Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 322: Chapter 320: Blake’s Ambition

Of course, it was Chen Xing. After closing her room door, she instantly entered the Jiezhi Space to appear downstairs, creating a diversion.

She wasn’t stupid enough to let them think the Invisible Man was hiding inside the building.

Once outside, she used the Jiezhi Space to return to her room.

This whole maneuver left the soldiers dumbfounded.

Thinking the Invisible Man had escaped the building, they immediately deployed an entire squad of soldiers to begin searching the city.

They wouldn’t be getting a peaceful night’s sleep.

Chen Xing, on the other hand, slept soundly.

She slept until a little after nine, only emerging from her space when Song Yiguo called.

”Representatives from several countries checked into the hotel this morning, but... they’re all people on good terms with Blake!” Song Yiguo felt that Blake must have had a reason for inviting the leaders of various nations over at this time.

”Any news on Yu Laosan?” Chen Xing couldn’t care less about their grand affairs.

To her, the most important thing was eliminating Yu Laosan.

Logically speaking, a cunning man like Yu Laosan probably wouldn’t just go around telling people about something like her space.

After all... he hoped to obtain it himself.

If word got out, it would be disadvantageous for him too, should he manage to obtain it in the future.

For this reason, Chen Xing felt her secret was still safe.

”Nothing!” Song Yiguo sounded even more frustrated.

Yu Laosan had taken part in the move against the Song Family, so he wanted to kill Yu Laosan more than anyone else.

”I’m planning to rest up today, so I won’t be going out!” Chen Xing made an excuse to prevent Song Yiguo from dropping by unannounced.

Back in her space, she washed up, ate...

Only after that did she leave the building.

She couldn’t just disappear, lest the soldiers suddenly return to search for her again.

Once outside, she found a deserted spot and, in a flash, entered the Jiezhi Space.

Before long, she was inside Blake’s reception room.

She had spotted him by the elevators and followed him in.

She planned to spend the entire day in the Jiezhi Space.

’I refuse to believe I can watch Blake all day and not get a single clue about Yu Laosan.’

’If I don’t, then I’ll just keep staking him out.’

Her stakeout proved to be quite fruitful.

She learned his reason for suddenly inviting the leaders of various nations. It turned out that the United States was suffering from a severe supply shortage. He wanted to collect supplies in the name of refugees.

Of course, his public claims were all lies—both the one about having an important announcement and the one about wanting to gather with other national leaders on his wedding anniversary to strengthen their relationships.

The charity gala planned for that evening was the most crucial part.

Everyone attending was a person of status; they would certainly feel obligated to donate something.

And those donations would go straight into his pockets.

”After the apocalypse, the United States has the highest survival rate, which means we have the most refugees. If we’re shameless enough to ask, they’ll find it hard to refuse!” This was the exact mentality Blake planned to exploit.

He also wanted to find out which of these nations were truly loyal to him.

That was his ultimate goal. His ambition was clear.

He had even asked his allied nations to arrive early to discuss the plan.

He just hadn’t expected Song Yiguo to arrive before them.

But... that wasn’t a huge problem.

Song Yiguo was staying at the hotel, while their meetings were held at the Great Commander Mansion.

He was quite pleased with himself.

’No matter how smart Song Yiguo is, would he ever guess that I’m just using them?’

’Hmph! He can forget about his charity gala!’

Chen Xing resolved to ruin his plan. She would prevent the charity gala from happening, or sabotage it if it did.

Just as Chen Xing was in the Jiezhi Space eating cookies and watching the scene outside, there was another knock on Blake’s door. ”Great Commander, the Bishop from the XX Holy Hall has arrived downstairs!”

Chen Xing was speechless.

She remembered that Lou was the Bishop of this Holy Hall.

In her past life, Lou had given her a business card that said so.

A few minutes later, there was a knock on the door to Blake’s reception room.

The door opened, and Lou was the first to step inside.

However, the Lou of this time was very young, with a handsome brow and clear, limpid eyes.

He didn’t exchange pleasantries with Blake upon entering. Instead, he stepped aside and bowed his head to welcome the person behind him.

An old man in red clerical robes entered and walked over to shake Blake’s hand warmly. ”Great Commander, it’s been a while!”

”It must have been a tiring journey, Bishop!” Blake was, at least, polite to the old Bishop.

Only then did Chen Xing realize that at this point in time, Lou was not yet a Bishop.

Blake and the old Bishop took their seats, while Lou stood behind the old Bishop.

”I’ve brought the people you asked for,” the old Bishop said, getting straight to the point. ”They’re in the lobby downstairs, waiting for you to inspect them.”

”Thank you for your generosity, Bishop!” Blake appeared visibly excited.

Chen Xing frowned.

’Judging by Blake’s expression, there’s more to this than meets the eye.’

What they discussed next was just useless chatter, and Chen Xing tuned it out.

”Shall we go down and have a look?” Blake was already getting impatient.

So, the group went downstairs.

Chen Xing arrived in the downstairs lobby ahead of them.

A row of long sofas in the lobby was occupied by a dozen or so girls, all around sixteen or seventeen years old.

They were all dressed in white Holy Clothes, their eyes clear and clean, giving them a very pure and innocent appearance.

When they saw the Bishop emerge, they all stood up, respectfully waiting for him to speak.

”From now on, you will follow the Great Commander. You are to do whatever he tells you!”

”Yes!” the dozen or so young girls replied in unison.

They were always obedient to the Bishop’s words.

Chen Xing watched Blake the entire time.

She saw the old scoundrel’s eyes instantly fill with unconcealed lust.

His gaze roamed all over the young girls’ bodies.

’This Bishop is using his position to deceive these young girls,’ Chen Xing suddenly thought.

She glanced at Lou.

He acted as if he were completely unaware, hanging on the old Bishop’s every word.

’But... is he really in the dark about this?’

’Right now, I kind of regret saving him back there.’

As Blake’s men led the young girls away, Chen Xing followed.

As her Jiezhi Space had upgraded, its range had expanded, allowing her to move anywhere within the Great Commander Mansion.

The young girls were placed in a row of rooms on the sixth floor. The most suspicious part was that each girl was given her own room.

Furthermore, every room contained a large double bed.

Chen Xing observed the rooms one by one.

In one room, after the door was shut, the girl’s expression immediately grew tense.

It seemed she had sensed that something was wrong.

She ran to the door and listened for a while. Hearing no sound, she stealthily pulled the door open.

Worried about being discovered, she burst into the neighboring girl’s room without knocking. ”I think something is wrong!”

She grabbed the arm of the other girl, who was staring blankly.

The girl reacted slowly, asking after a moment, ”What’s wrong?”

”Before the Bishop brought us on the plane, didn’t he say we were just coming to see what the United States was like and broaden our horizons? But... now we’re being told to obey the Great Commander? It’s like he’s just handed us over to him.”

”And did you see the look in Blake Commander’s eyes? It was so weird!”

”The Bishop wouldn’t deceive us!” the other girl said, refusing to believe it.

”The last time, I snuck into the Holy Hall’s storage room and discovered there were almost no supplies left. Do you think... maybe the Bishop is trading us for supplies to take back?” That was the worst conclusion she could imagine.