I Am Cultivating in the Apocalypse-Chapter 927 - 1016: Countdown? What Does That Mean?
Usually at this hour, there are plenty of night owls around, but tonight everyone is sleeping soundly, even Old Zhou’s room is quiet.
Jing Shu released countless tiny insects to scuttle around, and the whole hotel was eerily silent.
Apart from the gentle, lively music playing in the lobby and corridors, not a person could be found, making the empty hotel seem even more sinister.
Where has everyone gone?
Jing Shu went from room to room investigating; the bodyguard team was asleep, and even the other hotel guests were sleeping soundly. Jing Shu checked, and found that tonight’s meal didn’t contain any poison or harmful ingredients, so everyone ate it peacefully.
Besides, having come to the local Township Government area, one would think it improbable to be robbed on the first day, right?
Such an absurd thing, couldn’t happen, right?
But there was something off about the meal.
Suddenly, she recalled a detail.
Some Dark Energy food, while not poisonous, can have strange effects. Did Jie feed them such food?
Because she ate less, and also had Spiritual Spring as support, she wasn’t affected, but the others, it was uncertain.
Jing Shu furrowed her brows, preparing to contact Tan Ke and Hao Yunlai on the ship supply side, when suddenly an urgent satellite call came through.
Wen Jun’s voice rang out: "Jing Shu, we’re docked at the port, and a lot of people have surrounded plenty of ships nearby, but these people don’t look like pirates or thieves, rather they seem like official watchmen from the dock.
The most critical point, there are quite a few power users here.
We’ve stayed calm and haven’t made any rash moves; not sure what these people intend. What should we do now? Should we consult with Old Zhou and them?
If we resist now, we may expose some of our abilities, but if we don’t, the supplies on our ships might be exposed, including those we have plundered from other ships.
I think these people are here to investigate or conduct preliminary probing."
Jing Shu pondered, everything had indeed gone beyond her expectations.
In that instant, Jing Shu contemplated many things, then immediately made a decision: "Directly resist and prevent it, I’ll handle Old Zhou’s side. Let the Shadow Team remain hidden, let Xiao Wei and the Insect Army keep influencing.
We can’t play the fat sheep now, otherwise we’ll be completely trapped; didn’t expect on the first day in Hansi to get played by officials."
Wen Jun: "Understood, I’ll arrange it now."
Jing Shu paused for a moment of silence, then wearing pajamas, she opened the door and walked to the neighboring room. Originally locked, but she did some trick, gently twisting to unlock and opened the door.
First she patted the sleeping Yang Yang on the sofa, but couldn’t wake him, so she thought a bit and took out some spiritual spring water diluted one hundred times from the space, and poured it in, only then did Yang Yang wake up:
"Wake up quickly, there’s something wrong with tonight’s food."
Yang Yang suddenly awakened, wiped drool from the corner of his mouth, he indeed felt something, "Having insomnia for over a decade, yet tonight I slept wonderfully; something’s off, let’s go wake Old Zhou too."
Jing Shu nodded, "No need to wake others."
After waking Old Zhou, Jing Shu said: "Tonight’s meal might have contained new Dark Creatures’ food, making people easily sleep and lowering vigilance."
Old Zhou nodded, wiped drool, "This stuff is good, need to get some back, it’d be great treatment for insomnia with old geezers like us."
Old Zhou yawned, listening to Jing Shu’s earlier recount, nodded: "Rest assured, it’s not a big problem, with Shadow around, you’re doing great, alright, whatever’s enormous, let’s talk tomorrow, let the old man have a good sleep."
Jing Shu: "...Alright."
Just hadn’t walked out the door, already hearing snores behind.
Back in her own room, Jing Shu contacted Wen Jun’s side again.
Guo Tou and Zhang Lang are leading insects digging tunnels, preparing to dig from the dock to the hotel, then create a tunnel empire beneath Hansi.
Meanwhile, on the dock side, the supposedly safest official dock is fighting now, although it’s not too serious, Hansi seems more like probing.
Jing Shu thought Old Zhou was right, whatever’s up lets handle tomorrow, see what that ferocious Jie offers.
"Though, after this ruckus, probably won’t negotiate cooperation tomorrow." Jing Shu closed her eyes, intending to sleep.
Yet could not fall asleep.
Surrounded by frivolous music playing, the empty hotel, felt anxiety coursing through.
It’s four in the morning, in some places food stalls had already set up, Jing Shu sleepless yet unable to rest, "Forget it, won’t sleep, why has everyone eating that stuff gotten sleepier, yet me the more awake? This hour, no point sleeping now, get up and play!!"
Jing Shu sprang up, then changed attire, started walking down the hotel corridor, don’t be fooled by her brazen casual walk, she was actually surrounded by countless insects and bodyguards, wildly expanding outwards for intelligence gathering, ensuring her safety.
If Hansi shows no righteousness, can’t blame her for being unrighteous.
The Sailboat Hotel’s so large, ought to have some good stuff right?
See if there’s anything to sneak away.
Everywhere Jing Shu roamed, black-tentacle insects covered all security cameras, and soon, the entire hotel’s monitoring room screens went black.
Jing Shu found the hotel’s monitoring room.
The Sailboat Hotel was split into three main sections: one for guest use, comprising floors up to the top; with five themed restaurants, along with rooms for sightseeing. Then two exclusive floors for entertainment, containing pools, golf courses, gyms, karaoke cinemas, etc.
The rest primarily was the basement.
Jing Shu from upstairs took elevators down to the ground floor, then using insects located the path to the basement, entering the staff area, housing the surveillance room, working spaces, meal quarters, underground parking, etc.
Right now, not a person was eerily present in the surveillance room.
In the staff dormitories, attendants and chefs were all asleep as normal, everything seemed reasonable.
After a round in the basement, finding nothing abnormal, Jing Shu quickly returned to staff dormitories; outside, labels marking personnel, higher ranks dwell alone or in luxury suites.
"Numbers aren’t right, all high-level personnel are absent from luxury suites."
Jing Shu returned to the monitoring room, checking surveillance, only to see a huge countdown on the central monitor.
"05:45."
