Apocalypse: I'm the Landlady of the Refuge

Chapter 40: The 40th Chapter: Expulsion

Chapter 40: The 40th Chapter: Expulsion

Xia Li no longer looked at the corpse on the ground, lightly speaking to the four petrified people, “Let’s go, back to the hotel.”

The four of them snapped out of their trance.

Qi Hao closed his gaping mouth, “Ah, right, right, right—back to the hotel! Back to the hotel!”

Ji Xing retracted his gaze, complex emotions fleeting across his face, and coolly turned to walk out.

Xu Siming nodded slightly, “Yeah, back to the hotel.”

Ji Wanwan looked towards Xia Li, and as she had done in the past at school, extended her hand, “Let’s go, back to the hotel.”

Looking at the soft white hand before her, Xia Li’s eyelashes trembled, and, as if posessed, she reached out her hand.

Leaving the small house, Xia Li instinctively looked back.

This was the place where she had lived all her life, but it had now become a place she never wanted to return to.

She turned to Ji Wanwan, “Got a light?”

Ji Wanwan was slightly taken aback, then took out a lighter from System Space, “Here.”

Xia Li took the lighter, and without looking, she immediately threw it back over her shoulder towards the small house.

“Boom!”

The lighter hit the ground, emitting a pre-shatter explosion sound, igniting a circle of flammable materials around it.

As the car drove away, that ball of flame gradually disappeared from everyone’s sight.

Having completed her evolution, Xia Li suddenly felt tired, tilted her head, and leaned on Ji Wanwan’s shoulder, falling into a deep sleep.

Different from the anxious journey there, everyone was very silent on the way back.

By the time they reached the refuge, dawn was breaking.

Some early-rising tenants were already active in the living area downstairs.

Seeing the five people return with heavy hearts, one of them being the unconscious Xia Li carried in Ji Xing’s arms, the tenants’ expressions varied.

Combined with the memories of the six people who were expelled from the hotel just yesterday, the tenants began to speculate.

When the well-rested five people woke up, the hotel was already abuzz with rumors and a sense of panic set in…

…

Opening her eyes, it was already 12:43.

Ji Wanwan quickly summoned the System: [Has the refuge’s currency been updated?]

System: [All areas requiring payment have been updated, and the refuge now implements a card-swiping system.

Every resident can get a Pass Card at the front desk and recharge it with points, which can be obtained through money and Crystal Cores.

Pass Cards are divided into membership cards and temporary cards, with each card only linked to one resident, and sharing of cards is not allowed.

Membership cards come with access control, and residents with official rooms will be given membership cards, which can be used to enter their rooms by swiping the cards.

Those without official rooms will be given temporary cards, which can only be used for purchasing goods.

Note: Authority Cards are not restricted by the Pass Card system, Hosts should issue them with caution.

Host, is there anything else you would like to add?]

Ji Wanwan massaged her groggy head, [No, everything’s good for now. If I think of anything else, I’ll summon you.]

System: [This morning, with the exception of the guest from room 205, 001 has processed the Pass Cards for all other guests.]

[What’s the situation with 205?] Ji Wanwan carefully recalled the guest from room 205.

Right, the guest from room 205 was Zhang Tao, but Zhang Tao had already been fed to the zombies.

System: [The points holder of that room is Zhang Tao. According to the detection results, this person has no vital signs, so the points for that room have been cleared and the room can be rented out again.]

But currently in Room 205, there is still one guest without points, Zhu Qian. Zhu Qian claims that according to the rental agreement, there are still 2 days left before the room expires, and she refuses to move out of 205 and recharge her points.

Host, do we need 001 to expel this person?

“Expel,” Ji Wanwan answered curtly.

When Zhu Qian and Zhang Tao were taken into the refuge, on one hand, it was because she had just realized her superpower and did not want to rashly make enemies with Zhang Tao and his group; on the other hand, it was to set up Cheng Ya, so her younger brother would give up on her.

Now that her strength had increased, she no longer needed to fear them, and naturally, she wanted to dispose of these troublesome people cleanly.

In her previous life, Ah Li died a tragic death because of them, so in this life, being ruthless was nothing compared to the past.

System: “Okay.”

It wasn’t long before the sounds of yelling and cursing could be heard outside the room.

“Let go of me! Ji Wanwan, come out! I know all this is your doing ordered through 001! You come out here!”

Zhu Qian, who was just about to take a nap, had barely lain down when 001 came in to evict her.

This morning, she had refused to buy points, and 001 didn’t say anything, nor did Ji Wanwan show up; she thought everything was okay, not realizing they were just biding their time.

Having witnessed how formidable 001 was during a fight among the people in the refuge, Zhu Qian was somewhat afraid.

But she had no money!

All her money was with that damned Zhang Tao!

Because Zhang Tao said that in the apocalypse, it was useless for a weak woman like her to keep money on her; it was better to give him the money and wait for him to bring back supplies to care for her.

In the refuge, aside from Zhang Tao, she had no one else to rely on, so whatever he said went.

Just like that, Zhu Qian transferred all the money in her account to Zhang Tao.

But now, Zhang Tao was dead.

As 001 dragged her past the door of Room 201, Zhu Qian reached out to grab the doorknob, desperately knocking: “Ji Wanwan! Come out! There are still two days left before the room expires, what right do you have to kick me out!”

Seeing that there was no response from inside the room, Zhu Qian continued to shout unwillingly: “I know you’re taking out your anger on me because of what happened with Zhang Tao, but he’s him, I’m me, I haven’t done a thing! You can’t treat me like this!

The refuge was indeed created by you, but it’s not your personal dictatorship! You can’t just have it your way; otherwise, do we still have any human rights left?”

Upon hearing this, the other tenants who were attracted by the shouting all changed their expressions.

Indeed, why should whatever Ji Wanwan says go?

They came here seeking refuge, not to become her slaves. They paid a price to seek refuge; why should they still be subjected to someone else’s control?

Seeing the onlookers starting to talk among themselves, Zhu Qian felt hopeful.

The refuge had plenty of resources, and they didn’t have to worry about zombies breaking in from outside; it was practically paradise, and she certainly didn’t want to be expelled!

No matter how overbearing Ji Wanwan was, she couldn’t possibly antagonize everyone, right?

If she could convince everyone to stand with her, then she could stay!

“Wanwan, in these apocalyptic times, it’s not easy for all of us to be alive and together. Why not be more amicable, listen to everyone’s opinions, help those in difficulty? That way, everyone will feel more gratitude toward you!”

The crowd found this argument reasonable.

It wasn’t that they were unwilling to spend money on supplies. After all, there is no such thing as a free lunch. But Ji Wanwan’s attitude in her dealings was indeed too uncompromising, leaving no room for negotiation.

Many of them had fled to this place in a hurry, how could they be expected to carry a lot of money with them?

According to the rules of the refuge, once the money ran out, they had to go out and kill zombies to obtain Crystal Cores, but who wasn’t afraid of dying?

They certainly didn’t want to go out and kill zombies!

Inside the room, Ji Wanwan heard this and couldn’t help but sneer.

Incite the masses?

She hadn’t expected Zhu Qian, with her pig-brains, to have this much wit…