[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-283":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},1887060,2510,"Chapter 283: Chapter 283: Lectures and Villages","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-283",283,"\u003Cp>\"What's wrong?\" Xiaoyun asked as he walked inside the living room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Xiaoyun's surprise, Lianrong and Qiaolan were both crying on the floor, with Yongyi sitting right in front of them, holding his toy car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, okay. Daddy is here. Tell Daddy what happens, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun lifted the two in his arms as he gently swung and rocked them back and forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, their crying stopped as they calmed back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what happened? Did something break or something?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked as he gently put the two back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them pointed at their toy car on the ground, which had no wheels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did the wheel go?\" Xiaoyun asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them shook their head at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me look for it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After looking for a minute, he finally found it right below the sofa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did it end up here? Did you guys take off the wheel on purpose?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them instantly pointed toward Yongyi, who looked back at Xiaoyun with an innocent face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yongyi, did you take the wheels off?\" Xiaoyun questioned as he put the wheels back onto the two toy cars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongyi nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I-I win!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Win what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongyi looked back at Xiaoyun's face with a confused look, as if he expected Xiaoyun to understand it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay. Let me guess, you guys are racing with the toy car, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun moved both of the toy cars on the ground, both of the girls clapped their hands in excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yongyi, you don't win by taking other people's wheel, okay? You win by having your car be faster than others.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiaolan excitedly cheered as Lianrong looked disappointed when Xiaoyun moved Qiaolan's car in front of Lianrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a switch, Lianrong was cheering next as her car was back at the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun handed the car back to two girls, he forced Yongyi to open his hand and took his car away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongyi looked up at Xiaoyun with a confused face until Xiaoyun took off the wheel and handed the car back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you are going to make something unenjoyable for someone, you better expect them to do the same to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongyi tried to move the car, only to have it swirling left and right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, do you think winning is important?\" Xiaoyun asked as he handed the two wheels each to the two girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongyi shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, now go apologize to your sisters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongyi immediately nodded in agreement as he walked over to the two, who looked confused about what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I-I am sorry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two got even more confused as they didn't react to the apology at all. But they both handed the wheels back to Yongyi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No play fairly with each other, okay? Winning fairly and legitimately is what matters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun tried to lecture the three of them, they all already went back to playing together with their cars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What am I doing? Am I really trying to teach a bunch of one-year-old life lessons?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun laughed out loud at himself as he headed upstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But why do I feel like they understood what I was talking about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun thought to himself as he was still a little surprised to see Yongyi actually apologizing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even more shocking to him was seeing the two girls handing the wheel back as if they accepted their brother's apology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're probably just giving it back because it's not theirs. I'm probably just overthinking it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun took out fresh clothes and entered the bathroom, all seven of them were sitting in the giant bathtub in the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good morning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun walked toward the shower area, all of them welcomed him with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good morning!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing their faces, Xiaoyun suddenly had a bad feeling as he turned on the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And soon enough, the bad feeling came true as they suddenly got out of the bathtub one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honey... we still have three hours before you have to go to work...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leyan, along with the six of them, surrounded Xiaoyun as if they had been discussing among themselves what to do when he came inside the bathroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Xiaoyun could talk, Yuqi covered his mouth as they carried him over to the bathtub.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was exhausting for Xiaoyun, he was happy to see Tianci being able to merge in and enjoy herself alongside the six of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when the other Tianci appeared, the six of them were understanding enough to accept her and treated her as if she were the normal Tianci.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time everyone was out of the shower and fully dressed for work, it was already nine in the morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crap, I completely forgot to cook breakfast.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leyan apologized as she carried a simple bowl of oatmeal to the three who hadn't eaten anything for the morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's okay. It's a nice change of pace eating something basic.\" Kate replied as she and Kate began eating the oatmeal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You guys are not hungry?\" Anna asked curiously as she noticed all seven of them were sitting at the table watching them eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We're still a bit full from last night's dinner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuqi replied as all seven of their faces, including her, all blushed as they thought back to what had happened in the three hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why does Brother Xiaoyun look so tired?\" Lily curiously asked as she noticed Xiaoyun just lying his head on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just didn't sleep well last night...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun got back up from the table as he tried to wake himself up a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun, maybe you can just take a break today...\" Yueyue suggested as they all started to feel a little guilty about what they had done to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I'm good. Don't worry about it. I still have to meet with the village leader today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking a sip of the coffee that Leyan had made, Xiaoyun was much more awake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xiaoyun arrived at the administrative office, it was already almost ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry for the wait. Had something come up last minute.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun apologized as he took a seat in front of the village leader, whom Renqin had reported to be a new one who had just been elected to replace the old one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem. I can wait as long as possible——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, let's just be frank with each other. What business do you have today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xiaoyun wanting to be direct, the village leader was more than happy to reply directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We want to join your city.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun froze for a second as he was completely caught off guard by the request, then quickly recovered back to the conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked as all the different village leaders he had met had refused it when he did offer them to join.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the old village leader he talked to at first, who flat out rejected the offer and ended up in a compromise where the village sent extra people that they couldn't handle to Luoping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's just too many small zombie hordes that are wandering into the countryside. We can't deal with them...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We know you already sent troops to our villages to protect us, but even your soldiers had said it's just not feasible to hold any longer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun looked surprised by the man's answer as he couldn't recall the soldiers that he sent reported back anything about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, just two days ago, we had over five thousand zombies that wandered from Foshan to our villages——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Xiaoyun's phone started ringing as it interrupted the village leader from finishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, I'll be right back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun quickly left the room as he picked up the phone call from Yezi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten minutes later...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry about that... Just got a phone call about some security issue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun apologized as he sat back down in front of the village leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem. The town security is more important.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, so I'm willing to send more soldiers to protect you guys. But I can't accept your people to Luoping.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xiaoyun's answer, the village leader immediately looked a little disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why not?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your town has roughly Twenty thousand at this point, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emotion on the villager leader's face changed to shock for a second before changing back to normal as he nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I simply can't handle that many people anymore. But I'm willing to turn your village into a fully defended city with more soldiers guarding it.\" Xiaoyun offered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's the catch?\" The village leader asked as an alarm rosed in his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You wanted to join us, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun avoided his question as he stared into the village leader's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course. I'm just asking so I can prepare the villagers to have a smoother transition.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The village leader wiped a drop of sweat on his forehead as Xiaoyun stopped looking at him with a questioning look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry, you'll always be the village leader and run the civilian part of the town... Perhaps you can grow your village to be just as big as Luoping and be a mayor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun reassured the village leader as he only wanted full diplomatic and military control of the villages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander Xiaoyun, I would never dare to be equal to you. I'm just a small village leader.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The village leader immediately changed his tone as he learned he could keep his position.\u003C\u002Fp>",1568,"2026-06-10T06:59:31.433Z",1,"novelbin.me","6534389794ded05dc81f7ad1e5e712d56b900dc712e3cc3e927caf7a07fe2709","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-284","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-282",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]