Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 223: Chapter 220: The People Here Are So Hospitable

’This is too strange!’

’Could those survivors from last night have disposed of all the bodies and even wiped away the bloodstains?’

’They didn’t even do a clean job of it. Aside from the bloodstains, all the other grime was still there.’

Most importantly, she hadn’t heard a single thing last night.

”Wait here for a minute!” Chen Xing told Meng Hu, Wen Yan, and Xiao Long to stay put while she went upstairs to investigate.

However, there was no sign of those survivors upstairs.

Even the bodies on the third floor were gone, along with the bloodstains.

Chen Xing could only come back downstairs. She shook her head at Wen Yan and Xiao Long. ”The bodies upstairs are gone too!”

’Since we can’t figure out what’s going on, we should just leave immediately.’

The three of them went outside, the warm sunlight bathing them.

As they passed through the vegetable garden, the black plastic film suddenly started to squirm, as if something was about to burst out at any moment.

Chen Xing, who was walking at the back, stopped in her tracks, her gaze fixed on the black plastic.

When they came in yesterday, she hadn’t looked closely, just assuming they were vegetables.

’Now it seems they aren’t vegetables at all!’

Just in case, Chen Xing put on a pair of work gloves, grabbed the plastic film, and forcefully ripped it up.

At that moment, she felt a soft, mushy sensation in her hand.

The sensation made her extremely uncomfortable, and she immediately threw it away along with the plastic film.

When she saw the countless, egg-sized creatures that looked like tiny, bald vultures squirming beneath the plastic, Chen Xing was utterly disgusted.

She quickly took off her gloves, threw them away, and wished she could go wash her hands first.

They might have been cute, but their still-developing eyes glowed bright red. They were all tiny, mutated monsters.

There were an incredible number of them, packed tightly in the soft earth. They opened their mouths, trying to snap at Chen Xing’s feet.

The teeth in their mouths were unnaturally sharp for their size, and she could faintly see clothing fibers snagged on them.

”What are these things? They’re so disgusting!” Seeing Chen Xing staring at the ground and not moving, Wen Yan, who had walked back, almost threw up.

”Those bodies from last night... they were probably fed to these things!” Chen Xing felt it was highly likely.

She looked around and saw there were many more sheets of black plastic film.

She just didn’t know who... or what... had been feeding them.

Chen Xing took out a hand grenade, and Wen Yan and Xiao Long knew what she was about to do. They immediately led Meng Hu away from the blast zone.

One grenade went off, and all the little monsters in that small patch of soft earth were dead.

A layer of Advanced Crystal Cores littered the ground, their sparkling light almost blinding.

What an unexpected bonus!

Wen Yan and Xiao Long immediately began gathering the Crystal Cores, working in perfect sync.

Meanwhile, Chen Xing moved to a more distant spot and started tossing grenades at the other plastic sheets, one by one.

After one round, Wen Yan and Xiao Long had collected several large bags of Crystal Cores.

When there were four or five plastic sheets left, a shrill and furious roar came from the distance, followed by another, and another, each roar getting closer.

Chen Xing tossed grenades at the last few sheets and left Wen Yan and Xiao Long to collect the Crystal Cores.

She, in turn, faced the direction of the sound and prepared for a fight.

’Judging by the sound, this monster is no weaker than the ones from last night.’

A moment later, a flicker of white, like a flash of light, shot across the snowy field, covering a great distance in an instant.

It was no different from the monsters last night, except this one looked a bit more petite.

As the monster drew closer and saw the piles of its dead offspring, the red in its eyes instantly bled out, turning them entirely crimson.

It was clearly enraged, so much so that it couldn’t control itself. It let out two guttural roars to vent its fury.

’This must be the mother, right?’

’A mother’s love truly knows no borders, no species.’

’But... you’re a mutated freak!’

Holding her knife in a reverse grip, Chen Xing charged straight ahead.

’Better to strike first, before it can attack the others.’

The monster was incredibly fast. Its approach from a distance was like teleportation.

The monster was not weak either. Seeing Chen Xing charging at it, it also leaped out to meet her.

The monster’s movements seemed faster, but by the time it reached Chen Xing, it hadn’t even touched a hair on her head before she slashed its throat.

However, it wasn’t a fatal blow.

This only enraged the monster further.

It leaped up and attacked Chen Xing again.

Chen Xing wasn’t sure if she was just that fast or if it was something else, but whenever she focused, even the quickest movements seemed to turn into slow motion before her eyes.

She dodged, and stabbed the tip of her knife towards the monster’s head.

But who knew if this monster was simply clever or had evolved too quickly—it actually unleashed a bolt of lightning from its claws.

Chen Xing quickly rolled backwards to dodge, and naturally gave up on the attack that would have killed it in one blow.

’Do the monsters here level up particularly fast?’

’It’s only been a few months, and a High Level monster has already appeared? A mutated monster with a superpower, no less?’

If she hadn’t been watching so closely, she would’ve been hit.

She didn’t dare to be careless anymore!

She gathered electricity in her hand and shot it directly at the monster.

The monster was agile, however, and dodged to the side.

But while it dodged the first blast of electricity, Chen Xing had several more waiting for it.

Thus, after being electrocuted, the white monster convulsed a few times.

Chen Xing quickly got in front of it, pierced its head with her knife, and took out the Crystal Core.

”Let’s get out of here, quickly!”

Wen Yan and Xiao Long had been so engrossed in watching her fight the monster that they had completely forgotten to pick up the Crystal Cores.

When Chen Xing moved quickly, they couldn’t even follow her figure.

The two of them nodded blankly, then went to pick up the Crystal Cores.

’How long will we have to train to be like Sister Xing?’

After they finished picking up the Crystal Cores, they went to start the car.

Two hours later, they finally spotted a city on the horizon.

From a distance, they could see the words ’Huacheng City’ written in standard lettering atop the city’s tallest structure, a five-story building.

’Huacheng City? We’ve never heard of a city with that name abroad.’

The city looked decent from a distance, but as they got closer, they realized the five-story building was just a skeletal frame, lacking even a single windowpane.

The low-rise houses did have glass windows, but they looked so dilapidated it seemed like no one lived there.

Upon entering the city, it seemed even more desolate.

It was an empty city, the kind that was completely abandoned.

But... the ’Huacheng City’ sign didn’t look old. It was clear that someone frequently cleaned it, as there wasn’t even a snowflake on it.

”Sister Xing... why do I get the feeling that sign is meant to lure people in?” Wen Yan felt uneasy as he looked at the sign.

”Mm-hmm,” Chen Xing agreed.

”Maybe we should just leave, then?”

”They might not let us leave!” As soon as Chen Xing finished speaking, Xiao Long, who was driving, felt the car lose control. He could only grip the steering wheel tightly and slam on the brakes, barely managing to bring the car to a stop.

”I think the tires blew out!” Xiao Long immediately got out of the car to check.

When he saw that all four tires were blown, he knew Chen Xing was right. They weren’t going anywhere!

Chen Xing got out right after him and glanced at the tires.

’This car only has one spare. Four blown tires?’

’Looks like the people here are especially hospitable!’