[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-496":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},1887223,2510,"Chapter 496 Kate's Story (2)","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-496",496,"\u003Cp>When Kate asked why this foreign task wasn't assigned to the CIA, the answer she received was a confidential meeting with the president.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He told me that Congress didn't trust him enough, so he needed to make it visible for Congress to have oversight on how it is done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the only one who graduated from college with the necessary language skills, so her team was selected for the mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no other choices, she boarded a flight to Turkey, where her team met a German girl about her age and three Russian men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She soon became good friends with the girl and developed a slight disdain for the three men, who seemed a little rude at first glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as we boarded the flight to China next, the plane attendants gave her a letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the letter, she was to hand over her team along with all four of the people she had just met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kate eventually refused. But she soon received another letter upon landing in China.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, with a picture of her family tied up to a chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made her hesitate, and they failed to board the plane in time, as their mid-flight transfer time had expired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the mission already in limbo, she booked a hotel and bought another flight the next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the meantime, she decided to call the number in the letter, demanding why they wanted her team and the four hostages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They offered her a meeting and were willing to give her answers by sending a mysterious figure downstairs to the hotel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she met with the mysterious figure, they told her things that shocked her mind—a deep secret that revealed the truth behind this secret organization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The secret organization was a loose organization with no names—or, as one might call it, an infinite number of names.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They have existed throughout history, from the Knight's Templar to Freemasonry. Every influential figure has some ties to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All those conspiracy theories about government control were just a facade or made up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, they had been heavily suppressed, actively being issued warrants for arrest globally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what was their purpose? Why would they receive so much negative attention?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's quite simple. They wanted to find a path to immortality, the most desired thing in human history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had previously been actively researching folklore and legends, from the epic of Gilgamesh to the Holy Grail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elixir of life, the fountain of Youth, and many more. You name it, and they tried to look for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as most people would have expected, all of them turned out to be hoaxes, completely made up for various reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything changed when WW2 broke out. The secret organization started looking for an alternative way, a more scientific way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Human experiments were conducted in mass, all in the pursuit of immortality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the fall of the Axis, they began recruiting members on both sides of the Iron Curtain, managing to be influential enough to continue their experiment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Human experiments were conducted in mass, all in the pursuit of immortality for the powerful and rich.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they started to get attention from the public, causing them to go into hiding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that's their foundation story?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yep. At least, that's what the mysterious figure explained to me. They offered me a seat when that time arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to refuse, but after remembering my family was still under their control, I was stuck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kate paused for a second, then continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's when the outbreak happened. The streets fell into chaos before I could accept the demand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I threw everything aside as I struggled to survive with my team, going from the hotel to the embassy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time we made it there, my two teammates were both dead, and only the four new people I met remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was more disappointing was the fact that the country that I once called home had fallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no rescue... Until another mysterious figure showed up and offered to bring me safety.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just you?\" Xiaoyun interrupted to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes... Just me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face looked a little depressed, almost as if it was triggering her bad memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told the four of them that I was going out to find food, leaving them at the hotel as a mysterious figure brought me to the lab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's when I met with my family, all still tied up in the same chair that the picture had sent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry to hear that...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's okay... I did this to myself. I should have just died at that kidnap house, and everything would have been fine——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Kate could finish talking, Xiaoyun suddenly appeared right before her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As their lips touch, her eyes widen, and her heart starts racing, unable to process what just happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After what felt like forever, they finally separated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't want to hear you blaming yourself over this, okay? You were the victim, not the one who caused all this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't want to hear that ever from you again. I want to hear you say, I promise.\" Xiaoyun demanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short silence, Kate nodded her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to hear you say it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... I promise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's the good girl I know of.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun gently patted her head, Kate's face blushed red, and her heart started beating faster and faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem, You can stop right here if you want.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun offered as he got out of bed and moved back to his sleeping bag, not wanting to bring his smell onto her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine... Let me just finish the story up. I wanted you to hear the whole thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Kate toured the inside of the lab, she was horrified to see live zombies being experimented on with humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, it made her realize how powerful they truly were. She thought that they were the ones who made the outbreak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when she approached the laboratory head, she learned that they didn't know what was going on either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All she knew was that the timing was perfect for them, as the zombie samples had a gene that was much closer to their objective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were still chasing immortality after all this chaos. Their goals have never changed a single bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the conversation, she finally decided to ask what they wanted her to do to free her family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was surprised to learn that they wanted her to monitor a man who had been acting against the organization's interests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn't want to kill him, at least not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted a big human city nearby to be a perfect breeding ground to siphon humans for the experiment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Kate accepted the offer, being sent back to the embassy with bags of food for a week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she met up with the four of them, they didn't notice anything different and assumed she had finished going out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days later, a soldier showed up and brought us to Luoping just as we were about to run out of food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that the last time you met up with them?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Obviously, no. They had been asking me to send them reports of how many people were in your settlement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kept sending them back the information until they realized you had gotten too big for their liking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially with the number of guns you had magically appeared in your settlements, they couldn't understand how you were getting them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the negotiation with you to stop clearing Guangzhou fell apart, they requested that I eliminate you and the settlement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's when the coup happened, right? With Chen Gang and Liu Peng?\" Xiaoyun interrupted to ask. Discover hidden tales at My Virtual Library Empire\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. But as you know, that coup failed. It never went anywhere, and I felt a little guilty for causing them to be exiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I redirected them to the location of Longxue base, hoping that they could find a home there instead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kate paused, then continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all that, the secret organization stopped contacting me and went radio silent... Until you cleared one of their base in Longxue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's like several months ago... This is before we married, right?\" Xiaoyun asked to make sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah... They noticed how close the two of us were. So they decided to ask me to help them with another assassination attempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I told them that I needed some more time to get even closer... That's when I fell in love with you at the rubble.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kate's face blushed a little as she shyly looked to the other side, triggering something inside her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But then I got a letter last Friday telling me to cooperate with them or else...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the room fell into silence, she didn't need to say anything for Xiaoyun to understand what was inside the threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kate. Tell me about this in the future, okay? You don't have to hold this all to yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Xiaoyun couldn't see her face exactly in the darkness, he could hear her nod as an answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem, let's go to sleep now. We have a lot of things to do tomorrow. Goodnight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Goodnight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1542,"2026-06-10T06:59:31.433Z",1,"novelbin.me","1a15c7c8c92a8a9cce10212180cb4c009699a4aa87638fed7fc16af95ddefa00","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-497","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-495",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]