I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 314: The mountain covering Dahai City? A grave?
Behind the cashier, Lin Yuan was looking at a piece of paper in worry, "Xiao Liu, is this the result of your all-night painting? It's too abstract. There are many old houses like this all over the country, and they are all remote and hard to find. Are you sure you didn't draw it wrong?"

There is a sketch on the paper.

It can be roughly seen that the surrounding environment is a strange-shaped forest, or a forest, the kind that even the sunlight can hardly penetrate.

In the middle of this forest, there is a winding path.

At the end of the path is an old house. The lines of the house are painted very simply. It was only because Lin Yuan had good eyesight that he would not have recognized that this was an old house.

Liu Qingqing blushed and lowered her head, saying, "I'm sorry, Brother Yuan, I can only draw to this extent."

As a science and engineering student, she really has no affinity with artistic pursuits such as painting.

She had tried her best to recreate the scene in her mind, and if she was really forced, she couldn't do better.

"Okay, I'll try to get someone to look for it."

Given the current development of the Peace Hotel, there is not much benefit in following a map, and the same goes for advertising on buses.

He had advertised on buses before, but the results were not as good as posting small ads on the billboard outside his house.

In this case, we can only rely on official power.

It just so happened that he knew some police officer friends, so perhaps he could start from this aspect. Using official power to find a place would definitely be much more convenient than using it for ordinary people.

Just as he was thinking about it, Yang Jian walked in from the door, but his face looked a little unhappy.

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Xiao Yang, you came so early. Have you had breakfast? Eat something?"

Hearing this, Yang Jian's face changed and he quickly said, "No need, I've already eaten."

He didn't bring any ghosts with him this time. If he really wanted to eat here, he would have to sacrifice himself. "Brother Yuan, didn't you say last time... that Lao Yang asked me to come here to find him? I came here once yesterday and sent the weasel here, but he wasn't here at the time."

"You're talking about this, don't worry, I'll make a phone call for you."

Lin Yuan naturally remembered this incident, but when he picked up the phone, he remembered that he didn't seem to have the phone numbers of Yang Xiao and Zhang Xianguang.

But the words had already been spoken, and he didn't want to embarrass himself in front of a younger brother like Yang Jian.

Fortunately, he has a golden finger.

He just touched under the cash register and an old telephone book appeared in his hand. He exchanged it from Gold Finger for a piece of bacon.

The phone book is about the size of a palm, just right to hold in the hand, and it records all the phone numbers that Lin Yuan currently has recorded.

Each page records three phone numbers.

There is the phone number of the food supplier Ghost Peddler, the phone numbers of the original four cooks, and the phone numbers of the Ghost Bus and the Ghost Bus Company.

This is the third page, and there is only one phone number on the third page, and the rest is blank.

"Old Jin, exchange Yang Xiao's phone number for me. You can deduct the money from me!"

Lin Yuan said:

Although I am not a rich man now, what's a big deal about a few pieces of bacon?

But when he found out that Gold Finger had deducted twenty pieces of bacon from him, his face changed slightly, and he angrily said in his heart: "Old Jin, you are going too far. Is it possible to cheat an old customer like this?"

"Golden Finger": "Yang Xiao's situation is a bit complicated. He is not suitable to answer the phone right now. This is a phone number that can definitely be dialed. Naturally, it is more expensive."

Lin Yuan was startled and thought:

It seems that Yang Jian's father is having a hard time in that damn post office. Even making phone calls is restricted.

and many more!

There shouldn't be anything weird here, right?

It's no wonder Lin Yuan thought so. Yang Xiao's condition was really too strange. Besides what Lin Yuan just found out, even his communications were restricted.

Every time Yang Xiao came to the store, he was basically with Zhang Xianguang and had never come to the store alone.

And the chain around his neck is also very strange. It is obviously a prop used to restrict people's freedom in life, not just relying on unfair terms and contracts.

This situation is a bit like an anti-fraud movie that Lin Yuan watched before traveling through time!

"No wonder the price Gold Finger gave for saving them kept changing. They came to ask twice, and the price was different each time, but both were very expensive, and each time was more expensive than the last. It seems that the ghost post office is really weird. No wonder it costs so much. There must be something fishy about this post office, and it's dangerous!"

When he thought of the possible danger inside, Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Because he once thought about going to the ghost post office in person to try out the post office's business. If it really went as he thought, if he really went there, he probably wouldn't be able to come back!
so close!

"Brother Yuan, is there any problem?" Yang Jian had a puzzled look on his face, watching Lin Yuan's expression changing, sometimes relieved and sometimes scared.

