Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 256: Chapter 253: House Space

The lean Wanyan slowly crouched down, a knife materializing in his hand, a clear sign that Chen Xing was about to become another soul for his blade.

Brother Jin and Lu Haoran were also semi-conscious. They could be next. A desperate energy seemed to surge within them, trying to break free.

But before the blade could touch Chen Xing’s neck, Wanyan suddenly went rigid and collapsed.

Though she was paralyzed, Chen Xing could still channel her reserve electricity out from her space.

And she had sent it straight into Wanyan.

Just then, the sound of approaching footsteps grew louder.

The North’s leader’s men were about to storm in.

Chen Xing had no choice but to duck into her space and take a sip of spring water. It instantly cleared her head and revived her.

By the time she stood up, the Superpower Users were already inside the room.

Chen Xing instantly unleashed a torrent of electricity from her hands.

The first few through the door collapsed.

Chen Xing feigned pulling a water bottle from her down jacket. As she poured the water down the two unconscious men’s throats, she kept releasing arcs of electricity to keep the Superpower Users outside the door at bay.

Some superpowers could penetrate walls.

After drinking the spring water, Lu Haoran, though still immobile, could now use his superpower. He immediately conjured a protective shield.

Brother Jin also recovered slowly and sat up.

Just then, that strange, sweet fragrance drifted in again.

Chen Xing immediately held her breath. She glanced at the ground—where was Wanyan’s body?

’My blast of electricity didn’t kill him?’

She watched as Lu Haoran and Brother Jin began to swoon again, the protective shield slowly fading away.

Chen Xing forced more spring water down their throats.

’This is so infuriating!’

Fed up, she cranked up the voltage and sent a powerful current surging across the floor and out the door.

She heard a series of thuds from outside as bodies hit the floor.

By now, the two men were back on their feet.

They couldn’t just stay on the defensive.

They went to the doorway together.

Brother Jin gathered a ball of raging fire in his hand, its power comparable to a cannonball.

The instant he hurled it, the Superpower Users ascending the stairs were blasted beyond recognition.

”Let’s all escape on our own!” Chen Xing said, not wanting to drag this out.

’The longer this takes, the more likely my cover will be blown.’

Just as she was about to jump down from the destroyed stairwell, Lu Haoran pulled her back.

Seeing the situation, Brother Jin jumped down on his own.

Chen Xing turned her head to look at Lu Haoran.

”Chen Xing...” Lu Haoran said, absolutely certain it was her.

Chen Xing was speechless. ’So he saw through my disguise after all.’

She looked up at him, wondering what had given her away.

”The water you gave me to drink is different from normal water!” Lu Haoran explained. ”It felt like a miracle elixir.”

”It didn’t just neutralize the drug, it even healed my injuries.”

He had never drunk it himself, but he’d heard some of Song Yiguo’s Superpower Users talking about it.

”And your Thunder Ability... the way you unleash it is different from others!”

’Fine.’

Chen Xing didn’t deny it. ”I trust you know how to keep a secret?” she asked. ’After all, I did save his life.’

Lu Haoran nodded. Naturally, he wouldn’t do anything to make things difficult for Chen Xing.

Ever since he learned that there was some kind of connection between them, he cherished her even more.

With his assurance, Chen Xing didn’t linger. She leaped down through the ruined stairwell.

Below, Brother Jin had already cleared a path, making it much easier for Chen Xing to fight her way out.

Her eyes scanned the Superpower Users from the North, searching for any sign of Wanyan.

He felt familiar to her, but she also sensed a palpable danger from him.

He could slip away without a sound and could also release a strange fragrance.

She had never smelled a fragrance like it; it seemed to emanate from his very body.

’Could Wanyan also be a test subject from the Xingguang Research Institute?’

Unable to find him, Chen Xing left.

She braved the cold wind, traveling through the night for some time. After confirming that no one was around, she took a car out of her space.

Next, she had to rush to Buddha City to meet with Ran Gaoyang.

That was why she had kept her disguise on the whole time.

However, she hadn’t driven far before a heavy blizzard blocked her path.

She switched to a larger vehicle, but it wasn’t long before the snow became too thick to drive through at all.

It was freezing cold. Chen Xing took out her RV and turned the heat up to the maximum.

She hoped that Ran Gaoyang and the others would be a little selfish, take her cargo, and get out of the North to safety.

She couldn’t bear for them to fall into danger over her cargo.

But now, all communication was down, and she couldn’t contact them at all.

Since there was nothing to be done, Chen Xing rested peacefully in the RV.

For safety, she also let the little dino-monster out into the RV to protect her.

She thought Meng Hu would be unhappy.

But to her surprise, Meng Hu, relishing the rare opportunity to have the space to himself, paid her no mind, even giving her a look that said, ”Good riddance.”

Chen Xing didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

After entrusting her safety to the little dino-monster, she went to study the Green Gemstone Jewelry she had just acquired.

She had already perfectly connected the other two pieces of Green Gemstone Jewelry to herself.

Thanks to her personal space, the moment they were placed inside, they integrated with her.

She first connected with the stud earring.

The connection was made, and Chen Xing was nearly overwhelmed with trypophobia.

Inside the earring was a courtyard-like space, a little over a hundred square feet, filled with hundreds of black cats all scrambling over each other to fawn over her.

The most terrifying part was that all hundred-plus cats were identical.

’Does this mean the black cat Cadar always had with her could have been a different one each day?’

Chen Xing took the black cat she had previously stashed in her supply space and returned it to the ”feline concentration camp.”

The black cat, having apparently grown accustomed to the wide-open area, looked thoroughly dejected upon its return.

Chen Xing was speechless.

Afterward, she experimented with it in various ways but discovered no other functions.

She was slightly disappointed.

Next, she entered the space connected to the bracelet.

What she found inside was beyond her expectations.

It was a pleasant surprise.

The space was actually a small house, several hundred square feet, divided into a living room, dining room, bedroom, and bathroom.

Outside the house was a black, empty expanse.

But it wasn’t a frightening darkness. It was more like a void where something was meant to be but hadn’t yet been revealed. The feeling was strangely comforting.

With a flicker, her entire being entered the space.

’So... just like a Jiezhi Space, I can enter this one too?’

But this was different from a Jiezhi Space.

Those could only be used for storage and nothing else.

This, however, was a real house. It wasn’t luxurious, but it was decent enough—certainly better than sleeping out in a frozen wasteland.

She threw out everything in the house and, from her own space, brought out the best bed, bedding, bedspread, pillows, cushions, and put them in the bedroom.

Then she put a sofa, coffee table, bookshelf, television, and other things into the living room.

She could generate her own electricity, but there was no use for it at the moment, so she just set the items in place.

She also replaced all the fixtures in the bathroom.

The most amazing part was that as soon as the toilet was assembled, it actually worked.

She had no idea where the wastewater went.

She replaced the shower head, faucets, and everything else in the bathroom as well.

However... when she went to take a shower, she discovered a slight flaw—no hot water.

’Well, it’s already quite advanced!’

Chen Xing then installed a water heater.

As for a power source, she had one—and plenty of it.

Besides, she also had all kinds of generators.