[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-500":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},1887227,2510,"Chapter 500: Returning from Foshan","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-500",500,"\u003Cp>After twenty vials were filled with blood, the middle-aged man finally signaled the scientist to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for your cooperation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you hand me the cure now?\" Xiaoyun asked as his pierced skin automatically healed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What cure?\" The middle-aged man questioned back as he let out a little chuckle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun's brain immediately felt a little embarrassed, realizing he had overthinked it. Kate was just unconscious, not poisoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as he walked closer toward her, he was met with a thin layer of glass blocking him from getting any closer to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's this for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just an extra precaution again... Please follow Doctor Amy out towards the entrance. Kate will be right there with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short consideration, Xiaoyun accepted the demand, following the doctor out of the room before returning to the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he waited, he was starting to get a little impatient. Kate still hadn't shown up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's taking them so long?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please be patient. The other room has a lot of security doors that professors have to go through.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Professor? A professor that young?\" Xiaoyun murmured as he thought back to the middle-aged man earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face looked barely older than Lingang, who had just started his mid-twenties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Xiaoyun was about to ask more about the professor, Kate finally showed up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was still unconscious, sitting in a wheelchair pushed by the professor. But what shocked Xiaoyun was the thing behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mutant followed right behind him, almost as if it were acting as his bodyguard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly wiped his eyes, thinking it was just an imagination. But as he blinked again, nothing changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here's your Kate... You looked a little surprised, \" the professor commented as the wheelchair rolled to the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That mutant... Doesn't attack humans?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course. It only attacks things that I direct towards... Is there anything else you need help with?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the professor smiling back at him, Xiaoyun immediately felt a chill going down his spine. He could feel his sense of danger triggering, more than even when he was fighting the tank mutant earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he quickly suppressed his worries, putting up a calm face as he lifted Kate out of the wheelchair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One last thing, what happened to Kate's parent and brother?\" Xiaoyun asked as he was about to get ready to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Her parents? They turned into zombies a long time ago... And her brother?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The professor fell into silence as he looked back to the tank mutant behind him, who had been idling at the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He's right here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun's mind was a little blown away, but he didn't show it on his face as he nodded slightly in acknowledgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks for the information... I hope you put my blood to good use.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course... Doctor Amy, can you bring him outside?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Amy walked towards the exit, Xiaoyun quickly followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his arms, Kate was still peacefully resting the whole time, seemingly with no signs of waking up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Doctor Amy... Can I ask why Kate is still unconscious?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She's just in sedative gas for a bit. She'll most likely wake up in an hour or so.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two of them continued to walk down the hallway, they soon arrived at the lab's exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the main door opened, he was back outside. Looking up to the sky, the sun indicated it was only noon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, Doctor Amy, when is our salary going to be paid?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blond man suddenly appeared from the side, along with several men with guns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tomorrow... Can you guys bring him outside?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them nodded as Doctor Amy walked back inside the lab, leaving Xiaoyun outside with Kate still in his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Follow me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they started walking down a fenced-in courtyard, Xiaoyun remained silent as he could feel a hint of a tense atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear there were some grudges within the group of men in front of him, especially towards the older blond men leading in the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After one of them pulled the fenced door open, Xiaoyun's car was still sitting where they had stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here's your key.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After accepting the key, the group of men went back behind the fence, locking it as Xiaoyun took one last look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see the lab he had entered earlier, right next to a massive facility next door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on all of the vehicles on the lab's side, it was clear to him that the nuclear facility itself had been shut off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of the attention was focused on the lab itself, which had guard towers and hidden surveillance in nearby trees and bushes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a click on the car key, Xiaoyun opened the passenger door and gently put Kate down on the seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After putting on her seatbelt, he quickly went back to the other side, getting into the driver's seat before inserting his key.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the car engine started up, Xiaoyun suddenly felt a sense of nostalgia as he started adjusting the car mirrors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Man... It really has been a long time since I drove, hasn't it?\" Xiaoyun murmured to himself as he put on his seatbelt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah! Where am I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Kate screamed out in panic, her body was quickly pulled back by the seatbelt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're in a car. Relax. Everything is over now.\" Xiaoyun answered as he slowly released the gas pedal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sitting in silence for a whole minute, Kate finally calmed herself back down as she tried to think back to what had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun! What happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our plan failed. The professor caught your idea of sneaking in, and you ended up being tied to a chair.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shit...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As memories of what happened before she fell unconscious started flooding in, a frown started to appear on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened after I was unconscious?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I surrendered to the professor and gave in to his demand to save you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun replied as he swirled the car to the right to dodge a wrecked car on the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Surrender... What was the demand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just gave him my blood——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your blood! What the hell are you thinking? That's like handing a nuclear weapon over to the enemy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, do you want me to give you up then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kate fell into silence, unable to answer. Her rational mind wanted Xiaoyun to say yes, but her heart was happy that he chose her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... I'm sorry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry for what?\" Xiaoyun questioned as he sped up the car again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I should have just... just...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kate fell into silence once again, her voice cracking a little as she couldn't express her thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face was almost on the verge of tears. She realized that all she had done was bring trouble to Xiaoyun when he was not responsible for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, I almost forgot to tell you... Um, your parents...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are they dead?\" Katherine asked directly, wiping her eyes as she sucked up the urge to cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah... That professor told me your parent turned into a zombie a long time ago——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! I should have realized they were fucking scamming me. No fucking wonder why they never let me meet them in person.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Kate smashed the glovebox in anger, her mind only grew more and more regretful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her rational mind only now realized how stupid her plan was from beginning to end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you want me to stop the car for a bit?\" Xiaoyun asked as he released the gas pedal again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I'm fine... Wait, how about my brother then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The question made Xiaoyun fall into silence. He had been thinking about it the whole way since he had started driving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one side, he wanted just to tell her the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, he's worried that Kate might do something irrational if she learned her brother had turned into a mutant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your brother is dead as well,\" Xiaoyun answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Kate's reaction barely changing surprised him a little as he expected her to react much more severely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kate, you can cry if you want——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't need to!——Mph!——Xiaoyun, am I all alone in this world now?\" Kate asked as she sucked up the urge to cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm always here for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun stopped the car in the middle of the road, he unbuckled his seatbelt and looked at her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see the visible tear marks, her hands trying to wipe it away as she tried her best to hide her sobbing sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kate, please don't think you're alone in this world, okay? Think about Anna and all the girls waiting for you at home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun got up and gave her a warm hug, she finally couldn't resist the urge to cry out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun! My family is dead now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun didn't say anything back this time. But he gently patted her on the back as tears began rapidly falling onto his clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, the sobbing stopped as her body collapsed into his arms. The weight of her body fully rested on his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, babe...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem, my beloved wife.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1517,"2026-06-10T06:59:31.433Z",1,"novelbin.me","d22b18d68e9bf8100cbaea745f5954d0cffb35a12df80fe3a3ab52d41e116c8e","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-201","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-499",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]