Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 189: Chapter 186: She Will Struggle, Won’t She?

”Could you have missed it?” Secretary Liu was a bit baffled.

Song Yiguo had left two hours ahead of schedule. He should have arrived by now.

Besides, there was no sign of Song Yiguo and his men on the road.

Li Shu, who was in charge of the safety zone’s entrance, gave him a cold look. ”I watch this gate all day. No one gets in or out without me seeing them. Are you accusing me of negligence?”

”That’s not what I meant...”

”Then what did you mean?” Li Shu retorted, refusing to let it go.

Secretary Liu was speechless.

Chen Xing glanced at the ground, then looked at Li Shu with a cool gaze.

Li Shu, who hadn’t noticed Chen Xing before, was instantly drawn to her.

Following her gaze, he also saw the tire tracks left on the ground.

The tracks had obviously been made recently.

”Our convoy left those when they came back from a supply run!” Li Shu explained hastily.

If he hadn’t offered an explanation, Chen Xing would have been left to speculate.

An explanation like that was clearly a cover-up. ’Song Yiguo must be here,’ she thought.

’Why lie about it?’

’He must have an ulterior motive.’

Chen Xing didn’t press the issue of the tire tracks. Her voice remained cool. ”General Song must have called ahead, correct?”

Li Shu’s expression stiffened for a moment before he broke into a smile. ”Yes, we received a call from General Song!”

”Then can we go inside and wait for the Young Master?” Secretary Liu immediately caught on to Chen Xing’s line of questioning and spoke up.

General Song’s name still carried weight; he couldn’t believe any safety zone would dare to turn them away.

”Well...” Li Shu looked troubled.

Secretary Liu’s expression turned cold. ”What? Are you going to defy General Song’s orders?”

”I wouldn’t dare!” Li Shu had no choice but to brace himself and open the gate. ”Secretary Liu, right this way!” His attitude had improved considerably.

’Just as I thought,’ Secretary Liu mused. ’Sometimes you just have to throw your weight around.’

The RV drove into a parking space just past the safety zone’s first gate.

Chen Xing told Li Chen and the others to stay in the RV, leaving Meng Hu to protect them.

She then followed Secretary Liu deeper into the complex.

Secretary Liu’s position wasn’t insignificant, so everyone they met greeted them with smiles.

Chen Xing followed along as if she were invisible, observing her surroundings carefully.

If she had only suspected Song Yiguo was here before, her interactions with a few people now confirmed it. He was definitely here.

Their attitudes were overly friendly, and they casually asked Secretary Liu how long he planned on staying.

It was as if they couldn’t wait for him to leave immediately.

This was especially true when Secretary Liu announced he was staying to wait for his young master. Their faces stiffened, and they exchanged meaningful glances.

’We should just detain him.’

’But does General Song know they’ve arrived?’

’Who cares? We’ll just say they already left!’

’What if General Song investigates?’

’We’ve already detained Song Yiguo. What’s one more secretary?’

’The Director isn’t here. It seems this is our only option.’

The two men standing behind them conversed with their eyes.

”Secretary Liu, please hand over your phone.” Now that they had decided to act, they weren’t about to leave him with any means of communication.

Secretary Liu was speechless.

”What is the meaning of this?” It seemed to be dawning on him.

”Our apologies, Secretary Liu, but we’ll have to detain you for now.” Seeing his superior had made the decision, Li Shu immediately called for his men.

Secretary Liu was furious. ”Are you trying to rebel against General Song? How dare you! Tell me, where is Young Master Song?”

”You want to see Young Master Song? Not a problem.” Li Shu’s superior, Wei Bing, the zone’s Vice-Director, gestured with his hand. ”Take them to see Young Master Song!”

Anxious, Secretary Liu glanced at Chen Xing.

’She’ll put up a fight, at least, right?’

’With Chen Xing’s abilities, she should be able to handle these guys. We could hide and regroup. After all, this safety zone is huge.’

But to his dismay, she looked ready to surrender without a fight, and his hopes immediately withered.

The two of them were shoved through two heavily guarded checkpoints and then pushed into a large cell.

Song Yiguo and Vice General Du were speechless, their faces a mask of bewilderment.

They had been counting on Chen Xing to find a way to rescue them.

”How did you two get captured as well?” Song Yiguo asked, a hint of despair in his voice.

He hadn’t found Yan Junxi, and now he himself was a prisoner.

Now even their only hope, Chen Xing, had fallen into the enemy’s hands.

”These people are unbelievably bold!” Secretary Liu fumed. ”How dare they move against the Song Family? This whole trip must have been a conspiracy!”

Everyone was silent. ’Of course it’s a conspiracy!’

They could only hope that General Song wouldn’t trust the Bao Lai Safety Zone.

”Good, you’re here,” Chen Xing said calmly, then walked over to the large iron gate.

When cornered, her go-to strategy was to feign compliance and let her captors think they had the upper hand.

This way, not only could she find out Song Yiguo’s whereabouts, but she could also make them lower their guard.

Vice General Du followed her. ”For some reason, our superpowers stopped working the moment we entered this safety zone. Be careful.”

”Okay.” What did neutralized superpowers have to do with her?

’It’s not like I have a superpower, anyway.’

Chen Xing gave a sharp tug, and the lock on the heavy iron gate shattered. The gate swung open with ease.

Song Yiguo and the others were speechless. ’...Right.’

’She doesn’t need superpowers, does she?’

The group followed Chen Xing out. They wanted to head for the exit, but Song Yiguo was reluctant. ”Junxi might be here!”

Chen Xing glanced at the lovesick man. ”I saw Yan Junxi in the underground Research Institute at the Duole Safety Zone, but he was moved before I had a chance to rescue him.”

”Are you telling the truth?” Song Yiguo looked at Chen Xing in disbelief.

Everyone knew what Chen Xing was capable of. And she was saying she didn’t have time to rescue him?

’Is she telling the truth?’

Chen Xing knew that this would be the result of telling the truth.

But at the time, there really was no opportunity to save him.

Otherwise, how could she have let such a good opportunity go?

If she had rescued Yan Junxi, wouldn’t Song Yiguo be indebted to her for life?

”I smashed the floor of the Research Institute to pieces and still couldn’t break through. There was nothing I could do.” Chen Xing didn’t even mention Yan Junxi’s current condition. ’If Song Yiguo knew Yan Junxi had his head shaved and looked so gaunt, he would lose his mind.’

Song Yiguo clenched his fists. ”We’re going back to the Capital City. Immediately.”

If Yan Junxi was in the Capital City, then there was still a chance to rescue him.

After Chen Xing dispatched a few guards, the group made their way toward the exit.

At this moment, Chen Xing received a message from Meng Hu.

Someone was attacking the RV.

Chen Xing grew anxious. She couldn’t lose the RV, and she couldn’t lose Meng Hu.

She was the first to start running, her speed so fast that Song Yiguo and the others had a hard time keeping up.

Fortunately, she cut a path through the guards, clearing the way for them.

Plus, Vice General Du and the others had high Combat Power to begin with. Even without their superpowers, they were still formidable fighters.

Meanwhile, back at the RV...

The men from Bao Lai Safety Zone had no idea a ridiculously powerful tiger was inside the RV. The moment they opened the door, intending to seize the vehicle and its occupants, Meng Hu attacked.

It thrashed them so badly that no one from Bao Lai Safety Zone dared to approach the vehicle.

Just then, someone suggested using a bomb.

’A beast that ferocious needs to be killed, and quickly!’

When Chen Xing arrived, she saw someone had pulled the pin on a grenade and was about to throw it into the RV.