Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 329: Chapter 327: Not a Peaceful Journey

Song Yiguo was a step too late.

He had just hoisted Chen Xing onto his shoulder when he heard something flying toward them.

’It’s over!’

’A bomb!’

The moment he realized what was happening, he used Instant Teleportation while still carrying Chen Xing.

However, as the explosion went off, he was slammed back by a transparent wall.

When he came to his senses and looked, he saw that Chen Xing’s Defense Ability had activated automatically.

The Defense Shield, which usually didn’t have a very large area of effect, had now expanded to a ten-meter radius, perfectly covering all the parked vehicles.

The bomb detonated outside the Defense Shield, lighting up the starry sky.

Inside the Defense Shield, the vehicles and all the Superpower Users were completely unharmed.

”Chen Xing is so damn awesome!” Vice General Du couldn’t help but exclaim.

To think her superpower still worked even while she was unconscious.

Just then... dozens of massive snowcats approached from the distance.

The vehicles were armed with not only cannons but also machine guns.

They drove up beside Song Yiguo’s team and immediately opened fire.

Chen Xing’s Defense Shield was still up, so they were just wasting their bullets.

”I wonder how long Chen Xing’s superpower can last?” Vice General Du said, looking at the United States troops that had surrounded them. He could only hope her superpower wouldn’t run out.

Otherwise, a single cannonball would be more than they could handle.

Realizing the enemy couldn’t touch them for the time being, Song Yiguo placed Chen Xing back in the vehicle.

Vice General Du tried firing a shot outward and found there was no resistance at all.

Seeing this, Vice General Du and the others felt their morale soar.

’Those guys outside can only take a beating!’

Vice General Du immediately organized a counterattack. The Superpower Users stood as close to the edge of the Defense Shield as possible to inflict damage on the enemy.

Even though they were in sturdy snowcats, they still couldn’t block the attacks from the Superpower Users.

Soon, over a dozen of the large snowcats were wrecked.

”Try to get in from underground!” Seeing that they were getting nowhere, the United States commander had their Earth Element Superpower Users attempt a subterranean assault.

However, the Superpower Users who had just gone underground crawled back out moments later with cracked heads.

It turned out the Defense Shield didn’t just protect them from above; it enclosed them from below as well.

”Everyone, fall back! Hold your positions!” Seeing no other option, the United States team leader resorted to the most conservative strategy.

’They can’t stay inside that Defense Shield forever.’

As far as he knew, even if it wasn’t under attack, the Defense Shield had a time limit.

And so... the two sides entered a temporary truce.

Despite the ceasefire, neither side let down their guard.

If the Defense Shield disappeared, a major battle would be inevitable.

Song Yiguo’s side didn’t dare to bet on Chen Xing being able to activate her Defense Ability a second time.

The weather hadn’t warmed up yet, and they were half-buried in heavy snow. If they made a rash break for it, they might get blown to bits before they got very far.

”Don’t let anything happen to Chen Xing!” Song Yiguo felt they couldn’t delay any longer. After giving the order to Vice General Du, he flickered and vanished from sight.

His Invisibility Ability was already at Level Eight, but he had never used it in front of others before.

After exiting the Defense Shield, his target was the enemy commander.

When he was still ten meters away from the enemy commander’s vehicle, his superpower flared, lifting the massive snowcat and everyone inside it into the air.

The people inside the vehicle watched in stunned terror as they ascended into midair, too scared to even breathe.

With a flick of Song Yiguo’s hand, the vehicle was sent smashing violently down onto another one.

Fearing it wouldn’t cause a large enough explosion, he even tossed in a bomb to help things along.

The resulting blast also engulfed several nearby vehicles.

The enemy forces instantly fell into chaos.

Just moments ago, they’d had the upper hand.

Their teammates drove over, attempting a rescue.

But one after another, several more vehicles were lifted into the air and smashed to the ground...

The surface of the snow was blackened and melted by the flames and explosions.

When the remaining vehicles grouped together, in a flash, an entire row of them exploded as if struck by something.

Just like that, an entire squadron of pursuing Superpower Users lost their lives at Song Yiguo’s hands.

Chen Xing was regaining consciousness and could already sense what was happening outside.

’What a waste of all those superpowers,’ she thought, heartbroken. ’If I had absorbed the powers of those several hundred people, how many Advanced Crystal Cores would I have saved?’

Having finished the battle, Song Yiguo tried to re-enter the Defense Shield, only to find himself completely locked out.

Well, this was a little awkward!

Getting out was easy, but getting back in was hard.

Fortunately, Chen Xing became aware of his predicament and immediately deactivated the Defense Shield.

Perhaps the weather had started to warm up during the fight, because before long, the vehicles were able to drive out.

The group hurried toward the airport as quickly as possible.

Along the way, Chen Xing finally woke up completely.

However... their journey was anything but peaceful.

Chen Xing had just woken up and was still a bit groggy when she saw a horde of zombies moving slowly across a wide, open expanse like a prairie where small blades of grass had just begun to sprout.

By this point in time, zombies were usually very fast. This kind of slow movement meant one of two things: either a Spiritual Zombie was controlling them, or something big was about to happen.

Naturally, they didn’t want to be discovered.

The zombie horde had tens of thousands in it, at least. If they were spotted, shaking them off wouldn’t be easy.

Just as the convoy was trying to slowly and silently distance itself from the horde, the zombies, which had been moving slowly, suddenly went berserk and charged toward them.

The convoy sped up.

But... the zombies up ahead circled around, completely cutting off their path.

Charging through wasn’t impossible, but... with more and more zombies gathering over there, it wasn’t certain they could make it.

But they couldn’t just sit here and wait to die, could they?

Chen Xing, who had been staring out the window, suddenly leaped from her cot and said something that stunned everyone: ”It’s not like we have anything urgent to do back home anyway. Why don’t we... just kill the zombies here and collect their Crystal Cores? It’d be great, right?”

After lying down for three days, she felt like she had all this energy with nowhere to use it and was itching for a good fight.

Song Yiguo asked, ”Are you sure?”

It seemed like she was just dizzy a moment ago.

”Let’s do this!” Without waiting for Song Yiguo’s order, Chen Xing jumped out of the moving vehicle on her own.

Song Yiguo and Vice General Du: ”...” ’Is she on steroids or something?’

Having jumped from the vehicle, Chen Xing charged headfirst into the zombie horde at lightning speed.

The people in the vehicle saw a large sheet of metal sweep through the surroundings above Chen Xing’s head.

Zombies fell in droves.

’Alright then!’

’Looks like these are free Crystal Cores for the taking!’

Song Yiguo didn’t move, but Vice General Du led his men out of the vehicles, forming a circle to fight off the zombies.

Their contribution wasn’t that significant.

The entire group using their superpowers couldn’t even kill half the number she did with a single sheet of metal.

The crucial thing was, she didn’t seem to get tired. The way she swung that steel plate around was truly a sight to behold.

With the time they were spending, they might as well just go pick up Crystal Cores.

So, leaving a few people to keep watch, the rest of the Superpower Users followed behind Chen Xing, picking up Crystal Cores.

Just then, the zombie horde, which was still on the attack, suddenly turned around and fled in the opposite direction.

The Spiritual Zombie had revealed itself, and Chen Xing was unbelievably fast.

She located the Spiritual Zombie hundreds of meters away, dashed toward it at incredible speed, and fired a bolt of electricity right at it.

The electric current struck the Spiritual Zombie square in the head.

But at the same time, several superpowers came crashing down on her from above.