Chapter 122 A man, wearing makeup?

“Oh my god, I’ve been pulled into Horror Space?!”

One player seemed a bit dazed; he looked like a newcomer.

Several other players were watching the hotel’s main entrance with solemn expressions; these were likely veteran players.

That’s why they were relatively calm.

But their strength probably wasn’t particularly high, which explained their solemnity.

There were also a few players whose faces revealed little, either due to deep composure or strong confidence.

“These women should be together.”

Si Yan noticed several more female players. They were gathered, suggesting they might have entered the game together.

“That’s right, I’ve entered quite a few games now, and the probability of encountering veteran players in an instance will keep increasing.”

Si Yan thought.

Although even the most difficult instances often had newcomers to fill the numbers.

But as a player’s rating continuously rose, whether by random assignment or invitation, the difficulty would gradually increase.

In these instances, the probability of encountering veteran players would also rise.

This time, there should be quite a few veteran players.

Veteran players with a bit more experience should also be present.

Those female players seemed to be in a team; it was unclear if they belonged to a player organization.

The Zombie Hotel instance, compared to other instances in Zombie World, while not easy, was actually a bit lower in terms of danger.

This was because the Zombie Hotel was a five-star hotel, and its guests were relatively powerful zombies.

These types of zombies possessed sentience and wouldn’t rush at people like low-level zombies.

Some veteran players had their own ways of survival; if handled well, the chances of surviving were quite high.

If not, more experienced veteran players should also have reinforcement tickets or similar items.

Additionally.

In the game’s judgment, using a reinforcement ticket meant the player was counted as dead.

That is to say, if everyone in an instance used a reinforcement ticket, the death rate for that instance would be calculated as 100%.

Of course, this was the game’s own calculation method.

Otherwise, if everyone used reinforcement tickets, and an instance was directly removed based on a 90% survival rate rule, wouldn’t that instance be closed off to players forever!

In this regard, reinforcement tickets and substitute death tickets followed the same rules.

“Twenty-something.”

The number of players this time was actually fewer than in Dark University.

Only twenty-something.

Dark University was indeed a bit too special; otherwise, it wouldn’t cause such discussion and commotion on the forums every time.

Some new players were still in a state of anxious unease.

The veteran players, however, were all silent, or like Si Yan, observing the other players.

Si Yan scanned the group but didn’t encounter any acquaintances from previous games.

With such a large number of players, the probability of meeting an acquaintance unintentionally was still low.

“Creak~”

A small door next to the hotel’s main entrance opened.

Then, the players saw a person walk out, dressed in a classical long robe, wearing an old-fashioned hat, with exquisite clothing that made him look somewhat like an ancient high-ranking official.

However, this person’s movements were exceptionally stiff.

Someone beside Si Yan whispered softly.

Some of the newcomers, pulled in to make up the numbers this time, hadn’t yet realized that this person was a zombie.

After all, from his appearance, apart from a slightly pale complexion and stiff limbs, there was no other difference.

【Ding-dong! Game start!】

At this moment, the voice of Horror Space came through!

【Number of players this round: 28】

【instance Mission: Enter the Zombie Hotel, become a temporary worker (bellhop) in the hotel, survive ten days, and the mission will be completed.】

【Mission Reward: 4000 ghost coins】

【Hint: Unless sent out for procurement, try not to leave the hotel midway, otherwise it will lead to unpredictable changes.】

The game had begun!

Along with the prompt from Zombie World, some newcomers, who were pulled in for the first time, finally realized, with the reminder, that the person opposite them might be a zombie.

Some people instinctively tensed up, but no one screamed or anything similar.

Soon, the person in ancient attire arrived in front of the numerous players.

Upon closer inspection, the new players noticed the differences between this person and a normal human.

His face was too pale!

Not only pale, but his face also seemed to have a layer of white powder, and he even had a bit of light makeup on.

A man, wearing makeup?

This made the person look even more bizarre.

Bizarre as it was, it had to be said that with this layer of makeup, the person looked cleaner and more presentable.

It seemed the Zombie Hotel had quite high demands for its service staff.

After all, this hotel did not receive ordinary zombies.

Besides his abnormally pale face, his fingernails also looked distinctly different.

They were no longer fingernails; they looked more like sharp claws.

If some zombies’ fingernails fully transformed into claws, steel would be as brittle as tofu before them.

His eyeballs were yellow, and his gaze looked somewhat sharp.

After scrutinizing the twenty-something players with his sharp gaze, the zombie spoke.

“I am the hotel’s Chief Steward; you may call me Chief Steward Xue!”

“From today onwards, you will be under my management. Recently, it has been the peak season for Ruyi Building, with many guests every day. You need to be meticulous. If a guest wants to absorb your Yang energy, do not be nervous; they generally won’t absorb too much.”

This zombie, Chief Steward Xue, spoke in a slightly strange-sounding voice.

“As long as you work hard, the hotel will not treat you unfairly.”

Chief Steward Xue’s opening remarks differed significantly from Old Granny at Blood Moon Hospital.

While speaking, Chief Steward Xue’s tone remained cold; his attitude towards humans was incomparable to Old Granny’s.

The condescension in his demeanor was practically ingrained in his bones.

After all, in Zombie World, the status of humans itself wasn’t particularly high.

“Each of you can choose one or two assistants. These people are clumsy and prone to displeasing guests. I hope you can be smarter!”

Chief Steward Xue continued speaking.

Si Yan listened silently.

After listening for a considerable time, Si Yan had a general understanding of the main points he discussed.

Ruyi Building sending invitation letters to players should primarily be to alleviate the shortage of staff.

Another issue was that Ruyi Building itself also had some human bellhops, who were indigenous humans.

But the indigenous humans were probably too clumsy, incomparable to players from the real world.

Therefore, Ruyi Building issued this batch of invitation letters.

That was roughly the situation.

“Do you all understand?”

Chief Steward Xue asked.

“Yes~”

Some players replied.

After hearing Chief Steward Xue’s words, many new players instinctively let out a sigh of relief, feeling that as long as they performed well, there wouldn’t be much of a problem.

Veteran players, having experienced more instances, were naturally not so optimistic.

“Alright, now for job assignments. The lobby needs 5 people, housekeeping needs 15 people, and a few more for odd jobs.”

Chief Steward Xue said.

“Chief Steward Xue, I choose odd jobs~”

As soon as he finished speaking, a player raised his hand and said.

“I’ll do odd jobs too~”

Another player said.

Si Yan saw that these two players were likely veteran players.

Odd jobs.

The danger level was indeed lower, as they all operated in public areas.

Whereas in housekeeping, they might have to directly face some zombie guests.

From these players’ perspective, that was somewhat dangerous.

“You few, go do odd jobs.”

Chief Steward Xue quickly selected people in the order of raised hands, and soon the numbers were filled.

“Chief Steward Xue, I want to go to the lobby~”

A new player raised his hand and said.

This guy realized that housekeeping was the most dangerous.

Immediately, a whole bunch of people raised their hands.

Chief Steward Xue scanned them and picked a few more people.

“This zombie is not simple.”

Si Yan thought.

This Chief Steward Xue, every time he selected people, he could do so in the exact order of their raised hands.

Even when several people raised their hands almost simultaneously.

But he could still distinguish who was first and who was second.

This level of observation was not simple.

This Chief Steward Xue was probably not an ordinary zombie.

“The remaining 15 people, report to housekeeping. You all follow me.”

Chief Steward Xue looked at the remaining 15 people and ordered.

Si Yan was also among these 15 people.

After speaking, Chief Steward Xue turned around, ready to lead the twenty-something players away.

“Wait.”

At this moment, a voice sounded.