Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

"You don't have to worry so much. Although Kiana did faint, I don't care about the peculiar smell..."

As she said this, she put her mouth to the edge of the bowl and put a tofu-like food into her mouth. At first, it was fine, but when Theresa bit it with her teeth and began to taste the filling inside the tofu bun, something went wrong.

"This... uh huh."

Theresa made a painful sound in her throat.

"Ugh... Ugh, cough cough cough."

Although they didn't know and had never tasted what was inside, everyone knew from Theresa's painful expression that the food must be so disgusting that it was difficult to swallow. Everyone couldn't help but shudder, and then they heard the sound of someone falling to the ground.

"Theresa, are you okay?!"

Jizi kept calling Theresa and trying to wake her up.

"Let me take a look, Mr. Himeko."

Fu Hua's steady voice came from the direction where Theresa fell. Fu Hua said after briefly checking Theresa's condition.

"No problem, probably just because the food I ate was too disgusting and my body couldn't handle it. I'll be fine after a night's rest."

After hearing Fu Hua's words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. As long as nothing happened, it was good. But what did Theresa eat?

The corner of Jiang Ming's clothes was tugged. He turned around and found it was Meiyi. Perhaps seeing Jiang Ming's worry, Meiyi said softly.

"Well... the principal probably eats tofu buns filled with Finnish licorice candy..."

Finnish liquorice?

It seems to be a kind of candy that can only be eaten in Europe. It is said to be called "the most unpalatable candy in the world" and "rubber block". I heard that Europeans like to eat it very much. However, although Theresa is also European, I am afraid she does not like the taste, not to mention that it is full of this kind of candy.

"So... then, what's next...?"

"It's...it's me."

Fei Yuwan raised his hand tremblingly. Seeing that it was Fei Yuwan, Jiang Ming suddenly felt a trace of pity for some reason. After all, Fei Yuwan's body was only so big. If he ate something he shouldn't have, he might not be able to recover even if he lay down for a whole day.

"Higyamaru..."

"It's okay, bro."

Jiang Ming was about to persuade Fei Yuwan to give up when he was interrupted by her.

"Principal Theresa, Kiana, and everyone else have done it. I am the only one who did nothing. It's really useless."

This is totally different from the previous situations! !

"Okay...eat without worry, I will rescue you no matter what."

"Okay, big brother!"

It was like a life-and-death scene. If he said he wasn't afraid, he would be lying. After all, this dark hot pot had already knocked down a Herrscher and a fusion warrior. But Feiyumaru still made up his mind to serve the hot pot ingredients. He swallowed the saliva that was produced not because of appetite but because of nervousness, and then put the ingredients in the bowl into his mouth.

“Huh…? What is this… It seems to be very smooth, like fruit… Huh?!! Cough cough cough –!!!!”

Feiyumaru seemed to have taken a bite of food, and then he started coughing violently, as if flames were about to come out of his mouth.

“Ah—! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!?”

Then she opened her mouth and screamed. Faced with this sudden scene, Jiang Ming frowned in confusion.

"Higyokumaru, what's wrong with you?"

"So spicy, water...water water water!"

Hiyamaru screamed because the food she ate was too spicy and affected her senses. She picked up the bowl on the kotatsu and drank it all. What she drank was the soup with the canned herring that killed Kiana with one blow.

"Whoa-?!"

The next moment, Feiyumaru also fainted, but this could be considered a good thing, at least he couldn't feel the spiciness after being unconscious.

"What on earth is this? It's so spicy..."

Jiang Ming put his hand on his chin and thought, and at this time, Mei told him the answer again.

"Ming... do you know Carolina Reaper chili?"

"Huh? Carlo...what is that? It looks pretty scary."

"Carolina Reaper, Ming... Do you know Habanero peppers?"

"Oh, is that the super spicy one? The spiciness level seems to be between 10 and 35. What's wrong?"

"The Carolina Reaper pepper is probably about ten times hotter than the Habanero pepper..."

"Do you want to murder?!!!"

"No, why would St. Freya's Academy have this kind of pepper——?!"

Mei lowered her head in shame.

"I'm sorry...Ming."

