New Survivors

After leaving the subway station, apart from encountering a wave of grasshoppers, the team never encountered much biological attack. Especially from the first floor all the way to the sixth floor, apart from the earthworms in the golf course, there are not even half a living fly or mosquito, let alone mice and the like.

After exploring in groups, Tom's team went up to the seventh floor of Building 1 and finally encountered a decent attack. In total, more than sixty flies of different sizes attacked them. After a warm-up battle, more than ten of them fled hastily, leaving over fifty fly corpses on the ground.

The first mutated fly dug out a third level yellow crystal inside its body, while the other small ones were all first level, some yellow, some red, and a few green.

The soldiers swept away the previously dull atmosphere and were thrilled as they harvested the crystals from the fly corpses.

This can be understood, danger is always avoided, and I have been thinking about what might happen to hide and attack in the dark, which feels very bad. In the past two days, everyone has been cautious and wary of monsters that may appear at any time, but there has been nothing. It is very frustrating to hang their emotions in mid air.

Now it's okay, encountering a fly means there may be other creatures, at least breaking the fog of the unknown.

The mutated creatures with only third level crystals make it too easy for them to deal with various weapons in their hands.

Yellow crystal is a good thing, even if it's only one level, it can fill a third level yellow crystal. Although they brought enough crystals this time, they still don't have too many of them.

Taking advantage of the soldiers clearing the gap of the crystal, Tom sent Zhao Xin's team to the bathroom to inspect. However, he found a miniature human's skull in the corner of the wall. Based on the skull found, it should be a family of four.

Tom thought they might not be able to escape from the suite, eventually starving to death in the bathroom, and then being caught and eaten by flies, which led to the mutation.

It can be said that this may be the fate of most survivors in the hotel.

The search operation resumed and took two and a half hours. They successfully searched the seventh floor of Building 1, confirming that there were no survivors here. After all, six months had passed, and there wasn't much food in the hotel suite to support them for so long. If you can't escape, then the result will be starving to death in the suite.

During this period, they also encountered seven waves of mutated insect attacks, and there was no danger either. After all, every suite is enclosed, and the hotel is five-star, with good hygiene and almost no insects or mice. It is precisely because it has been more than half a year since flies and mosquitoes began to breed.

No survivors were found on the seventh floor. They climbed up to the eighth floor and knocked on the door of the second suite. As the sunset set, the hotel fell into darkness.

Since they knew there would be mutated insects, they had to be even more cautious. The night battle had to be temporarily slowed down as a last resort.

Although Tom was worried about his sister's room on the 16th floor, as he was the captain, it was difficult for him to leave the team and search for it himself. At the moment, he could only honestly lead the team to climb layer by layer.

Under the luxurious king bed, the convoy set up camp. The next morning, Tom sent an armored Awakener down to report yesterday's situation to the camp located on the sixth floor. And they began searching for other suites on the eighth floor.

The eighth floor is not as peaceful as the seventh floor, and more than half of the guests in the room died on the bed, attracting many ants and flies to mutate. Fortunately, these deceased individuals were all miniature losers. These ants and flies mutated but did not acquire any more special abilities, that is, their body size increased. Although the number was a bit large, when encountering a big killer like a flamethrower, it was naturally resolved with ease.

As for the other half, they are miniature mismatches. Insects eat their bodies without any mutation, so there is even less threat.

During this period, a room caught fire with curtains due to too many mutated ants. Fortunately, Tom and another armored awakener worked together to extinguish the fire. Otherwise, the room could have ignited and spread to the entire building, which would have affected their search plan.

Afterwards, they became much more cautious when using flamethrowers, as they did not have members of the Squid Squad who specialized in fire control skills.

There are corpses on the eighth floor, so naturally there are mutated insects that eat corpses, so no one found them. They have obtained a lot of first and second level crystals, which can be considered as a harvest of resources.

Looking at a large basket of first-class crystals, Liu Lian could not help but complain: "They are all first-class crystals, and the effect is very low. I said, Tom, why don't you wake up to the power of combining small crystals?"

Tom was stunned and said, "What?"

"Fusion, just like in mobile games, five R-level gemstones merge into one A-level gemstone. Isn't that good?"

R level, A level, and so on. Tom remembers hearing Lin Meiqi mention it in Longyao Home, as if it defines the level of characters, items, or weapons and equipment in mobile games. Now it seems that these first, second, third, and fourth level gemstones can really be classified according to their rarity.

Speaking of this, Tom remembered Lin Meiqi again. It has been so long, I don't know how she and the people at the medical camp are doing.

It's just that we can't focus on things that far away yet. It's better to focus on the current situation.

After searching for the eighth floor, they went up to the ninth floor. They thought they had achieved nothing, but they found a couple in room 908. They were thin and naked.

As the two sides met, the man picked up the emerald next to him and pushed it with his bare hands. Before he could reveal his identity, the soldier flew out.

