Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 352: Chapter 350: The Zombie Siege on the Factory Complex Is Man-Made

The guardrail project could extend outward for five hundred meters, and she had more than enough railing to complete it.

As usual, Chen Xing entrusted all the construction projects to her little uncle.

Meanwhile, she, Tiantian, and her little aunt managed the household, looking for anything that needed improvement.

She spoke with Song Yiguo several times over the phone, but there was still no news from the Research Institute.

She also had a call with Brother Xiao.

The factory complex was operating smoothly and taking in a growing number of survivors.

With their help, many of the survivors grew stronger quickly, forming teams to go out on missions and obtain Crystal Cores.

After several months of development, the factory complex had not only expanded its perimeter significantly but had also constructed a protective layer overhead.

It was nearly impossible to glimpse what was happening inside from the outside.

Chen Xing couldn’t help but admire Brother Xiao.

To further enhance the factory’s security, Chen Xing planned to head there once she finished securing her own home.

However... the seemingly minor project at home ended up lasting for more than two months.

During this time, Lu Yutian’s twenty-odd loyal bodyguards, after a difficult and convoluted journey, were finally brought to her home by Chen Xing.

Fortunately, the house was large enough to accommodate them.

During this period, Chen Xing planted a large number of mutated pine trees outside the perimeter walls.

Beyond the pine trees, she planted a variety of other mutated flora, extending all the way to the guardrails.

From any angle, the entire area now looked like a patch of barren wilderness.

She planted even more mutated plants outside the guardrails, making them completely invisible without close inspection.

The two large gates were also sealed over with mutated plants; only those who lived there could open them.

The courtyard and the area on the back hill were also completely filled with mutated plants.

Unless one looked straight down from directly overhead, the house was completely hidden from view.

Even if the house were spotted, there was no need to worry. The mutated plants she had taken from her pocket dimension would sense anything approaching and quickly conceal the building.

Chen Xing found these mutated plants incredibly powerful. She decided to set aside a dedicated plot of land in her pocket dimension just for cultivating them.

After leaving behind sufficient supplies, Chen Xing finally departed for the factory complex.

Lu Yutian’s twenty-odd Superpower Users were his bodyguards in name only. In reality, they were all people he had saved, and they regarded him as a blood brother.

Chen Xing had observed their abilities and found them to be quite strong.

She also left all her small pets at home to roam free, except for Meng Hu and two of the Little Black Cats.

The little wolf cubs and the small dinosaur-like monsters were stationed outside the front and back walls.

Since there were many Little Black Cats, she had them spread out all over the property, all the way to the perimeter walls, making the entire area their defensive zone.

Feeling that everything was now foolproof, she could leave for a while with peace of mind.

About two hours into her drive, the sweltering weather suddenly turned cold.

But since it wasn’t snowing, she could keep driving.

Just then, she received a sudden call from Song Yiguo. ”There’s trouble at the factory!”

Chen Xing: ”...”

”Someone from the factory just contacted me. They said the complex is under attack by a horde of zombies—it seems like a large one. I’ve already dispatched Superpower Users to provide aid!”

Chen Xing had known for a while that Song Yiguo and Brother Xiao were in frequent contact, and she was also aware that he had quite a few of his own people at the factory.

She hadn’t interfered precisely because she wanted Song Yiguo to treat the factory complex as his own.

And he did just that, sending aid the moment he heard there was trouble.

The reason Brother Xiao stayed in close contact with Song Yiguo was that Chen Xing had advised him to treat Song Yiguo as his patron.

’Still... for the factory to be suddenly attacked by zombies like this probably isn’t a coincidence.’

”Call back the rescue team you sent. I’m worried it’s a diversion, and their real target is the National Capital Safety Zone! The factory should be able to hold out for now. I’m actually on my way there already and should arrive in a few hours!” Even after giving the warning, Chen Xing couldn’t shake her unease.

The factory complex was massive and had numerous ways to deal with zombies.

Holding out until she arrived shouldn’t be a problem at all.

Her real concern was for Song Yiguo.

Although the factory attracted a lot of attention by selling Crystal Cores, it had always kept a low profile and stayed out of power struggles. Logically, no one should be targeting it.

She suspected this zombie attack on the factory was most likely aimed at Song Yiguo.

’I hope I’m just overthinking it!’

She covered the half-day journey to Hualai City in just three hours.

Two sudden temperature fluctuations hadn’t been able to slow her down.

Fortunately, when the temperature dropped, the snowfall was light.

Upon reaching the outskirts of the factory complex, she saw a frenzied horde of zombies. They had already breached the first line of defense and were now massing against the second.

She got out, stored her vehicle, and charged into the zombie horde with Meng Hu.

Immediately, a rain of fine needles shot out above her head like a volley of arrows, wave after wave.

Meng Hu was no slouch either. A single swipe of its massive paw could kill two zombies, and a snap of its jaws would take down another.

Holding the line at the second defensive perimeter, Captain Lu saw from afar waves of zombies collapsing within the first. He couldn’t make out a person, but he spotted the ferocious tiger and immediately shouted, invigorated, ”Chen Xing is here!”

He never imagined that Chen Xing, who they hadn’t heard from in months, would arrive so quickly.

Protected by a shield, she focused solely on killing.

Upon hearing Chen Xing’s name, the Superpower Team with Captain Lu was instantly filled with confidence. They fought the zombies with renewed vigor, no longer as hesitant as before.

Many of them had worked with Chen Xing before, and recently, legends about her had been spreading.

Especially her steel-plate slaughter and her rain of fine needles.

They had only been able to imagine it before, but seeing it now, they realized the legends didn’t do it justice. The reality was far more shocking.

Although Chen Xing’s arrival prevented the zombie horde from advancing on the factory, the sheer number of zombies meant the battle would still be a prolonged one.

Worried about Song Yiguo, Chen Xing didn’t want to drag out the fight.

So, she suddenly ceased her attack and scanned the horde, searching for the Spiritual Zombie that was controlling it.

The zombies at the edge of the second defensive line were clearly all superpowered; they weren’t ramming the barricades but were attacking with their abilities.

Soon, Chen Xing locked onto a Spiritual Zombie located between the first and second lines of defense.

It was only Level Eight, yet it had perfect control over the horde.

With a mere thought, Chen Xing froze the Level Eight Spiritual Zombie in place.

Then, with another mental command, she siphoned the Spiritual Zombie’s superpower into herself.

The zombie horde immediately fell into disarray.

But... the chaos lasted for less than half a minute before they resumed their methodical assault on the factory’s second line of defense.

Chen Xing immediately scanned the horde again, but there were no other Spiritual Zombies.

’A person!?’

’It’s just as I guessed.’

A human was controlling the zombies to besiege the factory!

Ever since she’d witnessed Cheng Cheng’s ability to control zombies, she knew it wasn’t impossible for other people to possess such an extraordinary power!

The problem was, the person seemed to be outside the range of her spiritual search.

Chen Xing tried several times but couldn’t pinpoint their exact location.

Meanwhile... back at the National Capital Safety Zone, things had indeed entered a critical stage, just as Chen Xing had predicted.

Of course... at this moment, Song Yiguo was still unaware that among the survivors he had taken in were a number of Superpower Users who had been slowly infiltrating his city for a very long time.