Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 264: Chapter 261: This Little Thing is Way Too Unreliable

Lu Haoran shook his head. ”My brother-in-law doesn’t know either! The last time my sister was beaten, my brother-in-law nearly hit Lu Bingtian while protecting her.

”Lu Bingtian flew into a rage and kicked him out of the Lu Family. Then he secretly brought my sister here to the North Sea, but none of us know the exact address! Lu Bingtian doesn’t know where my sister went either, which is why he passed the information to me!”

Chen Xing was speechless. ’What a sly old fox!’

’Deceiving even his own son and son-in-law? All just to save his own skin?’

”My brother-in-law and his men have been searching here for days. They said that ship is a bit suspicious!” Lu Haoran pointed to the large passenger ship Chen Xing had been watching earlier.

’Oh, no!’

’Did I just tip them off?’

Sure enough... before long, the ship started to move, its engine rumbling loudly.

”Damn it, the ship’s leaving!” Lu Haoran’s fingers dug into a tree branch.

While Lu Haoran’s attention was fixed on the ship, Chen Xing waved her hand and instantly released the Little Black Cat, followed by a little dinosaur monster.

The Little Black Cat moved with incredible speed, reaching the shore in the blink of an eye. It waited there for the little dinosaur monster for a moment.

Once the little dinosaur monster arrived, the Little Black Cat took a running start.

As it reached the little dinosaur monster, the creature gave the Little Black Cat’s rear a powerful boost.

With that kick, the running start, and its own speed, the Little Black Cat actually managed to leap the one-hundred-meter distance to the ship.

After releasing the little dinosaur monster and the Little Black Cat, Chen Xing deliberately distracted Lu Haoran. ”Can you pilot a ship?”

’The last time I piloted a ship, it was a small boat. A small boat won’t cut it this time.’

Lu Haoran’s attention snapped back. He shook his head, then immediately nodded. ”I can’t, but my brother-in-law can!”

”Where’s your brother-in-law?”

”He’s resting about two kilometers from here. He was watching the ship all last night!”

”Go get your brother-in-law. I’ll find a boat we can use!”

”Be careful, then!” Lu Haoran said before heading off to find him.

Chen Xing watched the ship recede into the distance, recalled the little dinosaur monster, and went to the shore.

She found a medium-sized boat.

’A large one would be impossible for one person to pilot, right?’

’A small one might not be able to catch up to the big ship.’

’A medium one should be fine!’ Before long, Lu Haoran returned with a thin, lanky man.

He wore a pair of glasses and had a scholarly, gentle appearance.

Lu Haoran made a brief introduction.

This was Zhang Jingtao. His father had been the former Admiral of the Navy.

When the apocalypse began, the admiral turned into a zombie.

Because of that, he was exceptionally devoted to Lu Yanran and the child in her womb, treating them as his entire world.

’He seems like a good man.’

Chen Xing had no reason to dislike him.

”Hurry and start the boat! We’re about to lose sight of it!”

Zhang Jingtao was anxious too and immediately ran to start the boat.

Soon, they saw the large ship had stopped near the small island from before.

It was the same island where they had captured the nightingale.

Worried about alerting their target, they took a wide detour and landed on the opposite shore.

The black cat sent a location ping. It seemed quite a few people had landed on the island.

Chen Xing, the two men, and Meng Hu also went ashore.

This island was much easier to climb than before.

The Little Grass and branches were all withered, so there was basically nothing blocking their path.

When Chen Xing arrived, the black cat was standing on a withered tree.

Lu Haoran and Zhang Jingtao didn’t notice it.

Chen Xing received a message from the black cat: a group of people had arrived here and then vanished.

”Are you sure they’re around here?” Zhang Jingtao asked Chen Xing, looking at the dense woods that had no visible entrances or exits.

”How about we split up and search?” Chen Xing couldn’t very well say her cat had sent her the information.

’Splitting up is good, too. It’ll be easier for me to act alone.’

Lu Haoran also agreed to split up to save time.

Once Lu Haoran and Zhang Jingtao were a good distance away, the Little Black Cat jumped to the ground and started meowing at the earth.

Chen Xing crouched down and began feeling around on the ground.

When her hand touched a certain spot, a distinct ticking sound became audible.

Sensing something was wrong, she immediately dug deeper.

Red numbers appeared before her eyes.

5:36, 5:35...

’Fuck!’

’This little thing is so unreliable!’

’It just stared at a bomb for this long?’

She shot to her feet and snatched the black cat, tossing it into her space.

Then she cupped her hands around her mouth and yelled, ”Help—”

’Lu Haoran and the other guy have only been gone for two or three minutes. They should be able to hear me, right?’

After a moment’s hesitation, she started running in Lu Haoran’s direction.

’If I can only save one of them, I’ll save Lu Haoran.’

Lu Haoran returned incredibly quickly, meeting up with Chen Xing in just a minute.

His face was covered in sweat, showing how nervous he was. Seeing that Chen Xing was unharmed, he finally let out a heavy breath. ”What happened?”

Chen Xing grabbed Lu Haoran and started running back the way she came. ”There’s a bomb! It’s going to detonate in three minutes!”

’I don’t know how powerful this bomb is. Could it blow up the entire island?’

’Worst case, I can survive on my own.’

What she was worried about now were Lu Haoran and Zhang Jingtao.

Hearing there was a bomb, Lu Haoran clearly ran faster.

Two minutes later, they met up with Zhang Jingtao.

The three of them ran for their lives toward where the boat was moored, but there were only ten seconds left on the timer.

They were still a dozen or so minutes away from the boat, and it wasn’t even certain they’d be safe once they got there.

Chen Xing decided to take a gamble!

’If the gamble fails, then I guess Lu Haoran and he just weren’t fated to survive.’

’If it succeeds, their lives will be saved.’

With five seconds left, as she ran at the very front, a poisonous plant appeared in her hand.

In an instant, the two men collapsed.

Recalling the poisonous plant and Meng Hu, she instantly teleported in front of them and laid a hand on each.

It had to be said, her few pieces of jewelry were incredibly powerful when used together.

The two men appeared inside the Black Cat Space, falling unconscious onto the grass.

She entered at almost the same time they did, but she went into her Jiezhi Space.

’I can’t guarantee the bomb will detonate on time. And I can’t be sure there isn’t another bomb right under my feet.’

Two seconds later, Chen Xing watched as the entire island blew up, one explosion following another.

As flames shot toward the sky, the island vanished from the surface of the sea.

’How lucky am I to have my space?’

’Otherwise, I’d definitely be nothing but smithereens by now.’

Their boat, needless to say, was completely destroyed in the blast.

Chen Xing entered her space and placed a poisonous plant in the Black Cat Space to prevent the two men from waking up.

Seeing new friends, the black cats jumped and frolicked all over the two men.

Chen Xing waited until the large ship had disappeared before placing a life raft on the surface of the sea.

She also found two wooden planks, splashed a basin of water on Lu Haoran and Zhang Jingtao, and tossed them onto the planks.

She then jumped into the sea herself, draped her hands over the life raft, and pretended to be unconscious.

A few dozen seconds later, the cold water shocked the two men awake.

Lu Haoran saw Chen Xing still in the water while a soaking wet Meng Hu was on the life raft, persistently trying to pull her up.

He immediately jumped into the water, swam over, and pushed her onto the life raft first.

Both men then got onto the life raft as well.

Chen Xing ”woke up” two minutes later, cursing inwardly.

’On such a cold day, you think this is easy for me?’

Meng Hu also gave her a reproachful look.

Once they were safe, Zhang Jingtao began to ask questions. ”We actually survived? How did we survive?”