I haven’t heard that the “store manager” is energetic…

Oh yes, the “store manager” has schizophrenia, that’s understandable.

He is obviously an extremely terrifying and powerful being, but he suffers from this disease. How pitiful!
Yang Jian's eyes turned to pity, but he soon felt something was wrong and even wanted to slap himself, "Do I still have the right to pity him?"

"It's okay, I'll call right away."

Lin Yuan shook his head and looked at the phone book in his hand.

After he confirmed the deal with Goldfinger, he couldn't see the reduction in the bacon hanging above the utility room, but he saw the changes in the phone book.

Below the bus company's phone number, a line of small words appeared out of thin air, as if they had always been there:
Yang Xiao’s contact number: 0000957.

After getting the phone number, Lin Yuan didn't waste any time and called it directly, but no one answered the call the first time, which was a bit surprising.

Since traveling through time, Lin Yuan has made many phone calls, and this situation has never happened before.

"Brother Yuan, can't you contact someone? If that's the case, I can come again next time." Yang Jian said.

Lin Yuan was surprised and asked, "Are you in a hurry?"

"There are some work arrangements at the headquarters, but there is no rush. You can go or not. It is not Dachang City's business. It is up to us to choose."

Having said that, he looked in the direction of the kitchen.

There were no customers at that time, and Tong Qian was also quite free. Only Fang Shiming was running up and down carrying the pants of the ghost security guard on his back.

Tong Qian was standing at the door of the kitchen, looking at Yang Jian with a worried look on her face.

"I'll try again. If I can't get in touch with you, go get your own as soon as possible."

After hearing that it was the headquarters' work, Lin Yuan no longer had any thoughts of investigating, for fear of being misunderstood as a spy, which would be troublesome.

Just a little worried.

If the headquarters is too busy, then no police officers may come to the store in the next two days, and the matter of helping Liu Qingqing find a place will have to be postponed.

As for Yang Jian?

In Lin Yuan's eyes, he was still a little kid. Only because he was forced to be involved in the "monster" incident, he was absorbed into the headquarters and became a police officer in Dachang City.

But in fact, Yang Jian is just a teenager who has not graduated from high school.

No matter how cold his face was, or how mature he looked, he could not change the image of him in Lin Yuan's mind in a short period of time.

What's more, Yang Jian didn't come over often to show his presence, so Lin Yuan's perception of him remained the same as before.

At the Dajing City headquarters, Cao Yanhua, Zhao Jianguo, Shen Liang, Wang Xiaoming who was carrying a coffin lid, as well as Li Jun, Wei Jing, A Hong, Zhong Shan and other Dajing City captains and persons in charge gathered together, all with solemn expressions.

"Ye Zhen from Dahai City has been missing for a while. Without Ye Zhen, the supernatural forum is simply unable to suppress a city. Now an S-level supernatural incident has occurred. It's ridiculous!"

Cao Yanhua took the lead and set the tone for the theme of today's meeting.

On the big screen behind him was the satellite broadcast of the entire Dahai City, but at this time Dahai City was no longer visible. Instead, there was a huge mountain that covered the entire Dahai City.

It was as if overnight, some powerful being suddenly moved a mountain and buried the entire Dahai City.

Not only was the satellite footage unable to capture Dahai City, all signals were also cut off.

Dahai City is not like some small inland cities. It is an economic pearl in the country and one of the top cities in the world.

The population and economy are both top-notch.

It has attracted attention from all over the world. In recent days, the tragic situation of the island country has been frequently reported on world channels. Everyone's attention is on the island country, and some people even opened bets on when the island country will be destroyed.

Unexpectedly.

The "store manager" had just taken a trip to the island country, and as a result, such a big situation occurred in Dahai City in the country. However, the headquarters in Dahai City was like a blind man and had no idea what was going on.

"It definitely takes time for a supernatural event to develop to this extent. In other words, this S-level supernatural event was originally just a small supernatural event. It was the improper handling of the ghost hunters in Dahai City that caused the event to expand infinitely and eventually became a matter that enveloped the entire Dahai City. I suggest that the Supernatural Forum be held responsible."

"Now is not the time to pursue responsibility. What is most important is how to deal with this supernatural incident."

"Let's call the captains together. For this kind of S-level supernatural incident, the more captains we can call together, the higher the possibility of handling it and the lower the cost." The senior executives in the conference room started arguing, but what they said was basically nonsense.

The continuous outbreak of supernatural events has made Cao Yanhua increasingly aware of the current situation. If it were not for the system, he really would not want to call together these senior executives who have never been on the front line of supernatural events to discuss countermeasures.

