Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 267: Chapter 264: Storming the Gate

The force behind Chen Xing’s throw was immense, and the Big Black Door was instantly sent flying.

She was already running toward it the moment she threw the iron pipe.

By the time she passed through the black wooden door, she turned around to find it standing there perfectly intact, as if it had regrown on the spot.

”Now even the doors are turning into monsters...” came Zhang Jingtao’s helpless voice.

He wasn’t surprised by the iron pipe Chen Xing had suddenly produced. He had heard of this superpower before—it was the Gold Attribute Superpower.

Chen Xing, on the other hand, turned her head, a little surprised to see him here.

”Haoran can take care of himself. Let’s go in and have a look!” He was so desperate to save his wife and child that he had unleashed his full power just to get here this quickly.

”Let’s deal with the monsters before we go in,” Chen Xing said, patting Meng Hu, who had followed her.

After passing through the Big Black Door, they found themselves in pitch-black darkness.

Within that darkness, countless monsters were closing in on them.

If not for their slow movements, they would have been in serious danger.

Zhang Jingtao immediately conjured a ball of fire. It illuminated a room of several hundred square meters, which was packed wall-to-wall with monsters.

They weren’t large, looking more like weasels.

Meng Hu had already joined the fray, charging into the horde of slow-moving creatures.

But no matter how fierce it was, it was overwhelmed by their sheer numbers.

Chen Xing realized a battle of attrition would only get them killed.

So, she locked her eyes on the door on the opposite side of the room and unleashed a whip of electricity, instantly clearing a path.

’She has two superpowers!?’

Zhang Jingtao had heard of Chen Xing and knew she was powerful.

But hearing about it was completely different from seeing it with his own eyes.

’Besides, I’d never heard she had two superpowers before, had I?’

Despite his thoughts, his feet didn’t stop moving. He followed the path Chen Xing had cleared and ran forward.

Chen Xing reached the large door a step ahead of him.

It was just an ordinary large iron gate. Now that she had the Gold Attribute, she could open it however she pleased.

Once she had dismantled the iron gate, her vision was suddenly filled with light.

It was also exceptionally quiet, as if separated into a different world from the one behind her.

This place was like Heaven—spotless and serene.

The room wasn’t large, just a small chamber of about a dozen square meters.

After Meng Hu and Zhang Jingtao came through, she reinstalled the dismantled iron gate, blocking the monsters’ pursuit.

”This should be the entrance to the research lab area!” Zhang Jingtao had also been to the Lu Family Research Institute many times before.

For security, the periphery of the Research Institute was always set up with various obstacles.

Back then, he never thought those obstacles amounted to much.

Only now, trying to break through them himself, did he realize how brutal they were. An ordinary person would have no chance of passing through.

Chen Xing felt the same way.

Research institutes always seemed to favor white decor.

If she had to choose, she preferred the room with the horde of monsters over this bright, sterile white place.

At least that place didn’t sicken her as much.

The two of them pressed forward and passed through the first door with unexpected ease.

Zhang Jingtao was far more nervous than Chen Xing.

When he used to visit the Research Institute, he never felt much of anything, just treating it as a trip to check on research results.

Now, he was overcome with anxiety.

He was terrified his wife and child would become test subjects.

He suddenly felt a pang of guilt for all the people he had seen lying on research beds in the past.

This was especially true now, as he faced a room full of ”guinea pigs” lying on beds, waiting to be experimented on.

As for Chen Xing, her mood was even darker.

It was just like the scene she saw when she had first woken up.

She still couldn’t remember anything, but her hatred for the Research Institute was even stronger now than it was back then.

Walking to the central control room, Chen Xing yanked out the main unit’s power cord.

Instantly, all the equipment powered down.

Chen Xing didn’t hesitate. Gripping the power cord, she seemed to be lost in memory.

In reality, she was absorbing the electricity.

’There’s definitely going to be another fight. It’s best to be fully charged so I can use my powers easily.’

Of course, no one could see her thumb pressed against the power line.

Zhang Jingtao was completely astonished as he saw people getting up from the hospital beds on both sides, one by one.

Chen Xing glanced around. The ID tags here all started with the number ninety thousand; they were probably later-stage ”guinea pigs.”

’These people won’t help me with my memories, so I don’t plan on bringing them along. Let them find their own way out.’ ℯℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

While Chen Xing was recharging, Zhang Jingtao had already rushed past the area with the research beds and reached the large door on the other side.

He was in a hurry.

He didn’t have Chen Xing’s patience; all he wanted was to save his wife and child.

The moment he opened the door, Zhang Jingtao almost lost his composure and burst into tears.

Inside a room of over a hundred square meters, dozens of beds were arranged in rows.

A pregnant woman lay on each one.

Their eyes were vacant, as if they had lost all will to live.

There were dozens of pregnant women, but Lu Yanran was not among them.

His heart sank.

’Could Xu Anguo have known we were coming and deliberately moved Lu Yanran?’

Furious, he yanked open the door on the opposite side and barged through.

Suddenly moving from a bright white space into darkness requires a period of adjustment for one’s eyes.

But in his reckless charge, he paid it no mind.

A large wooden club swung at him from straight ahead, landing a solid blow on his head.

He was knocked back into the room with the pregnant women.

Just then, the door slammed shut.

His head felt incredibly heavy, but he still struggled to get back up.

Chen Xing didn’t particularly approve of his behavior.

After all, he had seen a room full of pregnant women and shown not a shred of sympathy, thinking only of his own wife, even though these women were in the exact same predicament as the wife he cherished.

’Maybe this is just how the upper class operates.’

Chen Xing ignored him. She ran to the control console and pulled out the power cords connected to the pregnant women as well.

The women, who had been so dazed they seemed to have lost all hope for life, slowly began to awaken.

Seeing a room full of companions who shared their fate, they immediately broke down, crying together.

They hugged one another, offering comfort.

Chen Xing felt that these pregnant women were luckier than the ”guinea pigs” from before; they had only been under control for a short time.

Without the control devices, they all returned to their normal selves.

After crying for a short while, one of them turned to Chen Xing with gratitude. ”You saved us, right? Thank you! Sisters, even though the apocalypse is still going on, we have to keep living! We can’t just wait here to die!”

”That’s right! We have to live for our babies!”

Chen Xing didn’t know how long they could run with their pregnant bellies, or how they would contend with the monsters once they got out.

But since it was within her power, there was no reason not to save them.

”We don’t know what the situation is over there yet. Wait here for now. Come over when I call for you!”

At that moment, Meng Hu peeked out from behind Chen Xing.

The pregnant women jumped in fright, all shrinking back.

It made sense.

Who wouldn’t be scared of such a massive beast?

Chen Xing immediately patted Meng Hu. ”Don’t be afraid. It won’t hurt you!”

With that, she led Meng Hu toward the door.

By now, Zhang Jingtao had managed to get back on his feet.

His face burned with shame.

Especially when facing Chen Xing.

Chen Xing didn’t look at him. Instead, she kicked the door open and stepped into the darkness with Meng Hu.