Chapter 268 The Original Heroine of the Apocalypse Who Became Cannon Fodder (Part Fourteen) Often...

The ability users who often waited outside Liu Yiyi's shop soon noticed that the blackboard had been updated, with a special meal for lightning-type ability users added.

Long Yu was the only lightning user in the entire base, and soon a few busybodies dragged him over.

Long Yu had heard of this special meal before, but he didn't expect to get a share. After all, lightning is a mutated type of ability, and there is no one else like it.

The shop had an extra brownish-red clay pot compared to when he last visited, with a dark, mushy porridge simmering inside.

Liu Yiyi was leaning lazily against the counter, stirring the food list absentmindedly with a spoon. When she saw someone approaching, she simply pointed to the price list and said:

"Thunder series doesn't need to queue, just pay directly."

Lin You was playing with the cactus and the small peach tree when she saw Long Yu coming over. She couldn't help but glance over, waiting to see what would happen.

Cheng Xiao, who came with Long Yu, couldn't help but grin at Liu Yiyi's appearance and muttered under his breath, "She looks more and more like a witch brewing medicine."

Long Yu couldn't help but take a step back, his face clearly showing his refusal, as he watched his good friend trying to gain his approval: "My ability is already working pretty well, do I really have to drink this stuff?"

Cheng Xiao gave him a gentle push without saying a word, "Since we're already here, it would be a shame not to try it. Besides, other people have to wait in line for a long time to get a drink, but you have it ready-made right away. It would be such a waste not to drink it."

"It's not like I don't need to pay for this." Long Yu rolled his eyes at him, flipped through the price tag, and couldn't help but shout, "Two hundred and fifty? Why is my lightning-type so expensive?"

Everyone else only needs 25 contribution points, so it's unfair to only let him, the only lightning-type user, suffer losses.

Also, I don't think I've offended this boss, right? Why does this pricing sound like an insult?

Liu Yiyi continued stirring the paste lazily: "Clearly priced, fair to all, this pot of yours is ten times more effective than theirs."

Long Yu looked at her with some skepticism, but eventually, persuaded by Cheng Xiao, he believed her story.

Since it wasn't a trap for him, that's fine. In the apocalypse, resources are scarce, and with a team of people he brought along, managing the food and drink of the whole family, even the carefree Long Yu has learned to be thrifty and manage the household.

Back in the day, he never looked at the price when buying things, but now he compares prices at three different stores and even asks for a clove of garlic as a gift when buying vegetables.

Long Yu was about to take out his phone to pay the contribution points when he suddenly realized something was wrong: "Wait a minute? You mean this whole pot is mine? Don't they only get a small bowl, maybe two bites at most?!"

Looking at the pot of colorful black paste, Long Yu couldn't help but swallow. Wouldn't it be bad to drink so much?

Liu Yiyi calmly explained, "The lightning-based formula is too advanced, resulting in different medicinal properties. You used a lot of materials."

Actually, she was just bored yesterday and discussed the various medicinal properties of Chinese herbs with Sister Tong. Then she accidentally added some Chinese herbs to the new pot and added too much water. Anyway, they are all edible and can be considered ingredients.

As for why it turned out this strange color, it can only be that Long Yu was unlucky, since it was her first time cooking this.

As the male protagonist of a small world, even after circling around the shop for half an hour and hesitating, Long Yu finally gritted his teeth and stomped his foot, paying the 250 contribution points.

After paying, he even asked Liu Yiyi if she could give him something extra, since he had increased the payment tenfold, making him a big customer.

Long Yu glanced at Cheng Xiao, then at the mushy mess in the other pot, his implication clear: he wanted to share the good fortune with his good brother.

Liu Yiyi generously scooped a large spoonful of the paste from the pot labeled "Wind" and placed it in front of Cheng Xiao, saying, "A free gift."

Cheng Xiao looked at Liu Yiyi with a conflicted expression. Although he had indeed been queuing up for the new soup and it had indeed increased his superpowers after drinking it, he could at least have been given some advance notice!

Can't you just tell him to bring his water and candy with him when he comes back?!

