Chapter 201: Hotel (1/2)

Chapter 201 - Hotel

TL: xDh20, LifeisaJourney

ED: Nintendonuts

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The wind picked up speed, and the sky got darker. They proceeded just as slow as before. Every squad and their squad leader felt anxiety. If the thunderstorm started now, then remaining in the car was the most dangerous thing they could do.

Aside from clearing the parked cars and killing wandering zombies along the path, there was nothing more that the squads could do to speed up their progress. The group was only halfway through their journey.

“Elder Liu, it is impossible to reach our destination before dark at our current speed. Do you think we should find suitable housing for the night?” Zhang ShengLi asked Liu Gan.

“Yes, start searching for one. A thunderstorm can happen anytime now. It would be dangerous for us to continue,” Liu Gan replied after looking at the sky to see cumulonimbus clouds growing on the horizon.

“Understood,” Zhang ShengLi said. Zhang ShengLi then walked up to his squad and pulled them aside after they had finished moving a car.

The darker it got, the stronger the winds. With the threat of a looming thunderstorm on the horizon, lightning flickered. It wouldn’t be too long until it reached them.

Zhang ShengLi was able to find a building that was suitable for a temporary base camp; it was a hotel along the road. The hotel building was more elevated compared to the surrounding buildings. The walls that formed the foundation of the hotel were constructed very sturdily, so the car squad parked close by the hotel to avoid the thunderstorm.

This hotel along the roadside seemed to have been family owned. The surface area was large, it was four-story building that was close to the intersection, and behind the hotel was a possible location for parking the vehicles. The first floor was a large ballroom that could fit seven to eight tables, this area was perfect for hosting dinner reservations and events. Everything on the second floor and above was for housing.

The tornado from a few days ago didn’t have too much of an effect on this hotel building here. At least there weren’t any visible damages on the windows from the outside. It was hard to explain with logic, it didn’t fit with any current comprehension of the worldly matters. Just like this situation here; the tornado, while it was far from the city center, hadn’t been able to affect structures on the outskirts?

Of course, there were some people who didn't pay attention to such minute details.

With the amount of zombies wandering around within the hotel, one could guess that this hotel wasn’t doing so well on the business side. At least for the last two days of the catastrophe, there hadn’t been any visitors, so business wasn’t doing so well. Of the four floors in the whole building, there were only ten zombies. To prevent possible bacterial or viral contamination, the bodies of the zombies were moved a distance away from their location, toward the rear courtyard.

Eventually, the hotel was livable. It was carefully cleaned and everyone rushed into the building before the downpour.

“What happened?” Liu Gan stood at the first-floor lobby as he asked Yin He, who stayed outside.

“I can sense something’s wrong.” Yin He looked at the rear courtyard with an alert expression.

“What do you sense?” Liu Gan started to look toward the rear courtyard. The courtyard was rather simplistic. It was a parking lot, with the three vehicles parked in the middle of the courtyard. There was nothing visibly wrong to the naked eye.