Just as this thought crossed Gu Wanyin's mind, she felt something strange on her back.
She turned to look.
To her amazement, she saw that a pair of white wings had actually grown from her back.
These wings looked similar to the angel wings she had seen in TV dramas and anime, complete with their own luminescence, appearing quite magnificent and dreamlike.
"System, didn't you say the wings would be invisible?" she asked.
"Yes, host can control them herself! You can make them invisible whenever you want. Not only that, but you can also control their size and color! Look, host!"
As soon as the system finished speaking, the wings began changing colors frantically.
Black, red, green, purple - the display nearly blinded Gu Wanyin.
"Stop, stop, stop! White is better."
As soon as she said this, the wings returned to white.
"I actually think black looks pretty good too," Old Six commented.
Gu Wanyin gave it a gentle pinch, then asked the system, "Can the wings be retracted?"
"Of course, host can control when they appear and when they retract."
Gu Wanyin thought about retracting the wings, and they immediately disappeared.
She couldn't feel anything unusual on her back anymore.
She put Old Six and the other garlic clove in her pocket, saying, "Now we have five plots of land. I need to go introduce them and ask if anyone wants to rent land to grow garlic. You two stay in my pocket for now, and you can come out after I explain to the guests how to grow garlic. We don't want to frighten them."
"Understood, sister." Old Six was noticeably more obedient than before.
Gu Wanyin left the room and went to the dining room.
As it happened, most of the guests were there having breakfast.
Only Tom was absent.
They were all eating Chinese breakfast foods like steamed buns, dumplings, and fried dough sticks.
It seemed they had completely fallen for the charms of Chinese cuisine.
Bai Shuwen had already finished breakfast and was sitting at the front desk.
She could help guests check in if any walked in.
Gu Wanyin grabbed a couple of steamed buns to eat, and seeing that the guests were almost finished with their meals, she announced, "Everyone, we now have places where you can grow garlic, and we have garlic seeds. If anyone's interested, you can come with me to take a look."
"Really? We can grow garlic here?"
"Even if we plant it, won't vampires find ways to destroy it before it matures?"
"Don't worry, any garlic grown here absolutely won't be destroyed by vampires," Gu Wanyin said with a smile. "Once you've finished breakfast, I'll show you."
Hearing this, those who hadn't finished quickly ate up their breakfast and followed Gu Wanyin out of the dining room.
As they were heading to the garlic planting room, Gu Wanyin heard the system's voice again.
"Ding! New task unlocked: Rent out three plots of garlic land. Task rewards: Unlock five super fertile plots, unlock unlimited silver daggers, host unlocks instant skin-changing ability."
"Instant... skin-changing?"
"Hehe, host will understand this reward once you complete the task."
"Alright then."
Gu Wanyin led everyone to the garlic planting room.
The crowd was shocked by the land before them.
"What is this place? Didn't we just enter a room? Why is there blue sky, white clouds, and even sun here?"
"How is this room so huge?"
"Can we live here directly? Are there vampires here?"
"Of course not," Gu Wanyin said. "This place is only for growing garlic."
With that, she demonstrated the garlic planting process on the first plot of land.
After she finished planting, she dusted off her hands and looked up.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
"You... that's it?"
"Boss, this seems too casual! I used to grow garlic at home, and it wasn't like this at all!"
"That's how it works here," Gu Wanyin said with a smile. "It really will produce garlic - I already grew two cloves yesterday. However, the garlic that grows here is different from what you've seen before... how should I put it... they can talk."
Bruno's eyes nearly popped out of his head. "There's no such thing as talking garlic!"
"But didn't the boss say this hotel was bestowed by God?" his sister Joshua said quietly. "Maybe garlic bestowed by God really can talk?"
Janet, the duke's daughter, chimed in: "I don't think the boss would lie to us."
Last night, she had truly slept well.
Since the vampires appeared, she hadn't had a peaceful night's sleep in a long time.
But this castle seemed to truly possess divine power that allowed her to rest easy.
Her family had always been devout believers in God.
So now, she was beginning to believe that this hotel was truly bestowed by God to save humans from vampire persecution.
"I can show you right now, but prepare yourselves - don't be scared," Gu Wanyin said.
With that, she took Old Six and the other garlic clove out of her pocket.
Bruno found himself in a staring contest with Old Six.
Old Six even bared its teeth at him.
Bruno: "I feel like I'm dreaming. Not sure, let me look again."
"There really is garlic!" Everyone gathered around.
"And the garlic has a nose, eyes, and mouth!"
"Can we use this garlic against vampires?"
Old Six said haughtily: "Hmph, ignorant humans!"
"It talked, it really can talk!" Joshua exclaimed.
The short-haired woman from the group immediately told another team member: "Quick, go get the boss!"
"Okay."
Tom had eaten something quickly in the morning and started wandering around the hotel.
He wanted to figure out what was going on with this hotel.
But after wandering all morning, he hadn't found anything unusual.
And from last night until now, no vampires had actually come to this place.
Could this really serve as a stronghold for surviving humans?
However, while people like them with no ill intentions were fine,
What if they encountered people with malicious intent who wanted to seize the hotel and everything in it? How could those two young girls stop them?
Tom's brow furrowed deeply.
Meanwhile, inside, people were still curiously staring at the two garlic cloves.
"Now we have five plots available for growing garlic," Gu Wanyin said with a smile. "Besides the one I just planted, there are four plots left. Who wants to rent? The garlic matures twelve hours after planting, minimum rental period is twenty-four hours, and it costs twenty points to rent once. Each garlic seed costs two points."
"With so much land here, why are only five plots usable?" Bruno asked curiously.
