Chapter 670: One Year Has Passed
An Ran left Yun Tao and Chen Chaofa inside the Grand Fortune Hotel.
Now, no one dared enter that building. Even passing by the entrance, everyone walked with extreme caution and did not even dare glance inside.
Because the entire Grand Fortune Hotel looked as though it had sunk into a primeval forest. The exterior walls looked normal, but inside, every surface was filled with thick fleshy vines and tree tendrils squirming.
So even though the Grand Fortune Hotel still had electricity, heating, and an automatic water purification system, it was obviously no longer suitable for human habitation.
Everyone feared it and was curious at the same time. They feared the Flesh Flower inside. They were curious about the two Yun Taos. Which one was real?
To be honest, it really could not be seen. Chen Chaofa’s mimicking ability was extremely strong. His actions, mannerisms, and even facial expressions imitated the real Yun Tao perfectly. Even An Ran, who had spent the most time with Yun Tao, could not see any flaw in how the two behaved.
Their words were skillfully chosen as well.
One Yun Tao said, “An Ran, I used to work as a security guard. When you and I teamed up, that was after the apocalypse.”
The other Yun Tao said, “Before I worked security, I served a few years in the army. When the apocalypse came, you and I teamed up. My wife and child died when the apocalypse first started.”
Yun Tao was a deeply reserved person. He never spoke much, and by his character, he would never recount his past detail by detail.
So An Ran herself did not know much about his past. As long as Chen Chaofa understood a general timeline, he could infer Yun Tao’s experiences before the apocalypse and his experiences after the apocalypse.
What happened after the apocalypse, especially time spent with An Ran, was not a secret anymore. Even Fatty knew. An Ran herself had casually spoken of some things before, such as Sister Yuan’s death and Sister Yuan’s crystal core.
Hengheng had a treasure, a crystal core. Chen Chaofa only needed to analyze a little to know that the crystal core had been given to Hengheng by An Ran.
As for before the apocalypse, Yun Tao never said much. So everyone knew very little. Anything Chen Chaofa fabricated only needed to sound logical. No one could tell which Yun Tao’s story was real and which was made up.
So the two Yun Taos were kept inside the Grand Fortune Hotel like that, day after day. They could walk freely inside but could not leave.
When they crossed paths, they even fought. You say I am imitating you. I say you are imitating me. Their fights were skilled too, like trained fighters. But this was also logical. Chen Chaofa came from a military-political family. No one would believe he had no skills.
And both had suffered the same penetrating wound. If not for Liu Shasha’s ability, they would have died. Now was still the period of blood recovery. You beat me or I beat you, your strength is a little higher today or mine is a little higher tomorrow, all of it could be explained.
The wind and snow outside finally stopped. When the snow rose high enough to bury the sixth floor of the Grand Fortune Hotel, Doll had already turned one year old. This day last year had been Doll’s birthday, and also the day the apocalypse began.
Everyone discussed whether to celebrate or to cry.
Either way, one year had passed. During this year, everyone who survived the apocalypse had endured suffering that ordinary people could never imagine. To be alive, and to have lived a whole year, was something worth celebrating.