"Xiaoxia, take a look," Bai Shuwen tugged on Zhuang Xiaoxia's sleeve, whispering, "This zombie, it couldn't be him, could it?"
"Who?"
Hearing her words, Zhuang Xiaoxia also peeked over.
Then, she suddenly gasped: "Oh my goodness, isn't this really that dead scumbag?"
This zombie was Zhuang Xiaoxia's first love and Bai Shuwen's ex-boyfriend, Wei Fenghua!
Previously, this jerk wanted to have his cake and eat it too, enjoying the best of both worlds. He even admitted to using Bai Shuwen all along, so Bai Shuwen and Zhuang Xiaoxia joined forces to break his arms and legs, then left him outside to fend for himself.
They never expected to encounter him here today, already turned into a zombie.
"Perfect," Zhuang Xiaoxia happily took out her newly bought knife. "Today we can teach him a lesson again."
Before, they both hated him deeply, but even though it was the apocalypse now, if they had to kill someone with their own hands, there would still be some psychological burden.
But now, he had already become a zombie, and killing zombies wouldn't cause any mental stress.
If they could get a Crystal Core out of it, that would be even better.
Judging by Wei Fenghua's appearance, he was only a level one zombie. The two of them together could handle a level one zombie with confidence.
So the two of them walked right out.
Wei Fenghua, who had already turned into a zombie, had no human memories. Seeing the two of them, he acted purely on instinct, baring his teeth and rushing over, opening his mouth to bite.
But Bai Shuwen and Zhuang Xiaoxia dealt with him effortlessly.
And indeed, they even got a level one Crystal Core.
Last time when the two of them killed a zombie together, the Crystal Core went to Zhuang Xiaoxia, so this time it should go to Bai Shuwen.
Bai Shuwen weighed the Crystal Core in her hand and smiled, "This time he's really dead for good."
"Mm." Zhuang Xiaoxia wiped the blood off her knife and nodded calmly, "Let's go back."
"Okay."
...
Early in the morning, just as Gu Wanyin got up and arrived at the cafeteria entrance, she saw Nine-Tails, Cat Er, and others standing there, hesitating to go in.
"Why aren't you going in to eat?" Gu Wanyin asked.
Nine-Tails' face showed a complicated expression: "We want to... but we're afraid of disturbing others."
"Hm?" Gu Wanyin was puzzled, "Why would you disturb others?"
Nine-Tails and Cat Er exchanged a glance.
Then Cat Er expressionlessly shook her tail behind her.
Gu Wanyin watched as a large tuft of fur fell from her tail.
Gu Wanyin: "..."
What is this!
Shedding season?
Do supernatural beings also have a shedding season?
"Look, me too," Nine-Tails shook his fox tails, and sure enough, a large tuft of fur fell off as well.
Gu Wanyin's mouth twitched, caught between laughter and tears.
It's understandable for cats to shed, but why are fox spirits shedding too?!
"All the supernatural beings in the spirit realm are like this. We shed a lot of fur for a few days every month," Moon Eagle laughed. "No matter how high the cultivation or how strong the magical power, no one can escape it. It's been troubling the spirit realm for thousands of years."
"What about tree spirits?" Gu Wanyin asked, "You're a tree spirit, so you shouldn't shed, right?"
"Well, I don't shed fur, but..."
Tree Spirit raised his hand, and a leaf fell off.
Gu Wanyin: "Ah, this..."
Supernatural beings, truly strange and varied.
She was about to tell them not to worry, that the hotel would automatically clean up any trash.
But before she could say it, she noticed that the fur that had just fallen from Nine-Tails and the others, as well as the leaves that had fallen from Tree Spirit, hadn't been cleaned up yet and were still there.
What's going on?
The system couldn't possibly malfunction, and the automatic cleaning efficiency shouldn't be this low.
So...
Gu Wanyin suddenly remembered the "ready-made research materials" the system had mentioned yesterday.
Today, the fur and leaves shed by the supernatural beings weren't being cleaned up.
It was really hard for Gu Wanyin not to connect the two.
Moreover, thinking about it now, the first reward from the interstellar travel, opening a portal to the spirit realm, might have some hidden benefits in it?
In any case, it would be better to collect these furs and leaves first.
Gu Wanyin asked Xu Shi to bring a bag over, and then they collected all the fur and leaves together.
There was a small storage room attached to her Main Room, so she put all these things in the small storage room.
"Wanyin, why are you collecting those?" Nine-Tails asked, puzzled. "They're useless, we usually just throw them away."
"Yeah, the fallen fur doesn't carry any cultivation or anything like that," Tree Spirit said.
"It's nothing, just keeping them for now. They might be useful in the future," Gu Wanyin smiled. "Give me your cards, I'll go inside and buy food for you. Would you mind collecting the shed fur for me? You don't have to do it deliberately, just save some for me when you remember."
Although she wasn't sure if her guess was correct yet, collecting them first wouldn't hurt anything.
At worst, if they turned out to be useless later, she could just throw them away.
Nine-Tails and the others didn't understand, but they agreed anyway.
Gu Wanyin took their room cards and went in to buy food for them.
Moon Eagle said helplessly, "You guys just spoil her! What's the point of collecting fallen fur and leaves?"
"Mind your own business," Nine-Tails glared at him. "If she wants us to keep it, we'll keep it."
"It's just a small favor anyway. If Wanyin wants it, let's give it to her," Tree Spirit said with a smile. "If it weren't for this hotel, would you be able to buy pills that enhance your cultivation? You should be grateful."
Moon Eagle was about to say something when he heard Cat Er say coolly, "You're not resentful because you failed to charm the hotel manager, are you?"
"Nonsense!" Moon Eagle was angry, "Give it to her, give it all to her! Are you happy now?"
...
Under Gu Wanyin's organization, the sports meet held on the school playground opened with great fanfare.
Although the preparation time was not ample, it was just for the hotel guests to exercise and relax together, so there was no need to be too formal.
The children were the happiest, running and jumping around the edge of the playground.
Because the situation now was different from before the apocalypse, many ability users had much better physical strength than ordinary people. So in grouping, apart from dividing by gender and age, ability users and ordinary people also had to be separated, otherwise it would be too unfair.
Gu Wanyin and some guests who didn't sign up for events were responsible for being judges.
Of course, the judges' decisions must be fair. If there was intentional favoritism or cheating, the system would punish them.
The sports meet ended in one day.
The people in the hotel had a great time. Even those who participated in the competitions but didn't win awards, although a bit disappointed, didn't mind too much.
Living in the hotel, they all understood that ultimately they had to rely on their own efforts. Not getting those few hundred points from the rewards wasn't a big deal.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host, the task has been completed. Rewards: Unlock all rooms on the 9th and 10th floors of Building 2; Upgrade all rooms on the 8th floor of Building 2 once; Unlock Hotel Building 3, unlock all rooms on the 1st and 2nd floors of Hotel Building 3; Unlock all rooms on the 5th floor of the Special Building; Unlock various research laboratories and all necessary equipment and props for the research laboratories; Unlock the game hall and all facilities in the game hall."
