Chapter 244 The Top of The Mountain (2/2)

Li Du shouted from the car, ”Where’s my cold beer?”

Hans giggled, ”There are only two bottles. One for me and one for Godzilla—this is great!”

Li Du opened the fridge door to reveal the empty interior.

But luckily there was ice in the fridge. He stuffed some ice cubes into his mouth.

Then, he stuffed some ice cubes into Ah Meow and Crispy Noodles’s mouths before hopping out of the truck.

They booked another hotel this time. There was a single small room with an antique elevator in the entrance of the hotel, like one of those industrial elevators used in the mining sites in the earlier part of the last century.

It was warm in the elevator. After pressing the button for the second floor, Li Du made a fanning motion and told the whining Ah Meow, ”Bear with it, baby. It’s okay—we’ll reach the second floor soon.”

One minute after he finished his sentence, the elevator doors finally opened—it had taken the elevator one minute to reach the second floor from the lower ground floor.

As they stepped out of the elevator, they were outside, and could feel the strong mountain breeze on their faces.

Although the wind was strong, it was also very hot, so Li Du was sweating. ”What took the f*cking elevator so long?” he couldn’t help but curse.

Hans said, ”Be careful, the elevator went up about 650 feet. Don’t fall down, fella’. We are on top of the mountain!”

After the elevator doors opened, they found themselves in a rough plaza, surrounded by cliffs. There was a simple building made of cement and wood at the other side of the plaza.

Under the hot sun, Li Du walked toward the edge of the plaza—they were indeed on top of a mountain. Over the edge, there was a meandering highway and countless rocks.

”The elevator brought us to the top of the mountain?” Li Du gasped. ”That’s cool!”

Hans said, ”The total height of the elevator is about 1,000 feet, and it goes underground for over 300 feet. It was used in the mine, but the mine was eventually abandoned. So now it’s used by the hotel on the mountain. ”

Li Du was interested. ”Is this building the hotel? This must be the highest altitude in Arizona!”

Hans shook his head, ”No, it’s not the highest, but what’s the big deal? You must stay here during the summer in Jerome, folks, or else you’ll die from heat stroke!”

Li Du said, ”Are you kidding me? Aren’t there any other hotels in town? The mining tycoon’s villa is great.”

Hans said helplessly, ”That’s during spring, brother. Of course, it’s great to stay there during spring. But with this temperature, the villa has turned into a sauna room.”

”Even with the air conditioner?”

”With air conditioner, it will be a breezy sauna room,” Hans said. ”Moreover, people tend to get sick if they’re in too much air conditioning in this weather. The natural wind is better.”

The hotel looked plain from the outside, but the interior design was quite nice. There were nets surrounding the building. After they went into the building, they opened all the windows so the cozy mountain breeze filled the room.

Hans handled the check-in procedures. It cost them 400 dollars for two rooms, just as pricey as Los Angeles.

But it was an apartment on top of the mountain. The atmosphere was different from any ordinary hotel in Los Angeles. So, Li Du thought it was worth it.

There were a few treasure hunters behind them who had also used the elevator to reach the hotel. Only a crazy person would drive up to the top, and it would be difficult to drive down the mountain as well.

The three of them were chatting while drinking cold beer out of a barrel in the main hall. The treasure hunters greeted them.

”Hi, Big Li and Big Fox. Good afternoon!”

”In this f*cking hot weather, let’s hope there’s something great in the Red Rock Storage Co. If not, I’ll be broke.”

”F*ck, I’m broke now. Can you buy us beer please, Boss Li?”