The Chef Rules the Last Days-Chapter 500 - 498: Zhao Changsheng Also Has a Younger Brother

Chapter 500: Chapter 498: Zhao Changsheng Also Has a Younger Brother

Rong Bai personally led a team toward the direction where the aircraft was circling.

Lu Chen tried several times to lower the landing gear, but it was obviously jammed.

Jianxiong took off his headphones and called out to Su Mo behind him.

"Sis, come sit in the co-pilot’s seat, the landing gear is jammed, I’ll go down and fix it."

Su Mo quickly unbuckled her seat belt and walked over, "I’ll go down to fix the landing gear."

"No, it’s too dangerous there, and you don’t know how, just help the boss pull the brake," Jianxiong said, standing up decisively and pushing her into the co-pilot’s seat before he headed towards the back of the cabin. Su Mo, worried, handed him a plate of Bok Choy to eat a few bites, just in case the plane flipped again and he wouldn’t injure himself.

He quickly descended into the storage compartment below.

Su Mo, seated and nervous, put on the headphones and muttered somewhat foolishly, "What... what should we do?"

Appearing like a silly goose, she provoked Lu Chen to a faint smile. He freed one hand to gently tousle her hair, "Just sit."

"..."

Jianxiong had already climbed below, and Su Mo couldn’t see exactly what he was doing, but suddenly the plane lost balance and began plummeting quickly before Lu Chen managed to pull it back up after a distance.

"You didn’t have Jianxiong go out to pull out a skull, did you?" Su Mo exclaimed.

Indeed, that’s what happened. Jianxiong went straight through a small storage compartment of the airliner, opened it, and reached the landing gear to pull out the jammed skull.

Although there was a moment of imbalance, the door quickly shut, and the hydraulic systems could operate normally again.

A green light flashed above Lu Chen on the dashboard.

"There is a manual landing gear hatch on the cockpit floor. Open it, and three handles correspond to the three landing gears. Pull them, and the landing gear will release."

He rapidly instructed Su Mo in succession.

She did as told immediately.

The ground was approaching fast, and the vast barren terrain enlarged before their eyes, until finally, the landing gear deployed successfully, and the plane landed heavily on the barren land, sliding forward at high speed, creating a thick trail before stopping just at the edge, nearly hitting a building.

"We did it!" Su Mo exclaimed with joy, clutching Lu Chen’s arm, "This is my first time helping to pilot a plane!"

Her manner was all excitement, and the man simply gazed at her tenderly.

The cabin door opened, and Jianxiong returned from below. Su Mo, still worried, checked him and seeing he was unharmed, finally felt relieved.

Everyone disembarked from the plane without further incident.

"Can this plane be used again?" Su Mo patted the fuselage, suddenly feeling a bit regretful.

Lu Chen shook his head, "There’s no more fuel, it was just good luck."

Lacking a control tower and command, it was like flying blind, relying entirely on Lu Chen’s remarkable memory and reflexes. Su Mo was aware of this and didn’t elaborate further, pulling out three combat vehicles for Jin Han and his team, and then she climbed onto Lu Chen’s motorcycle.

Leaving those three behind.

Their vehicle was already full, they couldn’t take the others, and as Su Mo looked back she said, "The zombies are sparse in P City, it’s safe, you should be able to get there with a few more hours of walking."

Without waiting for a reply, Lu Chen’s motorcycle zoomed away.

They encountered Rong Bai and his team halfway there.

Seeing Lu Chen return, Rong Bai’s eyes almost popped out. He hurriedly ran from the vehicle to join them, "You guys came back so soon! That’s half a month earlier than planned! Did you fly back?"

The last comment was made as a joke, yet Su Mo poked her head from behind Lu Chen and nodded, "Yes, we flew back."

Rong Bai was stunned for a few seconds, then, surprised, he said, "That airplane, you guys flew it back!?"

Su Mo nodded again, smiling brightly, "The soil and fertilizer are all brought back. Also, send a vehicle to pick up those three behind us, they are also superpower users."

"Okay, let’s go. We’ll talk when we get back," Rong Bai was thrilled and, following her instructions, arranged a car and then took them back to the refugee camp.

It had been only half a month since their last visit, but the front of the refugee camp had expanded again.

Clearly, the population had grown rapidly in that half-month.

It was both good and bad.

Upon entering the refugee camp, Su Mo was about to go for a health check when Rong Bai stopped her, "Right, I forgot to tell you something."

His expression was somewhat conflicted.

Su Mo asked curiously, "What is it?"

"It’s about Zhao Changsheng from your team."

Upon hearing Zhao Changsheng’s name, Su Mo became more serious, "What about her?"

"Her parents came back."

Boom.

Su Mo felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

She frowned and asked, "When did this happen?"

"A few days after you left, she encountered them while on a mission."

"Are her parents all right?" Su Mo’s first thought was to ask this.

Rong Bai paused, then said, "Yes, they are Zhao Dazhi and Wu Xiaohui, living in the civilian area, but, these two haven’t proactively sought out Zhao Changsheng."

He moved closer to her and whispered, "You guys handle this, but try not to cause a big stir."

Rong Bai was a leader with a sense of responsibility who knew how to weigh the pros and cons, and of course, Su Mo didn’t want to put him in a difficult position. With the issue having been dragged out for so long, Zhao Changsheng hadn’t made a move, which certainly meant that something had happened.

"I’ll head back first. I’ll bring you those soil samples later," Su Mo said, then hurried to the examination room.

Jianxiong, who had overheard, followed Su Mo and Lu Chen to the residential area after completing his check-up.

The pedestrians on the road had increased in number.

There were even many children in tattered clothes among them.

Having never seen Su Mo before, some of the bolder ones even blocked her way, loudly promoting themselves.

"Mister, I’m Bai Shitong! Just give me some food, and I can show you around the entire refugee camp!"

Su Mo was just surprised by this new business model and, after refusing, hastened to the residential area.

The return of the three of them delighted Jiang Yulian, who quickly stepped aside to let them into the house.

Jiang Zhuoyang, laying on the sofa, saw Su Mo and distinctly called her "sister."

She patted his head and asked, "Where is Zhao Changsheng?"

"Li Qian is with her at the Arena. She’s been fighting there for a week straight," Jiang Yulian said helplessly, pouring a few cups of water on the coffee table, "Her brother visited just a couple of days ago."

Su Mo had never heard about Zhao Changsheng having a brother.

Extremely surprised, she turned and walked out, "I’m going to the Arena to find her."

Worried about Zhao Changsheng, Jianxiong also quickly said, "I’ll go too."

Su Mo shook her head and pointed to the sofa, "Stay here or go find Rong Bai to report back. Don’t get involved in this matter."

The only ones who knew about Zhao Changsheng’s background were she and Li Qian. She believed Zhao Changsheng definitely wouldn’t want this dark past revealed to her own team.