They may have good intentions and have always cared about the land on their feet, but many times they still use the old perspectives and lack understanding of supernatural events.

Fortunately, although he is only the deputy minister now, he already has absolute authority.

It is the rule to call these people over, but whether to listen to their suggestions is up to him, Deputy Minister Cao Yanhua.

"We have already gathered a group of people. Captains Li Leping from Dachuan City, Liu San from DQ City, Shen Lin from Daxia City, etc. are all rushing to Dahai City one after another, trying to deal with this supernatural incident in the shortest possible time. In addition, there is Yang Jian from Dachang City, who is also interested."

Today's meeting is destined not to produce any real results. In the end, it all depends on how Li Leping and his team handle the situation.

However, Cao Yanhua is optimistic about the final result.

After all, these captains are all very strong, and they are among the best in the world. If they fail even if they join forces, then they can only go to the West to ask for help from the Buddha... No, it should be:
The only option is to go to the Peace Hotel and ask the “store manager” to come.

"Sometimes I think it's a good thing to have a store manager to back me up. At least it won't make the world too hopeless."

After the conference, a number of senior executives left one after another, leaving only a few core members in the conference room.

Facing these comrades who fought together with him, Cao Yanhua expressed his most genuine feelings.

"You shouldn't have such thoughts. The fate of mankind shouldn't be pinned on a being that seems to be inhuman. Otherwise, if we rely too much on it, can we really retain our identity? Will we become a vassal of the Peace Hotel, or even a puppet?"

Wang Xiaoming refuted Cao Yanhua's remarks while wiping the sweat that seemed to never stop flowing from his forehead.

He had been carrying the coffin lid on his back for quite a few days. Even when he was lying on the bed, the pressure of the coffin lid was always on him, and he was sweating all the time.

But it was obvious that something unknown had happened to his body.

If a normal person was pressed like this, not only would his spine be broken, but he would also develop many symptoms. And with so much sweat flowing, he would probably have been drained dry long ago.

But apart from these symptoms, Wang Xiaoming's physiological characteristics are all normal, and do not even affect his experiments in the laboratory.

This is outrageous.

This appearance is somewhat similar to that of the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, there were too many corrupt officials. According to the laws set by Zhu Yuanzhang, a large number of corrupt officials were investigated and removed from office, resulting in a serious shortage of staff for basic office work.

In order to ensure the operation of the Ming Dynasty's management system.

Zhu Yuanzhang required all those officials who had been found guilty of corruption but not yet convicted to work in shackles and shackles, and then return to prison to await judgment after a day's work.

Wang Xiaoming's situation is quite similar.

However, Zhao Jianguo reminded him, "Professor Wang, you are too hostile to the Peace Hotel now. Maybe you need to rest for a while and adjust your mentality."

"No, carrying this coffin lid has not affected my judgment, nor has it made me feel impulsive hostility towards the Peace Hotel or the manager. On the contrary, it has made me see the manager's position more clearly. The manager's goal is to develop the Peace Hotel. Although we can't see anything now, there will definitely be a day when the Peace Hotel will become a reality. If it conflicts with the existing order at that time, how will you deal with it?"

Wang Xiaoming was in a very embarrassed state, but his eyes and gaze were always very sharp, which made Zhao Jianguo, Shen Liang and others unconsciously look away and dared not to look at him.

"If you don't think ahead, you'll have immediate worries. I don't want the world to have to rely on the mercy of an unknown being to survive one day in the future. It doesn't matter whether you think I was punished by Him, or you have resentment or other thoughts. I'm just expressing my thoughts. You still need to make your own judgment on what to do specifically."

As he spoke, Wang Xiaoming slowly stood up, and left the meeting room hunched over under the pressure of the coffin lid. He still had many experiments to complete.

After his figure completely disappeared, Cao Yanhua, who had not expressed his opinion, suddenly said, "Professor Wang's idea is a bit extreme, but it is not without reason."

Li Jun shook his head and said, "Minister, I don't think we need to worry too much. According to previous thinking, the Peace Hotel is just a stage set up by that person. If that's the case, then will the manager's behavior and goals just exist as a background setting?"

"Li Jun is right, this is indeed a possibility. But the most important thing is that if we encounter any horrific supernatural incidents that we cannot handle, the store manager can help us deal with them. This is our greatest reliance. We can't just not use this trump card at all because of our fear of the future, right? Could it be that the current store manager has already shown his malice towards the world?" Wei Jing, who has always been taciturn, also expressed his attitude.

What they said is not wrong and makes sense.

