Hearing this, Third Brother seemed to be stunned for a moment, then said gruffly, "I don't believe it. Do they really have that kind of ability?"
The High Ponytail Girl said with amusement, "If they can send it over, why can't they take it back? If you don't give them the Crystal Cores and make them angry, you'll be in for it!"
"Third Brother, I never thought you were this kind of person," Ling Quan said coldly. "Now that we've received the goods, you actually want to avoid paying. I absolutely won't allow this kind of behavior! If you still have objections, you can leave the survival base!"
Glasses Man and the High Ponytail Girl were both shocked and quickly tried to persuade her, "Sister Ling, it's okay to be angry, but don't break up the team!"
"That's right, we've been with Third Brother for over a year now."
Third Brother spat on the ground fiercely and said, "You want me to leave? On what grounds? I have a stake in this base too! Damn it, I don't know what you're all afraid of. If you want to give them the cores, go ahead, I don't care anymore!"
With that, Third Brother turned and left.
"I don't know what's gotten into him..." the High Ponytail Girl muttered.
Glasses Man pushed up his glasses without saying a word.
In fact, he knew very well that Third Brother had never accepted Ling Quan from the beginning, wondering why a woman should be the base's top leader. These emotions had been building up for so long that they were probably about to explode.
Moreover, Third Brother was a greedy person. If the Peace Hotel wasn't so far from the survival base, he would have definitely led people to raid it long ago.
"Don't listen to him," Ling Quan said with a stern face. "Quickly put the Crystal Cores and other items into the channel. The other supplies should arrive soon, and we need to pay quickly to avoid keeping them waiting."
"Alright."
The people in the survival base were ecstatic after receiving the supplies.
Since the apocalypse began, they hadn't eaten proper food! The food grown in the base was barely edible! If it weren't for fear of starvation, probably no one would eat it.
But now, they could actually eat such delicious bread, instant noodles, drink clean water, and even eat canned meat and self-heating hotpots!
And it wasn't expensive!
Most importantly, the meat came in large chunks, which was incredibly satisfying!
All at once, people in the survival base praised Ling Quan for her wisdom, saying that cooperating with the Peace Hotel was the right decision. Moreover, people also longed for that distant Peace Hotel.
While the base was filled with a scene of harmony and joy, only Third Brother stood at the window of his room, looking into the distance with a gloomy gaze.
He was strong and had a high-level Supernatural Ability, so why should he always be subordinate to a woman? Moreover, such a miraculous hotel, and Ling Quan didn't even want to take it over, instead eagerly sending them Crystal Cores! He couldn't stand it!
...
It didn't take long for all the points the survival base needed to pay to be credited.
The system was incredibly excited, chattering away to Gu Wanyin.
It said things like how it would definitely be first next time, how it would make 066 so mad, and how its doctor would surely praise it well when they saw how amazing it was...
"Have all the supplies been sent to them?" Gu Wanyin asked.
"Of course! This system has never made a mistake!" the system said proudly. "I'm not like other systems. I remember before, it should have been System 048, it was also in a horror world. One time, when its host was in danger during a side mission, it suddenly crashed, causing the item that should have appeared not to come out, and its host died on the spot!"
"That's terrible!" Gu Wanyin said. "Then what happened?"
"The Interstellar Federation had to revive its host, of course, and then it and its doctor both received appropriate punishments."
"What kind of punishments?" Gu Wanyin asked curiously.
"Well, I don't know about that," the system said. "Punishments are carried out in secret. I've never been punished, nor has my doctor. In any case, it's absolutely impossible for me to have any malfunctions or make any mistakes! Host, you can rest assured!"
"Mm, I believe you!"
As they were chatting, someone came knocking at the door.
Gu Wanyin opened the door to see Dong Yue.
She was wearing very casual clothes, with quite a bit of sweat on her forehead.
"Sister Gu, we have a day off today, and I just killed a level one zombie in the zombie killing simulation training camp!" Dong Yue said happily. "Can I get a level one Crystal Core now?"
"Of course you can," Gu Wanyin smiled, immediately giving her a level one Crystal Core.
"Thank you! Hehe, my parents are in the training camp too."
To be honest, Gu Wanyin really admired Dong Yue.
She was young, but she had managed to survive alone in the apocalypse. Without any Supernatural Ability to protect her, she still dared to stab zombies with a knife when she was outside the hotel.
Gu Wanyin thought that if Dong Yue went to the horror world, she might be able to get through quite a few side missions.
After Dong Yue left, the system's voice sounded in her mind again.
"Ding! New task unlocked: Recruit two more service staff, gender not limited, age between eighteen and fifty. Task reward: Unlock all rooms on the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth floors of Building 3; upgrade all rooms in Building 2 once again; unlock Building 4, unlock all rooms on the first and second floors of Building 4; unlock two staff dormitory rooms and four sets of staff uniforms; unlock indoor sports hall and related facilities; unlock optician's shop and unlimited optician's shop products; unlock photo studio and related facilities."
Apart from Buildings 1 and 2, starting from Building 3, each hotel building now had rooms on the first floor as well.
Moreover, the rooms on the first floor were diverse, including single rooms, double rooms, king-size bed rooms, family rooms, and presidential suites.
Gu Wanyin wasn't very surprised by the task of recruiting two more service staff.
After all, there were more and more hotel buildings now, more and more rooms, and more and more guests.
Just Xu Shi and Fang Yang as service staff was too few.
Moreover, this task wasn't difficult. Although the service staff had no salary, they were provided with food and accommodation, didn't need to spend points, and didn't have to go through the hardship of fighting zombies to find Crystal Cores. There would definitely be countless people eager to do the job!
Previously, the nine-tailed foxes and other mythical beasts had killed many zombies.
There were now far fewer zombies in City A, and some new guests had risked coming to wait near the hotel for vacant rooms.
There hadn't been any natural disasters in the past few days either.
Gu Wanyin walked to the hotel entrance and called out, asking if anyone was willing to become a service staff member. Sure enough, many people immediately ran over.
"Boss Gu, me, me!"
"Choose me, Boss Gu, choose me!"
"Boss Gu, look at us two! We both worked as hotel receptionists before the apocalypse!"
This last statement caught Gu Wanyin's attention.
