The Chef Rules the Last Days
Chapter 310 - 308: A Thousand Strange States

Chapter 310: Chapter 308: A Thousand Strange States

Su Mo watched as many people started slacking off as soon as they arrived at their posts on the shelves and couldn’t help but click her tongue twice, "If they were to go to the epidemic prevention zone in the future, they would probably starve to death".

Li Qian spoke unhurriedly, "Being an ordinary person who is unwilling to work, whether it’s in reality or the apocalypse, elimination is just a matter of time".

He Fei came down from the oil rack and came over to Su Mo’s side, not forgetting to ask, "I forgot to ask just now, Miss Su’s injuries aren’t serious, are they? We still have some medicine for bruises back there".

Su Mo, "It’s not serious, just a minor injury".

He Fei nodded and then said to Lu Chen, "There should be a batch of oil coming tomorrow. Once we have it ready, you can take as much as you want".

For He Fei, the fact that the outside was swarming with zombies and showed no signs of leaving was like giving Lu Chen and the others so much oil as a meager compensation.

With so much, whether there is life to spend it on is a question.

His thoughts were clear on his face, Lu Chen showed no expression, gracefully accepting.

Since the shelf was crowded, the four of them didn’t go up, and they took a walk around the oil refining factory. When they passed the main gate, where someone had set up a high platform, several superpower users were standing guard on it.

Su Mo climbed the stairs to take a look, and immediately, someone gave them space.

Below the earthen wall, swarms of zombies, sensing the smell of living humans here, had increased in number, more than doubling from the day before.

They were densely packed, pushing against each other, and it was truly terrifying to look at.

Su Mo withdrew her gaze, weighing in her heart that if the people in the epidemic prevention zone gave up the oil factory, even they might not be able to retreat fully intact.

This move was indeed a risky one.

"Let’s go back, it’s windy up here," Lu Chen took her hand and led her downstairs.

Back in the dormitory, Su Mo was idle and suddenly remembered that her system seemed to be upgradable now.

In a moment, she was busy with this, having forgotten about it earlier.

She closed the door, secured the window, sat beside her bed, and neatly pressed the upgrade box at the end of the progress bar.

[This upgrade unlocks 10 slots in your backpack and seasoning column, and a God Chef Upgrade Gift Package *2 has been put in your backpack]

Unexpectedly, this time there wasn’t a pot or kitchen utensils given, only two gift packages.

Su Mo directly clicked on the two gift packages.

The enlarged gift packages in front of her poofed out a ring of fireworks after bouncing around.

[Congratulations on obtaining, Pearl Sticky Rice Lotus Root Meatballs Recipe]

[Congratulations on obtaining a reward for one Skill Level upgrade]

"Skill Level upgrade?" Su Mo’s eyes instantly brightened.

Lu Chen was watching her, and though in his eyes there was nothing but emptiness in front of her, he knew she was looking at her system. He just sat quietly by her side, enjoying her ever-changing adorable expressions.

"Lu Chen!" Su Mo shook his hand, turned her head, and said, "I can choose a recipe to upgrade the Skill Level. Which do you think I should upgrade?"

The man pondered for a while, his mind flashing through all the dishes he had eaten—stir-fried Bok Choy, Fried Pork, hot and sour pig stomach soup, Beef Soup...

He looked up at her, "Can tea be included as well?"

"It should be possible, do you mean Zijuan Tea?" Su Mo pulled up the panel and opened the Zijuan Tea recipe, an upgrade of 25% healing of internal injuries seemed a bit better.

"No hurry, don’t we still have a pumpkin shield?" Lu Chen added, his superpower memory already bringing out the two most practical skills.

"That’s Scallion Crispy Pumpkin," Su Mo completed the name of the dish and then moved her hand to the recipe, "The initial time for this is 30 minutes."

For a while, the two were torn between choosing either the protective shield or treating internal injuries.

In the end, Lu Chen made the decision, "Protective shield. If this place unexpectedly falls, the duration of this item becomes crucial."

With such a huge crowd of zombies outside, it would directly affect their escape speed, and a protective shield could effectively prevent scratches.

Su Mo also felt this was more cost-effective and used it immediately.

[Upgrading Scallion Crispy Pumpkin Skill Level]

[Skill Level usage successful, upgrading...]

About five minutes later, Su Mo waited nervously, unsure how much the Skill Level would increase.

[Upgrade successful, existing Skill Level 50%, now increased to 70%, Pumpkin Protection Shield, duration 50 minutes]

"Only increased by 20 minutes," Su Mo was somewhat disappointed. Lu Chen comfortingly rubbed the top of her head, "It’s already good."

The better the item, the shorter the duration, Su Mo understood this and knew this matter couldn’t be rushed.

Temporarily setting aside this recipe, Su Mo opened the one for the Pearl Sticky Rice Lotus Root Meatballs that was included in the gift package.

The status bonus shown made her grimace, "Attract 50% zombie hatred? Isn’t this a death wish package..."

"Hmm?" Lu Chen looked at her puzzled. What kind of bizarre bonuses were these?

Su Mo directly discarded that recipe, as she would be insane to eat that.

After browsing through the gift package, it was already noon outside, and He Fei’s people came to call them for lunch.

They walked out, called up Zhao Changsheng and others, and a group of seven were led to the canteen at the oil refining factory. It was a large shed set up with many plastic tables and chairs, and two female teachers were busy in the kitchen.

They casually picked a large table for eight and sat down, and gradually, many people waiting for lunch began to come in.

Some people were filthy, while others were clean, with untarnished fingers.

Ding Yan held a notebook in his hand,

He first greeted Su Mo and her group and then opened the book in his hand and announced loudly, "Those whose names are reported, come up to get the lunch. This is the only meal of the day, those unregistered will have to wait until tomorrow."

Gradually, people were called by name to get their meals; Su Mo glanced over and saw that the items they held in their hands were instant noodles, half a packet per person, accompanied by a full bowl of soup.

The portions for Su Mo and her group were personally served by He Fei’s people.

Each person received a full packet.

The different treatment stirred some resentment among ordinary students, "Why do these outsiders get so much?!"

This time, He Fei retorted without mercy, "If you can single-handedly take down a Level 5 Polar Bear, I’ll let you eat too."

The person sulked and pouted.

Most people in the canteen had received their food, but there were still about a dozen people who waited empty-handed, not having their names called by Ding Yan.

Su Mo had barely slurped a few mouthfuls of noodles when those dozen people started making noise.

Finding the canteen too noisy, Zhao Changsheng stood up abruptly from her chair, directly picked up the chair she had moved behind her, and threw it at those people, "Enough already?!"

She threw both quickly and accurately, and the group of about a dozen people, standing together, was hit by the chair, one tumbling into another, crying out in pain.