Chapter 291 The Kitchen Black Hole - He Zhuo
Gu Wan, He Zhuo, and the others were all dirtier than the last, and Ji Xian's coat even had many holes from being splattered by sparks.
After creating a safe distance, Lu Nange found a secluded alleyway surrounded by ice sculptures.
Chi Yanzhou slightly spread his five fingers, and the surrounding ice sculptures seemed to come alive, beginning to writhe...
The crystal-clear ice wall slowly parted with a creaking sound, forming a narrow passage that could only accommodate one person at a time.
Lu Nange stared into the deep passage: "There are more than a dozen low-level zombies wandering around inside."
"I'll handle it." Chi Yanzhou turned to Chi Yi: "I'll freeze them, Chi Yi, you wrap them up with vines and throw them outside. Clean them up outside, so we don't have to burn the corpses in the alley later."
Chi Yi: "Yes, young master."
Chi Yanzhou strode towards the entrance of the passage, and a chill followed him wherever he went.
The dozen or so wandering level one and two zombies quickly froze from the soles of their feet, turning into ice sculptures in the blink of an eye.
Chi Yi manipulated the vines, throwing the frozen zombies out of the alley one by one, the heavy lumps of ice hitting the ground with dull "thump thump" sounds.
As everyone stepped into the alley, Shi Xu used his mental power to detonate the heads of the ice sculpture zombies one by one.
With a slight movement of her fingertips, Lu Nange conjured up the familiar RV in the middle of the alleyway.
Wen Qing, Gu Wan, and Luo Xingyou were the first to disinfect themselves, got into the car, and went into the bathroom...
Outside the alley, Lu Xici and his group were methodically dealing with the zombie corpses.
Flames burned fiercely within the earthen shield, which was further protected by a metal barrier that effectively contained the black smoke and putrid stench.
Lu Nange walked slowly along the edge of the ice sculpture, silently reciting in her heart: [Check-in!]
[Ding! The host has been rewarded with one "Youyou" brand thermostatic boot (automatic temperature control, continuously maintaining the most comfortable temperature for the feet in extremely cold or hot environments)... Automatically stored in the system space.]
She glanced down at her boots: [This time it's my size...not bad, not bad...]
After walking a short distance: [Check-in!]
[Ding! The host has been rewarded with a 'Youyou' brand children's thermostat hat x1 (intelligently adjusts head temperature to 26℃±1℃, windproof and waterproof design)... It has been automatically stored in the system space.]
[Check-in!]
[Ding! The host has been rewarded with 1 "Youyou" brand children's thermostatic gloves (palm temperature constant 28℃, back of hand temperature can automatically adjust according to the environment)... Automatically stored in system space.]
Lu Nange smiled slightly: [They even rewarded the children's version first, no wonder they're so thoughtful, 'Youyou'.]
Just then, the zombie's body was completely burned.
Lu Beiye let go of her brother's hand and ran to Lu Nange: "Sister! Is everything done? Let's go back to the car?"
Chi Yanzhou raised his hand and waved it lightly...
The surrounding ice sculptures writhed, and the glistening ice layer slowly covered the charred marks.
As everyone boarded the RV, Wen Qing and the other two emerged looking refreshed, their hair still half-dry.
After disinfecting himself, Gu Qi gathered clear water from his fingertips and continuously poured it into the water storage system of the "Youyou" brand RV, quickly filling the water tank to the brim.
Watching Ji Xian rush into the bathroom, He Zhuo couldn't help but tease, "We're all so picky. If it weren't for Mei Bao's RV, none of us could afford to live."
Gu Qi added crystal cores to the crystal core slot without turning his head: "It's admirable that you have such awareness."
He Zhuo: "The pot calling the kettle black? If this car didn't have a built-in water purification system, we'd all go crazy..."
Gu Qi: "...That's completely irrelevant...Stop nitpicking and go help."
Seeing He Zhuo walking towards the kitchen island, Wen Qing immediately stopped chopping vegetables: "Xiao He, why don't you rest for a while? The food will be ready soon."
He Zhuo rolled up his sleeves: "Sister Wen Qing, I'm really not tired. Let me lend a hand."
Wen Qing hesitated for a moment, then handed over a basket of vegetables: "Then...you can wash these vegetables."
"Alright!" He Zhuo took the shopping basket, his eyes lighting up: "By the way, Sister Wen Qing, how about I..."
"No!" Wen Qing interrupted, slamming the cleaver down on the cutting board with a "thud".
He Zhuo hung his head, like a big dog soaked by the rain: "Sister Wen Qing, I haven't finished speaking yet..."
Wen Qing pulled out the cleaver, not even looking up, and chopped away with even louder chopping: "Xiao He, you just need to wash those vegetables!"
He Zhuo: "Sister Wen Qing, shall I cook two more dishes?"
Lu Nange and the others all looked up in unison and exclaimed, "No way!"
He Zhuo then turned to Chi Yanzhou for help: "Brother Yan, Brother Ci, is my cooking really that bad?"
Everyone shook their heads in unison, their movements synchronized.
"See!" He Zhuogang raised a smug smile.
"It's absolutely awful!" The crowd's voices nearly blew the roof off the car.
Gu Qi: "Old He, I asked you for help, not to poison us."
Gu Wan counted on her fingers: "Ever since that 'overly salty eggplant' dish, you've been trying to prove your cooking skills every day. We didn't stop you, but this morning, Sister Wenqing only asked you to watch the wontons, and you—"
She suddenly raised her voice: "A whole bottle of pepper! You just poured it in, do you really want to send us away!"
He Zhuo explained softly, "It's so cold... I was just thinking that eating more pepper would warm me up."
Luo Xingyou spoke softly, "And what about the vegetables you stir-fried yesterday? They were as black as charcoal, yet you insisted they were a 'secret recipe'... and made us try them."
He Zhuo slumped his shoulders: "Is it really that bad?"
Lu Beiye: "Brother He Zhuo, your vegetables are so bad that even zombies would avoid them."
Everyone nodded in unison.
"I... really have no talent at all?" He Zhuo asked, unwilling to give up.
Shi Xu: "I had you standing there, following the instructions step by step, adding the seasonings, and you put sugar in instead of salt. What do you say to that?"
Lu Nange: "Zhuo-ge, why bother?"
Gu Qi patted him on the shoulder, speaking earnestly, "Brother, why bring shame upon yourself?"
He Zhuo obediently washed the vegetables, though he still stood beside Wen Qing and Luo Xingyou, trying to learn from them. He managed to persuade them to stop adding seasonings or asking to cook a dish himself.
......
After dinner, Lu Nange poured all the high-grade crystal cores she had collected that day onto the table.
The yellow and green crystal nuclei gleamed under the light...
"Not bad for today." She lightly tapped the crystal core with her fingertip: "Sister Wenqing, Sister Wanwan, and Brother Jixian are all stuck at level three. Shall we use these three to help them reach level four?"
Everyone was already used to this distribution method—when there were enough crystal cores, everyone would share them equally; when there weren't enough, they would be distributed according to actual needs.
No one objected; everyone nodded in unison.
Wen Qing and the other two did not refuse, and each took a crystal core and placed it in front of their own table.
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