Recap
“Although the result is not good, it is thoughtful of you to learn to cook for me,” Rong Yu curled his lips, “but you still need to practice more.”
Yan Zhao’s eyes lit up: “Not staying in the corner means…”
“Sleep on the floor.”
“…”
Alright, it was a big improvement anyway.
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Although it was just a move from the wall to the floor, Yan Zhao was as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood*, and he practiced his cooking skills even harder.
*(means someone is very excited. Origin of this saying dates back to 1959 in Shanghai where this doctor called Yu Changshi injected himself with chicken blood and how he described feeling extremely energetic after that, please do not do this. You will die.)
It was a small step from the wall to the floor, but it was a big leap forward in his status in Rong Rong’s heart.
The Main God was inherently gifted and extremely intelligent. With practice making perfect, he quickly produced delicious dishes with attractive colors, aromas, and flavors, no different from the pictures on the cookbook that were labeled “for reference only.”
“Try it.” The enticing dishes were brought to the table by Yan Zhao, his tone nervous, his eyes filled with anticipation.
Zombies had no sense of taste, only reacting to human flesh and blood. Yan Zhao couldn’t taste the food himself, so every time he cooked, he could only let Rong Yu try it.
Of course, except for the first time when he blew up the kitchen and made a big commotion, and Rong Yu took a bite of the blackened chicken wings, all the other unpresentable food he made after that was secretly dumped into the trash can by Yan Zhao.
How could such things be brought in front of Rong Yu?
Fortunately, he didn’t fail many times, and now the food looked quite appetizing.
Rong Yu tasted the familiar flavor, his eyes lowered, savoring it slowly.
It was the same taste as what Chu Zhuo had made for him in the previous world.
The sun could indeed teach himself.
He was not stingy with his praise: “Not bad.”
The corners of Yan Zhao’s lips immediately lifted, but he restrained himself.
With Rong Yu’s tongue that had tasted all kinds of rare and exotic beasts and was extremely picky, being able to say “not bad” was already a great affirmation.
“Then I’ll cook for you again in the future,” Yan Zhao said in a calm tone, but the slight curve of his eyes betrayed his good mood.
That guy Qi Ye also said that cooking was something you could never learn. What was so difficult about it? He was able to get Rong Rong’s praise after just a few tries, it was indeed Qi Ye who was too stupid.
Rong Yu raised his chin slightly: “I allow you to serve me.”
This arrogant attitude was simply treating Yan Zhao as a servant.
Yan Zhao didn’t feel anything wrong at all, but instead felt a little happy. He wasn’t afraid of serving Rong Yu, he was afraid that Rong Yu wouldn’t want him to serve him, that would mean their relationship was really over.
“Okay,” Yan Zhao readily agreed, “What else do you want me to serve you with?”
He indeed owed Rong Yu too much and wanted to do his best to make it up to him, going through fire and water, without hesitation.
“I suddenly want to eat an apple.” Rong Yu handed him an apple and a fruit knife, “Peel it for me.”
Such a simple request, Yan Zhao immediately did as he was told. His peeling skills were much better than last time, the thin peel was peeled into a spiral, a long strip without breaking. While peeling the apple, he asked seemingly casually, “Why did you give me the name Yan Zhao? Is there a special meaning?”
Rong Yu replied calmly, “Because it’s someone unforgettable.”
Yan Zhao’s nerves instantly tensed: “How unforgettable?”
Rong Yu sneered, each word like a pearl: “Wanting to grind his bones to ashes, make him suffer to the core.”
“…” Yan Zhao’s hand trembled, and the continuous peel immediately broke.
He spoke with difficulty: “Then giving me this name is…”
“Don’t be afraid, I just want to experience being his dad,” Rong Yu comforted, “I can tell who is who, I won’t take it out on you.”
Yan Zhao was not comforted at all, but became even more frightened.
Rong Yu hated him!
Now his identity couldn’t be exposed, he had to keep his vest on for a while longer.
Yan Zhao regretted it immensely. He shouldn’t have brought this up, knowing that Rong Yu’s hatred for his true self was maxed out, why bother asking further and stabbing himself in the heart.
He was about to end the topic with silence, but Rong Yu asked again, “Aren’t you curious what he did to me to make me hate him so much?”