After Tom and his companions clarified their misunderstanding, they had already put on cut and fitted clothes, which puzzled Tom and his companions. Their clothes seemed to be tailored for themselves, with lines and workmanship that matched those of the shelter.

After learning that Tom and others came from a safe shelter, the two hugged and wept.

For half a year, the two of them were trapped inside the house and couldn't get out. Fortunately, they had bought a large amount of dry food reserves in advance. They had originally planned to go hiking in a forest area outside Morikawa City the next day, but they encountered a disaster. The dry food they bought the night before happened to last them for half a year.

Encountering the same kind again now can make them extremely happy. Although there can be endless words of love between couples, they have finished all the things they can say in half a year. Now that they have finally caught other living people, they naturally keep talking incessantly, explaining their experiences over the past six months.

Through chatting, Tom learned their names. The man's name is Du Yanxin, and the woman's name is Chen Ya.

Three months ago, many insects, such as ants and cockroaches, came running in from the crack of their door, attempting to attack them. Du Yanxin killed these ants with a small nail used for climbing. He originally wanted to eat ant meat to improve his diet, but unexpectedly discovered crystals inside the ants.

After eating the ant meat, the two of them grew a bit tired of their world. With nothing to do, they picked up the crystal to ponder. After pondering and pondering, Du Yanxin soon discovered that with the help of green crystal, his palm could compress air to push things out, which is why the soldier flew out when he first discovered it.

Of course, the soldier fell far to the ground and was not injured. After understanding the misunderstanding, Du Yanxin sincerely apologized to the other party and obtained their forgiveness.

As for his girlfriend Chen Ya, she also awakened her powers. As Chen Ya has always been a fashion designer, her awakened ability is to use her fingers to directly cut open various papers or fabrics, or to stick fabrics together. This is simply a metal shaped fabric version.

With this magical ability, coupled with her own identity as a fashion designer, Chen Ya was naturally able to obtain materials in sets filled with curtains, sheets, and clothes, and create various styles of clothing for herself and her lover.

When preparing to withdraw, Chen Ya felt worried about the clothes that were stacked one person high. These were all the various styles of clothes she had designed in the past three months, and she couldn't bear to throw them away.

Finally, Du Yanxin reminded her that everyone has become smaller now. In the past, the fabric of one garment was enough for her to make countless sets of such things, so she reluctantly chose four sets for men and one set for women to wear.

Ouyang Haotian jokingly asked her why she chose all men, but she smiled elegantly and said, "Because I can make my clothes at any time, of course, I have to prioritize my Xinxin clothes."

This openly spreading dog food has dealt a great blow to a group of single dogs.

Du Yanxin is a mountaineering enthusiast who has prepared a lot of food in his backpack, but now there is still a lot left. Tom simply picked some to put on the cart, as a way to replenish everyone's food reserves.

Speaking of the insect infestation three months ago, Du Yanxin also mentioned one thing in the car, which was that there was once a Jingba dog barking loudly at their doorstep. At that time, Chen Ya was frightened and afraid that it would break into the door. Fortunately, the Jingba dog walked around the door for two days before leaving.

Jingba Dog, this matter corresponds to the information provided by Zhang Tianhui, and with the dog head of the Jingba Dog they saw in the rooftop garden on the fifth floor, Tom estimates that the strange thing in the entire building should be related to that plant. However, on the 17th, due to the highest priority of the task and safety considerations, they were prohibited from conducting an investigation.

In addition to the dog's information, Du Yanxin also mentioned another important piece of information: Jinrui Hotel actually has three restaurants.

The luxury restaurant on the first floor is one, and there are also two restaurants on the top floor of Building 1 and Building 2, respectively. One is a Japanese restaurant, and the other is a Western restaurant.

Tom remembered asking Zhang Tianhui if there were any other restaurants in the hotel besides the first floor. At that time, he answered no, the hotel only had this one restaurant.

It seems that Zhang Tianhui deliberately concealed this information, perhaps because he was afraid that they would leave him and climb up the top floor to search for other survivors. Unfortunately, they came all the way here and couldn't go back to pay their respects without thoroughly inspecting the entire hotel.

It is indeed safer to hide in a suite, but most guests do not store food in the hotel suite. In fact, Du Yanxin only bought a pile of supplies the night before because he had to drive to the forest outside the city to climb mountains the next day.

What if those residents find a way to open the door of the suite and escape?

Tom has tried, but it is still easy to open the door of the hotel suite inside, unless it is locked like Du Yanxin.

Since there is no restaurant on the first floor, why not try the one on the rooftop?

After studying with others, Tom immediately decided to prioritize climbing to the 26th floor ceiling. Perhaps the restaurant on the ceiling would be the same as the one on the first floor, and survivors could be found.

Later, Tom sent four soldiers to drive two more cars and sent Du Yanxin and Chen Ya back to the sixth floor camp. At the same time, he reported his decision to 17th and suggested that he disclose the situation to 23rd, hoping that they could catch up with the rooftop restaurant in Building 2 as soon as possible and see if survivors could be found there.