[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-640":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},1887474,2510,"Chapter 640: Resolving the Mystery","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-640",640,"\u003Cp>The moment the press and all the other soldiers turned towards Xiaoyun and Yiming, they both let out a small sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good afternoon... Is everybody here just taking a picture of this fog?\" Yiming curiously asked as they changed their direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re just capturing this red fog on our camera, if you don’t mind.\" One of the people in the press answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s fine... Ahem, Xiaoyun, you ready?\" Yiming asked, looking over to the side where Xiaoyun stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yep. See you in like... an hour.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun walked straight into the fog all by himself, everyone was shocked, from the soldiers guarding to the press.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"M-Mr.Yiming, did you just say t-the governor’s name?\" One of the people in the press urgently asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, what about it? You have a problem?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, sir. I’m just curious, why did the governor go inside the fog like this?\" The person in the press asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you want to know some classified information that could land you in jail?\" Yiming questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"N-Nevermind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, over in the fog...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"God damn it, my clothes are all gone again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun tried to create a new piece of cloth, it instantly vanished in his hand as if the ’invisible’ fog absorbed the thing he had just created.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no other choices, he began walking down the road. Although he was fully naked, it felt surprisingly cold with zero wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking around, all of the buildings were destroyed in the same way—by an overwhelming number of explosives that landed directly onto them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Further down the road, there were only more collapsed buildings. Not a single one remained except for the one ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A singular office building, barely holding on to its only remaining pillar. Half of the building had already collapsed onto the side of the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ouch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sharp pain from stepping on the shattered glass made him flinch a little before he suddenly noticed something a little different about his leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was supposed to be a cut wound instantly vanished. Xiaoyun didn’t even need to use his ability to regenerate it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Weird... What’s keeping this fog up still?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he looked around his surroundings, the more he started to realize something was a little off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was standing right in the middle of a park, with one collasped building to his right and one to his left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind, there were two collasped buildings, with the only building that hadn’t collapsed yet right in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was almost as if all the buildings had formed a star formation, giving off their energy to the park right in the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do I need to blow that one up to end this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking about it for a minute, Xiaoyun decided to put it into a plan as he headed back to where the shattered glass was located earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing near the edge, he could see the support pillar right before his eyes. Just twenty steps away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to create an RPG in his hand, but it unfortunately disappeared within seconds, eliminating the option of using an explosive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have to force me to do it the hard way, huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun ran straight through the shattered glass as the sharp edges cut his bare foot over and over again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the wound kept healing instantly on its own, the pain was starting to become overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck fuck fuck. Come on, just a few more steps... Whew!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he looked up to the support pillar in front of him, he froze for a second. There was no way for him to break it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t create any tools. Nor could he run away fast enough if he did somehow manage to break the pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s no way I ran to here for no reason.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Xiaoyun punched the pillar out of frustration, cracks suddenly started to appear right before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh shit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately bolted out as fast as he could as the crack started to spread rapidly throughout the entire pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain couldn’t even bother him anymore, as the only thing on his mind was to run as fast as he could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After what seemed to be a safe enough distance, he turned around to check, only to find the building still standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait... Did it really not crack hard enough?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing there for a whole minute, the building was still standing. It was clear the cracks were nowhere near enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can’t be serious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun let out a sigh as he started thinking of going back, but just as he took the first step, a loud sound was instantly followed by sudden smoke ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The building had finally collapsed, with the rubble’s smoke instantly vanishing after just a few seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heading back to the middle of the park and looking around, Xiaoyun could clearly see that every single building had collasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, nothing changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he couldn’t see the fog itself, he could tell by the air temperature being way cooler than the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there something I’m missing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he carefully looked around the park he was in, there was nothing unique about it—a bunch of benches along a circle, kids’ sandboxes, and a small playground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything seemed to be functional and normal as he dug through the sands and tapped his finger on each piece of equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it the fountain?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After staring at it for a full minute, there was nothing weird. It was just a normal park fountain that didn’t have any water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe I’m overthinking it... What if it just goes away on its own a few days later?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Xiaoyun thought of it as a possible explanation and took his leave, his brain suddenly realized something that didn’t make any sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To confirm his theory, he quickly created a small sand grain, only for it to instantly vanish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Running back to the kids’ sandbox, he grabbed a handful of the sand, only for it to be perfectly fine lying in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is everything in here not destroyed by the fog?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he tried to think of a reason, the closer he felt he was getting to an answer that would resolve everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But all of them conflicted against each other. Those that would defeat all the previous understanding Xiaoyun had built.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It can’t be because this stuff has been in the fog longer... All of those buildings out there were in the fog, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But my body was able to be immune to the fog... Why can’t new objects be brought inside the fog to be immune?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Xiaoyun was about to give up, a glimmer of hope suddenly caught his eye. One that was right in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately bowed down to the ground below, his bare hand digging through the dirt as he just kept on digging and digging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After digging for a few minutes, he finally noticed something that had changed. The dirt he had dug up deep underneath the ground vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he dug, the more dirt started vanishing from the park as the top layer fell in an attempt to cover it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm... This fog is only on the surface... Surface... Surface... Wait!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he rushed over to one of the collapsed buildings, he quickly dug his hand through the rubble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right before his eyes, the inner rubble vanishes. He stood still as his brain short-circuited again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had now found that the fog itself only stays on the outer layer, it wasn’t really important information in ending the fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There has to be something that’s releasing this fog to trap all these outer layers of material.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking back to the park, his brain suddenly realized something that he hadn’t thought of earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did the park manage to escape from the artillery strike?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun thought of leaving to ask Yiming for a second, but he chose to sit down on one of the benches as he looked around the park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel he was so close to cracking the case. But just not close enough to find the real culprit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What could possibly be the thing that’s releasing the fog? Wait a moment...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he got up from his seat and walked over to the fountain once again, he tried to look through the small water hole in the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the fuck...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The image before his eyes stunned him, as he could see some sort of red liquid seemingly deep inside the pipe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was visible, unlike the fog, and in a liquid form. One that instantly reminded Xiaoyun of the liquid that the dead sphere made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This has to be the cause for the fog... But how do I get that liquid out of this fountain?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the fountain’s marble and steel structure, it was practically impossible for him to punch through all the way down to the pipes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought of going back and just letting Yiming blow it up for a second. But his mind quickly realized the artillery shell wouldn’t work at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole park area was being protected by the fog. But the destroyed office building in the distance told him the fog still had limits.\u003C\u002Fp>",1538,"2026-06-10T06:59:53.365Z",1,"novelbin.me","dd54ab96c1274ac8e2b47080dd9e55189802bc3c91ddeb14ec9b392e7a3f363b","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-828","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-680",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]