Chapter 47: Moving Objects with the Mind

The golden autumn brings coolness and the quiet night is filled with fragrance.

Under Old Song's resentful gaze, the first high-end teppanyaki dinner in the basement safe house was in full swing.

The first thing to appear is an appetizer drink.

At this time, the young chef had already changed into a clean and tidy white chef's uniform, sweeping away his previous decadence or fear.

With a kitchen knife in hand and a spatula as a supplement, he exudes the confidence of a professional from the inside out.

As expected of someone who has studied Western cuisine in depth, he gave a detailed explanation of each dish in response to Qiao Lan's curious questions.

And talking did not affect his skillful movements with the knife and shovel.

"Everyone, please enjoy an aperitif."

"This is Pasteurized anise liquor from the Mediterranean coast. Just a little bit of liquorice oil is added to the flavor, making it very smooth and mellow."

"The milky white wine mixed with ice cubes is reminiscent of the blue sea and white houses of Avanitis Island."

“I can even smell the salty aroma of the sea breeze.”

The commentary is very poetic.

Qiao Lan applauded.

Xiao Li blinked and whispered, "Shouldn't we mention the wind now?"

The feeling of the sea breeze on your face sounds romantic on ordinary days, but after the storm...

The young chef bowed and said, "I'm sorry for affecting your dining experience. I will pay attention to it."

Following closely behind is an appetizer.

"Artichoke salad with smoked salmon, a dish said to have been invented by the Inuit, is a perfect combination of meat and vegetables."

“The fish is delicate and tender, and melts in your mouth.”

“Paired with refreshing lemon juice, it leaves a fragrant taste on the tongue and teeth.”

Qiao Lan applauded.

Xiao Li followed.

Xiao Tang just ate in silence.

Then, the teppanyaki dinner officially began.

Snails, foie gras, caviar, honey sandwiches, prawns, cod...

Wagyu beef, eel, thinly grilled fillet beef, saury, oysters, scallops...

Exquisite French and Japanese ingredients are served one after another.

The chef's skillful movements in turning the ingredients and the presentation of each dish are like works of art.

Qiao Lan and the other two ate with great interest.

The white cat also enjoyed it very much.

The other kitten couldn't eat the food, so it was fed with goat's milk, which made the kitten meow in protest.

Old Song was tied to a chair. Qiao Lan thought he was noisy, so she sealed his mouth with transparent tape at first. After the meal started, she wanted to share the food with him, but as soon as she tore off the seal, he started nagging about the mutant rat, so Qiao Lan sealed it again.

It was not until everyone had almost finished eating and their stomachs were full and could not hold any more food, and even the chef himself was full, that Qiao Lan once again opened the seal on Old Song.

Qiao Lan: "Hmm?"

Old Song: “…Yeah.”

Qiao Lan brought a plate of teppanyaki and untied the rope on his hands.

The senior investigator buried his head in his food.

He's been craving it for half a day...

As for mutant rats and the like, let’s talk about it after we’ve eaten our fill.

The food was swept away in no time and the bottom of the plate was licked clean.

At this time, Lao Song thought of the captain.

I ate delicious food here and I was full, but Captain Ye and the other team members...

"Little girl... well, could you please let me go and lend me some food? I want to give it to the captain and the others..."

"I didn't think about them when I was eating, but now I do? I won't let go."

Qiao Lan interrupted him before he could finish.

Return it to Ye Gou? He owes her three packs of instant noodles!

Noble Ye Gou, I wonder if he is dead now?

Tsui Wah Hotel.

Ye Qi, who was chewing on instant noodles, suddenly shuddered and almost choked.

“Cough cough cough…”

He coughed a few times and swallowed the crumbs in his mouth with difficulty.

We can’t waste it. We’re out of food in the building now. A bag of instant noodles can be shared by several people and is enough for a day.

"Captain, no one has woken up on the 7th floor yet." A team member reported.

More than 300 people with negative mutations were all blocked on the 7th floor.

The medicine obtained from Qiao Lan has been used. Ye Qi did not let the team members take risks, so he went in alone to apply the medicine to those people.

After that, someone was sent to check through the window every hour.

Under the effects of the drug, people fainted one after another, and no one has woken up until now.

Due to limited conditions, it is impossible to provide individual care and nursing like Qiao Lan did to the old chef.

If no one wakes up in the end, fighting poison with poison fails...

Ye Qi frowned deeply.

I wish I could catch the accomplice of suspect No. 6 who poisoned the patient right now and cut him into pieces!

Avenge those who have been poisoned.

To avenge the comrades who died not long ago——

Just a few hours ago, based on the confession of suspect No. 6, they found a hideout of No. 6's accomplices.

They carried out the arrest due to insufficient manpower, but only killed a few of the gangsters in the fierce battle, and a group escaped.

One of our team members also died.

Moreover, Ye Qi had reason to suspect that the main culprit was not among them at all.

