether she stayed in the Wasteland World or returned to the Real World, she could live a comfortable life as a wealthy woman.

The second choice meant her management would continue, and she would enter a new world, facing new dangers.

At the same time, a new email arrived on the Oasis Hotel computer.

Gu Huaiwei opened the computer; the content of the email was similar to the message sent by her boss, except it omitted the words encouraging her to continue.

For an Operator, this could be a huge temptation.

But for Gu Huaiwei, who was searching for her sister, there was nothing to hesitate about. What she sought was not money, but the truth behind her sister’s disappearance.

Besides, the end of operating the hotel in one plane would secure her financially for life.

But what about the next plane?

What else might she obtain?

Gu Huaiwei remembered her sister’s diary. The good things mentioned inside were not just gold coins.

She was never content with the status quo, nor was she easily satisfied. Greed was her weakness, but also her motivation to keep moving forward.

Without hesitation, Gu Huaiwei chose the second option – to enter the next plane.

At the moment she made her choice, a light on the Ferris wheel in the oil painting behind the main hall of the Oasis Hotel lit up.

After staring for a long time, Gu Huaiwei seemed to see the Ferris wheel slowly turning on the still canvas, like the gears of fate gently meshing before her eyes.

Perhaps, because of her choice, fate began to flow in a different direction…

Before leaving, Gu Huaiwei still had important things to do.

She opened the drawer and took out the dust-covered ticket to the Upper District, as well as her sister’s cassette tape.

As she traced the grooves on the cassette, Gu Huaiwei’s expression darkened.

The Black Spiral Research Institute in the First District was a bait she could not refuse, a trap she had to step into.

Staying inside the hotel was certainly the safest option.

But safety meant missing out on important clues.

Gu Huaiwei was not one to shrink back. Before leaving This Plane, she was determined to visit the Black Spiral Research Institute.

The high-speed rail stations were: Oasis Hotel – Foul Marsh – Cleft Ridge Mountains – Falling Star Port – Neon Nest – Black Spiral Research Institute Headquarters – Silver Snow Expanse.

Traveling one way from the Oasis Hotel by high-speed rail would take seven days.

Gu Huaiwei had three months and ten days left.

She needed to prepare food and weapons for the journey, select trustworthy companions to travel with, and before leaving the world, obtain what her sister had left behind and survive.

She could take only one – Lin She or He Xueyi; the other would remain to keep watch.

With this amount of time, making the trip should not be a problem.

But the dangers ahead were unpredictable. Whether she could return… was uncertain.

Perhaps this trip would be a final farewell.

She looked toward Qian Xia, who was greeting guests at the door, and Li Niang, who was being chased for autographs by enthusiastic customers…

If the hotel entered automated management, what would happen to them?

Gu Huaiwei had brought them back, so she was responsible for them.