[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-470":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},1887197,2510,"Chapter 470: Battle of Zhaoqing (2)","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-470",470,"\u003Cp>\"Stop it. You're going to scare them away with that attitude. No wonder why you're still single.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How dare you hurt your superior like this——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm only speaking the truth——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the second soldier jokingly said it back, he quickly ran to the other soldiers to prevent himself from being put into a chokehold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hell no!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few minutes of back-and-forth chase, the corporal eventually stopped as the other soldiers separated them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You two, stop fooling around. Can you grow up a little?\" The senior soldier murmured as they realized how childish they looked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph! You're lucky.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, over at the camp's HQ tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander Yezi, the Western parts of the city are fully cleared.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soldier reported as he walked into the tent, holding a few pages of printed pictures in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, it was a detailed map with all the buildings in those directions crossed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the soldier headed out, Yezi turned his attention to the four Colonels in the tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's still a long way to go...\" One of the colonels murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Small progress is still progress. Just two or three more months, and we'll have the city center cleared.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another colonel stated, his voice sounding much more optimistic, which sharply contrasted with the gloomy mood in the tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tan Pi, how much progress have you made in the rural areas?\" Yezi suddenly asked as he shifted the topic away from the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have only scratched the surface... It just takes too much time to walk to each of the nearby towns and villages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them are already complaining about how they are marching nonstop every single day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell them that they are going to swap with Ningjing's job next week.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes sir!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Tan Pi happily accepted the order, Ningjing's face immediately changed from laughing inside to a massive frown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, my troops had already gotten used to urban combat——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your troops had been fighting for half a month. They deserve a little break in the rural countryside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningjing didn't speak any further as she accepted the order, leaving the other three colonels a little nervous inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bai Bing, how's the defense set up from Wuzhou?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We had set up a defensive perimeter right here... We should be able to stall them for a while if they attack us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Bai Bing pointed at the highway, Yezi's face held up a frown as if he wasn't satisfied with the answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How long is a while?\" Yezi questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um... About an hour.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's good enough. Remember, you're just there to buy time. There's no need to fight to the teeth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yezi turned to Mingxu, he suddenly patted him on the back before looking down at the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry... I——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not your fault, commander. Nobody would have known it was full of zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We all know what we signed up for when we joined the military... You only did what you had to do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Mingxu replied, the entire tent fell into silence as the disaster in the metro was what made the mood so gloomy in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their attempt to clear the metro ended in disaster as it was full of mutants that they had never seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From mutants that charged towards them like a truck to endless, extremely fast zombies that could climb on the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Yezi was forced to order an artillery bombing at the metro station, trapping an entire company underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We haven't even seen their body yet. Maybe they got lost underground and went a different path that helped them survive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ningjing's attempt to cheer up the mood failed as everyone knew the chance of that happening was practically zero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll report this loss myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Yezi stated it out loud, Mingxu instantly rejected his order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, I was the one who sent only a Company in. I should be responsible for their loss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it weren't for you only sending a company, we would have lost even more troops down there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mingxu wanted to argue back, but Tan Pi held him back to signal him to accept the order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I made a critical error. End of story. You all can head back to your tents now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the four Colonels hesitated for a second, they eventually all headed out of the HQ tent together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the room alone, Yezi looked down at the report in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two hundred fifty soldiers dead in a single day... Fuck!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yezi angrily raises his hand but stops just a few inches away from smashing the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could I fuck up this hard?\" Yezi murmured as he started questioning his commanding skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had relied on the scouting report blindly, thinking it was mostly empty from a single scouting attempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as reality had shown, almost a third of the city's zombies were clearly in the metro.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Yezi had just rationally considered for a second, he would have realized that this was the reason clearing the city had been so fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep inside, he was also a little thankful for Mingxu's decision only to send a single company to check the inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could already imagine the disappointed faces of everyone if Mingxu's entire division went in and got shelled by its people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention that he would most likely be court-martialed and sentenced to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The embarrassment alone is enough to kill him, even if Xiaoyun offers to bail him out of jail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Think with your head for once, you idiot. Xiaoyun trusted you, and this is how you will treat him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short self-reflection, Yezi shook his head to get everything out of his conflicted mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a piece of paper from the side, he began writing the reports of what happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, near one of the soldier's groups that had the number Squad 116.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you heard what happened to 28th company?\" A soldier quietly murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened to it?\" The corporal curiously asked as the other nine soldiers of his squad moved closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You haven't really seen many mutants in the city, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corporal nodded, but the soldier didn't say anything else besides holding up an empty palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here, you happy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldier quickly nodded as he accepted the one food stamp that the corporal handed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So apparently, Commander Yezi assigned Colonel Mingxu to clear the metro...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes of explanation later...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So yeah, just make sure not to go near any metro or fire your gun near one at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard that they had been having a few soldiers to seal all the metro entrances with concrete.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the soldier from the other squad left the area, the nine soldiers in the 116th squad all looked extremely concerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Corporal, you think we're going to be sent to the metro?\" One of the soldiers curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you stupid? It's already blown up. How are you going to go there without——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the other soldier could say anything, their walkie-talkie suddenly turned on with transmission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All missions on hold. Please report back to your designated camp. There will be another announcement later. Over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, there goes our workload. That guy wasn't joking.\" The third soldier murmured as he realized how serious the situation was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why would he be joking about that? Are you brain dead?\" The fourth soldier questioned as he looked in disbelief towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, how am I supposed to tell if he was just making it up or not——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough. Just can you two quiet for a second?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two soldiers fell into silence as they all sat around in the circle, waiting for the other announcement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they waited in their area, more soldiers began to return until almost everyone they knew was back at their camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please head towards the center of your camp. Your Colonels will be making an announcement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ten members of the 116th squad got up from the ground, along with all the other soldiers who had received the same message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as they arrived, they could see their Colonel standing right in the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good evening, everyone. I'm going to disperse some rumors and be upfront with you all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To start, the 28th Company was trapped in the metro. But it wasn't because of some grudge or anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The metro turned out to be full of zombies, contrary to the scouting report that it was mostly empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out the zombies were hiding somewhere the scout didn't search, which trapped the 28th Company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short silence, the Colonel continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And yes, the artillery shell was used to blow up the entrance while they were still inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before you conclude that it is some sort of infighting, please listen to this audio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Colonel took out his walkie-talkie, it was slightly different from most walkie-talkies as there were a few extra buttons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a click, an audio began to play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Colonel Mingxu! There are thousands——No, Millions of zombies! We need reinforcement——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As gunshots and static sounds played, the entire camp was dead silent as a few of them could reconganized the Captain's voice.\u003C\u002Fp>",1537,"2026-06-10T06:59:31.433Z",1,"novelbin.me","e81b80b5701cefc89ee6c4a7c4557019ec3bb3c9e58358e2ce953287187dbeff","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-471","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-469",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]