Cooking Gourmet Meals in the Apocalypse

Chapter 99: Chapter 96: Crawling Zombie

Vice General Du’s group had fifteen stations. While that was more than Chen Xing had, they also had more people. With their experience, they knew to split up to clear them. Logically, they should have been the first to return.

"I’ll go take a look!" Chen Xing was a little worried, too.

’Things underground are always more terrifying than the ones on the surface.’ This was a lesson she’d learned in her past life.

’The transfer station with Line 2 isn’t completely sealed, so it’s possible monsters have gotten out.’

The path was already clear, so Chen Xing just had to run. Before long, she was nearing the end of the line.

With one station still to go, Chen Xing heard the sounds of a battle in the distance.

It sounded viciously chaotic.

Chen Xing picked up her pace, and even Meng Hu, following behind her, began to pant heavily.

When she reached the platform, she saw more than a hundred people surrounding two monsters that were on all fours.

Chen Xing’s heart finally settled a little after she saw the monsters.

"What are these monsters? They’re impossible to kill!" Captain Lu fumed, unleashing several superpowers in a row. They struck the monsters’ heads and bodies, but the two crawling creatures seemed completely unharmed.

These two monsters must have evolved from humans. They had red eyes, and their hands had evolved into feet, forcing them to crawl.

They might have looked like zombies, but their hides were exceptionally thick. Lightning strikes, ice lances, and water jets were completely useless against them.

’Song Yiguo said these appeared on the third day after the zombie virus outbreak?’

’After being infected with the zombie virus and turning, humans mutate and level up over time. It’s impossible for them to become this powerful in just three days!’

’Judging by their thick, tough hides, they must have been mutating for at least half a year—and that’s if they were strong to begin with.’

Many of the Superpower Users were panting heavily. It looked as if the two monsters had been stalling them for a long time.

Chen Xing watched from the side for half a minute before shouting, "Attack their eyes!"

’They may be mindless monsters, but every time a superpower comes their way, they dodge and protect their eyes.’

Vice General Du and Captain Lu attacked almost the instant Chen Xing spoke. They feinted with one hand, then immediately unleashed their superpowers with the other.

The two monsters, not having the intelligence of humans, naturally fell for the trick.

Seeing the two monsters wail and clutch their eyes in pain, the nearest Superpower Users rushed in to deliver the killing blows.

The monsters fell. With no time to thank Chen Xing, Vice General Du immediately organized his people to head back the way they came.

More than an hour had passed. They were out of time!

Chen Xing was the last to leave.

’She wasn’t the type to just leave Crystal Cores lying around!’

After retrieving the Crystal Cores, Chen Xing caught up with the group.

’Completing the sweep of all the planned lines is going to be impossible.’

’I just want to clear out more safe areas. When the time comes, it’s up to them whether they come in or not. In any case, I’m not planning on leaving.’

’When it’s safe and I want to get out, a sealed wall won’t be able to stop me.’

Vice General Du and his men, oblivious to her thoughts, only wanted to clear as much as they possibly could within the allotted time.

He knew those old stubborn fools up top would actually seal the entrances.

Although Young Master Song wouldn’t really let them die in here, he would inevitably have to defy the wishes of those higher-ups to get them out.

After regrouping at the Line 2 junction, Chen Xing wasn’t in any hurry to move on.

She did a quick mental calculation. The odds of finishing the sweep on this run were slim.

Line 2 was a tangled mess with nine major transfer stations, none of which were sealed. It would be dangerous to enter and difficult to clear.

"We have half an hour left. Can we make it out in time?" Xiao Wu asked worriedly.

He wasn’t one of Song Yiguo’s personal men and didn’t know his style, so it was natural for his mind to race with worry.

Seeing that Chen Xing didn’t look the least bit anxious, Vice General Du realized she didn’t plan on leaving. "We just keep clearing," he announced. "Young Master Song won’t abandon us!"

’My parents are in the Capital City, too. For their sake, I have to work hard to clear these tunnels.’

’The Capital City’s underground safe zone is truly secure; it’s the safest place I’ve seen to date.’

’But who are the people living there?’

’Young Master Song can get in, but I can’t, let alone my parents.’

’Even if Young Master Song found a way to get me in, I would never abandon my parents to save my own skin.’

’All I can do now is clear as much as possible so my parents can take refuge here before the disaster hits.’

Since Vice General Du was so confident, the others stopped worrying. The more area they cleared, the more people would benefit.

Chen Xing’s thinking was a little different.

’The tunnels need to be cleared, yes, but... I’m in no rush!’

’From what Song Yiguo said, the higher-ups don’t approve of letting people take shelter down here. Even if we finish clearing everything, they won’t let anyone in. So why the rush?’

Before entering Line 2, Vice General Du left a group behind to stand guard and also sent someone to the main exit to check for any news.

After all, nobody wanted to be sealed underground and left for dead.

He and Captain Lu then continued clearing Line 2.

Line 2 was a loop that would eventually circle back to its origin. So when they split from Chen Xing, they hadn’t specified a rendezvous point. They would inevitably run into each other anyway.

Chen Xing, with Meng Hu in tow, was now moving at a noticeably unhurried pace.

She was eating a small cake and drinking some water.

With a moment of peace, she realized she hadn’t had a chance to eat anything since being woken up.

The thought made her even hungrier, so she took out a whole steamer basket of buns and started to eat.

She had steamed the meat buns back at Song Yiguo’s place when she had some free time. She’d put them directly into her dimensional space after cooking, so they were still steaming hot.

She then took out two cups of milk tea and downed one in a single go.

Nowadays, she couldn’t afford to miss a single meal.

She wouldn’t neglect Meng Hu, either. Since no one was around, she let Meng Hu into her dimensional space to rest for a bit.

’Oh, right... Meng Hu has taken a liking to eating grass since it’s been in my space. It doesn’t even glance at the lively pigs, sheep, chickens, and ducks.’

Seizing the chance, she took out a box of simple sushi, some borscht...

Moving slowly, it took her quite a while to reach the fourth station. Her keen senses immediately told her something was different here.

She put away her food and drink, her hand already gripping a meat cleaver tightly.

She also mercilessly dragged out Meng Hu, who had just about finished eating and was looking to take a lazy nap.

Seemingly sensing its master’s state of mind, Meng Hu instantly grew alert. Its heavy paws landed on the concrete floor with much less sound.

"ROAR—!" As they neared the platform, the cautious Meng Hu suddenly let out a deafening, powerful roar.

At that same moment, Chen Xing saw them too. On the lit platform ahead were countless crawling zombies, poised in various stances and eager to strike.

They were the same type of monster that had given Vice General Du and his men so much trouble earlier. By a rough estimate, there were several hundred of them!

But what Chen Xing found strange was that they weren’t attacking.

’That’s strange!’

’In my past life, even Level Three Monsters were mindless.’

’If you won’t make a move, I will!’

Chen Xing swung her meat cleaver while drawing a short blade with her other hand.

She thought Meng Hu would be at a disadvantage here, since the creatures were impervious to everything but attacks to their eyes.

But to her surprise, Meng Hu lunged forward, bit down on a monster’s ankle, and whipped it around violently. The monster instantly lost its ability to fight.

Chen Xing: "..."

’Damn!’

’So not only are their eyes a weak point, their limbs are too!’

’And here I thought they were impervious to weapons. What a joke!’

’Looks like I can just leave this to Meng Hu. It won’t take long to clean them all up!’

The previously hesitant monsters suddenly swarmed toward the girl and her beast.