In this ruined city, there must be a bigger conspiracy hidden...

Hiss...radio signal.

There is news about Lao Song.

Ye Qi deciphered the code and his expression changed.

A large, dog-like mutant rat? It's said to be unafraid of guns?

Is it catalyzed by the toxin potion, or?

Ye Qi quickly replied to Old Song, then called the team members together: "Inventory the guns, ammunition and weapons. Xiaozhou and I will stay here to guard the people on the 7th floor. The rest of you, disperse and investigate for clues! Keep your guns close to you, fully loaded with bullets. Safety first. Don't confront anyone head-on if you encounter any situation!"

"yes!"

…

"Sending a message? Your captain is still alive? He's really lucky."

Safe house.

Qiao Lan, who was watching a movie using the wall as a projection screen, suddenly threw a ball of paper and hit Old Song on the head.

Old Song was embarrassed.

He was secretly tapping the communicator in his sleeve and was discovered.

“…He told me not to go back and that it would be safer with you.”

He truthfully told Ye Qi's coded information.

"Oh, really? He's afraid that all the staff will die and no one will continue to investigate the potion." Qiao Lan raised his eyebrows.

Old Song was silent.

I guess that's what the captain meant.

This made him even more worried.

There were so many dangers over there that he felt it was a crime for him to have a full meal here.

"Little girl, is the steel plate used for teppanyaki the one that suddenly appeared when you were fighting with the mouse?" he thought for a moment and asked.

Qiao Lan smiled knowingly, "Why, are you trying to find out about my abilities? Yes, I've mutated just like that old chef, and have developed special abilities, like the ability to move objects with my mind."

She pointed to a stool by the wall, and then, whoosh, the stool disappeared.

Then it appeared at the base of the wall on the other side.

"I moved the steel plate from the ruins and helped me block the rat attack."

Qiao Lan didn't intend to let outsiders know the secret of space, so he used the method of moving objects with his mind to cover it up.

This is not a lie, she can use space teleportation.

This was a method she came up with during a battle in her previous life. While fighting, she would suddenly release the bricks, stones, knives and axes that had been placed in the space in advance, and it would hit people unexpectedly with extremely strong lethality.

Old Song was surprised by the stool's teleportation and asked, "When did you mutate?"

"I don't know, maybe it's just windy these days." Qiao Lan evaded the question.

At this time, the young chef who was guarding his father's bedside interrupted, "I can't remember when my father was poisoned. We have been together recently and I don't feel anything unusual."

What he said is the real situation.

This actually confirms what Qiao Lan said.

Old Song sighed: "Then it seems that the poison has already spread secretly."

Apart from City C, their inside information is that there are many people like No. 6 in various places, spreading poison everywhere.

And many people succeeded.

The current post-disaster environment is not conducive to investigation.

Man proposes, God disposes. Who knows that a world-destroying storm will suddenly appear...

With natural disasters and mutations, is humanity heading for extinction?

"Don't worry."

Qiao Lan smiled at Old Song: "Now that things have come to this, let's look on the bright side."

"What's good?"

"Although some people died or became disabled from the poisoning, some became stronger, like me, the old man lying on the bed, and this cat..."

Qiao Lan looked at the white cat and gave up.

I didn't notice that he has become any better, but it's true that he can eat a lot.

There was a lot of seafood in the Japanese teppanyaki just now, and the cat ate three portions.

"Little girl, what are your plans next?" Old Song asked. "If more rats come, they'll be active at night."

This sentence made everyone else a little nervous.

Only Qiao Lan chuckled: "Don't worry, you guys go to sleep, I'll keep watch."

Meow!

The white cat then meowed.

I don't know what cat language he is speaking.

No matter how Lao Song tried to persuade her, Qiao Lan remained unmoved, which made Xiao Li and Xiao Tang no longer nervous. They watched the movie for a while and then went to bed as usual.

Xiao Li also sealed Lao Song's mouth again to stop him from making noise.

The lights went out and the safe house gradually became quiet, with only the sound of everyone's breathing.

Qiao Lan sat in the compartment of her bedroom and took out a small dark gray stone from the space.

Hold it in your palm, close your eyes, and carefully feel the complex energy flowing out from the stone intermittently.

Penetrates into the skin and deep into the body.

This is the crystal core of the mutant beast.

When she was cleaning up the rat corpses, she secretly took it out and stored it in space.

The end of the world has just begun, and I can actually obtain the crystal core of a second-level mutant beast. It is so unexpected and so lucky.

A second-level crystal core can allow a primary evolver to skip the first level and advance to the second level.

But Qiao Lan's current body has not yet started to evolve, it is just an ordinary person's body.

It is somewhat dangerous for ordinary people to rashly absorb the energy of the crystal core.

If you are not careful, you may explode and die.

So Qiao Lan absorbed it carefully, bit by bit.