"Saying sorry now is of no use, Meiyi-chan. When this is over, I will definitely punish you severely."

Jiang Ming looked very fierce and said angrily, pinching Mei's face gently.

"Well......"

Feeling the touch on her face, Mei knew that Jiang Ming was really angry. Thinking of this, Mei quickly picked up the hot pot ingredients with chopsticks and put them into her mouth, chewing quickly. This scared Jiang Ming, and he hurriedly observed Mei carefully. If she felt any discomfort, he would start treatment immediately.

However, as if blessed by the goddess of luck, Mei did not eat any winning ingredients, but just some ordinary egg dumplings put in by Jiang Ming. Although she also wanted the Herrscher of Thunder to come, after careful consideration, if the Herrscher of Thunder cheated and let Mei come back instantly after eating the food, wouldn't Mei be the victim?

Forced to swallow the anger, after sending all the fallen people back to the room to rest, the second round of Hell's Dark Hotpot began.

.......

About 20 minutes later, the living room in Himeko's villa was littered with corpses.

Naturally, it was dark all around. Although my eyes had adapted to the darkness to a certain extent, I still couldn't see the entire room clearly. However, judging from the intermittent groans of pain from the figure lying on the ground, it felt like a battlefield with tragic casualties.

"Um... uh..."

The dark hotpot has lasted for three rounds. Although Jiang Ming miraculously did not draw any winning ingredients, the tension hidden in his heart could not be shaken off.

By the way, apart from Jiang Ming and Mei, the only one who is still conscious is Fu Hua, who is a fairy. Yuexia and Rin were defeated by licorice candy, Himeko and Bronya lost consciousness due to the stench, and Sakura unfortunately tasted the Carolina Reaper pepper. Fortunately, Sakura was next to Jiang Ming and received treatment quickly and was not seriously injured. However, she could not continue to have the next dark hot pot.

There are only three people on the field now.

[Haha, you are so lucky that you didn’t get to taste what I carefully prepared for you for three consecutive times]

"That's really an honor..."

Unlike Jiang Ming and Mei's temporary good luck, Fu Hua's luck can be said to be as bad as it can be. Now she is relying on her perseverance and vitality that far exceeds that of ordinary people to force herself to hold on, but even so, she is probably still suffering great harm.

[Haha, I see you guys can’t take it anymore, I’ll be merciful and let you finish.]

"Oh? Your Majesty... Who told you that this is over?"

Jiang Ming's provocative voice came.

【What? ! 】

The Herrscher of Thunder just realized something was wrong and wanted to leave quickly, but found that he could not get out of Mei's body no matter what.

【What is going on here? 】

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, the level of tacit understanding between Mei and I is beyond your imagination. Since she can force you not to come out, she can naturally force you not to go back."

【You...what do you want to do? ! 】

"It's simple. I just want you, the Queen, to have a taste of this feast~"

Jiang Ming showed a kind expression on his face, then he raised his chopsticks and picked up a piece of food from the hot pot.

"Oh my, it's dumplings filled with herring, but considering that you, the Queen, probably can't swallow it normally, I will considerately help you change it into a soup with a unique flavor. Come on, Queen, open your mouth, ah~"

[Stop...Stop! Human, stop it right there! ! ]

The Herrscher of Thunder's deafening screams echoed throughout the dim living room. Then, the lights in the room suddenly turned on, and the living room, which had been shrouded in darkness, became brightly lit.

"Sigh~"

The sudden bright light made Jiang Ming squint unconsciously. After a few seconds, he slowly opened his eyes and found Mei... or to be more precise, the Herrscher of Thunder, lying on the ground with hopeless hope, her body twitching slightly. Then he looked at the girl who had not been moved away yet. The scene was like a battlefield, and Jiang Ming broke out in a cold sweat unconsciously.

"Squad leader, I'm sorry to bother you again, but if you really don't feel well, you can leave it to me."

"Well, no need, I'm fine."

Fu Hua got up with difficulty and helped Jiang Ming clean up the mess. After finishing the cleanup, she took care of all the people who fell down in the second round. The two said good night to each other. Jiang Ming lay down on the bed very tired. In just a few seconds, he fell asleep and had a peaceful conversation with Mei.

