[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-608":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},1887396,2510,"Chapter 608: The Devious Scheme","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-608",608,"\u003Cp>A few hours later...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the sun set on the horizon, everyone was sitting in the living room. All of the windows were shut and the doors closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power was finally back on as everyone sat in the living room, enjoying the air conditioner working once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single person wanted to go outside as the lingering heat prevented Xiaoyun’s idea of having a weekend BBQ.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuqi, you don’t have anything to do today?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked, noticing her sitting next to her baby for almost the whole day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Work is work and break is break. I’m not going to work on my break day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Yuqi turning her attention back to her baby, Xiaoyun didn’t think much as he went back to watching the TV.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the TV show ended, Leyan headed over to the kitchen to prepare dinner as everyone in the house started to get a little bored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m going back to studying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lily headed back to the guest room, everyone looked a little surprised, except Shuli.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, hey, Shuli, when did Lily like to learn this much? Is there something going on in the school? I thought all the exams were already over.\" Nami curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s trying to get selected by the professors into the mechanical engineering field. She has been practicing extra hard for it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mechanical engineering? Let me go help her——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Anna could finish talking, her phone suddenly started ringing. As she walked over ot the side to make a call, everyone’s attention was towards Shuli.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is Nami’s score good? How were her final exams?\" Yueyue curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It went pretty okay... She’s top of her class, that’s for sure.\" Shuli replied, not giving any further details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it enough for her to get into the major she wanted?\" Kate curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not exactly. It’s pretty competitive since the slots are very limited. A lot of people wanted to go into the same field as her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why does she want mechanical engineering out of all the fields?\" Wuli asked next, unable to understand Lily’s choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know, you need to ask Lily about that...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey Xiaoyun, can you drive me to work for a second? Something went wrong with the machine in the factory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna asked as she ended her phone call. Xiaoyun nodded as he quickly grabbed his car key from the clothes hanger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure. Just give me a second to wear my shoe first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me go with you guys.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kate quickly grabbed her shoe, following the two of them to the garage as everyone else continued with their conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the three of them arrived in the factory, Anna quickly led them past various sections before stopping by a machine surrounded by a glass window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three people wearing a yellow hard helmet were standing before it, their faces looking a little confused until they noticed Anna walking over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, boss, the machine just suddenly broke down. Do you have the manual for its repair?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna quickly shook her head before she started examining what was wrong with the machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did you guys break it?\" Anna curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We were just using it to make one of the more delicate parts for the new gun, and the thing started cranking out of the blue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the three of them walked around the entire machine, it was clear that some sort of internal part was broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll have this fixed by Monday. You guys can go now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Boss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With all of the engineers walking out of the room, both Xiaoyun and Kate were a little confused as to why she wanted to fix the machine herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anna, why did you make them go away? You don’t want to have them think of a solution together with you?\" XIaoyun curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t need it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna began to unscrew one of the metal plates on the side of the machine as the two of them stood on the side and watched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they couldn’t understand what she was doing, it made sense in their mind to diagnose the machine by taking it apart first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shit. This damn thing snapped apart... No wonder the machine started cranking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After she walked towards some sort of storage room and came back with what seemed to be extremely precise machine parts, she handed them right into Xiaoyun’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Make a spare one for me. I don’t have extras to repair this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun cloned the machine part right before his hand, he suddenly felt a little headache before a new copy appeared in his other hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You okay?\" Anna and Kate both asked, noticing him almost falling over for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m fine... Here’s your new part.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the new part put into the machine, Anna screwed the plate back on before pressing the start button again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great. Now it’s working again. Thanks for the help.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Anna turned off the machine and took the completed part that the machine had finished milling, Kate suddenly elbowed Xiaoyun on the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun, don’t forget your promise,\" Kate whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know, I know... Just give me some time. I just finished thinking about what I needed to do for her to agree to it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you two talking about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna curiously asked as she came back from putting the completed part from the storage room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing. Ahem, we’re going home now?\" Xiaoyun asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. Unless you want to tour my factory right now... But no one else is working today.\" Anna answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, why don’t you give me a tour of what you have been working on? We got some time before Leyan finishes cooking dinner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Anna began leading the two of them out of the factory and onto the sidewalk, Xiaoyun was a little blown away by the number of factories down the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifteen different factories in total, all with Koch’s Armed factory label right at the very top of the buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You own all of them?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked as she led them all the way to the sixth building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t own the building. I only own the machines inside... Weren’t you the one who leased every building?\" Anna questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, right. Forgot about that...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, here’s something that my engineers had been working on to make things less labor-intensive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the three of them entered past a door, they were instantly met with a long row of machines, all seemingly for textiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We made this long assembly line for the new officer uniforms... And any other clothes we want to design and mass produce in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn... This is definitely impressive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You haven’t seen it all yet. Let me show you the next one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being guided to five different factories, Anna finally stopped after Leyan gave Xiaoyun a phone call asking why they were not home yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Time to go home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun started up the car, Anna quickly noticed Kate’s face looking more and more grumpy for some reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kate, you okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m fine... Anna, you changed the percentage in the application, right?\" Kate suddenly asked as the two of them sat in the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What percentage?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s just the——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"None of your business. Just drive your car.\" Kate instantly interrupted, not letting Anna explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun didn’t question it again as he drove out of the parking lot, heading straight back home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kate, why don’t you want me to tell him about it?\" Anna quietly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because it’s our business... He doesn’t need to know about it as an outsider. Ahem, Xiaoyun, are we there yet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at the road yourself, what do you think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden passive-aggressive tone didn’t bother Kate at all, as they were only halfway from their house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, why did you say it like that? Kate was just asking a question.\" Anna questioned, feeling a little offended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s the one calling her husband an outsider.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kate couldn’t argue back as the fact he listed was practically bulletproof, forcing her to suck it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She doesn’t mean it.\" Anna quietly whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, she means it exactly. She is probably already bored with me. No wonder she barely looked interested in sex last night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kate, say something,\" Anna murmured as Xiaoyun’s tone started to become more and more aggressive towards her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xiaoyun’s left eye blinking for a second through the rear mirror, Kate immediately realized what he was trying to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why do I need to say something? He can say whatever he wants about me. It’s not like I can divorce him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-What? K-Kate, y-you aren’t serious, right?\" Anna nervously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do I look like I’m joking? Only girls like you choose to stay in marriages and cry later after being dumped for being too boring.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attack caught Anna a little off guard, her head unable to wrap around how the conversation had shifted so fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t listen to her, Anna. Boring marriages are better than being a certain sorority girl who gets tossed around in Western society.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1511,"2026-06-10T06:59:53.365Z",1,"novelbin.me","9ce762a5f58e905f0ee011403cd5fea36f83fee30306da08810e4d3b906f659f","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-609","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-805",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]