Chapter 164: Chapter 159: Each One’s Thoughts

Clements quickly returned with a rather large pancake to the hall.

There were many tables and chairs inside the hall, so Clements randomly picked a table to place it down.

Looking at the pancake, Xiao Yi immediately picked up a small knife-like "Origin" and said seriously to the others:

"Perfect timing. Let me demonstrate how to cut this into four pieces with three cuts!"

After that, Xiao Yi immediately started working on it.

"First, make a vertical cut down the middle to split the pancake into two even halves. Then, find the midpoint of this cut line and make a ninety-degree horizontal cut to the left. After that, turn the pancake ninety degrees to the left and make another downward cut along the line above. That way, it’s divided into four pieces! How about it, did you learn something?"

Despite Xiao Yi’s serious explanation, his actions stunned everyone.

Clements: "?"

Nania: "?"

Even Liliana slowly typed out a "?".

[Is there a possibility that it could actually be cut into four pieces with just two cuts?]

[Impossible! Absolutely not!]

[This is laughably absurd.]

Since the pancake was already cut into four pieces, Nania handed one of the pieces to Liliana.

But Liliana shook her head; she said, "I don’t need it."

"Eh? But..."

Nania wanted to say something else, but Liliana firmly shook her head and said, "I... don’t need it."

Since Liliana had said so, the others couldn’t force her to eat it.

"Hmm..." Clements pondered, "This indeed looks hard to make someone feel appetited."

"Exactly." Xiao Yi agreed, "If possible, I’d prefer to have some meat."

"Meat?" Clements looked at Xiao Yi, "Xiao Yi, do you want meat? I understand, I will find a way to handle it."

"... Eh? But there’s no meat around here, is there?" Nania asked, "And with the desolation around, there couldn’t possibly be any wild animals either. How will you handle it?"

"..." Clements was silent for a moment before saying, "Maybe there’s still some frozen meat in the cold storage room. I’ll go check it out later."

"Oh? The cold storage room? Then I’ll come and have a look as well." Xiao Yi said.

However, Clements immediately stopped him, "No, I will go alone. You all should rest early."

"... Hmm? Alright then." Xiao Yi gave up on visiting the cold storage room.

Clements added, "This hotel is huge, and there might be unknown dangers, so it’s better to stay in the room at night and not go out, especially the basement. It’s pitch black without electricity, and even with a flashlight, it’s best not to go there."

Xiao Yi and Nania didn’t object to this, but Liliana tilted her head in confusion and asked:

"What is a flashlight? Ah, I remember now, it refers to the light emitted by a mobile phone, commonly called a flashlight, right?"

"Ah? Is this how today’s kids understand the concept of a flashlight?" Xiao Yi and Nania couldn’t help but feel a bit sentimental.

But, unexpectedly, Clements’s reaction was enormous!

"What...!" Clements’s rock-like features changed dramatically!

He showed a sorrowful expression and said, "I truly feel the generational communication gap now, and I’ve also realized that I have aged... It’s a somewhat complex feeling."

"... Hmm?" Nania looked grave, "Are you mocking me?"

"It doesn’t matter." Xiao Yi said, "Everyone will age. Rather than worrying about that, we might as well go to sleep early."

Hearing Xiao Yi say this, Nania didn’t say anything more. She immediately got up and took Liliana’s little hand, preparing to go to their room with Xiao Yi.

Clements watched them leave and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Then, as if familiar with the place, he quickly moved to the front of the cold storage room and locked the big door.

"Inside here... they must not see," muttered Clements and put the key into his coat pocket.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yi and the others, since the guest rooms in the hotel were all on the second floor or higher and the elevator seemed out of order, had no choice but to climb the stairs.

This was no issue for Xiao Yi and Nania, but it was a bit challenging for Liliana.

She had only climbed a few steps before she began to breathe heavily.

Nania, feeling worried, suggested carrying Liliana upstairs, but Liliana firmly refused.

Xiao Yi, seeing how things were, said to Liliana, "Anna, isn’t climbing stairs exhausting? Then, isn’t going downstairs much easier?"

Liliana nodded.

Xiao Yi continued, "Well, let me tell you a small trick for climbing stairs. When you’re feeling tired while climbing, just walk down a few steps, and you’ll feel relieved and energetic to go up again, right?"

Liliana: "?"

"...Are you serious?" Nania looked at Xiao Yi, her expression distorted as she sighed, "Good thing I came with Little Anna."

Afterward, Xiao Yi and Nania escorted Liliana to her room door, opened it, handed her the key, and then turned to leave.

Liliana watched their departing figures and softly said:

"...Thank you."

However, just as Liliana was about to enter the room, she suddenly heard a childish voice.

"They are really annoying. Can I kill them?"

Liliana froze, her expression blank as she turned to look towards the other end of the corridor.

There, stood a girl of similar age with pale skin, hands behind her back, giggling at her.

"...," Liliana just silently watched her, saying nothing.

The girl spoke again, "What’s wrong? Do you prefer them over me, your friend? But I want to kill them. What should I do? Ah, right, if I die, wouldn’t that solve everything?"

The girl grinned and said to Liliana, "Anna, give me the order, say ’suicide’!"

"...," Liliana continued to stare silently at her.

"... I see, I understand! I will obey immediately! Teehee!"

The girl pulled out a short dagger from behind her and pressed its handle against the wall, its tip aiming at her temple.

Then, giggling, she swung her body and forcefully smashed her head onto the blade!

Blood, dark and red, instantly burst forth.

But that was not enough. The girl kept giggling and repeatedly smashed her head against the blade.

The sound of bone and flesh hitting the blade mixed with her giggles made a symphony, and blood sprayed everywhere.

Finally, the girl made a sound like a small bird crushed in hand and then collapsed, motionless... leaving nothing but filth behind.

"...," Watching all this, Liliana impassively walked into the room and closed the door as if she had seen nothing.

Once inside, Liliana took a cloth bag from her purse.

She opened the small bag, which contained a bag of white powder.

"... I can’t eat their food; this is all I need."

Saying this, Liliana pinched a bit of the powder with her delicate fingers and placed it into her mouth.

...

Meanwhile, Nania entered her room and locked the door, breathing a sigh of relief.

She placed her backpack on the bed and opened it.

Inside were bundles and bundles of high-denomination paper currency.

However, many of these bundles were stained with dark-red filthy marks.

Undoubtedly, they were traces of blood.

Nania pulled out a bundle trying to clean the bloodstains off.

At the same time, she muttered expressionlessly, "It’s finally come to this, but I can’t relax. Those guys, I must be wary of them... Dead people are already too many, a few more wouldn’t hurt."

As for Xiao Yi, he didn’t bother with thoughts, simply throwing the briefcase Xu Yingguang specifically reminded him to take into a corner, then flopped onto the bed, kicking off his shoes, ready to fall asleep.

However, just then, he suddenly heard a strange noise coming from the corner where the briefcase was.

"...Huh? What’s that noise?"

Curious, Xiao Yi got up, walked over, and picked up the briefcase.

Then, he discovered, just as he expected, that the sound was indeed coming from the briefcase.

The lock had been unlocked.

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