[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-621":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},1887429,2510,"Chapter 621: A New Threat","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-621",621,"\u003Cp>Inside the cafeteria, it was mostly what Xiaoyun had expected. Or rather, it was the same as the one he went to across the administrative building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only main difference was the food—only a small bit of rice with peas and a meat patty on the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening in to the nearby prisoner, the only reason for the meat patty being here in the first place was the fact that it was a Friday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is the food really supposed to be this bad?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun took a bite of the meat patty, his mouth was overwhelmed by how salty it was. Yet all the nearby prisoners had no problem eating it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you think prison food is supposed to taste like? They’re lucky we aren’t just feeding them porridge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianyu’s answer rubbed him the wrong way, but he didn’t have a way to argue back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After an hour lunch that made most people sit there with nothing much to do, the bell finally rang again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone out of the cafeteria, except for those on cleaning duty today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the guards opened the door, the prisoners began flooding out into the courtyard, Xiaoyun included.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the courtyard, it was all just an empty dirt field, with nothing much to do other than chat with other people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Couldn’t you guys give them a basketball or something?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked as he watched them standing ideally underneath the sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re going to break it in less than a week... Every equipment we put in the yard, they broke it within a month.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun fell into silence once again. He quickly realized the prisoner earlier hadn’t told him the full story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he didn’t get mad at it as he began walking up to another lone prisoner standing near the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello, I’m a journalist. Can I interview for a short moment?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the day was almost over, Xiaoyun was at the prison exit with his notebook filled with words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had interviewed hundreds of prisoners and guards—even the guards in the watch tower and the two wardens in the prison office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for your help today, Miss Jianyu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem. You can come visit any time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she opened the door for him to leave, he was once again in the long hallway. This time, the guard was a different person who didn’t even talk to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the hall and into the courthouse lobby, he just couldn’t help but feel like he had been disconnected from society for months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun was already setting on the horizon, signaling to him that he had only been around the prison for about six hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The prison really skew with your perception of time... No wonder it feels so weird.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xiaoyun arrived at the administrative building with Yuqi, he handed her the notebook he had written while visiting the prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here’s the report you want. I talked to a lot of different people in prison to gather their feedback.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You writing notes? That’s surprising.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yuqi opened the notebook and began reading it, she soon fell into silence as she flipped page after page.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more she read, the more intrigued she became, as twenty whole minutes had gone by in complete silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when she put down the notebook did she look back at Xiaoyun. Her face looked a little proud as her eyes looked a little different than usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun, has anyone told you that maybe you should be a great journalist?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not the first person who had told me that. But thank you for the compliment... So what do you think about this report?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have no problems with it... The concerns from these interviews are all definitely valid. It’s just a resource restraint that we have to deal with.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah... What are we going to do about it then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuqi sat in silence as her eyes started narrowing closer and closer together before she suddenly opened wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You serious? That’s the response you’re coming up with?\" Xiaoyun questioned, his face looking a little disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? Why am I supposed to come up with an answer to this? All the resources are already spread thin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I got nothing to address something as low as prison... Why don’t you rank these problems and then address them yourself, Mr.governor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, I’ll do it myself then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he exited the office with his notebook in hand, Yuqi let out a smile as she turned on her monitor to get ready for today’s work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Time to check some emails...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xiaoyun entered his own office next door, he quickly grabbed the office phone before calling Yuqi’s secretary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello? Can you gather ten people from the office who are free right now? I need some workers to help me with managing something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give me a second, sir...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waiting in his seat for ten minutes, the door finally got a little knock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Jianlin and ten other office workers entered, Xiaoyun handed each of them a printed sheet of the outline he had written last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here’s the things that I needed you guys to do. I grant you full authority to carry it out and split yourself into groups to address this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir... Are you sure ten people are enough for this?\" Jianlin questioned as she looked over the long list of tasks they needed to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can hire some people to help you with it. Just make sure to give me or Yuqi a progress report every once in a while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianlin hesitated for a second, but she still nodded in the end as the ten of them quickly separated into smaller groups to deal with the workload.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr.Governor, how much money are we allowed to spend on these issues?\" One of the workers curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"About a quarter million in a year... I’ll visit the prison myself to check on your guys’ progress in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing the ten of them nodding in agreement and exiting with the paper, Xiaoyun waved them away as he turned his attention to Jianlin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next week is the stock market opening... How many people had signed up for the IPO for their company?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"About two thousand four hundred thirty-two... At least since the last time I checked yesterday.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s a lot higher than I had imagined. Are all of the companies going through heavy scrutiny and examination?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We already have a task force dedicated to checking their balance sheet and examining the on-the-ground situation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s good... Wait, have you set up security for the grand opening?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um... Isn’t the police enough?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nowhere near enough. It’s too important an event for something to go wrong. I’ll manage the security myself. You can go now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianlin quickly exited the office as Xiaoyun took out his personal phone before freezing in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought of calling Lingang at first, but thinking about his wedding, he dialed Han Bang’s number in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Han Bang, are you free on July 1st? I need one or two of your divisions to tighten up security for the day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, sir. I’ll call them up to get ready.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the phone call ended, Xiaoyun looked out the window. Right next to the bank was a newly renovated building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An office building that was owned by a real estate business before it went bankrupt, while Leyan was in charge of Songjia Group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hopefully nothing goes wrong...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, nothing is going to be wrong as long as I’m here in Luoping.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an invisible figure suddenly revealed herself right in front of his eyes, Xiaoyun was a little surprised to see Yueyue in his office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Couldn’t you just come in here normally?\" Xiaoyun grumpily asked as he got a little scared for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t you think this is cooler?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nope. Anyway, what are you here for? Is there something you need to report?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yep... There might be something weird going on with Shenzhen. At least based on the report I had gathered.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yueyue quickly took out a picture from inside her pocket, which instantly caused Xiaoyun’s eyes to widen the moment she handed it over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a picture of rows upon rows of buildings covered in red. Almost unbelievably red to the point that it almost looks like blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a death zone... At least that’s what my agent had reported after talking to a few refugees from the north.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A death zone...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As memories of the conversation with Wu Min flooded his mind, Xiaoyun quickly realized how severe this threat was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does Yiming know about this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He certainly does, at least since yesterday. One of the soldiers who reported it to him happens to be an agent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, this kind of stuff has to show up just as everything couldn’t possibly go wrong from here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun sat in silence as he stared at the picture in his hand. He just couldn’t leave it there, considering Wu Min had mentioned how dangerous this was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ability to spawn an infinite number of zombies was just ludicrous in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the fact that the military in the North couldn’t conquer the capital tells him how truly difficult it was to deal with this thing.\u003C\u002Fp>",1557,"2026-06-10T06:59:53.365Z",1,"novelbin.me","cf129ae0c085b3a85fb36773a1f04ec24579e6bbd9b9c2c5d8a085b50f34b696","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-816","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-815",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]