Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

Looking at the room card in his hand, Chen Xin went straight into the elevator.

The hotel elevator was quite high-end and we quickly reached the third floor.

Chen Xin didn't have much luggage. He only planned to stay for a few days, so he only carried a backpack with two sets of clothes and a power bank in it. He originally planned to find a way to make do in a nearby 24-hour restaurant or internet cafe if he couldn't find a hotel.

However, after walking around, Chen Xin still hasn't found an Internet cafe that's open 24 hours a day. He doesn't know if it's because the dungeon has just opened, so most of the shops won't be open too late. The latest coffee shop is only open until about 11pm.

To be honest, the price of 238 per night for an ordinary single room here is a bit high, unless it is a five-star hotel, then there is nothing to complain about. But considering the environment in front of us, it is far from meeting the star standard. You have to know that on the ground, even in the inner circle, the price of a single room in a slightly better business hotel is only about 168 per night, and that also includes breakfast.

But the money had already been paid, so Chen Xin had no choice but to stay there.

Although he kept comforting himself in his heart, Chen Xin almost felt dizzy after walking out of the elevator, because compared with the bright elevator, the pitch-black corridor was simply two different worlds.

Apart from a dim wall lamp that could vaguely make out the number plate at the door of each room, there were no other light sources. The level of darkness even made Chen Xin feel like he had stepped into another dimension.

Chen Xin really couldn't imagine to what extent this hotel had to save money. Although the base has always been advocating increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, if it is open for business, it must first maintain sufficient lighting. This dim and eerie corridor looks like something out of a horror movie.

Chen Xin frowned and felt a chill down his spine, but he still gritted his teeth and continued to move forward.

The corridor is not spacious, it can be said to be very narrow, and even each door is very compact. It can be seen that the space here is not very large, but there are at least twenty rooms on the first floor.

Because the light was too dim, Chen Xin had to take out his mobile phone and turn on the flashlight function. It took him nearly five minutes to find his room 308.

As soon as he opened the door, he was greeted by a smell of formaldehyde that had not yet completely dissipated, followed by a damp and moldy smell. The two smells mixed together and almost suffocated Chen Xin.

Chen Xin immediately made a decision, which was to open the door as wide as possible. At least this would allow fresh air from the corridor to flow into the room, and the smell inside would be slightly dissipated.

Thinking of what the front desk clerk said about standard rooms having no windows, Chen Xin turned to the right side of the entrance. Generally speaking, this place is the bathroom. After turning on the bathroom light, he directly pressed the exhaust fan button.

Fortunately, the bathroom was not as scary as Chen Xin had imagined. The toilet and the sink were quite clean. But the only bad thing was that the bathroom was not separated into dry and wet areas, and the area was only three square meters, just enough space for one person to turn around.

However, the 12-square-meter single room itself was cramped, and Chen Xin had prepared himself mentally for the situation. However, the smell in the room still made him somewhat dissatisfied. This showed that the hotel was put into use right after it was renovated, and there was no ventilation or deodorization at all.

Chen Xin covered his nose while groping for the card insertion button in the room. After completely inserting the card, he suddenly realized that the room was smaller than he had imagined. Besides a 1.2-meter single bed, a table and matching chairs, there was only a wardrobe less than one meter wide. There were no windows in the room, and the distance between the bed and the table was less than one meter. There was a 20-inch TV hanging on the wall, and the air conditioner looked second-hand, and was even slightly yellowed.

Chen Xin thought that a room like this would only cost 50 points a day in the outer circle, and even the single rooms in the outer circle guesthouses were much more spacious than the current ones.

Chen Xin had no choice but to call the front desk. The girl at the front desk seemed to have expected his reaction and replied indifferently, "You can change rooms. There are two other standard rooms on this floor, but they are basically the same. If you pay the difference, you can be upgraded to a business room. You only need to pay 60 points. It's much more cost-effective than before. How about it? Do you need to upgrade your room?"

When Chen Xin heard that he had to pay the price difference, he found it outrageous, so he discussed whether he could check out. As a result, the girl at the front desk sneered and then told him that a 20% handling fee would be deducted for check-out, and it would be difficult to find another hotel at this point in time. Firstly, most of the hotels in the nearby blocks have not officially opened for business, and secondly, the prices of hotels nearby are higher. In the end, Chen Xin had no choice but to admit that he was unlucky and gritted his teeth to accept this reality.

Chen Xin could only put his backpack under the table temporarily, otherwise he would have no place to step. There was only about half a meter of space beside the bed for him to walk around. He didn't expect that the 12-square-meter room also included a bathroom, so the actual space that could be used for sleeping and activities was less than 9 square meters. Moreover, there were no windows in the room, making the entire layout even more cramped.

As for the decoration style, it is quite ordinary. The TV and air conditioner are obviously second-hand appliances. Although the tables, chairs and beds are new, they look cheap. The walls are pale white with traces of paint still on them, and it is obvious that the decoration team was perfunctory.

The only slightly better thing is that the Internet speed is relatively fast, and the electricity and water usage are normal. If there was no Internet, Chen Xin, the otaku, would probably go completely crazy.

After turning on the TV for a while, he watched a few local channels. Most of the reports were about mutant creatures or expedition teams, or the latest work in various cities. Chen Xin was not interested in these at all. Although he liked to study various products, he was still an eighteen-year-old boy at heart. Most of the time, he preferred to stay at home playing games or browsing forums.

Although Chen Xin is very shy and introverted in front of people, he is extremely active on the Internet. He has even reached the highest level six membership in the base forum.

After opening the forum, I found that most of the posts on that day were about the dungeon. After all, a lot of people have flocked to the dungeon recently, so various photos of the dungeon and posts of check-in locations have suddenly increased on the forum. Some people even made a "One-Day Tour Guide for the Dungeon" in just one day.

Originally, Chen Xin was just browsing posts as usual, but he didn't expect to see a post titled "Diamond Hotel, a damn five-star hotel, a rip-off, stay away!" which contained complaints about the hotel he stayed at.