Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 262: Chapter 259: Already Retiring in Your Early 20s?

Brother Xiao knew about Chen Xing’s abilities, but she was still on her own.

If she made one careless mistake, there would be no coming back. That’s just how this world was.

That was why everyone banded together, living and working as one. The risks were always less than when you were by yourself.

At least they had numbers here. Everyone helped each other out, which had to be better than being alone, right?

Chen Xing knew he meant well.

But she couldn’t accept.

She was happy that the factory district was developing well.

She also supported Brother Xiao expanding the district and even taking in more refugees.

She could even contribute by delivering supplies every so often. After all, she could never finish all the things in her space.

But... she couldn’t stay.

She had her own reasons. She was more comfortable and free on her own.

Besides, there were quite a few people who wanted to capture or kill her.

Her coming to the factory district would only bring trouble.

”Thank you for your kindness, but I’m used to being by myself. You don’t have to worry about me!”

Seeing Chen Xing’s refusal, Brother Xiao didn’t press the issue. He just pulled a satellite phone and a walkie-talkie from his pocket and handed them to her. ”I won’t force you, but you can come back whenever you want. The internet is down, so this will make it easier to stay in touch!”

Chen Xing took them. ”I’ll be leaving right away. In three hours, I’ll leave the Crystal Cores at the usual spot. I don’t need my cut for now, just donate it to the refugees!”

”You’re donating that much?”

Chen Xing nodded. Just as she was about to leave, Brother Xiao called out to her again. ”Young Master Song sent Vice General Du looking for you before. He said he couldn’t find you anywhere and told us to let you know if we heard from you. He has something extremely urgent to discuss! It seemed pretty serious.”

Chen Xing was speechless.

’Song Yiguo is looking for me?’

’And it’s urgent?’

’What could be so urgent?’

”Got it!” After saying goodbye to Brother Xiao, Chen Xing drove off and dropped the two truckloads of Crystal Cores at the transaction point.

This was her last batch of stock.

For the sake of the factory district, Chen Xing decided to make a trip to the Capital City.

Even though Song Yiguo had gone down a dark path, they still had a connection.

However, she wasn’t in a great hurry to get there.

But killing zombies was still her top priority.

Finding a small county town, Chen Xing parked her vehicle and led her team of thugs into town to clean up.

Most of the zombies in this small town were already Advanced Zombies. Any humans who might have been here were long dead.

So... Meng Hu, the little wolf cub, the little dinosaur monster, and all the Little Black Cats joined the battle.

She needed to properly train these newly joined little guys.

Don’t be fooled by the Little Black Cats’ small size; their destructive power was absolutely formidable.

Even agile and fast Advanced Zombies were insta-killed within moments of encountering the Little Black Cats.

Chen Xing just sat under a tree, cooling off and eating watermelon while she watched the show.

These little things were so low-maintenance.

After killing the zombies, they would even extract the Crystal Cores and place them around Chen Xing.

All Chen Xing had to do was reach out her hand to put them into her space.

The small county town wasn’t large, with an original population of only a hundred thousand or so. After the apocalypse, those who could leave left, and those who couldn’t died.

After evolving into Advanced Zombies, they no longer waited passively for humans to come to them; they knew to go out and hunt humans themselves.

Now, there were only a few thousand of them left.

Before long, her crew had completely wiped out the newly evolved Advanced Zombies.

Once they had their fill, they continued on their way.

Every time she saw a small town, her hands would get itchy.

As a result, it was three days later by the time she reached the Capital City.

The Capital City didn’t look like a place where something urgent was happening.

Everyone was living their lives in an orderly fashion.

Not long after she was announced, Vice General Du came running out.

He was as handsome as ever, and it seemed life had been treating him well recently.

”We finally got ahold of you!” Vice General Du seemed quite friendly with Chen Xing.

”What was Song Yiguo’s urgent business with me?”

Vice General Du was at a loss for words. ’Right, there was something like that, but wasn’t the urgent matter over a month ago?’

”It’s already been resolved. But Young Master Song still has something to discuss with you!”

”Is he... okay?” Chen Xing asked tentatively.

Vice General Du turned to look at her, not quite understanding what she meant.

”Was Yan Junxi’s death too big of a blow for him? His state of mind...” She didn’t have the heart to ask if he’d become completely ruthless.

”State of mind?” Vice General Du repeated.

”I mean, does he see everyone as someone who might have been responsible for Yan Junxi’s death?” ’For example,’ she thought, ’will I also become a target of his revenge?’

After all, she had been there at the time.

Vice General Du didn’t know how to answer. ”In the past, Young Master Song only wanted to protect the Duole Safety Zone. Now, his focus isn’t entirely here. Any time there’s news about the Lu Family, the Li Family, the other Li Family, or the Yu Family from the North, he immediately dispatches troops. His only order is to kill. He says he’ll handle the consequences.”

”The Yu Family from the North?” ’From what Chen Xing knew, hadn’t the big shot from the North only participated in wiping out the Li Family?’

”Yu Laosan wasn’t at Mr. Li’s birthday banquet at the time, but there were members of the Yu Family in the teams sent to hunt down Young Master Song. Besides, Mr. Li also sent a letter explaining the situation back then. So... Young Master Song didn’t completely annihilate Mr. Li.”

While they were talking, the two of them arrived at the door to Song Yiguo’s office.

After knocking, Vice General Du let Chen Xing in and then went to attend to his own duties.

Song Yiguo’s appearance gave Chen Xing a huge shock.

This wasn’t the same dejection he’d shown after losing his parents.

He had a full beard, and the vicious aura in his eyes didn’t soften much even when he saw Chen Xing. ”It really wasn’t easy finding you.” His tone was a bit distant.

”I found a nice place to rest and recuperate.”

”Barely in your twenties and already retiring?”

”The world is so chaotic, I don’t dare to provoke anyone!” What Chen Xing said was the truth.

’The people Song Yiguo offended... all I did was lend a hand, and all their hatred was directed at me. Wasn’t it just because I’m all alone?’

’But being alone has its advantages. When I hide, you could search until you drop dead and still not find me, especially now that there’s no internet.’

”Was I the one who got you involved?”

Chen Xing was speechless. His way of speaking was a bit suffocating.

’Wasn’t he the one who got me involved?’

’I was minding my own business. How could I possibly have the ability to offend so many big shots at once?’

”Getting involved or not was my own choice!” Chen Xing didn’t want to waste any more words. ”You needed me for something?”

”Yes! I had something urgent to discuss with you a month ago!”

Chen Xing was speechless.

”But, something else has come up.” Song Yiguo looked up, studying Chen Xing carefully. ”Lu Yanran is missing.”

”What does her disappearance have to do with me?” Chen Xing had no favorable impression of the Lu Family. Not even a little.

It didn’t matter whether Lu Yanran was good or bad.

”Lu Haoran came to me a few days ago. He said his sister, who is six months pregnant, suddenly vanished from the Lu Family’s southern residence.”

Chen Xing listened with indifference, her ’what-does-this-have-to-do-with-me’ expression unchanged.

”Did you know that most of the test subjects in the Xingguang Research Institute were sent there right after they were born?”

”What?” This time, Chen Xing couldn’t help but be shocked.

’Does that mean... it’s possible I was also abandoned at the Research Institute as a child?’

’Is that why... I have no memories of parents or relatives?’