[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-176":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Zombie Apocalypse: Creation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1887003,2510,"Chapter 176: Chapter 176: One-side stomp","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-176",176,"\u003Cp>\"Actually, can you bring us to their base?\" Xiaoyun awkwardly scratched his head as Chen Ping's location wasn't on the GPS.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, boss.\" Chen Ping followed Xiaoyun out of the golf course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving a squad behind to watch over the captives, Chen Ping entered the front car and started leading the convoy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty minutes later...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are roads supposed to be this quiet? Where are the zombies?\" Xiaoyun asked as only a few zombies appeared in the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Most of the zombies are all migrating north... Maybe the moisture here is too much for them to handle. At least that's what I saw them traveling through the G107 highway in hordes.\" Chen Ping replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only if the zombies in our city do the same.\" Xiaoyun sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that their base?\" Wuli noticed a massive blockade in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, that's their base... Boss, do you want me to stop the car?\" Chen Ping asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop right in front of the blockade.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, Regiment Three and Four, get off your vehicle and try to sneak around them. Over.\" Xiaoyun directed through walkie-talkies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun's car stopped before the blockade, the people behind the security booth immediately raised their guns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-What business d-do you have here?\" One of the people inside the security booth nervously asked through the megaphone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We're 74th Group Army, and one of our comrades was imprisoned here.\" Xiaoyun bluffed on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere started getting increasingly tense as neither side chose to speak up, as if both sides were trying to stall it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regiment Three is in position, over.\" A Major's voice came out of Xiaoyun's walkie-talkies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hold for now, wait for Regiment Four, over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regiment Four is in position, over.\" Another Major's voice came out of the walkie-talkies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you guys going to let us through? This is a final warning.\" Xiaoyun's car speaker spoke to the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The security booth stood in silence as they still refused to speak up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regiment Three and Four, permission granted, you may attack over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, out of nowhere, two of Xiaoyun's regiment appeared at the side of the security booth and opened fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within seconds, the booth was reduced to ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After clearing the blockade, Xiaoyun's army was finally moving forward again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the way to the White Lotus base, sparse gunshots were fired toward Xiaoyun's vehicles, but it barely made a dent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Xiaoyun's plan to use the convoy as a distraction, the other two regiments could sneak inside the building and clear them individually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the cult members eventually surrendered after getting a taste of the regiment's overwhelming firepower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, this was easier than I thought,\" Xiaoyun commented as they arrived at the main building of the White Lotus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How's a bunch of religious fanatics going to fight against a modern army?\" Chen Ping mumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Chen Ping stopped the car, suddenly hundreds of cult members got out of the building and stood outside with their hands raised in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We surrender, please don't kill us.\" One of them spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing that all the people who stepped outside were men, Xiaoyun's mind was reaffirmed that they did practice killing women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regiment One and Two, arrest all of them, over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the two regiments arrested the two thousand people standing there, Xiaoyun exited the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who's the leader?\" Xiaoyun asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of them spoke up until one of the men ratted him out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He's the leader! He had killed so many people for his leisure. He's a psychopath.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun turned his attention to the man who pointed the leader out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Untie him... What's your name?\" Xiaoyun asked as the soldiers untied the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My name is Zhen Ti,\" the man replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You seem to have a grudge against him. Can I ask what it is?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhen Ti suddenly burst into tears as he thought about the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He killed my wife and two-year-old daughter right in front of me. I tried to fight back, but they all beat me until I was unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time I was awake, all I had was my son. I have no option but to join them to get food for my son.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm sorry to hear that... Here's your chance of revenge.\" Xiaoyun hands Zhen Ti with a knife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhen Ti immediately understood what Xiaoyun wanted and rushed toward the cult leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cult leader groans in pain as Zhen Ti stabs his stomach multiple times, then groans in pain even louder as Zhen Ti stabs at the crotch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a final cut at the neck, the cult leader finally dropped dead to the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you... My life is yours, sir.