[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-238":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},1887265,2510,"Chapter 238: Chapter 238: A familiar face","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-238",238,"\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun! Do you remember me??\" The middle-aged man suddenly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who?\" Xiaoyun asked as his brain couldn't find anyone resembling Wu Min. However, it kept reminding him of someone in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing Xiaoyun still with a confused face, the middle-aged man hinted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remember Pinli? He's my son.\" Wu Min stated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh! You're my roommate Pinli's dad! No wonder why your face looked a little familiar.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun finally recognized the face he had once seen in the hospital when he was with Pinli.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just can't thank you enough. You saved me twice now, and I haven't repaid you.\" Pinli's dad bowed down in gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need for this. It's just helping each other in need.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun helped Wu Min back up, he suddenly remembered something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle Wu, where's Pinli and Chengyi?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are in Changsha. Also, there is no need to call me Uncle Wu. Just call me Wu Min.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, I can't mess up the seniority... Uncle Wu, why are they all the way over in Changsha? I thought your guys were going back to your hometown?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun asked as he remembered the last time he saw his roommates, which was when they departed at the dorm gate almost two years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, it's a long story. We're planning to go to Shanxi and travel up north. But before we could get there, the zombie outbreak happened much sooner than we expected.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Min looked a little down as he mentioned the next part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We only got halfway, and the car broke down at Changsha. And that's where we started learning about other survivors and eventually settled there instead of going further north.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, why are you here in Guangzhou instead of Changsha?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, originally, I was only planning to trade in Chenzhou. But then I heard about a new military settlement at Shaoguan, so I decided to travel there instead to see if they would buy raw materials,\" Wu Min explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Southern theater? I thought they only 'demand' food from other people.\" Xiaoyun thought back to the extortion by the military.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, halfway there, I met a few traders. That's when I learned that if I did go to trade there, they would have taken everything from me, just like the other trades...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And speaking of other traders, they are in the corner right now.\" Wu Min pointed toward a corner in the shelter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They got robbed clean and only returned out with their cars. It's almost like bandits.\" Wu Min raised his voice as he spoke of the military.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not surprising... Then how did you get over here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn't want to return empty-handed, and those traders in the corner told me there's a trading hub at Qingyuan, so I took another spot by traveling there with them.\" Wu Min explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Qingyuan? Why does that sound so familiar?\" Xiaoyun murmurs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, we could trade all of our goods there... While trading there, I kept hearing about a city south of Qingyuan that is the safest place in the zombie outbreak and a paradise for people living there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I decided to go check it out. And as you can see, we got hit by the harsh weather and then lost our direction.\" Wu Min replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see... Can I ask what the city name is?\" Xiaoyun asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think it's called Luoping?\" Wu Min replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luoping? What a coincidence. The city you are in right now is called Luoping.\" Xiaoyun stated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait... This city is called Luoping?\" Wu Min's face was in disbelief as he asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No other city I know of has the same name as ours.\" Xiaoyun's face looked a little proud after hearing Wu Min's compliment\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, wait, wait. You said you are the mayor?\" Wu Min suddenly realized something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. I'm the mayor of the city. And the commander in chief of all the soldiers in the city here.\" Xiaoyun couldn't help but flex a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're not joking?\" Wu Min asked again to make sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm not joking. Why do you think all the soldiers over there listen to me?\" Xiaoyun didn't take the question to heart and answered calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I-I just can't believe you are leading an entire settlement this big, and you are only the same age as my son... It just looked almost impossible to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sorry, I didn't mean to——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry about it. I couldn't believe I was going to a mayor either——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Xiaoyun's phone rang again. As he took a peek at the phone, it was from an anonymous person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, one second.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun returned to the back of the storage room and picked up the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello? Who's this?\" Xiaoyun asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A robotic sound appeared from the phone as it started talking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is that secret society you had been searching for. I just want to give you a last warning. Do not go any further inside the city center. Or else you are going to regret it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why do you guys want zombies to live? You guys are the ones that tried to assassinate me, didn't you?\" Xiaoyun rushed out as many questions as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's none of your business. And if you don't stop, you won't be so lucky like last time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phone call ended before Xiaoyun could ask any more questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck. How the hell did they get my phone number?\" Xiaoyun thought for a moment but couldn't come up with an answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xiaoyun let out a sigh of relief as he was already putting the military on pause for city missions so that it would not impact him for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking briefly, Xiaoyun returned to Wu Min to ask if they needed anything. After bringing a few basic goods for free, almost all one hundred of them were extremely thankful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still raining outside, as the raindrops at the window indicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the rain had become a light shower as it started raining less and less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yuqi and Xiaoyun went back to the office to organize the repair effort and calculate the damage, it put the already deficit budget into an even bigger one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just as Xiaoyun was about to go to Wu Min in the afternoon to give him a tour of the town, someone was already talking to Wu Min.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh hey Xiaoyun, thank you so much for letting us stay... We'll be leaving in a few hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Already? Not even for lunch? I was just about to show you around the town.\" Xiaoyun was surprised by the sudden new announcement\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. We are about to run out of time to fulfill the contract. So we need to head back to Changsha before it expires.\" Wu Min explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Contract?\" Xiaoyun looked a little confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, contract. That's how I got all the goods and equipment to sell here. I'm just a full-time trader fulfilling contracts to make ends meet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want, you can live here too,\" Xiaoyun suggested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can't leave my wife behind. Sorry, I need to go pack now.\" Wu Min rejected Xiaoyun's suggestion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few hours later, Han Bang called Xiaoyun to say that Wu Min had left with his trading caravan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun didn't think much of it as he faced a bigger challenge after the storm finally disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You telling me this many things were damaged?\" Xiaoyun asked as he couldn't believe the number he saw that needed repairs in the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is just an estimate. There's more out there that isn't recorded.\" Yuqi brought up even worse news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll go directly to Yezi to fix those... Speaking of fixing, Yuqi, have you implemented the bank?\" Xiaoyun asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not yet. I had been too busy to look for that. I'll do the at tomorrow after I finish all my work.\" Yuqi replied as she continued reading the assessed damage to the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry about it. Let me handle this.\" Xiaoyun gave no room for Yuqi to debate, so she had to accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, but you better make the best one possible.\" Yuqi pointed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, I'll pick the best person for this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun grabbed his bag and headed out of the administrative building as Tianci and Kate followed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After traveling to Yueyue's office, Xiaoyun borrowed the computer inside to search for Economic majors and bank workers from the last census.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finding over fifty people who fit the job description, Xiaoyun pulled out his phone and called them individually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xiaoyun offered them the choice to join a new bank department, all of them instantly accepted the offer to meet with Xiaoyun tomorrow for the interview.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the phone call being done, Xiaoyun now had to write all the questions for the interview. But he didn't know any question that could test how to run a bank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, an idea appeared in Xiaoyun's head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wrote all the economic issues the town was facing and turned it into an interview question.\u003C\u002Fp>",1507,"2026-06-10T06:59:31.433Z",1,"novelbin.me","e4194cb083ad72e237dcfc3371346a2ab211b5c1e10ecbc8c13e81522079d6ef","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-239","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-237",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]