[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-426":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},1886903,2510,"Chapter 426: Food Crisis and Exercises","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-426",426,"\u003Cp>\"But how about at least Yezi's wife and Yiming's girlfriend? I can't disrespect my generals and comrades.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun's argument made Kate take a step back, as she knew Huayi personally as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine——Wait, when did Yiming have a girlfriend? Isn't he already in his sixties?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, life finds a way, I guess... Don't spread this out loud, but I even heard his wife is already pregnant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really?\" Kate asked, looking even more shocked than earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, really. Yezi told me this before he left. Anyway, you don't mind me inviting a few of my general's relatives, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine... But you better keep it small.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With reassurance from Xiaoyun, Kate left the house to head to work as he remained seated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I probably should go to work now...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xiaoyun and Yuqi arrived at the administrative office, they had an urgent issue to solve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The food crisis was becoming too big of a problem that needed to be solved systemically before he could expand the army even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We live in Guangdong. It doesn't make sense that we're running out of food at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's practically the breadbasket of the country. It grows year-round, and we got everything we needed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun murmured as he stared at the food production summary, which showed that the reform they had implemented had no effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, but have you thought we just have too little people and too little expertise?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuqi pointed out that after the two of them had seen that less than 5% of the population was in the agriculture sector.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention, most of them had never farmed a single day in their life, being city dwellers since their parents lived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We could either wait it out, and they'll improve on their own, or we try something to boost production.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun dismissed Yuqi's first suggestion, as there was simply not enough time to wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It only left the second option, but there was no way to boost food production unless they forced people into farmers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about we make some of them——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I had never implemented a draft for the army. There is no way I'm going to make a draft farmers first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then you come with a solution.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuqi shrugs her arms as her mind has defaulted on the idea of sending more people to farming as the only solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forcing people is the most ineffective way of having them work. There has to be a better way to incentivize people to join.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone knows that...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun tried to think of a solution, Yuqi began opening her computer to plan for her daughter's birthday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"More Food stamps? No, that's going to hurt manufacturing... Machinery? They could already rent that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With more and more roadblocks hitting from every angle, Xiaoyun started to hit rock bottom as his mind started to side with Yuqi's idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, how about we flat-out give away free lands for people to farm? We pay for their entire thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think we aren't already doing that? I already have this kind of program in place,\" Yuqi said as she rolled her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then there's only one other place we can improve on...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun forcefully pulled the computer away from Yuqi before pulling up the database.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many people graduated with an Agriculture major? There has to be at least a thousand of them, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he typed the things he was looking for into the filter, he was surprised to see over ten thousand people had an agriculture major.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More surprisingly, most of them were not working in agriculture at all. Instead, they were all in the army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were even in high positions, with Li Miao being the highest one, being a college student majoring in agriculture before the outbreak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? Why are they in the army? Why are they not doing their major?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun murmured as he scrolled down further to see their occupation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because the army pays more than just being a farm... Besides, they had been in the army a long time ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They don't want to leave what they had worked for and suddenly just go farming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hell, I asked both Yezi and Yiming, and they told me they would rather kill me than have them be farming.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Yuqi's sarcastic tone with a hint of anger, Xiaoyun finally realized what the issue lay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll talk to them myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun printed a piece of paper with most of their names before leaving the administrative office and heading straight to the logistics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he arrived at there, he immediately found the head of the department and handed the piece of paper to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want people on the paper to all head back from the front line. I want to see them by tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing the urgency in Xiaoyun's voice, she didn't question it and immediately handed it to the radio office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waiting for a few minutes, she finally returned with several printed copies of the paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The radio operator is currently sending the message over to them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good. Call me when they have all arrived back in Luoping.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun left the logistic building, he could see all the recruits training in the fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With nothing much to do, he decided to head over to the training field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good morning, commander!\" Several of the drill sergeants said out loud at once before saluting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good morning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saluting, Xiaoyun turned his attention to the soldiers, who were all completing various obstacle courses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How are these new soldiers doing? Are they doing any good?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um, I don't know how to put this nicely... But, sir, they had been the worst batch of soldiers I have ever seen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer didn't surprise Xiaoyun much, as they were just civilians who were on the verge of malnutrition a few days ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give them a little break. I want to try it myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sense of nostalgia started to appear in Xiaoyun's head as he could still vividly remember him fighting Wuli in the same training field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone stop. Commander wants to give all of you a break.\" One of the drill sergeants yelled out loud through a megaphone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, all the fresh recruits collapsed onto the nearby floor, turning their attention to Xiaoyun, who stood next to the sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.net\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun stepped onto the first obstacle course, a simple tire ran ahead of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With back-and-forth steps, he passed the first time with barely any effort put into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the hard part wasn't completing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather, it was the stress of constant running back and forth without losing the rhythm and pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After running back and forth fifteen times, Xiaoyun stopped as he headed over to the next obstacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a simple track this time, with nothing besides running in a circle with a time limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you time me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the click, Xiaoyun took off, and he ran as fast as he could, not slowing a single bit as he reached the first turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of the soldiers, including the drill sergeant, were in shock as Xiaoyun had already finished half of the track within a few blinks of the eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was almost as if he was teleporting; with every blink, he was already a few steps ahead than earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the click again, Xiaoyun had finished the track.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How long was it?\" Alex asked as he barely looked to be breaking a sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"T-Three minute.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh, that's slower than I thought... Wait, how long is this track again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two kilometers, commander.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, right. That makes sense... This field did get longer than before. I thought I was just seeing things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moving over to the next obstacle course, Xiaoyun planned it as the last one he was doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the shooting range, with several targets and even moving targets further back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun slowly raised the standard issued Karabiner 98k, then aimed it towards the target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite being a bolt-action rifle, he used it like an automatic rifle, with lightning-fast pull and redirect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers couldn't even see how he aimed it as he already fired all the shots, putting it back down before turning over to the drill sergeant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After checking it with a binocular, the drill sergeant was in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost all of them landed near perfection, with only a few landing slightly off-center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, I guess my shooting never really gotten that much better.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun murmured, thinking back to when he could land all perfectly in front of everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, I'm going to leave now. You all can resume training now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving with a wave, all of the soldiers seemed still shocked by the drill sergeant's announced score.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drill sergeant even let several of them check it themselves, only to find the same results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, rumors began to rapidly spread that Xiaoyun was actually an ex-special force who never missed a shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, he would even find news reports of speculation that he could kill someone with a flick of his finger that would make him laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>",1510,"2026-06-10T06:59:31.433Z",1,"novelbin.me","c867d2cbe9db3a991db0c8331291c2e0835929fd3fcaa92c924fad2d53643f41","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-427","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-425",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]