[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-525":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},1887604,2510,"Chapter 525: A Talking Zombie","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-525",525,"\u003Cp>\"Yes, I did... I certainly had met one in the past. But they were able to escape before I could catch them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Xiaoyun finished answering, Lingang and Wen Pi looked a little surprised, especially Wen Pi, who started to realize what was behind the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lingang, your army caught the zombie leader?\" Wen Pi asked, his voice sound filled with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him nod, all three of their heart skipped a beat before Lingang reached his hand over to the door handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander Xiaoyun, should we let Wen Pi inside?\" Lingang asked as he suddenly paused for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of question is that? I'm all the way here already. There's no way you guys are excluding me when we're the ones who hold the zombies at bay——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine. We can let him in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun's calm answer caught Wen Pi off guard, but he didn't try to argue again as Lingang finally opened the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander Lingang! Commander Chen!\" Two soldiers inside the room saluted at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You two can go outside,\" Xiaoyun ordered after saluting back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After both soldiers headed outside, Kate quickly closed the door behind her before resting her hand on her pistol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four of them could all see the living thing inside the room, fully tied up in a chair with its head covered in a paper bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren't for its exposed skin showing a slightly transparent green color skin, they would have assumed it to be an actual human rather than a zombie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can talk and understand us, right?\" Xiaoyun asked right away as he chose to walk a little closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the zombie remained silent, Xiaoyun walked closer once again before lifting the paper bag, revealing the zombie's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Pi was in complete shock, as the zombie leader's face looked completely normal to another human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike any other zombies he had faced, the level of perfection almost looked like someone had performed plastic surgery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All four of them felt a little creepy out by it the longer they looked at its face. A sense of uncanniness and unsettling developed in their mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello? Can you talk?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun asked again, his hands waving before the zombie's face in an attempt to have it say something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing zero reaction from the zombie, Xiaoyun felt a little puzzled as he thought back to the last time he had met with a zombie leader in Foshan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Weird... Maybe this one doesn't talk with humans?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun's murmuring quickly caught Wen Pi and Lingang's attention, and they were both a bit shocked by the information he had just leaked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, are zombie leaders supposed to talk with humans?\" Lingang nervously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know... The only thing I know when I met one of them is they were able to communicate with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Wen Pi was about to open his mouth to ask something, the zombie leader finally opened his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-You m-met with o-one of m-my kinds?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voices immediately crept the four of them a little bit, as it sounded like a broken record being scratched by a fingernail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. You could say that... They seem to be a lot more intelligent than you are.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun's comment seems to finally trigger some sort of emotion as the zombie tries to move its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within seconds, Kate quickly rushed forward to pull him back, standing before him with her gun drawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-where are t-they?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know. Probably somewhere in the world. Or maybe they are dead. I wouldn't know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The zombie seems to have aged several years, as its movement stopped completely. It looked to the ground as if it had lost all hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why do you want to attack us and kill us?\" Wen Pi questioned, his voice trying to hold in the anger expressed on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean you don't know? You were the one who directed those zombies at us, wasn't it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wen Pi's voice became increasingly aggressive, Xiaoyun could see the zombie's frown started to appear on its face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know how many people died today because of your fucking decision? Don't you feel guilty at all?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence from the zombie only fueled Wen Pi's anger as he walked closer to the zombie leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zombies like you deserved to die in a ditch where no one can see you! Your kinds are the scum of this earth——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wen Pi, enough. Yelling at it won't do anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lingang pulled Wen Pi back to the side, Kate's pistol moving towards Wen Pi's direction made the room fall back into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can I ask about your past?\" Xiaoyun asked softly, his mind trying to think back to the first time he had met a talking zombie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"M-My past... I-I don't know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't know? Do you remember how did you turn into a zombie then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I-I don't know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the zombie repeating the answer for the hundredth time, both Kate's and Wen Pi's patients were running thin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are we talking to this zombie anymore? Just kill it already.\" Wen Pi questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The word seems to confuse the zombie's mind, unable to understand Wen Pi's suggestion of death. But soon, its face started to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill... Kill... Kill...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the zombie murmuring the word again and again, all four of them started to feel a little unsettling as Kate pulled out her pistol again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun, should I——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All three of you leave. I'll handle this myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, are you sure——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lingang, let's go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Kate turned around and signaled him to leave with her, he hesitated for a second before following her out of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you sure you want to be with that thing alone in the room?\" Wen Pi nervously asked, realizing he might have caused the zombie to lose its mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xiaoyun nodding, Wen Pi didn't hesitate any longer and left the room before closing the door behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With everyone gone, Xiaoyun walks all the way to just one step away from the zombie's face itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Examining the zombie's face closer, he could feel a sense of fear—a rat's instinct to run away in fear when they encounter a cat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won't kill you if you're willing to cooperate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun waited for a response, he quickly noticed the zombie's vein constantly flicking in color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From turning red to green all the way back to red, it was almost as if its body was having some sort of internal fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello? Can you hear me? I won't kill you if you're willing to answer me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-You won't kill me?\" The zombie asked as it suddenly turned its head up, staring Xiaoyun in the eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won't if you're willing to cooperate with me... I'll promise you that I won't kill you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"D-Deal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well. I need you to remain silent until I tell you to talk. I need to transport you to somewhere else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun grabbed the paper bag and put it over the zombie's face, he could notice its body shaking for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zombie can get scared?\" Xiaoyun thought to himself as he reached into his pocket for his pistol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The loud gunshot inside the room immediately sent everyone outside into panic, but Kate immediately rushed over to the doorway before blocking it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mrs. Kate, why are you preventing us from going in?\" Lingang questioned, his voice sounding very concerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did Xiaoyun say anything for us to go in?\" Kate questioned back, her face barely reacting to the gunshot inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the soldiers fell into silence, standing outside the building with nervous looks on their faces, except for Wen Pi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you guys looking so tense? A zombie doesn't have a gun to shoot your leaders with.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one responded to his comment, but the soldier's face looked much calmer than before as they began to realize Wen Pi's point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kate, Lingang, and Wen Pi, you can all come in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Kate opened the door, they could see a massive pool of blood on the floor, right next to the collapsed zombie hanging towards the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the paper bag covered its head, they could all see a bullet hole right in the center, with the entire bag itself soaked in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You killed it?\" Wen Pi questioned with some uncertainty, his eyes constantly looking for traces of the zombie's possible aliveness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unless a zombie can live through a headshot, I don't see how it could be alive... Kate, can you clean this up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Kate headed towards the zombie corpses, Wen Pi still felt a little uncertain as he tried to walk a little closer to check it for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My army can clean it up instead——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need. She'll clean up the body. We should head back to your army before it gets too dark.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Pi wanted to argue back, wanting to keep the zombie's body for themselves. But the dark sky outside became the final nail in the coffin for him.\u003C\u002Fp>",1522,"2026-06-10T06:59:51.848Z",1,"novelbin.me","8f3607c4f31884e241901a05131dd3eae3999f1bb0927af520da2ac053fa72ef","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-526","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-773",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]