The Chef Rules the Last Days-Chapter 490 - 488: Don’t Leave

Night had fallen, and Da Qiang, looking despondent, had come to the house. Da Qing had been sitting at the table all this while, with his younger son looking up eagerly at him, "Daddy, I want more meat noodles."

The boy’s tiny body was as thin as a rack of ribs, his face the color of nutrient-poor clay, which made Da Qing unbearably sad. His wife whispered a few words into both their ears then touched their son’s face, her voice low, "You two think it over carefully."

In the village enveloped by night, many villagers gathered in the darkness, quietly discussing amongst themselves.

"You all saw it, didn’t you? They can conjure up food and water out of thin air, they can help us for a long time."

"They are leaving tomorrow! I didn’t even get a bite of rice!"

"As long as we keep them here, tie them up, we won’t have to worry about water!"

"Are you crazy?"

"It’s better than starving to death!"

In the middle of the night, as Su Mo and Lu Chen took over the guard duty, they easily heard the faint footsteps outside the window. They exchanged glances and walked to the window to look out, several emaciated men holding targets or sickles were making their way towards their and the neighboring house.

They were coming to steal again. Su Mo’s eyes turned cold as she was about to go out, but Lu Chen grabbed her hand and pressed her down to sit on the rush mat, "I’ll go, you rest for a while."

"Okay."

The men, armed with weapons and ropes, were about to rush into the house, when suddenly frost spread all over the closed door, freezing it entirely. Cold Ice Barbs sprouted, almost poking the leader in the eye.

"Ouch!"

They retreated in fright, "What is this thing!"

Lu Chen, his silver hair blowing in the night wind, appeared behind them, his demeanor icy, "What are you trying to do?"

As he spoke, everyone hastily turned around and aimed their weapons at him.

"Hand over the people who can produce water and food!"

"Yes! Hand them over, and you can go!"

A group of ignorant villagers were yelling at him, while Su Mo inside the house rolled her eyes at the noise. Da Qing was also getting ready to go out and stop them, still nursing his injuries, but she stopped him, "No need to go. For me, it’s just a flick of the fingers."

"This..." Knowing they were no ordinary people, and seeing that the superpower user himself had spoken, Da Qing stood by the door, cautiously peeking outside.

Every step Lu Chen took closer to the villagers, his imposing aura leaked out a bit more, an aura so intense that even ordinary superpower users couldn’t endure, let alone the villagers. It pressed down on them like a mountain, rendering them unable to move, their knees shaking violently, their faces shifting from intimidation to terror.

Lu Chen had not even used his superpower, but feeling the threat was sufficient, he withdrew his imposing aura, and all the people ran off completely.

"So impressive, one glance and they were driven back," Da Qiang, from the house next door, had witnessed the entire scene. Suddenly, he felt a longing for the outside world, his gaze towards the villagers filled with weariness and disdain, but when he looked at Lu Chen, it was with admiration.

Waiting until the problem on the other side was resolved, like he had made up his mind, he quietly ran out the door to the yard behind the workshop. The moonlight shone on the giant rock, everything silent and still.

Da Qiang circled around the rock and suddenly stepped forward, using all his strength to move the large rock several inches aside, revealing a gap at the mouth of the well, while muttering, "Evil begets evil, you’ve cut off my means of survival, now you taste it too."

Having done all this, under the cover of night, he ran back home.

The well, standing quietly there, was once again violently struck by the rock, and four viscous, hand-like appendages slowly reached out, clinging to the well walls.

He, thinking himself undetected, had all his movements observed by a Spiritual Superpower User inside that room.

Having spent a night without incidents, everyone got up early. For breakfast, they had Scallion Crispy Pumpkin and some bread, and Su Mo kindly handed a piece of bread to the child.

"Everything’s packed up, let’s go," Jin Han tried to open the orange protective shield and gathered everyone at Su Mo’s place.

"Could you perhaps... take the three of us out too?" Da Qing stood awkwardly at the door, holding a sack with belongings, his rough hand caressing his child’s head, sadly saying, "If this continues, the child will starve."

Su Mo looked at Lu Chen, seeking his opinion.

The man then said, "Taking just you out, that’s possible."

"That’s good, that’s good, we’ll figure out the rest along the way," Da Qing kept nodding.

"Let’s go."

They left the fenced yard, not expecting that Da Qiang next door, who had also had his rice stolen yesterday and had been beaten to a bruised and swollen face because he was a bachelor, would come out with a sickle, indicating his desire to join them.

Jin Han looked at him with a somewhat meaningful glance. This morning, he had already learned about his leaving for the workshop’s backyard last night from his companions. However, he said nothing. As Su Mo said when it did not concern them, they should just hang back; besides, these villagers indeed needed sorting out.

Surprisingly, the woman who had lost her husband and son also came, carrying her belongings; knowing they were leaving, she too expressed a desire to go.

With this, a problem arose. They now had only three vehicles, which could not carry so many people directly breaking out. Lu Chen had another motorbike, but the tires were completely untreated.

Seeing their predicament and since they were leaving, Da Qing had nothing left to hide. He approached this group of superpower users and said, "It’s like this... in the well behind our workshop, there’s a strange insect that can burrow. We originally had a tunnel leading to the outside close to the well wall. That insect came up from below, but now, who knows how widespread it has become."

"Are you suggesting we go through that tunnel?" Su Mo raised an eyebrow.

Da Qing nodded, looking pale, "If... there’s no room, that route could work too, I just... hope you can protect my wife and child.

Seeing him like this, Su Mo did not make it hard for him; after all, with the protective shield on, it didn’t really matter.

Lu Chen arranged for all the ordinary people in one armored vehicle driven by a superpower user.

With the local people loaded in the three vehicles, some villagers in a state of watchfulness started protesting.

"Da Qing, Da Qiang, how can you just leave! Going out is seeking death!"

Among those people, there were many who had come to steal rice and water the previous day. The two in the vehicle did not show a good face and completely ignored them.

"You can’t leave! How are we supposed to survive on so little rice! You must not go!"