Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 406

Chapter 406: Chapter 406 Five-Star Hotel

Chapter 406: Chapter 406 Five-Star Hotel

The weather seems to be getting colder and colder.

The already desolate autumn, set against the backdrop of wind-dried corpses and decaying streets, appeared even more bleak.

A beige minibus was driving down a deserted street, where the once red banners on both sides had turned to a blackish gray, fluttering in the wind.

In contrast to this was the lively interior of the minibus, where Zhang Chuyang’s sporadic golden remarks made Pei Yuan and the others burst into hearty laughter.

“Really, you guys shouldn’t doubt it. There are indeed such bizarre strongholds. When you first enter the city, they ask you questions, and if you answer incorrectly, they won’t let you in,”

Zhang Chuyang said, as Wang Zhu next to him just smiled without a word.

“What kind of questions do they ask?” Lin Xiuyuan asked curiously.

“Speaking of the questions, they are even more bizarre. They actually set a two-minute time limit, asking the people who wish to enter the city, if your wife and your mother were both captured by zombies at the same time, and you could only save one person, who would you choose to rescue?”

After Zhang Chuyang finished speaking, he looked at everyone’s reactions. As expected, after the initial disbelief, everyone fell into deep thought.

Isn’t that an age-old dilemma?

Who came up with such a test?

Are they out of their minds?

“Is there even a correct answer to this question? Choosing either one is wrong, right!”

The driver, Ren Yingjie, couldn’t help but speak out.

“No, no, no, there indeed is a correct answer,”

Zhang Chuyang said mysteriously.

“The correct answer, isn’t it just to remain silent and not choose?”

Lu Hao, who had been silent up until now, asked.

There was silence in the bus for a few seconds.

Zhang Chuyang slapped the seat violently and asked in shock, “Brother Lu, how did you know? No one could answer this question correctly at the time.”

“Just a guess,”

Lu Hao said with a smile.

“Apprentice, tell us the basis for your guess. We are also curious,”

Nie Qing was quite frustrated. He was truly curious.

“I’m also curious about your reasoning,”

Su Jin tilted her head and looked at Lu Hao sitting beside her and asked.

Lu Hao laughed and analyzed for everyone, “First of all, the purpose of setting this question obviously isn’t to get an irrelevant person’s answer. Secondly, there’s the two-minute time limit.”

“What about the time limit?”

Zhang Chuyang couldn’t help interrupting.

“The time limit is the key to this question. It shows that what the question setter wants to test is the respondent’s character. If the answerer tries to quickly pick an answer within two minutes, then they have lost. If they remain silent and think or simply give up, then it shows that the person’s character passes the test,”

Lu Hao explained.

Everyone nodded as if they understood, thinking it made sense, but still feeling that something was off.

“Doesn’t the question setter’s thinking seem a bit too idealistic?”

Pei Yuan pointed out the strangeness.

“Right, very few people answered this question correctly. Upon hearing about the two-minute limit, everyone fought to choose an answer in order to enter the city. It’s just that those who answered correctly were pitifully few, and in the end, the people at the stronghold had to change it so that those who answered correctly didn’t have to pay the stronghold’s entrance fee, while those who answered incorrectly had to pay the entrance fee to enter,”

Wang Zhu added from the side.

Everyone nodded. This sounded more practical; otherwise, no one would be able to enter that stronghold.

Su Jin was somewhat curious about the question setter of that stronghold. To try to test human nature in the apocalypse?