Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 362: Chapter 360: Have to Admire Xu Anguo’s Mind

A fierce storm was closing in on Chen Xing, and the vast sea of withered flowers was a sign that this tempest would bring more than just thunder and lightning.

Soon, she discovered that the raindrops seemed to contain something corrosive.

’Getting hit by this could be fatal.’

She immediately tried to run back, but... the scene was identical in the direction she’d come from. A glance at the other two directions revealed the same thing.

It was as if she was being boxed in, trapped.

Seeing the storm draw near, Chen Xing realized her only option was to escape into the Jiezhi Space.

This time, she realized, Xu Anguo wasn’t just trying to capture her like before.

’He seems determined to kill me!’

’But... what if this storm never stops?’

’Would I be trapped in the Jiezhi Space forever?’

After all, her ability to move had a limited range.

Even though her range was now several kilometers, who knew how vast this sea of flowers was?

So, in this moment of crisis, Chen Xing frantically searched for the exit she was certain had to exist.

’There’s always a way out,’ she believed.

Finally, just before the storm hit, she found a small, almost imperceptible door.

It had appeared right at the edge of the storm.

It was only about a meter high and looked almost like an illusion.

Chen Xing darted through the small door in a flash.

Behind her, the storm raged like acid rain, seemingly corroding the entire world.

On the other side, she suddenly found herself inside the Research Institute.

Inside, countless test subjects lay on rows of hospital beds.

They were expressionless and seemed to feel no pain, as if they were devoid of emotion.

Chen Xing tried to touch them, but some kind of barrier blocked her hand.

After pacing back and forth, she realized she was trapped in a transparent cage.

The cage was small, only a few square meters.

Just then, the door to the ward opened, and Xu Anguo walked in.

A group of people followed him, one of whom held a boy of about six or seven.

The boy was unconscious.

But with just one glance, Chen Xing knew he was Lu Yanran’s son, Tutu.

Even with his eyes closed, the rest of his features were a spitting image of Lu Yanran’s.

Xu Anguo walked straight up to the invisible barrier that separated him from Chen Xing, like a pane of glass.

His eyes were full of malice, with none of the doting affection he once showed his own daughter. ”Once you enter this place, you will never get out!”

Chen Xing looked back at him, her cool eyes holding no father-daughter affection, only distance and contempt. ”You’ve caught me, just as you wanted. Now let him go!”

It was as if they were speaking face-to-face; the barrier didn’t muffle their voices at all.

Xu Anguo glanced at Tutu and sneered, his voice dripping with contempt. ”You think you’re in any position to bargain with me? This little brat is just like you. He was pumped full of hormones in the womb. For all we know, he could be another you... Do you really think I’d let him go?”

Chen Xing said no more.

’He won’t let him go anyway. Why waste my breath?’

She slammed her fist into the barrier in front of her, but to her surprise, the once-solid surface rippled like water.

Her punch had no effect whatsoever.

”I told you, you can’t get out!” Xu Anguo gloated.

After his relentless efforts, he had finally developed this Defense Shield—the more violently one attacked it, the more inescapable it became.

’So Chen Xing thinks she’s so tough?’

’That no one can stop her?’

’As if I wouldn’t have a way to deal with my own creation.’

’Sooner or later, she’ll be my test subject again.’

His only worry now was her mysterious trump card.

He was apprehensive because he’d never seen it and hadn’t been able to study it.

The next second, his fears were realized.

Chen Xing suddenly vanished from inside the cube.

She only moved a short distance, but to her surprise, Xu Anguo was nowhere to be seen in her new surroundings.

’So... it was another illusion?’

’Xu Anguo is cunning. He was worried this wouldn’t hold me, so he wasn’t actually standing right there.’

Chen Xing scanned the room. It was clearly another part of the Research Institute, filled with hospital beds and various equipment.

But... the beds were all empty.

A sense of foreboding washed over Chen Xing.

’Have these test subjects already been dispatched under Xu Anguo’s control?’

’If they launch a wave of suicidal attacks, then Song Yiguo and the others will be in grave danger.’

She immediately began searching for an exit, needing to find Tutu as quickly as possible.

Outside the door, she saw a control room.

It was empty, but the machinery was still running.

Chen Xing looked down from the control room and saw the sea of flowers raging in the storm below.

But... from this angle, the area below was only a little over a hundred square meters.

Chen Xing thought about the desert and the ocean world she had encountered before...

She had to admit, Xu Anguo was a twisted genius.

With a single punch, she destroyed the control console.

In the storm chamber below, the acid rain suddenly began to rapidly corrode the floor.

Agonized screams immediately followed.

Chen Xing immediately ran toward the sound, racing down several flights of stairs until she found a horrifying scene: people writhed on the floor, their bodies being eaten away, screaming in agony.

Remnants of their white lab coats still clung to their bodies, not yet completely dissolved.

The test subjects on the hospital beds were in an equally ghastly state, but they seemed to feel no pain and remained unconscious.

But amidst the chaos, there was no sign of Xu Anguo or Tutu.

Chen Xing felt a slight sense of relief. ’At least Tutu is still safe.’

The rain had stopped. Using the Jiezhi Space, Chen Xing phased through the wall and continued her pursuit.

She didn’t have to go far before she spotted a figure ahead.

Slender and straight-backed—it was Xu Anguo.

He was carrying the unconscious Tutu, but his pace hadn’t slowed in the slightest.

Chen Xing entered the space and reappeared right behind Xu Anguo.

Xu Anguo must have sensed the danger. Just as Chen Xing was about to strike, he violently hurled Tutu to the side.

The force of the throw was immense; even if it didn’t kill Tutu, it would cripple him.

Ignoring Xu Anguo, Chen Xing entered the Jiezhi Space, appearing in front of Tutu just in time to catch him.

However, Xu Anguo’s strength was considerable. A jolt of pain shot through Chen Xing’s arms, and the impact sent her staggering back several steps before she regained her footing.

When she turned to look, Xu Anguo was gone.

And the seemingly long corridor ahead had suddenly become a solid wall.

After placing Tutu safely in the Black Cat Space, Chen Xing walked toward the wall.

’I was so close to finishing Xu Anguo.’

’Maybe... there’s still time!’

Chen Xing slammed her fist into the wall.

The impact rang out like a fist on an iron plate. The wall dented but didn’t break.

Chen Xing touched the iron plate. She absorbed the metal, and with another punch, the corridor ahead was revealed once more.

She moved quickly. As a sliver of light appeared ahead, she saw a slender corpse lying on the ground at the exit. It was Xu Anguo.