[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-634":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},1887462,2510,"Chapter 634: Attacking the Fog","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-634",634,"\u003Cp>The more Xiaoyun thought about Tianci’s explanation, the more it started to make sense to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shenzhen was the perfect place for the secret society. Close enough that they could need to drive around their settlement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was killing two birds with one stone, slowing or even potentially blocking their expansion in Guangdong, while keeping it away from their Taishan base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No wonder all of this looks so familiar... Those fucking bastards really set this up to get revenge on us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you going to do about it?\" Tianci asked quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ll see...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next few days quickly flew by as the ’death zone’ in Shenzhen remained mostly inactive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No zombies ever came out, nor did the death zone itself expand any further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It just remained still as if it just wanted to be a hindrance to their expansion, preventing them from fully clearing Shenzhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the unconscious soldiers finally woke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xiaoyun and Yiming visited them, they were all perfectly fine. They felt like they had just had a long, long nap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their memories of the trip mostly matched up with Wuli’s story, other than the whole thing about the loops they encountered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on Tianci’s diagnosis, the troop had been exposed to the fog for too long, causing them to experience hallucinations where they were stuck in one place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun quickly sent Lingang and his troops back to Luoping, letting them rest as the 1st week of July soon came to an end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the HQ tent...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun and Yiming were all sitting at an empty table, with Colonel Li Miao, Li Qing, Yan Lin, and Han Bang all present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only two missing were Colonel Zhen Ren and Colonel Fei Gan, who were still busy dealing with Dongguan’s sudden surge of zombie activity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What day is today?\" Xiaoyun suddenly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"July 11th, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun looked over to the three massive crates stacked on top of each other, it was full of hazmat suits inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty pairs in total, all with their own air system, just like the ones that Wuli used when they entered the death zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all brand new, sent straight from Luoping, which had just arrived here yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun, are you sure you’re going in?\" Yiming questioned, with all four Colonels looking just as doubtful about his decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many times do I have to repeat this? I’m the only one who has experience dealing with this kind of toxic fog.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them fell into silence, as Xiaoyun had already brought Tianci in a few days ago to explain all the findings she had made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the Longxue islands to disabling the fog, he was really the definitive person who had experience dealing with this kind of disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can we not just have someone else lead? I’m willing to volunteer myself.\" Han Bang suggested, not wanting him to face the risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My decision is final... I’ve brought you here today to hear the announcement, not to argue back about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun looked around, he could feel the nervousness in their faces. It was clear they were all against his decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But still, he was going to go through with it for one reason and one reason only.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, you’re dismissed. Yiming, you stay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Colonels left the tent, Xiaoyun moved his seat closer to Yiming, sitting right across from him as he handed him a letter from his jacket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before you say anything. Have a little look at this... Houqin sent this to me yesterday along with the hazmat suits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yiming was a little intrigued as the letter cover had the label ’Top Secret’ and ’For Command In Chief only.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he began to read the first line in the letter, his eyes immediately widened as if he had just read something unbelievable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading through the entire thing, he slowly handed the letter back to Xiaoyun as he still looked a little shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is the supply situation that bad?\" Yiming nervously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have two army corps. Yezi is in the west, dealing with Zhaoqing and Jiangmen, and you’re in the east, dealing with Dongguan and Shenzhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the 4th Army Corps guarding the south, and both the 11th motorized division and the 3rd Army Corps here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You tell me, how long do you think I can remain here? Yiming, I just want you to understand why I’m going in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun paused for a second, then continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can’t stall this any longer. I had to do something, or I’ll be forced to bring the 3rd Army Corps back to Luoping by the end of the week.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long silence, Yiming’s face finally seemed to have gotten over it as he gave a short response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone ready?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun was in a hazmat suit, with nineteen other soldiers who were all in hazmat suits as well, standing right before the fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five of them had a familiar look, as Wuli’s troop and Wuli herself were brought in as well to guide them into the fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was armed with the tooth, with RPGs, grenades, rifles, and even three pickup trucks with machine guns attached to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re ready, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Xiaoyun hopped onto one of the pickup trucks on the back, all nineteen soldiers quickly split themsleve into the three pickup trucks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the air valves turned, everyone reported ready one last time as the driver finally drove into the fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the hazmat suit came in contact with the fog, Xiaoyun felt a weirdly tense pressure pressing down onto his body for a split second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was almost as if the air particle was trying to get inside, only to give up after realizing the fabric was too thick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Xiaoyun was starting to realize how hot the hazmat suit was, as his body already started to sweat a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wuli, you wore this hazmat suit from Luoping to here?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked as he turned to the person next to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course not. We only put it on when we are about to arrive in Shenzhen—Hey, you tricked me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm, so you weren’t supposed to be in the hazmat suit in the first place... No wonder the second patch of hazmat suit had no one in it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wuli fell into silence, as she was in clear violation of being on this mission in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it’s fine... Next time you want to be on a mission, just tell me, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Wuli turning her head over to look back at him, he nodded his head in acknowledgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, really. You’re much more capable than I had imagined... I shouldn’t have kept you in a cage in Luoping.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing his answer, she couldn’t help but feel a little weirded out by it. Just something in his tone that sounded different than usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you really the Xiaoyun I know?\" Wuli questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course I am. Ahem...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun cleared his throat, he shifted his attention back to the road. They were starting to go deep into the fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see the red tentacles next to the corrupted buildings. Its height and look were exactly what Wuli and her soldier had described.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How much longer before we arrive at that sphere place?\" Xiaoyun asked as he turned to the person to his right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"About one minute, sir.\" The soldier answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking over to the pressure gauge, there were still around thirty minutes of air left, which meant two minutes had gone by since they had driven into the fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, get ready. We’re going to fire everything we’ve got when we see that ball of flesh in the distance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One minute quickly flew by as the soldiers soon saw an oddly big shadow in the distance, right in the middle of the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the pick-up truck came to a stop and started reversing, they could barely see the outline of the sphere through the dense fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in the back of the pick-up trucks raised their rifles, all eighteen soldiers in three different pick-up trucks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fire!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the first shot fired by Xiaoyun, it was quickly followed by eighteen different firing squads all raining their bullets towards the sphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although no one could see if their bullet had worked, no one dared to stop as they kept holding down the trigger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reloading!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the rifle fires started to die down, three soldiers all hopped onto the truck’s turret, firing an even stronger wall of bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The turret barrels instantly caught on fire as they kept firing nonstop, but it didn’t matter at this point as ammunition ran out within seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grenades!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"RPG!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exhausting every single weapon they had in the arsenal, the sphere finally disappeared as the nearby fog started to disperse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it only lasted a few seconds as the fog instantly rushed back in, filling up the small vacuum created by the explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? How is the fog still here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1505,"2026-06-10T06:59:53.365Z",1,"novelbin.me","3638e1e208f89aaee85f248de7807883e2cefff3b10ae29572df0d4859fad175","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-677","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-676",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]