Reborn with a Space: Hoarding Food and Raising My Kid

Chapter 353: Chapter 327: An Invitation from the Adler Family?

"Your sister is back. Aren’t you going to see her?"

Simon’s tone was very stiff, as if he weren’t speaking to his own son but to a subordinate.

Neal Wallace had originally intended to ignore him, but he stopped in his tracks when he heard the word "sister."

"Flora, Cynthia, I... I’m going home for a bit."

Flora Bloom didn’t know Neal Wallace was connected to this Simon.

Simon’s eyes narrowed in satisfaction as he glanced at the crowd. "In that case, I’ll be taking my son and heading back now."

Even the others present had no idea Simon actually had a son. Everyone had always thought Simon only had one daughter who had married into another family, a tool he used to consolidate his power and status before the apocalypse. That daughter had always been unwilling to return home.

As for this piece of gossip, before the apocalypse, it would have been major news, enough to shift the balance of power. But in the current apocalypse, the Wallace family was no longer the most dominant family.

In terms of military strength, that title now belonged to the Adler family. Even before the apocalypse, the Adlers had always coveted the Wallace family’s position, their power and military might rivaling that of the Wallaces.

Only a few days after Flora Bloom returned to the Grant residence with the grandfather and grandson, news that a pregnant woman named Flora Bloom had killed nearly all the other pregnant women in the maternity quarantine zone quickly spread throughout the entire Argent Base.

At this time, Flora Bloom was still unaware of the news. She was wandering through various corners of Argent Base. It looked like she was just window shopping, but she was actually gathering information.

She had asked Robin Grant about Lex Cross. Once she learned that he had taken a team on a mission to an undisclosed location, along with squads from several of the other five great families, she was no longer as worried about his safety.

Instead, she learned from Robin Grant that in the temporary hospital he was in charge of, people who couldn’t be revived would often inexplicably go missing. This immediately made Flora Bloom think of the laboratory.

Adding to that, the information she’d gathered indicated that Annelise Locke had been brought to Argent by the Doctor. So, she began searching Argent Base for any clues related to the laboratory.

Among the five great families, the Thorne family was responsible for research-related projects. However, she had already thoroughly offended them back in the maternity quarantine zone. If she dared to show up at their door asking questions now, getting thrown out by the Thornes would be the best-case scenario. More likely, she’d be surrounded by the family’s superpower users, all seeking justice for Keaton Thorne’s eldest daughter, Rianne Thorne.

After all, Rianne Thorne had suffered a miscarriage and was still lying unconscious in the temporary hospital.

’How can I get into the Thorne family’s research center to investigate? If only I could turn invisible.’

The thought of invisibility made Flora Bloom think of The Crown Prince and Tanuki. But the two of them hadn’t contacted her at all since they returned to the base early that day. ’Would it be a bad idea for me to go to the Adler family to look for them now?’

Just as Flora Bloom was wandering the streets of Argent Base, lost in thought, two Fire Ability Users suddenly approached her from behind.

Although Flora Bloom was walking alone, and this was a safe zone, most people would have let their guard down. But not Flora Bloom. She wasn’t familiar with Argent Base. It wasn’t like the Morhaven Safe Zone, where a network of plant roots connected to her spiritual power was spread throughout the entire underground. There, she could know about the slightest disturbance before it even got close to the base.

In Argent Base, her spiritual power was always on high alert.

The moment her spiritual power sensed superpower users approaching from behind—and that both were Middle Level Fire Ability Users—her Middle Level Water Ability had already formed a mist, enveloping herself and the two of them.

The two Fire Ability Users didn’t panic upon being discovered. They simply stopped in their tracks behind Flora Bloom. She turned, and through the watery mist, looked at the two men whose Fire Element abilities were now suppressed by over eighty percent, and asked,

"Why are you skulking around? Who sent you?"

The two men were shocked by the woman’s vigilance and her reaction to their surprise attack. The Family Head had sent them to test Flora Bloom’s abilities, a task they hadn’t taken seriously at all. A Water Ability User, and a pregnant one at that—sending two of them to test her seemed like a gross overreaction.

They had been full of confidence, planning to briefly probe her strength before immediately revealing their identities. Who would have known that the moment they got within a hundred meters of her, they would suddenly be enveloped in a thick mist, losing all sense of sight and direction.

"Miss Flora Bloom, please, don’t misunderstand! We mean no harm. We’re from the Adler family."

The two men suddenly bowed slightly, their faces plastered with ingratiating smiles. ’Are you kidding me? Our abilities were suppressed this severely the moment we met. We’d be at a huge disadvantage fighting in a mist like this! It looks like this woman is definitely much stronger than the Family Head imagined.’