.......

After a while, Kiana, who fell down first, was so hungry that her stomach growled even more. She walked to Jiang Ming's room with difficulty with her hungry stomach, came to his bed and shook Jiang Ming hard. There was no tsundere in her voice at all, and she spoke in a completely coquettish manner.

"Jiang Ming Jiang Ming, I'm so hungry, can you cook for me~"

Under the violent shaking, Jiang Ming quickly opened his eyes. After finding that it was Kiana, Jiang Ming's brain worked rapidly. Then he remembered that Kiana had only eaten one bite of dinner today.

"Oh, sorry, sorry, my oversight."

After resting for a few seconds, Jiang Ming got up and went to the kitchen to make a midnight snack for Kiana.

"How about omelette rice, fried chicken and cola?"

"Uh-huh!"

Kiana nodded vigorously and sat obediently on the table waiting.

While Jiang Ming was making a midnight snack for Kiana, the aroma of the food quickly wafted to everyone's nose, waking up some people who had also collapsed quickly and were very hungry.

then.......

The night snack life of St. Freya Academy has begun...

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Chapter 115: Manila Collapse

2015年5月22日，4:00am。

A serious collapse occurred in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. This was the largest and most devastating collapse in Southeast Asia to date. Although no Herrscher was born, the disaster almost destroyed the entire city, with the death toll reaching more than two million people and about three million people being infected to varying degrees. Secondary disasters caused nearly ten million residents in the city and its surrounding areas to be displaced.

After the outbreak of Honkai, Tenman immediately organized a rescue operation and deployed 42 Valkyrie teams, totaling 174 people, and successively dispatched more than 5000 rescue teams of various types.

As Jiang Ming is currently the strongest A-level Destiny Knight, he is naturally one of them.

......

St. Freya Academy.

Jiang Ming, who was wearing glasses in class, suddenly saw a string of words in front of his eyes. To be precise, it was on the high-tech glasses that Tianming gave him. Like Fu Hua's, Tianming could use this pair of glasses to issue tasks to the Valkyrie silently. Although Jiang Ming just thought that the glasses were high-tech after all, so he just wore them for fun, he didn't expect to receive the task by chance.

"..."

Jiang Ming, who thought Otto was just bored and teasing him, now looked as if he was thinking and frowned as he looked at the task in front of him, while some Valkyries who were attracted by Jiang Ming looked at him with enjoyment.

"Look, look, classmate Jiang Ming is wearing glasses."

"Woo, woo, woo, he looks even gentler. I really want him to touch my head... I can touch him, too."

"He's so handsome when he's serious, and so cute when he's troubled while thinking. Is this what contrast cuteness is?"

"Jiang Ming?"

Teacher Ji Zi's voice brought Jiang Ming back to his senses from his thoughts.

"What happened?"

Ji Zi frowned slightly and looked at Jiang Ming. Because there were many people in the Tianming headquarters, except for Otto's mischief last time, Jiang Ming, who was far away in St. Freya Academy, should not be needed normally. But now he received a direct task from Tianming, which shows how serious the situation is.

"It's a mission from the Destiny Headquarters. A major collapse has occurred in Manila, and the situation is very serious. Destiny requires me to go there immediately for support."

Jiang Ming stood up and spoke quickly. Seeing his rare serious look, Ji Zi immediately allowed him to go to the mission location. After getting permission, Jiang Ming gave Mei and the others a reassuring smile and left the classroom. After leaving the classroom, Jiang Ming disappeared from the spot in an instant.

"What? Another mission abroad. I really envy Jiang Ming."

Kiana lay down on the table and stared at the book in front of her in boredom.

"I am the only one who has to learn this knowledge that I can never learn no matter how hard I try..."

"Okay, Kiana, didn't Ming just say that the situation is very serious and it's a very dangerous mission? In addition, Teacher Jizi has repeatedly reminded us in class that the primary mission of a Valkyrie is to protect the people, not just to complete the mission."

"besides......"

"Kiana! Listen carefully! Answer this question!"