As for why Cheng Xiao didn't prepare any mouthwash or sweeteners for Long Yu when he came to drink the porridge, and deliberately didn't remind him, it was obviously to let Long Yu experience what he felt back then.

That's what good brothers are like: they'll go to great lengths for each other when things are tough, and they'll play a trick on each other when things are fine.

Now things are looking up; the two of them are sharing the burden.

Looking at Long Yu's bowl, which was almost the size of a basin, and then at the bowl that was nearly full of porridge, Cheng Xiao finally felt a little comforted.

Although it was only my second time drinking this stuff, my good buddy's looked much worse than mine, and he had a lot more of it, so I could accept it.

Long Yu tentatively took a bite and almost rolled his eyes on the spot. Not only was the paste extremely bitter, but it also smeared his mouth, as if he had to fully savor each bite before he could swallow it.

Cheng Xiao was even more confused. The porridge he drank last time didn't taste like this. How could this one have a slightly astringent and numbing sensation amidst the sweet, sour, bitter, and spicy flavors? The layers were much more distinct. He never expected there to be an upgraded version of this flavor.

Seeing the two of them grimacing as they finished drinking and immediately darting out to find more water, Lin You and Liu Yiyi exchanged a glance and couldn't help but laugh.

This entertainment program is on every day, and I never get tired of watching it. It's worth all the effort they put into collecting all sorts of ingredients.

The golden finger requires that ten thousand kinds of ingredients be turned into food and eaten by someone. According to the normal process, Liu Yiyi should find edible ingredients and then make them into delicious dishes for people to enjoy.

The number of ingredients that can be added to each dish is limited, and it takes a lot of effort and time to make a dish with 10,000 different ingredients.

As a result of the reminder from the "Ingredient Creativity Guide", Liu Yiyi went astray and headed towards bizarre cuisine with no turning back.

Liu Yiyi flipped through her accounting notebook and carefully wrote down the ingredients used today. "207, 208, 209, done. This cheat code isn't that hard to use. It's only been a few days and I've already reached 2%."

Lin You felt that this trial was somewhat unfair to the creators. What was originally a serious food game had been turned into a dark and edgy game by her.

However, thinking that this might be a special cheat system that the Heavenly Dao had specially found for Liu Yiyi, Lin You felt relieved. Maybe the author just liked this style, so she didn't worry about it anymore.

The two brothers, who had run away, each chugged several bottles of mineral water and ate several pieces of candy before they finally came back to life.

Knowing his own brother well, Long Yu pointed at Cheng Xiao, who had brought this upon himself, and was about to say something when he felt a surge of power within him, and his skin crackled with electricity. Cheng Xiao was blasted three meters away by the shockwave, leaving a large crater in the flat road.

Cheng Xiao immediately steadied himself and stepped forward to check the situation. Only after confirming that Long Yu was just breaking through and that the situation was stable did he breathe a sigh of relief and stand by to protect him.

When Long Yu woke up, his superpower had already broken through to a higher level. What awaited him was a fine of fifty contribution points for damaging public property from the neighborhood committee.

The city loudspeakers even broadcast announcements all day long:

"Recently, a lightning-type superhuman broke through on the street, damaging several guardrails and road surfaces, but fortunately no one was injured or killed."

The public is advised to avoid performing breakthroughs in crowded public places. If you encounter a superhuman exhibiting unusual behavior, do not approach them; immediately call the Superhuman Ability Management Center.

Even if Long Yu is thick-skinned, he didn't leave the house for a whole day. Everyone in the city knows that I'm the only lightning-type here. What's the point of you blurring out my name like this!

After Zhao Feng had fooled Xiao Saying for another two days, he finally got a new clue: in the future, a bunch of thorny cacti would block the road on the main road between the two cities.

That cactus not only obstructs the passage of vehicles, but also demands protection money. Whoever gives it ten zombies can pass, otherwise it will hurl a bunch of needles at you, which even a superhuman would find difficult to withstand.

Although this cactus is not a vicious mutated plant, it is still a local strongman that has caused a lot of trouble for communication between the two cities.

