Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 357: Chapter 355: Awakening Memories

Wearing earplugs, Chen Xing instantly teleported beside the alarm.

Invisible, she looked all around but saw no one.

The alarm had only been sounding for about two minutes.

The area was wide open, with no one in sight. ’Does that mean this person is incredibly fast?’

’It’s unlikely they’re invisible.’

Ever since her Invisibility Ability reached Full Level, she could accurately pinpoint the location of an Invisible Man.

Clearly, there were no fluctuations nearby.

She then searched underground for any hidden rooms or similar hiding spots, but found nothing.

Meanwhile... the zombie horde had already gathered.

They smashed and kicked at the alarm.

Chen Xing tried to turn it off, only to discover the device had no switch. ’This thing doesn’t even have an off switch?’

The periodically flashing red light drove the zombie horde into an even greater frenzy.

If anyone got close now, they’d be ripped to shreds, with not even a scrap left behind.

’Who would be so bored? Luring zombies to a place with nothing in it like this?’

Since it was too close to the safety zone, Chen Xing put on protective gloves, picked up the large, disc-shaped alarm, and ran off with it.

The zombie horde followed close behind, all the savagery in their eyes fixed on the large disc.

After running for several kilometers, Chen Xing noticed the zombies’ ferocity was increasing.

She felt her own emotions starting to fluctuate as well; a powerful urge to go on a rampage was building within her.

If she hadn’t been so sensitive to the slightest internal changes, she would have been enraged by now.

Sensing how dangerous the device was, Chen Xing hurled it far into the distance.

This spot was over ten kilometers from the National Capital Safety Zone; the effects shouldn’t reach it.

Before leaving, she glanced back in the direction of the alarm.

The horde of zombies smashed at the alarm, the savage glint in their eyes steadily intensifying.

’What kind of sicko would research something that makes zombies even more savage?’

’The Research Institute!?’

Only the Research Institute would conduct such twisted experiments.

She casually struck it with a bolt of lightning, and the device finally fell silent.

The savage zombie horde instantly grew much quieter.

Chen Xing stayed in the Capital City for a few more days, filling the area outside the safety zone with mutated plants.

She left only a single road wide enough for two-way traffic.

Her dimensional space was running low on mutated plants, so she had to use her superpower to accelerate their growth.

She then went to the factory district and sealed off its perimeter with mutated plants as well.

By the time she finished fortifying both locations and returned home, more than half a month had gone by.

In the years that followed, the weather became erratic; all four seasons could occur in a single day.

After suffering that disastrous defeat, the rebel army suddenly vanished without a trace.

What gave Chen Xing the biggest headache, however, were Xu Anguo and Chen Dingbang.

She had lost all trace of them ever since that incident in the United States.

The disappearance of these two major powers ushered in several years of peace. During this time, Song Yiguo’s Song Family Army grew rapidly, becoming an irreplaceable force in Huaxia.

Chen Xing, meanwhile, seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth; no one ever saw her again.

However, the National Capital Safety Zone and the factory district continued to receive large shipments of supplies at regular intervals.

In the blink of an eye, six years of the apocalypse had passed.

Many once-prominent powers fell into decline... For instance, ever since the great zombie siege, the United States had failed to produce a single capable leader.

It plummeted from the world’s most powerful nation to the bottom of the ranks.

Then there was Baling Country, once considered relatively weak. Under the leadership of Queen Arthur, its people united as one to create the world’s number one agricultural base. Though life remained arduous, they had at least ensured their people would not starve.

As for... the person who rose to power fastest during this period, aside from Song Yiguo, it would have to be Bishop Louis.

The seemingly insignificant Holy Hall had thrived in the environment of hunger, poverty, and crisis, growing to the point where any random person you grabbed off the street could recite a line or two of scripture from the Hall.

Its ability to captivate the hearts of the people was truly remarkable.

On one occasion, Chen Xing disguised herself and left home, heading for the factory district.

Recently, her dimensional space’s reproductive capabilities had increased again.

The supply of provisions to the factory district and the National Capital Safety Zone was more than ample.

She was already considering whether to expand her livestock and poultry operation abroad.

Neither the factory district nor Song Yiguo took the supplies for free.

They would collect rare items, Crystal Cores, and the like, to give to her in exchange.

From Song Yiguo, she could also get news from all over the world.

Two days later, after delivering a new batch of supplies into Brother Xiao’s hands, Chen Xing left the factory district and drove toward the Capital City.

The weather, which had been alternating between summer and winter, suddenly turned hot, and the temperature didn’t drop all day.

Chen Xing drove her RV at a leisurely pace, snacking on fruit.

Lately, most zombies had evolved to the High Level.

Not only had their movements and superpowers improved, but their cognitive abilities had also advanced.

They rarely formed packs, instead spreading out to hunt for prey.

Once they locked onto a target, they would pursue it relentlessly.

If they encountered a powerful target, they would immediately call for backup, quickly attracting a horde of other zombies.

When faced with a horde of zombies, a lone person had virtually no chance of survival.

That was why... this deep into the apocalypse, one almost never encountered other people or teams on the road.

After a full day of driving, she was nearing the Capital City.

Chen Xing planned to spend the night outside the city and deliver the supplies to the safety zone in the morning.

She parked the RV and made herself a spicy hot pot with fatty beef, some fried skewers, and crispy pork bites. After eating, she washed it all down with a glass of ice-cold milk.

After a shower, she lay down on the spacious bed and quickly fell asleep.

Not long after falling asleep, she had a dream.

She hadn’t dreamed of her mother since watching the video she had recorded.

But tonight, she suddenly appeared in her dream.

In this dream, however... her mother seemed a little younger, and she herself was only about seven or eight years old.

Her mother’s adoring gaze was crystal clear, even in the dream. ”My darling, Mommy loves you so much. I would do anything for you...”

Chen Xing felt a sharp pang in her chest.

Gradually, her mother’s figure began to blur.

When she opened her eyes, she found her pillow soaked with tears.

She didn’t know why she’d had that dream. ’Or... was Mom trying to tell me something?’

’Or perhaps... she came to say goodbye?’

Sitting up, she stared blankly out the pitch-black window.

In that instant, a flood of something rushed into her mind.

Memories that had been completely erased were rapidly resurfacing.

She began to recall every moment spent with her mother from the age of seven onwards.

The memories were still fragmented, however, with many pieces missing.

”Mom...” she murmured, as if her mother could hear her that way.

RING RING RING... The sound of the satellite phone shattered her train of thought.

Pushing her sorrow aside, she answered the call.

Though she hadn’t appeared in public for a long time, she had never lost contact with Song Yiguo and Brother Xiao.

The call was from Song Yiguo. ”Lu Haoran is in the Capital City. He says he has something extremely important to discuss with you!”

Chen Xing frowned, her eyes still fixed on the darkness before her.

She hadn’t seen Lu Haoran in years.

’What could be so important that he’d suddenly come looking for me?’