Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 354: Chapter 352: Human Bomb

Chen Xing paid no mind to Vice General Du and the others. She vanished in an instant, reappearing outside the distant defense line.

She saw the zombie horde surging forward like a tide, less than a kilometer from the safety zone’s defense line.

The zombies were moving fast; they would likely reach the safety zone very soon.

She immediately returned to Vice General Du’s side and shouted to the bewildered man, ”The zombie horde outside is closing in!”

Vice General Du didn’t ask any questions. He grabbed his walkie-talkie and issued a command: ”All units, listen up! Assemble immediately!”

At his command, the main force assembled outside the underground entrance in less than two minutes.

The majority were dispatched to the defense line to guard the main gate and the perimeter wall.

A small contingent was tasked with evacuating the civilians.

Chen Xing felt something was wrong.

’Although they had killed most of the enemies who had infiltrated...’

’...who could guarantee that there weren’t any enemies left among these people?’

’If an enemy successfully entered the Duole Safety Zone, then everyone would suffer.’

”It would be best if these survivors don’t enter the Duole Safety Zone!” Seeing the survivors already lining up, Chen Xing pulled Vice General Du aside. ”Even if only a few enemies slip in, the impact on the safety zone might not be huge, but there’s always the unexpected!”

While Vice General Du was still hesitating, an explosion suddenly rang out from the defense line’s main gate.

Without waiting to see what Vice General Du would arrange, Chen Xing instantly arrived at the main gate.

The heavy main gate had been blown to pieces, and a horde of zombies was pouring in.

Chen Xing appeared and immediately created several large steel plates, blocking the breach and temporarily holding back the zombie horde.

A considerable number of zombies had already gotten inside. Seeing Chen Xing plug the gate, the Superpower Users split their forces, with one group moving to kill the zombies inside.

The other group remained on the wall, killing the seemingly endless zombies below.

Chen Xing added several more defensive layers at the gate.

The Gold and Earth Element Superpower Users followed Chen Xing’s lead and began adding their own defensive layers outside the wall.

However... they knew this was not a long-term solution.

With so many zombies, this defense line would collapse sooner or later if they weren’t dealt with quickly.

Seeing that the gate was secure for the moment, Chen Xing immediately unleashed her Spiritual Ability to locate the leader of the zombie horde.

Her consciousness swept rapidly through the horde, extending far into the distance.

’I can’t believe this zombie is being even more cautious than the last Spiritual Zombie I encountered, keeping itself far from the danger zone.’

Chen Xing’s consciousness reached a great distance, but she still couldn’t lock onto the cunning zombie.

’At this rate, the safety zone will be in real danger.’

After adding a few more defensive layers, Chen Xing flickered and vanished from the perimeter wall.

She reappeared nearly a kilometer away, within the zombie horde, protected by a Defense Shield as she scanned her surroundings for the Spiritual Zombie.

After moving a little further out, she finally caught a faint, barely perceptible trace of the Spiritual Zombie.

But... she couldn’t immediately identify which one it was.

So she vanished again, waiting quietly for the Spiritual Zombie to reveal itself.

’From this far away, it would be impossible even for a Level Nine Spiritual Zombie to control the horde at the front.’

’So... it has to periodically move forward to exert control before retreating again.’

When it once again felt its control over the front-line horde slipping, it stealthily hid itself within the horde and began creeping forward.

The hidden Chen Xing instantly locked onto the Spiritual Zombie hiding in the horde. As she neutralized its superpower, she also wiped out a large swath of the surrounding zombies.

From the safety zone’s defense line, one could see the sky fill with flying needles, wave after wave.

In an instant, a huge patch of zombies collapsed to the ground.

She then erected a wall of iron plates in the open field, tall enough to block the zombies’ line of sight, cutting off a large portion of the horde on the other side.

Before long, the zombie horde showed signs of dispersing.

At the very least, the zombies on the other side of the iron wall had turned back.

Although there were many zombies near the defense line, the Song Family Army was composed of battle-hardened soldiers; they were more than capable of holding the line.

With the god-like assistance of Chen Xing slaughtering them in droves from the outside, the zombie horde was soon routed.

Suddenly, an explosion erupted from the direction of the safety zone’s entrance, and a plume of black smoke instantly shot into the sky.

Chen Xing returned to the safety zone without hesitation.

’The blast was powerful. The entrance to the Duole Safety Zone must have been destroyed.’

’But... she didn’t know who could have had the opportunity to blow up the entrance under such tight security.’

Seeing Chen Xing appear, Vice General Du hurriedly explained, ”Someone had a bomb inside their body! It was a suicide bombing!”

’A human bomb?’

Chen Xing was a little surprised.

’It’s the apocalypse, and life is hard for everyone, but those who’ve survived this long are the ones with the strongest desire to live.’

’Who would be willing to sacrifice their own life to do something like this?’

Although some Superpower Users were blocking the entrance, judging by the survivors’ behavior, it looked like they were ready to force their way in at the slightest disturbance.

Her worst fears came true.

The zombie horde, which had just started to disperse, began to regroup after hearing the explosion.

And seeing this, the survivors were growing restless.

Chen Xing ignored the situation there and immediately returned to the defense line.

’The consequence of the survivors rushing in recklessly would be their own deaths.’

’Especially in the Four Great Families’ territory, with all its mechanisms and traps—these civilians wouldn’t be able to get inside safely.’

’And to protect the safety zone, Song Yiguo would never disable those traps.’

Looking out from the high walls of the defense line, she saw that the iron plate walls she had erected had already been torn down.

The zombie horde stared at the slowly rising black smoke, their eyes gleaming with bloodlust as they charged forward.

The zombie horde wouldn’t be lured away until the black smoke dissipated.

They had no choice but to face the zombies head-on!

Chen Xing focused her superpower and began to attack the zombie horde.

Her attacks were area-of-effect, killing a large number of zombies at once. In the area directly in front of her, the horde couldn’t even get close.

But... the same couldn’t be said for other areas.

Although many attacks became area-of-effect after a superpower upgrade, they could hit two or three targets at most.

So... the zombie horde desperately slammed against the sections of the wall not covered by Chen Xing.

Chen Xing divided her attention to build a few more iron plate walls, but there were just too many zombies to hold back.

Still, they were managing to hold on.

After more than half an hour, the black smoke finally disappeared.

Chen Xing immediately erected an iron plate wall in the distance, quickly diverting the zombies’ attention.

But who would have thought that just as their attention was drawn away, another explosion went off inside the safety zone.

This blast was even more powerful than the last, sending thick, rolling smoke billowing into the sky.

It didn’t matter where had been blown up. What mattered was that the zombie horde had once again been successfully drawn back.

Meanwhile, Song Yiguo was already screening the survivors.

This couldn’t go on; not even a hundred Chen Xings could withstand this.

Vice General Du immediately conducted a search, rooted out several suspicious individuals, and had them all taken outside the Duole Safety Zone.

Song Yiguo glared at the five suspicious individuals dressed as commoners, his face radiating a menacing aura. ”Tell me where Fan Kexin is hiding, and I’ll remove the bombs on you right now!”