[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-636":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},1887465,2510,"Chapter 636: Special Expedition Team","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-636",636,"\u003Cp>\"Wuli! What the fuck do you mean you lost Xiaoyun?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yiming’s face was in complete anger as he grabbed her by the collar, staring at her dead in the eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He told us to leave first. I was only following orders.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... Was that really what Xiaoyun said?\" Yiming questioned, looking over to the eighteen soldiers who all nervously stood in the HQ tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing all of them nodding, he lets her go in the end. But his face was still filled with anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not a single one of you questioned his order? You all just ran away and abandoned your commander in the fog?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir! Following the superior’s order is the number one rule of the army.\" One of the soldiers in the group argued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yiming fell into silence as he knew it wasn’t the soldier’s fault. But he still couldn’t get over the fact that Xiaoyun was now lost in the unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All of you, keep this private. You all can go back to your tent... Wuli, you stay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As all of the soldiers left the tent, Yiming turned to Wuli, whose face looked a little nervous as he looked back into her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wuli, do you think Xiaoyun is going to make it out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course he will. He always will.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Wuli instantly answering his question with confidence, Yiming let out a sigh before turning back to the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I really hope so... You can go now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As nighttime rolled around, Yiming’s face was getting more and more worried as he sat alone in the HQ tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was zero news. Nor was there any activity from the death zone. It was just a weird standstill with nothing happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every hour passing was starting to make him doubt. Could Xiaoyun really stay in the fog for this long?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air canister would have run out at this point, not to mention it’s almost impossible to change it by themsleve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, a glimmer of hope remained. He knew what Xiaoyun was capable of—the magic he had witnessed from his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yiming woke up the next day, there was still no news of Xiaoyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers in the base were starting to realize it as well, as their commander hadn’t been seen in public for an abnormal period of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Li Qing and Han Bang started asking him about it, but he could only respond with a made-up excuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Wuli and her soldiers were starting to get questions from their peers, forcing him to send them back to Luoping to avoid further confrontations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As more and more time passed, it was starting to be impossible for him to hide it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Yiming wasn’t about to tell the soldiers that their commander-in-chief was lost in the fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply told his Colonels that Xiaoyun headed back to Luoping with Tianci to gather data in tackling the death zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was seemingly back to normal with the daily routine until a supply truck came in on the 14th.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was another semi-truck full of hazmat suits. This time, there was enough to equip over one thousand people, or an entire regiment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yiming quickly invited Wuli and her soldiers to come back to lead, setting up for a grand expedition into the fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the new soldiers heading in, the expedition was to eliminate all living things within the fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a solution that Tianci had proposed to the death zone a day after Xiaoyun had disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One that theorized the energy within the fog was finite, as the lack of expansion by the fog currently was a sign of weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lab reports that came back all showed the regeneration was starting to slow down as well, further proving the limited energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Wuli and her original group of soldiers had been assigned a different task from Yiming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were to find Xiaoyun’s whereabouts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone ready?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wuli asked as she stood in a hazmat suit. One that looks much different than the one she had worn last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The area around their back was twice as big, enough air to last for an hour and a half nonstop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ready!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning on the air valve, all of the soldiers marched forward, heading into the fog as the new soldiers experienced the fog for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something was pressing down onto their hazmat suit. But what really caught their attention was their surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Wuli had already warned them about the redness within the fog, what they saw in front of them still shocked them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, get moving. Remember your task at hand. We’re going to exit when it’s fifteen minutes left on the air pressure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers began heading their separate ways, as more and more of them headed down a different path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wuli herself was followed by five soldiers, who were all brand new, as her original group had to lead their own smaller squads within the fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuanling, you got your Molotov ready?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldier behind her nodded, left hand holding a bottle of alcohol with a piece of cloth on top, and a lighter in the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, get ready.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four of the soldiers took out their tactical shovels as they approached closer and closer to a shadowy figure in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just from the outline, it was clear that several tentacles were hanging out there, right next to a building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wuli immediately launched herself forward with the shovel, and the other four soldiers rushed forward as well with their shovels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tentacles’ flesh was sliced right through by the sharper edges, followed by more and more slashes as they kept on swinging what the training had taught them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After just six of the tentacles had been cut, the ground suddenly started shaking, forcing Wuli and the other four to begin retreating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watch out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a glass bottle flew right by the soldiers, the crack instantly caused the tentacles’ corpses to catch on fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The raging fire died out as fast as it caught on fire, with only a small bit of ashes remaining as more tentacles appeared to take their place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone ready for round two!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As smoke floated out of the death zone, Yiming was standing right on top of a building, watching the fog changing its color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was starting to get lighter and lighter, even shrinking back a little as more and more buildings became visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What were once corrupted buildings outside of the death zone had changed back to normal, with glass windows and concrete walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look, I told you this would work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a woman in a lab coat murmured right next to Yiming, he slowly nodded his head out of respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re right, Miss Tianci... But why does it feel like it’s not going to be this simple?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither of them spoke up any further as they watched the fog retreat further and further towards its own city center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of their faces looked worried, albeit for completely different reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Major Wu! The fog is fading!\" A soldier yelled across the streets as they finished clearing their sides of the tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone’s wrist started swinging their shovel even faster as the building nearby started to lose its flesh-like appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was once thought to be undefeatable was getting destroyed by their hands, as street by street, the fog was retreating faster than they could kill the tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the sunlight shone from above, they started evaporating on their own as if the things they were fighting were all made out of water vapor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking out the walkie-talkie, Wuli was surprised to find all of her communication equipment working perfectly fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no longer static sounds that interrupted the frequency, letting them easily communicate across groups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, this is Major Wuli. Keep your hazmat suit on. We’re going to keep going deeper into the fog. Over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she was about to end the transmission, a weird sound suddenly started coming out of the walkie-talkie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bzzz... Run... Bzzzz...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm? What was that? You guys hearing this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing all five of her soldier shaking their head, Wuli didn’t think too much about it as she put her walkie-talkie back to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Time to go!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wuli and her soldiers walked down towards the fog’s retreating direction, she suddenly got a transmission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Major Wu! 8th squad here. We found three skeletons lying on the street... They have our rifles next to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I... I think they might be from our army... But their hazmat suit look a little different from ours. What should we do with it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Carry them back. Your squad can head back to base for now. Over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ending the transmission, Wuli’s face darkened as she knew who those three skeletons belonged to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the people that they failed to rescue, the one from Lingang’s first attempt into the fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, you okay?\" A soldier nearby asked, looking a little concerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her face changed back to normal, the five of them continued heading down the road as the fog continued to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>",1523,"2026-06-10T06:59:53.365Z",1,"novelbin.me","e2fd5f2ef4223d48aa7f2b3bc1f35dbc03cc3c2cd378b86648c0f976752f6e66","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-826","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-635",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]