Skill extraction from Dragon Clan

Chapter 560: Fallen King Feitom
"A thousand dollars for a night's stay? Why don't you just rob it?!"

In the lobby of an ordinary hotel, Zheng Shu couldn't help but slam his hands on the counter after hearing the quote from the hotel customer service staff.

It was already the sixth hour after the end of the Great Collapse. Zheng Shu really couldn't think of what he wanted to do, or perhaps because there wasn't much to do, he had no idea for a while.

So he decided to find a place to settle down first. However, after all, they had experienced such earth-shaking changes, so Zheng Shu searched the entire New York, and finally found only this one hotel that was still open.

As for seeking help from the government, don't even think about it. This is the United States, a country where when a natural disaster such as a flood or earthquake occurs, the government will send troops with guns to suppress it instead of providing disaster relief.

What's more, the losses caused by the great collapse we just experienced were indeed not small, and the basic political system of New York City as a whole is probably not yet recovered.

Before humans and the other world sign a contract, New York City will not receive any assistance from the US government.

That means that in the remaining two days, Zheng Shu can only find a place to live by himself.

The hotel staff behind the counter seemed accustomed to Zheng Shu's reaction and remained polite, but the words they said were shocking:
"You must be joking, guest. Robbery is not as profitable as this. Although our hotel is expensive, it is definitely worth the money. New York City has just undergone a huge change. Although it has stabilized temporarily, no one knows what the future will be like. The force our hotel possesses can ensure your safety."

As the customer service staff spoke, he glanced at the security guards nearby.

These security personnel were also very cooperative, stepping forward to show the guns in their hands.

Not to mention, these dozens of majestic security guards in uniform are quite eye-catching.

Of course, what is striking is that more than half of these security personnel are creatures from another world.

Each creature from another world has been carefully selected and looks extremely tall. Even Zheng Shu, who is two meters tall, looks a little "petite" in front of these creatures.

Coupled with heavy weapons that a normal human being could never lift with one hand, it looks quite imposing just by looking at it.

The "introduction" by the customer service and security personnel was quite useful. After seeing this scene, several customers who came in just after Zheng Shu forgot their previous dissatisfaction and excitedly took out their credit cards to swipe their payments.

"So you don't hide your intention to rob the money at all?"

The corner of his eye twitched unconsciously, and Zheng Shu looked at the alien creature among the security personnel with a strange expression.

The security uniforms on these guys seemed to be quite ill-fitting, and must have been urgently modified.

If he remembered correctly, it should have been less than thirty hours since the Great Collapse began?
Although the future Hersharemz Lot looks like this, but being able to hook up with creatures from another world in such a short time, and apparently having in-depth cooperation, the owner of this hotel is a bit too capable, isn't he?!

Moreover, all the relevant matters have been arranged in such a short time. Is this the adaptability of New York City businessmen?

Zheng Shu was thinking about all these messy things in his mind and tried to struggle:
"Look, we have just gone through an unimaginable upheaval. Are we going to raise the price at this time? Isn't that a bit too much of a pretext for taking advantage of the situation?"

The customer service staff still looked calm and composed: "Look at what you are saying, customer. We have just experienced a huge change and we are going to start a business. Isn't the purpose to make more money?"

What you said makes a lot of sense, I'm speechless...

Zheng Shu choked up when faced with such an honest answer from the customer service staff.

It seemed that he had stayed here for too long. The security guard next to him had a rather unfriendly expression on his face and his hand had even reached for the trigger of his weapon.

However, Zheng Shu did not react to their malicious intent. He was well aware that everyone was extremely nervous in this situation, and based on his moral concepts, he would not kill these people just because of such a small matter.

So after noticing these people's gazes, Zheng Shu just sighed helplessly and left the hotel in shame.

Coming to the street, looking at the group of confused people around him, Zheng Shu glanced at the sun above his head and instead had a temporary goal.

"I haven't used money for so long that I almost forgot that in the world of ordinary people, the most important thing is to have money."

Scratching his hair, a certain strong man who was powerful enough to destroy a planet was now in distress: "Although we need to make money, there shouldn't be any stores that want to hire new people in this situation, right?"

With Zheng Shu's current level of alchemy, he can indeed turn stones into gold, but there are still some rules of this world that he doesn't quite understand. It will take some time for him to fully adjust his alchemy.

The problem is that the reason Zheng Shu wanted to find a hotel was to find a place to stay for a while, which actually created a paradox.

After thinking about it, Zheng Shu headed towards the city center of New York City.

Although most of New York City has returned to normal, the fog becomes thicker as you get closer to the city center, and space and gravity become more chaotic.

By crossing the endless abyss in the center of New York City, you can reach another world.

Compared with the human world, the order in the other world is more chaotic, and the strong are more respected.

Since his own morals make him somewhat restricted among humans, Zheng Shu plans to go to the other world to see if he can find a place to stay.

See if there are any ignorant minions planning to rob him or something like that, and then he can find a place to live.

...Zheng Shu had indeed been planning to do so, but the figure that suddenly appeared in front of him made him change his mind.

The originally steady pace stopped, Zheng Shu stood where he was, quietly looking at the street in the distance.

The place where he was was quite close to the center of New York City. The space had begun to become somewhat disordered and the population had become unusually sparse.

There are twisted roads everywhere that seem to be suspended upside down in the air. On them are various machines that run smoothly in defiance of the laws of physics. There are even many strange-looking giant creatures running back and forth, as if they are transporting something.