The group Zhao Feng led was the same group that had previously staked out the small peach tree with him. One of them even whispered a suggestion: should they go and take a look at Liu Yiyi's shop, just in case the cactus was already there?

"Alright, what are the chances that she'll snatch them all up? Quickly, cheer up and search carefully, look for cacti."

It may not be a suitable environment for growth; it can move. Please take a close look; there might be some clues we've missed.

Zhao Feng waved his hand dismissively. Xiao Saying had said that the cactus wasn't very big at this time, and if you didn't know beforehand, you wouldn't be able to tell that it was a mutated plant.

You can only tell if it retaliates after being attacked. This isn't the pre-apocalyptic world; who would bother a cactus for no reason?!

They searched for two days until they ran into Cheng Xiao, who was on a mission. After hearing that they were looking for a mutated cactus, Cheng Xiao pointed them in the direction of Liu Yiyi's shop and gave them a clear path.

Zhao Feng was shocked: They really snatched it away??

Cheng Xiao coughed lightly, "Boss Liu buys mutated plants and offers higher prices. Our team has so many people, and the team leader needs to support his family."

So when Long Yu went out to fight zombies, he would occasionally release a few superpowers into densely planted areas when he had nothing else to do. Anyway, with their team's abilities, there was no mutated plant that they couldn't mess with.

The team members looked at each other, and it took them a while to manage to hold back their laughter. The team leader even patted Zhao Feng on the shoulder reassuringly and said:

"It's alright, just treat it as a team building exercise. At least it can prove that different mutated plants can enhance different supernatural attributes when made into special meals on Boss Liu's side."

Meanwhile, in the small shop, Liu Yiyi was also troubled. The effect of improving her combat power was not good. Even though Lin You taught her step by step, she could only fight two ordinary zombies at most.

Lin You was also helpless. Liu Yiyi was like the kind of person who was born without athletic ability. No matter how you taught her, she couldn't learn. It was really not an easy task to teach her how to survive in the apocalypse.

Oh well, she's already promised Heaven to help save this world. Once the dangers of this world can no longer threaten ordinary humans, Liu Yiyi will naturally be able to live a good life.

With a regular army, the zombies in the city are easy to clear out. After all, they have limited intelligence and are not fast. As long as someone takes the lead and commands them, and with the help of superhumans, they can be completely wiped out by clearing and advancing step by step.

When Liu Yiyi had six pots and three more potted plants in the house, the zombies in the city were finally all cleared out.

Aside from the streets becoming more lively and the queue numbers getting longer, this incident didn't have a significant impact on the "Since We're Here" shop.

For Liu Yiyi, cooking six pots of porridge was not much more difficult than cooking three pots, and she still leisurely stirred the pot.

The three new plants are all herbaceous: a water-element pothos, a fire-element spider lily, and a metal-element horsetail.

These three trees lacked the spirituality of the previous peach tree and cactus. Although they would move slightly or shake their leaves at Liu Yiyi, they couldn't accurately express their thoughts.

If the little peach tree and the cactus are almost comparable to the intelligence of a teenager, then these three are probably only at the level of an infant who can only cry.

Originally, Liu Yiyi and Lin You wanted to ask the little peach tree for help with translation, but the little peach tree, like them, couldn't understand what they were yelling about.

The cactus, which had been gloating, wanted to mock the little peach tree, but when it saw the two humans nearby, it quieted down. It wasn't just the little peach tree that couldn't understand; making sarcastic remarks might harm innocent bystanders.

Besides, it can't understand it itself.

Now, shops have opened up next to the "Since We're Here" shop, with a wide variety of goods, but most of them are practical. Nobody cares about the fancy things from before the apocalypse.

The sixty-story building that Lin You had chosen had many more residents, most of whom were people with superpowers. They all had the ability to handle trouble and were not worried about safety.

Living closer to Liu Yiyi and "Since we're already here" means I can immediately detect any activity in the shop, and who knows, the next item to be put on the shelves might just happen to be my special ability.

Moreover, since we're in the same building, we might even get some favors someday and be able to cut in line when buying porridge.

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Author's Note: [Cat emoji]