Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 294: Chapter 291: I Have a Score to Settle

Chen Xing nodded. She did indeed need to rest.

This wasn’t something that could be cured in a short time.

So, she lay down on a clean bed nearby and closed her eyes for a while.

Just half an hour later, she leaped up from the bed.

She immediately spotted a tiny, thin worm on the bedding.

Being highly sensitive to everything, she could feel even the tiniest thing landing on her.

She looked up at the ceiling and saw minuscule, thin worms squirming in the cracks of the old ceiling.

And there were a lot of them.

She first checked her own body and, finding no virus, relaxed.

”Brother Zhao... I don’t think we can live here anymore!” she said, immediately pointing to the ceiling for him to see.

One look, and Brother Zhao also realized it was too dangerous.

’How could so many of us have not noticed this change?’

”The weather is freezing. It’s not a good time for us to move!” Brother Zhao was in a difficult position.

It was obvious they couldn’t live here anymore, but if they moved, where could they even go?

”Then mobilize everyone to catch the tiny worms!” Chen Xing felt the most urgent task was to eliminate this potential threat first.

She could treat the virus inside their bodies, but the external problem had to be solved by everyone working meticulously.

If even one was missed, it would pose an endless danger.

Besides, she couldn’t stay here forever; she could only help them solve it temporarily.

If the hidden danger wasn’t eliminated, only destruction awaited them.

Brother Zhao immediately led a group to search the entire building.

Aunt Li stayed with Chen Xing, who started treating the frail, elderly, and weak.

Those who were cured were arranged to stay inside clean, tidy rooms and not leave.

Only after everything was sorted out could people move around again to prevent person-to-person transmission.

Chen Xing and Aunt Li were first moved into a cleaned room.

Soon, the zombie virus in the elderly, weak, and women was eliminated.

Aside from a few who were difficult to treat because the nests of the tiny worms were hard to find, most had been infected recently, so curing them wasn’t too hard.

However, within a day, Chen Xing had used up all the Crystal Cores she brought, and even the twenty-something Crystal Cores Brother Zhao had given her were gone.

Chen Xing had no choice but to stop the treatments.

Perhaps from consuming so many Crystal Cores, she felt her Healing Ability had quietly leveled up—not just once, but twice.

Before nightfall, Little Leopard returned with his men.

Brother Zhao was speechless. ’Are there really this many Crystal Cores?’

Little Leopard’s face was flushed with excitement. ”I should have brought more people and a few big trucks!” He finally understood what Chen Xing meant when he first met her and she asked if she should kill them all.

She had really intended to kill all the zombies.

He really regretted it this time.

These Crystal Cores were like they were just lying there for the taking.

Even though some of the zombies weren’t dead, all they had to do was take the Crystal Cores from their heads. There was no danger at all.

In one day, they had only collected less than a fifth of them.

If they collected all the Crystal Cores, their camp wouldn’t have to live such a hard life.

Brother Zhao looked at the room Chen Xing was in, his face full of astonishment.

’So... where on earth did this girl come from?’

If she wasn’t the one who killed all those zombies, how could she possibly know there were Crystal Cores over there?

After all, that place was called Zombie Valley, and no one dared to venture in.

No one who went in ever came out alive.

Knowing Chen Xing liked things clean, Brother Zhao had his men wash the Crystal Cores meticulously before sending them into her room in batches.

Chen Xing didn’t find the Crystal Cores so disgusting anymore. After all, leveling up twice in one go made dealing with the zombie virus much easier.

She felt that if she leveled up again, she might even be able to cure congenital diseases.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed. Whenever Chen Xing had free time, she would treat people.

Aside from sleeping, she was either treating the sick or absorbing Crystal Cores.

Her Healing Ability had also reached Level Nine.

Meanwhile, Little Leopard had completely cleaned out the Crystal Cores from that sea of zombies.

During that time, they traded Crystal Cores for many supplies, and life in the camp became much more comfortable.

Chen Xing also learned that it was now the twelfth year since the apocalypse began.

What she was most curious about was whether she was in the same world as her previous life.

If so, then the score with Cheng Fang still had to be settled.

Most importantly, she had to find Cheng Fang and take back the emerald ring from her.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t get her space back, and she wouldn’t be able to return.

”Brother Zhao, do you know about the Four Great Families of the Capital City?” Chen Xing felt it was time to leave.

There was no longer any zombie virus here, and their lives had changed considerably.

Just having those Crystal Cores on hand guaranteed their livelihood for the next few years.

Brother Zhao had a feeling that Chen Xing was about to leave.

She didn’t belong here.

”I do!” Brother Zhao was curious why Chen Xing was asking about them. ”The Song Family is the leader, then there’s the Lu Family, the Situ family, and the Li Family!”

”Are they all still around?”

”Yes! But... the Li Family seems to have declined quite a bit. They’re probably about to be replaced by the Yu Family from the North!”

’Yu Laosan!’

’So, Yu Laosan was a hidden power player.’

’He took advantage of the internal strife to climb to the top of the power rankings.’

”Are you going to the Capital City?” Brother Zhao wished he could make Chen Xing stay.

”I still have a score to settle!” Chen Xing said, deliberately making it sound ruthless.

’Someone with a vendetta can’t be held back.’

Brother Zhao said helplessly, ”I don’t think any of us can keep you here!”

”We have a lot of Crystal Cores left. Take as many as you can carry!”

There was really nothing else he could do for Chen Xing.

She was the great benefactor of their entire camp.

It wouldn’t be a problem even if Chen Xing took all the Crystal Cores.

”Just give me some for emergencies. The rest are useless for me to carry!” She didn’t have her space now, so carrying them would just be a burden.

The next day, Chen Xing set off with just her backpack and a small bag of Crystal Cores.

Brother Zhao had specially found a brand-new, long down jacket to give her.

Driving one of the camp’s small cars, Chen Xing headed north.

But by now, she couldn’t wear the down jacket; the weather had turned warm again.

Although it was hot, Chen Xing didn’t dare to blast the air conditioning.

She only had one spare barrel of gasoline, which was just barely enough to get her to the Capital City.

She once again missed the days when she had her space.

The gasoline in her space was practically inexhaustible.

She never had to worry about running out of gas or fuel wherever she went.

The road conditions were decent. Apart from the occasional car blocking the road that she had to get out and push aside, the journey was smooth.

Just as she was entering the Capital City’s territory, the car suddenly ran out of gas.

It wasn’t that Brother Zhao was unwilling to give her more; Chen Xing had left so abruptly that he hadn’t had time to trade for more gasoline and had given her all the camp had.

Chen Xing felt she was already very lucky.

Even on foot, she could reach the National Capital Safety Zone in another half a day.

Chen Xing walked along the main road under the scorching sun, a large backpack on her back.

In weather over forty degrees Celsius, even breathing felt uncomfortable.

Pushed to her limit, Chen Xing used her Ice Ability.

After activating her Ice Ability, she felt a cool sensation all over her body, as if it wasn’t hot at all anymore.

So, she started periodically using her Ice Ability to create ice cubes while simultaneously absorbing Crystal Cores.

The two-hour-plus journey became not so unbearable.

As she neared the Capital City, the sound of a convoy approached from behind her.

After a moment of hesitation, Chen Xing decided not to hide. Instead, she stood by the side of the road, waiting for the convoy to pass.