Chapter 140: Jinda Hotel

“I believe you, but if you ever again do such things without my permission, I will be very angry! This place is about to explode! I am asking you, can we leave now!?” Lü Yang was furious.

“I won’t do it again…” Liu Hui glanced at Lü Yang once more and replied to him quietly, then retreated back to her seat.

“Hold on tight! We are breaking out!” After shouting at Lü Yang, Liu Hui reversed the car some distance, then stepped hard on the accelerator and drove the car to crash into the iron gate.

Over twenty Dark Predators, frozen by the headlights near the gate, were sent flying into the air by the Red BMW rushing out at high speed, then smashed heavily onto the ground. After the BMW rushed onto the street, it paused slightly, reversed to adjust its direction, then Liu Hui stepped hard on the accelerator again, making the car pick up speed once more.

Some of the Dark Predators who were hit and fell onto the ground did not get up again, but a few struggled to rise from the ground and staggered after the Red BMW. However, in just an instant, the Red BMW had already driven around the street corner and vanished from their sight.

The Red BMW tried its best to weave through the gaps between the Dark Predators, but along the way, dull thumping sounds continued without end, and from time to time, Dark Predators were knocked aside or brushed off by the car. However, such scattered Dark Predators could not stop the Red BMW’s reckless rush; they only slowed it down slightly. Soon, guided by Lü Yang, Liu Hui drove the Red BMW out of Donkey Tail Town and onto the road leading away from the town.

The number of Dark Predators on the road was clearly much fewer than inside Donkey Tail Town.

“Don’t flip into the mountain ditch this time!” Lü Yang warned Liu Hui, as he really did not have much confidence in her driving skills.

“I won’t. There aren’t any other cars on the road tonight…” Liu Hui smiled somewhat apologetically at Lü Yang, then stepped hard on the accelerator again, driving through the gap between two Dark Predators in the middle of the road.

The two Dark Predators were knocked aside and sent flying to opposite sides of the road. By the time they got up, the Red BMW had already vanished into the darkness in the distance.

This time, Liu Hui really did not make any more mistakes. Eight minutes later, behind the Red BMW, from the direction of Donkey Tail Town, a violent explosion occurred. A dazzling white light flashed, and a small mushroom cloud appeared above Donkey Tail Town.

“Received a reward of 7 Eerie Points and 1 Eerie Stone…”

“…”

Lü Yang suddenly woke up, like a drowning person breaking through the surface of the water.

He found himself sitting by a bed, fully dressed.

After fumbling around in the dark, Lü Yang turned on the bedside lamp. On the table beside the bed, there was a Jinda Hotel desk calendar and Lü Yang’s mobile phone.

Checking the time, it was about 6:10 in the morning, which matched the time he left the Mysterious Domain earlier.

Some Mysterious Domains had time synchronized with the real world, such as the first Mysterious Domain in Qingyuan Residential Area. Some Mysterious Domains had time not synchronized with reality, like the second one at Xingyue Gas Station.

The Mysterious Domain he just experienced was clearly synchronized with real world time.

This also meant that Lü Yang had lost over ten hours of memory in the real world, from the start of the Mysterious Domain until now.

Lü Yang quickly confirmed this.

Another person was sleeping in the other bed in the room. When Lü Yang turned on the light, that person was also woken up.

It was Liu Yin, the Director of the Nineteenth Bureau of the National Security Ministry.

“You are awake?”

Liu Yin tried hard to open his eyes, then closed them again. His dark circles showed that he had been very tired these past few days.

“Yes.”

Lü Yang did not know why he was sleeping here or why he was sharing a room with Liu Yin, because he had no memory of this period in the real world. But he did not want to know either.

“What time is it?” Liu Yin asked Lü Yang again.

“Six ten.” After replying, Lü Yang got up and went to the bathroom. He turned on the faucet, splashed cold water on his face, then started brushing his teeth.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Lü Yang always felt a sense of unreality. Ever since the Eerie Computer appeared, this feeling had been with him, lingering.

Even when awake, it felt like being in a dream.

After washing up, Lü Yang went to sit in the outer living room. It was a suite, with a living room connected to two inner rooms. Lü Yang and Liu Yin occupied one room; based on Lü Yang’s guess, Zhou Ling was probably sleeping in the other room.

Lü Yang sat down on the sofa in the living room, closed his eyes, and opened the Eerie Computer.

Death Killer was not connected, and there was no video about Yi Ya…

Xiao Ya… Xiao Ya…

For a moment, Lü Yang suddenly felt his mind go rather hazy, and the Eerie Computer in his vision became somewhat indistinct.

“I seem to have forgotten something…”

“What exactly have I forgotten?”

“Why can’t I remember?”

“…”

“Lü Yang! You are up?”

