Chapter 32: Craving for high-end cuisine
"Superpowers?"
Qiao Lan found that the two little friends were not interested in watching the movie, so he took the initiative and told them about superpowers.
After this storm, society will be in chaos for a while, with nuclear explosions, wars, and private fights, robberies, murders, and arson among the people.
It was during this period of great chaos that, for some unknown reason, humans began to evolve.
Some people with good talents will have priority in awakening their special abilities.
They gained a strong position in the scramble for supplies and obtained more water resources, and some people even formed gangs.
Those with less talent will awaken their superpowers later.
Either they are wiped out by those who awaken first, or they are subdued and become vassals.
Or break out of the harsh environment and build a new force.
This process lasted for more than half a year.
The new hierarchical structure of human beings has basically taken shape.
Those who awaken too late, or who are not qualified to awaken at all, are at a disadvantage at the bottom, being exploited, hunted, and enslaved.
Unless the ability is particularly powerful or unique, it is likely to be retained.
Led by the evolved beings who possessed various special powers, humans established bases of various sizes and engaged in wars and conflicts.
scramble for resources and respond to natural disasters in a deteriorating environment.
"So, what kind of superpowers are there? Are they as powerful as my sister's space?" Xiao Li was very curious.
Qiao Lan laughed: "My spatial ability is not that strong, and I awakened late. In my dream, I awakened two or three months after the storm. At that time, many strong people had already awakened and upgraded."
"The space is mainly used to store things. It's better for logistics. It's not very powerful in combat. It's weak in both offense and defense."
"After using the space for a long time, I became more proficient in it and developed some additional combat skills."
"It can't compare to those abilities that are naturally good for combat."
Xiao Tang became interested and asked, "What are the combat abilities?"
"That's a lot."
At the very beginning of evolution, everyone grew up wildly and all kinds of superpowers appeared.
A lot of useless abilities.
For example, some people have awakened the ability to make their snot thicker or even solid.
What use does this ability have? To use it, you first need to have snot, which requires a medical condition. When you're weak and frail, you can expend energy to congeal the snot into a gel or solid form. And what can you do with it? Use it like a glue stick, to stick things together?
It can neither solve the problem of food and drink nor strengthen the fighting force.
So gradually, those who were considered failures in this evolution were gradually eliminated.
Later, when evolution became stable, humans roughly developed several types of superpowers.
Physical strengthening type -
The evolvers are stronger than others, or faster than others, or more flexible, stronger, more resistant to beatings, and even have super physical strength and are not easily tired, recover from injuries faster, etc. ... These are physical abilities.
Elemental attack type——
This is easy to understand. The evolvers can control fire, water, wind, etc. and launch elemental attacks, which is very helpful in combat.
Perception-
It is similar to physical enhancement, but the evolvers do not enhance the body itself, but the perception, such as hearing, smell, touch, vision, and even telepathy, biological affinity, etc.
Psychic Mysticism——
This is a bit metaphysical. All types of supernatural powers that cannot be explained by common sense, such as foresight, luck, curse, summoning, healing, etc., are classified into this category.
"My spatial ability probably belongs to the mysterious category," said Qiao Lan.
She wasn't quite sure either.
Because she had not seen many other people with spatial abilities in her previous life, and everyone's spatial abilities were different.
Difficult to classify.
"I wonder if I will awaken my superpowers!" Xiao Li is a little excited.
Xiao Tang really wants to play elemental attacks.
This makes fighting easier, so he can protect the two girls around him.
Qiao Lan said, "It's hard to say right now. It seems uncontrollable what abilities each person awakens. It all depends on fate."
"In Sister Lan's dream, what kind of superpowers did Brother Tang and I have?"
"...I don't remember. The dream was too long and I forgot some details."
Qiao Lan could only lie.
In the previous life, Xiao Li died in the early stage of the typhoon, and Xiao Tang died within two months, and neither of them awakened their superpowers.
Not to mention them, even she is looking forward to it now, wanting to see what superpowers they will awaken by then!
…
The days in the safe house were very hard to endure, but they also passed quickly.
Every day a few people eat, drink, sleep and chat, and time passes like water.
Qiao Lan took out the fitness equipment stored in the space and called on everyone to exercise in advance to maintain their physical strength to cope with the post-disaster turmoil.
With a generator, my mobile phone can always be used and I can continue to receive news from the outside world.
The third day of the storm.
Following the power outage in City C, water supply was cut off in various districts one after another, more buildings collapsed, and the more than 20-story municipal building was blown away, leaving only half.
Outside of City C, strong winds spread throughout the inland, leaving only the southwestern plateau.
The fifth day of the storm.
City C's urban security systems, including water, electricity, and gas, were completely paralyzed, rivers and lakes were backflowing, and sewage was everywhere.
The neighboring city D is closer to the sea and has more rivers and lakes. The large lake on the outskirts of the city directly flooded the entire city and submerged City D.
Within the country, the strong southwestern plateau also fell into the strong wind.
Blizzards hit cold areas, while storms hit warm southern areas such as City C. In many places, there were also huge sandstorms and rolling yellow smoke.
