I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 1490 - 1485: Strange Phenomenon

Chapter 1490: Chapter 1485: Strange Phenomenon

Opening the hotel room doors, Tang Ye first saw the desolate corridor, and the sound of car horns from outside seemed to have amplified several times as he walked out of his room.

It wasn’t just this floor; it appeared as if the vitality of the entire hotel building was slowly waning, leaving a sense of desolation that comes with departure.

Frowning, Tang Ye walked to the stairwell and made his way down to the first floor. At the lobby that usually welcomes guests, the first thing he saw was the hotel staff, bustling non-stop. With anxious expressions, they were hastily gathering their possessions, and you could even see some staff dragging their suitcases, scurrying out of the hotel. Not far away, the manager was similarly holding his own suitcase, standing at the entrance as if waiting for something.

"Dad! I’m over here!"

At that moment, a staff member’s voice rang out, calling for her relative. Following her call, a car made a right turn onto the sidewalk, ignoring the angry shouts of pedestrians, and drove straight to the hotel entrance.

The car window rolled down, revealing the face of a man in his forties. He looked irritated and his first words to his daughter were, "Why are you dallying? Don’t you realize what time it is?"

"I have a lot of things to pack..." the hotel-working girl answered her father with a sense of grievance.

"What stuff is that? What’s the use of bringing all this? Really!"

"They were all expensive when I bought them, it would be such a pity to discard them."

"Hurry up, get in! Later those bastards will block the road and nobody will be able to pass."

"I got it, I got it."

The girl quickly opened the trunk of the car and stuffed in her belongings. Just as she was about to get in, she felt something tug at the corner of her clothing. Turning her head, she saw the one pulling at her was none other than her manager.

"Manager? What is this...?"

The girl looked at her former superior, puzzled, as she saw him holding a stack of money, estimated to be around four to five thousand yuan, and his face bore a sycophantic expression.

"Well... Little Tao, just take this money to buy some clothes. It’s hard to hail a cab recently. Could your family’s car give me a lift for a stretch?"

As soon as the hotel manager spoke, his intention became clear. The girl addressed as Little Tao stared at the hotel manager in surprise, as if she were seeing him for the first time. In her memory, the manager did not behave like this; he was usually arrogant, as if everyone was beneath him. But today, he was like a different person, without his familiar tone of voice. The use of "Little Tao" sounded particularly endearing, but it also immediately raised suspicion of his ulterior motive.

Even though he was behaving like this, Little Tao didn’t reach out to take the money. She just glanced at it, then said indifferently, "Sorry manager, I’d like to help you, but the car is already full. You should ask somebody else."

The car had a total of four people in it; Little Tao’s father was in the driver’s seat, and next to him sat a woman almost his age, obviously her mother. In the backseat, there was a young man. As Little Tao finished speaking, the young man seemed to get her hint and immediately spread his legs wide, taking up most of the space in the back seat.

Of course, the manager saw the young man’s actions and his face darkened immediately, but Little Tao paid him no more attention. Turning around, she opened her car door and climbed in, leaving her manager alone, disheveled in the wind.

All these scenes, Tang Ye saw it with his own eyes, and they made him even more certain that something had happened. The people here were fleeing, avoiding something that had happened, and those cars jammed on the streets were actually groups of people leaving the area!

"What on earth is going on?"

In the hotel lobby, he saw more and more hotel staff pack up their belongings and walk out without anyone stopping them. Each person remained silent, and no one paid any attention to Tang Ye. Before this, every staff member was polite to Tang Ye and performed their service diligently.

At that moment, a man dressed in the hotel staff’s uniform walked past him with luggage in hand, and Tang Ye quickly grabbed the man.

"What are you doing!?"

The man felt bewildered when suddenly grabbed and turned around to ask with annoyance.

Tang Ye’s face showed no change as he directly asked: "What’s happening out there?"

"Are you sick or something? The news is flooding everywhere; are you some hermit who’s isolated deep in the mountains and out of touch with the world?"

After speaking, the man shook off Tang Ye’s hand and left the hotel promptly. He seemed to think Tang Ye was asking something obvious, as if someone suddenly grabs you, asks you about common knowledge that everyone should know, and your first reaction might be thinking that the person is either playing or intentionally fooling with you.

Tang Ye watched the man’s retreating back; he didn’t chase after him, frowning in thought. At that moment, he realized a very strange phenomenon: since he had arrived in this world, whenever he asked people about things he didn’t know, they seemed angry and just vaguely hinted at a few things.

It’s something everyone knows, but I won’t tell you; you must find out for yourself.

These behaviors were abnormal, but Tang Ye had a hard time connecting this phenomenon with some of the eerie events.

After standing in place for a while, Tang Ye went out the door. He was completely unclear about what to do next, perhaps what he had to do now was to find Lu Xiaojie, and that was all he could do.

Half a year’s time is neither short nor long, and while there is indeed a lot of time at the moment, it is also limited.

Upon stepping onto the street outside, the air was filled with honking sounds of cars everywhere, with people passing by hurriedly, their faces tinged with panic. They were crossing the middle of the road, asking each driver of every car if they could hitch a ride; those who got an affirmative response showed joy, while those rejected would immediately leave, even cursing at the drivers before quickly moving on to query the next car’s driver.

Tang Ye hesitated, pondering how to find Lu Xiaojie. What would he do if he were Lu Xiaojie? Moreover, according to what she said before, he had "died" due to a violation of the Conduct Regulations and had entered a deeper "world." This raised a question: does Lu Xiaojie exist in this current world?

After a bit of thought, Tang Ye decided to visit the places he went to last night, such as where she used to bury the bodies, the place where they had just met, or the recycling station. If Lu Xiaojie was looking for him, she should be waiting there among these places.

Of course, that’s assuming Lu Xiaojie even exists in this world!