Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 356: Chapter 354: Her Thunder Also Struck Nothing

”You probably couldn’t bring yourself to do it,” Song Yiguo said, his tone half-joking.

Chen Xing didn’t understand. ’What’s there to be reluctant about?’

’It’s the first time we’ve met. We haven’t even spoken.’

However...

”Are you saying Fan Kexin is from the Research Institute?” Chen Xing stopped killing zombies.

The day she brought Lu Yutian back, she had briefly told Song Yiguo about her past.

He knew she had been a test subject for Xu Anguo.

”That’s right,” said Song Yiguo. ”Fan Kexin’s situation is similar to yours. I can find almost no information on her. However... it seems she escaped the Research Institute’s control before you did and knows this world very well.”

”She should also have a good-looking man with her, surnamed Jin. If I’m not mistaken, he’s also from the Research Institute. The two of them probably remember each other. So... could you bring yourself to kill her?”

”I don’t even know her,” Chen Xing said stubbornly.

Still... she wasn’t just talking tough.

If Fan Kexin threatened her or her family’s survival, she wouldn’t hesitate.

Not even for someone who might have once been a companion.

”Then let’s see you kill her,” Song Yiguo said nonchalantly, as if he weren’t the one being targeted.

Chen Xing moved through the zombie horde, heading toward the safety zone’s entrance.

By now, Fan Kexin’s group had also noticed someone inside the horde of zombies.

But they still couldn’t get a clear look.

When the two groups were just over two hundred meters apart, Brother Jin finally saw the newcomer clearly. It was Chen Xing, the woman he’d been thinking of day and night.

His dark, sparkling eyes fixed on her snow-white face as he whispered her name, as if to himself. ”Chen Xing...”

His voice was so low that even Fan Kexin, right beside him, couldn’t hear it clearly. ”What did you say?”

By then, she had also noticed the woman pushing through the horde of zombies to get closer.

Realizing the newcomer was the recently famous Chen Xing, the corners of Fan Kexin’s mouth lifted into a slight smirk.

’It seems even the heavens are on my side.’

’I only came to seize some territory. Who knew they’d deliver a treasure to my doorstep?’

She took a confident step forward.

The horde of zombies rammed into Chen Xing’s Defense Shield as if they had gone mad.

”Hmph, so you awakened a Defense Ability?” Fan Kexin’s face was filled with contempt.

In her eyes, everyone was an ant.

Chen Xing, the ”ant,” could have used Instant Teleportation to cross the distance, but she wanted to kill more zombies, so she patiently made her way forward.

The two parties were now facing each other. In the space between them, apart from the zombies attacking Chen Xing, Brother Xiao Jin had unconsciously positioned himself in the middle.

His back was to Fan Kexin as he faced Chen Xing.

From Fan Kexin’s perspective, it looked as if he was trying to protect her.

Her gaze on Brother Xiao Jin’s back softened slightly—but only slightly. It wasn’t an intense feeling.

She stepped forward and pushed Brother Xiao Jin aside. ”Leave this woman to me!”

With that, a Thunder Ability coalesced in her hand, and she unleashed it upon Chen Xing.

”Don’t—” Brother Xiao Jin tried to stop her, but it was too late.

But on Chen Xing’s end, she didn’t even look surprised. She casually gathered lightning in her own hand and sent it crashing down on Fan Kexin.

The thin tendrils of lightning merged as they descended, forming a massive pillar that came crashing down.

”Don’t—” Brother Xiao Jin tried to stop Chen Xing as well, but again, he was too late.

However... her lightning bolt hit nothing but air.

A Defense Shield had appeared around Fan Kexin. While not as large as Chen Xing’s, it was more than enough to keep her safe.

In an instant, the space between them erupted as if engulfed in furious flames.

Brother Xiao Jin watched them nervously, then stepped between them in a few strides. ”Don’t be rash! Listen to me...”

”You know her?” Fan Kexin’s expression tightened, a hint of displeasure in her voice.

”Yes.” Brother Xiao Jin was clearly intimidated by Fan Kexin.

At this, Fan Kexin’s face soured even more.

She looked Chen Xing up and down, a trace of jealousy creeping into her tone. ”So she’s the ’special’ woman you were talking about?”

Chen Xing’s expression remained indifferent, as if she hadn’t heard a thing.

’It’s not like she hadn’t seen what a player Brother Xiao Jin was. There were probably tons of ’special’ women in his life.’

”You don’t remember Chen Xing at all?”

”No!” The only thing Fan Kexin felt right now was that the woman in front of her was a complete eyesore.

So, without listening to another word from Brother Xiao Jin, she gathered lightning in her hand and once again hurled it at Chen Xing.

At the same time, the zombie horde slammed against Chen Xing’s Defense Shield with even greater ferocity.

Refusing to back down, Chen Xing engaged her in a one-on-one duel.

Ignored, Brother Xiao Jin could only... ”...”

Just as he was about to try and stop them again, his phone rang.

After answering, his expression grew uglier and uglier. He instinctively turned his head toward the entrance of the underground zone. ”Kexin, our home... it’s been destroyed...”

”What?” Fan Kexin’s attention was fixed on Chen Xing; she had only heard him call her name.

”Song Yiguo took advantage of our absence to launch a surprise attack on our safety zone...”

Fan Kexin stopped her attack and ran straight for her car. ”Song Yiguo... you’re a ruthless one!”

Before getting in the car, she shot a venomous glare at the entrance to the Duole Safety Zone and shouted.

”Chen Xing, today was a misunderstanding! Some other day, let’s sit down and have a proper chat!” Brother Xiao Jin called out, reluctant to leave.

Fan Kexin’s Defense Shield remained active, and since Brother Xiao Jin had also gotten into her car, Chen Xing didn’t pursue her.

However...

She wasn’t feeling so charitable toward the others.

Several of the departing vehicles exploded one after another, leaving only the two lead cars.

Furious, Fan Kexin stared at Chen Xing through the rearview mirror and snapped at Brother Xiao Jin, ”You’d better have a good explanation for me when we get back!”

Chen Xing, for her part, was busy again, drawing the zombies away from the area.

Then, she erected several earthen and steel-plated walls along the safety zone’s defense line, securing the area.

Before long, the horde of zombies had been led away.

However, Chen Xing wasn’t in a hurry to return to the safety zone.

’Did Brother Xiao Jin just say that Song Yiguo has already wiped out the rebel army’s nest?’

’So Song Yiguo knew the rebel army was planning to attack him?’

’Or had he been wanting to eliminate the rebel army for a while and just happened to send his forces over at the right time?’

’If it’s the latter, that means Song Yiguo is deliberately eliminating powerful organizations.’

’In that case, if our factory district grows too powerful, will he see us as a threat too?’

As she was lost in these troubling thoughts, a world-shattering alarm suddenly blared through the area.

It was so loud it could be heard for several kilometers in every direction.

Chen Xing pinpointed the exact location: a spot about six or seven kilometers from the National Capital Safety Zone.

’There aren’t any buildings there. No one should be living in that area, right?’

The zombies that had just dispersed began to gather once more, now stampeding toward the source of the alarm.

Highly sensitive to sound, their running speed was faster than that of a typical car.

Using her Jiezhi Space, Chen Xing arrived at the source of the alarm in an instant.

In a vast, empty expanse, a large red disc sat on the ground. It was the source of the alarm, vibrating and blaring every thirty seconds.