Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 353: Chapter 351: Internal Troubles and External Threats in the National Capital Safety Zone

Chen Xing didn’t think the enemy’s Spiritual Control Ability could possibly be stronger than her own. ’So why can’t I lock on to them?’

She shifted her senses around—forward, back, left, and right—multiple times, but still couldn’t find her target.

’Don’t tell me they’re hiding underground?’

Everyone knew that even high-tech equipment could fail underground.

Chen Xing retracted all her other superpowers and burrowed directly into the earth.

This time, her Spiritual Power caught a target.

Apparently, the person hadn’t realized they’d been exposed and was smugly using their superpower to control the zombies.

Chen Xing moved closer.

If the person hadn’t been constantly using their Spiritual Ability, she never would have found them underground.

In a flash, Chen Xing stripped him of all his superpowers.

The now-powerless Superpower User struggled within the earth.

The dirt he could have once moved through with ease now squeezed him tightly, pulling him down.

Before long, he despaired and stopped breathing.

Chen Xing emerged from the soil without a single trace of dirt on her.

The zombie horde quickly fell into chaos. The zombies in the distance couldn’t see the lure anymore, and some had already started to disperse.

However, this just went to show that these zombies were still completely mindless.

Once some time passed and the zombies started to regain a semblance of thought, it would be much harder to shake them off.

Even without the control of a Spiritual Zombie, they could coordinate to attack the safety zone.

Seeing that the zombies were no longer a threat to the factory, Chen Xing immediately contacted Captain Lu on the second line of defense.

She was worried about the safety zone and wanted to fly to the Capital City immediately.

When Captain Lu heard the National Capital Safety Zone was in danger, he immediately said, ”I’ll arrange a plane for you right away!”

Worried about special circumstances, Song Yiguo had secretly stashed two planes at Hualai City’s airport.

Only Captain Lu knew about this.

Chen Xing had only intended to ask Captain Lu to notify Brother Xiao; she hadn’t expected a plane to be available.

This was even better. She could reach the Capital City at least ten hours earlier.

Concerned for the factory’s safety, Captain Lu only sent two Superpower Users to take Chen Xing to the airport.

One of them was a pilot, one of Song Yiguo’s men who had been deliberately stationed at the factory for just such an emergency.

Two hours later, they arrived at the National Capital Airport.

After getting off the plane, Chen Xing and Meng Hu drove toward the National Capital Safety Zone.

From the outside, the safety zone showed no signs of anything unusual.

Even Song Yiguo hadn’t yet realized the severity of the problem. He hadn’t even noticed that many of the guard posts in the surface zone, located outside the Duole Safety Zone, had been replaced.

Chen Xing went up and knocked, but for a long time, no one opened the door, nor did anyone answer.

’That’s strange!’

The guards inside, upon seeing Chen Xing’s sudden appearance, were so scared they didn’t dare make a sound and immediately hid to one side to report.

The fact that they didn’t open the door made Chen Xing even more certain that something was wrong inside the safety zone.

She put away her vehicle and Meng Hu, then used her Jiezhi Space to vanish.

She remained hidden even after entering the safety zone.

’The safety zone looks calm. Has anything really changed?’

She walked towards the guard post inside the main gate.

A dozen or so soldiers were on duty, looking rather lax.

In Song Yiguo’s forces, the soldiers all stood ramrod straight; they would never be so undisciplined.

Besides, Chen Xing didn’t recognize a single one of these soldiers.

While Chen Xing couldn’t claim to know everyone in Song Yiguo’s Superpower Team, she had at least seen most of them, even if she didn’t know many of their names.

’But... all these unfamiliar faces are just too strange.’

’Even if I’ve been gone for over two months, there’s no way I wouldn’t recognize a single person, right?’

”That woman seems to be gone?” A soldier poked his head out and, seeing Chen Xing’s vehicle was gone, let out a sigh of relief.

”Did you see her leave?”

”No!”

”I’ve heard Chen Xing is incredibly powerful. We’d better be careful!”

Chen Xing was speechless. ’So... they knew it was me and deliberately didn’t open the door?’

’I’d have to be an idiot not to suspect these guys now!’

While invisible, she passed through the area where the survivors lived.

She happened to see soldiers and civilians chatting together like old friends.

’Judging by their appearance, those civilians don’t look like refugees at all.’

After a quick scan, Chen Xing estimated that there were almost none of Song Yiguo’s people left on the surface.

But... she found something a bit strange.

These people who had snuck in didn’t look like Xu Anguo’s men.

Their bearing was completely different.

Although Xu Anguo had risen to power later, he had absorbed most of the Lu Family, so his men were also mostly soldiers.

But these people had no military bearing whatsoever. ”Bandits” seemed like a more fitting description.

’Should I take these guys out secretly, or go down and inform Song Yiguo?’

After some thought, she decided to enter the Duole Safety Zone.

Inside, everything was still peaceful.

However, she saw Vice General Du hurriedly leading some men, about to go out.

Chen Xing suddenly grabbed him. ”What’s going on?” she asked, revealing herself as she spoke.

Vice General Du was speechless.

’Just a few hours ago, I heard she was in Hualai City, wasn’t I?’

”How are you here?” Vice General Du blurted out. When he saw her staring at him, he quickly explained, ”We’ve lost contact with some of our brothers outside. We were about to go check on them!”

The monitors weren’t showing anything, and they weren’t responding to calls.

”Something’s happened outside!” Chen Xing told Vice General Du what she had seen as quickly as possible.

Upon hearing that their brothers might have already met a terrible fate, the faces of Vice General Du and the other Superpower Users grew grim with sorrow.

”From the looks of those people outside, they don’t seem to be planning to make a move yet!” Chen Xing reminded him, then went with Vice General Du to find Song Yiguo.

Song Yiguo was also stunned to see Chen Xing.

After briefly explaining the situation outside again, Chen Xing said, ”Those people don’t look like a regular army. They seem more like a self-established force!”

Even the Superpower Team from the factory was more disciplined than them.

”The fastest-rising group out there recently has to be the rebel army,” Song Yiguo said. Although he spent all his time in the National Capital Safety Zone, he still kept tabs on the outside world. ”They pretend to act on behalf of the common people, but they don’t actually accept any. Their ranks, several thousand strong, are composed entirely of Superpower Users.”

Recently, the rebel army had been a headache for him. He was worried that if things continued, their ambition would lead them to make a move on the Capital City.

’I just didn’t expect them to move so much faster than predicted.’

”Then let’s take out the enemies on the surface first. We’ll secure the survivors in the safety zone, then figure out the rest,” Chen Xing said. She had done a quick sweep before coming inside, so she had a good idea of who the real civilians were.

’First, we eliminate the enemies lying in wait within the safety zone. That way, when the fighting starts, we won’t have to worry about trouble from within.’

And so, Chen Xing led Vice General Du and a group of Superpower Users secretly to the surface.

Using the same method, they went from post to post, replacing the infiltrators with their own men.

Of course, the invisible Chen Xing took the lead, first absorbing their superpowers and then killing them.

They even rooted out a number of enemies who were hiding among the civilian population.

After they had regained control of the safety zone and were about to return to the underground entrance, Chen Xing suddenly heard the furious roars of the distant zombie horde.