The Chef Rules the Last Days-Chapter 563 - 561: Rong Bai’s Leg is Broken

"What? You’ve decided to stay here!?" Mo Yan exclaimed, feeling a bit of regret. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Rong Bai was not only alive, he had also brought back so many weapons, and the armored vehicles they drove were equipped with several heavy machine guns.

"I’ll give you and your teammates all your food back. After you leave, find another superpower user. Sorry." Erin piled up the items from the ’Space’ that weren’t hers on the ground and ran back into the camp without turning her head.

Just as Mo Yan was about to chase after her, the soldiers, who had been prepared by Lu Chen’s orders, stopped him immediately.

"Sir, the gate is that way."

"I’m not leaving, my teammate has gone back!" Mo Yan said as he turned to cross off the name on his list.

"Sorry, but as we’ve made it clear earlier, those who voluntarily sign out cannot reenter the refugee camp. Maybe you can check with the camp next door to see if they’ll take you."

"No, no, no! I’m not leaving! I’m a Level 3 fire element; you need me!"

No matter how much Mo Yan spoke, he was pushed out directly.

The same scene was also unfolding in the Y City refugee camp next door.

This plan had been disclosed to Meng Hao by Lu Chen early on.

Most of those who left were ordinary people; superpower users did not even make up ten percent.

At that moment, the gates of the refugee camp opened, and Rong Bai, sitting in the vehicle, eagerly waved to the two people at the gate.

When the vehicle stopped, Lu Chen opened the door himself, his joyous expression suddenly freezing when he saw his legs, his face instantly turning somewhat terrifying.

"What happened!"

When Su Mo walked over to see, her expression froze too.

Rong Bai... his lower half was completely gone.

Her heart trembled violently, "How... how did you end up like this?"

With sadness in her eyes, Rong Bai instead spoke cheerfully, "It’s nothing, just half of my body was eaten away. If it weren’t for Lu Jin, you’d probably only be seeing my body."

Su Mo was surprised, "Lu Jin?"

Rong Bai nodded, "In that critical moment, I didn’t expect that he would choose to save me. He brought Lin Yao, and that’s how I survived."

Lu Chen personally lifted him out of the car, "I’ll take you back."

Rong Bai’s body shivered, his eyes growing slightly dim, "Can you not let them see me?"

Su Mo immediately took the military coat from the car and draped it over him, her voice nasal as she said, "You won’t always be like this. I’m sure I can find a way to recover your legs."

With his legs gone, Rong Bai was now only half the height of Su Mo. How could such a tall man be happy?

Hiding her sadness, she walked beside Lu Chen, with dozens of armored vehicles following behind them into the refugee camp.

Behind their vehicle was Lu Jin, who hadn’t immediately returned to the neighboring camp.

Lin Yao sat numbly beside him, her eyes sarcastic, "I can’t understand why you saved Rong Bai. If you had killed them all, wouldn’t the P City refugee camp be ours?"

Lu Jin’s expression darkened, and he backhandedly slapped her across the face, his eyes venomous like a snake’s as he stared at her, "You just need to be a quiet healing ability user. Keep talking, and I can have someone sew your mouth shut."

Lin Yao was struck dumb, her cheek instantly reddening. She couldn’t bear to look directly into Lu Jin’s eyes, shrinking into her seat without daring to utter another word.

Ever since she had been sent to Lu Jin by Meng Hao, her healing light balls couldn’t keep up with the newly inflicted wounds.

Lu Jin was hell.

Lu Chen had carried someone up to the rooftop and placed them on the sofa, while Yang Yichu was standing blankly in front of the window, seemingly lost in thought.

At that moment, Su Mo had no time to talk to him either; she just placed a cushion under Rong Bai to make him more comfortable.

Feng Yao and their comrades followed up later.

Only after careful questioning by Lu Chen were they informed of the whole incident’s cause and effect.

The armory was located underground; before the apocalypse, it was the most securely guarded area in the nation, but it had now become a paradise for zombies and mutant monsters.

When they retrieved the weapons from below ground and returned to the surface, a Level 6 Python dropped from the ventilation system and lunged at a soldier who was sprinting for his life. Rong Bai timely pushed him away but got his own body entangled by the snake’s tail, his upper body almost fully swallowed. In the nick of time, Feng Yao threw a fireball and Lu Jin used a space rift to rescue him.

If Lin Yao hadn’t promptly healed him, Rong Bai’s life would have likely been lost.

Because of this incident, they were delayed for several days on the road.

Usually indifferent, Lu Chen couldn’t help but his eyes slightly reddened. He placed his hand on his shoulder, struggling to find the words to say.

Rong Bai naturally felt miserable; without legs, he would be a cripple. He could no longer lead his army.

He looked at Lu Chen, placing his own hand back on top of his, and said earnestly, "I’ve brought back hundreds of boxes of explosives, various high-explosive hand grenades, and bullet weapons. We can let ordinary people join the fight. My soldiers and these civilians, I leave them to you."

Lu Chen withdrew his hand and sat down beside him. There was a packet of cigarettes on the coffee table, looking like it had been there for a while. He couldn’t help but pick it up and place it to his lips, then asked Su Mo, "Can I smoke?"

Knowing he was distressed, Su Mo nodded, supporting a faint smile, "Today’s an indulgence day."

He hung his head and lit the cigarette, with Rong Bai enveloped in the smoke alongside him.

After a long while, Lu Chen said, "You manage the people yourself; I won’t take them. I have a wife and don’t want to lead soldiers."

Rong Bai helplessly lowered his head, patting his own stomach, "I don’t even have legs now. How can I command? Are you going to carry me in a wheelchair onto the battlefield?"

Su Mo caught the defeat in his words and then said, "You can be like Li Qian, a strategist from behind the scenes, right? True leaders don’t enter the battlefield."

Lu Chen nodded in agreement.

Yet Rong Bai shook his head, "No, in this condition, I cannot command respect."

Lu Chen exhaled a puff of smoke, coldly saying, "Since when have you been so unconfident?"

Rong Bai smiled helplessly, "I lack confidence in my own body, and I don’t have confidence in managing the refugee camp well either."

"If you won’t manage, then let Meng Hao do it," he said.

Having smoked the last puff, Lu Chen stubbed out the cigarette butt, leaned back on the sofa, and stared steadily at Rong Bai.

Quite some time later, Rong Bai finally relented, saying, "That would be too favorable for Fatty, but I’ll try my best. We’ve been through so much already, what’s one more challenge?"

Light slowly gathered in his eyes, and Su Mo also let out a sigh of relief.

Feng Yao similarly admired Rong Bai’s character, daring to sacrifice himself for someone with whom he had no blood relation — a rarity to witness in this apocalyptic era.