The Chef Rules the Last Days
Chapter 331 - 330: Escape

Chapter 331: Chapter 330: Escape

Wrapped in her clothes and with the car window rolled up high, the zombified Da Bai and Yang Yichu, who was aided by numerous zombie eyes searching for Su Mo, both came up empty-handed.

More and more zombies were gathering around. Li Ming picked up the walkie-talkie and spoke into it, "Head towards the construction tunnel! Repeat, head towards the construction tunnel!"

He took a sharp turn with the car, sped forward for a bit, and then stopped in front of a tunnel cutting across the road. Su Mo lifted a corner of the cloth to look outside, and saw an unformed double-arched tunnel still in the construction phase.

The arch was huge, and due to construction techniques, it was split into three holes in the middle; the biggest hole was sealed off with cement, leaving only two smaller ones on either side.

Li Ming turned off the engine, "Mr. Lu, hope you don’t mind us parking the car here!"

The group got out of the car, and Zhao Changsheng lashed out with his Thunder Whip at a zombie that lunged at them, splitting it into two.

On the nearby street, four cars came to a halt one after the other, followed by a horde of zombies. Yang Yichu and the massive zombie were nowhere to be seen.

It seemed they had successfully shaken them off.

Su Mo let out an involuntary sigh of relief but also felt a bit uneasy.

Lu Chen stayed close by her side, continuously attacking the zombies near them with his superpower.

"Brother Li!"

People from the four cars scrambled down, their Space Superpower User, having collected oil, no longer had room to store the vehicles.

Lu Chen didn’t waste words. His Level 5 Space superpower could still accommodate a few vehicles for now.

"Go!" Li Ming struck down a zombie with a fireball and led the group into one of the smaller tunnels.

Yang Yichu, who sat on the shoulder of the giant zombie, was howling angrily at the sky, "I will kill you! Kill, you!"

They had taken away the sister he liked, and he wanted to kill them all! Kill them all!

The entire G City was beginning to riot with zombies.

"I must, find my sister!"

...

The group made their way into the tunnel, and the superpower users quickly sealed the entrance with an earthen wall.

After Li Qian indicated that it was safe inside, Su Mo finally removed the jacket from her head and tiptoed to drape it over Lu Chen, "Wear this, it’s cold."

Inside the tunnel, there was still a strong industrial scent.

The smell of concrete and the pungent scent of dust caused the scent-sensitive Su Mo to sneeze, "This untended tunnel could collapse at any time, right?"

She had just seen a sign in the darkness, trampled under countless feet, which read: Construction zone, no entry.

Li Ming said, "These little tunnels are supported by arches overhead, holding up such a large tunnel, so they won’t easily collapse."

As some light became faintly visible ahead after walking several hundred meters, it seemed they were finally nearing the end.

Li Qian’s spiritual power began to spread, "It’s okay, not too many. For safety, I think we should skirt around the zombies."

Li Ming continued his stride and jokingly asked, "Do you guys really think those zombies were coming for Su Mo?"

Su Mo didn’t have his joking tone, instead, she said in a grave voice, "The zombies are evolving, can’t you feel it?"

He Fei, who had been holding back from speaking, couldn’t help but blurt out, "That little zombie back at the Refining Factory, it... it talked! Didn’t you guys hear it?!"

He moved to the middle of the crowd, his voice echoing loudly in the tunnel, "Have you ever seen a talking zombie before?! That was the first one!"

These superpower users had been mostly concerned with running away; they weren’t fools and upon realizing, the looks they gave Su Mo were full of shock and uncertainty.

"In that case, we can’t take them back with us," said a burly superpower user, who also pointed his gun at Su Mo, "If they came for her, then we’re all in danger."

As the burly man raised his gun, a huge Ice Shield immediately separated the two groups, and Lu Chen spoke with a voice that was frighteningly calm, "We can leave, but I am taking everyone with me away from the border."

He Fei thought he had messed things up and quickly said, "What are you doing! Su Mo and the others are good people!"

Ding Yan also echoed urgently, "Yeah, what are you guys doing! Put down the gun!"

A few words had turned the atmosphere tense between the two sides.

What He Fei didn’t know was that his words had just given Lu Chen an additional reason to leave.

They hadn’t planned to stay here for long anyway; the Western Region was their main goal.

Li Ming only thought for a few seconds before slapping the back of the head of the burly man with the gun, "What’s this about leaving? The oil is still on her, who are you trying to fool?"

The atmosphere again fell into an eerie silence because of his words.

The rest of the people all had stiff expressions on their faces.

"Let’s go, we’ll talk more after returning," Li Ming said, glancing at Su Mo, his eyes beginning to ponder deeply. On further reflection, connecting some dots together, the answer was quite obvious—the zombies, including the one that had chased them that day, indeed had some connection with the woman in front of them.

Lu Chen withdrew the Ice Shield, and Su Mo was tightly guarded by the three of them; she looked through Lu Chen’s silhouette at Li Ming in front of her, saying nothing.

After exiting the several hundred meter-long tunnel, the sky was already dark.

Zombies were scarce on this side, and Li Qian looked around and realized they were all concentrated on the other side of the tunnel, with a huge group of them. He did not immediately reveal that nearly half the zombies in G City had gathered here.

Lu Chen took out their car and, after getting back on the road, the vehicle sped away. They turned back to the street where the meteorite had fallen because it offered an open view, allowing them to spot the reappearance of such a colossal object straight away.

Fortunately, the rest of the journey went smoothly for everyone.

Returning to the familiar dark tunnel, the half-meter-thick arched door opened, and five cars entered the epidemic prevention zone one after the other before the sky was completely dark.

At the gate, many people gathered, among them was Jiang Yulian.

Li Ming hopped out of the car and greeted people outside; after thinking for a moment, he also said to Lu Chen, "Tonight, come to my place. I have something for you to listen to."

After the man nodded in agreement, the car door swung wide open, and four people got out in succession.

Seeing them return safely, the crowd cheered when Li Ming said they had a very fruitful haul. Then their mood shifted when they heard from Li Ming that they had lost two superpower users, and two women fainted on the spot.

One was Laoba’s wife, and the other was the mother of a superpower user who had been crushed to death by the giant zombie.

The joyous atmosphere vanished in an instant; it’s common to face life and death when men venture out, but having two Level 3 Superpower Users die at the same time—now, that was dangerous.

Li Ming didn’t have the heart to explain too much, so after dispersing his brothers, he headed straight for Li Yun’s house.

He Fei also bid farewell to Su Mo and the others with Ding Yan and left. After a whole day, his interactions with the people of the epidemic prevention zone had gone quite smoothly; the gloom of Guo Hua’s death had not left a mark on these superpower users.

Aunt Jiang, squeezing through the crowd to Su Mo, looked particularly distressed and spoke urgently, tugging on her arm, "You’re finally back. Ling Ye is not doing well."