Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 12: Chapter 12: Harming Others Ultimately Harms Oneself

Upon hearing the sound, Chen Xing immediately jumped up and ran to the door. She pulled an ordinary bed from a downstairs room out of her storage space and used it to block the entrance.

By her estimation, the zombies would reach her floor very soon.

As for why a large number of zombies had appeared in a locked-down building, she didn’t have time to ponder it.

Because just then, the fire alarm went off.

The blaring noise made the already agitated zombies even more frenzied.

They slammed against the walls and the doors.

The door to her room was made of wood. How could it possibly withstand such an assault?

Thankfully, the bed was bracing it, so they couldn’t get in for the time being.

The zombies outside her door seemed to be drawn to something, circling right outside...

A thought struck Chen Xing. She passed through the sliding glass door and stepped onto the semi-circular balcony.

She immediately looked toward the glass window of the adjacent apartment. Although it was dark inside, she could still see Xu Mengyao peeking out from behind the curtains.

’Just as I thought!’

The corners of Chen Xing’s lips curled up slightly, looking sinister and terrifying under the moonlight.

Inside her room, Xu Mengyao broke out in a cold sweat.

She was sure Chen Xing couldn’t see her from where she was hiding, yet that single glance seemed to have locked onto something, so sharp it made her hair stand on end.

’No way, it can’t be!’

Xu Mengyao tried to reassure herself, her eyes fixed on Chen Xing.

’Didn’t you deliberately push me before, trying to get me bitten by those zombie monsters?’

’Now with so many of them outside, eyeing you like prey, I refuse to believe you can just sprout wings and fly out of this building!’

Although Chen Xing’s glance had thoroughly frightened her, the thought of getting revenge made Xu Mengyao unable to contain her glee.

Facing the neighboring balcony, Chen Xing took a few steps back.

Xu Mengyao: ”???” She had no idea what Chen Xing was planning to do.

The next second, a sky-rending scream erupted from Xu Mengyao’s sharp throat, piercing the silent night.

After backing up, Chen Xing broke into a run. She sprinted toward the edge of the balcony, launched herself into the air, landed one foot on the railing, and then leaped forward, landing perfectly on the neighboring balcony.

Her movements were clean and precise, without a single wasted motion.

’This bitch is fucking crazy!!’

After her scream died down, those words flashed through Xu Mengyao’s mind. She was starting to regret taking the risk of provoking her.

This building was hundreds of meters high, and the two balconies were over a meter apart... With no safety measures whatsoever, she just jumped over...

A moment ago, she’d actually thought Chen Xing was about to jump to her death, which was why she hadn’t been able to stop herself from screaming.

Just then, the frenzied zombies began ramming against the door to Xu Mengyao’s room.

And then there was Chen Xing, head held high with a cold sneer playing on her lips, looking even more terrifying than the rampaging monsters outside.

’But... my life is on the line!’

”I don’t want to die, save me!” Seeing that the zombies’ impacts were growing stronger, Xu Mengyao knew the door wouldn’t hold for much longer. Ignoring how terrifying Chen Xing’s smile was, she immediately ran out, fell to her knees, and begged for help. ”I just came up here to sleep, too! I don’t know how these monsters got here! What are we going to do?”

Chen Xing looked down at her, not bothering to hide the contempt in her eyes. ”If you’d just admit you deliberately lured these zombies here, I might actually respect you a little. At least you’d be owning up to what you did...”

Xu Mengyao: ”...” Suppressing the embarrassment of being seen through, she bit her lip and forced an innocent expression.

”How could I have been the one to lure them? I’m a huge coward! Forget monsters, even seeing a mouse can make me cry!” She wouldn’t admit it even if it killed her.

Chen Xing shook her off and looked at the teetering door.

The door finally gave way under the violent assault, bursting open as if it had exploded.

Seeing this, Xu Mengyao knew there was no escape. She hardened her heart and roared, ”If I’m going to die, you’re dying first!” With that, she tried to shove Chen Xing.

Chen Xing had long anticipated she would pull something, and sidestepped, creating distance between them.

Chen Xing’s dodge made Xu Mengyao lose her balance. She fell to the ground, knocking out two of her teeth. The scent of blood sent the zombies into an even greater frenzy.

’She reaped what she sowed!’

With another running jump, Chen Xing landed perfectly back on her own balcony and slipped back into her room.

Bitten all over, her body covered in bloody wounds, Xu Mengyao kept repeating words of resentment through her now-gaping mouth, ”Ah... it hurts... You bitch! You’re so treacherous, you deliberately led them in here! Ah... WAHHH...”

’At least you finally figured it out before you died!’

Chen Xing never intended to let her live.

’Someone who would harm you once would do it countless times. Why would I keep her around just to cause myself trouble?’

Chen Xing knew it wasn’t time to relax yet.

The zombies were temporarily drawn to Xu Mengyao. Once they were finished with her, they would surely be drawn to the object blocking her door again. She would still be in danger.

She took a cell phone out of her storage space, one she had grabbed from a display counter at the supermarket.

After putting the phone in a small bag and tying a rope to it, she turned on some music and tossed it off the balcony.

It fell about two floors before stopping.

”Soaring freely in your heart, the brilliant sunshine...” The high-energy, passionate music sounded especially loud in the night.

One by one, the zombies in the neighboring room swarmed onto the balcony, trying to get to the source of the sound. As expected, they all fell off.

Soon, the building was clear of zombies. However, the zombies on the street had now been attracted by the sound and were all pouring into the building.

Chen Xing decisively threw the phone down toward the street.

It probably landed on a zombie, because not only did the phone not break, but the music also kept playing, luring the zombies away.

Chen Xing opened her door and found a small flashing light placed right outside.

She frowned.

’How did Xu Mengyao know that zombies were sensitive to light?’

Basic Level Zombies weren’t just sensitive to sound; they were also sensitive to lights and shiny objects.

Especially at night, they would lock onto even the faintest glimmer of light. Many people had lost their lives because of this.

After picking up the flashing light, Chen Xing had lost all desire to sleep.

’Maybe I should take advantage of everyone else resting and go outside to find food?’

”First, I’ll eat. I need a full stomach to have the strength to find more food!”

’A simple breakfast should do!’

Chen Xing took the ten-person table from last night out of her storage space, and in the blink of an eye, it was laden with food.

’So simple, indeed!’

Corn congee, creamy vegetable soup, pumpkin porridge, steamed buns, dumplings, cake, milk, cereal... It was all still food from the buffet restaurant.

She still preferred authentic Chinese food. Once things settled down, she would make some for herself.

She took out a phone and a stand, placing it directly in front of her. Sitting back down, she picked up a meat bun and took a bite, an expression of pure satisfaction instantly appearing on the phone’s screen.

Starting with this meal, she would record every meal she ate.

In her past life, even though it was the apocalypse, cell phones still worked in many places. When she was suffering from starvation, she got through it by watching mukbangs.

It was like someone on a diet watching another person’s eating broadcast and feeling satisfied as if they had eaten it themselves.

She wanted anyone who saw her mukbangs to be able to feel the same way she did back then.

At this moment, she had no idea that she would become an apocalyptic internet celebrity, her follower count firmly ranking first in the world of mukbangs.