A voice suddenly sounded, pulling Lü Yang back to reality from his daze.

It was Liu Hui.

Lü Yang subconsciously checked the time: 6:20…

“Yes.”

Lü Yang nodded wearily at Liu Hui and wiped his face with his hand, trying hard to wake himself up a bit more. It seemed this girl, like Sister Mei and Xia Yan, did not remember what happened in the Mysterious Domain.

She was here; perhaps she was sharing a room with Zhou Ling?

“I heard movement outside and guessed it was you getting up. I was right.” Liu Hui happily sat down on the large sofa where Lü Yang was sitting, but with the space of one person between them.

This Liu Hui was clearly more reserved… It was hard to see why she had forcibly kissed him earlier…

“Why aren’t you going home?” Lü Yang asked Liu Hui.

“I… was worried about you… so I told my family I was here with Sister Zhou Ling… Jinda Hotel belongs to our family, so they didn’t force me to go back…” Liu Hui blushed a little at Lü Yang’s question, but she answered him honestly.

Lü Yang frowned slightly. Regarding the lost memories, who knew how the Mysterious Domain patched things up? If Liu Hui had not come to Jinda Hotel today, would that Mysterious Domain still have happened?

It seemed Parallel Worlds truly existed, but only a few people could remember their experiences in those Parallel Worlds.

Although Lü Yang remembered the experiences in the Mysterious Domain, he could not know what he had done in the real world…

“You two are up really early…” Zhou Ling also came out of the room, covering her mouth as she yawned widely, then walked over and sat down opposite Lü Yang and Liu Hui.

Lü Yang stared straight at Zhou Ling. When Zhou Ling noticed Lü Yang looking at her, she gave him a smile in return.

“Let’s go down for morning tea. Jinda Hotel starts serving morning tea at six o’clock.” Liu Hui suggested to Lü Yang and Zhou Ling. Of course, if Zhou Ling hadn’t come out, she originally intended to invite only Lü Yang down for morning tea.

“Okay. By the way, Lü Yang, is Director Liu up?” Zhou Ling agreed, then asked Lü Yang.

“Not up, I think?” Lü Yang narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling gave Lü Yang another smile.

Liu Hui looked a bit strangely at Lü Yang, then turned her gaze to Zhou Ling.

“I am up.” Liu Yin pushed open the bedroom door and came out, having clearly heard the conversation outside.

“Then Uncle Liu, please join us for morning tea.” Liu Hui also invited Liu Yin.

“Alright.” Liu Yin agreed and walked over. Out of habit, he took a cigar from his pocket, put it in his mouth, but did not light it.

Lü Yang glanced at Liu Yin’s face, then looked back at Zhou Ling. Zhou Ling still wore the same smile as before, not avoiding Lü Yang’s gaze at all.

The four of them left the room and entered the corridor. It was still very early, and the corridor was extremely quiet, with no one else around. Only the staff workroom opposite the elevator had its door open and lights on.

Inside the elevator, there was an attendant on duty. Although she looked very tired, when the four entered, she still put on a smile, greeted them with a “good morning,” and selected the floor for them.

The elevator began to slowly descend, heading to the second-floor restaurant of Jinda Hotel.

No one spoke during the descent. Lü Yang looked expressionlessly at Zhou Ling. Zhou Ling did not seem to mind this and continued to return Lü Yang’s gaze with the same smile as before.

Lü Yang’s head felt dizzy again, and his mind drifted for a moment. When he came to his senses again, he found himself already following Liu Yin and the other two to the restaurant entrance.

This night had been truly exhausting.

…

Although called “morning tea,” it was essentially having breakfast. Because there were always some guests who got up very early to catch flights, etc., the second-floor restaurant of Jinda Hotel began offering this service at six o’clock.

By the time Lü Yang and his group reached the second-floor restaurant, some people had already finished their breakfast and left.

When Lü Yang’s group entered the restaurant, the person hurriedly leaving was Zhang Haoran, a senior manager of a medium-sized state-owned enterprise’s northeastern branch. He had flown from the northeast a few days ago, had several days of meetings in Guishe City, and today needed to catch a 7:00 AM flight back. So he got up before six, ate something in the restaurant, then hurriedly dragged his heavy suitcase downstairs.

After quickly checking out at the front desk on the first floor, Zhang Haoran checked the time. He wanted to catch the 7:00 AM flight; it was already a bit late, but before 7:00 AM, the traffic in Guishe City wouldn’t be very congested. If the car went fast enough, he should still make it.

When Zhang Haoran reached the glass door of the hotel lobby, preparing to go out, a hotel security guard who was looking outside reached out and stopped him.

“What’s wrong?” Zhang Haoran frowned. He was in a hurry, and every minute was precious. This hotel security guard was really tactless to stop him.