\" Zhen Ti kowtow on the ground in gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need for this. You two, bring him some food to eat.\" Xiaoyun directed the two soldiers to bring Zhen Ti down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Xiaoyun was about to give a verdict to the rest of the cult members, his walkie-talkie suddenly rang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, what should we do with the captives we capture in the building?\" The Major from Regiment Four asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regiment Four, when you are finished clearing the building, you may bring all your captives to White Lotus's main building,\" Xiaoyun replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regiment Three, do you need reinforcement?\" Xiaoyun asked as he noticed Regiment Three had been radio silent the whole time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, sir, but we might need a few more minutes to clear this. They got several rifles in here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take your time. No need to rush it.\" Xiaoyun returned the walkie-talkie and turned his attention to the cult members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now... who is the 2nd in command of White Lotus?\" Xiaoyun asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, the entire crowd of captives burst into chaos as if they wanted to fight for the right to point him out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers quickly put the captive back into silence as Xiaoyun walked over to the 2nd in command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're the 2nd in command?\" Xiaoyun asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes... if you want to kill me, just do it already.\" The middle-aged man didn't seem to care about dying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have a change of heart. If you tell me the event leading up to the White Lotus... and more about the cult leader, I'll let you live.\" Xiaoyun promised as he got a little curious about the whole cult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waiting for a few seconds, the middle-aged man gave in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The cult leader wasn't always like this... before the zombie apocalypse, he was just a family man with a beautiful wife and son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, when the zombie apocalypse did happen, his wife cheated on him with another man. He held it in, but then, during a life-or-death situation... his wife chose the other man over him and his son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, he was able to survive, but his son died... That's when he started to become more and more extreme. He left the settlement and founded White Lotus.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man looked at Xiaoyun as if he was expecting to be free now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And how did all of you decide to join him? Just because he was a lunatic, you guys still have common sense, right?\" Xiaoyun asked another question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We never agreed with his ideas. But he was a good leader... he gave us all food and treated everyone as equals. He's the best we can ask for compared to other settlements.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, one last question. It seems you have been with him since the start, but I pardon your crime... Now, can you point out all the core members who participate in killing innocent people?\" Xiaoyun signaled the soldiers to untie the middle-aged man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man immediately started pointing them out one by one, with many yelling at him for being a traitor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, almost half of them were on the left side, participating in the ritual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The rest here are newcomers that haven't gone through the official ritual.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's the official ritual?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The official ritual is... cutting a woman's body part, and then watching them burn on a cross.\" The 2nd in command nervously replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well, you two, tie him back up.\" Xiaoyun directed the two soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, I did everything you asked for. Why are you tying me back up?\" The 2nd in command yelled out in anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You thought I let you go? How naive can you be?\" Xiaoyun signaled the soldier to open fire as he turned to the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you guys think they deserved it?\" Xiaoyun asked the captives on the right, watching their fellow cult member being shot to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them immediately nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's good to hear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Xiaoyun finished speaking, the fourth regiment finally returned with their captives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, we have achieved our goals!\" The Major saluted toward Xiaoyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very good. You all can go take a break.\" Xiaoyun signaled the first regiment to take over captives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After ten minutes, the third regiment finally came with their captives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun directed the second regiment to take over the captive, then asked the cult member who was still on the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you guys point out the core member?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thirty minutes, everything was finally sorted out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were still around one thousand people in captivity, and Xiaoyun didn't want to risk bringing them home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhen Ti, do you want to be a new leader for the people here?\" Xiaoyun suggested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Me? But I don't have any leadership skills... Am I really qualified for this?\" Zhen Ti refused the proposal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can learn it as you go. I'll send a few people to assist you.\" Xiaoyun pushed the idea again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But there's still some remnant outside the city that hates us. If you leave us, we'll all die here. Please take us with you.\" Zhen Ti pleaded.\u003C\u002Fp>",1627,"2026-06-10T06:59:31.432Z",1,"novelbin.me","36823c8a0981c27f0d637d5570027664f5f709fcbe372798a02e8d9b3dc0fc45","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-177","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-175",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]