Strong winds raged across the globe, the land was completely transformed, and the oceans were surging.
The seventh day after the storm.
There is less catastrophic news.
It's not that the situation outside has improved, it's only gotten worse. It's just that global communications are semi-paralyzed and disaster information in various places cannot be output in real time.
Major mobile phone apps have ceased operations one after another, and official news has become less and less. Apps like WeChat Moments frequently freeze and are difficult to log in. The most basic phone and text messaging functions are also damaged. There may be problems with facilities such as servers and base stations.
In the safe house, there were originally telephone and TV cable interfaces in the basement of the kindergarten. When we first moved in, we could make calls by connecting the phone and watch official news by connecting the TV. But now, the phone is not working, and there is only one official TV channel left, and the signal is always cut off. You can't watch it for more than ten minutes all day long.
"A lot of people must have died outside."
That day, Qiao Lan looked at his watch and it was almost noon.
After holding it in for several days, it's time to go out and get some fresh air.
At noon on the seventh day of the previous life, the strong wind stopped for more than three hours.
It’s a good time to go out for a walk.
By the way, let the two little friends adapt to the end of the world as soon as possible.
The disasters you see with your own eyes definitely leave you with a deeper feeling than the news you read on your phone.
After a hearty meal, Qiao Lan found several sets of sturdy and wear-resistant work clothes from the space, and he, Xiao Li, and Xiao Tang put them on. Then they put on light and sturdy sports shoes and went out.
"Where are we going?" they asked.
"Go to the Tsui Wah Hotel."
Qiao Lan has a clear goal.
After seeing the end of the world, she could walk down any street, but she was still thinking about the two father and son chefs from Tsui Wah.
She has been hiding in the safe house these days, with no worries about food and drink. When she wants to cook, she shows off her cooking skills. When she doesn't want to cook, she just heats up the food she ordered from the restaurant. Her life is pretty good.
However, Qiao Lan kept recalling the live food she had eaten in the Tsui Wah guest room and felt craving for it.
She wants to eat food cooked by a high-end chef.
I don’t know if the father and son’s mood has changed after seven days of wind disaster, and whether they are easy to be kidnapped.
“Cough cough cough…”
After leaving the kitten in the safe house and opening the basement door, a cloud of dust blew in their faces, choking the three of them and making them cough.
The dust outside the door was more than one meter high, and I could hardly open the door!
All of them were blown here by the strong wind.
The basement has been seeping in these days, requiring a daily vacuum cleaner. The wind-blown dust and sand in the passage outside the door has practically blocked it.
Qiao Lan used his special powers to move the dust into the space bit by bit, and only then was he able to barely clear a path.
The three of them went through the passage, and the clothes they had just put on were covered in dirt.
When I went out to the street, I saw that it was more than just dirt.
Bricks and tiles, scrapped vehicles, broken trees, steel pipes and other debris, it was a mess.
It is no longer possible to tell where the road is and where the building is. It is completely messy and integrated.
Most of the high-rise buildings were gone, and even those that had not collapsed had varying degrees of damage.
Looking around, there is no decent place.
It is more shocking and terrifying than the pictures you see on the Internet.
One can imagine how many victims are buried in those ruins.
“…Is this still City C?”
Xiao Li's face turned pale.
"Yeah, let's go."
Qiao Lan led the way.
Without the obstruction of the buildings, one could see far into the distance. The Tsui Wah Hotel in the distance stood tall, having indeed not collapsed.
The road was in a mess and the motorcycle couldn't move, so several people walked towards that direction.
There were too many obstacles, and it took the three of them nearly an hour to reach the Tsui Wah Hotel, which would have taken more than half an hour.
At first, when the wind died down, no one dared to go out rashly. The three of them walked for a long time without encountering any passers-by. Until now, the wind had died down for a while, and there were gradually more people on the street.
Some guests were hanging around near the Tsui Wah Hotel.
They were all covered in dust and walked in a hurry.
No one was wandering around. Instead, they scattered into nearby buildings in groups of three or five, searching among the ruins.
Looking for food, medicine, and anything useful.
"Ouch!"
Xiao Li, who was walking behind, was bumped by a few people who suddenly ran by and almost fell down.
A group of men, each holding a box of instant noodles, biscuits and other food, which they dug out from the ruins of some shop, hurried towards the restaurant.
"Look, they found food!"
“Give me a box!”
"I want one too!"
The crowd gathered around and stopped them.
Qiao Lan and the other two who happened to be passing by were also surrounded.
"Look, their faces are so rosy. They must have eaten well these days."
"Then these instant noodles should be distributed to everyone, to those who are starving!"
"yes!"
The crowd shouted and began to tear and scramble, snatching food boxes from several men without saying a word.
Qiao Lan and his companions were mistakenly identified as part of the same group and were also attacked.
Some people even pulled their clothes to see if they had any food hidden in their arms.
"Don't mess around!"
Xiao Tang hurriedly stood in front of Qiao Lan and Xiao Li, but was pushed to the ground by everyone.
Several people held him down, tore open his clothes, and searched his pockets and arms.
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