After a detailed explanation from the System, Su Su finally understood. For ordinary people and low-level ability users, the carcasses of sea monsters were actually their primary source of points.
Every major offshore base had specialized recycling stations that reclaimed sea monster carcasses to cultivate food, manufacture weapons, and build equipment. It could be said that while sea monsters were dangerous, every part of them was a treasure.
Furthermore, not every sea monster possessed a heart core. It was very likely that one could toil for half a day only to end up empty-handed. No wonder those guests felt forced to leave; after all, the number of heart cores was limited. If they stayed here indefinitely without other sources of income, they would eventually run out of resources.
“Fine, upgrade it,” Su Su decided after some thought. Upgrading the Point Converter was indeed important. Once upgraded, these people wouldn’t have to worry about running out of heart cores or having no other way to acquire points.
[Understood. Congratulations to the Host for spending 10,000 points to upgrade the Point Converter to its final version.]
“What!?” Su Su was stunned. An upgrade for a tiny Point Converter actually cost her 10,000 points?
[Yes, the final version of the Point Converter is just that expensive.]
“You… come out here, I’m going to kill you.”
[Ah! Host, please don’t!]
While Su Su was arguing with the System, the Point Converter had already finished its upgrade. It had become more compact and exquisite. At the same time, a new area suddenly appeared on one side of the stone steps beneath the lighthouse; looking closely, it resembled a giant recycling bin.
[Host, please calm down! Look, the Point Converter has already been upgraded.]
Su Su was still furious. She had worked so hard to save up all those points, only for nearly all of them to be wiped out by a single converter upgrade. She took a deep breath and stroked her chest to calm her racing heart, telling herself that she could never blindly trust the System’s words again.
However, since it had already happened and couldn’t be changed, Su Su managed to compose herself quickly. She turned to look at the newly upgraded Point Converter and found that it now looked like a mini version of an automated teller machine. Not only did it have a display screen and a card slot, but it also featured an exchange bin for placing items to be converted.
Most importantly, Su Su discovered that she could now view the information of customers who had registered for membership cards. For instance, at the top of Luo Shaoran’s profile was her photo, followed by her personal details.
Name: Luo Shaoran
Room Number: 105
Age: 31
Height: 172 cm
Remaining Points: 3250
Ability: Metal Element
…
There was a lot written afterward, even detailing the sisterly relationship between her and Luo Shaoxing. Su Su tentatively selected Luo Shaoxing’s name, and the interface instantly switched to her personal profile page.
Name: Luo Shaoxing
Room Number: 105
Age: 24
Height: 166 cm
Remaining Points: 1370
Ability: Danger Intuition
…
As of now, there were twenty-eight people who had registered cards at her shop. She scrolled through them all briefly, slowing down slightly when she reached the page of the woman who had handed her the heart core.
Name: Jiang Qi
Age: 29
Height: 169 cm
Remaining Points: 300
Ability: Mechanical Modification
No wonder Xu Qiliang valued her so much. Among this group, Luo Shaoxing and Jiang Qi had the most unique abilities; the others either had spatial storage, various elemental abilities, or physical enhancement types like speed and strength.
While she was browsing the customer data, the System—which hadn’t dared to make a sound—suddenly popped up. Its voice was high-pitched and exceptionally excited.
[Congratulations to the Host for over-completing the Point Converter upgrade mission. You are now rewarded with one single room and one double room.]
Oh? There are rewards too?
The moment the voice faded, the hotel lobby underwent a momentary distortion. It happened so fast that by the time she regained her senses, a new door had appeared on each of the two side walls.
Since there were still guests in the lobby, Su Su didn’t stand up. Instead, she checked the status of the rooms directly through the system. They were the most basic, “Dilapidated” versions. Thinking that the guests who arrived today were quite wealthy, Su Su spent 1,100 points to upgrade both rooms to “Standard” status.
After the upgrade, a question suddenly occurred to Su Su. “System, the lighthouse is only so big. What happens to the extra space after the rooms are upgraded?”
[Host, do not worry. The hotel only looks small on the outside. In reality, the internal space can extend infinitely. There is no need to worry about running out of space.]
“I see!” Su Su nodded slightly. That made sense. Since the System allowed for upgrades, it meant space wasn’t an issue. She didn’t need to overthink it.
Points came fast and went even faster. In just ten minutes, her 10,000-plus points had dwindled to just over 1,000. However, with the converter upgraded and two additional rooms added, it was still a good value for the money.
With the new rooms, the hotel now had five single rooms, three double rooms, and two dormitories. Among them, three single rooms and two double rooms were Standard rooms. The room numbers had also changed: 101 to 105 were single rooms, while 106 to 108 were double rooms.
Another half hour passed, and the group finally finished scrubbing the bloodstains off the floor tiles until not a trace remained; they had even used the laundry detergent they had previously purchased from the vending machine. As for the blood on the wall, Su Su spent five points to have the system clean it.
The wall instantly became as white as new.
This series of changes did not go unnoticed. Jiang Qi, for one, noticed immediately. She had been preparing to clean the blood off the wall and was wondering what tools to use when the stain vanished before her eyes. It was as if the wall had been freshly repainted.
A look of horror crossed her face, and she couldn’t believe what she was seeing. What happened? Where did the blood go?
She blinked and carefully reached out to touch the wall. She confirmed that the wall was real and the blood was truly gone. Just as she was questioning if the bloodstain had been a hallucination, she realized with a start that the room numbers on the walls had changed, and there were even two extra doors.
Such transformations made it impossible to deceive herself any longer. Jiang Qi immediately turned her head toward Su Su. Then, she noticed the two doors that had just appeared suddenly change again—transforming from plain, simple wooden doors into sturdy, brand-new room doors in an instant.
Everything happened in a flash. If she hadn’t been staring intently, she never would have noticed. Jiang Qi saw Su Su glance around casually before looking away with total indifference, as if everything was perfectly under her control.
Just what is the identity of this hotel Boss?
Su Su’s breathing was steady, with no trace of ability fluctuations. But how could an ordinary person achieve all of this? The only possibility was that she was too powerful—so powerful that ordinary ability users couldn’t even detect the ripples of her power.
Jiang Qi looked down at her own hands. Since childhood, she had been a clear-headed person with high talent, and that remained true after the apocalypse began. In just a few years, through her own efforts, she had risen from an inconspicuous ability user with no background to the management level of a C-rank offshore base, becoming even Xu Qiliang’s most trusted subordinate.
She had thought she was quite remarkable. But she hadn’t expected that the Boss of this shop, who looked several years younger than her, had already reached a height she couldn’t even fathom.
She looked up silently, a flash of envy in her eyes.
“Boss, I want to stay here.”