Doomsday, Let's Open A Restaurant
Chapter 64: Fortune Cat

Chapter 64: Fortune Cat

At the moment the Black Cat regained its freedom, it leaped out of its cat bed and rushed out of the restaurant, disappearing from sight. Xiao Feng was momentarily stunned, unable to react.

"Geez!" Poison King, who was nearby, came over cursing and grumbling, "Boss, you’ve raised an ungrateful one. It’s healed and just ran off! It could at least have thanked you!"

"It’s just a cat; how can it say ’thank you’?" Farting King chuckled on the side.

Everyone thought the Black Cat wouldn’t come back, but Xiao Feng refused to believe it. Over the time spent caring for it, he had grown more aware of the cat’s spiritual nature. Sure enough, just before dinner, it returned to the restaurant.

Simultaneously, it brought a key along with it.

"What’s this key for?" Xiao Feng asked, puzzled.

"Meow!" The Black Cat used its paw to pat the key.

Xiao Feng finally noticed the tiny letters on the key. When he saw the words on it, he exclaimed, "This is... the key to the vault at Tian Bank?"

Some time ago, Xiao Feng had personally visited that place.

But the vault’s door was locked, and it couldn’t be forced open.

Helpless, Xiao Feng had given up. However, to his surprise, today the Black Cat had brought this key.

"You really are my lucky charm!" Xiao Feng picked up the Black Cat and kissed it on the forehead. "I’ve been looking for this key for so long!"

This was because the contents of other bank vaults varied. Some had already been broken into, and all valuable items were gone. In others, while they’d been breached by Xiao Feng, they contained very little of hard currency like gold; mostly, there were just piles of cash.

But now, in the midst of the apocalypse, cash was as useful as toilet paper. The Black Cat itself had a passive skill called "Attracts Wealth." Xiao Feng hadn’t expected it to bring him such a generous gift. The reason it was such a significant gift was due to the unique nature of Tian Bank.

In the lead-up to the apocalypse, Tian Bank had been the only private bank in the country, similar in nature to Switzerland’s foreign banks. However, Tian Bank catered to China’s wealthiest clientele. These wealthy individuals were willing to pay a substantial agent fee to have Tian Bank manage their valuable possessions or private property that they didn’t want to guard personally. As a result, the items stored in their safes were not paper and pen-like items but extremely rare and precious items. Most of these items consisted of antiques, followed by valuable jewelry items like pearls, diamonds, and jade.

Cats loved to eat fish. In gratitude for the Black Cat’s return and its generous gift, Xiao Feng, without even sitting down to eat, caught a mutant fish from the river outside the city and made boiled fish for the Black Cat. Xiao Feng’s boiled fish was a masterpiece that could swim freely in water.

The Black Cat enjoyed it immensely, and Xiao Feng also ate happily.

On the second day, Xiao Feng sneaked into Tian Bank secretly. He followed familiar routes to the underground safe deposit box location in Tian Bank. In the past, it had been heavily guarded with multiple checkpoints and security posts, making it impossible for outsiders to enter. However, now Xiao Feng swaggered inside.

After the apocalypse, many people had come here. It seemed like people knew there were valuable items inside. The vault door had countless signs of damage, including bullet holes, explosive damage, and various weapon marks. Yet, they couldn’t open the vault, indicating just how high the security level of the vault was.

"Strange, why is there no keyhole?" Xiao Feng searched for a keyhole but couldn’t find one.

"Meow!" At that moment, the Black Cat suddenly sprang out from behind, leaped and landed on Xiao Feng’s shoulder.

With the guidance of the Black Cat, Xiao Feng finally found the keyhole. This key turned out to be a spare key for the safe. The safe was initially constructed using the most advanced technology, with its primary unlocking conditions being fingerprint and retinal recognition. They kept this key as a secret way to open the safe in case of an emergency when the fingerprint and retinal recognition systems failed.

However, the location of the keyhole was extremely hidden, and it would be nearly impossible for ordinary people to find it without the Black Cat’s guidance.

After successfully opening the safe, Xiao Feng realized that it wasn’t very large. The area of the safe was approximately less than 100 square meters. Inside, many small safes were placed along the walls. These safes had different strengths from those outside. While they were still difficult to open, they could be broken open using explosives. However, if there were any valuable items inside, destroying them was not an option.

Xiao Feng estimated that there were around 100 safes in this room, with 25 of them containing valuables. Considering this was a branch of Tian Bank in Yu Lin City, their primary clientele consisted of local wealthy individuals. Therefore, having over 20 safes containing items was already considered good. In major cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, their branch safes likely contained many more valuable items.

"By the way!" Xiao Feng’s eyes lit up. "I wonder if Annie can open this safe without damage."

Previously, Xiao Feng had given Annie the metal control crystal core, which belonged to Zhang Guotao. He wondered if, after swallowing it, Annie could react to metals and open these safes without causing any harm.

With this thought in mind, Xiao Feng asked the Black Cat to watch over the room, then quickly returned to the restaurant. He brought Annie and returned to Tian Bank. Xiao Feng explained his idea concisely to her.

Annie nodded thoughtfully, seemingly understanding his plan.

But the next moment, Xiao Feng was shocked to see Annie directly tossing the teddy bear in her hand. A giant, flaming, and rotten flesh zombie appeared in front of them. Due to the confined space, the rotten flesh zombie smashed through the room’s ceiling.

At that moment, Xiao Feng noticed something astonishing. The flaming zombie had somehow donned a heavy suit of iron armor. The armor appeared crude, as if it were made by piecing together chunks of iron. While it wasn’t aesthetically pleasing, it significantly enhanced the zombie’s defense. Now, the rotten flesh zombie seemed nearly impervious to damage, and even a rocket explosion might not harm it.

Xiao Feng, feeling exasperated, slapped his forehead and said to Annie, "My intention was for you to open these safes!"

Annie hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

In the next instant, the rotten flesh zombie slowly raised its massive hand and swung it forcefully toward the safes.

"No, don’t!" Xiao Feng’s eyes nearly popped out as he shouted to stop the impending disaster. A slap from the zombie would reduce whatever valuable items were inside the safes to rubble.

However, in the following moment, Xiao Feng watched in amazement as the rotten flesh zombie’s slap landed on the safes, causing the safes to appear as if they had softened, sticking to the zombie’s body.

It was then that Xiao Feng realized that Annie had absorbed part of the metal control crystal core’s ability when she had ingested it. This ability had been transferred to the rotten flesh zombie.

The massive suit of armor on the zombie’s body was formed because it had the capability to interact with metals.

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