Zheng Shu even saw a huge Gothic spire-style building floating in the void, and on the foundation of the building there were a large number of things like crystal clusters fixed vertically in space.

Similarly, the fog here is becoming thicker and thicker.

In the pitch-black fog, a figure wearing a black top hat suddenly appeared.

The other person was sitting on a bench by the roadside, leaning on a cane.

The upper half of the man's face was covered by a metal mask. When he looked up at Zheng Shu who had stopped, a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The moment he saw the other person, Zheng Shu immediately understood the identity of the person in front of him - one of the Thirteen Kings: the Fallen King Feimto!
The being known as the "Fallen King" is good at causing trouble on a whim, but he possesses the power to directly destroy the entire human civilization.

Everything about him is a mystery. No one knows how many years this genius has lived. In the original book, he calls himself a mysterious ruler of the city of Hersharemz Lot.

After noticing Zheng Shu's gaze, Feimto jumped up from his chair as if he were a good friend who had not seen each other for many years, and walked quickly to Zheng Shu.

Although he was wearing a suit, his movements were quite active, and the white suit looked like a white coat on him.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Zheng Shu, a powerful man who suddenly appeared."

When he came in front of Zheng Shu, Feimto gracefully took off his hat and saluted.

"Hello." Zheng Shu also nodded in a friendly manner, looking at the other party with some confusion, "Feimuto, right? I wonder what you are waiting for me here for."

"It's actually no big deal. I was bored, so when I heard that someone was able to defeat the muscle idiot Tyranny King, I couldn't help but be curious and decided to come and see you."

Having said that, Fimto's smiling face fell again, and he slumped down on the chair beside him without caring about his image at all.

"But! The project here still needs someone to watch over it, so I can't leave for the time being. Do you understand how upset I am?! Luckily you came here on your own initiative, so I quickly ran over to see you..."

Feimto made exaggerated movements while speaking. He spoke accurately and steadily, but also very quickly, making people feel as if they couldn't get a word in.

Listening to his complaints and endless chatter, Zheng Shu could only smile politely in embarrassment.

"Ah...uh..."

Because of the difference in strength, Zheng Shu rarely meets people who come up to him and talk to him for no reason.

Most importantly, he did not sense any hostility from Femto, only endless curiosity.

In fact, apart from Fimto, the Tyrannical King gave Zheng Shu a similar feeling at the beginning. He did not have any hostility. He just came to find him out of boredom or curiosity after sensing Zheng Shu's breath.

But this is normal. After all, the Thirteen Kings are also known as the Thirteen Idle Kings, and each of them has nothing to do but stay in their own territories.

It's not just them, all the high-ranking beings are the same. They are so idle that they don't know what to do. After finally meeting a strange guy like Zheng Shu, they will definitely come over to show their faces one after another.

For Zheng Shu, this is also a rather novel and nostalgic feeling in a sense, because in other worlds, it is difficult for him to find people with the same level of strength as him to communicate with.

To be honest, the last time I had this kind of communication was probably when I was a volunteer in the welfare home before my first enhancement in the Dragon World.

After thinking about it, Zheng Shu quickly moved to the other side of the bench where Feimto was sitting, and looked up at the group of strange monsters in the air that were constantly transporting various supplies on the street, like oversized fleas.

"I made those things temporarily to transport various construction materials. The pile of miscellaneous machinery next to them was made by my friends, and they have the same function."

Seeing that Zheng Shu was interested in these things, Feitom immediately came up and introduced them in a very familiar manner.

"Building materials? Are you planning to rebuild New York City?" Zheng Shu was a little curious.

"Oh... yeah, you're not from the human world so you don't know. The human world and our side actually knew about the fusion of the two worlds a long time ago and had already signed a rough treaty.

Based on the complexity and importance of this city, those guys asked us thirteen kings to pick one person to be the master of this city to manage it. "

"Oh? So you were chosen?"

"That's not the case. Most of the other people have their own territories. There are only a few people without territories. I'm the only one who is bored and willing to take the time to see this city, so I'm the only one who came."

Fimto laughed triumphantly:

"Look! My choice was indeed a wise one. I met such an amazing guy like you before this city is even fully built."

"From what you said, it seems that everyone already knows of my existence?" Zheng Shu raised his eyebrows.

“Not many, except for the thirteen of us, there are only the older guys left.

The human world probably hasn't noticed it yet, but that's normal, after all, you appeared too suddenly. If there wasn't a higher being who was bored and counted the creatures in the two worlds every day, they wouldn't have noticed your existence."

"Count the creatures in both worlds...Are all these higher beings so boring?!"

Even though he had already anticipated these guys' personalities, Zheng Shu still couldn't help but feel a toothache when he heard Feimto's words.

Femto laughed uninhibitedly: "After all, I have lived too long. I have only lived for one or two thousand years and I have become like this. Some of those old guys have lived longer than the existence of this planet. It is normal for them to be a little abnormal."

"Oh no... this is a bit too perverted." Zheng Shu complained silently.

While talking with Feimto, Zheng Shu was also observing the situation here.

What Feimto said about there being no way to leave here in a short time was true, because even when he was talking to him, the Fallen King next to him was constantly controlling the building materials with his mind, arranging complex buildings in the deepest part of the Endless Abyss.

From Zheng Shu's point of view, this should be the barrier used by the other world to stabilize the world.

(End of this chapter)