The Chef Rules the Last Days
Chapter 304 - 302: Surrounded by a Horde of Corpses

Chapter 304: Chapter 302: Surrounded by a Horde of Corpses

About five or six minutes later, the car stopped at the main gate where students crowded at the closed entrance. As a teacher, Ding Yan was the first to run down from the bus, shouting, "Make way, let me open the gate."

The factory’s gate was merely a wrought-iron gate, which looked fragile, and because the students were blocking it, Ding Yan couldn’t squeeze through for a moment.

"Hold tight," Lu Chen said coldly.

Su Mo immediately grabbed the handrail, just as Lu Chen stepped on the accelerator and headed straight for the crowd of students without hesitation.

Seeing the car charging straight toward the gate, all the students at the entrance scattered like birds and beasts. Lu Chen directly smashed through the gate, leaving black tire marks on the ground before finally turning and stopping.

Everyone squeezed into the factory, and the finally-entering Ding Yan hurriedly ran to the gatehouse where he controlled the entire Refining Factory’s electrical network.

However, with the gate smashed open, there was a gaping hole, and a large horde of zombies was about to reach the gate.

"Quick, block it, block it!"

The students huddled together in the open space behind, their eyes wide with fear reflecting the appearance of the horde and the terrifying shrieks issuing from mouths stretched to their cheeks, making one’s hair stand on end.

Upon seeing this, He Fei immediately directed an Earth Element Superpower User to start building an earth wall at the breach.

As soon as Lu Chen got out of the car, he fully activated his superpower and firstly sealed the gate with an ice wall that rose five meters from the ground, depleting most of his superpower.

At that moment, the power grid’s switch light came on, and Ding Yan immediately pushed the electricity to its maximum, nervously watching the top of the perimeter wall.

Truthfully, the surrounding wall wasn’t very high, only about three meters, and the electric net on top was their main defense against the zombies.

Seeing several zombies trying to jump over the electric net and getting incinerated in the process,

he knew they were safe.

Everyone slumped to the ground, except for the Earth Element Superpower User who kept following Lu Chen’s ice wall and continuously exerted power.

There was no electric net on the upper part of the gate; they could only make the wall as high as possible, ready to respond at any moment.

Su Mo got out of the car and started observing the surroundings.

The interior of the Refining Factory was very spacious. Apart from the oil refining units, she also saw several industrial tents housing large fuel tanks.

After scanning the area with his spiritual power, Li Qian said, "It’s clean."

Everyone got out of the car, and Lu Chen parked it. He searched the crowd for Guo Hua and then withdrew his gaze.

He Fei counted the number of people and found that almost thirty students were missing; he sighed but knew there was nothing he could do about it. He forced a smile and loudly said, "We often come to this Refining Factory. The auxiliary facilities here are sufficient. Get up everyone; I’ll take you to the living quarters first."

The living quarters were next to the industrial tents, a three-story building that formerly housed workers.

Lu Chen didn’t follow them immediately; instead, He Fei specifically came to invite him.

Su Mo then asked Jiang Yulian to take the children and Ling Ye there first.

They wanted to look around, and He Fei did not stop them.

Lu Chen walked to a fuel tank stand.

It had safety ladders layering upwards to a height of about four stories.

Su Mo stood behind him and looked up, "This is my first time seeing oil refining equipment; it’s so huge."

"Let’s go up and take a look," the man replied, stepping onto the ladder first.

The remaining three followed him up.

The machines were not running at the moment; a thick layer of dust had settled on top, and as they passed something resembling an oil pump, they reached the top.

The view here was excellent. They could see most of the Refining Factory.

As Su Mo looked towards the main gate and saw the densely packed heads of the zombies swarming around, she shivered. "Are these zombies planning to blockade us here?"

"Then how are we going to get out?" Zhao Changsheng lay on the railing, the cold steel handrail made her immediately pull her hand back, "It’s really cold."

Su Mo: "Do you think people from the epidemic prevention zone will still come after seeing this situation?"

Li Qian adjusted his glasses, recalling a few people he had detected with his spiritual power, he said gently, "If they have enough ammunition and manage to save these students, it would be a good entry point."

"So, do we have to wait here again?" Su Mo tilted her head towards Lu Chen.

"We have enough time to wait," Lu Chen said, touching her shoulder, his voice tinged with coolness.

Su Mo thought to herself, indeed, surviving nowadays was enough; the journey to the Western Region was long, so there was no need to hurry.

The four of them observed for a while longer at the top, took in some cold wind, and then went down the ladder towards the living quarters.

Outside the Refining Factory, a zombie behaving oddly kicked open a manhole cover and fell down it.

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Inside the living quarters, there was all sorts of buzzy activity among those who had survived the ordeal.

Here, just over a hundred students occupied two floors.

Su Mo and the others’ accommodation was also arranged by He Fei on the first floor, in three double rooms provided directly to them.

Jiang Yulian and Ling Ye stood by the door, not entering, waiting for them.

People were continuously dragging out bodies from their assigned rooms, all zombies that had been killed by He Fei and his group previously.

As Su Mo passed one room and went inside, she was immediately assaulted by a stench of decay; the dim yellow bedsheets were covered in large areas of dried, black blood, and the walls had a lot of it smeared on them—it was truly a scene of murder.

She immediately covered her nose and stepped out, having no doubt that sleeping in such an environment for one night could suffocate her.

Thankfully, the rooms He Fei provided for them were relatively clean: the three adjoining dormitories in the middle of the first floor had no bodies or bloodstains, and aside from the thick dust, were relatively neat.

Incidentally, Guo Hua’s room was right next door to theirs, the one filled with the smell of decay.

As for why, Li Qian had whispered a request in He Fei’s ear as he passed by.

If someone could not be killed, then they must be kept closely monitored to ensure safety.

To avoid making the same mistake as with the former sports manager, Li Qian directly extended a strand of spiritual power around the man’s ankle, allowing him to detect any movement straight away.

Su Mo and Lu Chen entered their room, simply swept the blankets off the beds to one side. Since it was a double bed, Lu Chen directly combined the two small beds that were just over a meter wide.

Su Mo went to ask Jiang Yulian for water, threw away the dirty sheets and blankets, wiped down the bed frame, and then laid out the blankets.

This ground-floor outer corridor even had a small window open, through which she could see students walking back and forth outside.

After tidying up the place and while it was still light, the two came out and closed the door, heading directly to the still-blocked main gate.

Fortunately, the weather was still very cold, making the ice wall raised by Lu Chen not so easily melted.