[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-555":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},1887511,2510,"Chapter 555: Crime Reports","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-555",555,"\u003Cp>After a minute of silence with Yuqi typing away on the computer, Xiaoyun finally realized what warbond she was speaking of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the money that he raised a few months back, back in April, for the military parade and the surge of recruitment payment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, that. I completely forgot about that war bond... Wait, I thought I still had a few months before I needed to pay back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We would have had a few months... If our currency hadn’t changed.\" Yuqi answered as she let out a small sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh? What does that have to do with our new currency?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your warbond was issued with the old currency. Am I going to pay them back with the old currency as well, then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh right... Make sense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now I have to let those bonds mature early or else they’ll have way too low of an exchange rate using the old one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t need me to help you with it?\" Xiaoyun offered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. I can do this one myself... Can you just go somewhere else? I need to think in silence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay. Call me if you need my help. I’m going to check with Yueyue. Love you, darling.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Love you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Driving on the streets, Xiaoyun could see significantly more people on the street this time, way more than when he entered the city earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them were in groups of five with a trash bag and various tools meant to pick things up from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Getting closer to the city exit, one of the lanes was closed off with tape—several workers carrying their equipment with construction carts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same uniforms he saw a few days earlier, back when he was forced to take a detour with the veterinarian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After driving for a bit, Xiaoyun finally arrived back in Luoping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he parked the car and exited, he was surprised to see Yueyue and a young man wearing the most casual clothes standing right by the intelligence office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good morning, boss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Morning, Renqin. What are you two standing outside for?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked, locking his car before walking over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thinking about where to expand the space so we can fit two departments at once... Renqin, do you think just behind here is good?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The back exit would be exposed to the main street and the building across. I don’t think that’s a good idea.\" Renqin responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Valid point... Xiaoyun, what do you think? Where should I expand towards?\" Yueyue asked as the three of them walked around the intelligence building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know. I’m not really an expert in this. You probably should ask some engineer for advice first, though.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They told me all three of the directions are fine since all the nearby buildings are empty already.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emptied?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun looked a little surprised, as he remembered several of the nearby buildings were restaurants and stores that had a lot of customers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. They moved over to Guangzhou or to the commercial district since this area has been labelled for office blocks only.\" Yueyue answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Office block? What? When was this area changed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Last month. They had been moving out their stuff and just finished a few days ago... Anyway, why are you here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just wanting to check up... Renqin, is the work transfer going fine?\" Xiaoyun asked, turning his attention to the silent man behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s going fine, sir. I’ll be able to finish transferring all the over by the end of the month and take my leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s a lot sooner than we had initially promised.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s no reason to delay something when all of the work is transferred.\" Renqin calmly answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine. You really wanted to be out of this job, don’t you, Renqin?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xiaoyun’s disappointed tone, Renqin didn’t say anything back. Remaining silent as the three of them walked around the entire loop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yueyue, are you ready to handle the new workload?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. I think I’m almost good to go. Just need to remember all the keywords and I can fully graduate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yueyue stopped at the entrance, she suddenly turned around fully to look Xiaoyun right in the eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun, do you trust me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... I would have no one else to trust if I don’t trust you. What kind of question is that?\" Xiaoyun questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know. I just wanted to ask. Ahem, anyway, what brought you here today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just want to check up on you and get a report of how everything is going recently——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, boss, I have to take leave.\" Renqin interrupted as his phone suddenly rang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Renqin walked off into the distance, Yueyue brought Xiaoyun inside the intelligence office before heading straight to her office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the two of them sat down across from each other, Yueyue quickly turned on her computer and started opening her drawers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you looking for?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looking for my report so I can show you what I’ve done over the past few weeks... Where did I last leave it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can just verbally tell me about it. You don’t have to explain every detail to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, that’s not good enough... Here it is. Have a look at it before I explain what each of them is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a stack of paper handed over, Xiaoyun began reading it one by one. As he read further and further down the stacks, he was a little shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were hundreds, if not thousands, of criminal cases. Almost every single one of them was convicted with a green stamp on the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holy shit, how are there so many criminal cases? Is something wrong with our settlements?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not exactly. I mean, there are a lot of crimes. But most of them are relatively harmless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yueyue paused for a second, then continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s all just cases of theft, shoplifting, or labor violations that the worker refuses to press charges.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s still no good. I need to talk to Yuqi later about this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need. Yuqi already knows about this... She told me this is more of an unemployment issue that will go away on its own.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reading the little note on the right, Xiaoyun quickly noticed why Yuqi wasn’t so concerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the cases were all first-time offenders, with extremely recent time of entry. And most of the items stolen were often necessities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear that the crime itself wasn’t the problem. Rather, it was the lack of ways to earn money that led to people stealing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I still have to talk to her later about this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun continued reading down the list of cases, he soon stumbled onto the more serious ones with actual case descriptions rather than just a short tag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first one was a middle-aged man who entered Guangzhou almost a whole year ago, a refugee who was caught dealing drugs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second one was very similar, except they were higher up on the ladder in terms of crime, working as a drug smuggler underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next ten people were all a part of the same drug operations. At the very end of the case was the boss who had been caught just three days ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands of pounds of drugs were seized, with pictures attached alongside the house they operated in just a few miles outside of Luoping’s border patrol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"God damn. Why are people still doing drugs in the apocalypse? Could they really have nothing else better to do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know. These criminals deserve the worst. I already asked for the death penalty with the judges.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun nodded in agreement, approving of Yuqi’s choice as he flipped to the next page in the file.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To his surprise, it was a foiled spy operation—specifically, a spy from Jiangxi who wanted to poison the water supply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jiangxi, Jiangxi. They really like to meddle in our affairs... That stupid king is not going to see what hit them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xiaoyun’s face starting to turn more and more grim, Yueyue quickly added a new detail to de-escalate the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait. Just because the person is from Jiangxi, it doesn’t mean they’re from there. We don’t have solid proof someone was behind it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No solid proof. So you guys had some proof?\" Xiaoyun pressed, noticing the small detail in Yueyue’s answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um... Well, they have a very heavy Jiangxi accent, according to a restaurant server who served their food in Luoping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s really the only detail we have of them since they were killed while trying to sneak into the water treatment facility.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No other details? No previous records of any sort?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Yueyue shaking her head, Xiaoyun had no other choice but to put his idea of revenge on the back burner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are lucky to get away with this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning his attention back to the paper, Xiaoyun began reading the last three pages of the case report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, the very top title shocked him as the report exposed a massive smuggling operation involving an senior head of department at the very top.\u003C\u002Fp>",1505,"2026-06-10T06:59:52.732Z",1,"novelbin.me","e1c370e459f691927ec2b06e1f06959a3ab55c416dcfa985497b23d8360dc0c4","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-556","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-554",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]