"Just like the ultimate weapon, its existence is a deterrent and also a foundation. We can't just completely not use it or even destroy it just because it will make the land barren and uninhabitable for decades after use? What's the difference between that and cutting off one's own hands and feet?" Cao Yang also spoke. His attitude was the same as Li Jun and Wei Jing.

These three are also captains trusted by the headquarters. They have made indelible contributions to the current stability of Dajing City and Dajin City.

Plus their backgrounds also give their words considerable credibility.

What's more, what they said makes sense, doesn't it?

Cao Yanhua's serious face also showed a smile, "You are right, it seems that Professor Wang's state of mind has been affected. Well, you all should go and do your own things first, but keep the communication open. If Li Leping and others can't handle the supernatural events in Dahai City, you may need to take action. Peace Hotel and the manager can be used as trump cards, but just like the ultimate weapon, they cannot be used lightly."

"Yes, understand."

The meeting finally came to a conclusion, and Cao Yanhua felt a little relieved. "Cao Yang and the others are right. The store manager is one of our greatest sources of confidence in this desperate era. But, I always feel like something is wrong. Is it my illusion?"

Li Jun, Wei Jing, and Cao Yang, their analyses were all very objective, but they all spoke well of the Peace Hotel and its "manager."

Cao Yanhua didn't notice this at all, or rather, he inadvertently ignored it.

The same was true for Zhao Jianguo, Shen Liang, and others. They all subconsciously ignored this point and seemed to have forgotten a conclusion they had reached before:
The ghosts in the Peace Hotel have a corrosive effect on consciousness.

During the day, the erosion effect is not very obvious and can be almost ignored, but as long as you stay overnight at the Peace Hotel, the erosion effect will increase exponentially.

Specifically in:
I have a much better impression of the Peace Hotel and its "manager"!

But it is also possible that he has actually noticed it, but...what's the use?
The entire headquarters is currently dealing with supernatural events. Cases like Dahai City being buried by a mountain are extremely rare and exceptional.

The number of S-level supernatural events has increased around the world, but it has not reached the level of one per day.

Even A-level supernatural events are relatively rare, and most of them are B-level and C-level supernatural events, which involve a great deal of energy from the headquarters.

In addition, the Peace Hotel was identified by the headquarters as a supernatural event that was above all other supernatural events:

Unknown level!

Under the current circumstances, Li Jun, Wei Jing and Cao Yang left the meeting room and prepared to go to the Peace Hotel.

The "store manager" was not in the store these two days, and they hardly went to the e-sports room.

of course.

Not having enough money is also an important reason. In the past two days, several people have been working hard to deal with supernatural events and imprison evil spirits.

The imprisoned evil spirits are also in their own hands.

This was tacitly approved by Cao Yanhua, because the headquarters was unable to provide them with sufficient resources for them to spend money at the Peace Hotel.

The headquarters not only doesn’t provide funds for activities, but also cheats them out of their self-raised money. Isn’t that too much?
In fact, Zhang Lei and Ah Hong were also traveling with us.

Zhang Lei’s strength is also very terrifying now. The balance between the ghost cannibal and the ghost furnace fire, as long as this balance is not broken, his strength will be firmly comparable to the captain level.

As for Ah Hong, she now plays more of a supporting role and only has the strength of a reserve captain.

There is nothing that can be done about it. It's because her pre-swing is too long, and she's not an alien, she's just a fragile mage.

Several people also discussed that it was time to go to the Peace Hotel.

"But did you notice that there is really a mountain covering Dahai City? The more I look at it, the more I feel something is wrong. It feels like a tomb."

Before going to the Peace Hotel, Cao Yang expressed his doubts.

Li Jun thought about it and said, "I have the same feeling, but it must be an illusion. How can a tomb be so big and cover an entire city?"

"That's right, it seems I was overthinking it. Let's go, we've just saved up some ghosts for a day or two, so we can spend some."

After discussing it, they went to the Peace Hotel together.

At the same time, in the oil painting world of the ghost post office, there is another ghost post office, which belongs to these supernatural characters.

As usual, everyone is killing time in their own way, the most common being:

Fight to the death!

The basis of their existence is the longing of their loved ones in reality.

As long as there is one person who remembers them, they will not die. Even if they are killed in a life-and-death battle, they will be resurrected unharmed.

Immortality!

Immortal!

Although it is conditional, for this group of beings, it has become a terrifying existence like eternal hell.

For this reason, death fight becomes the best choice for this group of people to vent their emotions and ensure that they do not go crazy after staying together for a long enough time.

Of course, there are some special exceptions.

Yang Xiao is one of them.

(End of this chapter)