Chapter 633: They’re Afraid
An Ran smiled at Fatty’s timid expression and said, “This hotel already seems full. Even if you squeeze more people in, you won’t fit many. How many people are left in Hexi?”
“Less than five thousand.”
“See? There are still so many. If you move them all into the Grand Fortune Hotel, what happens to the people already living here?”
It wasn’t that An Ran was being soft-hearted toward the people inside the Grand Fortune Hotel—but right and wrong were separate issues. Aside from those who ordered the bombing of Hexi, many hotel staff lived here—men and women—and even some family members of the leadership. They were, in truth, innocent.
The fat man’s eyes rolled. He quickly said, “That’s easy to solve! Aren’t there a few tall buildings nearby? We can move into those. All we need to do is connect the biogas tank and water purification system under the Grand Fortune Hotel to them.”
The water from the purification system wasn’t drinkable—no matter how advanced the equipment, it still contained countless unseen viruses. But it was fine for flushing toilets, mopping floors, and cleaning.
As for drinking water, that had to be provided by water-type ability users. The Grand Fortune Hotel had quite a few. Once identified, they could be seized and put to use.
Besides, the wood-fired boiler they built in Hexi was still usable. They could just move it here. Even if it took some effort, it didn’t matter.
Anything was better than living under the same ice as the Flesh Flower.
They were afraid!
“It’s up to you—as long as you build it yourselves,” An Ran said with a shrug. She had no intention of getting involved. If they wanted to work, let them.
With her approval, Fatty was overjoyed. He rushed off to find Zhou Zheng and the others and began organizing the evacuation from beneath the Flesh Flower’s shadow.
Hexi was already full of holes. Many villas were either bombed or blocked by the Flesh Flower’s roots. They couldn’t even afford to burn firewood. Lack of wood was one reason—but they were also terrified of disturbing the Flesh Flower and being eaten.
If they hadn’t been hiding under the ice, they would have frozen to death in the brutal cold.
Meanwhile, the fighter planes overhead—without anyone to command them—returned to Kinmen Base. With no orders, there was no reason to stay.
However, the Liu family’s young man and the enraged, club-wielding Strength-Type Ability Users found two combat aircraft on the rooftop—left there for emergency evacuation. They were likely prepared for Yang Ziyi to escape. But Chen Chaofa was the one Yang Ziyi was tasked with retrieving—until he surfaced, Yang Ziyi wouldn’t leave.
So the aircraft temporarily fell into An Ran and Zhan Lian’s hands.
By evening, almost all the Hexi survivors had been brought through the tunnel. Most remained inside the ice tunnel, waiting for housing. Those who could help were eager to help—at this point, as long as they didn’t get eaten by the Flesh Flower, anything was acceptable.
Zhang Boxun stayed with Fatty to assist. He teamed up with several metal-type ability users to build wood-fired power boilers. Firewood could be chopped fresh from the Grand Fortune Hotel’s forest.
Wherever An Ran was, there was a forest.