Apocalypse Foodie System: Watch Her Cook!-Chapter 60 - 56: Sudden Calamity

Tang Yiyi realized there was nothing amiss, and immediately took out a knife to harvest the Sour Leaf Grass. The leaves of the Sour Leaf Grass were thick, covered with dense bristles, and looked somewhat menacing. Some of the leaves had already been gnawed by a blue beetle, looking pitifully pockmarked.

This kind of blue beetle, even when fully grown, is only as big as a human fist and doesn’t have strong attack power. It’s just that its body’s color is very similar to the Sour Leaf Grass, and when it spreads its wings, the surface is covered with dense bristles, not only resembling the Sour Leaf Grass but also serving as its weapon.

If startled, it will attack the face of a human or a mutant beast, and once its bristles pierce the skin, they will secrete a kind of nerve toxin that causes intense pain to the opponent. However, due to its small size, its toxicity is also weak. Once this nerve toxin is injected into the human body, it is quickly metabolized, causing only minor discomfort without any further use.

For this reason, this insect is not taken seriously by humans.

Not long after Tang Yiyi started harvesting the Sour Leaf Grass, a blue beetle was startled, flapping its wings and flying toward her face. Tang Yiyi had protective gloves on both hands and a sharp sickle in her right hand. With a flick of her wrist, the sharp blade lightly sliced through the root of the blue beetle’s wings, cutting off its pair of bristly wings. Without wings, the blue beetle’s body couldn’t stay airborne, falling down in a parabolic trajectory, disappearing among the layered leaves.

Tang Yiyi didn’t bother to find it, as the blue beetle without wings wasn’t a threat at all, easily crushed underfoot. Besides, without wings, the blue beetle’s life was practically at its end, making survival impossible!

Though it was her first time dealing with these blue beetles, she had already researched them online before coming, so she used the most effortless method.

After the first blue beetle fell, the others were also startled, flying towards Tang Yiyi from all directions. Watching the incoming bugs, Tang Yiyi continuously swung her sickle, while her left hand was clenched into a fist, ready to smash any that slipped through!

Soon, the blue beetles were defeated, either having their wings cut off or their bodies smashed. After dealing with these blue beetles, Tang Yiyi continued swiftly and decisively to harvest the Sour Leaf Grass, soon gathering a good amount. As she focused on harvesting, she stored the cut Sour Leaf Grass into her System Backpack, quickly clearing a small patch of land.

However, at that moment, a panicked scream suddenly emanated from the distance!

"Quick! Drive faster! They’re catching up! Ah!"

Tang Yiyi looked up and saw a four-wheeled war chariot in the distance charging recklessly towards her, the panicked scream emanating from inside the vehicle. Watching the approaching vehicle, Tang Yiyi pursed her lips and instinctively glanced at the rear of the chariot.

With that glance, she discovered a swarm of densely packed mutated black ants following the chariot!

"Damn it!" Tang Yiyi couldn’t help but curse, her face turning quite grim. A single mutated black ant is manageable, but a swarm of them is a nightmare for superpower users! Clearly, the people in the vehicle had done something to provoke this swarm of mutated black ants, attracting their wrath, and unfortunately, she stumbled into their escape path!

Although the chariot’s performance wasn’t particularly good, its speed was not slow. Just as Tang Yiyi reached her rented two-wheeled war vehicle, the opposite four-wheeled war chariot had charged into the Sour Leaf Grass field. In the next moment, the car door suddenly opened. The person inside looked at her, smiled smugly, and then suddenly threw a bundle of white stuff directly at Tang Yiyi!

Tang Yiyi immediately recognized it as an ant egg! In an instant, she realized that these bastards intended to divert the disaster eastward!

As the ant egg was about to hit the ground, Tang Yiyi rushed forward and directly stored the ant egg into her System Backpack. With various types of Space Ornaments available in the market, she had no fear of these people becoming suspicious of her actions. The only concern was whether they would get greedy!

However, since she had changed her appearance after leaving the city, and since she was using a common-store-rented battle armor and war vehicle, as long as she could escape this time, these people wouldn’t be able to track her down!

The people in the vehicle initially intended to use the irritating scent of the Sour Leaf Grass against the mutated black ants, as the antennae on the black ants are quite sensitive and cannot tolerate such scents, which would disrupt their senses, making it easier for the people to escape.

Encountering Tang Yiyi was a complete accident. They hadn’t expected anyone to be harvesting Sour Leaf Grass there! On a normal day, they might have been suspicious, but faced with looming danger, they had no time to think. After the initial shock, they quickly devised the plan of diverting the disaster eastward, sacrificing an ant egg to rid themselves of these pesky mutated black ants.

Yet, they hadn’t anticipated that Tang Yiyi would possess space! Even though she revealed only a glimpse of her ability, they couldn’t determine if she was a Space Ability User or wearing Space Ornaments, but in any case, escaping from the doggedly pursuing mutated black ants was paramount!

So, the people in the vehicle merely gave Tang Yiyi a vicious look before closing the car door. Meanwhile, the driver turned the vehicle around, intending to leave.

Tang Yiyi, however, was unwilling to let them leave so easily. Her near-scrap two-wheeled war vehicle was not only slow and lacked protection but also incomparable to their four-wheeled war chariot. If she let them go, the mutated black ants would never leave her alone!

She still remembered the system mentioning the need for energy, so when the other party threw the ant egg, Tang Yiyi had already told the system, "System, don’t you need energy? Can you absorb the energy of that four-wheeled war chariot without a trace?"

The system had its eye on it already, even without Tang Yiyi’s prompting, it was ready to "help out." With Tang Yiyi’s approval, it absorbed energy with even more abandon, not forgetting to entice Tang Yiyi, "Host, the system just detected a space button in the chariot, which might contain ant eggs, suggesting the host seize it."

Ant eggs... Tang Yiyi thought of the ant egg she just stored away, feeling tempted. Strangely enough, while the mutated black ants are toxic and avoided, ant eggs contain pure energy, free from toxins and with a delicious taste, making them a delicacy sought after even by the wealthy!

However, ant eggs are extremely rare, guarded deep within the nest by many mutated black ants. Obtaining them requires entering the nest, a death sentence for most superpower users. The old and shabby four-wheeled war chariot and its unimpressive owner puzzled her on how they acquired the ant eggs.