[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-595":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},1887551,2510,"Chapter 595: Special Forces and Viral Outbreak","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-595",595,"\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun drove out of Qingyuan’s road and back onto the highway, he suddenly remembered something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anna, why are you here in Qingyuan? Shouldn’t you be at Foshan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was there yesterday. But then one of the workers I hired told me how there’s a very advanced CNC machine in a storage room near Qingyuan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With fewer and fewer potholes on the road, Anna could finally relax in the air conditioner as she let go of the passenger handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, why are you here? How come you are coming from the north?\" Anna questioned back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was off to Changsha to make a deal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How well did it go?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Waste of time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s a shame... What kind of deal is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Asking them to help us with transporting the refugees in a more orderly fashion... But all they want is to rob us in broad daylight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the hint of anger on Xiaoyun’s face, Anna was a little surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really? They really try to rob us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. They literally provided nothing while we’re stuck with all the dirty work with every step of the transitions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem, where do you want to go? I can drive you there.\" Xiaoyun asked, wanting to shift the topic away from the deal failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just bring me home. I haven’t had a proper sleep for the past two days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Anna lifted her hand into the air and let out a loud yawn, Xiaoyun couldn’t help but take a quick peek at the corner of his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s so pale...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s so pale?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"T-The truck driver behind us. His face looks kinda pale. You sure you don’t want to go back to your factory to check on your drivers?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nah, it’s fine. His face is always pale like that. That guy barely goes out in the sun at all... You know, half of my engineering team is just a bunch of geeks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can see that... Ahem, I almost forgot to ask, what’s the CNC machine for?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked as he shifted his attention back to the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To make your guns, duh. It’s the magical tools that every machinist needs if they want to make something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, that thing is important then... But how do we make our guns currently?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Drilling mills, stamping machines, and by the power of the hands. At least that’s what those three Russians used to make their AKM.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see... So you’re trying to compete with them using that machine?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bingo! Houqin had requested me to make a gun that’s more accurate and more powerful than the AKM currently.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun nodded his head slightly, his mind remembering the old report that stated a stronger caliber was needed to kill zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The only issue I have right now is that increasing caliber just fucks up with the current ammo system we have already standardized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention how much it affects accuracy and the recoils if I added even higher amounts of Propellant in the ammo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How are you going to solve that?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Simple. If I can’t tackle the ammo, I can tackle the gun design. There are endless ways to make a gun stronger, like making a barrel longer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I already have a solution in mind. I’m going to recreate the HK417. It’s going to shock those three who are still living off their past’s gain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Anna saying the conversation in almost perfect Mandarin, Xiaoyun suddenly felt a little proud inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Chinese has gotten a lot better, Anna.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her face blushed a little, Xiaoyun’s mind had already moved on as he suddenly realized a flaw in her plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, Anna, isn’t that rifle going to be super expensive? There’s no way Houqin is going to approve your idea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know. The rifle isn’t going to be used mainstream. It’s to fight the elite forces markets that Houqin had requested.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Elite forces market?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xiaoyun looking all confused as if he couldn’t understand what she was talking about, Anna was a little surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t know about the special forces you have?\" Anna questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What special forces? Lingang, when did we have special forces?\" Xiaoyun asked as he turned his head to Lingang, sitting in the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um... I don’t recall having special forces in the army. Isn’t everyone using the same standard-issued rifles?\" Lingang responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With both Xiaoyun and Lingang appearing to argue against it, Anna started to realize something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could the two of you not know that? Wait, wait, drive towards Houqin’s place. I need to ask her this myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After half an hour of driving, Xiaoyun finally made it back to Luoping, parking his car at the logistics office as the three of them exited the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are all dismissed and free to go. Thank you for your service over the past two days.\" Xiaoyun ordered as the ten armored unit exited their cars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem, sir!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the soldiers dispersing, the three of them began walking towards Houqin’s office. But to their surprise, they ran into her right in the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good afternoon, Miss Anna... Oh, and good afternoon, Commander Xiaoyun and Colonel Lingang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Houqin, I need you to clarify something. Sorry to interrupt your break time.\" Anna urgently questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem. Let’s talk in my office.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside her office, Anna took the seat across from Houqin and immediately raised her question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Houqin. Xiaoyun and Lingang told me earlier that there are no plans for special forces. But you just told me last week that you want a better gun for the special forces.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I did say that... Oh, I almost forgot to show this to you, Commander.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Houqin quickly took out a piece of paper from her desk drawer before handing it over to Xiaoyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General Yiming had requested to form a special Regiment within his unit to deal with the increasing mutant activity within Dongguan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought this wasn’t too big of a deal, so I forgot to show you this last week.\" Houqin explained as he finished reading the paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm... That’s fine. Looks like all of the confusion is cleared then.\" Xiaoyun murmured, his face nodding in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Scared for no reason.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna grumpily whispered, her mind had almost believed that she had just lost a massive government contract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry about that.\" Houqin apologized, realizing the misunderstanding she had caused between the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s fine. I’m going back home for my weekend break. See you next week.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Anna left the room, Xiaoyun quickly shifted his attention back to Houqin with a question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there any news or report I need to catch up on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Han Bang has temporarily retreated from Jiangmen city and pulled out of the countryside completely back to Foshan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Houqin stated as she turned her monitor over, showing pages and pages of soldiers’ names with a red cross over their active duty status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Retreated? Why are they all crossed out?\" Xiaoyun question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Lingang and Xiaoyun were shocked. Their mind was still based on Han Bang’s last report, which went relatively fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chikungunya virus infection outbreak after the flood subsided. Over a thousand soldiers had been hospitalized in Foshan’s hospital right now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shit\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lingang commented in shock, Xiaoyun had already internally accepted Han Bang’s decision to retreat from Jiangmen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are the soldiers okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are fine. Most of them just have a fever. No one had died from it so far... But a few of them remained in critical condition.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have preventative measures been taken yet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Houqin nodded her head before clicking on a file on the computer, which instantly pulled up an entire spreadsheet about the virus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We already employed mosquito bed nets for the soldiers to sleep in... And for civilian prevention, you’ll need to talk to Miss Yuqi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the room fell into a silence, Xiaoyun’s eyes were rapidly reading through the entire spreadsheet on the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first part about the virus was what Houqin had already mentioned. The soldier had faced various kinds of symptoms, including fever, rash, and joint pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second fact unforunately perfectly aligned with Han Bang’s recent report of flooding within Jiangmen. Dead water puddles are a perfect hotbed for these virus-carrying mosquitoes to spread and lay their eggs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single bite from those mosquitoes was enough to incapacitate a person for days or even weeks, with no cures or vaccines available.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only way to fight it was to eliminate the mosquito itself with chemicals and take preventative measures, such as removing the excess water puddles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell me if you need anything to help with the soldier’s speedy recovery... Is there anything else I need to know about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Houqin nodded her head as she went back into her desk drawer before taking out a printed image.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she handed the printed image over, Xiaoyun and Lingang were both stunned once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a grey outline right in the distance of an ocean—a massive ship that was way bigger than anyone had ever witnessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The navy might still be out there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1513,"2026-06-10T06:59:52.732Z",1,"novelbin.me","2fb7d7ad79d89f4357cc3f6a31952f658684ccde4ae46296957aec63056b707b","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-596","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-594",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]