Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 43: Chapter 43: Fairness

Xiao Wu had been waiting for him to say that.

He had complete faith in Chen Xing, which was why he’d goaded Captain Chen into saying it himself.

Forget a pistol; he couldn’t win even if he had an assault rifle.

Seeing Captain Chen’s confidence, Yan Caini immediately backed him up. ”Since Captain Chen himself won’t pursue the matter, it’s only fair that no one seeks retribution if you die, Chen Xing!”

The crowd: ”...”

’What kind of fairness is that?’

She was just a young girl with a small dagger at her waist.

And look at Captain Chen—a veteran of over ten years, and he had a gun.

’How could a fight under these circumstances possibly be called fair?’

”I don’t lead any soldiers. If I die, of course no one will come looking for revenge!” Chen Xing, however, was unfazed. Her gaze fell on Captain Chen’s pistol.

With the experience from her past life, she could dodge ordinary bullets.

Although her body’s agility wasn’t as great after her rebirth, she thankfully had the help of her space, making her abilities no less formidable than in her previous life.

Captain Chen didn’t know where Chen Xing got her confidence, acting so nonchalant even when facing a gun.

In his eyes, she was just a naive girl who didn’t know her place, assuming he wouldn’t actually do anything to her.

Yan Caini felt a persistent unease as she watched Chen Xing.

The moment Captain Chen drew his gun, even she, who was on his side, felt a surge of fear.

But Chen Xing’s face was a mask of fearlessness.

’Is she just pretending to be unconcerned, or does she truly not fear death?’

’Either way, I’m scared of dying. Scared to death!’

’Why else would I be so meek and submissive every day, just for a few scraps of food?’

Chen Xing gave Captain Lu a look, and he immediately understood. ”Everyone, stand back to avoid any stray injuries! Xiao Wu, you and a few others take the old man’s body away first!”

Xiao Wu didn’t want to go. He wanted to see how Chen Xing would completely demolish Captain Chen. But he couldn’t disobey his captain’s orders, so he could only organize a group to deal with the old man’s body.

On a flat piece of land behind the sanatorium was a large pit, over two meters deep, that had now become a mass grave.

People died every day, sometimes dozens in a single day. Who had the time to care for the dead?

They were simply wrapped in a white cloth and tossed into the pit, saving the effort of a burial.

Meanwhile, Captain Chen found himself in a position where he couldn’t back down.

He had originally pulled out his pistol just to scare Chen Xing. He figured she’d get scared and submit, allowing him to save face before kicking her out of the camp and being done with it.

Who knew this girl would be so stubborn, showing no intention of backing down at all.

’Since she’s so uncooperative, I don’t care if she’s just a young girl anymore.’

’It’s better than the humiliation of losing to her!’

”I’m a soldier. I’ll let you make the first move!” Captain Chen completely dismissed Chen Xing.

”Then I won’t be polite!” As soon as the words left her mouth, Chen Xing’s figure flickered.

As Yan Caini cried out in alarm, Captain Chen dazedly collapsed.

The gun in his hand wasn’t even ready; it was still frozen in the motion of being loaded.

Even Captain Lu, who knew Chen Xing was guaranteed to win, didn’t have time to react, let alone the onlookers.

A dead silence fell outside the building, so quiet you could clearly hear the rustling of leaves.

”Murder...” Yan Caini shrieked, finally making everyone realize what had happened. ”You actually killed Captain Chen... He was a captain from the Military Department...”

Chen Xing slowly turned her gaze to Yan Caini. ”What, not satisfied that Captain Chen died in your place? You want to try your luck?”

Yan Caini flinched and backed away, not daring to speak until she was behind Captain Lu. ”Murder is wrong! Captain Lu... she killed one of your own men from the Military Department, you can’t just ignore this!”

Captain Lu had expected this outcome and could only try to quickly control the situation. ”The two of them clearly stated that no one would be held responsible afterward...”

”But she killed a captain from your Military Department...” Yan Caini was terrified.

’If Chen Xing is allowed to get away with this, will my own life be forfeit?’

”Everyone just heard it. No matter who died or was injured, the matter would not be pursued! Now... let’s talk about...” Just as Captain Lu was about to bring up the issue of the old man, an emergency whistle suddenly blew.

The ordinary people didn’t know what this meant, but a sense of unease hung in the air.

Captain Lu, however, knew the whistle meant the camp was in danger. ”Everyone, get back inside the building, quickly!” he shouted, looking up toward the watchtower on the roof.

Up there was a young soldier, staring in terror at the main road outside the camp, completely unable to articulate what was happening.

”What’s happening?!” Captain Lu roared.

But at his shout, the people scrambled to run into the building, their panicked cries drowning out his voice.

Not only did the lookout on the roof not answer him, but he turned and vanished from sight.

Captain Lu: ”...” He was about to go up and find out what was going on.

Chen Xing pointed to the main road. ”It must be a zombie horde!” And it wasn’t a small one, either.

Judging by the way all the birds in the surrounding forest had taken flight, it had to be either people or zombies.

In the current situation, a large group of humans was impossible. It could only be zombies.

Captain Lu had no choice but to believe Chen Xing, because a few fast-moving zombies had already reached the outer fence and were ramming against it.

Yan Caini, terrified that Chen Xing would harm her, had been sticking close behind Captain Lu. Seeing the zombies, she gripped him even tighter.

”What are you afraid of? We have a fence!” Not having seen the main horde, Captain Lu was still relatively calm. ”A few of you, go and brace the main gate!”

At that moment, the Military Department’s Company Platoon Leader ran out of the building, asking frantically, ”What happened?”

Although his rank was higher than Captain Lu’s, he hadn’t played a significant role since the apocalypse began. He was essentially a leader in name only. That was why he had pretended not to notice when the two captains were fighting outside; it was beneficial to him no matter who lost.

”Reporting, Company Platoon Leader! Just a few zombies broke in...” Captain Lu still hadn’t grasped the severity of the situation.

”This place can’t be held. Everyone should run for their lives while they still can!” Chen Xing didn’t like to beat around the bush, especially when it was a matter of life and death.

They could only see a dozen or so zombies right now, but from her assessment, a huge horde was about to descend. Those who fled early still had a slim chance of survival.

The Company Platoon Leader glanced at the zombies by the gate and felt Chen Xing was being overly dramatic.

”It’s just a dozen zombies. Is all this fuss necessary? The military doesn’t just sit around and eat for free!”

Captain Lu, however, looked at Chen Xing in shock. ”Are you telling the truth?”

”It’s a horde!” Chen Xing had already surveyed the surroundings.

There was only one road leading to the outside world. Strictly speaking, this made the location very secure.

But... on the flip side, if a horde got in, it would block the only escape route. Unless you could run up the mountain faster than the zombies, there was nowhere to run.

Whether they believed her or not, she had said her piece. She turned and entered the building.

The Company Platoon Leader thought Chen Xing was just fear-mongering and was about to reprimand her when he saw the lookout from upstairs come stumbling over, terror written all over his face. ”It’s bad... Zombies! There’s a horde...”

”What?” Only then did the Company Platoon Leader realize the gravity of the situation.

”There’s a horde... countless zombies are running this way from the main road...” As the young soldier finished speaking, a dark, dense mass of zombies surged down the narrow road like a tidal wave, instantly smashing through the flimsy fence.