The Chef Rules the Last Days-Chapter 662 - 660: Annihilation

Its slightly feeble voice made Su Mo’s heart soften. She pushed the meat forward toward Yang Yichu, "Eat."

It didn’t feel hunger inside the Treasure Bag, but outside, it had an endless appetite. Yang Yichu held the bloody pork, devouring it eagerly.

Su Mo watched him eat with a smile, then said to Lu Chen, "Look, it’s almost fully recovered!"

"Because of your system?"

Su Mo hesitated before nodding, "I’m not sure, but it’s very likely that the Treasure Bag can heal these kinds of wounds."

Yang Yichu finished off all the meat, then reluctantly licked the blood from the corners of his mouth clean. He sat quietly, gray spiritual power spreading out, then retracting after a short while, and he asked proactively, "Sister, why?"

He tilted his head in confusion, looking at Su Mo.

Su Mo was equally curious, "What why?"

Yang Yichu pondered for a moment and said, "So many... are gone."

Su Mo was struck by his question, then responded, "Do you mean zombies?"

Yang Yichu nodded his head, "Will be, extinct."

When he blurted out these words, Su Mo instinctively looked at Lu Chen, "Extinct..."

Both of them knew all too well what this word implied.

The catastrophic disaster that struck down with the meteorite took away the vast majority of life on the surface, including those hideous zombies.

The word ’extinct’ applied to zombies was a decisive piece of good news for Su Mo, being human.

It meant that, although there were still a few zombies surviving now, once this catastrophe passed, the arrival of a bright future was not far away.

Su Mo didn’t show too much excitement. She was aware that for the current Yang Yichu, those zombies were its kind.

She asked softly, "Then, what are you planning to do?"

Yang Yichu’s pale pupils stared blankly at her, clearly puzzled by Su Mo’s question, "Stay with sister, forever."

Again, these words. Su Mo extended her arm to hug it, "Humans will eradicate all zombies, but Yang Yichu, you will always be an exception."

"You’re not a zombie, you’re my dearest brother."

Su Mo’s warm embrace made Yang Yichu laboriously tug at the corners of his mouth to smile, "Brother, that’s me."

The one firm belief he held onto in this world was to live together with his most beloved sister.

Forever.

"I like that bag, I want to go back," he said.

Yang Yichu was referring to the Treasure Bag in Su Mo’s System Bag. She stroked its head and placed its small body back inside.

Su Mo turned her head and said softly to Lu Chen, "I think, once the base is established in the future, we will bury Ling Ye’s mother and then let Yang Yichu out, living well with it."

"As long as you want to, we’ll do it."

Lu Chen would never refuse any of her decisions. He embraced her, the room filled with warmth.

They had agreed to carve out a small area on the surface. After the snow was cleared, that evening, people from inside the bunker began gathering in groups.

One group went out to rescue those still trapped underground, coordinating their efforts using the coordinates provided by Su Mo and her team, while another assembled Earth Element Superpower Users to build the city walls as requested.

With the efforts of the superpower users, the initial sections of the wall were completed in just one month. Construction of the houses inside also officially commenced, and batch after batch of rescued individuals joined the endeavor to construct the base. Even the snow falling from the sky could not dampen their enthusiasm and hope for a future life.

Everyone steadfastly believed, fulfilling the hopes of many, that the Ice Age would pass.

The blizzard ended half a year later. That day, everyone rushed to the surface and screamed their lungs out at the melting snow and ice.

After enduring for so long, the Ice Age finally began to give way to a rising sun and warmer temperatures.

On the surface, small-scale houses had already been built.

Most of the residents above were physically robust superpower users, and the earthen walls continued to expand.

All the houses were constructed from mud and metal. Their shapes resembled those of very primitive dwellings, but fortunately, the facilities inside were fully equipped.

Su Mo and her companions also had their own house on the surface.

Although it was not large, they were all close together, just a short distance apart.

The sunlight shone on the ground; Su Mo felt a long-missed warmth.

As the outside ice and snow melted, it also brought about a significant disaster.

The extensive melting of the ice and snow inevitably led to a rapid rise in water levels.

Outside the wall, made of earth and reinforced with metal, flowed torrents of yellow-brown floodwaters.

Standing atop the earthen wall, Su Mo watched the surrounding superpower users incessantly repairing the breaches, her brows furrowed tightly, "We must quickly clear away the corpses and branches that have piled up against the wall."

The base’s territory was expanding, and this directly led to large amounts of debris and filth being washed against the wall, rapidly increasing the pressure on the earthen barriers.

If they couldn’t hold back such forces, the newly constructed houses, including the Bunker, would be submerged.

In fact, the situation in the Bunker was hardly any better.

Covered in frost, Lu Chen came out from the entrance of the Bunker and said, "There’s a leak underground; I just moved the equipment out of the laboratory on the lowest level. It’s about to be flooded."

"Did Rong Bai get someone to fix the leak?"

Lu Chen glanced at the situation outside the wall and said coldly, "They did, but the water flow is too great, and some places just can’t be patched up in time. The walls underground have been partially collapsed by the water."

At that moment, Jianxiong ran out from the Bunker, anxiously saying, "We need to hurry, all the people and supplies from underground have to be moved up. It’s nearly reached the canteen."

The conditions in the Bunker were grim, so Su Mo ordered the superpower users working on the earthen wall, "Strengthen the earthen wall quickly and use some metal struts for support."

This was their last sanctuary, and Su Mo did not want to witness herself and her companions being washed into the currents and drifting alongside zombies.

Lu Ruixue watched as everyone in the base was busy; she tightly held Lu Jin’s hand and stayed with him on top of a roof, her gaze filled with worry, "Will our wall be washed away?"

That was a question Lu Jin couldn’t answer with certainty at the moment.

He silently clenched her hand, offering her a sense of security, "Regardless of whether it collapses or not, you will be safe."

Lu Ruixue couldn’t help but look up at the handsome face and suddenly said, "Jinjin, I am so fortunate to have met you in this life. You must wait for me to grow up, for I will come to love you."

Lu Jin’s heart trembled violently. He lowered his head to gaze into the girl’s clear eyes, his heart racing.

His dark eyes were inscrutably deep, yet amidst the dark soil, tender green sprouts had already quietly emerged.