Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 63: Chapter 63: The Rescue

Brother Xiao, Ding Yiyu: ”...”

’She lent them to us just like that?’

’Isn’t she afraid we might be bad guys? That we might turn on her and steal all the heavy weapons?’

”You trust people so easily? That’s too dangerous!” Brother Xiao warned her out of concern.

’It’s a good thing we aren’t bad people. Otherwise, a young girl like her would be in so much danger.’

From that one sentence, Chen Xing knew the two of them were decent people.

She nodded, showing that she had taken his words to heart. ”In a moment, get as close as you can to the building where the prisoners are being held. When you hear an explosion, find an opportunity to rescue them.” She then pointed back the way she came. ”There’s a car parked about a kilometer in that direction. Just get in and drive away.”

”What about you?” Brother Xiao asked, noticing she hadn’t included herself in the plan.

”I have my own way of escaping!” With that, she wasted no more time and immediately ran out the door and down the stairs.

’Chaos is breaking out outside. Now’s the time to strike and catch them off guard.’

Seeing that Chen Xing had already run off to start the rescue, Brother Xiao and Ding Yiyu had no choice but to get moving as well.

As Chen Xing reached the fourth floor, she could hear the voices of the Migratory Clan members from downstairs.

’I have to move fast, or they’ll find us soon.’

Chen Xing ran to a window, pulled out a grenade, and threw it toward the area with the trucks.

A massive explosion erupted, detonating several trucks and sending flames soaring into the sky.

”Holy... What the fuck... What’s happening?” The men searching the lower floors were scared witless. They immediately abandoned their search and all ran toward the square.

While everyone’s attention was on the explosion in the square, Brother Xiao and Ding Yiyu quickly ran to the basement, using it as a shortcut to the opposite side to begin the rescue.

When they reached the place where the prisoners were held, the guards were gone.

They easily rescued Xiao Ru and the few other people in that room.

By the time they found Hao Wenli and He Yu’an, the two women were lying on the floor in despair.

Their relatively clean faces were filled with utter hopelessness.

They never could have imagined these people would be so cruel, that they would torture them in so many ways.

Whipping, cutting, cigarette burns...

Thank god for the sudden explosion outside. Otherwise, they would have truly started wishing for a quick death.

He Yu’an was a bit better off; she could grit her teeth and endure it. Hao Wenli, however, was in a miserable state.

She was used to a pampered life; when had she ever been tortured like this?

The more she thought about it, the more she hated Chen Xing.

When the door opened, they flinched and instinctively shrank back.

Seeing Brother Xiao and the other man, they thought the Migratory Clan members had returned to torture them again. Hao Wenli immediately started begging, ”Sir, we really don’t know anything! We just lived in the same building as that Chen Xing! We barely even spoke to her. In fact, she bullied me all the time! I can’t even begin to tell you how much I hate her, so why would I have let her go on purpose?”

”She escaped on purpose just so we would suffer! For all we know, she’s hiding somewhere right now, watching us get tortured and laughing to herself!”

Brother Xiao and Ding Yiyu both frowned, their impression of the speaker, Hao Wenli, instantly souring.

’Chen Xing is risking her life to save them right now, and this is what they have to say?’

Although He Yu’an could still endure, no one wanted to suffer like this, so she also spoke up. ”Sir, we’re telling the truth. We barely know Chen Xing, the one who got us into this mess. You can beat us to death, but we still won’t be able to tell you where she is.”

’What a waste of Chen Xing’s efforts!’

Although Brother Xiao and Ding Yiyu were now completely unwilling to save them, Chen Xing had told them to, so they had to follow through. ”We’re here to rescue you. If you want to live, get up and run!” he said, his tone naturally unpleasant.

’If I get the chance, I have to warn Chen Xing to be wary of these two.’

But the two women had been beaten into submission. They cowered and shuffled backward, thinking it was a trick by the Migratory Clan to test them. ”We’re not going! We’re absolutely not going...”

Brother Xiao, Ding Yiyu: ”...”

It seemed they wouldn’t follow them, and the men hesitated, unsure what to do.

They had promised Chen Xing they would rescue the hostages, but they truly didn’t want to save *these* two.

Just then, Xiao Ru rushed in and said anxiously, ”Ding Yiyu, several people are running this way! If we don’t go now, it’ll be too late!”

Brother Xiao glanced at Hao Wenli and He Yu’an one last time. ”I’m asking you one last time: are you coming or not?”

’Still hesitating?’

”If you’re not coming, fine!” Brother Xiao made an instant decision, and the three of them turned to leave.

Seeing Xiao Ru, Hao Wenli’s hope was suddenly rekindled; this didn’t seem like a trick anymore.

The woman who had been crumpled on the floor shot to her feet with a WHOOSH and ran after Brother Xiao’s group. ”I believe you! Take me with you!”

The thought of being tortured again made her brave for a moment.

She could ignore the pain wracking her entire body.

Ding Yiyu shot her a glare over his shoulder.

’This woman is definitely a liability!’

’We’re in the middle of a rescue, and she’s shouting at the top of her lungs.’

He Yu’an also jumped up right after her, nimbly chasing after them.

The people in the square fighting the fire saw the escapees emerging from the building. Realizing their oversight, they dispatched a group to intercept them.

Chen Xing immediately threw several more grenades, causing plumes of black smoke to billow up from the square.

Pang Guang was in the middle of the smoke and explosions, scrambling for cover, when he spotted a slender figure on the fourth floor.

’Damn it!’

Even from a distance, he could tell it was her—the woman named Chen Xing from the video, the one who ate with such gusto.

Right now, her face wore a provocative expression.

Pang Guang immediately snatched a gun and ran toward the building where Chen Xing was hiding.

’Fucking hell, this is devastating!’

’She specifically targeted the trucks loaded with cargo!’

He had watched with his own eyes as all the trucks were destroyed.

Without these supplies, how was he going to answer to his superiors?

Among his own men, he was the boss, but at the real Migratory Clan headquarters, he was nothing but a lackey.

Upon entering the building, he fired two shots into the air, partly to vent his anger and partly to frighten Chen Xing.

’I refuse to believe she can hide anywhere else.’

Once inside, he began a frantic search upward.

The building wasn’t tall, only nine floors in total.

But he searched all the way to the rooftop and still didn’t see anyone.

’Fuck!’

Furious, he fired several more shots outside to release his pent-up rage.

”All of you, fucking find her for me!” ’She’s just one woman,’ he thought. ’I refuse to believe we can’t find her.’

He had been watching the exit the whole time; she never came out. Since there were no other exits, she must have gone through the basement!

He quickly ran back down into the underground parking garage.

It was pitch-black inside. He had to turn on his phone’s flashlight just to barely see what was in front of him.

After taking a few steps, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

He couldn’t say what it was, but he was scared.

Just as he was about to turn back and call for his men, a dark figure suddenly appeared in the beam of his flashlight.

He regretted it instantly. ’I should have kept a couple of men with me.’

The face opposite him was deathly pale in the light, but it was undeniably exquisite and beautiful.

...And this was the woman who had destroyed his cargo!

His anger flared, and he raised his hand to shoot.

But in a flash, the figure vanished from the light.

As he nervously swept the beam of his phone around, searching for her, a cold voice suddenly came from behind him.

”Pang Guang, you killed so many people in your last life. In this life, your retribution has come!”