The Chef Rules the Last Days

Circling past one office after another, Ye Lei reached the end of the basement level one. Apart from the elevator leading directly to basement level two, there was also a password-protected door separating this floor from the one below.

There was a mess around this door, which was about two meters wide. Both he and Zhao Xiweng had trained on the second basement floor before. He pushed aside the cover of the keypad and familiarly pressed a sequence of numbers. When the display showed a success message, he casually picked up a vase from the floor, smashed it inside, and then turned and ran.

The three of them cleared the zombies in the area and wandered around.

Su Mo, holding her Tang Blade, randomly flipped through a notebook on the desk, "They must have come down here to seek refuge, but where are they?"

Besides some reports that she couldn't understand, there was nothing else.

Jianxiong was as clueless as she was. He scratched his head and sat down on the office chair, "Did they leave? That shouldn't be right... what's with these zombies then?"

"Jianxiong, stay here and watch the door. Come with me," Lu Chen gestured to Su Mo and turned to walk further inside.

"Alright," Jianxiong rolled his chair to the front of the password-protected door, spread his legs and crossed his arms, positioning himself like a door god.

Not long after the two had left, Ye Lei came running out from around the corner, looking panicked. He rushed to Jianxiong's side and pointed in the distance, exclaiming, "Jianxiong, quickly go check it out—several zombies have emerged over there!"

Seeing him, Jianxiong dropped his guard and stood up to punch him on the shoulder, "Scared by a few zombies—acting like a girl. Commander Lu asked me to watch the door. Sort it out yourself!"

Ye Lei rubbed his shoulder in pain and pretended to be flustered as he said, "I'll watch the door for you here. I used my superpower and counted 10 zombies—I really can't handle them."

Jianxiong eyed him suspiciously. Seeing him shake and turn pale, not seeming to fake it, he reluctantly warned, "Alright, watch the door here. I'll be back soon."

When Jianxiong was far enough away, Ye Lei kicked away the stool, opened the door, and muttered softly, "Die."

Beyond the main office space were many partitioned rooms. Walking past a series of offices, Lu Chen stopped in front of one.

There were strange noises inside. An Ice Blade formed in his hand as he pulled Su Mo against the door, opening a slight crack.

A highly decomposed female corpse lay on the floor with a zombie on top of it, its head continuously wriggling on the corpse's swollen belly.

As soon as he opened the door a crack, he could not push it any further; he stood frozen as the Ice Blade in his hand dissipated into a mist and vanished.

Seeing that he did not respond, Su Mo peered inside and was also startled.

She remembered, the aunt who made Lu Chen worried enough to come and fetch her in person was also pregnant—she had even saved her life once.

"Lu Chen," she said, a bit worried as she shook his arm. The man stared coldly and detachedly through the door with no response.

"Let's go in and see. They're so powerful; it can't be the aunt."

He still did not respond, and it was the first time Su Mo had seen him like this, which made her feel a bit hurt.

She had to do something.

Stepping past Lu Chen, she swung the door open. The door slammed against the wall, making a loud noise that attracted the attention of the zombie on the floor devouring flesh; it immediately leapt toward her. Su Mo swung her Tang Blade and thrust its slender blade directly into the zombie's brain.

As she pulled out the blade, the zombie fell momentarily. She quickly approached the chewed-up corpse. The overwhelming stench of decay stimulated her nerves, and holding her breath, she began to examine the corpse closely.

The body of the pregnant woman had been dead for a while, dressed in a loose military uniform pushed up to her belly, her face severely decayed. Su Mo tried to recognize her but couldn't. She reluctantly stood up and searched the desk.

A diary signed "Jiang Yulian" caught her attention; she placed her blade on the table and started flipping through it.

The 1st Day of the Mutation

Yesterday, after the comet had fallen, I took Da Bai and followed the troops into the Bunker. We all passed out, and when we woke up, many in the Bunker had gone mad and started biting others. Our internal communication was broken, and Lu Chen, that kid, didn't come back—it's all my fault. I shouldn't have let him go to rescue Su Mo that girl…

Mutation Day 2

Many soldiers were bitten by their frenzied comrades, several superpower users appeared in the Bunker, and Hu Ding's mouth could even spray fire. Jiang Hai said the situation was unstable and couldn't send anyone to find Lu Chen, it was all because of me.....

Mutation Day 3

The number of frenzied, biting soldiers increased, Qi Qing's husband went mad too, and she was still pregnant, so I let her stay with me for now....

Mutation Day 7

The situation became even more serious, the biting disease was contagious, Doctor Xiao said it was uncontrollable and we had to move tomorrow, almost half of the second floor was infected...

From the seventh day onward, there was no further text; the following pages were all blank.

"Aunt Jiang is still alive! The corpse on the ground isn't her," Su Mo said after reading, then she picked up the knife and the notebook, quickly raised it to Lu Chen's face, "She's safe, but we are about to be in trouble!"

At this point, she finally realized why Ye Lei had been so suspicious; he planned to bury them all here.

The man took the notebook and read from start to finish, confirming that aunt had only moved, and his lifeless eyes finally began to show some warmth.

"Let's go," he said, grabbing Su Mo and running.

The second basement level was teeming with a horde of zombies.

Both ran back to the door, where Jianxiong, who had originally been guarding the entrance, was nowhere to be seen. The chair was kicked over on the ground, Lu Chen pushed aside the cover and entered a series of passwords, but it displayed an error.

Su Mo, clutching the knife, paced back and forth anxiously, "Ye Lei knew the second floor was full of zombies all along; he deliberately trapped us here."

"Give me a moment," he said, pulling up the manual override; his slender fingers danced rapidly across the screen.

A rumbling sound came from behind, produced by countless bodies brushing against the walls and steps on the floor.

She whirled around and raised her Tang Blade, staring at the corner in the distance, not daring to breathe.

Jianxiong's voice came before he appeared, "Damn Ye Lei, I'll kill you if I catch you."

When Su Mo saw him, he looked as though he had bathed in a blood pool, his body covered in dark bloodstains, only his large, bell-like eyes clearly discernible.

Behind him, countless zombies emerged from the corner, attacking them.

This sight nearly made Su Mo's legs give out, "How much longer?"

Lu Chen lifted his hand; the progress bar for the password reset slowly moved forward, "One minute."

The horde of zombies could probably devour them in seconds.

Jianxiong scrambled to their side, panting heavily, "We...We've been screwed over by that bastard Ye Lei."

"We already know. We just have to hold out until the door opens," Su Mo said, swinging her blade with a grim expression.

The three formed a triangle, each responsible for one side.

Lu Chen took the front, facing the first wave of zombies, among them were soldiers from the Jiang Residence and comrades he had worked with.

After hesitating for a moment with the Ice Blade in hand, he still thrust it through their heads.