How could Yan Zhao dare to ask?
He knew what he had done, he had a guilty conscience.
Yan Zhao: “Since it’s your sad story, let’s not talk about it…”
“I want to talk about it.” Rong Yu didn’t let him off, “Do you want to hear it?”
Yan Zhao didn’t want to.
But now that things had come to this, it would seem very insensitive of him to refuse to listen.
He was the one who did it, Rong Yu was the one who suffered, if he didn’t even dare to listen, it would be too cowardly.
“Go ahead,” Yan Zhao closed his eyes, “I’m listening.”
Rong Yu said lightly: “He’s a fool who doesn’t distinguish right from wrong, made me take the blame for something I didn’t do, injured me, hunted me down, imprisoned me, and exiled me.”
He was so calm as if he was telling someone else’s story, not trying to gain sympathy at all, just stating the facts.
Yan Zhao’s heart was cut like a knife as he listened, as if he was being tortured. He almost wanted to stab himself in the heart with the fruit knife in his hand and apologize with death.
“He’s an idiot!” Yan Zhao sincerely cursed himself, hurriedly comforting Rong Yu, “Don’t be sad. If I see him again, I’ll help you scatter his ashes!”
Would it be too late for him to book a one-stop funeral service package for himself after this world ended?
Rong Yu looked at his indignant look and smiled slightly: “Keep cursing, I like to hear it.”
Yan Zhao: “…”
So Yan Zhao racked his brains and used all the negative words he had learned in his life to launch a personal attack on himself. Half to comfort Rong Yu, half to truly hate that blind self, the more he cursed, the more he got into it.
Rong Yu listened with a slight curl of his lips and slowly finished the apple: “Enough.”
Yan Zhao immediately fell silent.
“We’ll arrive in City A tomorrow, I need to rest early. Good night.” Rong Yu got into bed.
Yan Zhao whispered: “Good night.”
Rong Yu smiled, his face expressionless the moment he turned around.
It seemed that the sun in this time period already knew about the injustice done to him.
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The next afternoon, Rong Yu and Yan Zhao finally arrived in City A.
A long queue of vehicles lined up outside the City A base, all survivors who had come from all over to seek refuge.
The base was already overcrowded, the pressure to survive was huge, and the screening of new personnel was becoming stricter. Countless armed guards stood on the high wall, and if anything unusual happened, they would attack without hesitation.
Every newcomer had to undergo a scan test, and if any wounds left by zombies were found on their bodies, they would be shot dead on the spot.
Due to the strict testing, the queue moved very slowly.
Rong Yu sat in the passenger seat, looking at the endless line of vehicles in front of him, wondering how long it would take.
He was impatient and ordered, “Drive straight to the front.”
Yan Zhao stepped on the accelerator without a word.
He used to follow the law of order, but now he only obeyed Rong Yu.
People waiting opened their car windows and yelled, “Do you have any public morals? Overtaking at a time like this!”
Someone sneered, “Tsk, another one trying to cut in line. The last one who cut in line wasn’t let in, and they still obediently went back to the end of the line.”
The base personnel naturally also saw the off-road vehicle driving straight up from the back of the queue, their faces showing no fluctuation. They had seen this kind of queue-cutting a lot, and if they let one in, they would lose.
The off-road vehicle stopped at the gate of the base, and Rong Yu and Yan Zhao got out of the car. The appearance of the two caused a gasp from the surroundings.
In the apocalypse, everyone was covered in dirt from crawling and fighting, but these two were dressed in clean clothes, and their looks were incredibly handsome. They could have been big stars before the apocalypse.
The guards stopped them: “No cutting in line for testing, please go back to the end of the line.”
Rong Yu asked, “Fire ability users are not allowed to pass either?”
The guard remained indifferent: “Sorry, these are our rules.”
Although ability users were rare, they were not as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns. Fire ability users were also very common and did not have special privileges.
Yan Zhao said, “Rules are dead, people are alive.”
Rong Yu glanced at him in surprise.
Unbelievable, these words actually came from the mouth of the God of Law Enforcement.
The guard frowned: “If you two continue to insist we will treat it as an act of troublemaking.”
It was a pity that they were so good-looking but are such low quality humans.
