The leading man thought for a moment, then nodded: "Alright, we'll take a family room."
Although there were women among them, the family room was divided into several smaller rooms.
However, they weren't in a hurry to use all their Blood Element Pearls.
They first used one Blood Element Pearl to charge 1,000 points.
The family room came with main and secondary keycards, and among the six people, the "boss" naturally held the main keycard.
When Gu Wanyin gave him the main keycard, she noticed the man's name was Tom.
What a... plain and simple name.
"I remember you saying you sell food and water here, right?" Tom asked.
"Yes, guest, I'll take you there," Bai Shuwen enthusiastically fulfilled his duties as a server.
Bai Shuwen led the group to the cafeteria and introduced them to the food dispensing machines.
Besides the food dispensing machines, there was also a snack machine and a beverage machine.
The snack machine contained various breads, small cakes, french fries, spicy snacks, cookies, and more.
The beverage machine included pure water, all types of alcohol, and all kinds of drinks.
To buy anything, you just had to tap the screen, swipe your card, and the items would appear on the platform below.
These machines left Tom and his group dazzled.
However, they didn't seem very enthusiastic and each just bought a bottle of water. After carefully figuring out how to open the bottles, they each bought a Chinese meal set on Bai Shuwen's recommendation.
Although everything here was novel to them and the Chinese food was delicious, they were all in low spirits since they had just lost so many teammates.
From a squad of over twenty people, only six remained.
Though the bald man and another man were still alive, they didn't know where they were now, or if they had been caught by vampires...
"Boss, do you think we can really stay here?" one team member asked.
Tom scanned the spacious cafeteria and said, "This place is indeed miraculous, like heaven in a world ruled by vampires."
"Could we actually be in heaven?" another team member said dreamily, "Maybe we're already dead?"
"Don't talk nonsense." The short-haired woman smacked the back of his head.
Tom frowned in thought and said, "Let's stay here for a few days and observe. We just went through a fierce battle, we need to recover."
Plus, two team members were still injured.
Although the injuries were minor, what needed most healing was the psychological trauma of watching so many teammates die before their eyes.
"Yeah, I think the boss makes sense."
"I hope vampires don't come to this place."
"But we can't let our guard down," Tom said with a serious expression. "We'll take turns keeping watch at night in case something happens."
"Yes, sir!"
...
They had already sold nine Chinese meals, just one more to complete the latest task.
Gu Wanyin wasn't worried.
Chinese food was naturally delicious, and it was novel for the people here.
Once they tried it, they would surely crave for more.
In the morning, Gu Wanyin went to check on the garlic she planted yesterday.
Garlic took twelve hours to mature, and by her calculations, it should have been ready long ago.
But she had been too tired last night and fell asleep...
When she entered the room, sure enough, two round garlic bulbs had grown out of the ground.
"System, this isn't right," Gu Wanyin was puzzled, "Shouldn't garlic grow underground?"
Before the system could answer, she heard a voice: "It's suffocating underground! Woman, how could you be so cruel!"
Gu Wanyin: "Huh?"
Then she watched as eyes, noses, and mouths appeared on the two round garlic bulbs.
One of them babbled: "We've been ripe for so long, and you're only coming now. Are you looking down on us brothers?"
Gu Wanyin: "..."
She must still be dreaming.
She rubbed her eyes, but the two round garlic bulbs were still staring at her.
"You, you..."
"Host, I forgot to tell you," the system's weak voice sounded, "The garlic seeds from our system grow above ground, and well, they can talk... just like now."
Gu Wanyin had seen enough strange things.
So after being surprised for a moment, she gradually accepted the fact that garlic could talk.
"But wouldn't it be too cruel to use them against vampires? Now that they can talk, they seem like living beings..."
"Don't worry, host. They won't die. After they've fully served their purpose, they'll travel to space. There's a garlic garden in space where they'll live carefree, happy lives."
"I see."
"Woman! What are you standing there for? Hurry up and pull me out of the ground!" one garlic bulb shouted fiercely.
Gu Wanyin walked up to it, smiling, and then—
Flicked it on the head.
"Don't you know you should use the word 'please' when asking for help?"
"Woman, please hurry up and pull this garlic out of the ground?"
Gu Wanyin: "?"
Little garlic, you're quite arrogant!
"What's your name?" Gu Wanyin asked.
"I'm Old Six! What about it?"
"Well, you certainly live up to your name."
She reached out and pulled the other garlic bulb out.
"Yay! I'm out!" the other garlic cheered.
Seeing this, Old Six became anxious, its features scrunching together as it shouted, "Help me too! Please help me too!"
"Hmm?"
Being stuck in the soil, it had no choice but to humble itself.
Old Six softened its tone and said pitifully, "Please, please pull me out too."
"Call me sister, and I'll let you out," Gu Wanyin said with a smile.
Old Six immediately called out obsequiously: "Sister! You're my one and only sister!"
Gu Wanyin stopped teasing it and pulled it out of the ground.
The two garlic bulbs bounced around on the ground, trying to rush outside.
"Wait a minute, you two!" Gu Wanyin quickly grabbed them both. "If you go out like this, won't you scare the hotel guests?"
"Then what should we do?" Old Six asked. "We finally have freedom and want to look around!"
"Plus, we need to help humans fight against vampires!" the other garlic said. "The sooner we complete our mission, the sooner we can return to space!"
"Come to my room first. It's big, you can wander around there."
As Gu Wanyin took the two garlic bulbs back to her room, she heard the system's voice: "Ding! Congratulations host, task completed. Rewards: three plots of super fertile soil and one pair of invisible wings."
It seemed someone else had gone to the cafeteria to buy Chinese food.
