Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 298: Chapter 295: Treated as Treasure

Vice General Du felt like the Song Family Army had struck gold.

He immediately moved to stand beside Chen Xing, worried she might get into an accident.

After all, the zombies had superpowers now. A single moment of carelessness could lead to an attack.

Such an important person couldn’t be allowed to have even the slightest mishap.

”Vice General Du, Young Master Song wants you on the phone!” Someone handed a satellite phone to Vice General Du.

A short while later, Vice General Du announced a piece of exciting news. ”Our Spiritual Ability User successfully captured the Spiritual Zombie!”

As long as the leader zombie was gone, the remaining ones could be repelled quickly.

Without a commander, the zombies wouldn’t be able to see their target and would soon give up the attack, scattering on their own.

Just then, a bolt of lightning shot from the second line of defense, striking straight toward Chen Xing.

Vice General Du, whether out of instinct or something else, dove directly in front of Chen Xing.

Chen Xing: ”...”

Her Defense Ability activated unconsciously.

Everyone: ”...”

Vice General Du was the most shocked of all.

’So... this powerhouse doesn’t have three superpowers, but four?’

’And all of her superpowers are high-level?’

This wasn’t something Chen Xing did intentionally; it was a natural reaction.

”It seems there’s more than one Spiritual Zombie!” As her defense barrier appeared, Chen Xing immediately used her Spiritual Ability to track the other Spiritual Zombie.

She discovered that a Spiritual Zombie had already slipped into the second line of defense.

This was extremely dangerous.

”What?” Vice General Du stared at Chen Xing, his expression beyond mere astonishment.

”The zombie horde isn’t retreating, so there must be another Spiritual Zombie controlling it!” During her earlier confrontation, Chen Xing had realized the other Spiritual Zombie’s Level was lower than hers.

’The safe zone’s Spiritual Ability Users should be able to handle it.’

Vice General Du immediately notified Song Yiguo.

Before long, the Spiritual Ability User team that had been outside reached the second line of defense and began a game of cat-and-mouse with the Spiritual Zombie.

The Spiritual Zombie was very cunning, constantly changing its position.

Furthermore, since the Spiritual Ability Users’ Levels were on par with its own, they had a hard time capturing and killing it.

Seeing this, Chen Xing immediately focused her mind to help the Spiritual Ability Users control the Spiritual Zombie.

The Spiritual Zombie’s Level was lower than Chen Xing’s, so it was controlled for a brief moment.

The Spiritual Ability Users seized the opportunity and killed the Spiritual Zombie with a single strike.

With that, the zombie horde fell into chaos.

Some zombies were still attacking the safe zone, but not as methodically as before. Some of the farther ones couldn’t see a target at all and began to disperse on their own.

Naturally, no one noticed Chen Xing’s subtle action.

Soon, they pulled their defensive line back from the third perimeter to the second.

At that point, the Spiritual System team had already regrouped with Vice General Du.

”You’ve all worked hard!” Vice General Du praised them.

These Superpower Users had risked their lives, entering the zombie horde to fight the Spiritual Zombie.

”I think a powerful Spiritual System expert might have been secretly helping me...” the Seventh-Level Spiritual Ability User said, though he wasn’t certain.

He clearly hadn’t been able to control the Spiritual Zombie on his own.

But then the Spiritual Zombie was suddenly frozen in place for a few seconds, as if controlled by someone else, giving him the time he needed.

Vice General Du suddenly looked at Chen Xing.

’If such a person exists, it has to be her.’

’At this point, would anything else she does surprise me!?’

Chen Xing turned her head, pretending it had nothing to do with her.

’I’ve already revealed enough. Exposing more would be extremely dangerous, especially since I don’t have my dimension here.’

Vice General Du could only look away.

It took a few hours to annihilate the few remaining zombies outside, and the safe zone returned to peace once more.

Vice General Du took Chen Xing directly to Song Yiguo.

If Song Yiguo had snatched her away before out of resentment for the Lu Family...

...then now, he truly regarded her as a treasure. ”Tell me what it would take for you to stay with our Song Family Army.” He would do anything within his power.

A Level Nine Healing Ability alone was worth paying a high price for, yet she actually had three other superpowers on top of that.

She was a walking treasure trove!

”I’m not sure how long I can stay, but as long as you help me find Cheng Fang, I will be a member of the Song Family Army for every day that I’m here,” Chen Xing said. She couldn’t lie and tell him she would stay with the Song Family Army forever.

She wasn’t even from this world. As long as she found a way, she would definitely return to her own side.

After all, everything that guaranteed her safety was over there.

Song Yiguo agreed immediately.

Never mind finding someone; he would even kill for her if he had to.

How many people were green with envy over a Healing Ability User?

After coming to an agreement with Song Yiguo, Chen Xing returned to the medical division.

This time, the captain wasn’t as unreasonable as before.

The news that Chen Xing possessed four superpowers had already spread throughout the entire safe zone.

Who wouldn’t want to be on good terms with someone like that?

Chen Ming and Wang Quan hadn’t been hostile to Chen Xing from the start, and it was even less likely now.

This was a huge pain in the ass for Situ Yuanyuan.

Originally, she had been the star here, adored and sought after by everyone.

How could this eyesore of a woman show up and make her seem so insignificant?

Song Yiguo was like this, her Healing System colleagues were like this, and even the captain who had always been so deferential to her was like this.

She utterly hated Chen Xing for stealing her spotlight.

Of course, Chen Xing had no idea her appearance was causing Situ Yuanyuan so much distress.

She didn’t much care about the captain’s change in attitude either.

Right now, she still just wanted to find Cheng Fang as quickly as possible.

She had a feeling that only by finding Cheng Fang could she find the way back to her own world.

Back there, she was worried about the factory district.

Although the factory district was safe, with no problems regarding food or shelter, who knew what could happen over a long period of time?

In the evening, Vice General Du came to the medical division to find Chen Xing. ”Young Master Song invites you to dinner!”

Somehow, despite only having known her for a few days, he felt an incredible sense of familiarity with Chen Xing.

It was as if they hadn’t just met a few days ago, but had known each other for a very long time.

Chen Xing smiled and stood up, her rapport with Vice General Du feeling natural and close.

’Back in her world, she and this Vice General Du had been through life and death together more than once.’

Who would have thought that Situ Yuanyuan would also stand up? ”Brother Yiguo is only inviting her to dinner? We all contributed to this battle, so on what grounds is he only inviting her?”

In her eyes, it was just because Chen Xing was young and beautiful.

For so long, she had been devoted only to Song Yiguo, yet it was as if he never even saw her.

’She had finally endured long enough to see that pervert Yan Junxi die, and now another rival has appeared?’

”My apologies, Miss Situ.” Vice General Du didn’t offer any further explanation and left the medical division’s breakroom with Chen Xing.

As soon as they stepped outside, Vice General Du anxiously had his men form a protective box around Chen Xing, surrounding her on all sides.

”The whole world is eyeing you like a predator, wanting to seize you. And there are some who, if they can’t have you, will try to destroy you! Young Master Song has given strict orders that we must protect you well!”

Chen Xing patted Vice General Du’s shoulder and smiled at her old friend. ”Did you forget I have a Defensive superpower?”

”I heard there’s a type of poison grass now that can make people pass out instantly...” Before he could finish his sentence, Vice General Du felt his body go limp and collapsed to the ground along with everyone else.

Chen Xing felt her body go limp as well.