Rong Yu asked again, “Do level seven ability users have to queue up too?”
“What?” The guard didn’t believe it, “Are you kidding me?”
The strongest ability user in the world was only level six, where did this level seven fire ability user come from? Even if you’re making up a story, at least make it believable.
“What’s the matter?” A middle-aged man who was inspecting saw the commotion here and immediately walked over.
“Sir, these two want to cut in line, he said he is a level seven fire ability user.” The guard saluted seriously, but almost laughed when he said “level seven fire ability user.” They didn’t even bother to make their lies believable, it was too funny.
The corner of the middle-aged man’s mouth twitched, obviously also finding it funny, but when he looked at their clothes and the car they drove, his expression gradually became serious.
“Take them for ability testing.”
To be able to stay so spotless in the apocalypse, they were either lucky or powerful.
The license plate of the off-road vehicle these two were driving was from City B, thousands of miles away from City A. To be able to get here unscathed, they were definitely not ordinary people.
Guard: “…Yes.” Sir, you actually believe it?
“You two, come with me for the test.”
Before the ability test, there was another checkpoint, which was a full-body scan to see if there were any wounds. Both Rong Yu and Yan Zhao passed this checkpoint. Yan Zhao’s appearance was no different from a human’s, and a zombie of his level could even simulate a human’s pulse and heartbeat. He was the only one in the world, and it was easy to deceive the scanner.
After passing the scan, the guard took them to a small room.
“Please put your hand on it and inject your ability.” The tester was a girl with a sweet smile, prompting Rong Yu to put his hand on the ability testing device.
Rong Yu put his hand on it, and as soon as he released a small flame, the whole machine was burned to ashes.
Testing lady: “…”
Guard brother: “…”
The middle-aged man who just entered the door to check the situation: “…”
The ability testing device was developed by researchers at the National Laboratory and made of special materials. Abilities below level six would not cause any damage to it. As for level six and above, no human had reached this level yet, but it should also be within its detection range.
This material was extremely precious. Apart from a small portion being made into ability testing devices, the rest was used to reinforce the city walls as defense.
And it was just burned by this young man like this?
“Maybe the machine malfunctioned…” The testing lady stammered, “You, you try another one? Please control it, this device is very expensive…”
The blood jade bracelet complained: The Demon King has already tried his best to control himself, if he didn’t, your base would be razed to the ground now.
“Is it very expensive?” Rong Yu withdrew his hand, “Then forget it, otherwise another one will be scrapped.”
The testing lady nodded dreamily and wrote down the ability in the registration book: Fire, level: seven.
Her hand trembled slightly as she wrote.
She wanted to write “level unknown” even more. Was level seven ability this powerful? There were also level six fire ability users in the base, wasn’t the difference a bit too big?
“Your name is…”
“Xi Wang.” Rong Yu reported the original owner’s name, “His name is Yan Zhao.”
“Okay, then this Mr. Yan, are you an ability user? Please take a test.” The testing lady’s eyes had changed.
Yan Zhao looked at another intact testing device and didn’t move. In order to prevent high-level zombies from mixing in, these devices could accurately determine whether the ability came from a zombie or a human.
Yan Zhao pondered for a moment.
He was thinking about the feasibility of saying that he had no ability and had been freeloading off Rong Rong all the way.
“He is a level seven space ability user.” Rong Yu answered for him.
The pile of supplies in their space would have to be taken out sooner or later, so they had to have a space ability user.
Testing lady, guard brother, middle-aged man: “!!!”
Why was there another level seven ability user!
Rong Yu looked at Yan Zhao: “Prove it to them.”
How to prove it? If he used zombie power, his zombie identity would be discovered by humans. If he injected divine power, his god identity would be discovered by Rong Yu.
Yan Zhao’s brain raced.
He suddenly had an idea.
Under the eager gaze of several people, Yan Zhao slowly raised his hand, and the ability testing device that had been burned to ashes suddenly reappeared on the table intact.
The guard brother exclaimed, “Is this time-based time reversal?”
Yan Zhao said, “It’s space-based space restoration.”
Everyone: “???” Space could be used like this? They had learned something new!
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T/N: Poor Sun…he doesn’t even know….
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